Maltese Basketball League (BOV League D1) History

League status

The Division 1 is the first-tier professional basketball league in Malta.
The BOV League D1 sits above the BOV League D2 which effectively forms the second-tier of Maltese basketball.
At the end of regular season, top 4 teams qualify to the play-offs.

League name history

until 2003: Division 1 
2003-2006: Kinnie League  2004-2005 2005-2006
2006-2008: Gatorade League  2006-2007 2007-2008
2008-2019: Powerade League  2008-2009 2009-2010 2010-2011 2011-2012 2012-2013 2013-2014 2014-2015 2015-2016 2016-2017 2017-2018 2018-2019
2019 until now: BOV League D1  2019-2020 2020-2021 2021-2022 2022-2023 2023-2024 2024-2025 2025-2026
Until 2019
Since 2019

Title holders

Championships by club

TitlesClubYears
2Hibernians 2024-25, 2025-26
2Starlites 2022-23, 2023-24

Finals year-by-year

SeasonWinnerResultFinalistRegular Season Champion
2022-23Starlites GIG105-95.104-90.113-91Mellieha Libertas SpaldingMellieha Libertas Spalding
2023-24Starlites GIG100-89,92-70,95-93Mellieha Libertas SpaldingStarlites GIG
2024-25Hibernians3-1Luxol Sherries EstatesHibernians

Finals participants

ClubWLTotal
Starlites213
Hibernians202
Mellieha022
Luxol011

Final Four participants

Club1st2nd3rd4th
Hibernians2000
Luxol0110
Starlites0101
Depiro0011

Players with the most appearances in the Maltese Finals

PlayerFinals AppearancesYears
Alec Pace32023, 2024, 2026
Vukasin Jandric32023, 2024, 2025
Kurt-Joseph Xuereb32023, 2024, 2026
Matthew Scerri32023, 2024, 2026
Ian Felice32023, 2024, 2026
Miguel Fabri32023, 2024, 2026
Kai Fabri32023, 2024, 2026
David Bugeja22023, 2024
Ryan Carabott22023, 2024
Robert Bonnici22023, 2024

Players with the most Maltese titles

PlayerCountYears Won
Alec Pace22023, 2024
Kurt-Joseph Xuereb22023, 2024
Alex Xuereb22023, 2024
Matthew Scerri22023, 2024
Ian Felice22023, 2024
Miguel Fabri22023, 2024
Louie Farrugia22023, 2024
Matt Attard22023, 2024
Julien Dimech22023, 2024
Kai Fabri22023, 2024