2015–16 First Women's Basketball League of Serbia

The 2015–16 First Women's Basketball League of Serbia is the 10th season of the First Women's Basketball League of Serbia, the highest professional basketball league in Serbia. It is also 72nd national championship played by Serbian clubs inclusive of nation's previous incarnations as Yugoslavia and Serbia & Montenegro.

2015–16 First Women's Basketball League of Serbia
LeagueFirst League of Serbia
SportBasketball
Duration10 October 2015 – 16 April 2016
Number of games139
Number of teams12
Total attendance2520 (in Play Off)
2015–16
Season championsRadivoj Korać (3rd title)
Season MVPSerbia Sanja Mandić
Top scorerMontenegro Jelena Nikpaljević
Serbian First League seasons

The first half of the season consists of 12 teams and 132-game regular season (22 games for each of the 12 teams).

Partizan is left the competition and moved in lower rank, and therefore stayed Bor in the league.

Team information

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TeamCityArenaCapacity
BorBorSC Bor4.000
Crvena zvezdaBelgradeBasket city Hall1.600
KraljevoKraljevoKraljevo Sports Hall3.350
Novosadska ŽKANovi SadSPC Vojvodina - big hall11.500
Radivoj KoraćBelgradeSport EKO Hall
SC Šumice
1.000
2.000
Radnički KragujevacKragujevacHall Gordana Goca Bogojević600
Spartak SuboticaSuboticaSport Palace Subotica3.500
Student NišNišDušan Radović School Hall1.000
Vojvodina NSNovi SadSPC Vojvodina - small hall1.030
Vrbas MedelaVrbasCFK Vrbas2.500
Vršac SwisslionVršacMillennium Center5.000
Šumadija KragujevacKragujevacHall Gordana Goca Bogojević600
Teams from Adriatic League

Regular season

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The League of the season was played with 12 teams and play a dual circuit system, each with each one game at home and away. The four best teams at the end of the regular season were placed in the Play Off. The regular season began on 10 October 2015 and it will end on 10 March 2016.

Standings

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PosTeamPldWLPFPAPDPtsQualification or relegation
1Radivoj Korać2222017391181+55844Qualified for Play Off
2Crvena zvezda2217516681289+37939
3Vrbas Medela2215716911434+25737
4Vršac Swisslion2214815281389+13936
5Kraljevo2214815071332+17536
6Student Niš22111114711506−3533
7Spartak Subotica22111113201310+1033
8Novosadska ŽKA2281413991537−13830
9Vojvodina NS2271517431894−15129
10Šumadija Kragujevac2271514081518−11029
11Radnički Kragujevac2261615101628−11828Relegated to Second League
12Bor2202210041970−96621[a]
Source: [citation needed]
Notes:
  1. ^ 1 point deducted

Results

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Home \ AwayBORCZVKRANŽKARAKRKGSPASTUVOJVRBVRŠŠKG
Bor32–9436–10745–8544–8257–7939–9463–9472–12861–10346–7462–81
Crvena zvezda114–3171–5264–5246–5881–6289–5978–4792–6969–5565–5778–53
Kraljevo80–3759–6987–4851–7668–5649–5475–4998–7366–6162–5475–55
Novosadska ŽKA84–4548–7157–6046–7268–6571–5556–7399–9759–7166–6067–77
Radivoj Korać103–2683–8277–5479–4271–6166–4784–50124–3586–7586–7462–51
Radnički Kragujevac85–4961–8067–6071–6055–8747–5884–6390–10566–6169–7169–83
Spartak Subotica20–078–6549–6464–4352–7669–5661–5396–7960–6565–6674–60
Student Niš89–5173–6951–5483–7349–6979–7169–5080–6670–7874–6757–47
Vojvodina NIS95–5966–9774–8074–7970–83119–8564–8192–7564–8368–8678–75
Vrbas Medela113–6972–7482–6891–6854–7779–7465–4374–53106–7780–4873–43
Vršac Swisslion90–3964–5270–6167–6057–6474–5665–4176–7778–7085–7465–57
Šumadija Kragujevac76–4158–6866–7766–6860–7486–8159–5068–6376–8054–7657–80
Source: [citation needed]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Play Off

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Play Off is played according to the cup system. Champion is received after the final was played. In the semifinals was played on 2 wins, in the Final at 3 wins. Play Off is played from 26 March 2015. to 16 April 2015.

