2013–14 A-1 League

{{Infobox basketball league season

| updated = 13 September 2014

| prevseason = 2012–13

| nextseason = 2014–15

| title = A-1 League

| image =

| caption =

| season = 2013–14

| champions = Cedevita
1st title

| runners_up = Cibona

| semifinalists = Zadar
Jolly JBŠ

| promoted = Ribola Kaštela
Gorica

| relegated = Križevci (withdrew)

| teams = 10 +3

| games = 31

| duration = October 11, 2013 – June 10, 2014

| TV = SportKlub

| top_seed = Cedevita

| MVP =

| finals_MVP =

| top_scorer = {{flagicon|CRO|size=20px}} Dario Šarić (Cibona) | ppg = 19.3

| rebounds_leader = {{flagicon|CRO|size=20px}} Dario Šarić (Cibona) | rpg = 9.6

| assists_leader = {{flagicon|USA|size=20px}} Jerel Blassingame (Cibona) | apg = 6.2

| highest_scoring =

| winning_streak =

| losing_streak =

| biggest_home_win =

| biggest_away_win =

| highest_attendance =

| lowest_attendance =

| average_attendance =

}}

The 2013–14 A-1 League ({{langx|hr|A-1 liga 2013./14.}}) was the 23rd season of the A-1 League, the highest professional basketball league in Croatia.

The first half of the season consisted of 10 teams and 90-game regular season. For second half of the season clubs was divided into two groups. Championship group consisted of 3 teams from ABA League and the best 5 teams from first half of the season. Relegation group consisted of bottom 5 teams from first half of the season.

For the first time in the history of the club, Cedevita were crowned the Croatian league title champions against Cibona with a 3–0 win in the final series.

Teams and venues

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!rowspan=1| !!colspan=1|Teams !!rowspan=1| Team !!rowspan=1| City !!rowspan=1|Venue (Capacity)

rowspan=11| Regular season teamsalign=center rowspan=11| 10
| AlkarSinjŠportska dvorana Sinj (1,500)
| Slavonski BrodSlavonski BrodSportska dvorana Vijuš (2,200)
| Jolly Jadranska banka ŠibenikŠibenikSportska dvorana Baldekin (1,500)
| KriževciKriževciŠŠD OŠ Ljudevita Modeca (1,600)
| Kvarner 2010RijekaDvorana Dinko Lukarić (1,100)
| SplitSplitArena Gripe (6,000)
| ŠibenikŠibenikSportska dvorana Baldekin (1,500)
| Vrijednosnice OS DardaDardaSportska dvorana Darda (600)
| ZabokZabokŠportska dvorana Bedekovčina (2,500)
| ZagrebZagrebŠportska dvorana Trnsko (2,500)
rowspan=5| Teams already qualified for Championship Roundalign=center rowspan=4| 3
| CedevitaZagrebDom Sportova (3,100)
| CibonaZagrebDražen Petrović Basketball Hall (5,400)
| ZadarZadarKrešimir Ćosić Hall (8,500)

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{{location map+ |Croatia|float=left |height=300 |width=500 |caption=Location of teams in the A-1 League 2013–14 |places=

{{Location map~ |Croatia|lat=43.7 |long=16.63 |label={{Nowrap|Alkar}}|position=right}}

{{Location map~ |Croatia|lat=44.11 |long=15.23 |label={{Nowrap|Zadar}}|position=bottom}}

{{Location map~ |Croatia|lat=45.8 |long=15.96 |label=Zagreb }}

{{location map~ |Croatia|lat=43.73 |long=15.92 |label={{Nowrap|Jolly JBŠ}} |position=top }}

{{location map~ |Croatia|lat=43.73 |long=15.92 |label={{Nowrap|Šibenik}} |position=bottom}}

{{location map~ |Croatia|lat=46.03 |long=16.53 |label={{Nowrap|Križevci}} |position=right}}

