Premier A Slovenian Basketball League


The Premier A Slovenian Basketball League, abbreviated as 1. SKL and known as the Liga Nova KBM due to sponsorship reasons, is the top-level professional men's basketball league in Slovenia. The league, operated by the Basketball Federation of Slovenia, consists of eleven clubs. The most successful team is Olimpija with 17 titles.

History

The league was founded in 1991, shortly after Slovenia gained its independence from SFR Yugoslavia. Before the independence, the Slovenian Republic League was played as a second or third level of Yugoslav basketball. Olimpija, Ljubljana, Slovan, ŽKK Maribor, Lesonit, and Branik Maribor were the only Slovenian teams that played in the Yugoslav First Federal League.

Names

Since 1991, the league has been named after sponsors on several occasions, giving it the following names:

Regular season

In the first phase, 10 teams compete in a home-and-away round-robin series.
All teams advance from the regular season, to one of two postseason stages, depending on their league position.

Second phase

The top eight teams from the regular season advance to the championship phase. These teams start the second phase from scratch, with no results carrying over from the regular season. Each team plays a total of 14 games in this phase; as in the regular season, a home-and-away round-robin is used.
The top four teams at the end of this stage advance to the semifinals, conducted as a best-of-three playoff. The semifinal winners advance to the best-of-five championship finals, with the winners being crowned league champion.

Relegation playoffs

The bottom two teams enters a home-and-away round-robin mini-league with the first, second, third, and fourth-place teams from the second league, with the two teams finishing on top of the mini-league, taking up a place in the next year's 1. A SKL.

2020–21 teams

TeamCityArenaEstablishedHead coach
Cedevita OlimpijaLjubljanaArena Stožice2019 Jurica Golemac
Helios SunsDomžaleKomunalni center Hall1949 Dejan Jakara
Hopsi PolzelaPolzelaPolzela Sports Hall1972 Boštjan Kuhar
Koper PrimorskaKoperOŠ Koper Hall2016 Andrej Žakelj
KrkaNovo MestoLeon Štukelj Hall1948 Simon Petrov
RogaškaRogaška SlatinaRogaška Slatina Sports Hall1998 Damjan Novaković
ŠenčurŠenčurŠenčur Sports Hall1969 Konstantin Subotić
ŠentjurŠentjurOŠ Hruševec Hall1969 Saša Dončić
Terme Olimia PodčetrtekPodčetrtekPodčetrtek Sports Hall1999 Davor Brečko
Triglav KranjKranjPlanina Sports Hall1950 Tomaž Fartek
Zlatorog LaškoLaškoTri Lilije Hall1969 Robi Ribežl

Finals

Titles by club

Finals appearances

NumTeamWL
25Olimpija178
10Krka73
4Helios22
1Šentjur10
1Primorska10
4Zlatorog Laško04
3Hopsi Polzela03
2Slovan02
2Rogaška02
1Koper01
1Krško01
1Maribor01
1Postojna01

Statistical leaders

SeasonTop ratingPIRTop scorerPPGTop rebounderRPGTop AssistantAPG
2007–08 Dejan Grković19.19 Miroslav Jurić19.58 Dejan Grković8.81 Jure Močnik4.85
2008–09 Shawn King31.26 Gilbert Goodrich22.15 Shawn King14.79 Jure Močnik4.59
2009–10 Shawn King27.61 Sandi Čebular20.69 Shawn King11.30 Tadej Koštomaj5.44
2010–11 Gregg Thondique22.84 Benjamin Raymond17.68 Gregg Thondique10.53 Igor Mijajlović4.68
2011–12 Travis Nelson20.88 Travis Nelson17.46 Miloš Miljković8.57 Luka Rupnik5.33
2012–13 Kervin Bristol20.07 Sašo Zagorac17.50 Kervin Bristol10.86 Daniel Vujasinović5.81
2013–14 Ousman Krubally20.03 Ousman Krubally17.17 Ousman Krubally9.07 Daniel Vujasinović7.63
2014–15 Sašo Zagorac20.41 Sašo Zagorac18.86 Smiljan Pavič8.86 Jan Močnik6.96
2015–16 Jan Barbarič23.20 Jan Barbarič18.60 Smiljan Pavič8.39 Matic Rebec5.59
2016–17 Igor Tratnik19.45 Duda Sanadze17.32 Jakob Čebašek8.63 Daniel Vujasinović8.29
2017–18 Smiljan Pavič19.63 Blaž Mahkovic18.97 Dino Murić8.27 Žan Mark Šiško7.03
2018–19 Davor Konjević22.37 Davor Konjević19.96 Matur Maker9.59 Žan Mark Šiško6.83