RWBL: Petrov visited the tournament, Vrbas champions again

Monday, 09. April 2018 at 11:56

With the final tournament of the 2017/18 season, the Regional Wheelchair Basketball League, which is supported by the ABA League and its clubs, is finished with KKI Vrbas becoming champions for the fifth time in a row. The head coach of the ABA League 2 champions Simon Petrov visited the players.

Simon Petrov, Regional Wheelchair Basketball League (Photo: Krka/Drago Perko/kosarka.si)

This season seven teams have competed in two groups. One from Austria, Croatia, Italy and Slovenia and three from Bosnia and Herzegovina.

In the end, KKI Vrbas became champions for the fifth time in a row, by beating Castelvecchio in the gold medal game. KIK Zmaj finished third by beating KIK Una Sana in the game for the third place.

The final tournament in Novo mesto was also marked by the visit of the current ABA League 2 champions’ head coach Simon Petrov, who was impressed by the performances of the players: “I congratulate you and give you my compliments. You are role models for all of us."

Regional Wheelchair Basketball League Final Tournament, Sunday, 8.4.2018:

Qualification game for the fifth place game:

KKI Zagreb – RBB FLINKSTONES 51:53

Game for the fifth place:

RBB FLINKSTONES – ZŠIS-POK 54:53

Game for the third place:

KIK Una Sana – KIK ZMAJ 53:69

Game for the first place:

KKI VRBAS – Castelvecchio 67:46

Previous Regional Wheelchair Basketball League champions:

207/18: KKI Vrbas
2016/2017: KKI Vrbas
2015/2016: KKI Vrbas
2014/2015: KKI Vrbas
2013/14: KKI Vrbas
2012/13: KKK K3 Sarajevo
2011/12: KIK Sana
2010/11: KIK Sana
2009/10: KIK Sana
2008/09: KIK Sana

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