2008–09 Slovenian Basketball League

Basketball league season

UPC League

Season| 2008–09
Duration| 30 September 2008 – 9 June 2009
Teams| 12 + 1
TV partner(s)| RTV Slovenija
Šport TV
Regular season
Top seed| Union Olimpija
Season MVP|  Shawn King
Finals
Champions| Union Olimpija
15th title
Runners-up| Helios Domžale
Semifinalists| Krka
Zlatorog
Statistical leaders
| Points|  Gilbert Goodrich|  22.2

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Rebounds|  Shawn King|  14.8
Assists|  Jure Močnik|  4.6

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The 2008–09 Slovenian Basketball League (official: 2008–09 UPC League) was the 18th season of the Premier A Slovenian Basketball League, the highest professional basketball league in Slovenia. Union Olimpija won its 15th national championship.

## Teams for the 2008–09 season

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Team  | City  | Arena  | Capacity  | Head coach

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Alpos Šentjur | Šentjur | Hruševec Sports Hall  | 800  | Boštjan Kočar
CPG Nova Gorica | Nova Gorica | Sports Hall OŠ Milojke Štrukelj  | 400  | Dejan Gašparin
Elektra Esotech | Šoštanj | Šoštanj Sport Hall  | 600  | Borut Cerar
Epic Misel Postojna | Postojna | Sports Hall ŠC Postojna  | 400  | Aleš Lenassi
Geoplin Slovan | Ljubljana | Kodeljevo Sports Hall | 1,540  | Miro Alilović
Helios Domžale | Domžale | Komunalni center Hall | 2,500  | Rade Mijanović
Hopsi Polzela | Polzela | Polzela Sport Hall  | 1,800  | Boštjan Kuhar
Krka | Novo Mesto | Leon Štukelj Hall  | 2,800  | Ivan Sunara
Luka Koper | Koper | Arena Bonifika | 4,000  | Ivan Stanišak
TCG Mercator | Škofja Loka | Sports Hall OŠ Poljane  | 400  | Matic Vidic
Union Olimpija*  | Ljubljana | Tivoli Hall | 4,050  | Jure Zdovc
Zagorje | Zagorje | Sports Hall Zagorje ob Savi  | 800  | Dušan Hauptman
Zlatorog Laško | Laško | Tri Lilije Hall | 2,500  | Aleš Pipan
| Teams from the Adriatic League

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## Regular season

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Pos | Team | P | W | L | F | A | Pts

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1 | Krka | 22 | 19 | 3 | 1841  | 1588  | 41
2 | Helios Domžale | 22 | 18 | 4 | 1822  | 1511  | 40
3 | Zlatorog Laško | 22 | 17 | 5 | 1761  | 1741  | 39
4 | Geoplin Slovan | 22 | 15 | 7 | 1791  | 1720  | 37
5 | Hopsi Polzela | 22 | 12 | 10 | 1787  | 1697  | 34
6 | Elektra Esotech | 22 | 9 | 13 | 1633  | 1749  | 31
7 | Luka Koper | 22 | 8 | 14 | 1747  | 1826  | 30
8 | Zagorje | 22 | 8 | 14 | 1650  | 1807  | 30
9 | TCG Mercator | 22 | 8 | 14 | 1561  | 1715  | 30
10 | Alpos Šentjur | 22 | 7 | 15 | 1641  | 1734  | 29
11 | Epic Misel Postojna | 22 | 7 | 15 | 1575  | 1825  | 29
12 | CPG Nova Gorica | 22 | 4 | 18 | 1543  | 1759  | 26

P=Matches played, W=Matches won, L=Matches lost, F=Points for, A=Points against, Pts=Points

| Qualified for the Champions stage

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## Champions standings

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Pos | Team | P | W | L | F | A | Pts

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1 | Union Olimpija | 14 | 13 | 1 | 1126  | 898  | 27
2 | Helios Domžale | 14 | 12 | 2 | 1172  | 1029  | 26
3 | Krka | 14 | 9 | 5 | 1067  | 1039  | 23
4 | Zlatorog Laško | 14 | 7 | 7 | 1098  | 1054  | 21
5 | Geoplin Slovan | 14 | 6 | 8 | 1066  | 1142  | 20
6 | Hopsi Polzela | 14 | 5 | 9 | 1074  | 1154  | 19
7 | Luka Koper | 14 | 2 | 12 | 1119  | 1296  | 16
8 | Elektra Esotech | 14 | 2 | 12 | 1065  | 1175  | 16

P=Matches played, W=Matches won, L=Matches lost, F=Points for, A=Points against, Pts=Points

| Qualified for the Playoff stage

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## Relegation league

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Pos | Team | P | W | L | F | A | Pts

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1 | TCG Mercator | 30 | 12 | 18 | 2155  | 2302  | 42
2 | Zagorje | 30 | 12 | 18 | 2275  | 2440  | 42
3 | Alpos Šentjur | 30 | 11 | 19 | 2256  | 2339  | 41
4 | Epic Misel Postojna | 30 | 10 | 20 | 2133  | 2417  | 40
5 | CPG Nova Gorica | 30 | 9 | 21 | 2146  | 2336  | 39

P=Matches played, W=Matches won, L=Matches lost, F=Points for, A=Points against, Pts=Points

| Qualified for Relegation Playoffs

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| Relegated to Second Division

## Playoffs

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| Semi-finals | | | Final |

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| 1 | Union Olimpija | 2 | |
| 4 | Zlatorog Laško | 1 |
| | 1 | Union Olimpija | 3 |
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| | | 2 | Helios Domžale | 0 |
| 2 | Helios Domžale | 2 |

| 3 | Krka | 0 |
Slovenian League 2008–09
Champions

Union Olimpija
15th title

## Relegation Playoffs

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Pos | Team | P | W | L | F | A | Pts

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1 | Rudar Trbovlje | 4 | 3 | 1 | 370  | 329  | 7
2 | Epic Misel Postojna | 4 | 2 | 2 | 322  | 328  | 6
3 | Rogaška | 4 | 1 | 3 | 301  | 334  | 5

P=Matches played, W=Matches won, L=Matches lost, F=Points for, A=Points against, Pts=Points

| Qualified for 2009–10 Slovenian First Division

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## Statistics leaders

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### Performance Index Rating

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1  |  Shawn King | Hopsi Polzela | 31.55
2  |  David Paris | Zagorje | 19.43
3  |  Takais Brown | Alpos Šentjur | 18.17

### Points

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| Pos | Player  | Club  | PPG

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1  |  Gilbert Goodrich | Zagorje | 22.15
2  |  Shawn King | Hopsi Polzela | 20.45
3  |  Dejan Delić | Geoplin Slovan | 17.44

### Rebounds

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| Pos | Player  | Club  | RPG

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1  |  Shawn King | Hopsi Polzela | 14.79
2  |  Joshua Johnson | Zagorje | 11.21
3  |  David Paris | Zagorje | 9.57

### Assists

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| Pos | Player  | Club  | APG

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1  |  Jure Močnik | Helios Domžale | 4.59
2  |  Gilbert Goodrich | Zagorje | 4.07
3  |  Saša Dončić | Geoplin Slovan | 3.16

## External links

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* Official Basketball Federation of Slovenia website (in Slovene)

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