Basketball Championship of Bosnia and Herzegovina

Premijer liga BiH
Current season, competition or edition:
Current sports event 2015–16 Basketball Championship of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Sport Basketball
Founded 1992
CEO Miro Gugić
No. of teams 14
Country  Bosnia and Herzegovina
Most recent
champion(s)
KK Igokea Laktaši
(5th title)
Most titles Široki WWin
(9 titles)
Official website basket.ba

The Basketball championship of Bosnia and Herzegovina is the top tier basketball competition in Bosnia and Herzegovina for men and women, respectively. Both leagues are operated by the Basketball Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina. At the end of the season in both leagues, the winners in the second tier leagues are invited to enter the competition, while the bottom two teams (those that lost in relegation play-outs) lose their places.

The leagues in Serbia and Slovenia also operate in a similar multi-stage system, with Serbia's Adriatic League representatives and Slovenia's Euroleague representative exempt from the first stage.

Top tier competition

The Basketball championship of Bosnia and Herzegovina is the top tier basketball competition in Bosnia and Herzegovina for men.

The league is composed of 14 teams, each playing against the other eleven two times, home and away. After this portion concludes, the top six clubs are joined by the country's representatives in the Adriatic League, and enter "League 8". The best of these four teams go to the playoffs, and in the final best-of-five series, the Bosnian champion is crowned.

The eight teams who do not make the playoffs go on to compete in the "relegation league," where a team's object becomes maintaining its standing and ability to play in the competition the following year.

Women competition

The women's league has ten clubs and operates in a similar way, in the final "League Six". Meanwhile, the teams not in playoff race play to avoid relegation.

Champions

Prior to 1998, there were three separate leagues in Bosnia-Herzegovina, divided by ethnicity. Since then, there has been a unified league and a single champion each year.

Season Men's champion Women's champion
Champions of Bosnia-Herzegovina 1993–1994KK Sloboda DitaŽKK Jedinstvo Rudhem
1994–1995KK Zenica MetalnoKK Cenex Sarajevo
1995–1996KK Sloboda DitaŽKK Jedinstvo Aida
1996–1997HKK Eronet BrotnjoŽKK Jedinstvo BH Telecom
1997–1998HKK Široki BrijegŽKK SAB Željezničar Sarajevo
1998–1999KK Bosna SarajevoŽKK Željezničar New Time
1999–2000KK Borac NektarŽKK Port Mladi Krajišnik
2000–2001KK Igokea AleksandrovacŽKK Razvojna banka
2001–2002HKK Feal ŠirokiŽKK Željezničar Feal
2002–2003HKK Feal ŠirokiŽKK Željezničar Sarajevo
2003–2004HKK Široki HercegtisakŽKK Željezničar Sarajevo
2004–2005KK Bosna ASA BH TelecomŽKK Željezničar Sarajevo
2005–2006KK Bosna ASA BH TelecomŽKK Željezničar Sarajevo
2006–2007HKK Široki HT EronetŽKK Željezničar Sarajevo
2007–2008KK Bosna ASA BH TelecomŽKK Željezničar Sarajevo
2008–2009HKK Široki Prima pivoŽKK Željezničar Sarajevo
2009–2010HKK Široki TT KabeliŽKK Željezničar Sarajevo
2010–2011HKK Široki TT KabeliŽKK Željezničar Sarajevo
2011–2012HKK Široki WWinŽKK Čelik
2012–2013KK Igokea LaktašiŽKK Mladi Krajišnik
2013–2014KK Igokea LaktašiŽKK Čelik
2014–2015KK Igokea LaktašiŽKK Čelik
2015–2016KK Igokea Laktaši
Club / men Winners Winning Years
HKK Široki
9
1998, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012
KK Igokea
5
2001, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016
KK Bosna
4
1999, 2005, 2006, 2008
KK Sloboda Tuzla
2
1994, 1996
KK Borac Banja Luka
1
2000
KK Čelik
1
1995
HKK Brotnjo
1
1997
Club / women Winners Winning Years
ŽKK Željezničar Sarajevo
12
1998, 1999, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011
ŽKK Čelik
3
2012, 2014, 2015
ŽKK Jedinstvo Tuzla
3
1994, 1996, 1997
ŽKK Mladi Krajišnik
3
2000, 2001, 2013
KK Cenex Sarajevo
1
1995

