2021–22 ABA League First Division
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Season | 2021–22 | ||||||||||||
Duration | September 24, 2021 – April 23, 2022 (Regular season) | ||||||||||||
Number of games | 26 each | ||||||||||||
Number of teams | 14 | ||||||||||||
TV partner(s) | Arena Sport, RTV SLO | ||||||||||||
Regular season | |||||||||||||
Top seed | ![]() | ||||||||||||
Season MVP | ![]() | ||||||||||||
Promoted | ![]() | ||||||||||||
Relegated | ![]() | ||||||||||||
Finals | |||||||||||||
Champions | ![]() | ||||||||||||
Runners-up | ![]() | ||||||||||||
Semifinalists | ![]() ![]() | ||||||||||||
Finals MVP | ![]() | ||||||||||||
Awards | |||||||||||||
Top Prospect | ![]() | ||||||||||||
Best Defender | ![]() | ||||||||||||
Best Coach | ![]() | ||||||||||||
Statistical leaders | |||||||||||||
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Records | |||||||||||||
Biggest home win | Partizan NIS 109–49 Split (5 January 2022) | ||||||||||||
Biggest away win | Krka 52–87 Cibona (11 February 2022) | ||||||||||||
Highest scoring | FMP 104–99 SC Derby (12 November 2021) | ||||||||||||
Winning streak | 15 games Crvena zvezda mts | ||||||||||||
Losing streak | 12 games Krka | ||||||||||||
Highest attendance | 9,000 Cedevita Olimpija 88–80 Crvena zvezda mts (16 May 2022) | ||||||||||||
Lowest attendance | 1 officially eight matches | ||||||||||||
← 2020–21 2022–23 →
All statistics correct as of 6 June 2022. |
The 2021–22 AdmiralBet ABA League is the 21st season of the ABA League with 14 teams from Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Montenegro, Serbia and Slovenia participating in it.
Teams
[edit]Promotion and relegation
[edit]A total of 14 teams contest the league in the 2021–22 season (and until the 2024–25 season), including the 13 highest-placed teams from the previous season and the winner of the 2020–21 ABA League Second Division.[1]
- Promoted
- Relegated
Koper Primorska – disqualified from the competition in December 2020.
Venues and locations
[edit]Team | Home city | Arena | Capacity |
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Čačak | Borac Hall | 4,000 |
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Podgorica | Morača Sports Center | 6,000 |
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Ljubljana | Arena Stožice | 12,480 |
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Zagreb | Dražen Petrović Hall | 5,400 |
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Belgrade | Aleksandar Nikolić Hall | 8,000 |
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Belgrade | Železnik Hall | 3,000 |
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Aleksandrovac | Laktaši Sports Hall | 3,050 |
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Novo Mesto | Leon Štukelj Hall | 2,500 |
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Belgrade | Ranko Žeravica Sports Hall | 5,000 |
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Bar | Topolica Sport Hall | 2,625 |
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Belgrade | Štark Arena | 18,386 |
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Split | Arena Gripe | 3,500 |
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Podgorica | Morača Sports Center | 6,000 |
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Zadar | Krešimir Ćosić Hall | 7,997 |
Personnel and sponsorship
[edit]Team | Head coach | Captain | Kit manufacturer | Shirt sponsor |
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Borac Čačak | ![]() |
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— | MozzartSport / P.S. Fashion |
Budućnost VOLI | ![]() |
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Number 1 | VOLI |
Cedevita Olimpija | ![]() |
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Adidas | Cedevita |
Cibona | ![]() |
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GBT | Erste Bank |
Crvena zvezda mts | ![]() |
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Adidas | mts / SoccerBet |
FMP Meridian | ![]() |
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Adidas | Meridian |
Igokea m:tel | ![]() |
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GBT | m:tel |
Krka | ![]() |
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Peak | Krka |
Mega Mozzart | ![]() |
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Adidas | Tehnomanija |
Mornar Barsko zlato | ![]() |
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DaCapo | Bar Municipality / Barsko zlato |
Partizan NIS | ![]() |
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Under Armour | NIS / mts |
