Balkan International Basketball League
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Full name | Balkan International Basketball League |
Current season | BIBL 2016/17 |
sport | basketball |
abbreviation | BIBL |
League foundation | 2008 |
Teams | 10 to 12 |
Country countries |
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Title holder |
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Record champions |
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TV partner | BNT World |
Website | balkanleague.net |
The Balkan International Basketball League ( BIBL ), also known as the Balkan League , is an international club competition between basketball teams from the south-eastern European Balkans . In contrast to the geographical definition, teams from Romania have also been taking part here since the beginning of the competition in 2008 , while teams from Turkey have not yet participated. In 2011, teams from Israel were added, while in 2012 a team from Greece also took part for the first time . In particular because of the overlapping of the participating countries from Ex- Yugoslavia and Israel in the Adriatic Basketball League , the Balkan League is also seen as the little sister of the Adriatic League . The name sponsor of the Balkan League has been the Bulgarian insurance group Eurohold since it was first held in 2008/09 . Sports Director of the League is the former FIBA - referee acted Shay Shtriks, who also serves as one of the ideas the league.
mode
The Balkan League plays a main round in two groups, where within these groups the " round robin " system is played.
Attendance numbers
Between ten teams (2008/09, 2010/11 and since 2012/13) and twelve teams (2009/10, 2011/12).
Second round / quarter finals
Up until 2010, a quarter-finals were played in a round-trip mode for the top four teams in each group. This was followed by two quarter-finals in a play-off series until 2012 , in which only the runners-up in the group competed against the thirds in the group, while the first in the group had already qualified for the final round.
In the 2012/13 season a second round was introduced, in which the three best teams in each group played a round- robin tournament against the three best teams in the other group while maintaining the results . The two teams placed at the bottom in a group played a round-robin tournament against the two worst-placed teams in the other group while maintaining the results.
In the 2013/14 season there were only nine participants who played a complete round-robin tournament as a single-track league. The two best rounds in the main round were directly qualified for the semifinals, while places three to six played a quarter-finals as in the years 2010 to 2012.
In the 2014/15 season, of two groups with five teams each, only the bottom of the group did not reach the second round. In two groups, the respective table first and fourth of one group played against the group second and third of the other group, taking the preliminary round results with them. The first in the second round of the table were directly qualified for the semi-finals, while the second of one intermediate group played against the third of the other group in the quarter-finals.
In the 2015/16 season only nine teams took part, so that in two groups only the three best in each group qualified directly for the second round. The two worst teams in the group of five determined two further participants in the second group phase against the bottom of the group of four in a qualifying tournament at the end of January. But there were no more quarter-finals, so that the two group best of each intermediate round group qualified directly for the semi-finals.
Final round
The four best teams after the second round / the quarter-finals play a “ Final Four ” tournament in the knockout system on one weekend until 2014 . The pairings result from the placements in the preliminary round (in a quarter-final mode) or from the second round. This mode is deviated from if exactly two teams come from one participating country in the semifinals. In this case, these two teams compete against each other in a semi-final. A “small final” for third place is not planned.
Since the 2014/15 season, as before, the finalists and title winners in the quarter-finals have been determined by adding the first and second leg.
Attendees
As a rule, teams from the top national leagues of the participating countries that have not qualified for the main round of a continental European club competition take part in the league. In the countries that start with their teams in the Adriatic League, the better teams take part in the Adriatic League, whereby these teams also start in continental European competitions, while the lower-placed teams can take part in the Balkan League.
