The 2012–13 Basketligan season was the 20th season of the
Basketligan
Svenska Basketligan, or the Swedish Basketball League (SBL), is the premier league for professional basketball in Sweden. The league was originally established in 1992 as Basketligan and was known as that prior to the season of 2006–07, but whe ...
. Twelve teams participated and
Södertälje Kings
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eventually won the
Swedish
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championship.
Regular season
1Teams were awarded 2 points for a win, 0 for a loss.
Playoffs
Awards
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Most Valuable Player
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:
Toni Bizaca (
Södertälje Kings
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)
*
Finals MVP:
John Roberson
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Professional career
In June 2 ...
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Södertälje Kings
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)
*
Rookie of the Year:
Mathias Liljeqvist (
KFUM Nässjö
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)
*
Defender of the Year:
Hlynur Baeringsson (
Sundsvall Dragons)
*Guard of the Year:
James Miller (
Borås Basket
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Borås has played in European competitio ...
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*Forward of the Year:
Kodi Augustus
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Augustus originally attended Tara High School in his hometown of Baton Rou ...
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08 Stockholm Human Rights
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The club was established in 1996 when two of the most successful basketball associations, Alvik BK (established 1956) and the South YM ...
)
*Center of the Year:
Keith Wright (
Uppsala Basket
Uppsala Basket is a Swedish basketball club based in Uppsala
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)
References
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Basketligan
Svenska Basketligan, or the Swedish Basketball League (SBL), is the premier league for professional basketball in Sweden. The league was originally established in 1992 as Basketligan and was known as that prior to the season of 2006–07, but whe ...