2018–19 Slovenian Basketball League

The 2018–19 Slovenian Basketball League, also known as Liga Nova KBM due to sponsorship reasons,[1] is the 28th season of the Premier A Slovenian Basketball League. Olimpija are the defending champions.

Liga Nova KBM1
Competition details
Season 2018–19
Teams 10
Games played 154
Dates 11 October 2018 - 24 May 2019
TV Šport TV
Final positions
Champions Sixt Primorska
Runners-up Petrol Olimpija
Semifinalists Krka
Helios Suns
Relegated Ilirija

Format

Regular season

In the first phase, ten teams competed in a home-and-away round-robin series (18 games total). All teams advanced from the regular season to one of two postseason stages, depending on their league position.

Second phase

The top six teams from the regular season advanced to the championship phase. These teams started the second phase from scratch, with no results carrying over from the regular season. Each team played a total of 10 games in this phase; as in the regular season, a home-and-away round-robin was used.

The bottom four teams entered a home-and-away round-robin mini-league where two best teams qualify to quarterfinals. Each teams plays 9 games in this phase.

Playoffs

Eight teams joined the playoffs.

Teams

Venues and locations
Location of teams in the 2018–19 Slovenian Basketball League
Club Location Venue Capacity
Helios SunsDomžaleKomunalni center Hall2,500
HopsiPolzelaŠD Polzela1,800
KrkaNovo MestoŠD Leona Štuklja2,500
IlirijaLjubljanaTivoli Hall4,000
Petrol OlimpijaLjubljanaArena Stožice12,500
RogaškaRogaška SlatinaŠD Rogaška Slatina800
ŠenčurŠenčurŠD Šenčur800
Sixt PrimorskaKoperArena Bonifika5,000
ŠentjurŠentjurDvorana OŠ Hruševec700
Zlatorog LaškoLaškoTri Lilije Hall2,500
Teams that play in the 2018–19 Adriatic League
Teams that play in the 2018–19 Adriatic League Second Division
Teams that play in the 2018-19 Alpe Adria Cup

Personnel and kits
Team President Coach Captain Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor
Helios Suns David Kubala Dejan Jakara Jure Močnik Spalding Helios
Hopsi Polzela Matej Jelen Boštjan Kuhar Uroš Godler Macron —
Ilirija Edvard Reven Saša Dončić Tevž Ružič Spalding —
Krka Andraž Šuštarič Simon Petrov Jure Balažič Žolna Šport Krka
Petrol Olimpija Tomaž Berločnik Jure Zdovc Mirza Begić Peak Petrol
Rogaška Kristijan Novak Damjan Novaković Miha Vašl Nike —
Sixt Primorska Bojan Čad Jurica Golemac Alen Hodžić Nike Sixt
Šenčur Janko Sekne Konstantin Subotić Smiljan Pavič Macron Gorenjska gradbena družba
Šentjur Dušan Debenak Jakša Vulić Tomaž Jereb Luanvi —
Zlatorog Laško Tanja Seme Chris Thomas Nejc Barič Spalding Pivovarna Laško

Managerial changes
Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Incoming manager Date of appointment
Zlatorog Laško Aleš Pipan End of contact – Pre-season Chris Thomas 27 July 2018[2]
Helios Suns Jovan Beader Sacked 12 November 2018 9th (1–4) Dejan Jakara 12 November 2018[3]
Petrol Olimpija Zoran Martič Mutual consent 18 November 2018 1st (4–2) Saša Nikitović 19 November 2018[4]
Šenčur Rade Mijanović Sacked 30 December 2018[5] 9th (4–6) Konstantin Subotić 1 January 2019[6]
Petrol Olimpija Saša Nikitović Mutual consent 19 February 2019 4th (10–8) Jure Zdovc 19 February 2019[7]

Regular season

League table
Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1 Sixt Primorska 18 13 5 1525 1330 +195 31 Qualification to championship group
2 Krka 18 12 6 1466 1374 +92 30
3 Rogaška 18 11 7 1454 1468 −14 29
4 Petrol Olimpija 18 10 8 1422 1426 −4 28
5 Hopsi Polzela 18 10 8 1465 1390 +75 28
6 Helios Suns 18 9 9 1342 1342 0 27
7 Zlatorog Laško 18 9 9 1392 1433 −41 27 Qualification to relegation group
8 Šentjur 18 8 10 1397 1427 −30 26
9 Šenčur 18 7 11 1416 1445 −29 25
10 Ilirija 18 1 17 1381 1625 −244 19
Source: KZS.si

Results
Home \ Away HEL POL ILI KRK UOL ROG SEN TAJ PRI ZLA
Helios Suns — 76–77 78–60 65–77 72–60 75–82 59–64 59–71 84–77 87–65
Hopsi Polzela 68–52 — 85–74 84–67 76–78 90–100 99–76 74–60 83–93 72–77
Ilirija 76–85 73–104 — 83–85 74–104 74–75 62–81 78–82 80–87 69–80
Krka 66–65 84–58 97–91 — 91–69 81–60 77–85 86–65 90–100 79–68
Petrol Olimpija 68–76 98–95 86–65 76–92 — 99–81 82–70 76–72 81–61 72–83
Rogaška 78–91 69–85 106–99 80–76 87–66 — 85–81 88–74 70–64 75–77
Šenčur 90–101 80–85 81–85 90–86 85–62 79–81 — 78–66 77–89 83–80
Šentjur 75–81 84–64 100–98 86–73 89–98 77–80 85–72 — 88–94 77–71
Sixt Primorska 97–50 92–65 117–67 64–66 80–63 87–79 75–66 92–76 — 84–53
Zlatorog Laško 91–86 57–101 92–73 85–93 77–84 93–78 86–78 65–70 92–72 —
Source: KZS.si
Colours: Blue = home team win; Red = away team win.

