In the fourth season of the Balkan International Basketball League, twelve participants from the Republic of Macedonia, Bulgaria, Romania, Serbia, Montenegro, Bosnia and Herzegovina and the new represented country Israel has competed.

2011–12 BIBL
Season2011–12
Teams12
Finals
ChampionsIsrael Hapoel Gilboa Galil
  Runners-upBulgaria Levski Sofia

Teams

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Country Teams Teams
  Bulgaria 2 Levski Sofia Rilski Sportist
  Israel 2 Hapoel Tel Aviv Hapoel Gilboa Galil
  Macedonia 2 Feni Industries Torus
  Montenegro 2 Mornar Ulcinj
  Serbia 2 OKK Beograd Napredak Kruševac
  Bosnia and Herzegovina 1 Zrinjski Mostar
  Romania 1 Elba Timișoara

Format

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Regular season

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In the regular season the teams will be divided into two groups, each containing six teams. Each team plays every other team in its group at home and away. The two teams that finished at the top of their group advance to the final four. The teams that finish second and third in their group advance to the quarterfinals.

The opening game has been played on October 11, 2011 and the last match day will be played on March 7, 2012.

Quarterfinals

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The teams that finished second in their home played against the third placed teams in the other group in a Best-Of-3 series with home advantage. The first legs are on March 21 and 22, second legs will be played on March 28 and 29. If there is need for third leg the date is set for April 5, 2012.

Final four

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The four remaining teams play a semifinal match and the winners of those advance to the final. The losers play in a third-place playoff. This year's dates are April 20 and 22, 2012.

Regular season

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Group A

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Qualified for the final four
Qualified for the playoffs
  HGG   MOR   RIL   ELB   OKK   TOR
  HGG 92-67 76-67 91-73 84-62 85-62
  MOR 76-78 89-76 79-77 75-73 84-68
  RIL 72-70 87-76 80-78 87-70 92-74
  ELB 76-83 88-73 80-69 85-67 72-74
  OKK 71-74 82-89 86-68 75-84 87-81
  TOR 70-86 79-84 80-85 63-73 75-70
Team Pld W L PF PA Diff Pts
1.   Hapoel Gilboa Galil 10 9 1 819 696 +123 19
2.   Mornar 10 6 4 792 800 −8 16
3.   Rilski Sportist 10 6 4 783 779 +4 16
4.   Elba Timișoara 10 5 5 786 754 +32 15
5.   OKK Beograd 10 2 8 743 802 −59 12
6.   Torus 10 2 8 726 818 −92 12

Group B

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Qualified for the final four
Qualified for the playoffs
  LEV   HTA   FEN   NAP   ZRI   ULC
  LEV 85-78 67-66 74-72 63-57 20-0
  HTA 79-86 83-76 74-66 90-86 75-68
  FEN 84-91 82-85 77-72 20-0 81-80
  NAP 67-92 80-82 81-77 79-59 73-72
  ZRI 59-69 67-85 68-76 62-64 60-62
  ULC 73-75 0-20 53-59 0-20 69-82
Team Pld W L PF PA Diff Pts
1.   Levski Sofia 10 10 0 722 635 +87 20
2.   Hapoel Tel Aviv 10 8 2 751 696 +55 18
3.   Feni Industries 10 5 5 698 680 +18 15
4.   Napredak Kruševac 10 5 5 674 669 +5 15
5.   Zrinjski Mostar 10 1 9 600 677 −77 10
6.   Ulcinj 10 1 9 477 565 −88 8

Quarterfinals

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First legs are on March 20 and 28; Second legs are on March 27 and April 3; Third leg, if needed, is on March 29 and April 6

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg 3rd leg
Rilski Sportist   1 − 2   Hapoel Tel Aviv 83−78 63−84 60−78
Feni Industries   2 − 0   Mornar 92−85 OT 83−82

Final four

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Semifinals
21 April
Final
23 April
 
      
 
Gan Ner - Gan Ner Sports Hall
 
 
  Levski Sofia 86
 
Gan Ner - Gan Ner Sports Hall
 
  Feni Kavadarci 76
 
  Levski Sofia 84
 
Gan Ner - Gan Ner Sports Hall
 
  Hapoel Gilboa Galil 89
 
  Hapoel Gilboa Galil 88
 
 
  Hapoel Tel Aviv 72
 
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