AdmiralBet ABA League | |||||||||||||
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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 | |||||||||||||
Season MVP | Nikola Kalinić | ||||||||||||
Promoted | MZT Skopje Aerodrom | ||||||||||||
Relegated | Krka | ||||||||||||
Finals | |||||||||||||
Champions | Crvena zvezda mts (6th title) | ||||||||||||
Runners-up | Partizan NIS | ||||||||||||
Semifinalists |
Budućnost VOLI Cedevita Olimpija | ||||||||||||
Finals MVP | Ognjen Dobrić | ||||||||||||
Awards | |||||||||||||
Top Prospect | Nikola Jović | ||||||||||||
Best Defender | Branko Lazić | ||||||||||||
Best Coach | Željko Obradović | ||||||||||||
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 | ||||||||||||
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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.
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]
Team | Home city | Arena | Capacity |
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Borac Čačak | Čačak | Borac Hall | 4,000 |
Budućnost VOLI | Podgorica | Morača Sports Center | 6,000 |
Cedevita Olimpija | Ljubljana | Arena Stožice | 12,480 |
Cibona | Zagreb | Dražen Petrović Hall | 5,400 |
Crvena zvezda mts | Belgrade | Aleksandar Nikolić Hall | 8,000 |
FMP Meridian | Belgrade | Železnik Hall | 3,000 |
Igokea m:tel | Aleksandrovac | Laktaši Sports Hall | 3,050 |
Krka | Novo Mesto | Leon Štukelj Hall | 2,500 |
Mega Mozzart | Belgrade | Ranko Žeravica Sports Hall | 5,000 |
Mornar Barsko zlato | Bar | Topolica Sport Hall | 2,625 |
Partizan NIS | Belgrade | Štark Arena | 18,386 |
Split | Split | Arena Gripe | 3,500 |
SC Derby | Podgorica | Morača Sports Center | 6,000 |
Zadar | Zadar | Krešimir Ćosić Hall | 7,997 |
Team | Head coach | Captain | Kit manufacturer | Shirt sponsor |
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Borac Čačak | Marko Marinović | Uroš Čarapić | — | MozzartSport / P.S. Fashion |
Budućnost VOLI | Aleksandar Džikić | Suad Šehović | Number 1 | VOLI |
Cedevita Olimpija | Jurica Golemac | Jaka Blažič | Adidas | Cedevita |
Cibona | Gašper Okorn | Roko Prkačin | GBT | Erste Bank |
Crvena zvezda mts | Dejan Radonjić | Branko Lazić | Adidas | mts / SoccerBet |
FMP Meridian | Nenad Stefanović | Marko Radonjić | Adidas | Meridian |
Igokea m:tel | Dragan Bajić | Marko Jošilo | GBT | m:tel |
Krka | Dalibor Damjanović | Luka Lapornik | Peak | Krka |
Mega Mozzart | Vlada Jovanović | Luka Cerovina | Adidas | Tehnomanija |
Mornar Barsko zlato | Mihailo Pavićević | Nemanja Vranješ | DaCapo | Bar Municipality / Barsko zlato |
Partizan NIS | Željko Obradović | Rade Zagorac | Under Armour | NIS / mts |
Split | Srđan Subotić | Mateo Kedžo | Macron | Optika Anda |
SC Derby | Andrej Žakelj | Nikola Pavličević | Number 1 | Derby |
Zadar | Vladimir Anzulović | Dominik Mavra | Macron | OTP Bank |
Team | Outgoing manager | Date of vacancy | Position in table | Replaced with | Date of appointment | Ref. |
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FMP Meridian | Vanja Guša | 1 June 2021 | Off-season | Nenad Stefanović | 2 June 2021 | [2] [3] |
Budućnost VOLI | Dejan Milojević | 17 June 2021 | Aleksandar Džikić | 22 June 2021 | [4] [5] [6] | |
Partizan NIS | Aleksandar Matović | 25 June 2021 | Željko Obradović | 25 June 2021 | [7] [8] | |
SC Derby | Nenad Trajković | June 2021 | Andrej Žakelj | 8 July 2021 | [9] | |
Zadar | Veljko Mršić | 13 July 2021 | Ivan Perinčić | 15 July 2021 | [10] [11] | |
Split | Mile Karakaš | Srđan Subotić | 9 August 2021 | [12] [13] [14] | ||
Zadar | Ivan Perinčić | 18 October 2021 | 13th (0–4) | Srđan Helbich (interim) | 18 October 2021 | [15] [16] |
Srđan Helbich (interim) | 23 October 2021 | 12th (1–4) | Vladimir Anzulović | 23 October 2021 | [17] | |
Cibona | Vladimir Jovanović | 8 January 2022 | 8th (5–9) | Bariša Krasić (interim) | 8 January 2022 | [18] [19] |
Bariša Krasić (interim) | 23 January 2022 | 9th (5–10) | Gašper Okorn | 23 January 2022 | [20] [21] |
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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The regular season commenced on 25 September 2021. [22]
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
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1 | Crvena zvezda mts | 26 | 24 | 2 | 2140 | 1819 | +321 | 50 | Advance to the semifinals |
2 | Partizan NIS | 26 | 22 | 4 | 2178 | 1840 | +338 | 48 | |
3 | Budućnost VOLI | 26 | 19 | 7 | 2102 | 1902 | +200 | 45 | Advance to the preliminary round |
4 | Cedevita Olimpija | 26 | 18 | 8 | 2205 | 2056 | +149 | 44 | |
5 | Igokea m:tel | 26 | 15 | 11 | 2053 | 1959 | +94 | 41 | |
6 | FMP Meridian | 26 | 14 | 12 | 2121 | 2097 | +24 | 40 | |
7 | SC Derby | 26 | 12 | 14 | 2107 | 2212 | −105 | 38 | |
8 | Cibona | 26 | 11 | 15 | 2014 | 2005 | +9 | 37 | |
9 | Mornar Barsko zlato | 26 | 10 | 16 | 1986 | 2056 | −70 | 36 | |
10 | Mega Mozzart | 26 | 10 | 16 | 2043 | 2101 | −58 | 36 | |
11 | Borac Čačak | 26 | 9 | 17 | 1962 | 2098 | −136 | 35 | Qualification to the relegation playoffs |
12 | Zadar | 26 | 8 | 18 | 1899 | 2046 | −147 | 34 | |
13 | Split | 26 | 6 | 20 | 1848 | 2102 | −254 | 32 | |
14 | Krka | 26 | 4 | 22 | 1813 | 2178 | −365 | 30 | Relegation to the Second Division |
Advance to the semifinals | Advance to the preliminary round | Qualification to the relegation playoffs | Relegated |
The table lists the results of teams in each round.