Semifinals

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Game 1
27 March 2016
17:00
Radivoj Korać66–53Vršac Swisslion
Scoring by quarter: 15:18, 12:18, 20:8, 19:9
Pts: Bučevac 16
Rebs: Bučevac 8
Asts: three players 2
Pts: Ćorda 20
Rebs: M. Mandić 10
Asts: Ćorda, Radović 4
1:0
SC Šumice, Belgrade
Attendance: 220
Referees: Ivanović, Arsić, Vlahović

26 March 2016
19:00
Crvena zvezda74–71 (OT)Vrbas Medela
Scoring by quarter: 18:18, 14:16, 25:24, 8:7, Overtime: 9:6
Pts: Zec 27
Rebs: Bojović 9
Asts: Zec, Čolić 6
Pts: Jovović 22
Rebs: Zalar, Mijatović 10
Asts: Džombeta 10
1:0
Basket city Hall, Belgrade
Attendance: 150
Referees: Smiljanić, Grujić, Marković
Game 2
30 March 2016
18:00
Vršac Swisslion65–91Radivoj Korać
Scoring by quarter: 12:31, 23:15, 11:20, 19:25
Pts: M. Mandić 25
Rebs: Janković 10
Asts: M. Mandić 4
Pts: S. Mandić 23
Rebs: Vasović 10
Asts: S. Mandić, L. Vučković 5
0:2
Millennium Center, Vršac
Attendance: Pavlica, Savić, Živković
Referees: 300

31 March 2016
19:30
Vrbas Medela58–68Crvena zvezda
Scoring by quarter: 14:17, 13:17, 22:15, 9:19
Pts: Mijatović 20
Rebs: Mijatović 10
Asts: Cukić 5
Pts: Zec 18
Rebs: Đorđević 11
Asts: Čolić 4
0:2
CFK Drago Jovović, Vrbas
Attendance: 650
Referees: Juras, Ivanović, Virijević

Final

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Game 1
9 April 2016
21:00
Radivoj Korać84–59Crvena zvezda
Scoring by quarter: 23:20, 27:12, 22:9, 12:18
Pts: Pašić 21
Rebs: Bučevac 6
Asts: S. Mandić, L. Vučković 7
Pts: Čolić 13
Rebs: Đorđević 7
Asts: I. Katanić 3
1:0
SC Šumice, Belgrade
Attendance: 500
Referees: Juras, Arsić, Đorđević
Game 2
13 April 2016
19:30
Crvena zvezda51–62Radivoj Korać
Scoring by quarter: 11:20, 18:12, 14:10, 8:20
Pts: Zec 18
Rebs: Đorđević 7
Asts: Čolić 13
Pts: S. Mandić 23
Rebs: Erak 14
Asts: S. Mandić 4
0:2
Basket City Hall, Belgrade
Attendance: 200
Referees: Ivanović, Virijević, Pavlica
Game 3
16 April 2016
18:00
Radivoj Korać73–63Crvena zvezda
Scoring by quarter: 14:11, 25:22, 13:16, 21:14
Pts: Pašić 21
Rebs: Pašić 9
Asts: S. Mandić 9
Pts: Čolić 21
Rebs: Đorđević 10
Asts: Čolić 4
3:0
SC Šumice, Belgrade
Attendance: 500
Referees: Juras, Ivanović, Virijević

Bracket

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SemifinalsFinal
      
1Radivoj Korać2
4Vršac Swisslion0
1Radivoj Korać3
2Crvena zvezda0
2Crvena zvezda2
3Vrbas Medela0

Awards

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1st Team

2nd Team

Honorable Mention

References

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