KFUM Söder (today Fryshuset Basket) won the championship for men, and BK Rilton for women.

In the 1980 Moscow Olympic Games, Sweden's men's national team participated for the first time and finished in tenth place in the tournament.

In 1992, under Kenny Lövingsson’s chairmanship,[5] the Swedish Basketball League (Basketligan) was established in Sweden, consisting of 13 teams.

In 1998, the first Swedish player, Tanja Kostic, was drafted to the world's premier women's basketball league, the WNBA.

[8] Sweden's women's national team competed in the 2013 European Championship in France and finished in seventh place, their best placement since 1987.