Split | ![]() |
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Macron | Optika Anda |
SC Derby | ![]() |
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Number 1 | Derby |
Zadar | ![]() |
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Macron | OTP Bank |
Coaching changes
[edit]Team | Outgoing manager | Date of vacancy | Position in table | Replaced with | Date of appointment | Ref. |
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FMP Meridian | ![]() |
1 June 2021 | Off-season | ![]() |
2 June 2021 | [2][3] |
Budućnost VOLI | ![]() |
17 June 2021 | ![]() |
22 June 2021 | [4][5][6] | |
Partizan NIS | ![]() |
25 June 2021 | ![]() |
25 June 2021 | [7][8] | |
SC Derby | ![]() |
June 2021 | ![]() |
8 July 2021 | [9] | |
Zadar | ![]() |
13 July 2021 | ![]() |
15 July 2021 | [10][11] | |
Split | ![]() |
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9 August 2021 | [12][13][14] | ||
Zadar | ![]() |
18 October 2021 | 13th (0–4) | ![]() |
18 October 2021 | [15][16] |
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23 October 2021 | 12th (1–4) | ![]() |
23 October 2021 | [17] | |
Cibona | ![]() |
8 January 2022 | 8th (5–9) | ![]() |
8 January 2022 | [18][19] |
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23 January 2022 | 9th (5–10) | ![]() |
23 January 2022 | [20][21] |
Referees
[edit]A total of 55 ABA officials set to work on the 2021–22 season in ABA 1 and ABA 2:
The list of referees for the 2021–22 season | ||
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Regular season
[edit]The regular season commenced on 25 September 2021.[22]
League table
[edit]Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
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1 | ![]() |
26 | 24 | 2 | 2140 | 1819 | +321 | 50 | Advance to the semifinals |
2 | ![]() |
26 | 22 | 4 | 2178 | 1840 | +338 | 48 | |
3 | ![]() |
26 | 19 | 7 | 2102 | 1902 | +200 | 45 | Advance to the preliminary round |
4 | ![]() |
26 | 18 | 8 | 2205 | 2056 | +149 | 44 | |
5 | ![]() |
26 | 15 | 11 | 2053 | 1959 | +94 | 41 | |
6 | ![]() |
26 | 14 | 12 | 2121 | 2097 | +24 | 40 | |
7 | ![]() |
26 | 12 | 14 | 2107 | 2212 | −105 | 38 | |
8 | ![]() |
26 | 11 | 15 | 2014 | 2005 | +9 | 37 | |
9 | ![]() |
26 | 10 | 16 | 1986 | 2056 | −70 | 36 | |
10 | ![]() |
26 | 10 | 16 | 2043 | 2101 | −58 | 36 | |
11 | ![]() |
26 | 9 | 17 | 1962 | 2098 | −136 | 35 | Qualification to the relegation playoffs |
12 | ![]() |
26 | 8 | 18 | 1899 | 2046 | −147 | 34 | |
13 | ![]() |
26 | 6 | 20 | 1848 | 2102 | −254 | 32 | |
14 | ![]() |
26 | 4 | 22 | 1813 | 2178 | −365 | 30 | Relegation to the Second Division |
Positions by round
[edit]Advance to the semifinals | Advance to the preliminary round | Qualification to the relegation playoffs | Relegated |
Results
[edit]Results by round
[edit]The table lists the results of teams in each round.
Win | Loss | Postponed |
Playoffs
[edit]On 13 September 2021, the ABA League JTD decided that six highest-placed clubs from the Regular season will qualify for the Playoffs.[23]
Preliminary Round | Semifinals | Finals | ||||||||
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2021–22 ABA League Champions |
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![]() Crvena zvezda mts 6th title |
Preliminary round
[edit]Team 1 | Series | Team 2 | Game 1 | Game 2 | Game 3 |
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Budućnost VOLI ![]() |
2–0 | ![]() |
76−70 | 79−74 | — |
Cedevita Olimpija ![]() |
2–0 | ![]() |
93–79 | 74−69 | — |
Semifinals
[edit]Team 1 | Series | Team 2 | Game 1 | Game 2 | Game 3 |
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Crvena zvezda mts ![]() |
2–1 | ![]() |
93−82 | 80–88 (OT) | 88–78 |
Partizan NIS ![]() |
2–1 | ![]() |
82−66 | 71−72 | 101–77 |
Finals
[edit]Team 1 | Series | Team 2 | Game 1 | Game 2 | Game 3 | Game 4 | Game 5 |
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Crvena zvezda mts ![]() |
3–2 | ![]() |
90–76 | 85–81 | 67–70 | 84–112 | 80–77 |
Relegation Playoffs
[edit]The 13th placed team of the First Division season and the runners-up of the Second Division season should play in the Qualifiers for a spot in the next First Division season. That team should have been Split.
However, because of the rule that no more than 5 teams from the same country could participate in ABA league, and since Serbian team Zlatibor is the champion of the ABA League Second Division, relegation playoffs will be played between them and the lowest ranked Serbian team in the ABA League First Division (Borac Čačak).
