Balkan International Basketball League

Balkan International Basketball League

Current season or competition: 2011–12 BIBL season
BIBL
Sport	Basketball
Founded	2008
No. of teams	12
Country(ies)	Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Croatia Macedonia Montenegro Romania Serbia Israel
Continent	Europe
Most recent champion(s)	Hapoel Gilboa Galil
TV partner(s)	BNT 1, BNT Sat, Channel 3
Official website	BalkanLeague.net

The Balkan International Basketball League (BIBL), also known as the Balkan League, is a multinational professional basketball league that features pro clubs from the Balkans. The league includes teams from the countries of Bulgaria, Macedonia, Montenegro, Romania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia and Serbia. Since 2011-12 Season teams from Israel also compete in the league, despite that they are not from the region.

Format

The league features three teams from the Bulgarian League, two from the Macedonian League, two from the Romanian League, and three teams from the Serbian League.

In the first season of the BIBL, the teams will be divided into two groups of five. The top four teams in each group will qualify for the playoffs, where the winner of group A will face the fourth-placed team in group B, the second will play the third and so forth.

Championship

Season	Host	Arena	Champion	Runner-up	Result
2008–09	Samokov	Arena Samokov	Rilski Sportist	Feršped Rabotnički	84–77
2009–10	Sofia	Universiada Hall	Levski Sofia	Lovćen	77–65
2010–11	Kavadarci	Jasmin Sports Hall	KK Feni Industries	BC Rilski Sportist	88–75
2011–12	Gan Ner	Gan Ner Sports Hall	Hapoel Gilboa Galil	Levski Sofia	89–84

External links

• BIBL Official Website
• Eurobasket.com League Page
• BallinEurope.com Article
• Balkanium.com Article
• BulgarianBasket.com Article

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