The 2015–16 Basketligan season was the 23rd season of the Basketligan, the top tier basketball league on Sweden. The season started on 15 October 2015 and ended on 28 April 2016.

Södertälje Kings Södertälje ( , ) is a city in Södermanland and Stockholm County, Sweden and seat of Södertälje Municipality. As of 2017, it has 72,704 inhabitants. Södertälje is located at Mälarens confluence in to the Baltic Sea through the lock in the ...

was the defending champion, and successfully reclaimed its title. In the Finals, Södertalje had a clean sweep over Norrköping 4–0 to capture its 11th title.

Competition format

The participating teams first play a conventional round-robin schedule with every team playing each opponent three times for a total of 30 games. The top eight teams qualified for the championship playoffs.

Current teams

Regular season

Playoffs

Awards

On 4 April 2016, Joakim Kjellbom of

Norrköping Dolphins The Norrköping Dolphins are a professional basketball club from Norrköping, Sweden. It plays in the Basketligan, the highest league in Sweden and won the league six times. Home games of Norrköping are played at the Stadium Arena. History Th ...

won his third

Basketligan MVP The Swedish Basketball League MVP award is an annual award that is handed out to the most valuable player in the Swedish Basketball League (SBL), which is the highest tier of professional basketball in the country of Sweden. The award was first int ...

Award. Skyler Bowlin of

won the

Basketligan Finals MVP The Basketligan Finals MVP award is handed out to the Most Valuable Player in the Finals of the Basketligan, the highest Swedish basketball Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one anot ...

References

External links

Official Basketligan website
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