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2021–22 Slovenian Basketball League
The 2021–22 Slovenian Basketball League, also known as Liga Nova KBM due to sponsorship reasons, was the 31st season of the Premier A Slovenian Basketball League. Format Regular season In the first phase, ten teams compete in a home-and-away round-robin series (18 games total). Teams advanced from the regular season to one of two postseason stages, depending on their league position. Second phase The top five teams from the regular season advanced to the championship phase. Cedevita Olimpija Košarkarski klub Cedevita Olimpija (), commonly referred to as KK Cedevita Olimpija or simply Olimpija, is a men's professional basketball club based in Ljubljana, Slovenia. The club competes in the ABA League and the Premier A Slovenian Bask ... start their competition from this 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-awa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2022–23 Slovenian Basketball League
The 2022–23 Slovenian Basketball League, also known as Liga Nova KBM due to sponsorship reasons, is the 32nd season of the Premier A Slovenian Basketball League. Format Regular season In the first phase, ten teams compete in a home-and-away round-robin series (18 games total). Teams advanced from the regular season to one of two postseason stages, depending on their league position. Second phase The top five teams from the regular season advanced to the championship phase. Cedevita Olimpija start their competition from this 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 last five teams enter a home-and-away round-robin playout-league where two best teams qualify to quarterfinals. Playoffs Eight teams join the playoffs. Teams LTH Castings was promoted and Triglav Kranj was relegated Ven ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ljubljana
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Laško
Laško (; ) is a spa town in eastern Slovenia. It is the seat of the Municipality of Laško. The area is part of the traditional region of Lower Styria, Styria. The municipality is now included in the Savinja Statistical Region. The town is located at the foothills of Mount Hum (Laško), Hum Hill on the Savinja, Savinja River. It was first mentioned in written documents dating to 1227 and was granted town privileges in 1927. It is known to have been settled since the Iron Age and Ancient Rome, Roman Artifact (archaeology), archaeological finds are common in the area, though the precise location of the Roman settlement is not known. Today the town is best known for its annual Festival of Beer & Flowers (''Pivo - Cvetje'') and the local Laško Brewery, the largest brewery in the country. In 2010, Laško was heavily affected by 2010 Slovenia floods, flooding. The town's coat of arms depicts three white Fleur-de-lis, fleurs-de-lis on a blue field. Name Laško was attested in written so ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kranj
Kranj (, ) is the List of cities and towns in Slovenia, fourth-largest city in Slovenia and the largest urban center of the traditional region of Upper Carniola (northwestern Slovenia) and the Slovene Alps. It is located approximately northwest of the national capital Ljubljana, acting as the seat of the City Municipality of Kranj. Geography The nucleus of the city is a well-preserved medieval old town, built at the confluence of the Kokra and Sava rivers. The city is served by the Kranj railway station on the route from Ljubljana to Munich, Germany (via Jesenice, Jesenice, Jesenice and Villach, Austria) and a highway. Slovenia's national airport, Ljubljana Jože Pučnik Airport (in Brnik Airport, Brnik) is also very close to Kranj, considerably more so than to its nominal client, Ljubljana. In Kranj, the Kokra cuts deeply into the conglomerate, forming a canyon deep. Kosorep, on the northern outskirts of Kranj, is a picturesque site along the river. Parts of the canyon can be r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Podčetrtek
Podčetrtek ( or ; ) is a settlement in eastern Slovenia by the river Sotla. It is the seat of the Municipality of Podčetrtek. The area belongs to the traditional region of Styria. It is now included in the Savinja Statistical Region. Name The castle in Podčetrtek was mentioned in written sources in 1209 as ''de Landesperc'' (and as ''de Lonsperch'' in 1213, ''de Landesperch'' in 1227, and ''ze Lantsperch'' in 1328, among other names). The name appears on a 1763–87 map in both German and Slovene as ''Landsberg Windisch Pod Tschetertkom''. The name implies that the castle above the settlement was once called ''*Četrtek'' (literally, 'Thursday'). The motivation for the name is unknown. It may refer to the day that court sentences were handed down, to a market day, to a day of corvée, or to the day when the settlement was founded. In the past the German name of the settlement was ''Windisch Landsberg''. Castle Most of the current structure of the castle dates to the early 17th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Šentjur
