Österreichische Basketball Bundesliga

Admiral Basketball Bundesliga
(Österreichische Basketball Bundesliga)

Current season, competition or edition: 2016–17 Österreichische Basketball Bundesliga
Sport	Basketball
Founded	1947
No. of teams	11
Country	Austria
Continent	Europe
Most recent champion(s)	Oberwart Gunners (2nd title)
Most titles	UBSC Wien (11 titles)
TV partner(s)	Sky Sport Austria
Sponsor(s)	Admiral Sportwetten
Level on pyramid	1st tier
Related competitions	Austrian Cup Austrian Supercup
Official website	www.oebl.at

The Österreichische Basketball Bundesliga (ÖBL) (in English: Austrian Basketball League (ABL)) is the top men's professional basketball league in Austria. 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). Since the 2008–09 season, it has been named the Admiral Basketball League, after the league's main sponsor, Admiral Sportwetten.

Competition format

Each team plays the other 11 teams twice, creating a 22-game regular-season schedule. After that, the top eight teams move on, and play another double round robin. The four top teams after that move on to a best-of-five semifinals series, and the two semi-finals winners meet in a best-of-five championship series.

Clubs

Club	Place	Arena	Capacity
Allianz Swans Gmunden	Gmunden	Volksbank Arena	2,200
WBC Kraftwerk Wels	Wels	Raiffeisen Arena	1,700
BSC Raiffeisen Panthers Fürstenfeld	Fürstenfeld	Stadthalle Fürstenfeld	1,200
Arkadia Traiskirchen Lions	Traiskirchen	Lions Dome	1,200
Kapfenberg Bulls	Kapfenberg	Sporthalle Walfersam	1,000
BC Zepter Vienna	Wien	Admiral Dome	1,500
redwell Gunners Oberwart	Oberwart	Sporthalle Oberwart	1,700
Xion Dukes Klosterneuburg	Klosterneuburg	Happyland Klosterneuburg	1,000
UBC magnofit Güssing Knights	Güssing	Aktiv Park Güssing	01200
UBSC Raiffeisen Graz	Graz	Unionhalle	0600

Title holders

1946–47 WAC 1947–48 Not held 1948–49 Admira Wien 1949–50 Post Wien 1950–51 Wiener 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 Sankt Pölten 1993–94 Möllersdorf 1994–95 Sankt Pölten 1995–96 Sankt Pölten 1996–97 Sankt Pölten 1997–98 Sankt Pölten 1998–99 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

Finals

Season	Champion	Result	Runners-up	Champions' coach	Finals MVP
2000–01	Kapfenberg Bulls	3–2	Wörthersee Piraten		N/A
2001–02	Kapfenberg Bulls	3–2	Panthers Fürstenfeld		N/A
2002–03	Kapfenberg Bulls	3–2	Swans Gmunden		N/A
2003–04	Kapfenberg Bulls	3–1	Swans Gmunden		N/A
2004–05	Swans Gmunden	3–0	Oberwart Gunners	Bob Gonnen	N/A
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

Awards

• Most Valuable Player
• Finals MVP
• Coach of the Year
• Most Valuable Austrian Player

All-Star Game

The ÖBL holds 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 include a slam dunk contest and a three-point shooting competition.

References

External links

• Österreichische Basketball Bundesliga Official Website
• Eurobasket.com League Page