Telemach League
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| Country |
 Slovenia
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| Confederation | FIBA Europe |
| Founded | 1991 |
| First season | 1991–92 |
| Number of teams | 10 |
| Level on pyramid | 1 |
| Relegation to | 2. SKL |
| Domestic cup(s) | Slovenian Cup |
| Supercup | Slovenian Supercup |
| International cup(s) |
Basketball Champions League FIBA Europe Cup |
| Current champions | Olimpija (16th title) |
| Most championships | Olimpija (16 titles) |
| TV partners |
RTV Slovenija Šport TV |
| Website | www |
 2016–17 Slovenian Basketball League
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The Premier A Slovenian Basketball League (Slovene: 1. Slovenska Košarkarska Liga), abbreviated as 1. SKL and known as the Liga Nova KBM due to sponsorship reasons , is the top-level professional men's basketball league in Slovenia. The league, operated by the Basketball Federation of Slovenia, consists of 10 clubs. The most successful team is Olimpija with 16 titles.
The league was founded in 1991, shortly after Slovenia gained its independence from SFR Yugoslavia. Before the independence, the Slovenian Republic League was played as a second or third level of the Yugoslav basketball. Olimpija, Ljubljana, Slovan, ŽKK Maribor, Lesonit, and Branik Maribor were the only Slovenian teams that played in the Yugoslav First Federal Basketball League.
Since 1991, the league has been named after sponsors on several occasions, giving it the following names:
The league is conducted in two phases.
In the first phase, 10 teams compete in a home-and-away round-robin series (22 games total).
All teams advance from the regular season to one of two postseason stages, depending on their league position.
The top six teams from the regular season advance to the championship phase. These teams start the second phase from scratch, with no results carrying over from the regular season. Each team plays a total of 10 games in this phase; as in the regular season, a home-and-away round-robin is used.
The top four teams at the end of this stage advance to the semifinals, conducted as a best-of-three playoff. The semifinal winners advance to the best-of-five championship finals, with the winners being crowned league champion.
The bottom six teams play a home-and-away round-robin series with one another; these teams' results from the regular season carry over to the playouts. At the end of the playout phase, the bottom finisher is automatically relegated to the second level of the Slovenian league system, the 2. SKL. That team is replaced in the following season's league by the 2. SKL champion. The second-from-bottom finisher enters a home-and-away round-robin mini-league with the second- and third-place teams from the second league, with the team finishing on top of the mini-league taking up a place in the next year's 1. A SKL.
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