The Prva A liga , for sponsorships reasons named the Erste Liga , is the top-tier professional basketball league in Montenegro . It is the highest basketball division organized by the Basketball Association of Montenegro (KSCG). It was established in 2006. shortly after Montenegro declared its independence from Serbia and Montenegro .
38-1084: (Redirected from PrvaLiga ) Prva Liga means First League in Bosnian, Croatian, Macedonian, Montenegrin, Serbian and Slovenian. It may refer to: Prva A Liga , top tier of professional basketball in Montenegro Prva Crnogorska Fudbalska Liga , Montenegrin First Football League Prva Hrvatska Nogometna Liga , Croatian football top division Prva Liga Federacija Bosne i Hercegovine , First League of Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, second tier of Bosnia and Herzegovina Prva Liga Republike Srpske , First League of Republika Srpska, second tier of Bosnia and Herzegovina Makedonska Prva Liga Slovenian PrvaLiga , Slovenian football first division Prva Liga Srbije , 2nd tier of Serbian football league system Prva ženska liga ,
76-523: A founder of ABA League , too, where they play an important role until today. At the same time, Budućnost played its first seasons in Euroleague with the quarterfinals as their biggest success in the history of competition. Below is the list of all-time participants of Montenegrin clubs in the YUBA League. As the most successful Montenegrin basketball team, Budućnost won three national titles in
114-570: A mixed roster consisting of players from their youth system plus their twenty-one-year-old superstar Dražen Petrović who used the opportunity of playing against inferior opposition to shatter Radivoj Korać 's single-game Yugoslav League scoring record from 1962 when Korać scored 74 points for OKK Beograd versus Mladost Zagreb . In a 158–77 blowout in front of 2,000 people against the hapless Ljubljana team, Petrović scored 112 points on 40 for 60 field goal shooting that included 10 for 20 three-point shooting. He did so despite reportedly announcing, before
152-547: Is a ranking of all Montenegrin basketball clubs based on their performance in national top tier. Highlighted clubs played in the First League in the 2021/22 season. ^a Including current season (2021/22) ^b Playout games against teams from Prva B Liga are not counted M = Number of matches (only matches with spectators counted); H = Highest attendance on one match; CH = Club with highest average attendance; CL = Club with lowest average attendance Eleven of
190-753: Is the list of final series of Montenegrin Basketball League playoffs. Below is a list of clubs with titles won in Montenegrin Basketball League. Below is an overall list, with titles won in both leagues - Montenegrin Basketball League and FR Yugoslavia / Serbia and Montenegro Championship. Since establishing, in Montenegrin basketball league participated 21 different teams. Club which played every single season until now are KK Budućnost, KK Jedinstvo, KK Lovćen, KK Mornar and KK Ulcinj. All-time Montenegrin First League table
228-730: The First Federal Basketball League . Others played in the Second Yugoslav League (during the 80's - First B League) and the Republic League. Budućnost played in the First League during the nine seasons, with third place on the 1985–86 season as their biggest success at that time. Below is the list of all-time participants of Montenegrin clubs in the First Yugoslav League. After the breakup of SFR Yugoslavia , until
266-512: The Montenegrin independence in 2006, eight different Montenegrin teams participated in the First League of FR Yugoslavia / Serbia and Montenegro ( YUBA League ). Budućnost is the only team which played every single season in that competition, winning the three champion titles. Except them, Lovćen, Mornar, Sutjeska and Primorka are the only teams which participated in more than one season at the highest rank. During that period, Budućnost became
304-467: The First League of Yugoslavia. Soon after the Montenegrin independence referendum , Basketball Federation of Montenegro founded its own competitions, with the First League as a top-tier competition. During the all history, KK Budućnost was strongly dominant side. Every season have two parts. During the first part, 8 to 10 clubs are playing league, without teams who are playing in ABA League. Until
342-503: The Yugoslav league title in front of their fans at home in game three. With the best-of-three series tied at one apiece, the deciding game 3 was played on Cibona's home court, Dom Sportova , on Saturday, 26 April 1986. Supported by over 10,000 fans, despite plenty of nervy play from the home team (Dražen Petrović getting a technical for accosting the referee and Franjo Arapović getting ejected for striking Darko Pahlić), Cibona had
