2015–16 A-1 League

The 2015–16 A-1 League (Croatian: A-1 liga 2015./16.) was the 25th season of the A-1 League, the highest professional basketball league in Croatia.

A-1 League
Season	2015–16
Duration	October 3, 2015 – June 3, 2016
Teams	11 + 3
TV partner(s)	HRT
Regular season
Top seed	Cedevita
Promoted	Hermes Analitica
Relegated	Ribola Kaštela
Finals
Champions	Cedevita
Runners-up	Cibona
Semifinalists	Kvarner Zadar
Statistical leaders
Points James Florence (Cibona) 18.7 Rebounds Kristijan Krajina (Šibenik) 10.4 Assists Teo Petani (Šibenik) 7.0
← 2014–15 2016–17 → All statistics correct as of 26 March 2016.

The first half of the season consists of 11 teams and 110-game regular season. For second half of the season clubs will be divided into two groups. Championship group will consist of 3 teams from ABA League and the best 5 teams from first half of the season. Relegation group will consist of bottom 6 teams from first half of the season.

Teams and venues

• Promoted from A-2 Liga
  • Škrljevo (Champion)

	Teams	Team	City	Venue (Capacity)
Regular season teams	11
		Alkar	Sinj	Športska dvorana Sinj (1,500)
		Gorica	Velika Gorica	Gradska sportska dvorana Velika Gorica (300)
		Jolly Jadranska banka Šibenik	Šibenik	Sportska dvorana Baldekin (1,500)
		Kvarner 2010	Rijeka	Dvorana Dinko Lukarić (1,100)
		Ribola Kaštela	Kaštela	Školska sportska dvorana Kaštel Sućurac (1,600)
		Split	Split	Arena Gripe (6,000)
		Škrljevo	Čavle	Dvorana Mavrinci (720)
		Šibenik	Šibenik	Sportska 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 (8,500)

Alkar

Zadar

Zagreb

Jolly JBŠ

Šibenik

Gorica

Kaštela

Kvarner 2010

Split

Škrljevo

Vrijednosnice

Zabok

Zagreb clubs:

Cibona

Cedevita

Zagreb

Location of teams in the A-1 League 2013–14

Regular season

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Zagreb	20	17	3	1717	1460	+257	37	Championship round
2	Kvarner 2010	20	14	6	1652	1564	+88	34
3	Split	20	13	7	1569	1492	+77	33
4	Šibenik	20	11	9	1548	1570	−22	31
5	Gorica	20	10	10	1605	1580	+25	30
6	Škrljevo	20	10	10	1573	1585	−12	30	Relegation round
7	Zabok	20	9	11	1401	1405	−4	29
8	Jolly JBŠ	20	8	12	1499	1532	−33	28
9	Alkar	20	8	12	1458	1537	−79	28
10	Vrijednosnice Osijek	20	7	13	1424	1490	−66	27
11	Ribola Kaštela	20	3	17	1488	1719	−231	23

Source: Crosarka.com and Scoresway.com

Results

Home \ Away	ALK	GOR	JOL	KVA	KŠT	SPL	ŠKR	ŠIB	VRO	ZAB	ZAG
ALK		64–67	70–65	74–88	75–73	78–62	63–59	68–70	77–68	69–61	79–92
GOR	95–74		93–84	70–94	98–66	78–80	85–79	93–84	107–103	78–71	82–75
JOL	85–78	78–70		70–66	72–82	67–69	77–66	74–79	65–61	83–64	77–84
KVA	104–87	81–77	78–67		97–69	91–93	89–95	73–69	88–74	76–83	69–99
KŠT	86–88	72–99	83–73	81–91		77–84	72–74	63–69	89–80	61–83	64–92
SPL	81–67	86–61	97–79	73–75	96–83		70–77	97–79	69–61	85–69	74–59
ŠKR	93–81	78–74	94–96	89–92	86–78	75–63		85–68	84–77	87–68	71–92
ŠIB	72–60	87–81	70–83	76–80	106–82	79–77	90–79		70–65	80–62	82–89
VRO	69–63	59–67	81–77	62–68	82–76	70–64	80–67	90–66		58–54	64–67
ZAB	79–66	79–66	60–58	64–74	70–53	77–79	72–63	79–71	71–50		69–74
ZAG	68–77	85–73	87–69	92–84	104–78	89–67	98–72	96–76	101–70	74–69

