2017–18 ABA League First Division
ABA League First Division | |||||||||||||
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Season | 2017–18 | ||||||||||||
Duration | September 29, 2017–March 12, 2018 ( | ||||||||||||
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Top Prospect | ![]() | ||||||||||||
Statistical leaders | |||||||||||||
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Records | |||||||||||||
Biggest home win | Budućnost 104–62 MZT (11 February 2018) | ||||||||||||
Biggest away win | MZT 55–96 Olimpija (3 February 2018) | ||||||||||||
Highest scoring | Partizan 117–104 Igokea (21 October 2017) | ||||||||||||
Highest attendance | 7,237 Crvena zvezda 91–63 Mornar (18 March 2018) | ||||||||||||
Lowest attendance | 250 Cibona 79–82 Mornar (4 March 2018) | ||||||||||||
← 2016–17 2018–19 →
All statistics correct as of April 14, 2018. |
The 2017–18 ABA League First Division was the 17th season of the
Format changes
On May 23, 2017, ABA League Assembly has decided that there will be 12 clubs competing in the league in the 2017–18 season.[1] Having analysed the current situation in European and the regional basketball, as well as the fact that the ABA League is still not officially recognized by the national basketball federations, and with a goal to protect the interests of the ABA League founding clubs, the clubs that have competed in the 2016–17 season will have a right to participate in the forthcoming season as well and the priority of participation will be given to the founders of the ABA League (from the 2015–16 season). The formula to determine the participants which will be respected is the following:[1]
Serbia – three clubs
Croatia – three clubs
Slovenia – one club
Bosnia and Herzegovina – one club
Montenegro – one club
Macedonia – one club
Two additional spots will be allocated to the clubs from countries, whose clubs have achieved the best coefficients in the country rankings during the 2016–17 season. Those two countries are Serbia and Montenegro. The places from Serbia will be filled in accordance with the final standings of the Basketball League of Serbia, in accordance with the recognition and cooperation with the ABA League.[1]
In accordance with the previously mentioned decisions, the participating clubs of the
Teams
National standings
The numbers of teams by country is determined by a coefficient that is the sum of all victories clubs from a certain country achieve in a regular season divided by the number of clubs from that country. By using this coefficient majority of places for current season are allocated, while the remaining places are given via wild cards from league board.[2]
Country | No. | 2016–17 coeff. | 2017–18 no. of clubs |
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3 | 16.25 | 4 |
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1 | 14.00 | 2 |
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3 | 13.33 | 3 |
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1 | 13.00 | 1 |
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1 | 9.00 | 1 |
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1 | 9.00 | 1 |
Total | 10 | best coeff. (+2) | 12 |
Team allocation
League positions of the previous domestic league season after playoffs shown in parentheses.
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Cedevita (1st )
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Venues and locations
Team | Home city | Arena | Capacity |
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Budućnost VOLI | Podgorica | Morača Sports Center | 4,000 |
Cedevita
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Zagreb | Dražen Petrović | 5,400 |
Cibona | Zagreb | Dražen Petrović | 5,400 |
Crvena zvezda mts | Belgrade | Aleksandar Nikolić
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5,878 [3] |
FMP | Belgrade | Železnik Hall | 3,000 |
Igokea | Aleksandrovac | Laktaši Sports Hall | 3,050 |
Mega Bemax | Sremska Mitrovica | Sports Hall Pinki | 2,500 |
Mornar | Bar | Topolica Sport Hall | 2,625 |
MZT Skopje Aerodrom | Skopje | Jane Sandanski | 7,500 |
Partizan NIS | Belgrade | Aleksandar Nikolić | 5,878 |
Petrol Olimpija | Ljubljana | Arena Stožice | 12,480 |
Zadar | Zadar | Krešimir Ćosić | 7,847 |
Personnel and sponsorship
Team | Head coach | Captain | Kit manufacturer | Shirt sponsor |
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Budućnost VOLI | ![]() |
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Spalding
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VOLI |
Cedevita
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Nike | Cedevita |
Cibona | ![]() |
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Adidas | — |
Crvena zvezda mts | ![]() |
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Nike | mts
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FMP | ![]() |
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Champion | FMP |
Igokea | ![]() |
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GBT | m:tel
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Mega Bemax | ![]() |
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Adidas | Bemax |
Mornar | ![]() |
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Adidas | Bar Municipality |
MZT Skopje Aerodrom | ![]() |
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Adidas | UNIBanka, triglav |
Partizan NIS | ![]() |
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Under Armour | NIS |
Petrol Olimpija | ![]() |
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Macron | Petrol |
Zadar | ![]() |
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Champion | OTP Bank |
Coaching changes
Team | Outgoing manager | Date of vacancy | Position in table | Replaced with | Date of appointment |
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Budućnost VOLI | ![]() |
14 April 2017 | Off-season | ![]() |
22 June 2017 |
Cedevita |
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9 June 2017 | ![]() |
14 June 2017 | |
Cibona | ![]() |
13 June 2017 | ![]() |
17 June 2017 | |
Partizan NIS | ![]() |
13 June 2017 | ![]() |
18 July 2017 | |
MZT Skopje Aerodrom | ![]() |
15 June 2017 | ![]() |
15 June 2017 | |
Mornar |
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1 July 2017 | ![]() |
1 July 2017 | |
Crvena zvezda mts | ![]() |
15 July 2017 | ![]() |
21 July 2017 | |
FMP | ![]() |
21 July 2017 | ![]() |
27 July 2017 | |
Cibona | ![]() |
11 November 2017[4] | 9th (3–5) | ![]() |
13 November 2017[5] |
MZT Skopje Aerodrom | ![]() |
7 December 2017[6] | 12th (2–8) | ![]() |
8 December 2017[7] |
Partizan NIS | ![]() |
12 December 2017[8] | 5th (5–6) | ![]() |
14 December 2017[9] |
Petrol Olimpija | ![]() |
8 January 2018 | 11th (5–10) | ![]() |
8 January 2018[10] |
Regular season
League table
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
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22 | 19 | 3 | 1955 | 1679 | +276 | 41 | Advance to the playoffs |
2 | ![]() |
22 | 17 | 5 | 1863 | 1661 | +202 | 39[a] | |
3 | Cedevita
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22 | 17 | 5 | 1798 | 1645 | +153 | 39[a] | |
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22 | 14 | 8 | 1825 | 1790 | +35 | 36 | |
5 | ![]() |
22 | 11 | 11 | 1936 | 1893 | +43 | 33 | |
6 | ![]() |
22 | 10 | 12 | 1846 | 1885 | −39 | 32[b] | |
7 | ![]() |
22 | 10 | 12 | 1738 | 1793 | −55 | 32[b] | |
8 | ![]() |
22 | 9 | 13 | 1756 | 1763 | −7 | 31 | |
9 | ![]() |
22 | 8 | 14 | 1849 | 1858 | −9 | 30 | |
10 | ![]() |
22 | 7 | 15 | 1782 | 1876 | −94 | 29[c] | |
11 | ![]() |
22 | 7 | 15 | 1754 | 1890 | −136 | 29[c] | |
12 | ![]() |
22 | 3 | 19 | 1659 | 2028 | −369 | 25 | Relegation to the Second Division |
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