2012–13 BIBL season

In the fifth season of the Balkan International Basketball League, twelve participants from the Republic of Macedonia, Bulgaria, Serbia, Montenegro, Israel, Croatia and the new represented country Greece has competed.

2012–13 BIBL
Season	2012–13
Teams	10
Final positions
Champions	Hapoel Gilboa Galil
Runners-up	Levski Sofia
← 2011–12 2013–14 →

Teams

Country	Teams	Teams
Bulgaria	2	Levski Sofia	Rilski Sportist
Macedonia	2	Kumanovo	Kozuv
Montenegro	2	KK Teodo	Mornar
Croatia	1	Đuro Đaković
Greece	1	Kavala
Israel	1	Hapoel Gilboa Galil
Serbia	1	OKK Beograd

Format

First round

In the first round the teams were divided into two groups, each containing five teams. Each team played every other team in its group at home and away. The three teams that finished at the top of their group advanced to second round (or Group C). The teams that finished fourth and fifth in their group advanced to another group (or Group D).

The opening game has been played on October 16, 2012 and the last match day was played on January 15, 2013.

Second round

The six teams, qualified for group C, kept the results between them from the first stage and played with the three teams from the other group home and away games. The first four teams in the final standing in group C qualified for the Final Four.

The four teams, qualified for group D, also kept the results between them from the first stage and played with the two teams from the other group home and away games.

The first game was played on January 22, 2013 and the last match day was played on April 3, 2013.

Final four

The four remaining teams played a semifinal match and the winners of those advanced to the final. The losers played in a third-place playoff. The dates of the Final Four were April 19 and 21, 2013.

First round

Group A

Team Pld W L PF PA Diff Pts 1. Hapoel Gilboa Galil 8 6 2 626 526 +100 14 2. Levski Sofia 8 5 3 669 610 +59 13 3. Kumanovo 8 4 4 590 642 −52 12 4. Đuro Đaković 8 4 4 589 617 −28 12 5. Mornar 8 1 7 560 639 −79 9

ĐĐ GG KUM LEV MOR Đuro Đaković 69–101 84–77 82–71 85–79 Hapoel Gilboa Galil 66–59 81–61 72–70 81–57 Kumanovo 83–67 74–66 87–80 71–69 Levski Sofia 77–73 87–79 103–66 92–67 Mornar 63–70 49–80 92–71 84–89

Group B

Team Pld W L PF PA Diff Pts 1. Rilski Sportist 8 5 3 700 604 +96 13 2. Teodo 8 5 3 635 617 +18 13 3. Kavala 8 4 4 630 679 −49 12 4. Kozuv 8 4 4 596 624 −28 12 5. OKK Beograd 8 2 6 617 654 −37 10

KAV KOZ OKK RS TEO Kavala 87–77 81–76 81–79 89–85 Kozuv 79–74 82–77 76–99 84–71 OKK Beograd 85–76 66–74 83–82 74–75 Rilski Sportist 100–71 75–56 104–86 87–67 Teodo 98–71 75–68 80–70 84–74

Second round

Group C

Team Pld W L PF PA Diff Pts 1. Levski Sofia 10 8 2 841 735 +106 18 2. Hapoel Gilboa Galil 10 6 4 847 783 +64 16 3. Rilski Sportist 10 5 5 840 838 +2 15 4. Kumanovo 10 5 5 824 891 −67 15 5. Kavala 10 4 6 798 849 −51 14 6. Teodo 10 2 8 830 884 −54 12

GG KAV KUM LEV RS TEO Hapoel Gilboa Galil 73–78 81–61 72–70 84–85 102–92 Kavala 75–94 95–62 73–77 81–79 89–85 Kumanovo 74–66 94–92 87–80 114–117 96–90 Levski Sofia 87–79 88–73 103–66 84–62 90–82 Rilski Sportist 79–104 100–71 88–75 69–74 87–67 Teodo 82–92 98–71 79–95 72–88 84–74

Group D

Team Pld W L PF PA Diff Pts 7. Kozuv 6 5 1 473 428 +45 11 8. Đuro Đaković 6 3 3 456 465 −9 9 9. Mornar 6 3 3 479 487 −8 9 10. OKK Beograd 6 1 5 481 509 −28 7

ĐĐ KOZ MOR OKK Đuro Đaković 72–89 85–79 68–69 Kozuv 75–62 72–64 82–77 Mornar 63–70 87–81 102–96 OKK Beograd 90−99 66–74 83–84

Final four

	Semifinals April 19				Final April 21
	Arena Samokov − Samokov
	Hapoel Gilboa Galil	85
					Arena Samokov − Samokov
	Kumanovo	76
					Hapoel Gilboa Galil	87
	Arena Samokov − Samokov
					Levski Sofia	79
	Levski Sofia	83
	Rilski Sportist	74
					Third place April 21
					Arena Samokov − Samokov
					Kumanovo	77
					Rilski Sportist	85

External links

• BIBL official webpage
• Balkan League standings and livescores