HT Premijer Liga
The Favbet Premijer liga (, ), also known as simply Premijer liga, is the first tier level men's professional basketball league in Croatia. It began in 1991, following the breakup of SFR Yugoslavia and therefore the Yugoslav League, and is organized by the Croatian Basketball Federation. Favbet Premijer liga, which is played under FIBA rules, currently consists of 12 teams. The most successful club is KK Cibona with 19 championship titles. History Prior to 1991, clubs from Croatia played in the Yugoslav First Federal League. From the inaugural season in 1946, three Croatian clubs won 15 national championships in total; Zadar (six titles), Split (six titles), and Cibona (three titles). Logos, names, and sponsorship names *1991–2009A-1 Liga *2004–2005A-1 Ožujsko Liga *2005–2017A-1 Liga *2017–2023Hrvatski Telekom Premijer Liga *2023–2026Favbet Premijer Liga File:Logo of Croatian men's first divison basketball league 2017-2023.png, Logo of 2017-2023 File:Logofav ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Croatia
Croatia, officially the Republic of Croatia, is a country in Central Europe, Central and Southeast Europe, on the coast of the Adriatic Sea. It borders Slovenia to the northwest, Hungary to the northeast, Serbia to the east, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Montenegro to the southeast, and shares a maritime border with Italy to the west. Its capital and largest city, Zagreb, forms one of the country's Administrative divisions of Croatia, primary subdivisions, with Counties of Croatia, twenty counties. Other major urban centers include Split, Croatia, Split, Rijeka and Osijek. The country spans , and has a population of nearly 3.9 million. The Croats arrived in modern-day Croatia, then part of Illyria, Roman Illyria, in the late 6th century. By the 7th century, they had organized the territory into Duchy of Croatia, two duchies. Croatia was first internationally recognized as independent on 7 June 879 during the reign of Duke Branimir of Croatia, Branimir. Tomislav of Croatia, Tomis ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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KK Split
Košarkaški klub Split (), commonly referred to as KK Split or simply Split, is a men's professional basketball Sports club, club based in Split, Croatia, Split, Croatia. The club competes in the ABA League and the HT Premijer liga, Croatian League. Under its former name of KK Jugoplastika, the club was one of the most successful of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, Yugoslav era, winning several national titles in the 1970s and the 1980s. By winning the EuroLeague, FIBA European Champions Cup for three consecutive years, from 1989 to 1991, it is also one of the most successful clubs in the history of European basketball. History The club's roots are found in Hajduk sports society's basketball section, which was established in 1945. After three years of mostly sporadic activity, in 1948, the club established its own organizational structure known as KK Hajduk, which was independent of sports society. In the next year, 1949, the club changed its name to KK Split. Aft ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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2016–17 A-1 League
The 2016–17 A-1 League () was the 26th season of the HT Premijer liga, A-1 League, the highest professional basketball league in Croatia. The season started on 5 October 2016 and finished on 1 June 2017. KK Cedevita Junior, Cedevita won its fourth national championship after defeating KK Cibona, Cibona in the 2017 A1 League playoffs, playoffs final. Format All participants in A-1 League including teams that played in the 2016–17 ABA League, ABA League joined the regular season. It was played in a double round-robin format where the eight first qualified teams joined the playoffs while the last qualified one was directly relegated and the 13th qualified played a relegation playoff. Teams Regular season League table Results Playoffs References External linksOfficial SiteScoresway Page Eurobasket.com League Page {{DE ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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2015–16 A-1 League
The 2015–16 A-1 League () was the 25th season of the A-1 League, the highest professional basketball league in Croatia. The first half of the season consists of 11 teams and 110-game regular season. For second half of the season clubs will be divided into two groups. Championship group will consist of 3 teams from ABA League and the best 5 teams from first half of the season. Relegation group will consist of bottom 6 teams from first half of the season. Teams and venues *Promoted from A-2 Liga **Škrljevo (Champion) Regular season Results SourceScoresway.com/small> Championship round Relegation and promotion rounds Relegation round Teams "carried" the results of the matches played between them from the regular season. Promotion round Relegation/Promotion play-off Relegation league 5th-placed team Škrljevo faces the 2nd-placed Promotion league side Jazine in a two-legged play-off. The winner on aggregate score after both matches will earn a spot in the 2016–17 ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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2014–15 A-1 League
The 2014–15 A-1 League () was the 24th season of the A-1 League, the highest professional basketball league in Croatia. The first half of the season consisted of 10 teams and 90-game regular season. For second half of the season clubs was divided into two groups. Championship group consisted of 3 teams from ABA League and the best 5 teams from first half of the season. Relegation group consisted of bottom 5 teams from first half of the season. Cedevita won its second Croatian league title against Cibona with a 3–1 win in the final series. Teams and venues *Withdrew **Križevci (11th) *Promoted from A-2 Liga ** Ribola Kaštela (Champion) ** Gorica (Runner-up) Regular season Results Championship round Relegation and promotion rounds Relegation round Teams "carried" the results of the matches played between them from the regular season. Promotion round Relegation/Promotion play-off Relegation league 5th-placed team faces the 2nd-placed Promotion league side in ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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2013–14 A-1 League
