First Regional Basketball League

First Men's Regional League (Serbian Cyrillic: Прва мушка регионална лига, romanized: Prva muška regionalna liga), previously First Serbian League, is the men's regional basketball league in Serbia. It is the 3rd-tier of the basketball league system in Serbia. Founded in 2006, it is run by the Basketball Federation of Serbia (KSS).

First Men's Regional League

Founded	2006; 17 years ago (2006)
First season	2006–07
Country	Serbia
Confederation	FIBA Europe
Divisions	4
Number of teams	56
Level on pyramid	3rd
Promotion to	Second Men's League
Relegation to	Second Men's Regional League
Domestic cup(s)	Cup of Serbia
Website	kss.rs

Rules

Competition format

The league, operated by the Basketball Federation of Serbia and regional basketball associations, consists of four divisions, North, Central, East and West, which have 14 teams each. The first team in every division will be promoted to the Second Basketball League of Serbia. The teams positioned 13th and 14th in the First Regional League will be relegated to a lower-tier league - the Second Regional League.

Groups

Division	Teams	Regional Basketball Association
North	12	BA Vojvodina
Central	12	BA Belgrade
East	12	RBA East Serbia RBA South Serbia
West	14	RBA West Serbia RBA Central Serbia RBA Raška–Kosovo

History

Division champions of the First Regional League:

Season	North		South		Ref.
2006–07	Kotež Pfizer (Belgrade)		Sloboda (Užice)		^[1]
2007–08	Superfund BP (Belgrade)		Maraton (Jagodina)		^[2]
Season	North	Center	East	West	Ref.
2008–09	Železničar Inđija (Inđija)	Partizan B-team (Belgrade)	Jug (Vranje)	Jagodina (Jagodina)	^[3]^[4]
2009–10	Spartak (Subotica)	Radnički Belgrade (Belgrade)	Niš (Niš)	Student UK (Kragujevac)	^[3]^[5]
2010–11	Mladost Bački Jarak (Bački Jarak)	Mladost Zemun (Zemun)	Napredak MAXI CO (Aleksinac)	Šabac (Šabac)	^[3]
2011–12	Meridiana (Novi Sad)	Partizan NIS B-team (Belgrade)	Morava (Vladičin Han)	Plana (Velika Plana)	^[3]^[6]
2012–13	Vojvodina (Novi Sad)	Kolubara LA 2003 (Lazarevac)	Pirot (Pirot)	Šabac (Šabac)	^[3]^[6]
2013–14	Srem (Sremska Mitrovica)	Viva Basket (Belgrade)	Zdravlje (Leskovac)	Plana (Velika Plana)	^[3]^[6]
2014–15	Dunav (Stari Banovci)	Beko (Belgrade)	Niš (Niš)	Zlatibor (Čajetina)	^[3]^[6]
2015–16	Futog Tupanjac MD (Futog)	Kolubara LA 2003 (Lazarevac)	Rtanj (Boljevac)	Radnički 1950 (Kragujevac)	^[3]^[6]
2016–17	Akademik (Srbobran)	Žarkovo (Belgrade)	Zdravlje (Leskovac)	Klik (Arilje)	^[7]^[3]
2017–18	Vrbas (Vrbas)	Zemun Fitofarmacija (Belgrade)	Rtanj (Boljevac)	Zlatar (Nova Varoš)	^[8]^[9] ^[10]^[11]
2018–19	Sveti Đorđe (Žitište)	Radnički Belgrade (Belgrade)	Fair Play (Niš)	Železničar Čačak (Čačak)	^[12]^[13] ^[14]
2019–20	All canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Serbia				^[15]
2020–21	Hercegovac (Gajdobra)	Žitko Basket (Belgrade)	Radnik (Surdulica)	Čačak 94 (Čačak)	^[16]^[17]
2021–22	Joker (Sombor)	Beko (Belgrade)	Morava (Vladičin Han)	Radnički 1950 (Kragujevac)	^[18]^[19] ^[20]^[21]

Current clubs

The following is the list of clubs for the 2022–23 season.^[22]

North

The North division is composed of 16 clubs.

Team	City
Akademik	Srbobran
Dunav 2014	Apatin
Hajduk Kula	Kula
I Came to Play	Novi Sad
Jedinstvo	Novi Bečej
Nova Pazova	Nova Pazova
Podrinje	Mačvanska Mitrovica
Proleter Naftagas	Zrenjanin
Radnički Kovin	Kovin
Sloven	Ruma
Srem	Sremska Mitrovica
Stara Pazova	Stara Pazova
Sveti Đorđe	Žitište
Topola	Bačka Topola
Vrbas	Vrbas
Železničar Inđija	Inđija

Center

The Center division is composed of 14 clubs.

Team	City
Barajevo	Belgrade
Beovuk 72
Beba Basket
Borac 2015	Lazarevac
Flash	Belgrade
IBC
Mladenovac	Mladenovac
Radnički Beograd	Belgrade
Radnički Obrenovac	Obrenovac
Rivers BM	Belgrade
Torlak
Vizura	Zemun
Zemun
Žarkovo	Belgrade

East

The East division is composed of 16 teams.

Team	City
Bin	Zaječar
Bor RTB	Bor
Dimitrovgrad	Dimitrovgrad
Jablanica	Medveđa
Knjaževac 1950	Knjaževac
Konstantin	Niš
OKK Junior
Marinos
Mladost Vesna	Bela Palanka
Niš	Niš
Panteri	Vranje
Radan	Lebane
Ratnici	Niš
Rtanj	Boljevac
Topličanin	Prokuplje
Vlasotince	Vlasotince

West

The West division is composed of 16 teams.

Team	City
Ćuprija	Ćuprija
Ivanjica	Ivanjica
Jagodina	Jagodina
Loznica	Loznica
Mileševac	Prijepolje
M015	Šabac
Napredak Junior	Kruševac
Paraćin	Paraćin
Plana	Velika Plana
Požarevac	Požarevac
Sloga Elite	Kraljevo
Student	Bajina Bašta
Svilajnac	Svilajnac
Užice	Užice
Zekas 75	Rača
Zlatar	Nova Varoš

References

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External links

• Official website