Adriatic basketball league
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Full name | Adriatic Basketball Association League |
Current season | 2019/20 |
sport | basketball |
abbreviation | ABA |
Association | Adriatic Basketball Association |
League foundation | 2001 |
Teams | 12 |
Country countries |
Bosnia and Herzegovina Croatia North Macedonia (since 2012) Montenegro Serbia (since 2002) Slovenia and already visiting teams from: Israel (2002/03, 2011/12) Czech Republic (2010/11) Hungary (2011/12 - 2014/15) Bulgaria (2014 / 15)
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Title holder | KK Red Star Belgrade |
Record champions | Partizan Belgrade (6 titles) |
TV partner |
Arenasport Radio-Televizija Srbije (RTS) |
Website | aba-liga.com |
The Adriatic Basketball League ( Serbo-Croatian : Jadranska liga , Јадранска лига), also known as the ABA League , is a multinational league in which clubs mainly from the former Yugoslavia , namely from Bosnia and Herzegovina , Croatia , Montenegro , Serbia and Slovenia around the Playing basketball championship. The Macedonian champion has also been taking part in the championship since 2012. In addition, guest teams took part, including the Hungarian champions and the Bulgarian champions. Other guest teams came from the Czech Republic and Israel. B. Maccabi Tel Aviv . The league body is a full member of the ULEB . Currently, two teams from the league are participating in the ULEB Euroleague and two in the ULEB Eurocup . With a total of 13 championships, the clubs from Serbia have won the most titles so far, including record champions Partizan Belgrade with six championships. It is currently one of the strongest leagues in Europe.
history
After the civil war in the former Yugoslavia, each country in the collapsed state founded its own league. The advantage of this was the rivalry in the individual countries among the clubs and low fan riots. However, it quickly became clear that due to the breakup of the country and the loss of the once strong Yugoslav league, interest also disappeared, there were only two or three well-known clubs per country that made up the champions among themselves. Declining audience numbers, players who preferred to try their luck abroad, and the deteriorating quality of the domestic leagues forced those responsible to take action. The idea of a supraregional league came up, but the time was not yet ripe enough for it. The wounds and memories of the war were still too painful.
In addition, there was the problem of financial feasibility. Such a competition also had to be approved by FIBA . The competition should also be interesting for the individual clubs, both financially and athletically. FIBA was asked to let the winner of the competition play directly in a European competition the following year. This has now also been approved. A main sponsor was also found and the competition approved. The first season of the Goodyear League started in 2001/2002 .
In the second season, in 2002/2003, a team left the league and was replaced by Maccabi Tel Aviv ( Israel ). Maccabi also left the league a year later, but it was expanded to 14 teams in 2003/2004 and 16 teams in 2004/2005. In the 2005/2006 season it was again reduced to 14 teams. After 5 years the contract with the main sponsor had expired. Goodyear was only a minor sponsor and also lost the naming rights to the league. From the 2006/07 season, Nova Ljubljanska banka (NLB) is the new main sponsor, so the league is now called the NLB-Liga. Over time, the quality in the league increased dramatically, which was noticeable in the European competitions, so that the big clubs in the region could roughly match the better days of Yugoslavia. Today it is called the ABA League again, has two participants in the ULEB Euroleague and two in the ULEB Eurocup in the 2015/16 season , and is now one of the strongest leagues in Europe.
Main sponsors
The league changes its name with the new main sponsor. The first main sponsor was Goodyear , hence the name Goodyearliga. This was followed by Slovenia's largest bank, Nova Ljubljanska Banka (NLB). Today it is again called the ABA League.
Competition mode
The rounds are played back and forth. The mode of the other rounds has been changed several times:
In the first three seasons, the four best-placed teams qualified directly for the final round, which was held as the Final Four . In the seasons 2004/2005 and 2005/06 a Final Eight took place instead of the Final Four , but it was still played in only one city and in the simple knockout system (i.e. without return games). In 2006/07 the final round was again reduced to four teams, but this time they competed against each other in the play-off mode best of three . Since the 2007/08 season, the final round has again been played as a Final Four .
Up to the 2016/17 season, the new number of participants for the respective country was determined after each season, depending on the performance of the individual countries. In the new season, the top-ranked domestic leagues followed. For the 2017/18 season, a second division of the Adriatic basketball league was introduced, also with twelve teams, and thus promotion and relegation in the ABA league was newly regulated. After the end of the main round, the bottom of the table in the ABA league will be relegated directly to the second ABA league, while the play-off winners of the second ABA league will rise. For the 2018/19 season, it was also introduced that the table penultimate of the main round in the relegation in the best of three mode against the loser of the play-off final of the second ABA league, and the winner of the relegation qualifies for the ABA league .