{{location map~ |Croatia|lat=45.32 |long=14.42 |label={{Nowrap|Kvarner 2010}} |position=right}}

{{location map~ |Croatia|lat=43.5 |long=16.43 |label={{Nowrap|Split}} |position=right }}

{{location map~ |Croatia|lat=45.17 |long=18.02 |label={{Nowrap|Slavonski Brod}} |position=left}}

{{location map~ |Croatia|lat=45.63 |long=18.69 |label={{Nowrap|VROS Darda}} |position=left}}

{{location map~ |Croatia|lat=46.03 |long=15.92 |label={{Nowrap|Zabok}} |position=top }}

{{Location map~|Yugoslavia|mark=TransparentPlaceholder.png|lat=46.88|long=22.6 |label=Zagreb clubs:|position=left }}

{{Location map~|Yugoslavia|mark=TransparentPlaceholder.png|lat=46.68 |long=22.45 |label={{Nowrap|Cibona}}|position=left }}

{{Location map~|Yugoslavia|mark=TransparentPlaceholder.png|lat=46.48 |long=22.6 |label={{Nowrap|Cedevita}}|position=left }}

{{Location map~|Yugoslavia|mark=TransparentPlaceholder.png|lat=46.28 |long=22.45 |label={{Nowrap|Zagreb}}|position=left }}

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Regular season

class="wikitable"
width=10px bgcolor=B0EE90|Clinched Champions league berth

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width=20| #

!width=220|Team

!width=20|Pts

!width=20|Pld

!width=20|W

!width=20|L

!width=30|PF

!width=30|PA

!width=30|Diff

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|1

align="left"|Zagreb311813514791344135
bgcolor=B0EE90

|2

align="left"|Šibenik30181261465141649
bgcolor=B0EE90

|3

align="left"|Kvarner 2010301812613821264118
bgcolor=B0EE90

|4

align="left"|Alkar301812614301309121
bgcolor=B0EE90

|5

align="left"|Jolly JBŠ29181171399132277
6align="left"|Zabok291811714401294146
7align="left"|Split27189914651536-71
8align="left"|VROS Darda221841413021421-119
9align="left"|Križevci221841413701610-240
10align="left"|Slavonski Brod201821612871502-216

Source: [https://web.archive.org/web/20180614011808/http://www.scoresway.com/?sport=basketball&page=competition&id=21 Scoresway.com]

Championship Round

class="wikitable"
width=10px bgcolor=B0EE90|Clinched Playoffs berth

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align=center
width=20| #

!width=220|Team

!width=20|Pts

!width=20|Pld

!width=20|W

!width=20|L

!width=20|PF

!width=20|PA

!width=20|Diff

bgcolor=B0EE90

|1

align="left"|Cedevita271413112521014+238
bgcolor=B0EE90

|2

align="left"|Cibona261412212191025+194
bgcolor=B0EE90

|3

align="left"|Zadar241410411681024+144
bgcolor=B0EE90

|4

align="left"|Jolly JBŠ19145910101091-81
5align="left"|Alkar19145910191130-111
6align="left"|Zagreb181441011061205-99
7align="left"|Kvarner 201018144109621098-136
8align="left"|Šibenik17143119831132-149

Relegation and Promotion Rounds

=Relegation Round=

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width=10px bgcolor=FFEFD5|Relegation/Promotion Play off

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width=20| #

!width=220|Team

!width=20|Pts

!width=20|Pld

!width=20|W

!width=20|L

!width=20|PF

!width=20|PA

!width=20|Diff

1align="left"|Zabok281612413531143+210
2align="left"|Split25169713381331+7
3align="left"|PF Križevci24168812611343-82
4align="left"|VROS Darda23167912551246+9
bgcolor=FFEFD5

|5

align="left"|Slavonski Brod201641212031347-144

=Promotion Round=

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width=10px bgcolor=B0EE90|Promotion
width=10px bgcolor=FFEFD5|Relegation/Promotion Play off

