2014–15 A-1 League

A-1 League
Champions	Cedevita 2nd title
Runners-up	Cibona
Semifinalists	Zadar Zagreb
Promoted	Škrljevo
Relegated	Slavonski Brod (withdrew)
Teams	11 + 3
Duration	October 4, 2014 – June 13, 2015
Top seed	Cedevita
TV	SportKlub

The 2014–15 A-1 League was the 24th season of the A-1 Liga, the highest professional basketball league in Croatia.

The first half of the season consisted of 10 teams and 90-game regular season. For second half of the season clubs was divided into two groups. Championship group consisted of 3 teams from Adriatic League and the best 5 teams from first half of the season. Relegation group consisted of bottom 5 teams from first half of the season.

Cedevita won its second Croatian league title against Cibona with a 3-1 win in the final series.

Teams and venues

• Withdrew
  • Križevci (11th)

• Promoted from A-2 Liga
  • Ribola Kaštela (Champion)
  • Gorica (Runner-up)

	Teams	Team	City	Venue (Capacity)
Regular season teams	11
		Alkar	Sinj	Športska dvorana Sinj (1,500)
		Gorica	Velika Gorica	Dvorana srednjih škola Velika Gorica (1,000)
		Jolly Jadranska Banka	Šibenik	Dvorana Baldekin (1,500)
		Kvarner 2010	Rijeka	Dvorana Dinko Lukarić (1,100)
		Ribola Kaštela	Kaštela	Školska sortska dvorana Kaštel Sućurac (1,600)
		Slavonski Brod	Slavonski Brod	Sportska dvorana Vijuš (2,200)
		Split	Split	Arena Gripe (6,000)
		Šibenik	Šibenik	Dvorana Baldekin (1,500)
		Vrijednosnice Osijek	Osijek	Gradski vrt Hall (1,448)
		Zabok	Zabok	Športska dvorana Bedekovčina (2,500)
		Zagreb	Zagreb	Športska dvorana Trnsko (2,500)
Teams already qualified for Championship Round	3
		Cedevita	Zagreb	Dom Sportova (3,100)
		Cibona	Zagreb	Dražen Petrović Basketball Hall (5,400)
		Zadar	Zadar	Krešimir Ćosić Hall (10,000)

Alkar Zadar Zagreb Jolly Šibenik Gorica Kaštela Kvarner 2010 Split Slavonski Brod Vrijednosnice Zabok Zagreb clubs: KK Cibona KK Cedevita KK Zagreb Location of teams in the A-1 League 2013–14

Regular season

	Clinched Champions league berth
	Relegated

#	Team	Pts	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	Diff
1	Zagreb	35	20	15	5	1654	1453	+201
2	Zabok	34	20	14	6	1489	1426	+63
3	GKK Šibenik	34	20	14	6	1576	1515	+61
4	Kvarner 2010	33	20	13	7	1640	1511	+129
5	Alkar	31	20	11	9	1496	1467	+29
6	Jolly JBŠ	31	20	11	9	1432	1427	+5
7	Split	28	20	8	12	1463	1463	0
8	Ribola Kaštela	28	20	8	12	1602	1668	-66
9	Gorica	27	20	7	13	1539	1581	-42
10	Vrijednosnice Osijek	27	20	7	13	1412	1498	-86
11	Slavonski Brod	22	20	2	18	708	1002	-294

Source: Crosarka.com & Scoresway.com

†KK Slavonski Brod ceased to exist due to financial troubles in December 2014

Results

Home \ Away	ALK	GOR	JOL	KVA	KŠT	SBR	SPL	ŠIB	VRO	ZAB	ZAG
Alkar		81–79	69–59	92–78	88–59	20–0	72–62	83–89	81–89	96–93	66–90
Gorica	87–67		63–76	67–84	109–77	20–0	75–87	85–89	94–82	60–70	70–78
Jolly	79–71	90–76		81–65	76–71	76–68	70–63	70–86	77–68	73–61	52–59
Kvarner	90–68	93–69	83–72		90–72	92–82	73–69	99–85	91–68	93–81	76–81
Kaštela	73–68	97–105	96–85	88–97		20–0	85–83	74–83	87–76	66–75	101–90
Slavonski Brod	65–86	71–72	0–20	0–20	90–88		0–20	0–20	74–64	0–20	58–97
Split	67–73	83–87	66–69	92–79	81–85	83–79		79–70	81–65	78–64	84–72
GKK Šibenik	79–78	86–70	86–65	106–101	86–102	80–62	95–86		73–60	65–75	92–91
Vrijednosnice Osijek	64–81	86–80	88–79	68–84	85–75	20–0	83–56	64–66		60–70	76–74
Zabok	78–67	87–86	77–59	82–79	116–110	64–59	77–74	83–82	80–73		76–78
Zagreb	87–89	97–85	111–104	88–73	85–76	20–0	90–69	89–72	95–73	82–61

