Basketball Championship of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Current season, competition or edition: 2016–17 Basketball Championship of Bosnia and Herzegovina
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| Sport | Basketball |
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| Founded | 1992 |
| CEO | Miro Gugić |
| No. of teams | 14 |
| Country |  Bosnia and Herzegovina |
| Most recent champion(s) |
KK Igokea Laktaši (5th title) |
| Most titles |
Široki WWin (9 titles) |
| Official website | basket.ba |
The Basketball championship of Bosnia and Herzegovina is the top tier basketball competition in Bosnia and Herzegovina for men and women, respectively. Both leagues are operated by the Basketball Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina. At the end of the season in both leagues, the winners in the second tier leagues are invited to enter the competition, while the bottom two teams (those that lost in relegation play-outs) lose their places.
The leagues in Serbia and Slovenia also operate in a similar multi-stage system, with Serbia's Adriatic League representatives and Slovenia's Euroleague representative exempt from the first stage.
The Basketball championship of Bosnia and Herzegovina is the top tier basketball competition in Bosnia and Herzegovina for men.
The league is composed of 14 teams, each playing against the other eleven two times, home and away. After this portion concludes, the top six clubs are joined by the country's representatives in the Adriatic League, and enter "League 8". The best of these four teams go to the playoffs, and in the final best-of-five series, the Bosnian champion is crowned.
The eight teams who do not make the playoffs go on to compete in the "relegation league," where a team's object becomes maintaining its standing and ability to play in the competition the following year.
The women's league has ten clubs and operates in a similar way, in the final "League Six". Meanwhile, the teams not in playoff race play to avoid relegation.
Prior to 1998, there were three separate leagues in Bosnia-Herzegovina, divided by ethnicity. Since then, there has been a unified league and a single champion each year.
Champions of Bosnia-Herzegovina
The A1 Liga is a second tier of men's basketball competition in Bosnia and Herzegovina that sits below the Basketball Championship of Bosnia and Herzegovina (Prvenstvo Bosne i Hercegovine), composed of three regional divisions: A1 liga Bosne i Hercegovine (Division I per eurobasket.com), A1 liga Herceg-Bosne (Division II per eurobasket.com), and 1. Muška Liga Republike Srpske (1. ML RS for short).
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