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The Swedish Basketball Federation (Swedish: Svenska Basketbollförbundet) also known as SBBF is the governing body of basketball in Sweden. It was established on 25 October 1952 out of the Swedish Handball Federation's basketball section, which had been started in 1948. [1] Its headquarters are in Stockholm.
The national team is controlled by the Swedish Basketball Federation. Sweden has qualified for the EuroBasket ten times throughout their history. Their best tournament result was the 11th place finish at the 1995 edition. The Scandinavian squad has also qualified for the Olympic Games once, in 1980, finishing in 10th place. However, Sweden ...
Svenska Basketligan, or the Swedish Basketball League (SBL), is the premier league for professional basketball in Sweden.The league was originally established in 1992 as Basketligan and was known as that prior to the season of 2006–07, but when the Swedish company Obol Investment signed an agreement with the Swedish Basketball Federation in early October 2006, the league was renamed Obol ...
The Sweden men's national under-20 basketball team is a national basketball team of Sweden, administered by the Swedish Basketball Federation. [1] [2] It represents the country in international men's under-20 basketball competitions.
Superettan is the second-tier league of men's professional basketball in Sweden. The league was established in 2017 and replaced the Basketettan as the second level. Köping Stars was the inaugural champion. The winners of Superettan are promoted to Basketligan. Since the 2021-22 season there has been a playoffs after the end of the regular season.
The Sweden women's national basketball team (Swedish: Sveriges damlandslag i basket) represents Sweden in international women's basketball competition and is controlled by the Swedish Basketball Federation. The national team has entered five EuroBasket Women finals, the first in 1978 where they lost all of their matches and finished in 13th place.
Rolf Kenny Lövingsson [i] (born 8 October 1945) was a Swedish businessman, lobbyist and sportsman who served as chairman and president of the Swedish Basketball Federation from 1992 to 1996. He established the Swedish Basketball League (SBL) in 1992. Lövingsson was born in Solna into the affluent Sune dynasty.
The Sweden men's national under-18 basketball team (Swedish: Svenska juniorlandslaget i basket) is a national basketball team of Sweden, administered by the Svenska Basketbollförbundet. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] It represents the country in international men's under-18 basketball competitions.