380-622: The area are playing in the regional ABA League . The most successful club in the Prva A liga is Budućnost Podgorica , which has won 14 titles, after winning the 2022 championship. During their history, many Montenegrin basketball clubs played in the top-tier basketball leagues of SFR Yugoslavia , FR Yugoslavia , and Serbia and Montenegro , including Budućnost , Lovćen , Sutjeska , Mornar , KK Primorka , KK Berane , Jedinstvo , and KK Temko Nikšić . From 1946 to 1991, two clubs from Montenegro, Berane (formerly KK Ivangrad) and Budućnost, played in
418-418: The contest with 39 points. At the end of overtime, the score was tied again, 96-96. In the second overtime, with Dražen Petrović no longer on the court, the game turned into a shooting duel between Cvjetićanin and Popović before eventually being decided by Popović's two three-pointers as Zadar pulled out a famous 110-111 victory on the road. Zadar's scoring was led by Popović who scored 35 points (all of them in
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#1732794414018456-502: The early lead behind Cvjetićanin's scoring (got 22 of Cibona's 42 first half points) while Dražen Petrović, who returned to the squad after controversially sitting out game two, also scored actively. Still, Zadar kept chasing with most of its first half points coming from their twenty-six-year-old captain Veljko Petranović and twenty-two-year-old center Stojko Vranković. The team's leading scorer, shooting guard Petar Popović, on
494-541: The entire campaign, thus equaling the feat that had previously been managed only twice in Yugoslav League history — Zadar in 1974–75 and Crvena Zvezda in 1949 . Behind young Dražen Petrović's scoring exploits (his regular-season scoring average was 43.3 points per game), the Zagreb club opened the league campaign with twenty straight wins before finally losing, 102–100, away to Šibenka (Petrović's old team) in
532-451: The entire contest (halftime score was 42-30). Receiving balanced scoring from its roster — Petar Popović and Veljko Petranović with 15 points each, Ante Matulović with 14, Draženko Blažević 12, Darko Pahlić 11, and Ivica Obad 10 — Zadar's win was never in question. Cibona's best player Dražen Petrović didn't appear in game two somewhat controversially with the official reason provided by the club that he got injured during warm-up right before
570-427: The finals, they surprisingly won the series against ABA League title holder - KK Budućnost (3-1). Budućnost made a comeback on season 2018-19, defeating Mornar in the finals. During 2019, Montenegrin basketball federation implemented a new system of competition. Instead Superliga as the second phase, two best teams from the first part of season and two Montenegrin representatives in ABA League are directly qualifying for
608-456: The first option; however, since Olimpija had no junior team within their youth system that year, they had to go to an even younger age group—making do with cadets (16 and under). In the end, the team they took to Zagreb consisted of players born in 1968 and younger, including Igor Đurović, Matjaž Strmole, Jože Maček, Dag Kralj, Tine Erjavec, Jure Zorčič, Gregor Stražiščar, Andrej Novina, and Tine Merzelj. Cibona for their part decided to send out
646-652: The fourteen teams that play the league join the regular season. After that phase, two best teams from the regular season are qualifying for the playoffs, where they play against the two 2020–21 ABA League teams ( Budućnost Voli and Mornar ).Except that, two best teams from regular season are qualifying for the next season of ABA 2 League. The last qualified team is relegated to Prva B Liga. Clubs from Montenegrin League are permanent participants of ABA League , one of strongest team competitions in Europe. In 2001, one of founders
684-581: The game or series), while Mornar played once in that phase of playoffs. Below is list of participation of Montenegrin clubs by every season of ABA League. Clubs from Montenegro have been playing in European basketball competitions since the 1980s. Until 2006, they represented SFR Yugoslavia and FR Yugoslavia. Almost all European seasons by Montenegrin clubs are played by KK Budućnost. Exceptions are three seasons played by KK Mornar Bar and one European performance by KK Lovćen Cetinje. The most successful period