Šentjur ( or ; ) is a town in eastern Slovenia. It is the seat, and largest settlement, of the Municipality of Šentjur. The town lies on the Voglajna River east southeast of Celje. The settlement, and the entire municipality, are included in the Savinja Statistical Region, which is in the Slovenian portion of the historical Duchy of Styria. Name The name of the settlement was changed from ''Sveti Jurij pri Celju'' (literally, 'Saint George near Celje') to ''Šentjur pri Celju'' in 1952. The town was renamed again from ''Šentjur pri Celju'' to ''Šentjur'' in 1990. Church The parish church, which the settlement gets its name from, is dedicated to Saint George (, colloquially ''šent Jur(ij)'') and belongs to the Roman Catholic Diocese of Celje The Diocese of Celje (; ) is a Latin Church diocese of the Catholic Church located in the city of Celje in the ecclesiastical province of Maribor in Slovenia. History * April 7, 2006: Established as Diocese of Celje from the Dioces ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rogaška Slatina
Rogaška Slatina (; ''Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru,'' vol. 4: ''Štajersko''. 1904. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna, p. 248.) is a town in eastern Slovenia. It is the largest settlement in, and the seat of, the Municipality of Rogaška Slatina. It is known for its curative mineral water, spa, and crystal glass. Name The name ''Rogaška Slatina'' literally means 'Rogatec springs', referring to a source of mineral water. The springs were dubbed ''Roitschocrene'' 'Rogatec springs' (< Greek κρήνη ''crene'' 'spring') in 1687 by Johann Benedikt Gründel. The settlement was known as ''Rohitsch-Sauerbrunn'' or ''Sauerbrunn Curort'' in German (and in older sources also ''Roitscher Sauerbrunn''). Older sources also contain the Slovene names ''Slatina Zdravišče'' and ''Slatina Rogačka''. History [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tivoli Hall
Tivoli Hall () is a complex of two multi-purpose indoor sports arenas in the Tivoli City Park in Ljubljana, the capital of Slovenia. The complex was opened in 1965. The larger, ice hockey arena has a seating capacity of 6,800 people and is the home of HK Olimpija ice hockey club. During the EuroBasket 2013, the capacity was adjusted to 5,600.EuroBasket2013.org Tivoli Hall Capacity: 5,600. The smaller hall has a capacity for 4,500 spectators and is the secondary home venue of the basketball team |
Novo Mesto
Novo Mesto (; ; also known by #Name, alternative names) is the List of cities and towns in Slovenia, seventh-largest city of Slovenia. It is the economic and cultural centre of the traditional region of Lower Carniola (southeastern Slovenia) and the seat of the City Municipality of Novo Mesto. It lies on a bend of the Krka (Sava), Krka River, close to the border with Croatia. Name Novo Mesto was attested in historical sources in 1365 as ''Růdolfswerde'' (and as ''Rudolfswerd'' in 1392 and ''Noua Mesta'' in 1419). The German name (spelled ''Rudolfswerth'' in the modern era) is a compound of the personal name ''Rudolf'' and ''wert'' 'island, peninsula, land above the water', and refers to Rudolf IV, Duke of Austria, who conferred town rights upon the settlement in 1365. The parallel German name ''Neustadtl'' was also in use (attested as ''Newestat'' in 1365, and probably a translation of the Slovene name). The name used for the settlement before 1365 is unknown. The Slovene name ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Polzela
Polzela () is a settlement in Slovenia. It is the seat of the Municipality of Polzela. It lies on the left bank of the Savinja River extending into the Ložnica Hills () to the north. The area is part of the traditional region of Lower Styria, Styria. It is now included in the Savinja Statistical Region. Buildings On a hill in the centre of the settlement is Komenda Castle, a 13th-century castle used in later centuries by the Knights Hospitaller and greatly rebuilt in the 19th century. A marble lion found at the castle and the Hospitallers' Maltese cross appear in the municipal coat of arms. A Baroque architecture, Late Baroque mansion dating to the late 18th century known as Šenek Mansion with a chapel dedicated to Saint Florian and its surrounding park to the northeast of the settlement is one of the municipality's major landmarks. The parish church in the settlement is dedicated to Margaret the Virgin, Saint Margaret () and belongs to the Roman Catholic Diocese of Celje. It w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Šenčur
Šenčur (; in older sources also ''Šentjur'',''Intelligenzblatt zur Laibacher Zeitung'', no. 141. 24 November 1849, p. 7. ''Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru,'' vol. 6: ''Kranjsko''. 1906. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna, p. 56. or ''Sankt Georgen im Felde'') is a settlement in the Upper Carniola region of Slovenia. It is the seat of the Municipality of Šenčur. Name Šenčur was mentioned in written sources in 1221 as ''de Sancto Georio''Jakič, Ivan. 1997. ''Vsi slovenski gradovi: leksikon slovenske grajske zapuščine.'' Ljubljana: DZS, p. 324. (and as ''ad sanctum Georium'' and ''ecclesiam sancti Georgii'' in 1238, and as ''aput Sanctum Georium'' in 1264). The Slovene name ''Šentčur'' is a contraction of the colloquial name for Saint George, the patron saint of the local church: ''šent Jur'' > ''*Šenťur'' > ''Šenčur''. In the past, the settlement was known as ''Sankt Georgen (im Felde)'' in German. History The Šenčur area ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
