# 2020–21 Swedish Basketball League

The 2020–21 Swedish Basketball League season was the 28th season of the Swedish Basketball League (SBL), the top tier basketball league on Sweden. Borås Basket is the defending champion.
Norrköping Dolphins won its 8th national title after defeating Södertälje BBK 4–0 in the finals.

## Teams

On 16 June 2020, it was announced Fryshuset, winners of the Superettan, were promoted to the SBL. On 25 June 2020, Wetterbygden Stars withdrew from the league due to the lack of financial support.
| Team | City | Venue | Capacity |
| Borås | Borås | Boråshallen | 3,000 |
| Fryshuset | Stockholm | Fryshuset Sporthall | 1,000 |
| Jämtland | Östersund | Östersunds Sporthall | 1,700 |
| Köping Stars | Köping | Karlbergshallen | 650 |
| Luleå | Luleå | Luleå Energi Arena | 2,700 |
| Norrköping Dolphins | Norrköping | Stadium Arena | 3,500 |
| Nässjö | Nässjö | Nässjö Sporthall | 1,200 |
| Södertälje Kings | Södertälje | Täljehallen | 2,100 |
| Umeå | Umeå | Umeå Energi Arena | 2,000 |

## League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Södertälje Kings | 32 | 24 | 8 | 2698 | 2476 | +222 | 48 | Qualification to playoffs |
| 2 | Norrköping Dolphins | 32 | 23 | 9 | 2850 | 2635 | +215 | 46 | Qualification to playoffs |
| 3 | Borås | 32 | 22 | 10 | 2958 | 2655 | +303 | 44 | Qualification to playoffs |
| 4 | Luleå | 32 | 21 | 11 | 2742 | 2557 | +185 | 42 | Qualification to playoffs |
| 5 | Jämtland | 32 | 18 | 14 | 2689 | 2534 | +155 | 36 | Qualification to playoffs |
| 6 | Nässjö | 32 | 18 | 14 | 2461 | 2495 | −34 | 36 | Qualification to playoffs |
| 7 | Köping Stars | 32 | 11 | 21 | 2593 | 2641 | −48 | 22 | Qualification to playoffs |
| 8 | Umeå | 32 | 6 | 26 | 2551 | 2946 | −395 | 12 | Qualification to playoffs |
| 9 | Fryshuset | 32 | 1 | 31 | 2524 | 3127 | −603 | 2 | |

## Playoffs
### Bracket

| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Finals | Finals |
| Södertälje Kings | 3 | | |
| Umeå | 0 | | |
| Umeå | 0 | Södertälje Kings | 4 |
| | | Jämtland | 3 |
| Luleå | 1 | Jämtland | 3 |
| Jämtland | 3 | | | | |
| Jämtland | 3 | | | Södertälje Kings | 0 |
| | | | | Norrköping Dolphins | 4 |
| Norrköping Dolphins | 3 | | | Norrköping Dolphins | 4 |
| Köping | 1 | | | | |
| Köping | 1 | Norrköping Dolphins | 4 | | |
| | | Nässjö | 2 |
| Borås | 2 | Nässjö | 2 |
| Nässjö | 3 | | |

### Quarter-finals

Södertälje Kings vs. Umeå
* 21 April 2021
| Södertälje Kings | 93–63 | Umeå |
* 23 April 2021
| Södertälje Kings | 82–69 | Umeå |
* 26 April 2021
| Umeå | 81–99 | Södertälje Kings |
| Södertälje win series, 3-0 |||
Norrköping Dolphins vs. Köping Stars
* 21 April 2021
| Norrköping Dolphins | 84–71 | Köping Stars |
* 23 April 2021
| Norrköping Dolphins | 86–76 | Köping Stars |
* 26 April 2021
| Köping Stars | 80–78 | Norrköping Dolphins |
* 28 April 2021
| Köping Stars | 82–90 | Norrköping Dolphins |
| Norrköping win series, 3-1 |||
Borås vs. Nässjö
* 22 April 2021
| Borås | 96–88 | Nässjö |
* 24 April 2021
| Borås | 82–94 | Nässjö |
* 27 April 2021
| Nässjö | 92–68 | Borås |
* 29 April 2021
| Nässjö | 75–81 | Borås |
* 2 May 2021
| Borås | 79–80 | Nässjö |
| Nässjö win series, 3-2 |||
Luleå vs. Jämtland
* 22 April 2021
| Luleå | 89–84 | Jämtland |
* 24 April 2021
| Luleå | 61–84 | Jämtland |
* 27 April 2021
| Jämtland | 92–90 | Luleå |
* 29 April 2021
| Jämtland | 87–72 | Luleå |
| Jämtland win series, 3-1 |||

