First Men's Basketball League
{{Short description|2nd-tier men's professional basketball league}}
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|country = Croatia
|confed = FIBA Europe
|founded = 2017
|first = 2017–18
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|promotion = Premijer liga
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|levels = 2nd
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|website = {{URL|https://www.hks-cbf.hr/prva-muska-liga/|hks-cbf.hr}}
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First Men's League ({{langx|hr|Prva muška liga}}) is a second-tier professional men's basketball league in Croatia. The league was founded in 2017 replacing the former A2 Basketball League.{{Cite web|date=2017-10-03|title=Goran Gunjević: Prva liga će biti poprilično zahtjevna {{!}} Crosarka.com|url=https://crosarka.com/goran-gunjevic-prva-liga-ce-biti-poprilicno-zahtjevna/|access-date=2020-11-29|website=Crosarka.com - Nezavisni hrvatski košarkaški portal}}
League champions are automatically promoted to Premijer Liga, while runners-up enter a promotion playoff against the next-to-last placed team from Premijer Liga.
History
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!Season ! width="50" |Teams ! width="200" |Champions ! width="200" |Runners-up |
| 2017–18
|12 |KK Gorica (Velika Gorica) |KK Bosco (Zagreb) |
| 2018–19
|12 |KK Puntamika (Zadar) |KK Dubrava (Zagreb) |
| 2019–20
| colspan=3 align=center|Season canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. |
| 2020–21
|12 |KK Cedevita Junior (Zagreb) |KK Dinamo (Zagreb) |
| 2021–22
|12 |KK Dinamo (Zagreb) |KK Bosco (Zagreb) |
| 2022–23
|12 |KK Dubrovnik (Dubrovnik) |KK Kaštela (Kaštel Sućurac) |
| 2023–24
|14 |KK Kvarner 2010 (Rijeka) |KK Vrijednosnice (Osijek) |
Current teams
The following is the list of 14 clubs for the 2024–25 season, scheduled to start in October 2024.{{Cite web|url=https://www.hks-cbf.hr/prva-muska-liga/2024/prva-muska-liga-zdrijeb-za-sezonu-2024-25/|title=Prva muška liga: Ždrijeb za sezonu 2024/25|accessdate=1 September 2024|date=22 August 2024|work= Croatian Basketball Federation|language=Croatian}}
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- {{Official|https://www.hks-cbf.hr/prva-muska-liga/}}
{{Basketball in Croatia}}
{{Men's professional basketball leagues}}
Category:Basketball leagues in Croatia
Category:Professional sports leagues in Croatia
Category:Second-level basketball leagues in Europe
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