With regard to the participating countries, the field of participants has so far been composed as follows:
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Albania : one team (2014/15)
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Bosnia and Herzegovina : one team (2010 to 2012)
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Bulgaria : two teams (since 2011; previously three and 2009/10 four)
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Greece : one team (2012/13)
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Israel : one team (2011/12 two)
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Kosovo : three teams (since 2015; 2013-15 two)
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Croatia : one team in 2010/11 and 2012/13
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North Macedonia : two teams (only one in 2010/11 and 2015/16)
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Montenegro : three teams (since 2014; 2009–13 two; 2013/14 one)
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Romania : one team (until 2012 two)
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Serbia : one team (until 2013; three in 2008/09, two in 2009/10 and 2011/12)
Final rounds
Final Four (2009 to 2014)
2009 - Arena Samokow (March 24/25)
Semifinals | final | |||||||
March 24th | ||||||||
A2 | ![]() |
62 | ||||||
B2 | ![]() |
90 | 25th March | |||||
B2 | Rabotnički Skopje | 77 | ||||||
March 24th | B1 | Rilski athlete Samokov | 84 | |||||
B4 | ![]() |
81 | ||||||
B1 | ![]() |
83 | ||||||
3rd place match | ||||||||
25th March | ||||||||
B4 | Mega Vizura Belgrade | 78 | ||||||
A2 | Feni Industri Kavadarci | 60 |
2010 - Universiada Hall Sofia (April 13-15)
Semifinals | final | |||||||
A1 |
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81 | ||||||
B2 |
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74 | ||||||
A1 | KK Lovćen Cetinje | 65 | ||||||
B1 | Levski Sofia | 77 | ||||||
A2 |
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76 | ||||||
B1 |
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91 |
2011 - Jasmin Hall Kavadarci (April 15/17)
Semifinals | final | |||||||
A1 |
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70 | ||||||
B3 |
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74 | ||||||
B3 | Rilski athlete Samokov | 75 | ||||||
B1 | Feni Industri Kavadarci | 88 | ||||||
B2 |
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75 | ||||||
B1 |
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82 |
2012 - Gan Ner Sports Hall (April 21-23)
Semifinals | final | |||||||
A1 |
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88 | ||||||
B2 |
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72 | ||||||
A1 | Hapoel Gilboa Galil | 89 | ||||||
B1 | Levski Sofia | 84 | ||||||
B3 |
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76 | ||||||
B1 |
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86 |
2013 - Arena Samokow (April 19-21)
Semifinals | final | |||||||
April 19th | ||||||||
C2 | ![]() |
85 | ||||||
C4 | ![]() |
76 | April 21 | |||||
C2 | Hapoel Gilboa Galil | 87 | ||||||
April 19th | C1 | Levski Sofia | 79 | |||||
C3 | ![]() |
74 | ||||||
C1 | ![]() |
84 | ||||||
3rd place match | ||||||||
April 21 | ||||||||
C4 | Kumanovo | 77 | ||||||
C3 | Rilski athlete Samokov | 85 |
2014 - Pallati i Rinisë dhe Sporteve Prishtina (April 25-27)
Semifinals | final | |||||||
April 25 | ||||||||
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94 | ||||||
4th | ![]() |
85 | April 27 | |||||
3 | Levski Sofia | 75 | ||||||
April 25 | 1 | Hapoel Gilboa Galil | 69 | |||||
1 | ![]() |
86 | ||||||
2 | ![]() |
74 | ||||||
3rd place match | ||||||||
April 27 | ||||||||
2 | KB Sigal Prishtina | 73 | ||||||
4th | Balkans Botevgrad | 79 |
Return legs (since 2014)
2015 - first VF on March 10th to second final on April 29th
Quarter finals | Semifinals | final | ||||||||||||||||
D3 | ![]() |
97 | 101 | 198 | ||||||||||||||
C2 | ![]() |
85 | 107 | 192 | D3 | Rilski sportsman | 62 | 82 | 144 | |||||||||
C1 | ![]() |
63 | 66 | 129 | ||||||||||||||
D2 | KB Sigal Prishtina | 74 | 80 | 154 | ||||||||||||||
C3 | ![]() |
73 | 70 | 143 | D3 | Rilski athlete Samokov | 72 | 71 | 143 | |||||||||
D2 | ![]() |
77 | 98 | 175 | D2 | KB Sigal Prishtina | 85 | 80 | 165 | |||||||||
D1 | ![]() |
61 | 86 | 147 | ||||||||||||||
2016 - first handler on March 22nd, second final on April 20th
Semifinals | final | |||||||||||
D2 | ![]() |
86 | 56 | 142 | ||||||||
C1 | ![]() |
71 | 81 | 152 | ||||||||
D1 | KB Sigal Prishtina | 82 | 68 | 150 | ||||||||
C1 | KK Mornar Bar | 68 | 75 | 143 | ||||||||
C2 | ![]() |
75 | 75 | 150 | ||||||||
D1 | ![]() |
89 | 94 | 183 |
2017 - first handler on March 21, second final on April 18
Semifinals | final | |||||||||||
C1 | ![]() |
78 | 92 | 170 | ||||||||
D2 | ![]() |
69 | 56 | 125 | ||||||||
C1 | ![]() |
84 | 77 | 161 | ||||||||
D1 | ![]() |
55 | 73 | 128 | ||||||||
D3 | ![]() |
83 | 80 | 163 | ||||||||
D1 | ![]() |
79 | 86 | 165 |
See also
- Basketball in Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Basketball in Bulgaria
- Basketball in Greece
- Basketball in Israel
- Basketball in Kosovo
- Basketball in Croatia
- Basketball in North Macedonia
- Basketball in Montenegro
- Basketball in Romania
- Basketball in Serbia
Web links
- EUROHOLD Balkan League Official regulations - Competition rules
- Balkan League Basketball, Teams, Scores, Stats, News, Standings - Information about the Balkan League on the websites of eurobasket.com (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ NN: Balkan Basketball League To Be Created. On: Ball in Europe website; Dublin, undated in 2008. Retrieved February 6, 2019 (in English).