Austrian Basketball Bundesliga

Austrian Basketball Bundesliga
Founded	1947; 78 years ago
First season	1947–48
Folded	2019; 6 years ago
Replaced by	Basketball Superliga
Country	Austria
Confederation	FIBA Europe (Europe)
Number of teams	10
Level on pyramid	1
Domestic cup(s)	Austrian Cup
Supercup	Austrian Supercup
International cup(s)	FIBA Europe Cup
Last champions	Kapfenberg Bulls (7th title) ; (2018–19)
Most championships	UBSC Wien (11 titles)
TV partners	Sky Sport
	2018–19 Austrian Basketball Bundesliga (last before name change)

The Austrian Basketball Bundesliga (in German: Österreichische Basketball Bundesliga) was the top men's professional basketball league in Austria.^[1] Until the 2004–05 season, the league was known as the A-Liga (A-League) and then until the 2008–09 season it was called the Österreichische Basketball Bundesliga (ÖBL). From 2008 to 2019, it was named the Admiral Basketball League, after the league's main sponsor, Admiral Sportwetten.

In 2019, the competition was replaced by the Austrian Basketball Superliga.

Competition format

In the current season each team plays the other nine teams four times, creating a 36-game regular-season schedule. After that, the top six teams move on. The two semi-finals winners meet in a best-of-seven championship series.

Clubs

Club	Place	Arena	Capacity
Allianz Swans Gmunden	Gmunden	Volksbank Arena	2,200
Kraftwerk Wels	Wels	Raiffeisen Arena	1,700
Raiffeisen Panthers Fürstenfeld	Fürstenfeld	Stadthalle Fürstenfeld	1,200
Arkadia Traiskirchen Lions	Traiskirchen	Lions Dome	1,200
Kapfenberg Bulls	Kapfenberg	Sporthalle Walfersam	1,000
Zepter Vienna	Wien	Admiral Dome	1,500
Unger Steel Oberwart Gunners	Oberwart	Sporthalle Oberwart	1,700
Xion Dukes Klosterneuburg	Klosterneuburg	Happyland Klosterneuburg	1,000
Raiffeisen Graz	Graz	Raiffeisen Sportpark Graz	3,000

Title holders

1946–47 WAC
1947–48 Not held
1948–49 Admira Wien
1949–50 Post Wien
1950–51 Wiener Sportclub
1951–52 Handelsministerium
1952–53 Union Babenberg
1953–54 Union Babenberg
1954–55 Union Babenberg
1955–56 Engelmann Wien
1956–57 Union Babenberg
1957–58 Engelmann Wien
1958–59 Union Babenberg
1959–60 Engelmann Wien
1960–61 Engelmann Wien
1961–62 Engelmann Wien
1962–63 Handelsministerium
1963–64 Handelsministerium
1964–65 Handelsministerium
1965–66 Union Kuenring
1966–67 Engelmann Wien
1967–68 Engelmann Wien
1968–69 Engelmann Wien
1969–70 Engelmann Wien
1970–71 Radio Koch Wien
1971–72 Radio Koch Wien
1972–73 Wienerberger
1973–74 Wienerberger
1974–75 Sefra Wien
1975–76 Sefra Wien
1976–77 Shopping Centre Wien
1977–78 Klosterneuburg
1978–79 UBSC Wien
1979–80 UBSC Wien
1980–81 UBSC Wien
1981–82 UBSC Wien
1982–83 Klosterneuburg
1983–84 Klosterneuburg
1984–85 Klosterneuburg
1985–86 Klosterneuburg
1986–87 Klosterneuburg
1987–88 Klosterneuburg
1988–89 Klosterneuburg
1989–90 Klosterneuburg
1990–91 Möllersdorf
1991–92 Union SPI
1992–93 UBC Sankt Pölten
1993–94 Möllersdorf
1994–95 UBC Sankt Pölten
1995–96 UBC Sankt Pölten
1996–97 UBC Sankt Pölten
1997–98 UBC Sankt Pölten
1998–99 UBC Sankt Pölten
1999–00 Traiskirchen Lions
2000–01 Kapfenberg Bulls
2001–02 Kapfenberg Bulls
2002–03 Kapfenberg Bulls
2003–04 Kapfenberg Bulls
2004–05 Swans Gmunden
2005–06 Swans Gmunden
2006–07 Swans Gmunden
2007–08 Panthers Fürstenfeld
2008–09 Kraftwerk Wels
2009–10 Swans Gmunden
2010–11 Oberwart Gunners
2011–12 Xion Dukes Klosterneuburg
2012–13 Zepter Vienna
2013–14 Güssing Knights
2014–15 Güssing Knights
2015–16 Redwell Oberwart Gunners
2016–17 ece Bulls Kapfenberg
2017–18 ece Bulls Kapfenberg
2018–19 ece Bulls Kapfenberg

Finals

Season	Champion	Result	Runners-up	Champions' coach	Finals MVP
2000–01	Kapfenberg Bulls	3–2	Wörthersee Piraten		—
2001–02	Kapfenberg Bulls	3–2	Panthers Fürstenfeld
2002–03	Kapfenberg Bulls	3–2	Swans Gmunden
2003–04	Kapfenberg Bulls	3–1	Swans Gmunden
2004–05	Swans Gmunden	3–0	Oberwart Gunners	Bob Gonnen
2005–06	Swans Gmunden	3–0	Kraftwerk Wels	Bob Gonnen	Peter Hütter
2006–07	Swans Gmunden	3–0	Oberwart Gunners	Bob Gonnen	De'Teri Mayes
2007–08	Panthers Fürstenfeld	3–2	Oberwart Gunners	Aaron Mitchell	Anthony Shavies
2008–09	Kraftwerk Wels	3–1	Swans Gmunden	Raoul Korner	Ricky Moore
2009–10	Swans Gmunden	3–2	Panthers Fürstenfeld	Matthias Fischer	De'Teri Mayes
2010–11	Oberwart Gunners	3–2	Swans Gmunden	Neno Ašćerić	Bernd Volcic
2011–12	Dukes Klosterneuburg	3–1	Swans Gmunden	Werner Sallomon	Christoph Nagler
2012–13	Zepter Vienna	3–2	Oberwart Gunners	Andrea Maghelli	Shawn Ray
2013–14	Güssing Knights	3–2	Kapfenberg Bulls	Matthias Zollner	Anthony Shavies
2014–15	Güssing Knights	3–1	Zepter Vienna	Matthias Zollner	Travis Taylor
2015–16	Redwell Oberwart Gunners	3–0	WBC Raiffeissen Wels	Chris Chougaz	Chris McNealy
2016–17	ece Bulls Kapfenberg	4–1	Redwell Oberwart Gunners	Michael Schrittwieser	Bogić Vujošević
2017–18	ece Bulls Kapfenberg	4–2	Swans Gmunden
2018–19	ece Bulls Kapfenberg	3–0	Swans Gmunden

Awards

All-Star Game

The ÖBL held an annual all-star game, pitting a team of the best Austrian players in the league against a team made up of the league's top international players. Like the NBA All-Star Game, the ÖBL All-Star festivities included a slam dunk contest and a three-point shooting competition.

References

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