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align=center
width=20| #

!width=220|Team

!width=20|Pts

!width=20|Pld

!width=20|W

!width=20|L

!width=20|PF

!width=20|PA

!width=20|Diff

bgcolor=B0EE90

|1

align="left"|Ribola Kaštela (Q)15871+113
bgcolor=FFEFD5

|2

align="left"|Gorica14862+93
3align="left"|Škrljevo13853+27
4align="left"|Grafičar Ludbreg9817-99
5align="left"|Borovo8817-136

=Relegation/Promotion play-off=

Relegation league 5th-placed team faces the 2nd-placed Promotion league side in a two-legged play-off. The winner on aggregate score after both matches will earn a spot in the 2014–15 A-1 League.

==[[KK Gorica|Gorica]] vs. [[KK Slavonski Brod|Slavonski Brod]]==

{{Basketballbox

| bg = #eee

| date = May 17

| time = 17:00

| report = [http://crosarka.com/utakmica?id=873 Report]

| teamA = Gorica

| scoreA = 76

| scoreB= 75

| teamB = Slavonski Brod

| overtime =

| Q1 = 11:21

| Q2 = 23:21

| Q3 = 22:19

| Q4 = 20:14

| points1 = Bundović 20

| points2 = Karlović 20

| place = Dvorana srednjih škola, Velika Gorica

| attendance =

| referee =

| series =

}}

{{Basketballbox

| bg =

| date = May 20

| time = 18:00

| report = [http://crosarka.com/hrvatska-muska-kosarka/slavonski-brod-ostao-prvoligas-117970 Report]

| teamA = Slavonski Brod

| scoreA = 75

| teamB = Gorica

| scoreB = 58

| overtime =

| Q1 = 13:18

| Q2 = 21:9

| Q3 = 15:13

| Q4 = 26:18

| points1 = Ćosić 23

| points2 = Primorac 18

| place = Sportska dvorana Vijuš, Slavonski Brod

| attendance =

| referee =

| series =

}}

Slavonski Brod retained its A-1 League status.

Playoffs

=Bracket=

{{4TeamBracket

| RD1=Semifinals

| RD2=Finals

| seed-width=15

| score-width=15

| team-width=115

| RD1-seed1=1

| RD1-team1=Cedevita

| RD1-score1=2

| RD1-seed2=4

| RD1-team2=Jolly JBŠ

| RD1-score2=0

| RD1-seed3=2

| RD1-team3=Cibona

| RD1-score3=2

| RD1-seed4=3

| RD1-team4=Zadar

| RD1-score4=0

| RD2-seed1=1

| RD2-team1=Cedevita

| RD2-score1=3

| RD2-seed2=2

| RD2-team2=Cibona

| RD2-score2=0

}}

=Semifinals=

The semifinals are best-of-3 series.

==[[KK Cedevita|Cedevita]] vs. [[KK Jolly Jadranska Banka|Jolly JBŠ]]==

{{Basketballbox

| bg = #eee

| date = May 24

| time = 18:45 CEST

| report = [http://crosarka.com/hrvatska-muska-kosarka/a1-liga/cedevita-pobijedila-jolly-u-prvoj-utakmici-poluzavrsnice-doigravanja-118016 Report]

| teamA = Cedevita

| scoreA = 77

| scoreB= 53

| teamB = Jolly JBŠ

| overtime =

| Q1 = 22:17

| Q2 = 20:4

| Q3 = 15:11

| Q4 = 20:21

| points1 = Bilan, Nurkić 15

| points2 = Katura 15

| place = Dom Sportova, Zagreb

| attendance =

| referee =

| series = 1–0

}}

{{Basketballbox

| bg =

| date = May 27

| time = 20:30 CEST

| report = [http://crosarka.com/hrvatska-muska-kosarka/a1-liga/cedevita-prvi-finalist-118036 Report]

