2008–09 Slovenian Basketball League

1. A SKL
Champions Union Olimpija
15th title
Runners-up Helios Domžale
Semifinalists Krka
Zlatorog
Teams 12 + 1
Duration 30 September 2008 – 9 June 2009
Top seed Union Olimpija
TV RTV Slovenija
Šport TV
Awards
MVP Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Shawn King
Statistical leaders
Points

United States Gilbert Goodrich

22.2

Rebounds

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Shawn King

14.8

Assists

Slovenia Jure Močnik

4.6

The 2008–09 Slovenian Basketball League (official: 2008–09 UPC League) was the 18th season of the Premier A Slovenian Basketball League, the highest professional basketball league in Slovenia. Union Olimpija won its 15th national championship.

Teams for the 2008–09 season

Team City Arena Capacity Head coach
Alpos Šentjur Šentjur Hruševec Sports Hall 800 Boštjan Kočar
CPG Nova Gorica Nova Gorica Sports Hall OŠ Milojke Štrukelj 400 Dejan Gašparin
Elektra Esotech Šoštanj Šoštanj Sport Hall 600 Borut Cerar
Epic Misel Postojna Postojna Sports Hall ŠC Postojna 400 Aleš Lenassi
Geoplin Slovan Ljubljana Kodeljevo Sports Hall 1,540 Miro Alilović
Helios Domžale Domžale Komunalni center Hall 2,500 Rade Mijanović
Hopsi Polzela Polzela Polzela Sport Hall 1,800 Boštjan Kuhar
Krka Novo Mesto Leon Štukelj Hall 2,800 Ivan Sunara
Luka Koper Koper Arena Bonifika 4,000 Ivan Stanišak
TCG Mercator Škofja Loka Sports Hall OŠ Poljane 400 Matic Vidic
Union Olimpija* Ljubljana Tivoli Hall 4,050 Jure Zdovc
Zagorje Zagorje Sports Hall Zagorje ob Savi 800 Dušan Hauptman
Zlatorog Laško Laško Tri Lilije Hall 2,500 Aleš Pipan
Teams from the Adriatic League

Regular season

Pos Team P W L F A Pts
1Krka 22 19 3 1841 1588 41
2Helios Domžale 22 18 4 1822 1511 40
3Zlatorog Laško 22 17 5 1761 1741 35
4Geoplin Slovan 22 15 7 1791 1720 37
5Hopsi Polzela 22 12 10 1787 1697 34
6Elektra Esotech 22 9 13 1633 1749 31
7Luka Koper 22 8 14 1747 1826 30
8Zagorje 22 8 14 1650 1807 30
9TCG Mercator 22 8 14 1561 1715 30
10Alpos Šentjur 22 7 15 1641 1734 29
11Epic Misel Postojna 22 7 15 1575 1825 29
12CPG Nova Gorica 22 4 18 1543 1759 26

P=Matches played, W=Matches won, L=Matches lost, F=Points for, A=Points against, Pts=Points

Qualified for the Champions stage

Champions standings

Pos Team P W L F A Pts
1Union Olimpija 14 13 1 1126 898 27
2Helios Domžale 14 12 2 1172 1029 26
3Krka 14 9 5 1067 1039 23
4Zlatorog Laško 14 7 7 1098 1054 21
5Geoplin Slovan 14 6 8 1066 1142 20
6Hopsi Polzela 14 5 9 1074 1154 19
7Luka Koper 14 2 12 1119 1296 16
8Elektra Esotech 14 2 12 1065 1175 16

P=Matches played, W=Matches won, L=Matches lost, F=Points for, A=Points against, Pts=Points

Qualified for the Playoff stage

Relegation league

Pos Team P W L F A Pts
1TCG Mercator 30 12 18 2155 2302 42
2Zagorje 30 12 18 2275 2440 42
3Alpos Šentjur 30 11 19 2256 2339 41
4Epic Misel Postojna 30 10 20 2133 2417 40
5CPG Nova Gorica 30 9 39 2146 2336 13

P=Matches played, W=Matches won, L=Matches lost, F=Points for, A=Points against, Pts=Points

Qualified for Relegation Playoffs
Relegated to Second Division

Playoffs

Semi-finals Final
      
1 Union Olimpija 2
4 Zlatorog Laško 1
1 Union Olimpija 3
2 Helios Domžale 0
2 Helios Domžale 2
3 Krka 0
Slovenian League 2008–09
Champions

Union Olimpija
15th title

Relegation Playoffs

Pos Team P W L F A Pts
1Rudar Trbovlje 4 3 1 370 329 7
2Epic Misel Postojna 4 2 2 322 328 6
3Rogaška 4 1 3 301 334 5

P=Matches played, W=Matches won, L=Matches lost, F=Points for, A=Points against, Pts=Points

Qualified for 2009–10 Slovenian First Division

Statistics leaders

Performance Index Rating

Pos Player Club
1 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Shawn King Hopsi Polzela
31.55
2 United States David Paris Zagorje
19.43
3 United States Takais Brown Alpos Šentjur
18.17

Points

Pos Player Club PPG
1 United States Gilbert Goodrich Zagorje
22.15
2 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Shawn King Hopsi Polzela
20.45
3 Serbia Dejan Delić Geoplin Slovan
17.44

Rebounds

Pos Player Club RPG
1 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Shawn King Hopsi Polzela
14.79
2 United States Joshua Johnson Zagorje
11.21
3 United States David Paris Zagorje
9.57

Assists

Pos Player Club APG
1 Slovenia Jure Močnik Helios Domžale
4.59
2 United States Gilbert Goodrich Zagorje
4.07
3 Slovenia Saša Dončić Geoplin Slovan
3.16

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