First Men's League () is a second-tier professional men's
basketball
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league in
Croatia
Croatia, officially the Republic of Croatia, is a country in Central Europe, Central and Southeast Europe, on the coast of the Adriatic Sea. It borders Slovenia to the northwest, Hungary to the northeast, Serbia to the east, Bosnia and Herze ...
. The league was founded in 2017 replacing the former A2 Basketball League.
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
Current teams
The following is the list of 14 clubs for the 2024–25 season, scheduled to start in October 2024.
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KK Bosco
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KK Crikvenica
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KK Škrljevo
Košarkaški klub Škrljevo () or simply Škrljevo, also known as DepoLink Škrljevo due to sponsorship reasons, is a men's professional basketball club based in the village of Škrljevo, Croatia, but plays its games in nearby municipality of Ča ...
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KK Đakovo
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KK Gorica
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KK Hermes Analitica
Košarkaški klub Hermes Analitica (English: Hermes Analitica Basketball Club), commonly referred to as KK Hermes Analitica or simply Hermes Analitica, is a men's professional basketball club based in Zagreb, Croatia
Croatia, officially th ...
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KK Jazine
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KK Marsonia
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HAKK Mladost
HAKK Mladost (Hrvatski akademski košarkaški klub Mladost) is a Croatian basketball club from Zagreb. It is part of the Mladost sports society.
History
The basketball section of the club was formed in 1946 after its parent club HAŠK Zagreb ...
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KK Omiš
KK, K.K., kK, k.k., or other sequences of two k's with or without punctuation may refer to:
Arts and media
*KK, the production code for the 1967 ''Doctor Who'' serial ''The Faceless Ones''
* "KK" (song), a 2014 song by Wiz Khalifa
* Kk. or Kirk ...
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KK Kaštela
Košarkaški klub Kaštela (for sponsorship reasons also known as Ribola Kaštela) is a professional basketball club based in Kaštela, Croatia. It competes in the Prva liga.
Notable players
* Dragan Bender
* Ante Žižić
Notable coaches
* St ...
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KK Samobor
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KK Puntamika
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KK Zagreb
Košarkaški klub Zagreb (), commonly referred to as KK Zagreb or simply Zagreb, was a professional basketball club based in Zagreb, Croatia. It competed in the ABA League and the Croatian League. In the 2011–12 season, the club competed in the ...
References
External links
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Basketball leagues in Croatia
Professional sports leagues in Croatia
Second-level basketball leagues in Europe
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