2008–09 BIBL season
| 2008–09 BIBL | |
|---|---|
| Season | 2008–09 |
| Teams | 10 |
| Finals | |
| Champions |  Rilski Sportist |
| Runners-up |  Feršped Rabotnički |
2009–10 → | |
The 2008-09 season is the first season of the Balkan International Basketball League. Ten teams from the Republic of Macedonia, Bulgaria, Romania and Serbia are competing.
Teams
[edit]Format
[edit]Regular season
[edit]In the regular season the teams will be divided into two groups, each containing five teams. Each team plays every other team in its group at home and away. The top 4 teams in each group advance to the playoffs. Games will be played from October 7, 2008 to February 18, 2009.
Quarterfinals
[edit]The top four teams in each group advance for the quarterfinals. The winner of Group A/Group B will play with the fourth placed team in Group B/Group A and the second placed team in Group A/Group B will play with the third in Group B/Group A.
Final four
[edit]The four remaining teams play a semifinal match and the winners of those advance to the final. The losers play in a third-place playoff.
Regular season
[edit]Group A
[edit]| Qualified for the playoffs |
 SWI | FEN | CHE | RAD |  BRA | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SWI | 106-72 | 85-73 | 72-77 | 76-55 | |
| FEN | 70-75 | 87-74 | 92-60 | 86-75 | |
| CHE | 71-98 | 83-74 | 86-79 | 104-96 | |
| RAD | 72-88 | 63-74 | 78-63 | 79-77 | |
| BRA | 70-84 | 87-86 | 80-82 | 85-75 |
| Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | Diff | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Swisslion Takovo | 8 | 7 | 1 | 684 | 560 | +124 | 15 |
| 2. | Feni Industries | 8 | 4 | 4 | 641 | 623 | +18 | 12 |
| 3. | Euroins Cherno More | 8 | 4 | 4 | 636 | 677 | −41 | 12 |
| 4. | Radnički 034 Group | 8 | 3 | 5 | 583 | 637 | −54 | 11 |
| 5. | Cuadripol Brașov | 8 | 2 | 6 | 625 | 672 | −47 | 10 |
Group B
[edit]| Qualified for the playoffs |
| RIL | RAB | LEV | MEG | DIN | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RIL | 72-65 | 95-91 | 97-96 | 91-75 | |
| RAB | 87-92 | 98-88 | 90-89 | 67-51 | |
| LEV | 75-73 | 74-83 | 80-81 | 102-73 | |
| MEG | 84-85 | 77-68 | 71-79 | 82-74 | |
| DIN | 88-79 | 66-72 | 69-86 | 67-74 |
| Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | Diff | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Rilski Sportist | 8 | 6 | 2 | 684 | 661 | +23 | 14 |
| 2. | Feršped Rabotnički | 8 | 5 | 3 | 630 | 609 | +21 | 13 |
| 3. | Levski Sofia | 8 | 4 | 4 | 675 | 643 | +32 | 12 |
| 4. | Mega Hypo Leasing | 8 | 4 | 4 | 654 | 640 | +14 | 12 |
| 5. | Dinamo București | 8 | 1 | 7 | 563 | 653 | −90 | 9 |
Quarterfinals
[edit]First legs were on 25 and 26 February and 6 March, second legs were held on March 3, 4 and 10th
| Team #1 | Agg. | Team #2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mega Hypo Leasing | 159−158 | Swisslion Takovo | 81−70 | 78−88 |
| Euroins Cherno More | 139−143 | Feršped Rabotnički | 78−62 | 61−81 |
| Levski Sofia | 153−156 | Feni Industries | 91−75 | 62−81 |
| Radnički 034 Group | 148−184 | Rilski Sportist | 81−91 | 67−93 |
Final four
[edit]| Semifinals March 24 | Final March 25 | |||||
| Arena Samokov − Samokov | ||||||
| Rilski Sportist | 83 | |||||
| Arena Samokov − Samokov | ||||||
| Mega Hypo Leasing | 81 | |||||
| Rilski Sportist | 84 | |||||
| Arena Samokov − Samokov | ||||||
| Feršped Rabotnički | 77 | |||||
| Feni Industries | 62 | |||||
| Feršped Rabotnički | 90 | |||||
| Third place March 25 | ||||||
| Arena Samokov − Samokov | ||||||
| Mega Hypo Leasing | 78 | |||||
| Feni Industries | 60 | |||||
| Balkan League 2009 Champions |
|---|
 Rilski Sportist First title |
External links
[edit]- BIBL official webpage
- Balkan League standings and livescores Archived 2016-03-03 at the Wayback Machine