# 2019–20 Austrian Basketball Superliga

The 2019–20 Austrian Basketball Superliga was the inaugural season of the Basketball Superliga, the newly established top tier league in Austrian basketball. It was the 74th season of the first tier of basketball in Austria. The Kapfenberg Bulls entered the season as the defending national champions winning the 2018–19 ÖBL season.
The season was ended prematurely because of the COVID-19 pandemic.

## Format

Teams first play each other in the regular season home and away. After this, teams ranked 1–6 and 7-10 are divided in two groups to qualify for the playoffs. In the playoffs, the best eight teams play each other for the national championship in best-of-five series. The two lowest placed teams play against the top two teams of the Basketball Zweite Liga (B2L).

## Teams
### Venues and locations

On 6 June 2019, eight licenses were confirmed. Raiffeisen Panthers Fürstenfeld and Vienna DC Timberwolves confirmed later they met the requirements.
On 6 August 2019, it was announced Panthers Fürstenfeld did not receive a licence while SKN St. Pölten entered the league.
| Club | Place | Arena | Capacity |
| Flyers Wels | Wels | Raiffeisen Arena | 1,700 |
| Hallmann Vienna | Wien | Wiener Stadthalle B | 1,000 |
| Immounited Dukes | Klosterneuburg | Happyland Klosterneuburg | 1,000 |
| Kapfenberg Bulls | Kapfenberg | Sporthalle Walfersam | 1,000 |
| Oberwart Gunners | Oberwart | Sporthalle Oberwart | 2,500 |
| Raiffeisen Graz | Graz | Unionhalle | 600 |
| SKN St. Pölten | Sankt Pölten | Landessportzentrum St. Pölten | 1,000 |
| Swans Gmunden | Gmunden | Volksbank Arena | 2,200 |
| Traiskirchen Lions | Traiskirchen | Lions Dome | 1,200 |
| Vienna DC Timberwolves | Wien | T-Mobile Dome | 1,000 |

### Personnel and sponsorship

| Club | Head coach | Main sponsor |
| Flyers Wels | Sebastian Waser | Raiffeisen |
| Hallmann Vienna | Luigi Gresta | Hallmann |
| Immounited Dukes | Werner Sallomon | |
| Kapfenberg Bulls | Michael Coffin | |
| Oberwart Gunners | Horst Leitner | Unger Steel |
| Raiffeisen Graz | Ervin Dragsic | Raiffeisen |
| SKN St. Pölten | Andreas Worenz | |
| Swans Gmunden | Anton Mirolybov | |
| Traikirchen Lions | Zoran Kostic | |
| Vienna DC Timberwolves | Hubert Schmidt | |

## Regular season
### Standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Swans Gmunden | 18 | 15 | 3 | 1643 | 1362 | +281 | 30 | Qualification to group 1–6 |
| 2 | Immounited Dukes | 18 | 14 | 4 | 1469 | 1304 | +165 | 28 | Qualification to group 1–6 |
| 3 | Kapfenberg Bulls | 18 | 13 | 5 | 1447 | 1310 | +137 | 26 | Qualification to group 1–6 |
| 4 | Unger Steel Gunners Oberwart | 18 | 13 | 5 | 1594 | 1396 | +198 | 26 | Qualification to group 1–6 |
| 5 | SKN St. Pölten | 18 | 11 | 7 | 1510 | 1476 | +34 | 22 | Qualification to group 1–6 |
| 6 | Raiffeisen Flyers Wels | 18 | 9 | 9 | 1434 | 1401 | +33 | 18 | Qualification to group 1–6 |
| 7 | Hallmann Vienna | 18 | 6 | 12 | 1523 | 1592 | −69 | 12 | Qualification to group 7–10 |
| 8 | Raiffeisen Graz | 18 | 4 | 14 | 1412 | 1539 | −127 | 8 | Qualification to group 7–10 |
| 9 | Arkadia Traiskirchen Lions | 18 | 3 | 15 | 1242 | 1557 | −315 | 6 | Qualification to group 7–10 |
| 10 | Vienna DC Timberwolves | 18 | 2 | 16 | 1300 | 1640 | −340 | 4 | Qualification to group 7–10 |

