2019–20 Slovenian Basketball League

The 2019–20 Slovenian Basketball League, also known as Liga Nova KBM due to sponsorship reasons was the 29th season of the Premier A Slovenian Basketball League. KK Koper Primorska are the defending champions.

Liga Nova KBM1
Season	2019–20
Duration	12 October 2019 – 20 March 2020
Teams	10
TV partner(s)	Šport TV
Regular season
Relegated	None
Finals
Champions	None declared
← 2018–19 2020–21 →

On 12 March 2020, the Basketball Federation of Slovenia temporarily suspended its competitions due to the COVID-19 pandemic. On 20 March, the Basketball Federation canceled definitely its competitions due to the COVID-19 pandemic.^[1]

Koper Primorska was the defending champion and as a consequence of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Basketball Federation decided not to recognize any team as the champion for the season.

Format

Regular season

In the first phase, nine teams will compete in a home-and-away round-robin series (16 games total). Cedevita Olimpija will compete in the second phase. All teams advanced from the regular season to one of two postseason stages, depending on their league position.^[2]

Second phase

The top five teams from the regular season will advance to the championship phase. Cedevita Olimpija will start their competition from this phase. These teams will start the second phase from scratch, with no results carrying over from the regular season. Each team will play a total of 10 games in this phase; as in the regular season, a home-and-away round-robin will be used.

The bottom four teams will enter a home-and-away round-robin mini-league where two best teams qualify to quarterfinals. Each teams plays 9 games in this phase.

Playoffs

Eight teams will join the playoffs.

Teams

Promotion and relegation

Terme Olimia Podčetrtek was promoted as the winner of the 2018–19 Second League. The club replaced Ilirija, which finished last in the 2018–19 season.

This is the inaugural season for the newly formed club Cedevita Olimpija (which was created in July 2019 by merging two clubs Olimpija Ljubljana and Cedevita Zagreb) that will take the Olimpija's place in the competition. Also, the club will play in the 2019–20 EuroCup season instead of Cedevita Zagreb.

Venues and locations

Helios

Hopsi

Krka

Koper Primorska

Terme Olimia

Rogaška

Šenčur

Šentjur

Cedevita Olimpija

Zlatorog

Location of teams in the 2019–20 Slovenian Basketball League

Club	Location	Venue	Capacity
Cedevita Olimpija	Ljubljana	Arena Stožice	12,500
Helios Suns	Domžale	Komunalni center Hall	2,500
GGD Šenčur	Šenčur	ŠD Šenčur	800
Hopsi Polzela	Polzela	ŠD Polzela	1,800
Koper Primorska	Koper	Arena Bonifika	5,000
Krka	Novo Mesto	ŠD Leona Štuklja	2,500
Rogaška	Rogaška Slatina	ŠD Rogaška Slatina	800
Šentjur	Šentjur	Dvorana OŠ Hruševec	700
Terme Olimia Podčetrtek	Podčetrtek	ŠD Podčetrtek
Zlatorog Laško	Laško	Tri Lilije Hall	2,500

	Teams that play in the 2019–20 Adriatic League
	Teams that play in the 2019–20 Adriatic League Second Division
	Teams that play in the 2019–20 Alpe Adria Cup

Personnel and kits

Team	President	Coach	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor
Cedevita Olimpija	Tomaž Berločnik	Slaven Rimac	Jaka Blažič	Adidas	Cedevita, Petrol
Helios Suns	David Kubala	Dejan Jakara	Blaž Mahkovic	Spalding	Helios, Triglav
Hopsi Polzela	Matej Jelen	Boštjan Kuhar	Sandi Čebular	Macron	—
Koper Primorska	Gregor Vuga	Jurica Golemac	Alen Hodžić	Erreà	Vehicle Rent
Krka	Andraž Šuštarič	Vladimir Anzulović	Jure Balažič	Žolna Šport	Krka
Rogaška	Kristijan Novak	Damjan Novaković	Tadej Ferme	Luanvi	—
GGD Šenčur	Janko Sekne	Konstantin Subotić	Smiljan Pavič	Macron	Gorenjska gradbena družba
Šentjur	Dušan Debenak	Saša Dončić	Miloš Pešić	Luanvi	VOC, Tajfun
Terme Olimia Podčetrtek	Franc Trupaj	Davor Brečko	Nejc Strnad	Peak	Terme Olimia
Zlatorog Laško	Bojan Špiler	Robi Ribežl	Tomaž Jereb	Joma	Pivovarna Laško

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Incoming manager	Date of appointment
Cedevita Olimpija	First	–	–	Pre-season	Slaven Rimac	8 July 2019[3]
Šentjur	Jakša Vulić	End of contract	–		Saša Dončić	21 June 2019[4]
Zlatorog Laško	Chris Thomas		–	Robi Ribežl	13 July 2019[5]
Krka	Simon Petrov	Mutual consent	5 November 2019 [6]	6th (2–3)	Vladimir Anzulović	7 November 2019[7]
Šentjur	Saša Dončić	Sacked	14 November 2019	7th (2–5)	Aleš Pipan	14 November 2019[8]
Terme Olimia Podčetrtek	Davor Brečko	Sacked	14 November 2019[9]	9th (0–5)	Bojan Lazić	19 November 2019[10]
Koper Primorska	Jurica Golemac	Parted ways	20 December 2019[11]	1st (10–1)	Andrej Žakelj	26 December 2019[12]
Cedevita Olimpija	Slaven Rimac	Mutual consent	27 January 2020[13]	/	Jurica Golemac	27 January 2020[14]

