Österreichische Basketball Bundesliga

The Basketball Bundesliga ( Austria ) is the highest basketball league in Austria. The league was originally performed by the Austrian Basketball Association, since 1998, the League exists as a separate club. Until the 2004/05 season it was known as the A- League, and until the 2008/09 season it was called Österreichische Basketball Bundesliga ( ÖBL). From the 2008/ 09 season, the name of the League sponsor was admitted to the League name, since the main sponsor Admiral Sports Betting part of the name Admiral Basketball Bundesliga.

Game Mode

At the Austrian basketball league participate eleven teams. In the regular season has 20 rounds on the game board. The first six teams will qualify to be in the " taken " all the results to date for the main round 1 ( H1), the remaining five teams for the main round 2 (H2). In the main round 1 ten rounds come for the staging and in the main round 2 eight. The six teams in the H1 are fixed qualified for the quarter -finals, in addition to qualify the first two of H2 for the quarter-finals. In the quarterfinals, then play the first H1 against the second of the H2, the second of H1 against the First of H2, the third of H1 against the Sixth of H1 and the Fourth of H1 against the fifth of H1 (each best- of-five ). The semifinals and finals will also be played each best- of-five.

Current Bundesliga teams and their rankings

In the 2012/13 season eleven teams played for the Austrian basketball league title. According Sweepstakes Rules of ÖBL the winner of the final series champion is ( = M), the loser runner ( = VM). The ranking of the other teams results from the rankings after the main rounds H1 and H2.

H1 = Main Round 1, H2 = Main Round 2, H3 = Main Round 3, M2 = Auf-/Abstiegsrunde, M3 = relegation round, MB = basic passage Men B league, VF = team came up in the quarter-finals, SF = team made ​​it to the semifinals

Former Bundesliga teams

In recent years, several teams had to adjust the Bundesliga match operation due to financial difficulties despite sporting qualifications. For the 2007 /08 season the 49ers VIVA Basket has been granted a license. The kelag Wörthersee pirates have withdrawn their nomination for the 2011/2012 season.

Venues

MVP honors

At the end of the season MVP Awards are currently in four categories. The successful players were in recent years De'Teri Mayes, who brought it to five awards of the season MVP and Bob Gonnen, who was elected four times as coach of the season.

MVP = Most Valuable Player, MVC = Most Valuable Coach, MVAP = Most Valuable Player Austrian

Statistics

Points

The dominant scorers of the Austrian Bundesliga in recent years was De'Teri Mayes. With the Swans from Gmunden he could also four championships (2005, 2006, 2007, 2010) achieve. With 25.8 points he scored his personal best in the 2003/04 season.

Rebounds

The 2.09 m wide center Kevin Martin of the Xion Dukes Klosterneuburg scored in his first season ÖBL 10.8 rebounds per game. Here he succeeded in two games with 22 rebounds, another record.

Assists

The Bosnian point guard Damir Zeleznik, who moved to the Kapfenberg Bulls before the season 2006/ 07, reached the third top 3 place in the assists in a row in his third ÖBL season.