2020–21 Slovenian Basketball League

The 2020–21 Slovenian Basketball League, also known as Liga Nova KBM due to sponsorship reasons, is the 30th season of the Premier A Slovenian Basketball League.

Liga Nova KBM1
Season2020–21
Teams11
DatesOctober 2020 – March 2021
TVŠport TV
2021–22 →

Format

Regular season

In the first phase, ten teams will compete in a home-and-away round-robin series (18 games total). Teams will advance 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 will advance to the championship phase. Cedevita Olimpija will start their competition from this phase. These teams will start the second phase from scratch, with no results carrying over from the regular season. Each team will play a total of 10 games in this phase; as in the regular season, a home-and-away round-robin will be used.

The last five teams will enter a home-and-away round-robin playout-league where two best teams qualify to quarterfinals. Each teams plays 8 games in this phase. The last two teams will be relegated.[1]

Playoffs

Eight teams will join 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
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 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 Podčetrtek ŠD Podčetrtek
ECE Triglav Kranj Planina Sports Hall 800
Zlatorog Laško 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

Regular season

League table
Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1 Krka 17 15 2 1304 1031 +273 32 Qualification to championship group
2 GGD Šenčur 16 12 4 1208 1071 +137 28
3 Rogaška 17 11 6 1306 1169 +137 28
4 Helios Suns 16 12 4 1118 953 +165 28
5 Šentjur 17 9 8 1203 1217 −14 26
6 Terme Olimia 16 9 7 1142 1097 +45 25 Qualification to relegation group
7 Zlatorog Laško 18 6 12 1239 1335 −96 24
8 Hopsi Polzela 17 6 11 1178 1281 −103 23
9 Triglav Kranj 16 4 12 998 1182 −184 20
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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Qualification to playoffs
2 Krka 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 GGD Šenčur 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Helios Suns 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Rogaška 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 team6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Source: KZS.si

Relegation group

League table
Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 team1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Qualification to playoffs
2 Zlatorog Laško 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Hopsi Polzela 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Triglav Kranj 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Relegation
Source: KZS.si

Slovenian clubs in European competitions
TeamCompetitionProgress
Cedevita OlimpijaEuroCupRegular 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.
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