2008–09 BIBL season

2008–09 BIBL
Season	2008–09
Teams	10
Final positions
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[]

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[]

	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[]

	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[]

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[]

	Semifinals March 24				Final March 25
	− Samokov
	Rilski Sportist	83
					− Samokov
	Mega Hypo Leasing	81
					Rilski Sportist	84
	− Samokov
					Feršped Rabotnički	77
	Feni Industries	62
	Feršped Rabotnički	90
					Third place March 25
					− Samokov
					Mega Hypo Leasing	78
					Feni Industries	60

Balkan League 2009 Champions
Rilski Sportist First title

External links[]

• BIBL official webpage
• Balkan League standings and livescores