Basketball Championship of Bosnia and Herzegovina

Premijer liga BiH

Current season, competition or edition: 2015–16 Basketball Championship of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Sport	Basketball
Founded	1992
CEO	Miro Gugić
No. of teams	14
Country	Bosnia and Herzegovina
Most recent champion(s)	KK Igokea Laktaši (4th title)
Most titles	Široki WWin (9 titles)
Official website	basket.ba

The Basketball championship of Bosnia and Herzegovina is the top basketball competition in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

The league is composed of 14 teams, each playing against the other eleven two times, home and away. After this portion concludes, the top six clubs are joined by the country's two representatives in the Adriatic League, KK Igokea and HKK Široki,^[1] and enter "League 8". The best of these four teams go to the playoffs, and in the final best-of-five series, the Bosnian champion is crowned. The eight teams who do not make the playoffs go on to compete in the "relegation league," where a team's object becomes maintaining its standing and ability to play in the competition the following year. The women's league has ten clubs and operates in a similar way, with the top four teams joined by Željezničar and KK Jablanica in the final "League Six." Meanwhile, the six teams not in playoff contention play to avoid relegation.

Both leagues are operated by the Basketball Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina. At the end of the season in both leagues, the winners of two smaller league entities are invited to enter the next competition, while the bottom two teams (those that lost in relegation play) lose their places.

Champions

Prior to 1998, there were three separate leagues in Bosnia-Herzegovina, divided by ethnicity. Since then, there has been a unified league and a single champion each year.

Season	Men's champion	Women's champion
Champions of Bosnia-Herzegovina	1993–1994	KK Sloboda Dita	ŽKK Jedinstvo Rudhem
1994–1995	KK Zenica Metalno	KK Cenex Sarajevo
1995–1996	KK Sloboda Dita	ŽKK Jedinstvo Aida
1996–1997	HKK Eronet Brotnjo	ŽKK Jedinstvo BH Telecom
1997–1998	HKK Široki Brijeg	ŽKK SAB Željezničar Sarajevo
1998–1999	KK Bosna Sarajevo	ŽKK Željezničar New Time
1999–2000	KK Borac Nektar	ŽKK Port Mladi Krajišnik
2000–2001	KK Igokea Aleksandrovac	ŽKK Razvojna banka
2001–2002	HKK Feal Široki	ŽKK Željezničar Feal
2002–2003	HKK Feal Široki	ŽKK Željezničar Sarajevo
2003–2004	HKK Široki Hercegtisak	ŽKK Željezničar Sarajevo
2004–2005	KK Bosna ASA BH Telecom	ŽKK Željezničar Sarajevo
2005–2006	KK Bosna ASA BH Telecom	ŽKK Željezničar Sarajevo
2006–2007	HKK Široki HT Eronet	ŽKK Željezničar Sarajevo
2007–2008	KK Bosna ASA BH Telecom	ŽKK Željezničar Sarajevo
2008–2009	HKK Široki Prima pivo	ŽKK Željezničar Sarajevo
2009–2010	HKK Široki TT Kabeli	ŽKK Željezničar Sarajevo
2010–2011	HKK Široki TT Kabeli	ŽKK Željezničar Sarajevo
2011–2012	HKK Široki WWin	ŽKK Čelik
2012–2013	KK Igokea Laktaši	ŽKK Mladi Krajišnik
2013–2014	KK Igokea Laktaši	ŽKK Čelik
2014–2015	KK Igokea Laktaši	ŽKK Čelik

Club / men	Winners	Winning Years
HKK Široki	9	1998, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012
KK Bosna	4	1999, 2005, 2006, 2008
KK Igokea	4	2001, 2013, 2014, 2015
KK Sloboda Tuzla	2	1994, 1996
KK Borac Banja Luka	1	2000
KK Čelik	1	1995
HKK Brotnjo	1	1997

Club / women	Winners	Winning Years
ŽKK Željezničar Sarajevo	12	1998, 1999, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011
ŽKK Čelik	3	2012, 2014, 2015
ŽKK Jedinstvo Tuzla	3	1994, 1996, 1997
ŽKK Mladi Krajišnik	3	2000, 2001, 2013
KK Cenex Sarajevo	1	1995

Champions of regional leagues

Season	Men's champion	Women's champion
KSBiH league champions	1993–1994	Sloboda Dita Tuzla	Jedinstvo Rudhem Tuzla
1994–1995	Zenica Metalno	Cenex Sarajevo
1995–1996	Sloboda Dita Tuzla	Jedinstvo Rudhem Tuzla
1996–1997	Sloboda Dita Tuzla	Jedinstvo Rudhem Tuzla
1997–1998	Bosna Sarajevo	SAB Željezničar Sarajevo
1998–1999	Sloboda Dita Tuzla	Željezničar New Time Sarajevo
1999–2000	Sloboda Dita Tuzla	Željezničar New Time Sarajevo
2000–2001	Sloboda Dita Tuzla	Željezničar Sarajevo
2001–2002	Sloboda Dita Tuzla	Željezničar Feal Sarajevo

This league was organized by the Basketball Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, and it was recognized by FIBA until joint playoffs in 1998.

Season	Men's champion	Women's champion
League of Republika Srpska champions	1993–1994	Borac Nektar Banja Luka	not held
1994–1995	Borac Nektar Banja Luka	not held
1995–1996	Borac Nektar Banja Luka	not held
1996–1997	Borac Nektar Banja Luka	not held
1997–1998	Borac Nektar Banja Luka	not held
1998–1999	Borac Nektar Banja Luka	not held
1999–2000	Igokea Aleksandrovac	Port Mladi Krajišnik Banja Luka
2000–2001	Igokea Aleksandrovac	RB Mladi Krajišnik Banja Luka
2001–2002	Borac Nektar Banja Luka	Bijeljina

Season	Men's champion	Women's champion
League of Herzeg-Bosnia champions	1993–1994	Čapljina Lasta	?
1994–1995	?	?
1995–1996	?	?
1996–1997	Eronet Brotnjo Čitluk	?
1997–1998	Široki Brijeg	?
1998–1999	Eronet Brotnjo Čitluk	?
1999–2000	Eronet Brotnjo Čitluk	Sirela Mljekara Livno
2000–2001	Široki Brijeg	Županjac Tomislavgrad
2001–2002	Široki Brijeg	Županjac Tomislavgrad

Individual Awards

Most Valuable Player Season Player Team RPG 2011–12 Marko Jagodić Čapljina Lasta 30,6

Top Scorer Season Player Team PPG 2011–12 Marko Jagodić Čapljina Lasta 20,7

See also

• Basketball Cup of Bosnia and Herzegovina
• A1 Liga (Bosnia and Herzegovina)

Notes

1. The leagues in Serbia and Slovenia also operate in a similar multi-stage system, with Serbia's Adriatic League representatives and Slovenia's Euroleague representative exempt from the first stage.