# 2014–15 A-1 League

The 2014–15 A-1 League (Croatian: A-1 liga 2014./15.) 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)
| | Teams | Team | City | Venue (Capacity) |
| Regular season teams | 11 |
| Regular season teams | 11 | Alkar | Sinj | Športska dvorana Sinj (1,500) |
| Regular season teams | 11 | Gorica | Velika Gorica | Dvorana srednjih škola Velika Gorica (1,000) |
| Regular season teams | 11 | Jolly Jadranska banka Šibenik | Šibenik | Sportska dvorana Baldekin (1,500) |
| Regular season teams | 11 | Kvarner 2010 | Rijeka | Dvorana Dinko Lukarić (1,100) |
| Regular season teams | 11 | Ribola Kaštela | Kaštela | Školska športska dvorana Kaštel Sućurac (1,600) |
| Regular season teams | 11 | Slavonski Brod | Slavonski Brod | Športska dvorana Vijuš (2,200) |
| Regular season teams | 11 | Split | Split | Arena Gripe (6,000) |
| Regular season teams | 11 | Šibenik | Šibenik | Sportska dvorana Baldekin (1,500) |
| Regular season teams | 11 | Vrijednosnice Osijek | Osijek | Gradski vrt Hall (1,448) |
| Regular season teams | 11 | Zabok | Zabok | Športska dvorana Bedekovčina (2,500) |
| Regular season teams | 11 | Zagreb | Zagreb | Športska dvorana Trnsko (2,500) |
| Teams already qualified for Championship Round | 3 |
| Teams already qualified for Championship Round | 3 | Cedevita | Zagreb | Dom Sportova (3,100) |
| Teams already qualified for Championship Round | 3 | Cibona | Zagreb | Dražen Petrović Basketball Hall (5,400) |
| Teams already qualified for Championship Round | 3 | Zadar | Zadar | Krešimir Ćosić Hall (8,500) |

## Regular season

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Zagreb | 20 | 15 | 5 | 1654 | 1453 | +201 | 35 | Clinched champions league berth |
| 2 | Zabok | 20 | 14 | 6 | 1489 | 1426 | +63 | 34 | Clinched champions league berth |
| 3 | Šibenik | 20 | 14 | 6 | 1576 | 1515 | +61 | 34 | Clinched champions league berth |
| 4 | Kvarner 2010 | 20 | 13 | 7 | 1640 | 1511 | +129 | 33 | Clinched champions league berth |
| 5 | Alkar | 20 | 11 | 9 | 1496 | 1467 | +29 | 31 | Clinched champions league berth |
| 6 | Jolly JBŠ | 20 | 11 | 9 | 1432 | 1427 | +5 | 31 | |
| 7 | Split | 20 | 8 | 12 | 1463 | 1463 | 0 | 28 | |
| 8 | Ribola Kaštela | 20 | 8 | 12 | 1602 | 1668 | −66 | 28 | |
| 9 | Gorica | 20 | 7 | 13 | 1539 | 1581 | −42 | 27 | |
| 10 | Vrijednosnice Osijek | 20 | 7 | 13 | 1412 | 1498 | −86 | 27 | |
| 11 | Slavonski Brod | 20 | 2 | 18 | 708 | 1002 | −294 | 22 | Relegated |
* ↑ KK Slavonski Brod ceased to exist due to financial troubles in December 2014

### Results

| Home \ Away | ALK | GOR | JOL | KVA | KŠT | SBR | SPL | ŠIB | VRO | ZAB | ZAG |
| Alkar | | 81–79 | 69–59 | 92–78 | 88–59 | 20–0 | 72–62 | 83–89 | 81–89 | 96–93 | 66–90 |
| Gorica | 87–67 | | 63–76 | 67–84 | 109–77 | 20–0 | 75–87 | 85–89 | 94–82 | 60–70 | 70–78 |
| Jolly | 79–71 | 90–76 | | 81–65 | 76–71 | 76–68 | 70–63 | 70–86 | 77–68 | 73–61 | 52–59 |
| Kvarner | 90–68 | 93–69 | 83–72 | | 90–72 | 92–82 | 73–69 | 99–85 | 91–68 | 93–81 | 76–81 |
| Kaštela | 73–68 | 97–105 | 96–85 | 88–97 | | 20–0 | 85–83 | 74–83 | 87–76 | 66–75 | 101–90 |
| Slavonski Brod | 65–86 | 71–72 | 0–20 | 0–20 | 90–88 | | 0–20 | 0–20 | 74–64 | 0–20 | 58–97 |
| Split | 67–73 | 83–87 | 66–69 | 92–79 | 81–85 | 83–79 | | 79–70 | 81–65 | 78–64 | 84–72 |
| GKK Šibenik | 79–78 | 86–70 | 86–65 | 106–101 | 86–102 | 80–62 | 95–86 | | 73–60 | 65–75 | 92–91 |
| Vrijednosnice Osijek | 64–81 | 86–80 | 88–79 | 68–84 | 85–75 | 20–0 | 83–56 | 64–66 | | 60–70 | 76–74 |
| Zabok | 78–67 | 87–86 | 77–59 | 82–79 | 116–110 | 64–59 | 77–74 | 83–82 | 80–73 | | 76–78 |
| Zagreb | 87–89 | 97–85 | 111–104 | 88–73 | 85–76 | 20–0 | 90–69 | 89–72 | 95–73 | 82–61 | |

