National League A 2014/15 (basketball)

National League A 2014/15
Duration		October 4, 2014– May 23, 2015
Order of execution		81st season
organizer		Swiss basketball
Number of teams		8th
Qualification winners		Lugano Tigers
Play-offs
master		Lions de Genève
Runner-up		Union Neuchâtel Basket
← National League A 2013/14 National League A 2015/16 →
National League B 2014/15 ↓

The National League A 2014/15 ( French League Nationale A ) was the 81st season of the top Swiss division in men's basketball. Eight teams took part in the championship.

The Lions de Gèneve became Swiss champion and thus secured their second title after 2013. They prevailed in the playo final against Union Neuchâtel Basket in six games.

mode

In the preliminary round, the eight teams each met three times. First, a return game was played in 14 games. Then one more game was played, with home rights being determined by table placement. The best six teams qualified for a winning round, in which they each come to the four playoffs in a round trip, while they were able to take half of the points from the preliminary round. The playoff semi - final was played in a best-of-five series, the final was decided in a best-of-seven .

The seventh and eighth place teams compete in a promotion / relegation round against four clubs from the NLB to fight for the four places in the NLA that are available in the increased NLA next season.

Preliminary round

Starwings Basket Regio Basel BC Boncourt Friborg Olympic Lions de Genève Lugano Tigers SAM Massagno Basket BBC Monthey Union Neuchâtel Basket

Clubs of the NLA 2016/17

Rg.	Teams	Sp	S.	N	P	Achieved	Receive	+/-
1.	Lugano Tigers	21st	15th	6th	30th	1728	1519	209
2.	Union Neuchâtel Basket	21st	15th	6th	30th	1687	1551	137
2.	Lions de Genève	21st	15th	6th	30th	1630	1461	169
4th	Friborg Olympic	21st	14th	7th	28	1758	1616	142
5.	Starwings Basket Regio Basel	21st	11	10	22nd	1662	1721	−59
6th	BBC Monthey	21st	5	16	10	1555	1678	−123
7th	BC Boncourt	21st	5	16	10	1602	1759	−157
8th.	SAM Basket Massagno	21st	4th	17th	8th	1484	1801	−317

Winners round

Rg.	Teams	Sp	S.	N	P	Achieved	Receive	+/-
1.	Lions de Genève	10	8th	2	31	866	751	115
2.	Union Neuchâtel Basket	10	7th	3	29	854	782	72
3.	Lugano Tigers	10	6th	5	27	840	808	32
4th	Friborg Olympic	10	5	5	24	777	723	54
5.	Starwings Basket Regio Basel	10	4th	6th	19th	782	874	−92
6th	BBC Monthey	10	0	10	5	767	948	−181

Playoffs

	1	Lions de Genève	81	83	93 nV
	4th	Friborg Olympic	67	69	87
										1	Lions de Genève	74	79	70	66	78
										2	Union Neuchâtel	66	74	64	70	68
	2	Union Neuchâtel	76	83	58	75	83
	3	Lugano Tigers	79	68	78	72	48

Promotion / Relegation Round

Rg.	Teams	Sp	S.	N	P	Achieved	Receive	+/-
1.	SAM Basket Massagno	10	7th	3	14th	808	739	23
2.	BC Boncourt	10	7th	3	14th	801	762	39
3.	BC Old Kanti Aarau	10	6th	4th	12	762	739	23
4th	Swiss Central Basket	10	6th	4th	12	704	717	−13
5.	BBC Lausanne	10	2	8th	4th	730	794	−64
6th	BC Winterthur	10	2	8th	4th	691	756	−64

Despite the athletic promotion to the NLA, BC Alte Kanti Aarau (as in 2012) and Swiss Central Basket hesitated with the decision to move up to the highest league. As BC Alte Kanti Aarau finally renounced as in 2012, BC Winterthur was instead allowed to advance to the National League A as another team from the German-speaking part of Switzerland.

Web links

• National League A on the website of Swiss Basketball .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Alte Kanti Aarau et Swiss Central n'ont pas pris de décision. In: La Liberté . May 11, 2015, accessed June 28, 2017 (Swiss French). 
2. ↑ Union Neuchatel désire rejoindre la LNA de basket, après le refus de promotion de Kanti Aarau. RTS , May 26, 2012, accessed June 28, 2017 (Swiss French). 
3. ↑ Aarau basketball team dissolves. srf.ch , May 31, 2015, accessed on November 4, 2017 .