The 2020–21 Slovenian Basketball League, also known as Liga Nova KBM due to sponsorship reasons, was the 30th season of the Premier A Slovenian Basketball League.
Format
Regular season In the first phase, ten teams competed in a home-and-away round-robin series (18 games total). Teams advanced from the regular season to one of two postseason stages, depending on their league position.
Second phase The top five teams from the regular season advanced to the championship phase. Cedevita Olimpija started their competition from this phase. These teams started the second phase from scratch, with no results carrying over from the regular season. Each team played a total of 10 games in this phase; as in the regular season, a home-and-away round-robin was used.
The last five teams entered a home-and-away round-robin playout-league where two best teams qualify to quarterfinals. Since KK Koper Primorska had been already disqualified, each team played 6 games in this phase instead of 8. The last team was relegated.
Playoffs Eight teams joined the playoffs.
Teams KK Triglav Kranj was promoted.
Commission of the Basketball Federation of Slovenia hasn't been approved the licence for KK Koper Primorska. On June 30, after club's appeal the licence was granted.
On December 23, Koper Primorska.decided to withdraw from the Liga Nova KBM because of the club's financial instability. All their matches were declared with score 0-20.
Venues and locations
ClubLocationVenueCapacityCedevita OlimpijaLjubljanaArena Stožice12,500Helios SunsDomžaleKomunalni center Hall2,500GGD ŠenčurŠenčurŠD Šenčur800HopsiPolzelaŠD Polzela1,800KrkaNovo MestoŠD Leona Štuklja2,500Koper PrimorskaKoperArena Bonifika5,000RogaškaRogaška SlatinaŠD Rogaška Slatina800ŠentjurŠentjurDvorana OŠ Hruševec700Terme OlimiaPodčetrtekŠD PodčetrtekECE TriglavKranjPlanina Sports Hall800ZlatorogLaškoTri Lilije Hall2,500
Teams that play in the 2020–21 Adriatic LeagueTeams that play in the 2020–21 Adriatic League Second DivisionTeams that play in the 2020–21 Alpe Adria Cup
Managerial changes TeamOutgoing managerManner of departureDate of vacancyPosition in tableIncoming managerDate of appointmentTerme Olimia Podčetrtek Bojan Lazić End of contract–Pre-season Davor Brečko 14 August 2020Stari znanec znova na klopi Podčetrtka
Regular season League table
Championship group League table
Relegation group League table
Playoffs Seeded teams played at home games 1, 3 and, in the finals, 5. Bracket
Awards
Regular season MVP Dino Murić (GGD Šenčur)
Season MVP Dino Murić (GGD Šenčur)
Finals MVP Kendrick Perry (Cedevita Olimpija)
Statistical leaders Performance Index Rating
| width=50% valign=top |
Points
Rebounds | width=50% valign=top |
Assists
Slovenian clubs in European competitions Team Competition Progress Cedevita Olimpija EuroCup Regular season
See also 2020–21 KK Cedevita Olimpija season
References
External links Slovenian Basketball Federation