Championship group

League table
Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1 Sixt Primorska 10 10 0 818 650 +168 20 Qualification to playoffs
2 Petrol Olimpija 10 7 3 726 677 +49 17
3 Hopsi Polzela 10 5 5 727 763 −36 15
4 Krka 10 4 6 766 751 +15 14
5 Rogaška 10 3 7 740 833 −93 13
6 Helios Suns 10 1 9 691 794 −103 11
Source: KZS.si

Results
Home \ Away HEL POL KRK UOL ROG PRI
Helios Suns — 84–75 76–84 63–69 80–82 67–68
Hopsi Polzela 83–61 — 82–81 65–59 81–76 63–81
Krka 86–58 81–61 — 65–70 99–69 62–85
Petrol Olimpija 74–66 93–72 79–60 — 66–58 72–85
Rogaška 90–83 69–85 90–80 70–75 — 67–95
Sixt Primorska 83–53 78–60 81–68 73–69 89–69 —
Source: KZS.si
Colours: Blue = home team win; Red = away team win.

Relegation group

League table
Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Šenčur 15 10 5 1213 1141 +72 25 Qualification to playoffs
2 Zlatorog Laško 15 9 6 1199 1119 +80 24
3 Šentjur 15 8 7 1133 1180 −47 23
4 Ilirija 15 3 12 1149 1254 −105 18 Relegation
Source: KZS.si

Results
Home \ Away ILI SEN TAJ ZLA ILI SEN TAJ ZLA
Ilirija — 79–71 64–60 86–89 — — — 82–93
Šenčur 84–75 — 92–82 74–69 94–81 — — —
Šentjur 71–67 71–69 — 78–81 90–77 85–96 — —
Zlatorog Laško 86–73 71–81 76–57 — — 64–79 96–59 —
Updated to match(es) played on 23 April 2019. Source: KZS.si
Colours: Blue = home team win; Red = away team win.

Playoffs

Seeded teams played at home games 1, 3 and, in the finals, 5.

Bracket
 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
 
 
 
Sixt Primorska2
 
 
 
Zlatorog Laško0
 
Sixt Primorska2
 
 
 
Krka0
 
Krka2
 
 
 
Rogaška0
 
Sixt Primorska3
 
 
 
Petrol Olimpija0
 
Petrol Olimpija2
 
 
 
Šenčur1
 
Petrol Olimpija2
 
 
 
Helios Suns0
 
Hopsi Polzela0
 
 
Helios Suns2
 

Quarter–finals
Team 1 Series Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg 3rd leg
Sixt Primorska 2–0 Zlatorog Laško 98–74 89–68 –
Petrol Olimpija 2–1 Šenčur 79–77 70–73 85–73
Hopsi Polzela 0–2 Helios Suns 82–95 78–80 –
Krka 2–0 Rogaška 77–73 80–74 –

Semi-finals
Team 1 Series Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg 3rd leg
Sixt Primorska 2–0 Krka 85–74 88–76 –
Petrol Olimpija 2–0 Helios Suns 74–60 68–49 –

Finals
Team 1 Series Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg 3rd leg4th leg5th leg
Sixt Primorska 3–0 Petrol Olimpija 79–61 76–75 68–63––

Awards

Regular Season MVP

Season MVP

Finals MVP

All-League Team

Regular Season Team[8]

Weekly MVP

Statistical leaders

Performance Index Rating

Pos Player Club PIR
1 Davor Konjević Šentjur 22.37
2 Matur Maker Zlatorog 18
3 L. D. Williams Ilirja 16.86

Points

Pos Player Club PPG
1 Davor Konjević Šentjur 19.96
2 L. D. Williams Ilirja 18.43
3 Blaž Mahkovic Helios Suns 16.54

Rebounds

Pos Player Club RPG
1 Matur Maker Zlatorog 9.59
2 Davor Konjević Šentjur 7.96
3 Dino Murić Šenčur 6.90

Assists

Pos Player Club APG
1 Žan Mark Šiško Sixt Primorska 6.83
2 Joshua Heath Ilirija 6.00
3 Casey Benson Hopsi Polzela 5.72

Clubs in European competitions
TeamCompetitionProgress
Petrol OlimpijaChampions LeagueRegular season

References
  1. "Prvoligaška druščina od slej zbrana v ligi Nova KBM" (in Slovenian). kzs.si. 24 March 2016. Retrieved 6 June 2016.
  2. Splačalo se je (po)čakati
  3. Jovana Beaderja bo na mestu glavnega trenerja zamenjal Dejan Jakara
  4. Saša Nikitović novi glavni trener Petrol Olimpije
  5. "Šenčur zopet zamenjal trenerja". Archived from the original on 2017-05-26. Retrieved 2018-12-07.
  6. Gorenjski košarkarski prvoligaš z novim trenerjem Subotićem
  7. Tilen Jamnik (19 February 2019). "Vodstvo Olimpije potrdilo: Novi trener je Jure Zdovc" (in Slovenian). RTV Slovenija. Retrieved 19 February 2019.
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