2020–21 Basketball Championship of Bosnia and Herzegovina explained

Champions:	Široki (11th title)
Prevseason:	2019–20
Teams:	14
Nextseason:	2021–22
Prvenstvo BiH
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Rpg:	11.3
Apg:	6.3
Season:	2020–21
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Ppg:	18.5

The 2020–21 Basketball Championship of Bosnia and Herzegovina was the 20th season of this championship, with 14 teams from Bosnia and Herzegovina participating in it. Igokea was the defending champion.

Competition format

Thirteen of fourteen teams joined the regular season, played with as double round-robin tournament.

At the end of regular season the last three teams would be relegated, while the first five teams would join "Liga 6" along with KK Igokea. First four teams in "Liga 6" would compete in playoff tournament, with one-leg (semifinals, third place and final) matches.^[1]

In mid-season, however, it was decided that only the last team will be relegated. Also, playoff semifinal and final will be played in best of three and best of five format, respectively.^[2]

Distribution

The following is the access list for this season.

Access list for 2020–21 Championship of Bosnia and Herzegovina

	Teams entering in this round	Teams advancing from the previous round
Regular season (13 teams)	10 highest-placed teams from the last season 3 teams from three 2nd-tier leagues
Liga 6 (6 teams)	1 Adriatic League team (Igokea)	5 highest-placed teams from the Regular season
Playoffs (4 teams)		4 highest-placed teams from the Liga 6

Teams and locations

Bosna Royal, Borac Banja Luka and Čelik Zenica were promoted,^{[3] [4] [5]} while Vogošća was relegated.^[6]

Team	City	Venue
Borac	Banja Luka	Borik Sports Hall
Bosna Royal	Sarajevo	Mirza Delibašić Hall
Bratunac	Bratunac	Bratunac Sports Hall
Čapljina Lasta	Čapljina	Čapljina Sports Hall
Igokea	Laktaši	Laktaši Sports Hall
Kakanj	Kakanj	KSC Kakanj Sports Hall
Leotar	Trebinje	Miloš Mrdić Sports Hall
Mladost	Mrkonjić Grad	Komercijalna banka Arena
Promo DV	Donji Vakuf	Donji Vakuf Sports Hall
Spars	Sarajevo	Novo Sarajevo Sports Hall
Sloboda	Tuzla	SKPC Mejdan
Čelik	Zenica	Zenica City Arena
Široki	Široki Brijeg	Pecara Sports Hall
Zrinjski	Mostar	Bijeli Brijeg Sports Hall

	Teams that play in the 2020–21 Adriatic League First Division
	Teams that play in the 2020–21 Adriatic League Second Division

Regular season

Standings

Playoffs

Igokea, which was supposed to host the Final Four, canceled the organization of this tournament, and the Basketball Association of BiH awarded the organization to Široki.Igokea, Borac and Spars did not show up to the final tournament, and as a result the title was awarded to Široki as a walkover.^[7]

Igokea, Borac and Spars were fined, and relegated to a lower-tier competition.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Ban. Kulin. 2020-12-14. Ekskluzivno: Tri kluba ispadaju iz elite, Igokea igra Ligu 6. 2020-12-21. Bhbasket. bs-BA.
2. Web site: Ban. Kulin. 2021-01-22. Nova godina, nova pravila: Iz Lige BiH za muškarce ispada jedan klub, dogodine 16 učesnika?!. 2021-04-08. Bhbasket. bs-BA.
3. Web site: Bosna Royal se vratila u bh.elitu. Kapetan. Kulin. 2020-03-17. Bhbasket. bs-BA. 2020-05-28.
4. Web site: Nakon svih ovih godina: Borac se vratio u bh. elitu. Kapetan. Kulin. 2020-03-19. Bhbasket. bs-BA. 2020-05-28.
5. Web site: Kapetan. Kulin. 2020-08-24. Amer Čolan, generalni sekretar KS BiH za BHbasket: O početku bh. lige za žene i muškarce. 2020-08-24. Bhbasket. bs-BA.
6. Web site: Samo Vogošća ispada iz Lige BiH?. Ban. Kulin. 2020-03-17. Bhbasket. bs-BA. 2020-05-28.
7. Web site: Široki šampion Prvenstva BiH za košarkaše . basket.ba . Basketball Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina . 21 August 2021.