The 2013–14 A-1 League () was the 23rd season of the HT Premijer liga, A-1 League, the highest professional basketball league in Croatia. The first half of the season consisted of 10 teams and 90-game regular season. For second half of the season clubs was divided into two groups. Championship group consisted of 3 teams from ABA League and the best 5 teams from first half of the season. Relegation group consisted of bottom 5 teams from first half of the season. For the first time in the history of the club, KK Cedevita Junior, Cedevita were crowned the Croatian league title champions against KK Cibona, Cibona with a 3–0 win in the final series. Teams and venues *Relegated to A-2 Liga **KK Dubrovnik, Dubrovnik (14th) *Withdrew **KK Osječki sokol, Osječki sokol (12th) *Promoted from A-2 Liga **GKK Šibenka, Šibenik (Champion) Regular season SourceScoresway.com Championship Round Relegation and Promotion Rounds Relegation Round Promotion Round Relega ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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2012-13 A-1 League
1 (one, unit, unity) is a number, numeral, and glyph. It is the first and smallest positive integer of the infinite sequence of natural numbers. This fundamental property has led to its unique uses in other fields, ranging from science to sports, where it commonly denotes the first, leading, or top thing in a group. 1 is the unit of counting or measurement, a determiner for singular nouns, and a gender-neutral pronoun. Historically, the representation of 1 evolved from ancient Sumerian and Babylonian symbols to the modern Arabic numeral. In mathematics, 1 is the multiplicative identity, meaning that any number multiplied by 1 equals the same number. 1 is by convention not considered a prime number. In digital technology, 1 represents the "on" state in binary code, the foundation of computing. Philosophically, 1 symbolizes the ultimate reality or source of existence in various traditions. In mathematics The number 1 is the first natural number after 0. Each natural number, ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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2010-11 A-1 League
1 (one, unit, unity) is a number, numeral, and glyph. It is the first and smallest positive integer of the infinite sequence of natural numbers. This fundamental property has led to its unique uses in other fields, ranging from science to sports, where it commonly denotes the first, leading, or top thing in a group. 1 is the unit of counting or measurement, a determiner for singular nouns, and a gender-neutral pronoun. Historically, the representation of 1 evolved from ancient Sumerian and Babylonian symbols to the modern Arabic numeral. In mathematics, 1 is the multiplicative identity, meaning that any number multiplied by 1 equals the same number. 1 is by convention not considered a prime number. In digital technology, 1 represents the "on" state in binary code, the foundation of computing. Philosophically, 1 symbolizes the ultimate reality or source of existence in various traditions. In mathematics The number 1 is the first natural number after 0. Each natural number, ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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2009–10 A-1 League
The 2009–10 A-1 League () was the 19th season of the HT Premijer liga, A-1 League, the highest professional basketball league in Croatia. The first half of the season consisted of 10 teams and 90-game regular season (9 games for each of the 10 teams) began on Saturday, October 17, 2009 and ended on Sunday, March 14, 2010. The second half of the season consists of 4 teams from ABA League and the best 4 teams from first half of the season. Team information Venues and locations Regular season Champions Round Relegation and Promotion Rounds Relegation round Promotion Round Promotion League comprises five regional second division winners. Playoffs Teams in ''italics'' had home advantage. Teams in bold won the playoff series. Numbers to the left of each team indicate the team's original playoff seeding. Numbers to the right indicate the score of each playoff game. External linksOfficial Site [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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KK Zrinjevac
Košarkaški klub Zrinjevac 1937 () is a professional men's basketball club based in Zagreb, Croatia. It competes in the Croatian First Basketball League. Name changes *KS Martinovka (1937–1945) *Element (1945) *Jedinstvo (1946–1952) *Monter (1952–1953) *Montažno (1953–1957) *Jugomontaža (1957—1964) *Trešnjevka (1964—1970) *Industromontaža (1970—1978) *Monting (1978–1988) *Montmontaža (1988—1990) *Industromontaža (1990—1992) *Zrinjevac 1937 (1992–present) Honours Domestic *HT Premijer liga finalists: 1994–95 Notable players * Franjo Arapović * Zoran Čutura * Mario Kasun * Emilio Kovačić * Ivica Marić * Ivan Meheš * Dario Šarić * Zdravko Radulović * Damjan Rudež * Ivica Zubac * Damir Tvrdić * Siniša Kelečević Siniša Kelečević (born April 10, 1970) is a Croatian former basketball player. He played the forward and center positions. He was named to the 2002 Israeli Basketball Premier League Quintet. Biography Kelečevi� ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Home Advantage
In team sports, the term home advantage – also called home ground, home field, home-field advantage, home court, home-court advantage, defender's advantage or home-ice advantage – describes the benefit that the home (sports), home team is said to gain over the road (sports), visiting team. This benefit has been attributed to psychological effects supporting fans have on the competitors or referees; to psychological or physiological advantages of playing near home in familiar situations; to the disadvantages away teams suffer from changing time zones or climates, or from the rigors of travel; and in some sports, to specific rules that favor the home team directly or indirectly. In baseball and cricket in particular, the difference may also be the result of the home team having been assembled to take advantage of the idiosyncrasies of the home ballpark/Cricket ground, ground, such as the distances to the outfield Outfield fence, walls/Boundary (cricket), boundaries; most ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |