Balkan International Basketball League

Balkan International Basketball League

Current season, competition or edition: 2015–16 BIBL season
BIBL
Sport	Basketball
Founded	2008
No. of teams	variable (the minimum was 9 and the maximum was 12)
Countries	Albania Bulgaria Macedonia Montenegro Romania Israel Kosovo
Continent	FIBA Europe (Europe)
Most recent champion(s)	Sigal Prishtina
TV partner(s)	Digitalb (SuperSport), 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, Kosovo, Albania and Israel.

Format

The league features two team from the ETC Superleague, three teams from the Montenegrin Basketball League, two from the Macedonian League, one from the Romanian League one form National Basketball League (Bulgaria) and one team from Albanian Basketball League

The league's teams will be divided into two groups of five. The top three teams in each group will qualify to the First Six group, and the remaining two teams from each group, will qualify to the Last Four group. The best four teams from the First Six group, will qualify for the league's Final Four.

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	Feni Industries	Rilski Sportist	88–75
2011–12	Gan Ner	Gan Ner Sports Hall	Hapoel Gilboa Galil	Levski Sofia	89–84
2012–13	Samokov	Arena Samokov	Hapoel Gilboa Galil	Levski Sofia	87–79
2013–14	Pristina	Pallati i Rinisë dhe Sporteve	Levski Sofia	Hapoel Gilboa Galil	75–69
2014–15	Pristina Samokov	Pallati i Rinisë dhe Sporteve Arena Samokov	Sigal Prishtina	Rilski Sportist	74−72 80–71

External links

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