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