# 2014–15 BIBL season

In the seventh season of the Balkan International Basketball League, ten participants from Albania, Bulgaria, Kosovo, the Republic of Macedonia, Montenegro and Romania has competed.

## Teams

| Country | Teams | Teams | Teams | Teams |
| Montenegro | 3 | Mornar | Sutjeska | Teodo |
| Kosovo | 2 | Peja | Sigal Prishtina |
| Macedonia | 2 | Kumanovo | Kožuv |
| Albania | 1 | Vllaznia |
| Bulgaria | 1 | Rilski Sportist |
| Romania | 1 | SCM Craiova |

## Format

In the first round the teams were divided into two groups, each containing five teams. Each team played every other team in its group at home and away. The top four teams from each group advanced to the second round. The teams that finished fifth in their group end their participation.
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 advanced directly to the semifinals, while the second- and third-placed met in the quarterfinal in home and away elimination games.
The winners of the groups from the second round met against the winners of the third round in two semifinals, played again in home and away elimination games. The winners of those advanced to the final, decided on home and away games.

## First round

The games were played between 14 October 2014 and 28 January 2015.

### Group A

| | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | Diff | Pts |
| 1. | Kumanovo | 8 | 5 | 3 | 688 | 687 | +1 | 13 |
| 2. | Rilski Sportist | 8 | 4 | 4 | 691 | 686 | +5 | 12 |
| 3. | Sutjeska | 8 | 4 | 4 | 641 | 644 | −3 | 12 |
| 4. | Peja | 8 | 4 | 4 | 685 | 666 | +19 | 12 |
| 5. | Teodo | 8 | 3 | 5 | 612 | 634 | −22 | 11 |
| | KUM | PEJ | RIL | SUT | TEO |
| Kumanovo | | 83–93 | 89–82 | 97–87 | 76–93 |
| Peja | 89–88 | | 91–93 | 83–64 | 77–69 |
| Rilski Sportist | 90–95 | 105–97 | | 78–68 | 83–81 |
| Sutjeska | 83–86 | 86–84 | 81–79 | | 82–55 |
| Teodo | 70–74 | 78–71 | 84–81 | 82–90 | |

### Group B

| | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | Diff | Pts |
| 1. | Kožuv | 8 | 8 | 0 | 707 | 556 | +151 | 16 |
| 2. | SCM Craiova | 8 | 4 | 4 | 641 | 606 | +35 | 12 |
| 3. | Mornar | 8 | 4 | 4 | 564 | 542 | +22 | 12 |
| 4. | KB Prishtina | 8 | 4 | 4 | 690 | 691 | −1 | 12 |
| 5. | Vllaznia | 8 | 0 | 8 | 413 | 620 | −207 | 8 |
| | CRA | KOZ | MOR | PRI | VLL |
| SCM Craiova | | 84–87 | 75–63 | 101–82 | 86–45 |
| Kožuv | 80–63 | | 85–66 | 93–78 | 99–59 |
| Mornar | 85–81 | 67–75 | | 80–87 | 79–48 |
| KB Prishtina | 92–76 | 87–100 | 91–104 | | 85–59 |
| Vllaznia | 72–75 | 52–88 | 0–20 | 78–88 | |

#### Notes

* ^ Vllaznia lost the game on forfait due to issues with the technical equipment, as neither the game clock nor the 24’’ device were functioning.

## Second round

The games were played between 3 February and 4 March 2015.
Key to colors :
* Advances to Semifinal
* Advances to Quarterfinal

### Group C

| | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | Diff | Pts |
| 1. | Peja | 6 | 4 | 2 | 476 | 480 | −4 | 10 |
| 2. | Kumanovo | 6 | 4 | 2 | 507 | 505 | +2 | 10 |
| 3. | SCM Craiova | 6 | 3 | 3 | 473 | 439 | +34 | 9 |
| 4. | Mornar | 6 | 1 | 5 | 463 | 495 | –32 | 7 |
| | CRA | KUM | MOR | PEJ |
| SCM Craiova | | 74–75 | 75–63 | 97–75 |
| Kumanovo | 81–79 | | 92–84 | 83–93 |
| Mornar | 85–81 | 86–88 | | 65–72 |
| Peja | 60–67 | 89–88 | 87–80 | |

