2019–20 Slovenian Basketball League

Liga Nova KBM1
Season2019–20
Duration12 October 2019 – 20 March 2020
Teams10
TV partner(s)Šport TV
Regular season
RelegatedNone
Finals
ChampionsNone declared

The 2019–20 Slovenian Basketball League, also known as Liga Nova KBM due to sponsorship reasons was the 29th season of the Premier A Slovenian Basketball League. KK Koper Primorska are the defending champions.

On 12 March 2020, the Basketball Federation of Slovenia temporarily suspended its competitions due to the COVID-19 pandemic. On 20 March, the Basketball Federation canceled definitely its competitions due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[1]

Koper Primorska was the defending champion and as a consequence of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Basketball Federation decided not to recognize any team as the champion for the season.

Format

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Regular season

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In the first phase, nine teams will compete in a home-and-away round-robin series (16 games total). Cedevita Olimpija will compete in the second phase. All teams advanced from the regular season to one of two postseason stages, depending on their league position.[2]

Second phase

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The top five teams from the regular season will advance to the championship phase. Cedevita Olimpija will start their competition from this phase. These teams will start the second phase from scratch, with no results carrying over from the regular season. Each team will play a total of 10 games in this phase; as in the regular season, a home-and-away round-robin will be used.

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

Playoffs

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Eight teams will join the playoffs.

Teams

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Promotion and relegation

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Terme Olimia Podčetrtek was promoted as the winner of the 2018–19 Second League. The club replaced Ilirija, which finished last in the 2018–19 season.

This is the inaugural season for the newly formed club Cedevita Olimpija (which was created in July 2019 by merging two clubs Olimpija Ljubljana and Cedevita Zagreb) that will take the Olimpija's place in the competition. Also, the club will play in the 2019–20 EuroCup season instead of Cedevita Zagreb.

Venues and locations

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Location of teams in the 2019–20 Slovenian Basketball League
Club Location Venue Capacity
Cedevita Olimpija Ljubljana Arena Stožice 12,500
Helios Suns Domžale Komunalni center Hall 2,500
GGD Šenčur Šenčur ŠD Šenčur 800
Hopsi Polzela Polzela ŠD Polzela 1,800
Koper Primorska Koper Arena Bonifika 5,000
Krka Novo Mesto ŠD Leona Štuklja 2,500
Rogaška Rogaška Slatina ŠD Rogaška Slatina 800
Šentjur Šentjur Dvorana OŠ Hruševec 700
Terme Olimia Podčetrtek Podčetrtek ŠD Podčetrtek
Zlatorog Laško Laško Tri Lilije Hall 2,500
Teams that play in the 2019–20 Adriatic League
Teams that play in the 2019–20 Adriatic League Second Division
Teams that play in the 2019–20 Alpe Adria Cup

Personnel and kits

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Team President Coach Captain Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor
Cedevita Olimpija Slovenia Tomaž Berločnik Croatia Slaven Rimac Slovenia Jaka Blažič Adidas Cedevita, Petrol
Helios Suns Slovenia David Kubala Slovenia Dejan Jakara Slovenia Blaž Mahkovic Spalding Helios, Triglav
Hopsi Polzela Slovenia Matej Jelen Slovenia Boštjan Kuhar Slovenia Sandi Čebular Macron —
Koper Primorska Slovenia Gregor Vuga Slovenia Jurica Golemac Slovenia Alen Hodžić Erreà Vehicle Rent
Krka Slovenia Andraž Šuštarič Croatia Vladimir Anzulović Slovenia Jure Balažič Žolna Šport Krka
Rogaška Slovenia Kristijan Novak Slovenia Damjan Novaković Slovenia Tadej Ferme Luanvi —
GGD Šenčur Slovenia Janko Sekne Slovenia Konstantin Subotić Slovenia Smiljan Pavič Macron Gorenjska gradbena družba
Šentjur Slovenia Dušan Debenak Slovenia Saša Dončić Serbia Miloš Pešić Luanvi VOC, Tajfun
Terme Olimia Podčetrtek Slovenia Franc Trupaj Slovenia Davor Brečko Slovenia Nejc Strnad Peak Terme Olimia
Zlatorog Laško Slovenia Bojan Špiler Slovenia Robi Ribežl Slovenia Tomaž Jereb Joma Pivovarna Laško

