2007–08 Slovenian Basketball League

UPC League
Season2007–08
Duration13 October 2007 – 7 June 2008
Teams12 + 1
TV partner(s)RTV Slovenija
Regular season
Top seedUnion Olimpija
Season MVPCanada Dejan Grković
Finals
ChampionsUnion Olimpija
14th title
  Runners-upHelios Domžale
SemifinalistsKrka
Zlatorog
Statistical leaders
Points Croatia Miroslav Jurić 19.6
Rebounds Canada Dejan Grković 8.8
Assists Slovenia Jure Močnik 4.9

The 2007–08 Slovenian Basketball League (official: 2007–08 UPC League) was the 17th season of the Premier A Slovenian Basketball League, the highest professional basketball league in Slovenia. Union Olimpija won its 14th national championship.

Teams for the 2007–08 season

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Team City Arena Capacity Head coach
Alpos Šentjur Šentjur Hruševec Sports Hall 800 Matjaž Čuješ
Elektra Esotech Šoštanj Šoštanj Sport Hall 600 Ivan Stanišak
Geoplin Slovan Ljubljana Kodeljevo Sports Hall 1,540 Aleksander Sekulić
Helios Domžale Domžale Komunalni center Hall 2,500 Zoran Martič
Hopsi Polzela Polzela Polzela Sport Hall 1,800 Boštjan Kuhar
Kraški zidar Jadran Sežana SŠ Srečka Kosovela Sports Hall 900 Tomo Krašovec
Krka Novo Mesto Leon Štukelj Hall 2,800 Rade Mijanović
Luka Koper Koper Arena Bonifika 4,000 Mihailo Poček
Rogla Zreče Zreče Zreče Sports Hall 800 Slobodan Benić
TCG Mercator Škofja Loka Sports Hall OŠ Poljane 400 Matic Vidic
Union Olimpija* Ljubljana Tivoli Hall 4,050 Aleksandar Džikić
Zagorje KD FT Zagorje Sports Hall Zagorje ob Savi 800 Dušan Hauptman
Zlatorog Laško Laško Tri Lilije Hall 2,500 Damjan Novaković
Teams from the Adriatic League

Regular season

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Pos Team P W L F A Pts
1 Helios Domžale 22 20 2 1995 1643 42
2 Krka 22 17 5 1945 1721 39
3 Zlatorog Laško 22 17 5 1941 1697 39
4 Geoplin Slovan 22 16 8 1855 1670 38
5 Luka Koper 22 13 9 1794 1739 35
6 Elektra Esotech 22 10 12 1751 1772 32
7 TCG Mercator 22 9 13 1766 1839 31
8 Hopsi Polzela 22 7 15 1757 1860 29
9 Alpos Šentjur 22 7 15 1678 1883 29
10 Kraški zidar Jadran 22 6 16 1680 1889 28
11 Zagorje KD FT 22 6 16 1681 1892 28
12 Rogla Zreče 22 4 18 1670 1908 26

P=Matches played, W=Matches won, L=Matches lost, F=Points for, A=Points against, Pts=Points

Qualified for the Champions stage

Champions standings

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Pos Team P W L F A Pts
1 Union Olimpija 14 13 1 1245 996 27
2 Helios Domžale 14 10 4 1266 1098 24
3 Krka 14 8 6 1112 1086 22
4 Zlatorog Laško 14 8 6 1110 1067 22
5 Geoplin Slovan 14 8 6 1166 1152 22
6 Luka Koper 14 4 10 1058 1160 18
7 TCG Mercator 14 3 11 1010 1263 17
8 Elektra Esotech 14 2 12 1006 1156 16

P=Matches played, W=Matches won, L=Matches lost, F=Points for, A=Points against, Pts=Points

Qualified for the Playoff stage

Relegation league

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Pos Team P W L F A Pts
1 Alpos Šentjur 30 12 18 2337 2466 42
2 Hopsi Polzela 30 12 18 2397 2458 42
3 Zagorje KD FT 30 11 19 2292 2516 41
4 Kraški zidar Jadran 30 9 21 2287 2535 39
5 Rogla Zreče 30 6 24 2282 2576 36

P=Matches played, W=Matches won, L=Matches lost, F=Points for, A=Points against, Pts=Points

Qualified for Relegation Playoffs
Relegated to Second Division

Playoffs

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Semi-finals Final
      
1 Union Olimpija 2
4 Zlatorog Laško 0
1 Union Olimpija 3
2 Helios Domžale 1
2 Helios Domžale 2
3 Krka 1
Slovenian League 2007–08
Champions
Union Olimpija
14th title

Relegation Playoffs

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Pos Team P W L F A Pts
1 Nova Gorica 4 4 0 312 280 8
2 Parklji Ljubljana 4 2 2 333 288 6
3 Kraški zidar Jadran 4 0 4 270 347 4

P=Matches played, W=Matches won, L=Matches lost, F=Points for, A=Points against, Pts=Points

Qualified for 2009–10 Slovenian First Division

Statistics leaders

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Pos Player Club PIR
1 Canada Dejan Grković Rogla Zreče 19.19
2 United States DeMarco Johnson Geoplin Slovan 17.43
3 Slovenia Jasmin Čatović Hopsi Polzela 16.62

Points

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Pos Player Club PPG
1 Croatia Miroslav Jurić Kraški zidar Jadran 19.58
2 Slovenia Jasmin Čatović Hopsi Polzela 17.62
3 Canada Dejan Grković Rogla Zreče 16.88

Rebounds

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Pos Player Club RPG
1 Canada Dejan Grković Rogla Zreče 8.81
2 North Macedonia Kiril Pavlovski Kraški zidar Jadran 7.53
3 Slovenia Stipe Modrić Geoplin Slovan 7.48

Assists

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Pos Player Club APG
1 Slovenia Jure Močnik Helios Domžale 4.85
2 Slovenia Nejc Glavaš Zagorje KD FT 4.82
3 Slovenia Primož Brolih Rogla Zreče 4.75
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