The individual seasons from 2001
2001/2002 season
The first season was held in 2001/2002 with 12 teams from the former Yugoslavia. The clubs of Serbia were excluded, as fan riots were feared after the long civil war. 4 teams each from Croatia and Slovenia, as well as 3 teams from Bosnia and one team from Montenegro played the first season.
Croatia | Slovenia | Bosnia and Herzegovina | Montenegro |
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KK Cibona Zagreb | KK Union Olimpija | KK Feal Široki | KK Budućnost |
KK Zadar | KK Pivovarna Laško | KK Bosna ASA BH Telekom | |
KK Split CO | KK Krka | KK Sloboda Dita | |
KK Triglav Osiguranje | KK Geoplin Slovan |
The first winner of the Goodyearliga was KK Union Olimpia from Ljubljana , Slovenia.
2002/2003 season
In the second year, the 2002/2003 season, the clubs from Serbia and Montenegro were also admitted. Despite some criticism and reservations, one had to admit that the level has risen significantly since the year. An Israeli club, Maccabi Tel Aviv, also played a guest season, which only reinforced the league's appeal abroad. In the 2nd season, 4 teams from Croatia and 3 teams from Slovenia and Bosnia took part, plus one team each from Serbia and Israel.
Croatia | Slovenia | Bosnia and Herzegovina | Serbia | Israel |
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KK Cibona Zagreb | KK Union Olimpija | KK Feal Široki | KK Crvena Zvezda | Maccabi Tel Aviv |
KK Zadar | KK Pivovarna Laško | KK Bosna ASA BH Telekom | ||
KK Split CO | KK Krka | KK Borac nectar | ||
KK Zagreb |
The winner of the 2nd season was KK Zadar from Zadar, Croatia.
2003/2004 season
Due to increasing interest, the league was expanded to 14 teams in the third season. Maccabi Tel Aviv did not start in this competition, so only teams from the Balkans were now represented. 4 teams each from Croatia, Slovenia and Serbia & Montenegro, as well as 2 teams from Bosnia started.
Serbia and Montenegro | Croatia | Slovenia | Bosnia and Herzegovina |
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KK reflex | KK Cibona Zagreb | KK Union Olimpija | HKK Široki Hercegtisak |
KK Crvena Zvezda | KK Zadar | KK Pivovarna Laško | SKK Banjalučka Pivara |
KK Budućnost | KK Split CO | KK Geoplin Slovan | |
KK Lovćen CG komercijalna banka | KK Zagreb | KK Krka |
The winner of the 3rd season was KK Reflex from Belgrade, Serbia.
2004/2005 season
Due to renewed increasing interest, the league was expanded to 16 teams in the fourth season. This season, too, only teams from the Balkans are represented. Also new is the Final Eight which comes into effect instead of the Final Four . 5 teams from Croatia and Serbia & Montenegro, 4 teams from Slovenia and 2 teams from Bosnia started.
Serbia and Montenegro | Croatia | Slovenia | Bosnia and Herzegovina |
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KK Partizan | KK Cibona Zagreb | KK Union Olimpija | HKK Široki Hercegtisak |
KK Crvena Zvezda | KK Zadar | KK Helios | KK Bosna ASA BH Telekom |
KK Hemofarm | KK Split CO | KK Geoplin Slovan | |
KK reflex | KK Zagreb | KK Pivovarna Laško | |
KK Budućnost | KK Šibenka Dalmare |
The winner of the 4th season was KK Hemofarm from Vršac, Serbia.
2005/2006 season
Due to the busy schedule in the Goodyear League, the local leagues and European competitions, the league was cut back to 14 teams. 5 teams from Serbia & Montenegro, 4 teams from Slovenia, 3 teams from Croatia and 2 teams from Bosnia start.
Serbia and Montenegro | Slovenia | Croatia | Bosnia and Herzegovina |
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KK Partizan | KK Union Olimpija | KK Cibona Zagreb | KK Široki Eronet |
KK Crvena Zvezda | KK Helios | KK Zadar | KK Bosna ASA BH Telekom |
KK Hemofarm | KK Geoplin Slovan | KK Zagreb | |
FMP Železnik | KK Pivovarna Laško | ||
KK NIS Vojvodina |
The winner of the 5th season was FMP Železnik from Belgrade .
2006/2007 season
The smaller league of 14 teams remains: 4 teams from Serbia, 4 teams from Croatia, 3 teams from Slovenia, 2 teams from Bosnia and 1 team from Montenegro.
