2020–21 Slovenian Basketball League

Liga Nova KBM1
Season2020–21
DurationOctober 2020 – March 2021
Teams11
TV partner(s)Sport Klub

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.[1]

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.[2] On June 30, after club's appeal the licence was granted.[3]

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.[4]

Venues and locations

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Location of teams in the 2020–21 Slovenian Basketball League
Club Location Venue Capacity
Cedevita Olimpija Ljubljana Arena Stožice 12,500
Helios Suns Domžale Komunalni center Hall 2,500
GGD Šenčur Šenčur ŠD Šenčur 800
Hopsi Polzela ŠD Polzela 1,800
Krka Novo Mesto ŠD Leona Štuklja 2,500
Koper Primorska Koper Arena Bonifika 5,000
Rogaška Rogaška Slatina ŠD Rogaška Slatina 800
Šentjur Šentjur Dvorana OŠ Hruševec 700
Terme Olimia Podčetrtek ŠD Podčetrtek
ECE Triglav Kranj Planina Sports Hall 800
Zlatorog Laško Tri Lilije Hall 2,500
Teams that play in the 2020–21 Adriatic League
Teams that play in the 2020–21 Adriatic League Second Division
Teams that play in the 2020–21 Alpe Adria Cup

Managerial changes

Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Incoming manager Date of appointment
Terme Olimia Podčetrtek Slovenia Bojan Lazić End of contract – Pre-season Slovenia Davor Brečko 14 August 2020[5]

Regular season

League table

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1 Krka 18 16 2 1384 1101 +283 34 Qualification to championship group
2 GGD Šenčur 18 13 5 1382 1251 +131 31
3 Helios Suns 18 13 5 1271 1102 +169 31
4 Rogaška 18 12 6 1382 1239 +143 30
5 Terme Olimia 18 10 8 1309 1256 +53 28
6 Šentjur 18 10 8 1296 1285 +11 28 Qualification to relegation group
7 Zlatorog Laško 18 6 12 1239 1335 −96 24
8 Hopsi Polzela 18 6 12 1246 1374 −128 24
9 ECE Triglav 18 4 14 1150 1356 −206 22
10 Koper Primorska 18 0 18 0 360 −360 18 Withdrawn
Source: KZS.si


Championship group

League table

Pos Team
 Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1 Cedevita Olimpija 10 7 3 773 729 +44 17 Qualification to playoffs
2 Krka 10 6 4 830 764 +66 16
3 Rogaška 10 6 4 791 807 −16 16
4 Helios Suns 10 5 5 727 709 +18 15
5 GGD Šenčur 10 3 7 775 773 +2 13
6 Terme Olimia 10 3 7 727 841 −114 13
Source: KZS.si

Relegation group

League table

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Šentjur 15 12 3 1238 1114 +124 27 Qualification to playoffs
2 Hopsi Polzela 15 8 7 1231 1197 +34 23
3 Zlatorog Laško 15 8 7 1155 1152 +3 23
4 ECE Triglav 15 2 13 1056 1217 −161 17 Relegation
Source: KZS.si


Playoffs

Seeded teams played at home games 1, 3 and, in the finals, 5.

Bracket

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
 
 
 
Cedevita Olimpija2
 
 
 
Hopsi Polzela0
 
Cedevita Olimpija2
 
 
 
Helios Suns0
 
Helios Suns2
 
 
 
GGD Šenčur1
 
Cedevita Olimpija3
 
 
 
Krka0
 
Krka2
 
 
 
Šentjur1
 
Krka2
 
 
 
Rogaška0
 
Rogaška2
 
 
Terme Olimia0
 

Awards

Regular Season MVP

Season MVP

Finals MVP

Statistical leaders

Performance Index Rating

Pos Player Club PIR
1 Slovenia Dino Murić Šenčur 24.22
2 United States David Nichols Rogaška 20.03
3 United States Logan Routt Zlatorog 19.90

Points

Pos Player Club PPG
1 United States David Nichols Rogaška 19.39
1 Slovenia Dino Murić Šenčur 18.39
3 United States Malcolm Bernard Rogaška 17.59

Rebounds

Pos Player Club RPG
1 United States Aaron Carver Hopsi Polzela 11.87
2 Slovenia Dino Murić Šenčur 11.72
3 United States Logan Routt Zlatorog 10.25

Assists

Pos Player Club APG
1 Slovenia Daniel Vujasinović Helios Suns 6.48
2 United States David Nichols Rogaška 6.45
3 Slovenia Žan Kosić Hopsi Polzela 6.08

Slovenian clubs in European competitions

Team Competition Progress
Cedevita Olimpija EuroCup Regular season

See also

References

  1. ^ Pro, Perun. "Znana sestava članskih lig za sezono 2020/21". www.kzs.si. Retrieved 2021-01-11.
  2. ^ KZS (2020-06-04). "1. SKL: Koper Primorska ostala brez licence!". Kosarka.info (in Slovenian). Retrieved 2020-07-01.
  3. ^ "Koper Primorska appeal was successful, license is granted". Sportando. Retrieved 2020-07-01.
  4. ^ "Konec je: žalosten epilog športne zgodbe". siol.net (in Slovenian). Retrieved 2020-12-23.
  5. ^ Stari znanec znova na klopi Podčetrtka