2015–16 BIBL season

2015–16 BIBL
Season	2015–16
Number of teams	9
Finals
Champions	Sigal Prishtina
Runners-up	Mornar
← 2014–15 2016–17 →

In the eighth season of the Balkan International Basketball League, nine participants from Bulgaria, Kosovo, the Republic of Macedonia and Montenegro has competed.

Teams

Country	Teams	Teams
Kosovo	3	Bashkimi Prizren	Peja	Sigal Prishtina
Montenegro	3	Lovćen	Mornar	Teodo
Bulgaria	2	Beroe	Levski Sofia
Macedonia	1	Kožuv

Format

In the first round the teams were divided into two groups, each containing respectively four and five teams. Each team played every other team in its group at home and away. The top three teams from each group advanced to the second round. The teams that finished fourth and fifth in their group play additionally in a qualification group to determine two additional participants to the second round.

The eight remaining teams are again separated into two groups with four teams each. The teams that already have played during the first round kept the results between them from the first stage and played with the two remaining teams from the other group home and away games. The winners of both groups, as well the runners-up advanced to the semifinals. In them they play in home and away elimination games. The winners of those advanced to the final, decided on home and away games.

First round

The games will be played between 13 October 2015 and 20 January 2016.

Group A

Team Pld W L PF PA Diff Pts 1. Mornar 6 5 1 498 449 +49 11 2. Sigal Prishtina 6 4 2 457 404 +53 10 3. Kožuv 6 2 4 441 479 −38 8 4. Beroe 6 1 5 439 503 −64 7

BER KOZ MOR PRI Beroe 78–73 93–95 73–80 Kožuv 90–81 63–79 68–62 Mornar 86–58 91–87 75–86 Sigal Prishtina 79–56 88–60 62–72

Group B

Team Pld W L PF PA Diff Pts 1. Peja 8 7 1 659 582 +77 15 2. Teodo 8 5 3 622 570 +52 13 3. Bashkimi Prizren 8 5 3 615 576 +39 13 4. Levski Sofia 8 2 6 581 611 −30 10 5. Lovćen 8 1 7 511 649 −138 9

BAS LEV LOV PEJ TEO Bashkimi Prizren 94–75 95–61 82–73 79–78 Levski Sofia 77–60 99–72 66–90 65–71 Lovćen 66–75 68–61 65–82 55–78 Peja 83–70 75–68 78–61 83–79 Teodo 63–60 81–70 81–63 91–95

Second round

The games of the qualification round are between 26 and 28 January 2016. The games of the second round will be played between 2 February and 16 March 2016.

Qualification

	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	Diff	Pts
1.	Beroe	2	2	0	168	139	+29	4
2.	Levski Sofia	2	1	1	161	157	+4	3
3.	Lovćen	2	0	2	146	179	−33	2

26 January 2016 16:30

Report

Beroe	80–70	Levski Sofia
Scoring by quarter: 25−12, 21−18, 22−23
Pts: Vaklinov 26 Rebs: Vaklinov 10 Asts: Karamfilov 5		Pts: Slaveykov 27 Rebs: Simeonov 11 Asts: Hadzhirusev, Petkov 3

Arena Samokov, Samokov Attendance: 200 Referees: Haris Bijedić, Ivan Miličević, Dragan Kralj

27 January 2016 18:00

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Levski Sofia	91–77	Lovćen
Scoring by quarter: 15−21, 20−23, 32−10, 24−23
Pts: Simeonov 35 Rebs: Simeonov 10 Asts: Minchev 4		Pts: Milić 16 Rebs: Petrić 10 Asts: Jovanović 6

Arena Samokov, Samokov Attendance: 150 Referees: Ivan Miličević, Aleksandar Milojevik, Ernad Karović

28 January 2016 18:00

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Lovćen	69–88	Beroe
Scoring by quarter: 17−24, 17−27, 15−20, 20−17
Pts: Jovanović, Milić 15 Rebs: Knežević 7 Asts: Jovanović 4		Pts: Moore 14 Rebs: Gary 9 Asts: Karamfilov 4

Arena Samokov, Samokov Attendance: 150 Referees: Haris Bijedić, Aleksandar Milojevik, Ernad Karović

