2008–09 BIBL season explained

2008–09 BIBL
Season:2008–09
Champions: Rilski Sportist
Runners Up: Feršped Rabotnički
Teams:10
Nextseason:2009–10

The 2008-09 season is the first season of the Balkan International Basketball League. Ten teams from the Republic of Macedonia, Bulgaria, Romania and Serbia are competing.

Teams

Country TeamsTeams
2 Feni Industries
2 Dinamo București
3 Levski Sofia
3 Swisslion Takovo

Format

Regular season

In the regular season the teams will be divided into two groups, each containing five teams. Each team plays every other team in its group at home and away. The top 4 teams in each group advance to the playoffs. Games will be played from October 7, 2008 to February 18, 2009.

Quarterfinals

The top four teams in each group advance for the quarterfinals. The winner of Group A/Group B will play with the fourth placed team in Group B/Group A and the second placed team in Group A/Group B will play with the third in Group B/Group A.

Final four

The four remaining teams play a semifinal match and the winners of those advance to the final. The losers play in a third-place playoff.

Regular season

Group A

width=10px bgcolor=#ccffccQualified for the playoffs
SWI FEN CHE RAD BRA
SWI106-7285-7372-7776-55
FEN70-7587-7492-6086-75
CHE71-9883-7486-79104-96
RAD72-8863-7478-6379-77
BRA70-8487-8680-8285-75
width=15width=220Teamwidth=20Pldwidth=20Wwidth=20Lwidth=20PFwidth=20PAwidth=30Diffwidth=20Pts
1. Swisslion Takovo8 7 1 684 560+124 15
2. Feni Industries8 4 4 641 623 +18 12
3. Euroins Cherno More8 4 4 636 677 −41 12
4. Radnički 034 Group8 3 5 583 637 −54 11
5. Cuadripol Brașov8 2 6 625 672 −47 10

Group B

width=10px bgcolor=#ccffccQualified for the playoffs
RIL RAB LEV MEG DIN
RIL72-6595-9197-9691-75
RAB87-9298-8890-8967-51
LEV75-7374-8380-81102-73
MEG84-8577-6871-7982-74
DIN88-7966-7269-8667-74
width=15width=220Teamwidth=20Pldwidth=20Wwidth=20Lwidth=20PFwidth=20PAwidth=30Diffwidth=20Pts
1. Rilski Sportist8 6 2 684 661 +23 14
2. Feršped Rabotnički8 5 3 630 609 +21 13
3. Levski Sofia8 4 4 675 643 +32 12
4. Mega Hypo Leasing8 4 4 654 640 +14 12
5. Dinamo București8 1 7 563 653 −90 9

Quarterfinals

First legs were on 25 and 26 February and 6 March, second legs were held on March 3, 4 and 10th

width=220Team #1width=60Agg.width=220Team #2width=701st legwidth=702nd leg
Mega Hypo Leasing 159−158 81−7078−88
139−143 Feršped Rabotnički 78−6261−81
153−156 Feni Industries 91−7562−81
Radnički 034 Group 148−184 Rilski Sportist 81−9167−93

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