The 2008-09 season is the first season of the

Balkan International Basketball League The Balkan International Basketball League (BIBL), also known as the Balkan League and as the Delasport BIBL Balkan League for sponsorship reasons, is a multinational professional basketball league featuring clubs primarily from the Balkans. The ...

. Ten teams from the

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and

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are competing.

Teams

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

Group B

Quarterfinals

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

Final four

External links

BIBL official webpage

Balkan League standings and livescores
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