Managerial changes

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Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Incoming manager Date of appointment
Cedevita Olimpija First – – Pre-season Croatia Slaven Rimac 8 July 2019[3]
Šentjur Croatia Jakša Vulić End of contract – Slovenia Saša Dončić 21 June 2019[4]
Zlatorog Laško United States Chris Thomas – Slovenia Robi Ribežl 13 July 2019[5]
Krka Slovenia Simon Petrov Mutual consent 5 November 2019 [6] 6th (2–3) Croatia Vladimir Anzulović 7 November 2019[7]
Šentjur Slovenia Saša Dončić Sacked 14 November 2019 7th (2–5) Slovenia Aleš Pipan 14 November 2019[8]
Terme Olimia Podčetrtek Slovenia Davor Brečko Sacked 14 November 2019[9] 9th (0–5) Slovenia Bojan Lazić 19 November 2019[10]
Koper Primorska Slovenia Jurica Golemac Parted ways 20 December 2019[11] 1st (10–1) Slovenia Andrej Žakelj 26 December 2019[12]
Cedevita Olimpija Croatia Slaven Rimac Mutual consent 27 January 2020[13] / Slovenia Jurica Golemac 27 January 2020[14]

Regular season

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League table

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Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1 Koper Primorska 16 13 3 1395 1128 +267 29 Qualification to championship group
2 Krka 16 11 5 1250 1153 +97 27
3 Helios Suns 16 10 6 1184 1174 +10 26
4 Rogaška 16 10 6 1210 1142 +68 26
5 Hopsi Polzela 16 9 7 1371 1235 +136 25
6 GGD Šenčur 16 9 7 1274 1159 +115 25 Qualification to relegation group
7 Šentjur 16 6 10 1238 1234 +4 22
8 Zlatorog Laško 16 3 13 1151 1515 −364 19
9 Terme Olimia Podčetrtek 16 1 15 1036 1369 −333 17
Source: KZS.si

Results

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Home \ Away PRI KRK HEL ROG POL GGD SEN ZLA POD
Koper Primorska — 68–64 84–66 76–53 91–77 86–85 82–66 115–73 79–67
Krka 80–81 — 66–73 70–54 84–76 68–66 92–72 104–70 91–60
Helios Suns 60–78 66–72 — 72–67 53–72 66–57 76–73 98–81 80–53
Rogaška 86–83 58–67 75–83 — 82–75 66–57 83–70 91–61 83–48
Hopsi Polzela 85–84 92–65 86–87 86–87 — 71–66 83–62 102–78 96–67
GGD Šenčur 82–80 83–89 67–71 92–53 92–90 — 89–82 95–62 80–73
Šentjur 64–108 96–61 75–63 71–86 85–69 83–90 — 83–50 86–49
Zlatorog Laško 56–102 78–89 90–84 75–99 75–117 66–93 89–76 — 72–69
Terme Olimia Podčetrtek 64–98 60–88 78–86 56–87 77–94 53–80 64–94 98–75 —
Source: KZS.si
Legend: Blue = home team win; Red = away team win.

Championship group

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League table

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Pos Team
 Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
1 Cedevita Olimpija 2 2 0 168 146 +22 4
2 Krka 3 1 2 224 236 −12 4
3 Hopsi Polzela 3 1 2 227 243 −16 4
4 Helios Suns 3 1 2 208 228 −20 4
5 Koper Primorska 2 1 1 154 132 +22 3
6 Rogaška 1 1 0 75 71 +4 2
Source: KZS.si

Results

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Home \ Away COL HEL POL PRI KRK ROG
Cedevita Olimpija — 0 0 0 86–77 0
Helios Suns 69–82 — 0 0 0 0
Hopsi Polzela 0 84–75 — 68–92 0 0
Koper Primorska 0 62–64 0 — 0 0
Krka 0 0 76–75 0 — 0
Rogaška 0 0 0 0 75–71 —
Source: KZS.si
Legend: Blue = home team win; Red = away team win.