Serbia | Croatia | Slovenia | Bosnia and Herzegovina | Montenegro |
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KK Partizan | KK Cibona Zagreb | KK Union Olimpija | KK Široki Eronet | KK Budućnost |
KK Crvena Zvezda | KK Zadar | KK Helios | KK Bosna ASA BH Telekom | |
KK Hemofarm | KK Split CO | KK Geoplin Slovan | ||
FMP Železnik | KK Zagreb |
The winner of the 6th season was KK Partizan from Belgrade.
2007/2008 season
Also in this season the league has 14 teams: 5 teams from Serbia, 4 teams from Croatia, 3 teams from Slovenia, 1 team from Bosnia and 1 team from Montenegro.
Serbia | Croatia | Slovenia | Bosnia and Herzegovina | Montenegro |
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KK Partizan | KK Cibona Zagreb | KK Union Olimpija | KK Široki Prima Pivo | KK Budućnost |
KK Crvena Zvezda | KK Zadar | KK Helios | ||
KK Hemofarm | KK Split CO | KK Geoplin Slovan | ||
FMP Železnik | KK Zagreb | |||
KK Vojvodina Srbijagas |
The winner of the 7th season was KK Partizan from Belgrade.
2008/2009 season
As in the last season, the league is again composed of 14 teams: Again, 5 teams from Serbia, 4 teams from Croatia, 3 teams from Slovenia, 1 team from Bosnia and Herzegovina and 1 wild card was won for the Montenegrin champions awarded.
Serbia | Croatia | Slovenia | Bosnia and Herzegovina | Montenegro |
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KK Partizan | KK Cibona Zagreb | KK Union Olimpija | KK Bosna ASA BH Telekom | KK Budućnost |
KK Crvena Zvezda | KK Zadar | KK Helios Domžale | ||
KK Hemofarm Stada | KK Split CO | KK Krka | ||
FMP Železnik | KK Zagreb | |||
KK Vojvodina Srbijagas |
The winner of the 8th season was KK Partizan from Belgrade.
2009/2010 season
As in the last season, the league is again composed of 14 teams: This time 5 teams from Serbia, 4 teams from Croatia, 2 teams from Slovenia, 2 teams from Bosnia and Herzegovina and 1 wild card was won for the Montenegrin champions awarded.
Serbia | Croatia | Slovenia | Bosnia and Herzegovina | Montenegro |
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KK Partizan | KK Cibona Zagreb | KK Union Olimpija | KK Bosna ASA BH Telekom | KK Budućnost |
KK Crvena Zvezda | KK Zadar | KK Helios Domžale | KK Široki Eronet | |
KK Hemofarm Stada | KK Cedevita | |||
FMP Železnik | KK Zagreb | |||
KK Radnički Kragujevac |
The winner of the 9th season was KK Partizan from Belgrade.
2010/2011 season
As in the last season, the league consists of 14 teams again: This time 4 teams from Serbia, 4 teams from Croatia, 2 teams from Slovenia, 2 teams from Bosnia and Herzegovina and 1 wild card was won for the Montenegrin champions and a guest invitation to the Czech master.
Serbia | Croatia | Slovenia | Bosnia and Herzegovina | Montenegro | Czech Republic |
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KK Partizan | KK Cibona Zagreb | KK Union Olimpija | KK Široki Eronet | KK Budućnost | CEZ Nymburk |
KK Crvena Zvezda | KK Zadar | KK Krka | KK Igokea | ||
KK Hemofarm Stada | KK Cedevita | ||||
KK Radnički Kragujevac | KK Zagreb |
The winner of the 10th season was KK Partizan from Belgrade.
2011/2012 season
As in the last season, the league is again composed of 14 teams: This time 4 teams from Serbia, 4 teams from Slovenia, 3 teams from Croatia, 1 team from Bosnia and Herzegovina and 1 wild card was won for the Montenegrin champions and a guest invitation to the Israeli master.
Serbia | Slovenia | Croatia | Bosnia and Herzegovina | Montenegro | Israel |
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KK Partizan | KK Union Olimpija | KK Cibona Zagreb | KK Široki TT cable | KK Budućnost | Maccabi Tel Aviv |
FMP Železnik | KK Krka | KK Zagreb | |||
KK Hemofarm Stada | KK Helios Domžale | KK Cedevita | |||
KK Radnički Kragujevac | KK Zlatorog Lasko |
The winner of the 11th season was Maccabi from Tel Aviv.