722-408: The game, his intention of leaving the floor once he reached Korać's 74 points. Petrović was one of only five Cibona players to get on the score sheet that day, the other four were eighteen-year-old Dražen Anzulović with 16 points, eighteen-year-old Vladimir Rizman with 14, nineteen-year-old Ivo Nakić with 12, and Ivan Šoštarec with 4. Cibona dominated the regular season with only a single loss in
760-432: The game. There has been rife speculation after the game as well as in the years and decades since in the Yugoslav press and public that—having been so convinced of their superiority over Zadar as well as their dominance on their Dom Sportova home court in Zagreb where at that point they hadn't lost a competitive game for more than three years since March 1983—Cibona essentially tanked game two because they wanted to celebrate
798-445: The link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Prva_Liga&oldid=1190612450 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Prva A Liga The league is sponsored by and named after Erste Bank . Currently, two clubs from
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#1732794414018836-503: The opening game of the final series on its home court with strong outside shooting — behind Dražen Petrović's 28 points, Danko Cvjetićanin 's 22, and Sven Ušić's 16. Still, the visitors from Zadar could find some comfort in their defensive play due to managing to limit Cibona to 84 points — well below 116.8 points per game Cibona had been scoring in their prior six games of the 1986 Yugoslav League playoffs. Zadar won game two on its home court at Jazine , having led comfortably throughout
874-417: The other hand, was completely out of the shooting rhythm — missing his first three shots, getting benched seven minutes into the game by head coach Vlade Đurović, and ending up scoreless at halftime. Cibona was up 42-37 at halftime. Popović finally managed to get on the scoresheet five minutes into the second half, which led to him starting to score in bunches. Still, Cibona led continuously and midway through
912-700: The overall history, three different Montenegrin clubs played in FIBA/ULEB competitions. KK Budućnost played in numerous competitions (Euroleague, Eurocup/ULEB Cup , Saporta Cup/FIBA EuroCup , FIBA Korać Cup ). KK Mornar played in ULEB EuroCup, Basketball Champions League and FIBA Europe Cup , while KK Lovćen played one season in FIBA Korać Cup. As of the end of FIBA/ULEB competitions 2019–20 season. 1985%E2%80%9386 Yugoslav First Basketball League The 1985–86 Yugoslav First Basketball League season
950-439: The playoff series. Season 2019-20 was interrupted after 20 weeks, due to the coronavirus pandemic and Montenegrin basketball federation decided to erase every single result from that edition of competition. Since the establishing of competition, only two teams won the titles of Montenegrin champion. In 2018, Mornar was the second team to win the league after a streak of 11 consecutive trophies achieved by Budućnost . Below
988-487: The regular phase of the championship, game between KK Ulcinj and KK Jedinstvo finished with result 127-23 . That was the biggest victory in the history of Montenegrin Championship. Except that, KK Ulcinj's player Miloš Popović on the same game scored 59 points, which is another all-time record of Montenegrin League. An unexpected change came on season 2017-18, when KK Mornar won their first ever national title. In
1026-672: The season 2019-2020, in the second part, four best-placed teams from the league and two Montenegrin clubs from ABA League were competing in Superliga and four best-placed sides from that phase were participating in playoffs. Final series of playoffs is lasting until three wins of one opponent. From season 2006-07 to 2016-17, every single champions' title won KK Budućnost. From 2006 to 2012, team from Podgorica created an impressive row of 89 wins with only one defeat in domestic championship. Except that, until 2015, team from Podgorica won every playoff final series with 3-0. On season 2015-16, during
1064-509: The second half and two overtimes), while on Cibona's side, beside Dražen Petrović's 39 points (7 three-pointers), Cvjetićanin added 37 points (5 three-pointers). It was Cibona's first home loss in a competitive game in over three years in all competitions — with their previous home loss occurring on 16 March 1983 in the Yugoslav League versus Red Star Belgrade . And it was a costly loss for Cibona because it meant that despite winning
1102-422: The second half, with ten minutes to go, they were up by eleven points — 71-60 — its highest lead of the game. Zadar made one last push and managed to catch up with three-point shooting to tie up the score 85-85 at the end of regulation. The visiting team even had the last possession, but failed to score. Midway through the overtime, Cibona's leader Dražen Petrović fouled out with his fifth personal foul; leaving
