First Men's Basketball League

First Men's Basketball League
Founded2017
First season2017–18
CountryCroatia
ConfederationFIBA Europe
Level on pyramid2nd
Promotion toPremijer liga
Websitehks-cbf.hr

First Men's League (Croatian: Prva muška liga) is a second-tier professional men's basketball league in Croatia. The league was founded in 2017 replacing the former A2 Basketball League.[1]

League champions are automatically promoted to Premijer Liga, while runners-up enter a promotion playoff against the next-to-last placed team from Premijer Liga.

History

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Season Teams Champions Runners-up
2017–18 12 KK Gorica (Velika Gorica) KK Bosco (Zagreb)
2018–19 12 KK Puntamika (Zadar) KK Dubrava (Zagreb)
2019–20 Season canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
2020–21 12 KK Cedevita Junior (Zagreb) KK Dinamo (Zagreb)
2021–22 12 KK Dinamo (Zagreb) KK Bosco (Zagreb)
2022–23 12 KK Dubrovnik (Dubrovnik) KK Kaštela (Kaštel Sućurac)
2023–24 14 KK Kvarner 2010 (Rijeka) KK Vrijednosnice (Osijek)

Current teams

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The following is the list of 14 clubs for the 2024–25 season, scheduled to start in October 2024.[2]

References

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  1. ^ "Goran Gunjević: Prva liga će biti poprilično zahtjevna | Crosarka.com". Crosarka.com - Nezavisni hrvatski košarkaški portal. 2017-10-03. Retrieved 2020-11-29.
  2. ^ "Prva muška liga: Ždrijeb za sezonu 2024/25". Croatian Basketball Federation (in Croatian). 22 August 2024. Retrieved 1 September 2024.
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