2012–13 A-1 League Explained

The 2012–13 A-1 League (hr|A-1 liga 2012./13.) was the 22nd season of the A-1 League, the highest professional basketball league in Croatia.The first half of the season consists of 10 teams and 100-game regular season (10 games for each of the 10 teams) begins on Saturday, October 6, 2012 and ended on Sunday, March 17, 2012. For second half of the season clubs will be divided into two groups. Championship group will consists of 4 teams from ABA League and the best 4 teams from first half of the season. Relegation group will consist of bottom 6 teams from first half of the season.

Teams and venues

• Relegated to A-2 Liga
  • Sonik Puntamika (14th)
• Promoted from A-2 Liga
  • Osječki sokol (Champion)

	Teams	Team	City	Venue (Capacity)
Regular season teams	align=center rowspan=11	10
				Športska dvorana Sinj (1,500)
				Športska dvorana Gospino polje (2,500)
				Sportska dvorana Vijuš (2,200)
				Sportska dvorana Baldekin (1,500)
				ŠŠD OŠ Ljudevita Modeca (1,600)
				Dvorana Dinko Lukarić (1,100)
				Sportska dvorana Jug 2 (1,250)
				Sportska dvorana Darda (600)
				Športska dvorana Bedekovčina (2,500)
				Športska dvorana Trnsko (2,500)
Teams already qualified for Championship Round	align=center rowspan=5	4
				Dom Sportova (3,100)
				Dražen Petrović Basketball Hall (5,400)
				Arena Gripe (6,000)
				Krešimir Ćosić Hall (8,500)

Regular season

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Clinched Champions league berth

width=20		width=220	Team	width=20	Pts	width=20	Pld	width=20	W	width=20	L	width=30	PF	width=30	PA
1	Zagreb	32	18	14	4	1480	1350
2	Kvarner 2010	31	18	13	5	1379	1218
3	Alkar	30	18	12	6	1405	1334
4	Jolly JBŠ	30	18	12	6	1525	1413
5	Vrijednosnice OS Darda	28	18	10	8	1326	1288
6	Đuro Đaković	28	18	10	8	1366	1358
7	Zabok	25	18	7	11	1371	1337
8	Križevci	24	18	6	12	1304	1440
9	Osječki sokol	23	18	5	13	1371	1505
10	Dubrovnik	19	18	1	17	1248	1532

Championship Round

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Clinched Playoffs berth

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
1	Cibona	26	14	12	2	1186	1060	+126
2	Zadar	25	14	11	3	1175	1072	+103
3	Cedevita	25	14	11	3	1239	997	+242
4	Jolly JBŠ	21	14	7	7	1003	1032	-29
5	Kvarner 2010	21	14	7	7	988	1073	-85
6	Split	19	14	5	9	999	1055	-56
7	Zagreb	16	14	2	12	1102	1195	-93
8	Alkar	15	14	1	13	1015	1223	-208

Relegation and Promotion Rounds

Relegation Round

width=10px bgcolor=FFEFD5		Relegation/Promotion Play off
width=10px bgcolor=FFCCCC		Relegated

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
1	Đuro Đaković	34	20	14	6	1533	1421	+112
2	VROS Darda	33	20	13	7	1510	1414	+96
3	Zabok	31	20	11	9	1625	1504	+121
4	Osječki sokol	30	20	10	10	1559	1593	-34
5	Križevci (R/P PO)	29	20	9	11	1532	1586	-54
6	Dubrovnik (R)	23	20	3	17	1453	1694	-241

Promotion Round

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

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
1	Šibenik (P)	16	8	8	0	763	606	+157
2	Škrljevo (R/P PO)	13	8	5	3	708	664	+44
3	Belišće	11	8	3	5	593	623	-30
4	Hermes Analitica	11	8	3	5	636	670	-34
5	Čakovec	9	8	1	7	560	709	-149

Relegation/Promotion play-off

Relegation league 5th-placed team Križevci faces the 2nd-placed Promotion league side Škrljevo in a two-legged play-off. The winner on aggregate score after both matches will earn a spot in the 2013–14 A-1 League.

Škrljevo vs. Križevci

Križevci retained its A-1 League status.

Playoffs

Semifinals

The semifinals are best-of-3 series.

Zadar vs. Cedevita

Finals

The finals are best-of-5 series.

Cibona vs. Zadar

External links

• Official Site
• Scoresway Page
• Eurobasket.com League Page