In the third season of the Balkan International Basketball League, ten participants from the Republic of Macedonia, Bulgaria, Romania, Serbia, Montenegro and the new represented countries Bosnia and Herzegovina and Croatia has competed.
Teams Country Teams Teams Bulgaria 3 Levski Sofia Rilski Sportist Balkan Botevgrad Montenegro 2 Mornar Ulcinj Serbia 1 OKK Beograd Macedonia 1 Feni Industries Romania 1 Mureș Bosnia and Herzegovina 1 Zrinjski Croatia 1 Svjetlost Brod
Format
Regular season In the regular season the teams will be divided into two groups, each containing five teams. Each team plays every other team in its group at home and away. The two teams that finished at the top of their group advance to the final four. The teams that finish second and third in their group advance to the quarterfinals. The opening game has been played on October 2, 2010 and the last matchday has been played on 1–2 May 2011.
Quarterfinals The teams that finished second in their home played against the third placed teams in the other group in a Best-Of-3 series with home advantage.
Final four The four remaining teams play a semifinal match and the winners of those advance to the final. The losers play in a third-place playoff. The final four has been hosted at the Jasmin Sports Hall, Kavadarci, Republic of Macedonia.
Regular season
Group A Qualified for the final four Qualified for the playoffs LEV OKK ULC ZRI SVE LEV92-7981-5898-7794-60 OKK82-7982-6675-7283-81 ULC70-7587-7989-8295-88 ZRI76-8498-9682-7979-65 SVE74-10466-7264-6778-90 TeamPldWLPFPADiffPts 1. Levski Sofia 8 7 1 710 576 +134 15 2. OKK Beograd 8 5 3 648 641 +7 13 3. Ulcinj 8 4 4 611 633 −22 12 4. Zrinjski 8 4 4 656 664 −8 12 5. Svjetlost Brod 8 0 8 576 687 −111 8
Group B Qualified for the final four Qualified for the playoffs FEN MOR RIL MUR BAL FEN100-10690-6698-87101-72 MOR84-9583-7487-7379-71 RIL76-8684-7785-8391-70 MUR85-7081-10289-9090-83 BAL76-8370-7871-6579-95 TeamPldWLPFPADiffPts 1. Feni Industries 8 6 2 723 652 +71 14 2. Mornar 8 6 2 696 648 +48 14 3. Rilski Sportist 8 4 4 631 649 −18 12 4. Mureș 8 3 5 683 694 −11 11 5. Balkan Botevgrad 8 1 7 592 682 −90 9
Quarterfinals First legs were on March 22 and 23; Second legs were on March 29 and 30; Third leg was on April 6 Team 1Agg.Team 21st leg2nd leg3rd leg OKK Beograd 0 − 2 Rilski Sportist 88−93 57−66 Mornar 2 − 1 Ulcinj 69−60 68−80 77−69
Final four
Balkan League 2011 ChampionsFeni IndustriesFirst title
External links BIBL official webpage Balkan League standings and livescores