## Championship round

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification | CED | CIB | ZD | ZAG | ŠIB | KVA | ZAB | ALK |
| 1 | Cedevita | 14 | 12 | 2 | 1260 | 954 | +306 | 26 | Clinched playoffs berth | | 76–77 | 93–68 | 95–77 | 83–71 | 90–58 | 104–75 | 99–46 |
| 2 | Cibona | 14 | 11 | 3 | 1143 | 988 | +155 | 25 | Clinched playoffs berth | 70–90 | | 78–67 | 107–62 | 84–73 | 88–72 | 96–62 | 90–69 |
| 3 | Zadar | 14 | 10 | 4 | 1087 | 960 | +127 | 24 | Clinched playoffs berth | 68–54 | 70–60 | | 64–71 | 79–74 | 89–60 | 98–64 | 77–63 |
| 4 | Zagreb | 14 | 7 | 7 | 1107 | 1135 | −28 | 21 | Clinched playoffs berth | 91–92 | 74–75 | 79–88 | | 84–89 | 85–72 | 91–88 | 75–63 |
| 5 | Šibenik | 14 | 7 | 7 | 1055 | 1086 | −31 | 21 | | 59–104 | 71–61 | 61–73 | 91–97 | | 74–77 | 72–63 | 77–67 |
| 6 | Kvarner | 14 | 5 | 9 | 1072 | 1141 | −69 | 19 | | 75–87 | 71–88 | 86–85 | 80–74 | 81–85 | | 88–68 | 97–66 |
| 7 | Zabok | 14 | 2 | 12 | 963 | 1192 | −229 | 16 | | 53–95 | 61–81 | 56–80 | 62–71 | 78–91 | 90–84 | | 71–61 |
| 8 | Alkar | 14 | 2 | 12 | 908 | 1139 | −231 | 16 | | 66–98 | 70–88 | 61–81 | 69–76 | 55–67 | 72–71 | 80–72 | |

## Relegation and promotion rounds
### Relegation round

Teams "carried" the results of the matches played between them from the regular season.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification | JOL | GOR | KŠT | VRO | SPL |
| 1 | Jolly JBŠ | 16 | 10 | 6 | 1297 | 1221 | +76 | 26 | | | 87–91 | 75–81 | 94–65 | 72–66 |
| 2 | Gorica | 16 | 8 | 8 | 1377 | 1381 | −4 | 24 | | 93–87 | | 87–79 | 84–86 | 77–83 |
| 3 | Ribola Kaštela | 16 | 8 | 8 | 1307 | 1382 | −75 | 24 | | 84–111 | 97–92 | | 777–75 | 74–83 |
| 4 | Vrijednosnice Osijek | 16 | 7 | 9 | 1256 | 1284 | −28 | 23 | | 84–72 | 85–98 | 71–75 | | 84–77 |
| 5 | Split | 16 | 7 | 9 | 1240 | 1209 | +31 | 23 | Relegation/promotion play off | 66–77 | 99–66 | 88–67 | 78–72 | |

### Promotion round

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Promotion or qualification | ŠKR | HER | POD | JAZ | POŽ |
| 1 | Škrljevo | 8 | 6 | 2 | 692 | 574 | +118 | 14 | Promotion | | 75–60 | 117–75 | 79–84 | 100–63 |
| 2 | Hermes Analitica | 8 | 6 | 2 | 724 | 661 | +63 | 14 | Promotion/relegation play off | 80–82 | | 100–89 | 99–87 | 108–77 |
| 3 | Podravac | 8 | 4 | 4 | 627 | 642 | −15 | 12 | | 68–78 | 72–76 | | 80–78 | 89–58 |
| 4 | Jazine | 8 | 4 | 4 | 680 | 637 | +43 | 12 | | 82–76 | 91–100 | 70–76 | | 85–64 |
| 5 | Požega | 8 | 0 | 8 | 540 | 749 | −209 | 8 | | 62–85 | 88–101 | 65–78 | 63–103 | |

### Relegation/Promotion play-off

Relegation league 5th-placed team faces the 2nd-placed Promotion league side in a two-legged play-off. The winner on aggregate score after both matches will earn a spot in the 2015–16 A-1 League.

#### Hermes Analitica vs. Split

* May 19 18:45
| Hermes Analitica | 90–103 | Split |
| Scoring by quarter: 22-29, 17-31, 32-17, 19-26 |||
* Sportska dvorana KGTŠ, Zagreb
* May 23 18:30
| Split | 91–79 | Hermes Analitica |
| Scoring by quarter: 28-20, 20-21, 15-19, 28-19 |||
* Arena Gripe, Split
Split retained its A-1 League status.

## Playoffs
### Bracket

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Finals | Finals | Finals |
| 1 | Cedevita | 2 | | | |
| 4 | Zagreb | 0 | | | |
| 4 | Zagreb | 0 | 1 | Cedevita | 3 |
| | | | 2 | Cibona | 1 |
| 2 | Cibona | 2 | 2 | Cibona | 1 |
| 3 | Zadar | 0 | | | |