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Source: Scoresway.com

Championship round

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification		CED	CIB	ZD	KVA	ZAG	SPL	GOR	ŠIB
1	Cedevita	14	13	1	1330	978	+352	27	Clinched Playoffs berth			83–77	109–70	107–60	116–79	109–83	100–56	104–53
2	Cibona	14	11	3	1239	1072	+167	25			81–76		76–65	89–88	107–88	78–79	78–65	99–66
3	Zadar	14	8	6	1132	1062	+70	22			57–67	83–82		81–66	104–87	90–49	68–70	108–69
4	Kvarner	14	7	7	1119	1139	−20	21			85–97	73–89	86–67		89–76	47–69	88–78	84–77
5	Zagreb	14	7	7	1117	1180	−63	21			64–85	95–101	75–68	83–79		75–72	91–71	82–68
6	Split	14	5	9	1012	1070	−58	19			58–67	69–96	78–90	73–79	68–50		75–56	78–65
7	Gorica	14	4	10	1043	1182	−139	18			91–96	71–94	79–86	80–91	66–82	78–77		99–91
8	Šibenik	14	1	13	1007	1316	−309	15			64–114	71–92	69–95	73–104	86–90	90–84	65–83

Source: Scoresway.com

Relegation and promotion rounds

Relegation round

Teams "carried" the results of the matches played between them from the regular season.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification or relegation		ALK	ZAB	VRO	JOL	ŠKR	KŠT
1	Alkar	20	12	8	1450	1438	+12	32				70–55	85–59	75–68	73–75	81–79
2	Zabok	20	11	9	1397	1317	+80	31			58–65		66–59	75–79	92–88	89–46
3	Vrijednosnice Osijek	20	11	9	1399	1433	−34	31			61–49	65–58		81–67	80–69	87–78
4	Jolly JBŠ	20	11	9	1476	1454	+22	31			27–10	51–62	73–66		82–73	73–64
5	Škrljevo	20	10	10	1585	1562	+23	30	Relegation/Promotion Play off		78–74	91–73	97–63	81–85		90–85
6	Ribola Kaštela	20	5	15	1504	1607	−103	25	Relegated		91–104	55–87	68–72	94–71	91–70

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Promotion round

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Promotion or qualification		HER	JAZ	STO	BOR	MEĐ
1	Hermes Analitica	8	8	0	782	614	+168	16	Promotion			84–78	98–71	103–73	105–76
2	Jazine	8	5	3	637	594	+43	13	Promotion/relegation play off		74–79		82–74	95–74	85–64
3	Stoja	8	3	5	625	633	−8	11			78–93	64–55		68–76	94–60
4	Borovo	8	3	5	639	726	−87	11			68–111	76–87	80–102		101–81
5	Međimurje	8	1	7	624	740	−116	9			96–109	79–81	89–74	79–91

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Relegation/Promotion play-off

Relegation league 5th-placed team Škrljevo faces the 2nd-placed Promotion league side Jazine in a two-legged play-off. The winner on aggregate score after both matches will earn a spot in the 2016–17 A-1 League.

Škrljevo vs. Jazine

May 18 2016 19:30

Boxscore

Škrljevo	90–83	Jazine
Scoring by quarter: 18:21, 23:24, 26:15, 23:23
Pts: Kus 26		Pts: three players 16

Dvorana Mavrinci, Čavle Attendance: - Referees: -

May 22 2016 20:00 CEST

Boxscore

Jazine	75–78	Škrljevo
Scoring by quarter: 25:15, 12:25, 22:19, 16:19
Pts: Mrva 17		Pts: Kus 20

Krešimir Ćosić Hall, Zadar Attendance: Alfred Jovović (Velika Gorica) Zlatko Galiot (Zagreb) Alan Blašković (Križevci)

Škrljevo retained its A-1 League status

Playoffs

Bracket

	Semifinals					Finals
	1	Cedevita	2
	4	Kvarner	0
						1	Cedevita	3
						2	Cibona	0
	2	Cibona	2
	3	Zadar	1

Semifinals

The semifinals are best-of-3 series.

Cedevita vs. Kvarner

May 18 2016 19:00 CEST

Boxscore

Cedevita	115–59	Kvarner
Scoring by quarter: 29:13, 33:18, 27:13, 26:15
Pts: Bilan 23 Rebs: Mazalin, Žorić 7 Asts: three players 5		Pts: Veljačić 16 Rebs: Marić 5 Asts: Marinelli 5
1-0

Dom Sportova, Zagreb Attendance: 275 Referees: Alfred Jovović (Velika Gorica) Luka Kardum (Šibenik) Josip Jurčević (Split)

May 22 2016 17:00 CEST

Boxscore

Kvarner	64–83	Cedevita
Scoring by quarter: 20:24, 19:20, 20:21, 5:18
Pts: Marić 21 Rebs: Marić 11 Asts: Marinelli 4		Pts: Pullen, Žorić 12 Rebs: Babić 7 Asts: Gordić, Pullen 2
2-0

