Balkan International Basketball League

Balkan International Basketball League

Current season or competition: 2012–13 BIBL season
BIBL
Sport	Basketball
Founded	2008
No. of teams	12
Country(ies)	Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Croatia Greece Macedonia Montenegro Romania Serbia Israel
Continent	FIBA Europe (Europe)
Most recent champion(s)	Hapoel Gilboa Galil
TV partner(s)	BNT 1, BNT Sat, Channel 3
Official website	balkanleague.net

The Balkan International Basketball League (BIBL), also known as the Balkan League, is a multinational professional basketball league that features pro clubs from the Balkans. The league includes teams from the countries of Bulgaria, Macedonia, Montenegro, Romania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Greece, Israel and Serbia.

Format

The league features three teams from the Bulgarian League, two from the Macedonian League, two from the Romanian League, and three teams from the Serbian League.

The league's teams will be divided into two groups of five. The top three teams in each group will qualify to the First Six group, and the remaining two teams from each group, will qualify to the Last Four group. The best four teams from the First Six group, will qualify for the league's Final Four.

Championship

Season	Host	Arena	Champion	Runner-up	Result
2008–09	Samokov	Arena Samokov	Rilski Sportist	Feršped Rabotnički	84–77
2009–10	Sofia	Universiada Hall	Levski Sofia	Lovćen	77–65
2010–11	Kavadarci	Jasmin Sports Hall	Feni Industries	Rilski Sportist	88–75
2011–12	Gan Ner	Gan Ner Sports Hall	Hapoel Gilboa Galil	Levski Sofia	89–84
2012–13	Samokov	Arena Samokov	Hapoel Gilboa Galil	Levski Sofia	87–79

External links

• BIBL Official Website
• Eurobasket.com League Page
• BallinEurope.com Article
• Balkanium.com Article
• BulgarianBasket.com Article