In the fourth season of the Balkan International Basketball League, twelve participants from the Republic of Macedonia, Bulgaria, Romania, Serbia, Montenegro, Bosnia and Herzegovina and the new represented country Israel has competed.
Teams Country Teams Teams Bulgaria 2 Levski Sofia Rilski Sportist Israel 2 Hapoel Tel Aviv Hapoel Gilboa Galil Macedonia 2 Feni Industries Torus Montenegro 2 Mornar Ulcinj Serbia 2 OKK Beograd Napredak Kruševac Bosnia and Herzegovina 1 Zrinjski Mostar Romania 1 Elba Timișoara
Format
Regular season In the regular season the teams will be divided into two groups, each containing six 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 11, 2011 and the last match day will be played on March 7, 2012.
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. The first legs are on March 21 and 22, second legs will be played on March 28 and 29. If there is need for third leg the date is set for April 5, 2012.
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. This year's dates are April 20 and 22, 2012.
Regular season
Group A Qualified for the final four Qualified for the playoffs HGG MOR RIL ELB OKK TOR HGG92-6776-6791-7384-6285-62 MOR76-7889-7679-7775-7384-68 RIL72-7087-7680-7887-7092-74 ELB76-8388-7380-6985-6772-74 OKK71-7482-8986-6875-8487-81 TOR70-8679-8480-8563-7375-70 TeamPldWLPFPADiffPts 1. Hapoel Gilboa Galil 10 9 1 819 696 +123 19 2. Mornar 10 6 4 792 800 −8 16 3. Rilski Sportist 10 6 4 783 779 +4 16 4. Elba Timișoara 10 5 5 786 754 +32 15 5. OKK Beograd 10 2 8 743 802 −59 12 6. Torus 10 2 8 726 818 −92 12 Source:
Group B Qualified for the final four Qualified for the playoffs LEV HTA FEN NAP ZRI ULC LEV85-7867-6674-7263-5720-0 HTA79-8683-7674-6690-8675-68 FEN84-9182-8577-7220-081-80 NAP67-9280-8281-7779-5973-72 ZRI59-6967-8568-7662-6460-62 ULC73-750-2053-590-2069-82 TeamPldWLPFPADiffPts 1. Levski Sofia 10 10 0 722 635 +87 20 2. Hapoel Tel Aviv 10 8 2 751 696 +55 18 3. Feni Industries 10 5 5 698 680 +18 15 4. Napredak Kruševac 10 5 5 674 669 +5 15 5. Zrinjski Mostar 10 1 9 600 677 −77 10 6. Ulcinj 10 1 9 477 565 −88 8 Source:
Quarterfinals First legs are on March 20 and 28; Second legs are on March 27 and April 3; Third leg, if needed, is on March 29 and April 6 Team 1Agg.Team 21st leg2nd leg3rd leg Rilski Sportist 1 − 2 Hapoel Tel Aviv 83−78 63−84 60−78 Feni Industries 2 − 0 Mornar 92−85 OT 83−82 — Source:
Final four
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External links BIBL official webpage Balkan League standings and livescores
References