Regular season

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Koper Primorska	16	13	3	1395	1128	+267	29	Qualification to championship group
2	Krka	16	11	5	1250	1153	+97	27
3	Helios Suns	16	10	6	1184	1174	+10	26
4	Rogaška	16	10	6	1210	1142	+68	26
5	Hopsi Polzela	16	9	7	1371	1235	+136	25
6	GGD Šenčur	16	9	7	1274	1159	+115	25	Qualification to relegation group
7	Šentjur	16	6	10	1238	1234	+4	22
8	Zlatorog Laško	16	3	13	1151	1515	−364	19
9	Terme Olimia Podčetrtek	16	1	15	1036	1369	−333	17

Source: KZS.si

Results

Home \ Away	PRI	KRK	HEL	ROG	POL	GGD	SEN	ZLA	POD
Koper Primorska	—	68–64	84–66	76–53	91–77	86–85	82–66	115–73	79–67
Krka	80–81	—	66–73	70–54	84–76	68–66	92–72	104–70	91–60
Helios Suns	60–78	66–72	—	72–67	53–72	66–57	76–73	98–81	80–53
Rogaška	86–83	58–67	75–83	—	82–75	66–57	83–70	91–61	83–48
Hopsi Polzela	85–84	92–65	86–87	86–87	—	71–66	83–62	102–78	96–67
GGD Šenčur	82–80	83–89	67–71	92–53	92–90	—	89–82	95–62	80–73
Šentjur	64–108	96–61	75–63	71–86	85–69	83–90	—	83–50	86–49
Zlatorog Laško	56–102	78–89	90–84	75–99	75–117	66–93	89–76	—	72–69
Terme Olimia Podčetrtek	64–98	60–88	78–86	56–87	77–94	53–80	64–94	98–75	—

Source: KZS.si
Legend: Blue = home team win; Red = away team win.

Championship group

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
1	Cedevita Olimpija	2	2	0	168	146	+22	4
2	Krka	3	1	2	224	236	−12	4
3	Hopsi Polzela	3	1	2	227	243	−16	4
4	Helios Suns	3	1	2	208	228	−20	4
5	Koper Primorska	2	1	1	154	132	+22	3
6	Rogaška	1	1	0	75	71	+4	2

Source: KZS.si

Results

Home \ Away	COL	HEL	POL	PRI	KRK	ROG
Cedevita Olimpija	—	0	0	0	86–77	0
Helios Suns	69–82	—	0	0	0	0
Hopsi Polzela	0	84–75	—	68–92	0	0
Koper Primorska	0	62–64	0	—	0	0
Krka	0	0	76–75	0	—	0
Rogaška	0	0	0	0	75–71	—

Source: KZS.si
Legend: Blue = home team win; Red = away team win.

Relegation group

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
1	GGD Šenčur	8	7	1	700	588	+112	15
2	Šentjur	8	5	3	682	584	+98	13
3	Zlatorog Laško	8	3	5	567	679	−112	11
4	Terme Olimia Podčetrtek	8	1	7	562	660	−98	9

Updated to match(es) played on 7 March 2020. Source: KZS.si

Results

Home \ Away	GGD	SEN	POD	ZLA	GGD	SEN	POD	ZLA
GGD Šenčur	—	83–90	90–79	0	—	0	—	0
Šentjur	0	—	0	88–70	—	—	0	0
Terme Olimia Podčetrtek	0	0	—	77–83	0	—	—	—
Zlatorog Laško	0	0	0	—	—	—	0	—

Source: KZS.si
Legend: Blue = home team win; Red = away team win.

Awards

Regular Season MVP

• Dino Murić (GGD Šenčur)

Weekly MVP

Regular season Week MVP[15] Club Efficiency 1 Glenn Cosey Krka 31 2 Marko Jagodić-Kuridža Koper Primorska 25 3 Dino Murić GGD Šenčur 36 4 Petar Kusovac Zlatorog Laško 31 5 Anthony Collins Hopsi Polzela 24 6 Randy Haynes Šentjur 32 7 Anthony Collins (2) Hopsi Polzela 34 8c Miha Škedelj Krka 27 Dragan Bjeletić Zlatorog Laško 27 9 Blaž Mahkovic Helios Suns 32 10 Jan Kosi Koper Primorska 33 11 Jakob Čebašek Šentjur 28 12 Blaž Mahkovic (2) Helios Suns 28 13 Dino Murić (2) GGD Šenčur 30 14 Dino Murić (3) GGD Šenčur 42 15 Randy Haynes (2) Šentjur 30 16 Gezim Morina Hopsi Polzela 29 17 Jan Dornik Rogaška 33 18 Dragan Bjeletić (2) Zlatorog Laško 26 Note ^c – Co-MVP's were announced.

Second round Week MVP[16] Club Efficiency 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

MVP of the Month

Month	Player	Team	Ref.
2019
October	Dino Murić	GGD Šenčur	[17]
November	Anthony Collins	Hopsi Polzela	[18]
December	Blaž Mahkovic	Helios Suns	[19]

Statistical leaders

Performance Index Rating Pos Player Club PIR 1 Dino Murić Šenčur 21.39 2 Antony Collins Hopsi Polzela 20.16 3 Jakob Čebašek Šentjur 18.39

Points Pos Player Club PPG 1 Mikael Hopkins Cedevita Olimpija 18.50 2 Jaka Blažič Cedevita Olimpija 18.00 3 Blaž Mahkovic Helios Suns 16.35

Rebounds Pos Player Club RPG 1 Dino Murić Šenčur 9.06 2 Dragan Bjeletić Zlatorog 7.50 3 Jakob Čebašek Šentjur 7.22

Assists Pos Player Club APG 1 Antony Collins Hopsi Polzela 10.26 2 Codi Miller-McIntyre Cedevita Olimpija 6.50 3 Jure Pelko Helios Suns 4.93

Slovenian clubs in European competitions

Team	Competition	Progress
Cedevita Olimpija	EuroCup	Regular season