Leagues | Clubs |
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First Division | ![]() |
Second Division | ![]() |
Results
[edit]Team 1 | Series | Team 2 | Game 1 | Game 2 | Game 3 |
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Borac Čačak ![]() |
2–0 | ![]() |
85–80 | 87−66 | — |
Game 1
[edit]30 April 2022 | Borac Čačak ![]() |
85–80 (Series: 1−0) |
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Čačak |
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17:00 | Scoring by quarter: 27−14, 13−20, 24–19, 20−27 | |||
Pts: Pecarski 23 Rebs: Pecarski, Novaković 7 Asts: Đoković 7 PIR: Pecarski 28 |
Boxscore | Pts: Nikolić 19 Rebs: Đuran 9 Asts: Protić 7 PIR: Nikolić 19 |
Arena: Borac Hall Attendance: 2,000 Referees: Miloš Koljenšić, Tomislav Vovk, Bojan Kruljac |
Game 2
[edit]4 May 2022 | Zlatibor ![]() |
66–87 (Series: 0−2) |
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Čajetina |
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17:00 | Scoring by quarter: 16−20, 20−22, 14−25, 16−20 | |||
Pts: Tadić 22 Rebs: Kutlešić 8 Asts: three players 3 PIR: Tadić 24 |
Boxscore | Pts: Pecarski 16 Rebs: Pecarski 7 Asts: Sanadze, López 5 PIR: Sanadze, Čarapić 20 |
Arena: TRC Zlatibor Hall Attendance: 1,100 Referees: Uroš Obrknežević, Josip Radojković, Ivan Stefanović |
Statistics
[edit]Individual statistic leaders
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Points[edit]
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Rebounds[edit]
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Assists[edit]
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- Only players who played more than 66% of total league games are included
- Source: ABA League
Awards
[edit]MVP List
[edit]MVP of the Round
[edit]Round | Player | Team | PIR |
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1 | ![]() |
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35 |
2 | ![]() |
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36 |
3 | ![]() |
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28 |
4 | ![]() |
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43 |
5 | ![]() |
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32 |
6 | ![]() |
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41 |
7 | ![]() |
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40 |
8 | ![]() |
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37 |
9 | ![]() |
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34 |
10 | ![]() |
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35 |
11 | ![]() |
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36 |
12 | ![]() |
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34 |
13 | ![]() |
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29 |
14 | ![]() |
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31 |
15 | ![]() |
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28 |
16 | ![]() |
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27 |
17 | ![]() |
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31 |
18 | ![]() |
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27 |
19 | ![]() |
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29 |
20 | ![]() |
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30 |
21 | ![]() |
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37 |
22 | ![]() |
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30 |
23 | ![]() |
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50 |
24 | ![]() |
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38 |
25 | ![]() |
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34 |
26 | ![]() |
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49 |
PR1 | ![]() ![]() |
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22 |
PR2 | ![]() ![]() |
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21 |
SF1 | ![]() |
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28 |
SF2 | ![]() |
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27 |
SF3 | ![]() ![]() |
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31 |
F1 | ![]() |
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18 |
F2 | ![]() |
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29 |
F3 | ![]() ![]() |
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34 |
F4 | ![]() |
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33 |
F5 | ![]() |
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20 |
Source: ABA League
Month | Player | Team | Ref. |
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2021 | |||
October | ![]() |
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[31] |
November | ![]() |
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[32] |
December | ![]() |
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[33] |
2022 | |||
January | ![]() |
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[34] |
February | ![]() |
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[35] |
March | ![]() |
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[36] |
Average home attendances
[edit]- As of 24 May 2022
Pos | Team | Total | High | Low | Average | Change |
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1 | ![]() |
86,585 | 8,944 | 2,713 | 5,093 | n/a |
2 | ![]() |
62,358 | 7,238 | 852 | 3,668 | n/a |
3 | ![]() |
31,500 | 9,000 | 750 | 2,100 | n/a |
4 | ![]() |
20,662 | 5,000 | 1 | 1,377 | n/a |
5 | ![]() |
16,000 | 2,000 | 500 | 1,142 | n/a |
6 | ![]() |
14,093 | 2,332 | 200 | 1,006 | n/a |
7 | ![]() |
12,550 | 3,200 | 300 | 965 | n/a |
8 | ![]() |
11,470 | 2,500 | 350 | 819 | n/a |
9 | ![]() |
10,500 | 2,500 | 250 | 807 | n/a |
10 | ![]() |
9,101 | 1,500 | 1 | 700 | n/a |
11 | ![]() |
8,851 | 1,200 | 1 | 680 | n/a |
12 | ![]() |
6,406 | 1,500 | 70 | 492 | n/a |
13 | ![]() |
6,020 | 800 | 150 | 463 | n/a |
14 | ![]() |
3,895 | 1,150 | 1 | 324 | n/a |
15* | ![]() |
1,100 | 1,100 | – | 1,100 | n/a |
League total | 301,271 | 9,000 | 1 | 1,521 | n/a |
Source: AdmiralBet ABA League
Clubs in European competitions
[edit]Competition | Team | Progress | Result |
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EuroLeague | ![]() |
Regular season | 11th (12–16) |
EuroCup | ![]() |
Quarterfinals | Eliminated by ![]() |
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Eightfinals | Eliminated by ![]() | |
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Eliminated by ![]() | ||
Champions League | ![]() |
Play-ins | Eliminated by ![]() |
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Qualification Group A | Eliminated in semifinals by ![]() | |
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Qualification Group C | Eliminated in semifinals by ![]() Transferred to FIBA Europe Cup | |
FIBA Europe Cup | Regular season Group E | 3rd (2–4) |
See also
[edit]- List of current ABA League First Division team rosters
- 2021–22 ABA League Second Division
- 2021–22 Junior ABA League
- 2021–22 WABA League
- ABA teams
- 2020–21 domestic competitions
2021–22 Basketball Championship of Bosnia and Herzegovina
2021–22 HT Premijer liga
2021–22 Prva A liga
2021–22 Basketball League of Serbia
2021–22 Slovenian Basketball League
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