SBL Cup
{{short description|Swiss basketball league cup}}
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|country = {{SWI}}
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|confed = FIBA Europe
|founded = {{Start date and age|2004}}
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|related_comps = Swiss Basketball League
Swiss Basketball Cup
|champions = Fribourg Olympic (5th title)
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|website = {{URL|https://swissbasketball.ch/sbl-cup/}}
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The SBL Cup is the national professional league cup competition that is organised by the Swiss Basketball League (SBL), which is the top-tier level basketball division in Switzerland. The competition was introduced in 2004, and is the second cup competition that SBL teams play in, along with the Federation Swiss Cup. Formerly, the competition was known as the Swiss Basketball League Cup.
Format
Six teams from a given SBL regular season qualify, with the two highest seeds having a bye in the quarter-finals.{{cite web |url=https://swissbasketball.ch/sbl-cup/schedule#clm |title=Schedule {{!}} Swiss Basketball |website=swissbasketball.ch |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180430113911/https://swissbasketball.ch/sbl-cup/schedule |archive-date=2018-04-30}} A final four tournament, at a host city, is played to determine the winner of the SBL Cup.
Finals
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|Result after overtime |
==2018–present==
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| Year
! Host city ! width=150| Winners ! width=150 | Runners-up ! Score ! MVP | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| {{Center|2022}}
| |{{flagicon|FRA}} Natan Jurkovitz | |||||
| {{center|2021}} | Montreux | Lions de Genève | SAM Massagno | 78–60{{cite news |title=SBL Cup Men : Les Lions de Genève titrés pour la quatrième fois |url=https://swiss.basketball/news/9379_sbl-cup-men-les-lions-de-geneve-titres-pour-la-quatrieme-fois |access-date=14 August 2021 |language=fr}} | {{flagicon|CRO}} Ive Ivanov |
| {{center|2020}} | Montreux | Fribourg Olympic | Union Neuchatêl | 63–54https://swiss.basketball/news/2020/02/02/sbl-cup-men-fribourg-olympic-titre-pour-la-6eme-fois {{Dead link|date=February 2022}} | {{flagicon|USA}} Xavier Pollard |
| {{center|2019}} | Lions de Genève | SAM Massagno | 67–53 | {{flagicon|USA}} Terry Smith | |
| {{center|2018}} | Clarens | Fribourg Olympic | Lugano Tigers | style="background:#afe6ba;" align=center |93–86 † | {{flagicon|SEN}} Babacar Touré |
==2004–2017==
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! Year ! Champions | |
| 2017 | Monthey |
| 2016 | Monthey |
| 2015 | Lions de Genève |
| 2014 | Union Neuchâtel |
| 2013 | Lions de Genève |
| 2012 | Lugano Tigers |
| 2011 | Lugano Tigers |
| 2010 | Benetton Fribourg Olympic |
| 2009 | Benetton Fribourg Olympic |
| 2008 | Benetton Fribourg Olympic |
| 2007 | Benetton Fribourg Olympic |
| 2006 | Boncourt |
| 2005 | Boncourt |
| 2004 | Geneva Devils |
See also
- Swiss Basketball League (SBL)
- Swiss Basketball Cup (Federation Cup)
References
{{Reflist}}
{{Swiss Basketball League}}
{{Basketball in Switzerland}}
{{European basketball cups}}