The 2018–19 Basketligan season was the 26th 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 ...

, the top tier basketball league on

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were the defending champions.

Teams

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and

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joined the league.

Regular season

League table

Results

Playoffs

The playoffs are played with a best-of-five format (1-1-1-1-1).

Bracket

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Seeded teams played legs 1, 3, 5 and 7 at home.

Finals

Seeded team played legs 1, 3, 5 and 7 at home.

Relegation playoffs

The ninth qualified and the runner-up of the Superettan played a double-legged playoff for a place in the next Basketligan season.

Swedish clubs in European competitions

References

External links

Official Basketligan website
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