Second tier competition

The A1 Liga is a second tier of men's basketball competition in Bosnia and Herzegovina that sits below the Basketball Championship of Bosnia and Herzegovina (Prvenstvo Bosne i Hercegovine), composed of three regional divisions: A1 liga Bosne i Hercegovine (Division I per eurobasket.com), A1 liga Herceg-Bosne (Division II per eurobasket.com), and 1. Muška Liga Republike Srpske (1. ML RS for short).[1][2][3]

Champions of A1 leagues

Season Men's champion Women's champion
A1 liga Bosne i Hercegovine champions 1993–1994Sloboda Dita TuzlaJedinstvo Rudhem Tuzla
1994–1995Zenica MetalnoCenex Sarajevo
1995–1996Sloboda Dita TuzlaJedinstvo Rudhem Tuzla
1996–1997Sloboda Dita TuzlaJedinstvo Rudhem Tuzla
1997–1998Bosna SarajevoSAB Željezničar Sarajevo
1998–1999Sloboda Dita TuzlaŽeljezničar New Time Sarajevo
1999–2000Sloboda Dita TuzlaŽeljezničar New Time Sarajevo
2000–2001Sloboda Dita TuzlaŽeljezničar Sarajevo
2001–2002Sloboda Dita TuzlaŽeljezničar Feal Sarajevo

This league was organized by the Basketball Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, and it was recognized by FIBA until joint playoffs in 1998.

Season Men's champion Women's champion
A1 liga Herceg-Bosne champions 1993–1994Čapljina Lasta?
1994–1995??
1995–1996??
1996–1997Eronet Brotnjo Čitluk?
1997–1998Široki Brijeg?
1998–1999Eronet Brotnjo Čitluk?
1999–2000Eronet Brotnjo ČitlukSirela Mljekara Livno
2000–2001Široki BrijegŽupanjac Tomislavgrad
2001–2002Široki BrijegŽupanjac Tomislavgrad
Season Men's champion Women's champion
1. Muška Liga Republike Srpske champions 1993–1994Borac Nektar Banja Lukanot held
1994–1995Borac Nektar Banja Lukanot held
1995–1996Borac Nektar Banja Lukanot held
1996–1997Borac Nektar Banja Lukanot held
1997–1998Borac Nektar Banja Lukanot held
1998–1999Borac Nektar Banja Lukanot held
1999–2000Igokea AleksandrovacPort Mladi Krajišnik Banja Luka
2000–2001Igokea AleksandrovacRB Mladi Krajišnik Banja Luka
2001–2002Borac Nektar Banja LukaBijeljina

Individual Awards

Most Valuable Player

SeasonPlayerTeamRPG
2011–12Serbia Marko Jagodić-KuridžaBosnia and Herzegovina Čapljina Lasta30,6

Top Scorer

SeasonPlayerTeamPPG
2011–12Serbia Marko Jagodić-KuridžaBosnia and Herzegovina Čapljina Lasta20,7

See also

Notes

  1. "Pravilnici i Odluke". Košarkaški Savez Bosne i Hercegovine. www.basket.ba. Retrieved 19 May 2016.
  2. "A1 liga Herceg-Bosne 2015/2016". Košarkaški Savez Herceg-Bosne. www.kshb.ba. Retrieved 19 May 2016.
  3. "Eurobasket - Bosnia basketball Division II". Eurobasket. www.eurobasket.com. Retrieved 19 May 2016.
This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 7/8/2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.