# 2020–21 Swiss Basketball League

The 2020–21 Swiss Basketball League (SBL) season was the 90th season of the top tier basketball league in Switzerland.
Fribourg Olympic won its third title in a row and its 19th total title, after defeating eight-seeded Starwings in the finals of the playoffs.

## Teams

The league was reduced from 12 to 9 teams, after Riviera Lakers were refused a license to compete and Swiss Central and Pully-Lausanne Foxes requested to step down to Ligue B.
| Team | Location |
| Boncourt | Boncourt |
| Fribourg Olympic | Fribourg |
| Lions de Genève | Le Grand-Saconnex/Geneva |
| Lugano Tigers | Lugano |
| Monthey-Chablais | Monthey |
| Nyon | Nyon |
| Spinelli Massagno | Cadempino/Massagno |
| Starwings | Birsfelden/Basel |
| Union Neuchâtel | Neuchâtel |

## Regular season
### League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Lions de Genève | 24 | 21 | 3 | 2045 | 1649 | +396 | 42 | Advance to Playoffs |
| 2 | Fribourg Olympic (C, O) | 24 | 19 | 5 | 2135 | 1694 | +441 | 38 | Advance to Playoffs |
| 3 | Spinelli Massagno | 24 | 18 | 6 | 2052 | 1838 | +214 | 36 | Advance to Playoffs |
| 4 | Union Neuchâtel | 24 | 14 | 10 | 1829 | 1851 | −22 | 28 | Advance to Playoffs |
| 5 | Monthey-Chablais | 24 | 10 | 14 | 1784 | 1908 | −124 | 20 | Advance to Playoffs |
| 6 | Lugano Tigers | 24 | 9 | 15 | 1941 | 2069 | −128 | 18 | Advance to Playoffs |
| 7 | Boncourt | 24 | 8 | 16 | 1947 | 2065 | −118 | 16 | Advance to Playoffs |
| 8 | Starwings | 24 | 7 | 17 | 1733 | 1917 | −184 | 14 | Advance to Playoffs |
| 9 | Nyon | 24 | 2 | 22 | 1658 | 2133 | −475 | 4 | |

### Results

| Home \ Away | BON | FRI | GEN | LUG | MON | NYO | MAS | BAS | NEU |
| Boncourt | — | 81–88 | | 77–110 | | 97–77 | 73–90 | 87–69 | 78–80 |
| Fribourg Olympic | 104–78 | — | | | 100–69 | | 90–92 | 91–56 | |
| Lions de Genève | 96–87 | 70–63 | — | 96–59 | | | | 73–57 | |
| Lugano Tigers | | 65–74 | 73–88 | — | 66–48 | | | 76–69 | 71–83 |
| Monthey-Chablais | 85–81 | | 48–89 | | — | 106–81 | 75–87 | | |
| Nyon | 75–94 | 55–82 | 44–91 | 77–95 | 75–94 | — | | | |
| Spinelli Massagno | | 87–86 | 95–84 | 92–67 | | | — | | 80–69 |
| Starwings Basel | | | 78–86 | 90–73 | 60–76 | 76–48 | 73–91 | — | |
| Union Neuchâtel | | 59–68 | | | 73–54 | 76–69 | | 78–71 | — |

## Swiss clubs in European competitions

| Team | Competition | Progress |
| Fribourg Olympic | Champions League | First qualifying round |
| Fribourg Olympic | FIBA Europe Cup | Regular season |

## Playoffs

| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Finals | Finals | Finals |
| 1 | Lions de Genève | 1 | | | | | | |
| 8 | Starwings | 2 | | | | | | |
| 8 | Starwings | 2 | 8 | Starwings | 2 | | | |
| | | | 4 | Union Neuchatêl | 0 | | | |
| 4 | Union Neuchatêl | 2 | 4 | Union Neuchatêl | 0 | | | |
| 5 | Monthey-Chablais | 1 | | | | | | |
| 5 | Monthey-Chablais | 1 | | | | 8 | Starwings | 0 |
| | | | | | | 2 | Fribourg Olympic | 3 |
| 2 | Fribourg Olympic | 2 | | | | | | | 2 | Fribourg Olympic | 3 |
| 7 | Boncourt | 0 | | | | | | |
| 7 | Boncourt | 0 | 2 | Fribourg Olympic | 2 | | | |
| | | | 3 | Spinelli Massagno | 0 | | | |
| 3 | Spinelli Massagno | 2 | 3 | Spinelli Massagno | 0 | | | |
| 6 | Lugano Tigers | 0 | | | | | | |