2014–15 BIBL season

2014–15 BIBL
Season	2014–15
Number of teams	10
Finals
Champions	KB Prishtina
Runners-up	Rilski Sportist
← 2013–14 2015–16 →

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	3	Mornar	Sutjeska	Teodo
Kosovo	2	Peja	Sigal Prishtina
Macedonia	2	Kumanovo	Kožuv
Albania	1	Vllaznia
Bulgaria	1	Rilski Sportist
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. Kumanovo 8 5 3 688 687 +1 13 2. Rilski Sportist 8 4 4 691 686 +5 12 3. Sutjeska 8 4 4 641 644 −3 12 4. Peja 8 4 4 685 666 +19 12 5. Teodo 8 3 5 612 634 −22 11

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

Group B

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

CRA KOZ MOR PRI VLL SCM Craiova 84–87 75–63 101–82 86–45 Kožuv 80–63 85–66 93–78 99–59 Mornar 85–81 67–75 80–87 79–48 KB Prishtina 92–76 87–100 91–104 85–59 Vllaznia 72–75 52–88 0–20[A] 78–88

Notes

Second round

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

Group C

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

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

Group D

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

KOZ RIL PRI SUT Kožuv 72–74 93–78 79–76 Rilski Sportist 86–88 71–94 78–68 KB Prishtina 87–100 94–71 99–92 Sutjeska 74–66 81–79 0–20[A]

Notes

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	198–192	Kumanovo	97−85	101−107
SCM Craiova	143–175	KB Prishtina	73−77	70−98

Semifinal

31 March 2015 18:30

Report

Rilski Sportist	62–63	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

Report

Peja	66–82	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 Zurapović, Haris Bijedić, Georgios Poursanidis

Rilski Sportist won 144−129 on aggregate

1 April 2015 19:30

Report

KB Prishtina	85–61	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 Rutešić, Radomir Vojinović, Ivan Miličević

8 April 2015 19:30

Report

Kožuv	86–80	KB Prishtina
Scoring by quarter: 25−26, 22−19, 26−21, 13−14
Pts: Nešović 18 Rebs: Janjušević 7 Asts: Brčkov 4		Pts: Berisha 22 Rebs: Trajkovski 11 Asts: Berisha 4

26th April Hall, Gevgelija Referees: Igor Dragojević, Ognjen Jokić, Ventsislav Velikov

KB Prishtina won 165−147 on aggregate

Final

21 April 2015 18:30

Report

KB Prishtina	74–72	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

Report

Rilski Sportist	71–80	KB 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
KB Prishtina won 154−143 on aggregate

Arena Samokov, Samokov Attendance: 3,000 Referees: Ademir Zurapović, Ognjen Jokić, Haris Bijedić

2014–15 Balkan League Champions
KB Prishtina 1st Title

References

External links

• BIBL official webpage
• Balkan League standings and livescores Archived 2013-05-25 at the Wayback Machine