Second level basketball leagues in Bosnia and Herzegovina explained

2nd-tier Bosnia and Herzegovina
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Country:	Bosnia and Herzegovina
Confed:	FIBA Europe
First:	1993–94
Divisions:	3
Levels:	2
Domest Cup:	Republika Srpska Cup Herzeg-Bosnia Cup
Most Champs:	RS: Borac (7 titles) HB: Brotnjo (7) A1: Sloboda (6)

The Second level basketball leagues in Bosnia and Herzegovina are a 2nd-tier men's professional basketball competitions in Bosnia and Herzegovina. The tier is composed of three regional divisions:^[1] the A1 League (Bosnian: A1 Liga), the Herzeg-Bosnia League (Croatian: Liga Herceg-Bosne), and the First League of Republika Srpska (Serbian: Прва лига Републике Српске).

The A1 League, operated by the Sarajevo Basketball Association, has 14 teams. The Herzeg-Bosnia League, operated by the Herzeg-Bosnia Basketball Association, has 9 teams.^[2] The First League of Republika Srpska, operated by the Basketball Association of Republika Srpska, has 12 teams.^[3]

History

The division champions of the 2nd-tier leagues in Bosnia and Herzegovina:

Season	width=200	A1 League !	width=200	Herzeg-Bosnia League !	width=200	First League of Rep. Srpska !	Ref.
1993–94	Sloboda Dita	Čapljina Lasta	Borac Nektar
1994–95		Brotnjo	Borac Nektar (2)
1995–96	Sloboda Dita (2)	Brotnjo (2)	Borac Nektar (3)
1996–97	Sloboda Dita (3)	Brotnjo (3)	Borac Nektar (4)
1997–98	Bosna	Široki	Borac Nektar (5)
1998–99	Sloboda Dita (4)	Brotnjo (4)	Borac Nektar (6)
1999–00	Sloboda Dita (5)	Brotnjo (5)	Igokea
2000–01	Sloboda Dita (6)	Široki (2)	Igokea (2)
2001–02	Bosna (2)	Široki (3)	Borac Nektar (7)
2002–03		Ljubuški (North) / Rama (South)	Leotar
2003–04		Odžak (North) / Zrinjski (South)	Radnik
2004–05		Grude	Rudar
2005–06	Zenica Čelik (2)	Brotnjo (6)	Slavija
2006–07	Vogošća (2)	Čapljina Lasta (2)	Borac Nektar (1 or 8)
2007–08	Novi Grad Atal Sarajevo	Vitez	Mladost
2008–09	Zenica Čelik (3)	Čapljina Lasta (3)	Sutjeska
2009–10	Kakanj	Brotnjo (7)	Varda
2010–11	Triland	Grude (2)	Servitium
2011–12	Kakanj (2)	Vitez (2)	Radnik (2)
2012–13	Spars	Brotnjo (8)	Građanski
2013–14	Zenica Čelik (4)	Vitez (3)
2014–15	Bošnjak	Student Mostar	Radnik (3)
2015–16	Bosna Royal (3)	Grude (3)	Prijedor
2016–17	Vogošća (3)	Student Mostar (2)	Radnik (4)
2017–18	Gradina	Grude (4)	Bratunac	^[4]
2018–19	Donji Vakuf	Čapljina Lasta (4)	Leotar (2)	^[5]
2019–20	All canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic		Borac (2 or 9)	^[6] ^[7]
2020–21	Bošnjak (2)	Posušje	Radnik (4)	^[8] ^[9]
2021–22	Student Tuzla	Grude (5)	Budućnost BN	^[10]

Current clubs

The following is the list of clubs for the 2019–20 season.^{[11] [12] [13]}

A1 League

Club	City
Bosna Royal	Sarajevo
Bošnjak	Hadžići
Brčko	Brčko
Čelik	Zenica
Gen Sarajevo	Sarajevo
Gračanica	Gračanica
Igman Burch University	Ilidža
IBU Spartans	Živinice
Konjic	Konjic
Radnički	Goražde
Travnik	Travnik
Turbina	Jablanica

Herzeg-Bosnia League

Club	City
Brotnjo	Čitluk
Busovača	Busovača
Grude	Grude
Ljubuški	Ljubuški
Posušje	Posušje
Student Mostar	Mostar
Široki 2	Široki Brijeg
Tomislav	Tomislavgrad
Zrinjski 2	Mostar

First League of Republika Srpska

External links

• • • • • Profile at Eurobasket.com

Notes and References

1. Web site: Pravilnici i Odluke. Košarkaški Savez Bosne i Hercegovine. basket.ba. 19 May 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160610014619/http://www.basket.ba/ksbih/bih/txt.php?id=83. 10 June 2016. dead.
2. Web site: KSHB Standings . kshb.ba . 24 September 2020.
3. Web site: KSRS . ks.rs.ba . 24 September 2020.
4. Web site: A1BH 2017-18 . eurobasket.com . 24 September 2020.
5. Web site: A1 B-H 2018–19. eurobasket.com . 24 September 2020.
6. Web site: Borac je ŠAMPION Republike Srpske . banjaluka.com . 16 October 2020.
7. Web site: Уручени пехари и медаље освајачима 1.МЛРС и 1.ЖЛРС . ks.rs.ba . 16 October 2020.
8. Web site: HKK Posušje prvak prvenstva Košarkaškog saveza Herceg Bosne za sezonu 2020/2021 . kshb.ba . 11 June 2021.
9. Web site: BIH II Division 2020-21 . eurobasket.com . 26 June 2021.
10. Web site: BIH division II – 2021-22 . eurobasket.com . 16 June 2022.
11. Web site: A1 – 2019-20 . sportsport.ba . 28 September 2020.
12. Web site: 1 liga HB – 2019-20 . sportsport.ba . 28 September 2020.
13. Web site: 1. liga RS – 2019-20 . sportsport.ba . 29 September 2020.