### Semi-finals

Södertälje Kings vs. Jämtland
* 6 May 2021
| Södertälje Kings | 84–70 | Jämtland |
* 8 May 2021
| Södertälje Kings | 87–76 | Jämtland |
* 11 May 2021
| Jämtland | 83–54 | Södertälje Kings |
* 13 May 2021
| Jämtland | 79–51 | Södertälje Kings |
* 15 May 2021
| Södertälje Kings | 86–83 | Jämtland |
* 17 May 2021
| Jämtland | 89–68 | Södertälje Kings |
* 19 May 2021
| Södertälje Kings | 82–73 | Jämtland |
| Södertälje Wins Series 4-3 |||
Norrköping Dolphins vs. Nässjö
* 7 May 2021
| Norrköping Dolphins | 85–64 | Nässjö |
* 9 May 2021
| Norrköping Dolphins | 96–67 | Nässjö |
* 12 May 2021
| Nässjö | 76–73 | Norrköping Dolphins |
* 14 May 2021
| Nässjö | 89–79 | Norrköping Dolphins |
* 16 May 2021
| Norrköping Dolphins | 84–71 | Nässjö |
* 18 May 2021
| Nässjö | 86–89 | Norrköping Dolphins |
| Norrköping Win Series 4-2 |||

### Finals

Södertälje Kings vs. Norrköping Dolphins
* SVT2
* 22 May 2021 15:55
| Södertälje Kings | 69–85 | Norrköping Dolphins |
| Scoring by quarter: 12-25, 22-10, 17-30, 18-20 |||
| Pts: Viktor Gaddefors (22) Rebs: Viktor Gaddefors (11) Asts: Trevin Parks (5) | | Pts: Terry Larrier (22) Rebs: Kamau Stokes (8) Asts: Kamau Stokes (9) |
* Täljehallen Referees: Apostolos Kalpakas, Rickard Eriksson, Davor Gudelj
* SVT24
* 24 May 2021 19:34
| Södertälje Kings | 65–75 | Norrköping Dolphins |
| Scoring by quarter: 21-19, 7-20, 27-14, 10-22 |||
| Pts: Viktor Gaddefors (25) Rebs: Anton Gaddefors (7) Asts: Lazar Radosavljevic (6) | | Pts: Terry Larrier (17) Rebs: Adam Ramstedt (11) Asts: Tim Schüberg (5) |
* Täljehallen Referees: Saulius Racys, Fedja Serhatlic, Shaker Nasrollah
* SVT24
* 27 May 2021 20:04
| Norrköping Dolphins | 97–70 | Södertälje Kings |
| Scoring by quarter: 28-16, 31-17, 21-18, 17-19 |||
| Pts: Kamau Stokes (21) Rebs: Adam Ramstedt (9) Asts: Kamau Stokes (7) | | Pts: Viktor Gaddefors (22) Rebs: Viktor Gaddefors (12) Asts: Viktor Gaddefors (4) |
* Stadium Arena Referees: Saulius Racys, Fedja Serhatlic, Shaker Nasrollah
* SVT2
* 29 May 2021 15:55
| Norrköping Dolphins | Södertälje Kings |
| Scoring by quarter: 31-30, 16-21, 19-19, 25-16 |||
| Pts: Phillip Carr (28) Rebs: Adam Ramstedt (14) Asts: Kamau Stokes (6) | Pts: Viktor Gaddefors (31) Rebs: Viktor Gaddefors (9) Asts: Trevin Parks (5) |
| Norrköping Win Series 4-0 |||
* Stadium Arena Referees: Apostolos Kalpakas, Rickard Eriksson, Davor Gudelj