First Men's Basketball League

First Men's Basketball League

Founded	2017
First season	2017–18
Country	Croatia
Confederation	FIBA Europe
Level on pyramid	2nd
Promotion to	Premijer liga
Website	hks-cbf.hr

First Men's League (Croatian: Prva muška liga) is a second-tier professional men's basketball league in Croatia. The league was founded in 2017 replacing the former A2 Basketball League.^[1]

League champions are automatically promoted to Premijer Liga, while runners-up enter a promotion playoff against the next-to-last placed team from Premijer Liga.

History

Season	Teams	Champions	Runners-up
2017–18	12	KK Gorica (Velika Gorica)	KK Bosco (Zagreb)
2018–19	12	KK Puntamika (Zadar)	KK Dubrava (Zagreb)
2019–20	Season canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
2020–21	12	KK Cedevita Junior (Zagreb)	KK Dinamo (Zagreb)
2021–22	12	KK Dinamo (Zagreb)	KK Bosco (Zagreb)
2022–23	12	KK Dubrovnik (Dubrovnik)	KK Kaštela (Kaštel Sućurac)
2023–24	14	KK Kvarner 2010 (Rijeka)	KK Vrijednosnice (Osijek)

Current teams

The following is the list of 14 clubs for the 2024–25 season, scheduled to start in October 2024.^[2]

• KK Bosco
• KK Crikvenica
• KK Škrljevo
• KK Đakovo
• KK Gorica
• KK Hermes Analitica
• KK Jazine
• KK Marsonia
• HAKK Mladost
• KK Omiš
• KK Kaštela
• KK Samobor
• KK Puntamika
• KK Zagreb

References

1. "Goran Gunjević: Prva liga će biti poprilično zahtjevna | Crosarka.com". Crosarka.com - Nezavisni hrvatski košarkaški portal. 2017-10-03. Retrieved 2020-11-29.
2. "Prva muška liga: Ždrijeb za sezonu 2024/25". Croatian Basketball Federation (in Croatian). 22 August 2024. Retrieved 1 September 2024.

External links

• Official website