2012/2013 season
The 14 participating teams come from 7 countries: This time 4 teams from Croatia, 3 teams from Serbia, 2 teams each from Slovenia and Bosnia and Herzegovina and one team each from Montenegro and Macedonia. In addition, there was a guest invitation to the Hungarian champion.
Croatia | Serbia | Slovenia | Bosnia and Herzegovina | Montenegro | Macedonia | Hungary |
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KK Cibona Zagreb | KK Partizan | KK Union Olimpija | KK Široki TT cable | KK Budućnost | KK MZT Skopje | Szolnoki Olaj KK |
KK split | KK Red Star Belgrade | KK Krka | KK Igokea | |||
KK Zadar | KK Radnički Kragujevac | |||||
KK Cedevita |
The winner of the 12th season was KK Partizan from Belgrade
2013/2014 season
The 14 participating teams come from 7 countries: This time 4 teams from Serbia, 3 teams from Croatia, 2 teams each from Slovenia and Bosnia and Herzegovina and one team each from Montenegro, Macedonia and Hungary.
Serbia | Croatia | Slovenia | Bosnia and Herzegovina | Montenegro | Macedonia | Hungary |
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KK Partizan | KK Cibona Zagreb | KK Union Olimpija | KK Široki TT cable | KK Budućnost | KK MZT Skopje | Szolnoki Olaj KK |
KK Red Star Belgrade | KK Zadar | KK Krka | KK Igokea | |||
KK Radnički Kragujevac | KK Cedevita | |||||
KK Mega Vizura |
Season 2014/2015
The 14 participating teams come from 8 countries: This time 4 teams from Serbia, 3 teams from Croatia, 2 teams from Slovenia and 1 team each from Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Montenegro, Macedonia and Hungary.
Serbia | Croatia | Slovenia | Bosnia and Herzegovina | Bulgaria | Montenegro | Macedonia | Hungary |
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KK Partizan | KK Cibona Zagreb | KK Union Olimpija | KK Igokea | Levski Sofia | KK Budućnost | KK MZT Skopje | Szolnoki Olaj KK |
KK Red Star Belgrade | KK Zadar | KK Krka | |||||
KK Radnički Kragujevac | KK Cedevita | ||||||
KK Mega Vizura |
2015/2016 season
The 14 participating teams come from 6 countries: This time there are 4 teams from Serbia, 3 teams each from Croatia and Slovenia, 2 teams from Montenegro and 1 team each from Bosnia and Herzegovina and Macedonia.
Serbia | Croatia | Slovenia | Montenegro | Bosnia and Herzegovina | Macedonia |
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KK Partizan | KK Cibona Zagreb | KK Union Olimpija | KK Budućnost | KK Igokea | KK MZT Skopje |
KK Red Star Belgrade | KK Zadar | KK Krka | KK Sutjeska Nikšić | ||
KK Radnički Kragujevac | KK Cedevita | KK Šentjur | |||
KK Mega Vizura |
Season 2016/2017
The 14 participating teams come from 6 countries: This time 4 teams from Serbia, 3 teams from Croatia, 2 teams each from Macedonia, Montenegro and Slovenia as well as 1 team from Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Serbia | Croatia | Macedonia | Montenegro | Slovenia | Bosnia and Herzegovina |
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KK Partizan | KK Cibona Zagreb | KK MZT Skopje | KK Budućnost | KK Union Olimpija | KK Igokea |
KK Red Star Belgrade | KK Zadar | KK Karpoš Sokoli | KK Mornar Bar | KK Krka | |
KK Radnički Kragujevac | KK Cedevita | ||||
KK Mega Vizura |
Season 2017/2018
The 12 participating teams came from the following 6 countries: Serbia (4 teams), Croatia (3 teams), Montenegro (2 teams) and 1 team each from Bosnia and Herzegovina, Macedonia and Slovenia.
Serbia | Croatia | Montenegro | Bosnia and Herzegovina | Macedonia | Slovenia |
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KK Partizan | KK Cibona Zagreb | KK Budućnost | KK Igokea | KK MZT Skopje | KK Union Olimpija |
KK Red Star Belgrade | KK Zadar | KK Mornar Bar | |||
KK Radnički Kragujevac | KK Cedevita | ||||
KK Mega Vizura |
Season 2018/2019
After the introduction of a second ABA league for the 2017/18 season with also 12 teams, promotion and relegation from the ABA league was also reorganized. The bottom of the table in the main round rose in the 2017/18 season from KK MZT Skopje from Macedonia, while the play-off winner KK Krka from Slovenia rose from the second division . The 12 participating teams came from the following 5 countries: Serbia (4 teams), Croatia (3 teams), Slovenia and Montenegro, 2 teams each and 1 team from Bosnia and Herzegovina.