### Results

| Home \ Away | TRA | VIE | KLO | KAP | WEL | STP | SWA | GRA | OBE | TIM |
| Arkadia Traiskirchen Lions | — | 88–76 | 72–76 | 59–88 | 60–88 | 63–80 | 67–88 | 92–82 | 52–83 | 89–65 |
| Hallmann Vienna | 100–67 | — | 98–83 | 72–97 | 73–80 | 79–93 | 101–106 | 64–60 | 93–101 | 95–81 |
| Immounited Dukes | 87–51 | 89–69 | — | 70–60 | 76–66 | 82–80 | 87–94 | 92–84 | 74–81 | 85–60 |
| Kapfenberg Bulls | 75–65 | 94–73 | 66–58 | — | 79–74 | 91–73 | 87–80 | 88–74 | 87–80 | 94–80 |
| Raiffeisen Flyers Wels | 93–83 | 76–84 | 58–73 | 67–58 | — | 87–88 | 72–106 | 85–69 | 101–91 | 84–67 |
| SKN St. Pölten | 84–69 | 101–92 | 86–106 | 89–69 | 75–71 | — | 74–85 | 95–72 | 68–107 | 73–64 |
| Swans Gmunden | 90–49 | 90–74 | 59–64 | 94–76 | 107–89 | 76–82 | — | 101–84 | 85–75 | 91–66 |
| UBSC Raiffeisen Graz | 107–73 | 83–77 | 79–84 | 78–85 | 67–87 | 75–98 | 81–107 | — | 75–87 | 88–72 |
| Unger Steel Gunners Oberwart | 112–67 | 103–98 | 68–76 | 63–62 | 84–73 | 83–71 | 85–90 | 87–73 | — | 112–61 |
| Vienna DC Timberwolves | 83–76 | 100–105 | 73–107 | 61–91 | 61–83 | 105–100 | 49–94 | 62–81 | 90–92 | — |

## Second stage
### Standings group 1–6

Points from the first half of the season were divided by 2.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Immounited Dukes | 23 | 18 | 5 | 1917 | 1721 | +196 | 22 | Qualification to playoffs |
| 2 | Kapfenberg Bulls | 23 | 17 | 6 | 1853 | 1703 | +150 | 21 | Qualification to playoffs |
| 3 | Swans Gmunden | 23 | 17 | 6 | 2127 | 1810 | +317 | 19 | Qualification to playoffs |
| 4 | Unger Steel Gunners Oberwart | 23 | 16 | 7 | 1999 | 1805 | +194 | 19 | Qualification to playoffs |
| 5 | SKN St. Pölten | 23 | 12 | 11 | 1911 | 1928 | −17 | 14 | Qualification to playoffs |
| 6 | Raiffeisen Flyers Wels | 23 | 10 | 13 | 1838 | 1830 | +8 | 12 | Qualification to playoffs |

### Results group 1–6

| Home \ Away | KLO | KAP | WEL | STP | SWA | OBE |
| Immounited Dukes | — | | | | 91–83 | 91–83 |
| Kapfenberg Bulls | 92–89 | — | | 90–73 | | |
| Raiffeisen Flyers Wels | 86–88 | 71–77 | — | | 92–85 | |
| SKN St. Pölten | 73–89 | | 96–78 | — | | 74–80 |
| Swans Gmunden | | 104–77 | | 115–85 | — | |
| Unger Steel Gunners Oberwart | | 56–70 | 83–77 | | 103–97 | — |

### Standings group 7–10

Only matches from involved teams are counted in the table.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Raiffeisen Graz | 9 | 6 | 3 | 785 | 702 | +83 | 12 | Qualification to playoffs |
| 2 | Hallmann Vienna | 9 | 6 | 3 | 784 | 733 | +51 | 12 | Qualification to playoffs |
| 3 | Arkadia Traiskirchen Lions | 9 | 4 | 5 | 714 | 763 | −49 | 8 | Qualification to playoffs |
| 4 | Vienna DC Timberwolves | 9 | 2 | 7 | 693 | 778 | −85 | 4 | Qualification to playoffs |

### Results group 7–10

| Home \ Away | TRA | VIE | GRA | TIM |
| Arkadia Traiskirchen Lions | — | | 95–93 | 65–68 |
| Hallmann Vienna | 89–69 | — | 91–99 | |
| Raiffeisen Graz | | 92–76 | — | |
| Vienna DC Timberwolves | | 86–87 | | — |

## Austrian clubs in European competitions

| Team | Competition | Progress |
| ece Bulls Kapfenberg | Champions League | First qualifying round |
| ece Bulls Kapfenberg | FIBA Europe Cup | Regular season |

## Austrian clubs in international competitions

| Team | Competition | Progress |
| Swans Gmunden | Alpe Adria Cup | Semifinal |
| Hallmann Vienna | Alpe Adria Cup | Semifinal |
| IMMOunited Dukes | Alpe Adria Cup | Regular season |
| UBSC Raiffeisen Graz | Alpe Adria Cup | Regular season |