Basketball Championship of Bosnia and Herzegovina

Premijer liga BiH

Current season or competition: 2012–13 Basketball Championship of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Sport	Basketball
Founded	1992
Commissioner	Miro Gugić
No. of teams	12
Country	Bosnia and Herzegovina
Most recent champion(s)	Široki WWin (9 title)
Most titles	Široki WWin (9 titles)
Official website	basket.ba

The Basketball championship of Bosnia and Herzegovina is the top basketball competition in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

The league is composed of 12 teams, each playing against the other eleven two times, home and away. After this portion concludes, the top six clubs are joined by the country's two representatives in the Adriatic League, KK Igokea and HKK Široki,^[1] and enter "League 8". The best of these four teams go to the playoffs, and in the final best-of-five series, the Bosnian champion is crowned. The eight teams who do not make the playoffs go on to compete in the "relegation league," where a team's object becomes maintaining its standing and ability to play in the competition the following year. The women's league has ten clubs and operates in a similar way, with the top four teams joined by Željezničar and KK Jablanica in the final "League Six." Meanwhile, the six teams not in playoff contention play to avoid relegation.

Both leagues are operated by the Basketball Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina. At the end of the season in both leagues, the winners of two smaller league entities are invited to enter the next competition, while the bottom two teams (those that lost in relegation play) lose their places.

Champions

Prior to 1998, there were three separate leagues in Bosnia-Herzegovina, divided by ethnicity. Since then, there has been a unified league and a single champion each year.

Champions of regional leagues

This league was organized by the Basketball Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, and it was recognized by FIBA until joint playoffs in 1998.

Individual Awards

Most Valuable Player Season Player Team RPG 2011-12 Marko Jagodić Čapljina Lasta 30,6

Top Scorer Season Player Team PPG 2011-12 Marko Jagodić Čapljina Lasta 20,7

Sponsorship and broadcasting rights

Official sponsors

• BH Telecom
• Ovako
• Sok

Official broadcasters

• BHT 1
• RTRS

See also

Basketball Cup of Bosnia and Herzegovina

Notes

v t e International men's basketball FIBA National teams Olympics World Cup Universiade U21 World Championship U19 World Championship U17 World Championship World Rankings Africa FIBA Africa – FIBA Africa Championship U-18 U-16 Americas FIBA Americas – FIBA Americas Championship U-18 U-16 Asia FIBA Asia – FIBA Asia Championship U-18 U-16 Europe FIBA Europe – FIBA EuroBasket U-20 U-18 U-16 Oceania FIBA Oceania – FIBA Oceania Championship U-18 U-16 Other tournaments Acropolis Tournament Albert Schweitzer Tournament All-Africa Games Asian Games Commonwealth Games Diamond Ball Ex-Yu Cup FIBA Asia Cup Lusophony Games Marchand Cup Mediterranean Games Stanković Cup Pan American Games Pan Arab Games William Jones Cup World Cup (Turkey) Note: The Under-21 Championship is no longer held.