The Austrian Basketball Bundesliga (in German: Österreichische Basketball Bundesliga) was the top men's professional
basketball
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league in
Austria
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.
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/ref> 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
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
Awards
*Most Valuable Player
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* Finals MVP
* Coach of the Year
* Most Valuable Austrian Player
All-Star Game
The ÖBL held an annual all-star game
An all-star game is an exhibition game that showcases the best players (the "stars") of a sports league. The exhibition is between two teams organized solely for the event, usually representing the league's teams based on region or division, bu ...
, 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
A slam dunk, also simply known as a dunk, is a type of basketball shot that is performed when a player jumps in the air, controls the ball above the horizontal plane of the rim, and scores by shoving the ball directly through the basket with on ...
contest and a three-point shooting competition.
References
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Sports leagues established in 1947
1947 establishments in Austria
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Top-level basketball leagues in Europe