All finals
- * From the semi-finals onwards, play-offs were held in best-of-five mode
- ** The final was played back and forth
Attendees
The league started with 12 participants. After two years the number of participants was increased to 14 and then to 16. From the 2005/06 to 2016/17 season, 14 participating teams were played. For the 2017/18 season, they returned to 12 teams.
country | team | place | First participation | Last participation | Played seasons | Best placement |
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Bosnia and Herzegovina | KK Igokea | Aleksandrovac | 2010/11 | active | 5 | Semifinals |
Bosnia and Herzegovina | Banjalučka Pivara | Banja Luka | 2002/03 | 2003/04 | 2 | 11 |
Bosnia and Herzegovina | Bosna ASA | Sarajevo | 2001/02 | 2009/10 | 7th | 7th |
Bosnia and Herzegovina | HKK Široki Brijeg | Siroki Brieg | 2001/02 | 2013/14 | 12 | 5 |
Bosnia and Herzegovina | KK Sloboda Dita | Tuzla | 2001/02 | 2001/02 | 1 | 5 |
Bulgaria | Levski Sofia | Sofia | 2014/15 | 2014/15 | 1 | 14th |
Israel | Maccabi Tel Aviv | Tel Aviv | 2002/03 | 2011/12 | 2 | Winner (2012) |
Croatia | Triglav osiguranje | Rijeka | 2001/02 | 2001/02 | 1 | 10 |
Croatia | Šibenka Dalmare | Šibenik | 2004/05 | 2004/05 | 1 | 11 |
Croatia | KK split | Split | 2001/02 | 2012/13 | 8th | 8th |
Croatia | KK Zadar | Zadar | 2001/02 | active | 14th | Winner (2003) |
Croatia | KK Cibona Zagreb | Zagreb | 2001/02 | active | 15th | Winner (2014) |
Croatia | KK Cedevita | Zagreb | 2009/10 | active | 7th | final |
Croatia | KK Zagreb | Zagreb | 2002/03 | 2011/12 | 10 | 5 |
North Macedonia | KK MZT Skopje | Skopje | 2012/13 | active | 4th | 7th |
Montenegro | KK Sutjeska | Nikšić | 2015/16 | active | 1 | - |
Montenegro | KK Budućnost Podgorica | Podgorica | 2001/02 | active | 13 | Winner (2017) |
Slovenia | KK Helios Domžale | Domžale | 2004/05 | 2011/12 | 7th | 8th |
Slovenia | KK Zlatorog Laško | Laško | 2001/02 | 2011/12 | 6th | Semifinals |
Slovenia | KK Union Olimpija | Ljubljana | 2001/02 | active | 15th | Winner (2002) |
Slovenia | KK Geoplin Slovan | Ljubljana | 2001/02 | 2007/08 | 6th | 9 |
Slovenia | KK Krka | Novo Mesto | 2001/02 | active | 10 | final |
Slovenia | KK Tajfun Šentjur | Šentjur | 2015/16 | active | 1 | - |
Serbia | KK Partizan Belgrade | Belgrade | 2004/05 | active | 12 | Winner (6 times) |
Serbia | KK Red Star Belgrade | Belgrade | 2002/03 | active | 14th | Winner (2015) |
Serbia | FMP Železnik Belgrade | Belgrade | 2003/04 | 2009/10 | 7th | Winner (2 times) |
Serbia | KK Mega Basket | Belgrade | 2013/14 | active | 3 | 8th |
Serbia | KK Lovćen | Cetinje | 2003/04 | 2003/04 | 1 | 14th |
Serbia | KK Radnički Kragujevac | Kragujevac | 2009/10 | 2013/14 | 5 | Semifinals |
Serbia | KK Vojvodina Srbijagas | Novi Sad | 2005/06 | 2008/09 | 3 | 6th |
Serbia | Metalac Farmakom | Valijevo | 2014/15 | active | 2 | 6th |
Serbia | KK Hemofarm | Vršac | 2004/05 | 2011/12 | 8th | Winner (2005) |
Czech Republic | ČEZ Basketball Nymburk | Nymburgk | 2010/11 | 2010/11 | 1 | 8th |
Hungary | Szolnoki Olaj KK | Szolnok | 2012/13 | 2014/15 | 3 | 7th |
See also
- Basketball in Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Basketball in Israel
- Basketball in Croatia
- Basketball in Montenegro
- Basketball in Serbia
- Basketball in Slovenia
- Basketball in the Czech Republic
Individual evidence
- ^ League History. (English) ( Memento from July 31, 2012 in the Internet Archive )