Group C

Team Pld W L PF PA Diff Pts 1. Mornar 6 4 2 461 408 +53 10 2. Beroe 6 4 2 477 451 +26 10 3. Teodo 6 3 3 406 441 −35 9 4. Bashkimi Prizren 6 1 5 437 481 −44 7

BAS BER MOR TEO Bashkimi Prizren 70–88 74–80 68–69 Beroe 90–80 68–87 85–62 Mornar 78–63 76–80 93–67 Teodo 76–82 76–66 56–47

Group D

Team Pld W L PF PA Diff Pts 1. Sigal Prishtina 6 6 0 512 428 +84 12 2. Kožuv 6 3 3 460 450 +10 9 3. Peja 6 2 4 470 479 −9 8 4. Levski Sofia 6 1 5 458 543 −85 7

KOZ LEV PEJ PRI Kožuv 99–72 72–67 75–87 Levski Sofia 73–82 87–91 75–103 Peja 77–76 79–85 72–74 Sigal Prishtina 74–56 89–66 85–84

Semifinal

22 March 2016 19:00

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Kožuv	86–71	Mornar
Scoring by quarter: 23−18, 23−22, 16−23, 24−8
Pts: Brčkov 21 Rebs: Brčkov 7 Asts: Gjuroski 5		Pts: Jones 30 Rebs: three players 5 Asts: Čalić 4

Sportska sala 26 April, Gevgelija Referees: Marius Ciulin, Georgios Poursanidis, Gentian Cici

29 March 2016 18:30

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Mornar	81–56	Kožuv
Scoring by quarter: 24−18, 23−13, 19−19, 15−6
Pts: Jones 22 Rebs: Sampson, Radunović 11 Asts: Mijović 5		Pts: Penn 18 Rebs: Nešović 6 Asts: Nešović 4

Sportska dvorana Topolica, Bar Referees: Ademir Zurapović, Ventsislav Velikov, Haris Bijedić

23 March 2016 18:00

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Beroe	75–89	Sigal Prishtina
Scoring by quarter: 23−25, 18−20, 19−24, 15−20
Pts: Moore 16 Rebs: Vaklinov 9 Asts: Zhelev 5		Pts: Abukar 26 Rebs: Abukar, Washburn 13 Asts: three players 5

Obshtinska zala, Stara Zagora Referees: Ademir Zurapović, Zoran Mitrovski, Haris Bijedić

30 March 2016 19:30

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Sigal Prishtina	94–75	Beroe
Scoring by quarter: 26−14, 22−15, 20−20, 26−26
Pts: Berisha 28 Rebs: Washburn 12 Asts: Berisha 6		Pts: Vaklinov 16 Rebs: Todorović 7 Asts: Gray, Moore 5

Pallati i Rinisë dhe Sporteve, Pristina Referees: Zoran Šutulović, Ognjen Jokić, Radomir Vojinović

Final

12 April 2016 19:30

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Sigal Prishtina	82–68	Mornar
Scoring by quarter: 23−25, 22−11, 23−12, 14−20
Pts: Berisha 20 Rebs: Washburn 10 Asts: Kemp 7		Pts: Jones 22 Rebs: Sampson 10 Asts: Jones 7

Pallati i Rinisë dhe Sporteve, Pristina Attendance: 2,000 Referees: Ademir Zurapović, Haris Bijedić, Martin Horozov

20 April 2016 20:00

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Mornar	75–68	Sigal Prishtina
Scoring by quarter: 23−15, 12−24, 22−8, 18−21
Pts: Jones 22 Rebs: Sampson 10 Asts: three players 3		Pts: Washburn 24 Rebs: Washburn 11 Asts: Kemp 7
Sigal Prishtina won 150−143 on aggregate

Sportska dvorana Topolica, Bar Attendance: 2,300 Referees: Marius Ciulin, Georgios Poursanidis, Ventsislav Velikov

2015–16 Balkan League Champions
Sigal Prishtina 2nd Title

External links

• BIBL official webpage
• Balkan League standings and livescores Archived 2013-05-25 at the Wayback Machine