2014–15 BIBL season

In the seventh season of the Balkan International Basketball League, ten participants from Albania, Bulgaria, Kosovo, the Republic of Macedonia, Montenegro and Romania has competed.

Teams

Country Teams Teams
Montenegro Montenegro 3 Mornar Sutjeska Teodo
Kosovo Kosovo 2 Peja Sigal Prishtina
Republic of Macedonia Macedonia 2 Kumanovo Kožuv
Albania Albania 1 Vllaznia
Bulgaria Bulgaria 1 Rilski Sportist
Romania Romania 1 SCM Craiova

Format

In the first round the teams were divided into two groups, each containing five teams. Each team played every other team in its group at home and away. The top four teams from each group advanced to the second round. The teams that finished fifth in their group end their participation.

The eight remaining teams are again separated into two groups with four teams each. The teams that already have played during the first round kept the results between them from the first stage and played with the two remaining teams from the other group home and away games. The winners of both groups advanced directly to the semifinals, while the second- and third-placed met in the quarterfinal in home and away elimination games.

The winners of the groups from the second round met against the winners of the third round in two semifinals, played again in home and away elimination games. The winners of those advanced to the final, decided on home and away games.

First round

The games were played between 14 October 2014 and 28 January 2015.

Group A

Team Pld W L PF PA Diff Pts
1. Republic of Macedonia Kumanovo 8 5 3 688 687 +1 13
2. Bulgaria Rilski Sportist 8 4 4 691 686 +5 12
3. Montenegro Sutjeska 8 4 4 641 644 −3 12
4. Kosovo Peja 8 4 4 685 666 +19 12
5. Montenegro Teodo 8 3 5 612 634 −22 11

KUM PEJ RIL SUT TEO
Republic of Macedonia Kumanovo 83–93 89–82 97–87 76–93
Kosovo Peja 89–88 91–93 83–64 77–69
Bulgaria Rilski Sportist 90–95 105–97 78–68 83–81
Montenegro Sutjeska 83–86 86–84 81–79 82–55
Montenegro Teodo 70–74 78–71 84–81 82–90

Group B

Team Pld W L PF PA Diff Pts
1. Republic of Macedonia Kožuv 8 8 0 707 556 +151 16
2. Romania SCM Craiova 8 4 4 641 606 +35 12
3. Montenegro Mornar 8 4 4 564 542 +22 12
4. Kosovo Sigal Prishtina 8 4 4 690 691 −1 12
5. Albania Vllaznia 8 0 8 413 620 −207 8

CRA KOZ MOR SIG VLL
Romania SCM Craiova 84–87 75–63 101–82 86–45
Republic of Macedonia Kožuv 80–63 85–66 93–78 99–59
Montenegro Mornar 85–81 67–75 80–87 79–48
Kosovo Sigal Prishtina 92–76 87–100 91–104 85–59
Albania Vllaznia 72–75 52–88 0–20[A] 78–88

Notes
  1. ^ Vllaznia lost the game on forfait due to issues with the technical equipment, as neither the game clock nor the 24’’ device were functioning.[1]

Second round

The games were played between 3 February and 4 March 2015.

Key to colors
     Advances to Semifinal
     Advances to Quarterfinal

Group C

Team Pld W L PF PA Diff Pts
1. Kosovo Peja 6 4 2 476 480 −4 10
2. Republic of Macedonia Kumanovo 6 4 2 507 505 +2 10
3. Romania SCM Craiova 6 3 3 473 439 +34 9
4. Montenegro Mornar 6 1 5 463 495 –32 7

CRA KUM MOR PEJ
Romania SCM Craiova 74–75 75–63 97–75
Republic of Macedonia Kumanovo 81–79 92–84 83–93
Montenegro Mornar 85–81 86–88 65–72
Kosovo Peja 60–67 89–88 87–80

Group D

Team Pld W L PF PA Diff Pts
1. Republic of Macedonia Kožuv 6 4 2 498 475 +23 10
2. Kosovo Sigal Prishtina 6 4 2 472 427 +45 10
3. Bulgaria Rilski Sportist 6 2 4 459 497 −38 8
4. Montenegro Sutjeska 6 2 4 391 421 −30 8

KOZ RIL SIG SUT
Republic of Macedonia Kožuv 72–74 93–78 79–76
Bulgaria Rilski Sportist 86–88 71–94 78–68
Kosovo Sigal Prishtina 87–100 94–71 99–92
Montenegro Sutjeska 74–66 81–79 0–20[A]

Notes
  1. ^ Sutjeska lost the game on forfeit after the game was abandoned after 6 minutes of play due to riots from the home fans, which injured two of KB Sigal Prishtina players, the head coach, the team manager and one member from the team staff.[2]

Quarterfinal

The quarterfinals are two-legged ties determined on aggregate score. The first leg was played on 10 and 11 March 2015, while the second leg was on 24 and 25 March 2015.

