Swiss Basketball is the governing sports body of the top-tier level professional
basketball
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leagues in
Switzerland. Established in 1929, the organization has its headquarters in
Fribourg
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. Swiss Basketball also manages the Swiss national teams, the
Swiss Federation Cup, and the Swiss Youth Championships. Swiss Basketball currently has more than 17,000 members, from its nine regional associations, comprising 185 clubs.
Formerly, basketball in Switzerland was mainly governed by the Ligue Nationale de Basket (LNBA).
In 2016, the LNBA merged with the Fédération Suisse de Basketball to form Swiss Basketball.
See also
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Swiss Basketball League
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Swiss national basketball team
References
External links
League Home
Eurobasket.com League Page
{{National members of the International Basketball Federation
Basketball governing bodies in Europe
Basketball
Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular court, compete with the primary objective of shooting a basketball (approximately in diameter) through the defender's h ...