2008–09 Slovenian Basketball League

UPC League
Season2008–09
Duration30 September 2008 – 9 June 2009
Teams12 + 1
TV partner(s)RTV Slovenija
Šport TV
Regular season
Top seedUnion Olimpija
Season MVPSaint Vincent and the Grenadines Shawn King
Finals
ChampionsUnion Olimpija
15th title
  Runners-upHelios Domžale
SemifinalistsKrka
Zlatorog
Statistical leaders
Points United States Gilbert Goodrich 22.2
Rebounds Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Shawn King 14.8
Assists Slovenia Jure Močnik 4.6

The 2008–09 Slovenian Basketball League (official: 2008–09 UPC League) was the 18th season of the Premier A Slovenian Basketball League, the highest professional basketball league in Slovenia. Union Olimpija won its 15th national championship.

Teams for the 2008–09 season

Team City Arena Capacity Head coach
Alpos Šentjur Šentjur Hruševec Sports Hall 800 Boštjan Kočar
CPG Nova Gorica Nova Gorica Sports Hall OŠ Milojke Štrukelj 400 Dejan Gašparin
Elektra Esotech Šoštanj Šoštanj Sport Hall 600 Borut Cerar
Epic Misel Postojna Postojna Sports Hall ŠC Postojna 400 Aleš Lenassi
Geoplin Slovan Ljubljana Kodeljevo Sports Hall 1,540 Miro Alilović
Helios Domžale Domžale Komunalni center Hall 2,500 Rade Mijanović
Hopsi Polzela Polzela Polzela Sport Hall 1,800 Boštjan Kuhar
Krka Novo Mesto Leon Štukelj Hall 2,800 Ivan Sunara
Luka Koper Koper Arena Bonifika 4,000 Ivan Stanišak
TCG Mercator Škofja Loka Sports Hall OŠ Poljane 400 Matic Vidic
Union Olimpija* Ljubljana Tivoli Hall 4,050 Jure Zdovc
Zagorje Zagorje Sports Hall Zagorje ob Savi 800 Dušan Hauptman
Zlatorog Laško Laško Tri Lilije Hall 2,500 Aleš Pipan
Teams from the Adriatic League

Regular season

Pos Team P W L F A Pts
1 Krka 22 19 3 1841 1588 41
2 Helios Domžale 22 18 4 1822 1511 40
3 Zlatorog Laško 22 17 5 1761 1741 39
4 Geoplin Slovan 22 15 7 1791 1720 37
5 Hopsi Polzela 22 12 10 1787 1697 34
6 Elektra Esotech 22 9 13 1633 1749 31
7 Luka Koper 22 8 14 1747 1826 30
8 Zagorje 22 8 14 1650 1807 30
9 TCG Mercator 22 8 14 1561 1715 30
10 Alpos Šentjur 22 7 15 1641 1734 29
11 Epic Misel Postojna 22 7 15 1575 1825 29
12 CPG Nova Gorica 22 4 18 1543 1759 26

P=Matches played, W=Matches won, L=Matches lost, F=Points for, A=Points against, Pts=Points

Qualified for the Champions stage

Champions standings

Pos Team P W L F A Pts
1 Union Olimpija 14 13 1 1126 898 27
2 Helios Domžale 14 12 2 1172 1029 26
3 Krka 14 9 5 1067 1039 23
4 Zlatorog Laško 14 7 7 1098 1054 21
5 Geoplin Slovan 14 6 8 1066 1142 20
6 Hopsi Polzela 14 5 9 1074 1154 19
7 Luka Koper 14 2 12 1119 1296 16
8 Elektra Esotech 14 2 12 1065 1175 16

P=Matches played, W=Matches won, L=Matches lost, F=Points for, A=Points against, Pts=Points

Qualified for the Playoff stage

Relegation league

Pos Team P W L F A Pts
1 TCG Mercator 30 12 18 2155 2302 42
2 Zagorje 30 12 18 2275 2440 42
3 Alpos Šentjur 30 11 19 2256 2339 41
4 Epic Misel Postojna 30 10 20 2133 2417 40
5 CPG Nova Gorica 30 9 21 2146 2336 39

P=Matches played, W=Matches won, L=Matches lost, F=Points for, A=Points against, Pts=Points

Qualified for Relegation Playoffs
Relegated to Second Division

Playoffs

Semi-finals Final
      
1 Union Olimpija 2
4 Zlatorog Laško 1
1 Union Olimpija 3
2 Helios Domžale 0
2 Helios Domžale 2
3 Krka 0
Slovenian League 2008–09
Champions
Union Olimpija
15th title

Relegation Playoffs

Pos Team P W L F A Pts
1 Rudar Trbovlje 4 3 1 370 329 7
2 Epic Misel Postojna 4 2 2 322 328 6
3 Rogaška 4 1 3 301 334 5

P=Matches played, W=Matches won, L=Matches lost, F=Points for, A=Points against, Pts=Points

Qualified for 2009–10 Slovenian First Division

Statistics leaders

Performance Index Rating

Pos Player Club PIR
1 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Shawn King Hopsi Polzela 31.55
2 United States David Paris Zagorje 19.43
3 United States Takais Brown Alpos Šentjur 18.17

Points

Pos Player Club PPG
1 United States Gilbert Goodrich Zagorje 22.15
2 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Shawn King Hopsi Polzela 20.45
3 Serbia Dejan Delić Geoplin Slovan 17.44

Rebounds

Pos Player Club RPG
1 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Shawn King Hopsi Polzela 14.79
2 United States Joshua Johnson Zagorje 11.21
3 United States David Paris Zagorje 9.57

Assists

Pos Player Club APG
1 Slovenia Jure Močnik Helios Domžale 4.59
2 United States Gilbert Goodrich Zagorje 4.07
3 Slovenia Saša Dončić Geoplin Slovan 3.16