Team #1 Agg. Team #2 1st leg 2nd leg
Rilski Sportist Bulgaria 198–192 Republic of Macedonia Kumanovo 97−85 101−107
SCM Craiova Romania 143–175 Kosovo Sigal Prishtina 73−77 70−98

Semifinal

31 March 2015
18:30
Rilski Sportist Bulgaria 6263 Kosovo Peja
Scoring by quarter: 24−16, 15−11, 10−20, 13−16
Pts: Bozov 13
Rebs: Rakočević 10
Asts: Bozov 5
Pts: Brkić 14
Rebs: Brkić 13
Asts: Wise 7
Universiada Hall, Sofia
Referees: Marius Ciulin, Aleksandar Milojevik, Bogdan Podar
7 April 2015
19:30
Peja Kosovo 6682 Bulgaria Rilski Sportist
Scoring by quarter: 16−19, 19−21, 16−26, 15−16
Pts: Wise 17
Rebs: Hajrizi 8
Asts: Wise 9
Pts: Rakočević 22
Rebs: Rakočević 11
Asts: Rakočević 5
Karagaci, Pejë
Referees: Ademir Žurapović, Haris Bijedić, Georgios Poursanidis

Rilski Sportist won 144−129 on aggregate

1 April 2015
19:30
Sigal Prishtina Kosovo 8561 Republic of Macedonia Kožuv
Scoring by quarter: 24−12, 17−13, 29−14, 15−22
Pts: Bavčić 25
Rebs: Bavčić 12
Asts: Berisha 6
Pts: Nešović, Šepa 11
Rebs: Gocevski 7
Asts: Šepa 4
Pallati i Rinisë dhe Sporteve, Pristina
Referees: Zdravko Rutesić, Radomir Vojinović, Ivan Miličević
8 April 2015
19:30
Kožuv Republic of Macedonia 8680 Kosovo Sigal Prishtina
Scoring by quarter: 25−26, 22−19, 26−21, 13−14
Pts: Nešović 18
Rebs: Janušević 7
Asts: Brčkov 4
Pts: Berisha 22
Rebs: Trajkovski 11
Asts: Berisha 4
26th April Hall, Gevgelija
Referees: Igor Dragojević, Ognjen Jokić, Ventsislav Velikov

Sigal Prishtina won 165−147 on aggregate

Final

21 April 2015
18:30
Sigal Prishtina Kosovo 7472 Bulgaria Rilski Sportist
Scoring by quarter: 21−27, 17−16, 17−13, 19−16
Pts: Bavčić 23
Rebs: Trajkovski 11
Asts: Hulls 5
Pts: Rakočević 21
Rebs: Gugino 10
Asts: Norfleet 7
Pallati i Rinisë dhe Sporteve, Pristina
Attendance: 2,500
Referees: Marius Ciulin, Igor Dragojević, Zdravko Rutesić
29 April 2015
19:30
Rilski Sportist Bulgaria 7180 Kosovo Sigal Prishtina
Scoring by quarter: 26−22, 10−16, 16−19, 19−23
Pts: Gugino 25
Rebs: Gugino 9
Asts: Bozov 9
Pts: Hulls 22
Rebs: Berisha, Trajkovski 8
Asts: Berisha 5
Sigal Prishtina won 154−143 on aggregate
Arena Samokov, Samokov
Attendance: 3,000
Referees: Ademir Zurapović, Ognjen Jokić, Haris Bijedić


2014–15 Balkan League Champions

Kosovo
Sigal Prishtina
1st Title

References

  1. "Mornar defeated Vllaznia by forfeit". Balkan International Basketball League. 28 October 2014.
  2. "Dark evening for KK Sutjeska in Niksic". Balkan International Basketball League. 11 February 2015.

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