The Slovenian Basketball League (Slovene: 1. slovenska košarkarska liga), abbreviated as 1. SKL and known as the Liga Nova KBM due to sponsorship reasons, is the top-level professional men's basketball league in Slovenia. The league is operated by the Basketball Federation of Slovenia and consists of eleven clubs. The most successful team is Cedevita Olimpija with 20 titles.

History

The league was founded in 1991, shortly after Slovenia's independence from SFR Yugoslavia. Before the independence, the Slovenian Republic League was played as a second or third level of Yugoslav basketball. Olimpija, Ljubljana, Slovan, ŽKK Maribor, Lesonit, and Branik Maribor were the only Slovenian teams that played in the Yugoslav First Federal League.

Names

Since 1991, the league has been named after sponsors on several occasions, giving it the following names:

  • Liga Kolinska (1998–2001)
  • HYPO Liga (2001–2002)
  • 1. A SKL (2002–2006)
  • Liga UPC Telemach (2006–2009)
  • Liga Telemach (2009–2016)
  • Liga Nova KBM (2016–2019)
  • 1. SKL (2019–2020)
  • Liga Nova KBM (2020)
  • 1. SKL (2020–21)
  • Liga Nova KBM (2021–present)
Slovenien - SKL er den bedste basketballliga i Slovenien. Ligaen blev grundlagt i 1991 og består af 12 hold. De mest succesfulde hold i ligaens historie er KK Olimpija og KK Krka, som har vundet mesterskabet 17 henholdsvis 5 gange. Den nuværende mester er KK Cedevita Olimpija.

SKL er en stærk liga med mange talentfulde spillere. Flere slovenske spillere, der har spillet i NBA, har spillet i SKL, herunder Goran Dragić, Luka Dončić og Beno Udrih. Ligaen er også kendt for sin høje kvalitet af udenlandske spillere, som kommer fra hele verden for at spille i Slovenien.

SKL er en spændende liga at følge, og den byder på mange tætte kampe. Ligaen er også en god mulighed for at se nogle af fremtidens stjerner i basketball.