2014–15 BIBL season

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2014–15 BIBL
Season2014–15
Number of teams10
Finals
Champions Flag of Kosovo.svg KB Prishtina
  Runners-up Flag of Bulgaria.svg Rilski Sportist
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.

Contents

Teams

CountryTeamsTeams
Flag of Montenegro.svg Montenegro 3 Mornar Sutjeska Teodo
Flag of Kosovo.svg Kosovo 2 Peja Sigal Prishtina
Flag of North Macedonia.svg Macedonia 2 Kumanovo Kožuv
Flag of Albania.svg Albania 1 Vllaznia
Flag of Bulgaria.svg Bulgaria 1 Rilski Sportist
Flag of Romania.svg 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

Group B

Notes
  1. ^
    Vllaznia lost the game on forfait due to issues with the technical equipment, as neither the game clock nor the 24’’ device were functioning. [1]

Second round

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

Key to colors
    Advances to Semifinal
    Advances to Quarterfinal

Group C

Group D

Notes
  1. ^
    Sutjeska lost the game on forfeit after the game was abandoned after 6 minutes of play due to riots from the home fans, which injured two of KB Prishtina players, the head coach, the team manager and one member from the team staff. [2]

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 #1Agg.Team #21st leg2nd leg
Rilski Sportist Flag of Bulgaria.svg 198–192 Flag of North Macedonia.svg Kumanovo 97−85101−107
SCM Craiova Flag of Romania.svg 143–175 Flag of Kosovo.svg KB Prishtina 73−7770−98

Semifinal

31 March 2015
18:30
Rilski Sportist Flag of Bulgaria.svg 6263 Flag of Kosovo.svg 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
Peja Flag of Kosovo.svg 6682 Flag of Bulgaria.svg 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
KB Prishtina Flag of Kosovo.svg 8561 Flag of North Macedonia.svg 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
Kožuv Flag of North Macedonia.svg 8680 Flag of Kosovo.svg 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
KB Prishtina Flag of Kosovo.svg 7472 Flag of Bulgaria.svg 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
Rilski Sportist Flag of Bulgaria.svg 7180 Flag of Kosovo.svg 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

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KB Prishtina
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References

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  2. "Dark evening for KK Sutjeska in Niksic". Balkan International Basketball League. 11 February 2015.