2020–21 Second Men's League of Serbia (basketball)

The 2020–21 Second Men's League of Serbia will be the 15th season of the Second Basketball League of Serbia, the 2nd-tier men's professional basketball league in Serbia.

Second League of Serbia
Season2020–21
Teams16
Dates3 October 2020 – March 2021
Records
Winning streakSlodes
(8 games)
Losing streakVrbas
(14 games)
2021–22 →
All statistics correct as of June 26, 2020.

The season is the first to be played after the previous season was abandoned due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Serbia. The Basketball Federation of Serbia ruled that the 11 teams from the previous season will stay in the league and the highest-placed clubs from four divisions of the First Regional League will be promoted, while the three highest-placed clubs from the previous season will be promoted to the First League.

Teams

A total of 16 teams participated in the 2020–21 Second Men's League of Serbia, divided into two geographical groups with 8 clubs.[1]

Promotion and relegation
Teams promoted to the First League (1st-tier)
Teams relegated from the First League (1st-tier)
Teams promoted from the First Regional League (3rd-tier)
Teams relegated to the First Regional League (3rd-tier)
Other actions

In August 2020, Zemun withdraw from the 2020–21 season and got regelated to the First Regional League while Spartak failed to fulfill requirements for the Second League and got regelated to the 4th-tier Second Regional League. To fulfill the remaining spots, the Basketball Federation of Serbia gave two wildcards to Borac Zemun and Star.[4]

Venues and locations

Location of teams in the 2020–21 season
Team[5] City Arena Capacity
Beovuk 72 Belgrade SC Šumice 2,000
Bor RTB Bor USC Bor 3,000
Borac Zemun Belgrade Pinki Hall 2,000
Fair Play Niš Dušan Radović School Hall N/A
Klik Arilje Arilje Sports Hall N/A
Konstantin Niš Čair Sports Center 4,000
Mladost SP Smederevska Palanka Vuk Karadžić School Hall 500
Napredak Junior Kruševac Kruševac Sports Hall 2,500
Proleter Naftagas Zrenjanin Crystal Hall 3,000
Radnički Belgrade Radnički SD Hall N/A
Slodes Belgrade Slodes Hall 2,000
Star Novi Sad SPC Vojvodina 1,030
Sveti Đorđe Žitište Nikola Tesla School Hall N/A
Vrbas Vrbas CFK Drago Jovović 2,500
Zdravlje Leskovac SRC Dubočica 3,600
Železničar Čačak Borac Hall 4,000

Head coaches
Team Head coach Coaching changes
Beovuk 72 Nikola Stanić —
Bor RTB Miloš Nejkov Dejan Aleksić (until Aug 2020)
Borac Zemun Vedran Popović —
Fair Play Vladan Glavinić Saša Jović (until Aug 2020)
Klik Miljan Marjanović —
Konstantin Dušan Radović Marko Cvetković (until Nov 2020)
Mladost SP Zlatan Rakić Milovan Bogojević (until Aug 2020)
Napredak Junior Ljubiša Damjanović Vladimir Mišković (until Aug 2020)
Proleter Naftagas Stefan Atanacković —
Radnički Nebojša Knežević Goran Vučković (until Aug 2020)
Slodes Marko Boras —
Sveti Đorđe Nenad Vignjević —
Star Dimitrije Živković —
Vrbas Petar Bodrožić Bojan Marković (until Aug 2020)
Zdravlje Lazar Spasić —
Železničar Aleksandar Bjelić Branko Jorović (until Jul 2020)

Regular season

Group North
Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Slodes 14 12 2 1236 1051 +185 26 Qualification to Playoff
2 Proleter Naftagas 14 9 5 1081 984 +97 23[lower-alpha 1]
3 Beovuk 72 14 9 5 1109 1061 +48 23[lower-alpha 1]
4 Borac 14 8 6 1176 1162 +14 22
5 Star 14 6 8 1086 1112 −26 20[lower-alpha 2] Qualification to Playout
6 Radnički 14 6 8 1164 1115 +49 20[lower-alpha 2]
7 Sveti Đorđe 14 6 8 1037 1086 −49 20[lower-alpha 2]
8 Vrbas 14 0 14 912 1230 −318 14
Source: SrbijaSport, KSS Report
Notes:
  1. Proleter Naftagas 151–141 Beovuk 72
  2. Star 3–1, Radnički 2–2, Sveti Đorđe 1–3

Group South
Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Zdravlje 14 9 5 1110 1035 +75 23[lower-alpha 1] Qualification to Playoff
2 Klik 14 9 5 1109 1063 +46 23[lower-alpha 1]
3 Železničar 14 8 6 1003 1041 −38 22[lower-alpha 2]
4 Fair Play 14 8 6 1147 1113 +34 22[lower-alpha 2]
5 Konstantin 14 8 6 1050 989 +61 22[lower-alpha 2] Qualification to Playout
6 Napredak Junior 14 7 7 1010 976 +34 21
7 Mladost SP 14 5 9 1097 1108 −11 19
8 Bor RTB 14 2 12 916 1117 −201 16
Source: SrbijaSport, KSS Report
Notes:
  1. Zdravlje 167–162 Klik
  2. Železničar 3–1, Fair Play 2–2, Konstantin 1–3

Post-season

Playoff
Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Slodes 6 5 1 504 445 +59 11 Qualification to First League
2 Zdravlje 6 4 2 498 463 +35 10
3 Klik 6 3 3 495 487 +8 9
4 Fair Play 6 3 3 502 479 +23 9
5 Beovuk 72 6 3 3 436 450 −14 9
6 Proleter Naftagas 6 2 4 477 459 +18 8
7 Borac 6 2 4 437 500 −63 8
8 Železničar 6 2 4 421 487 −66 8
Updated to match(es) played on 4 February 2020. Source: KSS

Playout
Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Star 6 5 1 466 428 +38 11
2 Radnički 6 4 2 527 419 +108 10
3 Napredak Junior 6 4 2 428 406 +22 10
4 Konstantin 6 3 3 450 402 +48 9
5 Mladost SP 6 3 3 451 454 −3 9 Relegation to Regional Leagues
6 Sveti Đorđe 6 3 3 437 458 −21 9
7 Bor RTB 6 2 4 408 475 −67 8
8 Vrbas 6 0 6 365 490 −125 6
Updated to match(es) played on 4 February 2020. Source: KSS

See also

References
  1. "Odluka o sprovođenju takmičenja u sezoni 2020-21" (PDF). lige.kss.rs. Retrieved 26 June 2020.
  2. "ОДЛУКЕ о утврђивању пласмана у кошаркашким такмичењима КСС услед прекида и окончања такмичења у такмичарској сезони 2019/2020" (PDF). lige.kss.rs. Retrieved 4 June 2020.
  3. "NEMA KOŠARKAŠKE SUPERLIGE NI SLEDEĆE GODINE! Evo kako ćemo dobiti šampiona Srbije". sport.blic.rs. Retrieved 5 June 2020.
  4. "Ogluke upravnog odbora KSS od 8.9.2020" (PDF). lige.kss.rs. Retrieved 11 September 2020.
  5. "ПОЧЕТНЕ ТАБЕЛЕ ЗИМСКИХ СЕНИОРСКИХ ЛИГА КССТАКМИЧАРСКА СЕЗОНА 2020/2021" (PDF). lige.kss.rs. Retrieved 11 September 2020.
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