Österreichische Basketball Bundesliga

Admiral Basketball Bundesliga
Admiral Basketball League

Sport	Basketball
Founded	1947
No. of teams	12
Country	Austria
Continent	FIBA Europe
Official website	Official Website

The Österreichische Basketball Bundesliga (OBL) (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 (OBL). Since the 2008–09 season, it has been named the Admiral Basketball League, after the league's main sponsor, Admiral Sportwetten.

Teams

Gmunden

Traiskirchen

BasketClubs Vienna

Fürstenfeld

Kapfenberg

Wörthersee Piraten

Oberwart

Güssing

St. Pölten

Graz

Wels

Klosterneuburg

Teams 2007–08

OBL teams are made up primarily of Austrian players. Every team carries some international players, mostly Americans.

The following teams are competing in the OBL for the 2007–08 season:

• Allianz Swans Gmunden
• Arkadia Traiskirchen Lions
• BasketClubs Vienna
• BSC Raiffeisen Panthers Fürstenfeld
• Kapfenberg Bulls
• kelag Wörthersee Piraten
• Oberwart Gunners
• UBC ökoStadt Güssing Knights
• UBC St.Pölten
• UBSC PBS Graz
• WBC Kraftwerk Wels
• Xion Dukes Klosterneuburg

Schedule

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.

Past Championships

All-Star game

The OBL 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 OBL All-Star festivities include a slam dunk contest and a three-point shooting competition.

External links

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

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