The Premier A Slovenian Basketball League (Slovene: 1. Slovenska Ko?arkarska Liga), 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 10 clubs. The most successful team is Olimpija with 16 titles.
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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, ?KK 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:
- Liga Kolinska (1998-2001)
- HYPO Liga (2001-2002)
- 1. A SKL (2002-2006)
- Liga UPC Telemach (2006-2009)
- Liga Telemach (2009-2016)
- Liga Nova KBM (2017-present)
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Competition format
For the 2017-18 season, the league is conducted in two phases.
Regular season
In the first phase, 10 teams compete in a home-and-away round-robin series (22 games total).
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.
2017-18 teams
Finals
Titles by club
Finals appearances
Slovenian Republic League winners (1946-1991)
Statistical leaders
See also
- Slovenian Cup
- Slovenian Supercup
External links
- Official website (in Slovene)
- Slovenian league on Eurobasket.com
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