First Regional Basketball League

First Men's Regional League
Founded2006; 18 years ago (2006)
First season2006–07
CountrySerbia
ConfederationFIBA Europe
Divisions4
Number of teams56
Level on pyramid3rd
Promotion toSecond Men's League
Relegation toSecond Men's Regional League
Domestic cup(s)Cup of Serbia
Websitekss.rs

First Men's Regional League (Serbian Cyrillic: Прва мушка регионална лига, romanized: Prva muška regionalna liga), previously First Serbian League, is the men's regional basketball league in Serbia. It is the 3rd-tier of the basketball league system in Serbia. Founded in 2006, it is run by the Basketball Federation of Serbia (KSS).

Rules

Competition format

The league, operated by the Basketball Federation of Serbia and regional basketball associations, consists of four divisions, North, Central, East and West, which have 14 teams each. The first team in every division will be promoted to the Second Basketball League of Serbia. The teams positioned 13th and 14th in the First Regional League will be relegated to a lower-tier league - the Second Regional League.

Groups

Division Teams Regional Basketball Association
North 12 BA Vojvodina
Central 12 BA Belgrade
East 12 RBA East Serbia
RBA South Serbia
West 14 RBA West Serbia
RBA Central Serbia
RBA Raška–Kosovo

History

Division champions of the First Regional League:

Season North South Ref.
2006–07 Kotež Pfizer (Belgrade) Sloboda (Užice) [1]
2007–08 Superfund BP (Belgrade) Maraton (Jagodina) [2]
Season North Center East West Ref.
2008–09 Železničar Inđija
(Inđija) 		Partizan B-team
(Belgrade) 		Jug
(Vranje) 		Jagodina
(Jagodina) 		[3][4]
2009–10 Spartak
(Subotica) 		Radnički Belgrade
(Belgrade) 		Niš
(Niš) 		Student UK
(Kragujevac) 		[3][5]
2010–11 Mladost Bački Jarak
(Bački Jarak) 		Mladost Zemun
(Zemun) 		Napredak MAXI CO
(Aleksinac) 		Šabac
(Šabac) 		[3]
2011–12 Meridiana
(Novi Sad) 		Partizan NIS B-team
(Belgrade) 		Morava
(Vladičin Han) 		Plana
(Velika Plana) 		[3][6]
2012–13 Vojvodina
(Novi Sad) 		Kolubara LA 2003
(Lazarevac) 		Pirot
(Pirot) 		Šabac
(Šabac) 		[3][6]
2013–14 Srem
(Sremska Mitrovica) 		Viva Basket
(Belgrade) 		Zdravlje
(Leskovac) 		Plana
(Velika Plana) 		[3][6]
2014–15 Dunav
(Stari Banovci) 		Beko
(Belgrade) 		Niš
(Niš) 		Zlatibor
(Čajetina) 		[3][6]
2015–16 Futog Tupanjac MD
(Futog) 		Kolubara LA 2003
(Lazarevac) 		Rtanj
(Boljevac) 		Radnički 1950
(Kragujevac) 		[3][6]
2016–17 Akademik
(Srbobran) 		Žarkovo
(Belgrade) 		Zdravlje
(Leskovac) 		Klik
(Arilje) 		[7][3]
2017–18 Vrbas
(Vrbas) 		Zemun Fitofarmacija
(Belgrade) 		Rtanj
(Boljevac) 		Zlatar
(Nova Varoš) 		[8][9]

[10][11]

2018–19 Sveti Đorđe
(Žitište) 		Radnički Belgrade
(Belgrade) 		Fair Play
(Niš) 		Železničar Čačak
(Čačak) 		[12][13]

[14]

2019–20 All canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Serbia [15]
2020–21 Hercegovac
(Gajdobra) 		Žitko Basket
(Belgrade) 		Radnik
(Surdulica) 		Čačak 94
(Čačak) 		[16][17]
2021–22 Joker
(Sombor) 		Beko
(Belgrade) 		Morava
(Vladičin Han) 		Radnički 1950
(Kragujevac) 		[18][19]

[20][21]

Current clubs

The following is the list of clubs for the 2022–23 season.[22]

North

The North division is composed of 16 clubs.

Team City
Akademik Srbobran
Dunav 2014 Apatin
Hajduk Kula Kula
I Came to Play Novi Sad
Jedinstvo Novi Bečej
Nova Pazova Nova Pazova
Podrinje Mačvanska Mitrovica
Proleter Naftagas Zrenjanin
Radnički Kovin Kovin
Sloven Ruma
Srem Sremska Mitrovica
Stara Pazova Stara Pazova
Sveti Đorđe Žitište
Topola Bačka Topola
Vrbas Vrbas
Železničar Inđija Inđija

Center

The Center division is composed of 14 clubs.

Team City
Barajevo Belgrade
Beovuk 72
Beba Basket
Borac 2015 Lazarevac
Flash Belgrade
IBC
Mladenovac Mladenovac
Radnički Beograd Belgrade
Radnički Obrenovac Obrenovac
Rivers BM Belgrade
Torlak
Vizura Zemun
Zemun
Žarkovo Belgrade

East

The East division is composed of 16 teams.

Team City
Bin Zaječar
Bor RTB Bor
Dimitrovgrad Dimitrovgrad
Jablanica Medveđa
Knjaževac 1950 Knjaževac
Konstantin Niš
OKK Junior
Marinos
Mladost Vesna Bela Palanka
Niš Niš
Panteri Vranje
Radan Lebane
Ratnici Niš
Rtanj Boljevac
Topličanin Prokuplje
Vlasotince Vlasotince

West

The West division is composed of 16 teams.

Team City
Ćuprija Ćuprija
Ivanjica Ivanjica
Jagodina Jagodina
Loznica Loznica
Mileševac Prijepolje
M015 Šabac
Napredak Junior Kruševac
Paraćin Paraćin
Plana Velika Plana
Požarevac Požarevac
Sloga Elite Kraljevo
Student Bajina Bašta
Svilajnac Svilajnac
Užice Užice
Zekas 75 Rača
Zlatar Nova Varoš

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