Ligue Nationale de Basket A

Swiss National A Basketball League
Ligue Nationale de Basket A (LNBA)

Current season, competition or edition: 2015–16 LNBA season
Sport	Basketball
Founded	2001
No. of teams	10
Country	Switzerland
Continent	FIBA Europe (Europe)
Most recent champion(s)	Lions de Genève (2nd title)
Level on pyramid	1st Tier (Switzerland)
Relegation to	Ligue Nationale de Basket B - 2nd Tier
Domestic cup(s)	Swiss Cup
Official website	www.lnba.ch

Ligue Nationale de Basket A, abbreviated as LNBA, or LNA ^[1] is the top-tier professional club basketball league in Switzerland. It is organized by the Ligue Nationale de Basket.

Promotion and relegation

The national professional club basketball competition of Switzerland is divided into two separate league levels, the top-tier level Ligue Nationale de Basket A,^[2] and the 2nd-tier level Ligue Nationale de Basket B, abbreviated as LNBB or LNB,^[3] with a system of promotion and relegation between the two league levels.

LNA Teams (1st-tier)

• BC Winterthur
• Basket-club Boncourt
• Fribourg Olympic
• Les Lions de Genève
• Lugano Tigers
• BBC Monthey
• 5 Stelle SAM Basket Massagno
• Starwings Basket Regio Basel
• Swiss Central Basket
• Union Neuchâtel Basket

LNB Teams (2nd-tier)

• STB Bern-Giants
• CPE Meyrin Geneve
• BBC Nyon
• BBC Lausanne
• BCKE Wallabies
• Vevey Riviera Basket
• Villars Basket
• Grasshopper Club Zurich
• Groupe E Academie Fribourg U23
• Lugano Tigers U23
• Pully Basket
• Zürich Wildcats

Champions

1932-33 Uni Bern 1933-34 Servette 1934-35 Servette 1935-36 Servette 1936-37 Servette 1937-38 Urania Geneva 1938-39 Urania Geneva 1939-41 Not held 1941-42 Urania Geneva 1942-43 Urania Geneva 1943-44 Urania Geneva 1944-45 Urania Geneva 1945-46 CA Genève 1946-47 Urania Geneva 1947-48 Urania Geneva 1948-49 Urania Geneva 1949-50 Urania Geneva 1950-51 Stade Français Genève 1951-52 Sanas Merry Boys 1952-53 Jonction Genève 1953-54 Jonction Genève

1954-55 Jonction Genève 1955-56 Jonction Genève 1956-57 Jonction Genève 1957-58 Jonction Genève 1958-59 Urania Geneva 1959-60 Urania Geneva 1960-61 Stade Français Genève 1961-62 Stade Français Genève 1962-63 Stade Français Genève 1963-64 Sanas Merry Boys 1964-65 Urania Geneva 1965-66 Urania Geneva 1966-67 Fribourg Olympic 1967-68 Urania Geneva 1968-69 Stade Français Genève 1969-70 Stade Français Genève 1970-71 Stade Français Genève 1971-72 Fribourg Olympic 1972-73 Stade Français Genève 1973-74 Fribourg Olympic 1974-75 Federale

1975-76 Federale 1976-77 Federale 1977-78 Fribourg Olympic 1978-79 Fribourg Olympic 1979-80 Viganello 1980-81 Fribourg Olympic 1981-82 Fribourg Olympic 1982-83 Nyon 1983-84 Vevey Riviera 1984-85 Fribourg Olympic 1985-86 Pully 1986-87 Pully 1987-88 Champel Genève 1988-89 Pully 1989-90 Pully 1990-91 Vevey Riviera 1991-92 Fribourg Olympic 1992-93 Bellinzona (Fidefinanz) 1993-94 Bellinzona (Fidefinanz) 1994-95 Bellinzona (Fidefinanz) 1995-96 Monthey

1996-97 Fribourg Olympic 1997-98 Fribourg Olympic 1998-99 Fribourg Olympic 1999-00 Lugano Tigers 2000-01 Lugano Tigers 2001-02 Lugano Tigers 2002-03 Boncourt 2003-04 Boncourt 2004-05 Monthey 2005-06 Lugano Tigers 2006-07 Fribourg Olympic 2007-08 Fribourg Olympic 2008-09 Vacallo 2009-10 Lugano Tigers 2010-11 Lugano Tigers 2011-12 Lugano Tigers 2012-13 Lions de Genève 2013-14 Lugano Tigers 2014-15 Lions de Genève

References

1. uleb.com
2. Championnat LNA : Les Top Scorer après la 22ème journée lnba.ch
3. Championnat LNB : Les MVP de la 20ème journée lnba.ch

External links

• League Home (French)
• Eurobasket.com League Page