Ligue Nationale de Basketball (Switzerland)
Encyclopedia
Ligue Nationale de Basketball A (LNBA) is the top professional basketball
league in Switzerland
. The national league is divided into two divisions, the A and the B, with a system of promotion and relegation
between them.
Basketball
Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...
league in Switzerland
Switzerland
Switzerland name of one of the Swiss cantons. ; ; ; or ), in its full name the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western Europe,Or Central Europe depending on the definition....
. The national league is divided into two divisions, the A and the B, with a system of promotion and relegation
Promotion and relegation
In many sports leagues around the world, promotion and relegation is a process that takes place at the end of each season. Through it, teams are transferred between divisions based on their performance that season...
between them.
League A Teams
- Starwings Basket Regio Basel
- Basket-club Boncourt
- Fribourg OlympicFribourg OlympicFribourg Olympic is a Swiss professional basketball club based in Fribourg, and a 14-time Swiss champion . Its current sponsorship name is Benetton Fribourg...
- Geneve DevilsGeneve DevilsGeneve Devils, based in the city of Geneva, Switzerland, is a professional basketball team in the A division of the Ligue Nationale de Basketball...
- Lugano TigersLugano TigersThe Lugano Tigers are a Swiss professional basketball club that is based in Lugano, Switzerland. The club competes in the Swiss League.-History:Founded in 1981 with the merging of Federal Lugano and Viganello, FV Lugano won the first Swiss cup in 1982...
- BBC Monthey
- SAM Massagno Basket
- BBC Nyon
- SAV Vacallo Basket
League B Teams
- BC Alte Kanti Aaarau
- STB Bern-Giants
- CPE Meyrin Geneve
- Union Neuchâtel Basket
- BBC Nyon U23
- Vevey-Riviera Basket
- Villars Basket
- Groupe E Academie Fribourg U23
- Colas Bernex Geneve Basket
- Blonay Basket
- BC DDV Lugano
- Pully Basket
- Swiss Central Basket
- Zürich Wildcats