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 Country Teams Teams Macedonia 2 Feršped Rabotnički Feni Industries Romania 2 Cuadripol Brașov Dinamo București Bulgaria 3 Euroins Cherno More Rilski Sportist Levski Sofia Serbia 3 Mega Hypo Leasing Radnički 034 Group Swisslion Takovo
Format
Regular season 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 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 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
Group A Qualified for the playoffs SWI FEN CHE RAD BRA SWI106-7285-7372-7776-55 FEN70-7587-7492-6086-75 CHE71-9883-7486-79104-96 RAD72-8863-7478-6379-77 BRA70-8487-8680-8285-75 TeamPldWLPFPADiffPts 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 Qualified for the playoffs RIL RAB LEV MEG DIN RIL72-6595-9197-9691-75 RAB87-9298-8890-8967-51 LEV75-7374-8380-81102-73 MEG84-8577-6871-7982-74 DIN88-7966-7269-8667-74 TeamPldWLPFPADiffPts 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 First legs were on 25 and 26 February and 6 March, second legs were held on March 3, 4 and 10th Team #1Agg.Team #21st leg2nd leg Mega Hypo Leasing 159−158 Swisslion Takovo 81−7078−88 Euroins Cherno More 139−143 Feršped Rabotnički 78−6261−81 Levski Sofia 153−156 Feni Industries 91−7562−81 Radnički 034 Group 148−184 Rilski Sportist 81−9167−93
Final four
Balkan League 2009 Champions Rilski Sportist First title
External links BIBL official webpage Balkan League standings and livescores