2020–21 Austrian Basketball Superliga

The 2020–21 Austrian Basketball Superliga was the second season of the Basketball Superliga, the top-tier league in Austrian basketball. It is the 75th season of the first tier of basketball in Austria.

Austrian Basketball Superliga
Season2020–21
Teams10
TV partner(s)Sky Sport
ORF+
Regular season
Season MVPAustria Enis Murati
Finals
ChampionsSwans Gmunden
1st Superliga title
5th Austrian title
  Runners-upKapfenberg Bulls

Swans Gmunden won the first Superliga championship, its fifth Austrian title.[1]

Format

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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).[2]

Teams

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Venues and locations

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Club Place Arena Capacity
Flyers Wels Wels Raiffeisen Arena 1,700
GGMT Vienna Wien Wiener Stadthalle B 1,000
Klosterneuburg Dukes Klosterneuburg Happyland Klosterneuburg 1,000
Kapfenberg Bulls Kapfenberg Sporthalle Walfersam 1,000
Oberwart Gunners Oberwart Sporthalle Oberwart 2,500
UBSC 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

Regular season

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Basic Round

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Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1 Kapfenberg Bulls 18 13 5 1409 1257 +152 26 Qualification to group 1–6
2 Swans Gmunden 18 12 6 1500 1363 +137 24
3 Klosterneuburg Dukes 18 11 7 1498 1405 +93 22
4 Flyers Wels 18 10 8 1540 1518 +22 20
5 SKN St. Pölten 18 10 8 1409 1437 −28 20
6 Oberwart Gunners 18 10 8 1409 1356 +53 20
7 GGMT Vienna 18 9 9 1524 1467 +57 18 Qualification to group 7–10
8 UBSC Graz 18 9 9 1582 1557 +25 18
9 Traiskirchen Lions 18 3 15 1400 1575 −175 6
10 Vienna DC Timberwolves 18 3 15 1259 1595 −336 6
Updated to match(es) played on 30 December 2020. Source: Basketball Austria

Placement Round

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Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1 Swans Gmunden 23 17 6 1938 1773 +165 34 Qualification to playoffs
2 Kapfenberg Bulls 23 16 7 1808 1636 +172 32
3 Klosterneuburg Dukes 23 13 10 1866 1780 +86 26
4 Oberwart Gunners 23 12 11 1825 1759 +66 24
5 SKN St. Pölten 23 12 11 1769 1810 −41 24
6 Flyers Wels 23 11 12 1915 1934 −19 22
Updated to match(es) played on 08 March 2021. Source: Basketball Austria

Qualifying round

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Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1 GGMT Vienna 21 12 9 1785 1653 +132 24 Qualification to playoffs
2 UBSC Graz 21 11 10 1838 1810 +28 22
3 Traiskirchen Lions 21 4 17 1627 1801 −174 8
4 Vienna DC Timberwolves 21 3 18 1463 1878 −415 6
Updated to match(es) played on 08 March 2021. Source: Basketball Austria

Austrian clubs in European competitions

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Team Competition Progress
Kapfenberg Bulls FIBA Europe Cup Regular season

References

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  1. ^ Berger, Helmut. "Presstige Details BSL". Basketball Austria (in Austrian German). Retrieved 12 July 2021.
  2. ^ "Startschuss für die ADMIRAL Basketball Superliga - mit ADMIRAL Sportwetten als Hauptsponsor". OTS.at. Retrieved 29 August 2019.
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