| teamA = Jolly JBŠ

| scoreA = 54

| teamB = Cedevita

| scoreB = 75

| overtime =

| Q1 = 16:17

| Q2 = 15:22

| Q3 = 8:11

| Q4 = 15:25

| points1 = Smith 12

| points2 = Nurkić 15

| place = Sportska dvorana Baldekin, Šibenik

| attendance =

| referee =

| series = 2–0

}}

==[[KK Cibona|Cibona]] vs. [[KK Zadar|Zadar]]==

{{Basketballbox

| bg = #eee

| date = May 25

| time = 20:30 CEST

| report = [http://www.zadarskilist.hr/clanci/26052014/cibona-povela-uz-pomoc-sudaca Report]

| teamA = Cibona

| scoreA = 87

| scoreB = 81

| teamB = Zadar

| overtime =

| Q1 = 25:15

| Q2 = 18:22

| Q3 = 22:15

| Q4 = 22:29

| points1 = Planinić 23

| points2 = Lyons 19

| place = Dražen Petrović Basketball Hall, Zagreb

| attendance = 800

| referee = Dubravko Muhvić, Sreten Radović, Davor Stojić

| series = 1–0

}}

{{Basketballbox

| bg =

| date = May 28

| time = 20:30 CEST

| report = [http://www.zadarskilist.hr/clanci/29052014/cibona-poslije-drame-otisla-u-finale Report]

| teamA = Zadar

| scoreA = 86

| scoreB = 90

| teamB = Cibona

| overtime =

| Q1 = 24:14

| Q2 = 22:31

| Q3 = 26:27

| Q4 = 14:18

| points1 = Lyons 18

| points2 = Šarić 28

| place = Krešimir Ćosić Hall, Zadar

| attendance = 4,500

| referee = Siniša Herceg, Tomislav Vovk, Josip Radojković

| series = 2–0

}}

=Finals=

The semifinals are best-of-5 series.

==[[KK Cedevita|Cedevita]] vs. [[KK Cibona|Cibona]]==

{{Basketballbox

| bg = #eee

| date = June 03

| time = 20:00 CEST

| report = [http://crosarka.com/hrvatska-muska-kosarka/a1-liga/cedevita-povela-u-finalu-118088 Report]

| teamA = Cedevita

| scoreA = 84

| scoreB= 76

| teamB = Cibona

| overtime =

| Q1 = 26:13

| Q2 = 24:18

| Q3 = 15:29

| Q4 = 19:16

| points1 = Smith 17

| points2 = Šarić 24

| place = Dom Sportova, Zagreb

| attendance =

| referee =

| series = 1–0

}}

{{Basketballbox

| bg =

| date = June 07

| time = 20:00 CEST

| report = [http://crosarka.com/hrvatska-muska-kosarka/a1-liga/cedeviti-i-drugi-finalni-ogled-118221 Report]

| teamA = Cibona

| scoreA = 61

| teamB = Cedevita

| scoreB = 69

| overtime =

| Q1 = 14:15

| Q2 = 18:22

| Q3 = 19:13

| Q4 = 10:19

| points1 = Šarić 17

| points2 = Smith 19

| place = Dražen Petrović Basketball Hall, Zagreb

| attendance =

| referee =

| series = 2–0

}}

{{Basketballbox

| bg = #eee

| date = June 03

| time = 20:00 CEST

| report = [http://crosarka.com/hrvatska-muska-kosarka/a1-liga/cedevita-po-prvi-puta-prvak-hrvatske-118242 Report]

| teamA = Cedevita

| scoreA = 87

| scoreB= 76

| teamB = Cibona

| overtime =

| Q1 = 28:24

| Q2 = 18:14

| Q3 = 20:17

| Q4 = 21:21

| points1 = Suton 23

| points2 = Šarić and Blassingame 18

| place = Dom Sportova, Zagreb

| attendance =

| referee =

| series = Cedevita wins series 3–0

}}

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2014 A-1 League
align=center| Cedevita Zagreb
1st title