The 2019–20 Swedish Basketball League season, formerly known as Basketligan, was the 27th season of the

Swedish Basketball League 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 ...

(SBL), the top tier basketball league on

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. The season started on 25 September 2019 and ended prematurely on 13 March 2020 due to the

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. The

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are the defending champions.

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was named league champions.

Competition format

The participating teams first play a conventional round-robin schedule with every team playing each opponent four times for a total of 36 games. The top eight teams qualified for the championship playoffs. Due to the

, the competition was suspended from 12 March until 30 April 2020 and playoffs were eliminated. Finally, one day later, the league was terminated and leader

was declared as league champion.

Teams

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promoted as champion of the Superettan and replaced

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, last qualified in the previous season and relegated.

Regular season

League table

Results

Swedish clubs in European competitions

References

External links

Official Basketligan website
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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 ...