### Group D

| | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | Diff | Pts |
| 1. | Kožuv | 6 | 4 | 2 | 498 | 475 | +23 | 10 |
| 2. | KB Prishtina | 6 | 4 | 2 | 472 | 427 | +45 | 10 |
| 3. | Rilski Sportist | 6 | 2 | 4 | 459 | 497 | −38 | 8 |
| 4. | Sutjeska | 6 | 2 | 4 | 391 | 421 | −30 | 8 |
| | KOZ | RIL | PRI | SUT |
| Kožuv | | 72–74 | 93–78 | 79–76 |
| Rilski Sportist | 86–88 | | 71–94 | 78–68 |
| KB Prishtina | 87–100 | 94–71 | | 99–92 |
| Sutjeska | 74–66 | 81–79 | 0–20 | |

#### Notes

* ^ Sutjeska lost the game on forfeit after the game was abandoned after 6 minutes of play due to riots from the home fans, which injured two of KB Prishtina players, the head coach, the team manager and one member from the team staff.

## Quarterfinal

The quarterfinals are two-legged ties determined on aggregate score. The first leg was played on 10 and 11 March 2015, while the second leg was on 24 and 25 March 2015.
| Team #1 | Agg. | Team #2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Rilski Sportist | 198–192 | Kumanovo | 97−85 | 101−107 |
| SCM Craiova | 143–175 | KB Prishtina | 73−77 | 70−98 |

## Semifinal

* 31 March 2015 18:30
* Report
| Rilski Sportist | 62–63 | Peja |
| Scoring by quarter: 24−16, 15−11, 10−20, 13−16 |||
| Pts: Bozov 13 Rebs: Rakočević 10 Asts: Bozov 5 | | Pts: Brkić 14 Rebs: Brkić 13 Asts: Wise 7 |
* Universiada Hall, Sofia Referees: Marius Ciulin, Aleksandar Milojevik, Bogdan Podar
* 7 April 2015 19:30
* Report
| Peja | 66–82 | Rilski Sportist |
| Scoring by quarter: 16−19, 19−21, 16−26, 15−16 |||
| Pts: Wise 17 Rebs: Hajrizi 8 Asts: Wise 9 | | Pts: Rakočević 22 Rebs: Rakočević 11 Asts: Rakočević 5 |
* Karagaci, Pejë Referees: Ademir Zurapović, Haris Bijedić, Georgios Poursanidis
Rilski Sportist won 144−129 on aggregate
* 1 April 2015 19:30
* Report
| KB Prishtina | 85–61 | Kožuv |
| Scoring by quarter: 24−12, 17−13, 29−14, 15−22 |||
| Pts: Bavčić 25 Rebs: Bavčić 12 Asts: Berisha 6 | | Pts: Nešović, Šepa 11 Rebs: Gocevski 7 Asts: Šepa 4 |
* Pallati i Rinisë dhe Sporteve, Pristina Referees: Zdravko Rutešić, Radomir Vojinović, Ivan Miličević
* 8 April 2015 19:30
* Report
| Kožuv | 86–80 | KB Prishtina |
| Scoring by quarter: 25−26, 22−19, 26−21, 13−14 |||
| Pts: Nešović 18 Rebs: Janjušević 7 Asts: Brčkov 4 | | Pts: Berisha 22 Rebs: Trajkovski 11 Asts: Berisha 4 |
* 26th April Hall, Gevgelija Referees: Igor Dragojević, Ognjen Jokić, Ventsislav Velikov
KB Prishtina won 165−147 on aggregate

## Final

* 21 April 2015 18:30
* Report
| KB Prishtina | 74–72 | Rilski Sportist |
| Scoring by quarter: 21−27, 17−16, 17−13, 19−16 |||
| Pts: Bavčić 23 Rebs: Trajkovski 11 Asts: Hulls 5 | | Pts: Rakočević 21 Rebs: Gugino 10 Asts: Norfleet 7 |
* Pallati i Rinisë dhe Sporteve, Pristina Attendance: 2,500 Referees: Marius Ciulin, Igor Dragojević, Zdravko Rutesić
* 29 April 2015 19:30
* Report
| Rilski Sportist | KB Prishtina |
| Scoring by quarter: 26−22, 10−16, 16−19, 19−23 |||
| Pts: Gugino 25 Rebs: Gugino 9 Asts: Bozov 9 | Pts: Hulls 22 Rebs: Berisha, Trajkovski 8 Asts: Berisha 5 |
| KB Prishtina won 154−143 on aggregate |||
* Arena Samokov, Samokov Attendance: 3,000 Referees: Ademir Zurapović, Ognjen Jokić, Haris Bijedić
* 2014–15 Balkan League Champions
* KB Prishtina 1st Title