Relegation group

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League table

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Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
1 GGD Šenčur 8 7 1 700 588 +112 15
2 Šentjur 8 5 3 682 584 +98 13
3 Zlatorog Laško 8 3 5 567 679 −112 11
4 Terme Olimia Podčetrtek 8 1 7 562 660 −98 9
Updated to match(es) played on 7 March 2020. Source: KZS.si

Results

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Home \ Away GGD SEN POD ZLA GGD SEN POD ZLA
GGD Šenčur — 83–90 90–79 0 — 0 — 0
Šentjur 0 — 0 88–70 — — 0 0
Terme Olimia Podčetrtek 0 0 — 77–83 0 — — —
Zlatorog Laško 0 0 0 — — — 0 —
Source: KZS.si
Legend: Blue = home team win; Red = away team win.

Awards

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Regular Season MVP

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Weekly MVP

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MVP of the Month

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Month Player Team Ref.
2019
October Slovenia Dino Murić GGD Šenčur [17]
November United States Anthony Collins Hopsi Polzela [18]
December Slovenia Blaž Mahkovic Helios Suns [19]

Statistical leaders

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Performance Index Rating

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Pos Player Club PIR
1 Slovenia Dino Murić Šenčur 21.39
2 United States Antony Collins Hopsi Polzela 20.16
3 Slovenia Jakob Čebašek Šentjur 18.39

Points

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Pos Player Club PPG
1 United States Mikael Hopkins Cedevita Olimpija 18.50
2 Slovenia Jaka Blažič Cedevita Olimpija 18.00
3 Slovenia Blaž Mahkovic Helios Suns 16.35

Rebounds

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Pos Player Club RPG
1 Slovenia Dino Murić Šenčur 9.06
2 Montenegro Dragan Bjeletić Zlatorog 7.50
3 Slovenia Jakob Čebašek Šentjur 7.22

Assists

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Pos Player Club APG
1 United States Antony Collins Hopsi Polzela 10.26
2 United States Codi Miller-McIntyre Cedevita Olimpija 6.50
3 Slovenia Jure Pelko Helios Suns 4.93


Slovenian clubs in European competitions

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Team Competition Progress
Cedevita Olimpija EuroCup Regular season

References

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  1. ^ "Tekmovanja v sezoni 2019/2020 pod okriljem Košarkarske zveze Slovenije zaključena". kzs.si. Retrieved 29 May 2020.
  2. ^ Pro, Perun. "1. SKL: Opravljen žreb za sezono 2019/20". www.kzs.si. Retrieved 2019-08-27.
  3. ^ Rimac trener Cedevite Olimpije, prva okrepitev Edo Murić
  4. ^ Saša Dončić bo trener Šentjurčanov
  5. ^ Laščani imenovali novega trenerja
  6. ^ Simon Petrov ni več trener Krke
  7. ^ Stari znanec na klopi Krke
  8. ^ Dončić drago plačal katastrofo s prvaki
  9. ^ Trenerska rošada še v Podčetrtku
  10. ^ Bojan Lazić novi trener Podčetrtka
  11. ^ Saga v Kopru se nadaljuje: odhaja tudi tvorec vseh uspehov Jurica Golemac
  12. ^ Žakelj za krmilom primorske barke do konca sezone
  13. ^ V Stožicah so odslovili trenerja
  14. ^ Jurica Golemac znova pri Olimpiji, tokrat kot trener
  15. ^ "KZS".
  16. ^ "KZS".
  17. ^ 1.SKL: Dino Murić MVP meseca oktobra
  18. ^ 1. SKL: Anthony Deray Collins MVP meseca novembra
  19. ^ 1. SKL: Blaž Mahkovic MVP meseca decembra
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