Source: Scoresway.com

Championship Round

Table # Team Pts Pld W L PF PA Diff 1 Cedevita 26 14 12 2 1260 954 +306 2 Cibona 25 14 11 3 1143 988 +155 3 Zadar 24 14 10 4 1087 960 +127 4 Zagreb 21 14 7 7 1107 1135 -28 5 Šibenik 21 14 7 7 1055 1086 -31 6 Kvarner 19 14 5 9 1072 1141 -69 7 Zabok 16 14 2 12 963 1192 -229 8 Alkar 16 14 2 12 908 1139 -231 Clinched Playoffs berth

Results Home \ Away ALK CED CIB ZD KVA ŠIB ZAB ZAG Alkar 66–98 70–88 61–81 72–71 55–67 80–72 69–76 Cedevita 99–46 76–77 93–68 90–58 83–71 104–75 95–77 Cibona 90–69 70–90 78–67 88–72 84–73 96–62 107–62 Zadar 77–63 68–54 70–60 89–60 79–74 98–64 64–71 Kvarner 97–66 75–87 71–88 86–85 81–85 88–68 80–74 Šibenik 77–67 59–104 71–61 61–73 74–77 72–63 91–97 Zabok 71–61 53–95 61–81 56–80 90–84 78–91 62–71 Zagreb 75–63 91–92 74–75 79–88 85–72 84–89 91–88 Source: Scoresway.com

Relegation and Promotion Rounds Relegation Round Teams "carried" the results of the matches played between them from the regular season. # Team Pts Pld W L PF PA Diff 1 Jolly JBŠ 26 16 10 6 1297 1221 +76 2 Gorica 24 16 8 8 1377 1381 -4 3 Ribola Kaštela 24 16 8 8 1307 1382 -75 4 Vrijednosnice Osijek 23 16 7 9 1256 1284 -28 5 Split 23 16 7 9 1240 1209 +31 Relegation/Promotion Play off Home \ Away JOL VRO KŠT GOR SPL Jolly 94–65 75–81 87–91 72–66 Vrijednosnice Osijek 84–72 71–75 85–98 84–77 Ribola Kaštela 84–111 777–75 97–92 74–83 Gorica 93–87 84–86 87–79 77–83 Split 66–77 78–72 88–67 99–66 Promotion Round # Team Pts Pld W L PF PA Diff 1 Škrljevo 14 8 6 2 692 574 +118 2 Hermes Analitica 14 8 6 2 724 661 +63 3 Podravac 12 8 4 4 627 642 -15 4 Jazine 12 8 4 4 680 637 +43 5 Požega 8 8 0 8 540 749 -209 Promotion Relegation/Promotion Play off Home \ Away HER JAZ POD POŽ ŠKR Hermes Analitica 99–87 100–89 108–77 80–82 KK Jazine 91–100 70–76 85–64 82–76 KK Podravac 72–76 80–78 89–58 68–78 KK Požega 88–101 63–103 65–78 62–85 KK Škrljevo 75–60 79–84 117–75 100–63 Relegation/Promotion Play-off Relegation league 5th-placed team faces the 2nd-placed Promotion league side in a two-legged play-off. The winner on aggregate score after both matches will earn a spot in the 2015–16 A-1 League. Hermes Analitica vs. Split May 19 18:45 Hermes Analitica 90–103 Split Scoring by quarter: 22-29, 17-31, 32-17, 19-26 Sportska dvorana KGTŠ, Zagreb May 23 18:30 Split 91–79 Hermes Analitica Scoring by quarter: 28-20, 20-21, 15-19, 28-19 Arena Gripe, Split Split retained its A-1 League status. Playoffs Bracket Semifinals Finals             1 Cedevita 2 4 Zagreb 0 1 Cedevita 3 2 Cibona 1 2 Cibona 2 3 Zadar 0 External links Official Site Scoresway Page Eurobasket.com League Page