1140-436: The second last game of the regular season — a contest in which Petrović recorded 52 points, but Šibenka still eked out a win led by Predrag Šarić who scored 36 points. Budućnost was the season's biggest surprise package. Playing only its 6th season in the country's top-flight basketball league, the unfancied side from Titograd that had never had a positive season record (more wins than losses) in its previous five seasons
1178-690: The strange circumstance that allowed it to happen. Due to Olimpija general manager Radovan Lorbek reportedly being late with submitting a registration letter to the Yugoslav Basketball Federation (KSJ) headquarters in Belgrade, the visiting team failed to fulfill their player-registration administrative obligations in time, rendering their entire first team roster ineligible for the regular season opening game. Olimpija were thus forced to field players from their youth system. Sending out juniors (age 18 and under) would've normally been
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1254-470: Was Montenegrin side Budućnost Podgorica , which is among most successful members of competition. Except Budućnost, in ABA League played three other clubs from Montenegro - Lovćen , Sutjeska and Mornar . KK Budućnost won ABA champions’ title on season 2017-18, which is the most significant success of Montenegrin clubs in that competition until now. Except that, Budućnost was a finalist on season 2018-19 and played seven times in semifinals (five times lost
1292-655: Was now nearly unbeatable at home, losing only one game in front of its home fans — against powerful Cibona. Led by veterans Duško Ivanović (28.5 ppg season average), Dragan Ivanović, Nikola Antić [ fr ] , Milatović, and Jadran Vujačić , the team also received a great contribution from its rising star Žarko Paspalj who turned 20 years of age over the course of the season. [REDACTED] SR Croatia [REDACTED] SR Serbia [REDACTED] SR Bosnia and Herzegovina [REDACTED] SR Macedonia [REDACTED] SR Montenegro [REDACTED] SR Slovenia NOTE : KK Smelt Olimpija
1330-1040: Was relegated. Other source: Only the top four placed league table teams qualified for the playoffs quarterfinal automatically. Teams placed fifth, sixth, seventh, eighth, ninth, and tenth were joined by the top two Second League teams for an 8-team play-in round. The winner of each best-of-three series advanced to the playoffs quarterfinal round. E - IB League east division champion W - IB League west division champion Partizan -Sloboda DITA Tuzla 94 -85, 95- 96 , 102 -98 Jugoplastika Split -MZT Skopje 89 -79, 96 -87 KK Bosna -Rabotnički 100 -89, 102 -85 Crvena Zvezda -Borac Čačak 99 -92, 91 -89 QUARTERFINALS Cibona Zagreb -Crvena Zvezda 124 -107, 102- 105 , 120 -107 Šibenka- Partizan 101- 102 , 92- 99 Zadar -KK Bosna 103 -88, 81 -79 Budućnost- Jugoplastika Split 92- 97 , 103- 106 SEMIFINALS Cibona Zagreb -Partizan 104 -94, 123- 124 , 128 -104 Zadar -Jugoplastika Split 98 -77, 76 -74 FINALS Cibona dominated
1368-554: Was sanctioned by the board of Yugoslav Basketball Association (KSJ) because club's fans were causing incidents on the game against KK Zadar in Tivoli Hall on October 14. The match was cancelled by the referee. Final decisions were deduction of one point from Olimpija, the game was registered as a 2-0 win for Zadar and Olimpija had to play three home matches in another town. With the same amount of points, KK Rabotnički had better head-to-head score against KK Olimpija, thus Olimpija
1406-556: Was the 42nd season of the Yugoslav First Basketball League , the highest professional basketball league in SFR Yugoslavia . The first week of fixtures on 5 October 1985 included a game in Zagreb at Dom Sportova 's small hall between Cibona and visiting Smelt Olimpija —a contest that would go down in history for Dražen Petrović 's Yugoslav Basketball League single-game scoring record as well as
1444-483: Was the end of the 1990s and the beginning of new century. At that time, KK Budućnost played in the finish phases of EuroLeague . In that period, Budućnost often played games against greatest European basketball teams like FC Barcelona , Real Madrid , CSKA Moscow , Panathinaikos , Olympiacos , Maccabi Tel Aviv . Budućnost made their comeback to Euroleague on season 2018-19 , with few impressive results as wins against CSKA Moscow, Real Madrid and FC Barcelona. During
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