Dvorana Zamet, Rijeka Attendance: 100 Referees: Roko Hordov (Zadar) Damir Palavra (Zagreb) Martin Vulić (Zadar)

Cibona vs. Zadar

May 18 2016 17:00 CEST

Boxscore

Cibona	104–79	Zadar
Scoring by quarter: 30:21, 22:16, 29:20, 23:22
Pts: Florence 19 Rebs: Žižić 12 Asts: Šiško 6		Pts: Barać 17 Rebs: Barać 8 Asts: Delaš 5
1-0

Dražen Petrović Basketball Hall, Zagreb Attendance: 750 Referees: Siniša Herceg (Zabok) Josip Radojković (Split) Tomislav Vovk (Slavonski Brod)

May 21 2016 20:00 CEST

Boxscore

Zadar	73–70	Cibona
Scoring by quarter: 21:19, 21:12, 17:14, 14:25
Pts: Bašić 20 Rebs: three players 7 Asts: Bašić 3		Pts: Barać 19 Rebs: Rozić, Žižić 9 Asts: Krušlin 4
1-1

Krešimir Ćosić Hall, Zadar Referees: Sreten Radović (Dubrovnik) Srđan Dožai (Zagreb) Nikola Perlić (Velika Gorica)

May 25 2016 20:00 CEST

Boxscore

Cibona	80–71	Zadar
Scoring by quarter: 18:15, 25:12, 16:21, 21:23
Pts: Florence 27 Rebs: Žižić 13 Asts: Krušlin, Šiško 4		Pts: Kraljević 20 Rebs: Ramljak 8 Asts: Bašić 5
2-1

Dražen Petrović Basketball Hall, Zagreb Attendance: 3500 Referees: Sreten Radović (Dubrovnik) Srđan Dožai (Zagreb) Siniša Herceg (Zabok)

Finals

The semifinals are best-of-5 series.

Cedevita vs. Cibona

May 29 2016 20:00 CEST

Boxscore

Cedevita	87–76	Cibona
Scoring by quarter: 19:19, 20:24, 20:16, 28:17
Pts: Babić 20 Rebs: Babić 10 Asts: Gordić 9		Pts: Krušlin, Žožić 13 Rebs: Žižić, Ante Toni Žižić 6 Asts: Florence 6
1-0

Dom Sportova, Zagreb Attendance: 1700 Referees: Sreten Radović (Dubrovnik) Srđan Dožai (Zagreb) Josip Radojković (Split)

May 31 2016 20:50 CEST

Boxscore

Cibona	83–97	Cedevita
Scoring by quarter: 25:32, 16:25, 19:24, 23:16
Pts: Sirišćević 25 Rebs: Slavica 10 Asts: Krušlin 7		Pts: White 19 Rebs: White 6 Asts: Babić 6
2-0

Dražen Petrović Basketball Hall, Zagreb Attendance: 2000 Referees: Siniša Herceg (Zabok) Roko Hordov (Zadar) Alfred Jovović (Velika Gorica)

June 3 2016 20:00 CEST

Boxscore

Cedevita	84–77	Cibona
Scoring by quarter: 30:22, 22:20, 19:19, 13:16
Pts: Bilan 20 Rebs: Bilan, Babić 12 Asts: Babić 5		Pts: Siriščević 22 Rebs: Gospić 8 Asts: Florence 6
3-0

Dom Sportova, Zagreb Attendance: 2000 Referees: Sreten Radović (Dubrovnik) Srđan Dožai (Zagreb) Roko Hordov (Zadar)

Stats leaders

MVP of the Round

Championship round Round Player Team Efficiency 1 Luka Žorić Cedevita 35 2 Ante Toni Žižić Cibona 55 3 Fran Pilepić Cedevita 35 4 Petar Marić Kvarner 29 5 James Florence Cibona 39 6 Miro Bilan Cedevita 32 7 Ante Toni Žižić (2) Cibona 34 8 Boris Barać Zadar 27 9 Ante Toni Žižić (3) Cibona 36 10 Ante Delaš Zadar 30 11 Paolo Marinelli Kvarner 31 12 James Florence (2) Cibona 37 13 Ante Toni Žižić (4) Cibona 52 14 Jakov Vladović Zagreb 39

Play off Round Player Team Efficiency 1 Miro Bilan (2) Cedevita 33 2 Petar Marić (2) Kvarner 28 3 Filip Kraljević Zadar 25 4 Luka Babić Cedevita 25 5 James White Cedevita 31 6 Miro Bilan (3) Cedevita 27

External links

• Official Site
• Scoresway Page
• Eurobasket.com League Page