Serbian basketball league system

The Serbian basketball league system, or Serbian basketball league pyramid is a series of interconnected competitions for professional basketball clubs in Serbia. The system has a hierarchical format with a promotion and demotion system between competitions at different levels.

Men

There are currently five different competitions on the pyramid - the 1st tier Basketball League of Serbia, the 2nd tier Second Basketball League of Serbia, the 3rd tier First Regional League, the 4th tier Second Regional League, which comprises the lower level regional divisions.

Basketball League of Serbia and Basketball League of Serbia B are organized by the Basketball Federation of Serbia while the lower tiers are organized by the Regional Federations.

The tier levels

For the 2023–24 season, the Serbian basketball league system is as follows:

Level	League
ABA	Adriatic League First Division (5 out of 12 teams)
	Adriatic League Second Division (3 out of 12 teams)
1	Super League of Serbia (8 teams)
	Basketball League of Serbia (16 teams)
2	Second Basketball League of Serbia (16 teams)
3	First Regional League North (16 teams)			First Regional League Central 1 (8 teams)	First Regional League Central 2 (8 teams)	First Regional League East (14 teams)	First Regional League West A (8 teams)		First Regional League West B (8 teams)
4	Second Regional League Group North A (9 teams)	Second Regional League Group North B (10 teams)	Second Regional League Group South (10 teams)	Second Regional League Central (9 teams)		Second Regional League East (12 teams)	Second Regional League West Group 1A (8 teams)	Second Regional League West Group 2A (8 teams)	Second Regional League West Group 1B (7 teams)	Second Regional League West Group 2B (8 teams)
5	Local Summer Leagues

Level 5 – Local Summer Leagues

Level 4	Level 5	Districts
North Division – Group North	Bačka Division	South Bačka District
		North Bačka District
		West Bačka District
	North Banat Division	Central Banat District
		North Banat District
North Division – Group South	South Banat Division	South Banat District
	Srem Division	Srem District
Central Division	Belgrade Division	Belgrade
East Division	East Serbia Division	Nišava District
		Pirot District
		Zaječar District
		Bor District
	South Serbia Division	Jablanica District
		Pčinja District
		Toplica District
West Division – Group One	West Serbia Division	Mačva District
		Kolubara District
		Moravica District
		Zlatibor District
West Division – Group Two	Central Serbia Division	Šumadija District
		Pomoravlje District
		Rasina District
		Braničevo District
		Podunavlje District
	Raška–Kosovo Division	Raška District
		Kosovo and Metohija Districts

Other competitions

• Radivoj Korać Cup (1st tier)
• Basketball Cup of Serbia (2nd tier)

Women

Since the 2006–07 season, there are currently different competitions on the pyramid.

1. First Women's Basketball League of Serbia, organized by the Basketball Federation of Serbia and composed of 10 teams.
2. Second Women's Basketball League of Serbia, organized by the Basketball Federation of Serbia and composed of 10 teams.
3. First Women's Regional Basketball League

Level	League
1	First League of Serbia (10 teams)
2	Second League of Serbia (10 teams)
3	Regional League of Serbia North 1 (8 teams)	Regional League of Serbia North 2 (8 teams)	Regional League of Serbia South 1 (6 teams)	Regional League of Serbia South 2 (10 teams)

Other competitions

• Milan Ciga Vasojević Cup

See also

• League system
• European professional club basketball system
• Spanish basketball league system
• Greek basketball league system
• Italian basketball league system
• French basketball league system
• Russian basketball league system
• Turkish basketball league system
• German basketball league system
• Polish basketball league system
• Hungarian basketball league system
• South American professional club basketball system