Win | Loss | Postponed |
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 | ||||||||
Crvena zvezda mts | 2 | |||||||||
Cedevita Olimpija | 1 | |||||||||
Cedevita Olimpija | 2 | |||||||||
Igokea m:tel | 0 | |||||||||
Crvena zvezda mts | 3 | |||||||||
Partizan NIS | 2 | |||||||||
Partizan NIS | 2 | |||||||||
Budućnost VOLI | 1 | |||||||||
Budućnost VOLI | 2 | |||||||||
FMP Meridian | 0 | |||||||||
2021–22 ABA League Champions |
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Crvena zvezda mts 6th title |
Team 1 | Series | Team 2 | Game 1 | Game 2 | Game 3 |
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Budućnost VOLI | 2–0 | FMP Meridian | 76−70 | 79−74 | — |
Cedevita Olimpija | 2–0 | Igokea m:tel | 93–79 | 74−69 | — |
Team 1 | Series | Team 2 | Game 1 | Game 2 | Game 3 |
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Crvena zvezda mts | 2–1 | Cedevita Olimpija | 93−82 | 80–88 (OT) | 88–78 |
Partizan NIS | 2–1 | Budućnost VOLI | 82−66 | 71−72 | 101–77 |
Team 1 | Series | Team 2 | Game 1 | Game 2 | Game 3 | Game 4 | Game 5 |
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Crvena zvezda mts | 3–2 | Partizan NIS | 90–76 | 85–81 | 67–70 | 84–112 | 80–77 |
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 | Borac Čačak |
Second Division | Zlatibor |
Team 1 | Series | Team 2 | Game 1 | Game 2 | Game 3 |
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Borac Čačak | 2–0 | Zlatibor | 85–80 | 87−66 | — |
30 April 2022 | Borac Čačak | 85–80 ( Series: 1−0) |
Zlatibor | 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 |
4 May 2022 | Zlatibor | 66–87 ( Series: 0−2) |
Borac Čačak | 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 |
PIR
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Points
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Rebounds
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Assists
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Round | Player | Team | PIR |
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1 | Nikola Ivanović | Crvena zvezda mts | 35 |
2 | Nate Reuvers | Cibona | 36 |
3 | Sava Lešić | Borac Čačak | 28 |
4 | Kyle Vinales | SC Derby | 43 |
5 | Yam Madar | Partizan NIS | 32 |
6 | Darko Bajo | Split | 41 |
7 | Karlo Matković | Mega Mozzart | 40 |
8 | Danilo Tasić | FMP Meridian | 37 |
9 | Garrett Nevels | FMP Meridian (2) | 34 |
10 | Marko Pecarski | Borac Čačak (2) | 35 |
11 | Garrett Nevels (2) | FMP Meridian (3) | 36 |
12 | Justin Carter | Zadar | 34 |
13 | Nikola Ivanović (2) | Crvena zvezda mts (2) | 29 |
14 | Zach Auguste | Cedevita Olimpija | 31 |
15 | Kenan Kamenjaš | SC Derby (2) | 28 |
16 | Marko Pecarski (2) | Borac Čačak (3) | 27 |
17 | Trevor Thompson | Zadar (2) | 31 |
18 | Shannon Shorter | Split (2) | 27 |
19 | Martin Junaković | Zadar (3) | 29 |
20 | Amar Gegić | Cibona (2) | 30 |
21 | Erick Neal | SC Derby (3) | 37 |
22 | Alen Omić | Cedevita Olimpija (2) | 30 |
23 | Vladimir Mihailović | Mornar Barsko zlato | 50 |
24 | Vladimir Mihailović (2) | Mornar Barsko zlato (2) | 38 |
25 | Zach LeDay | Partizan NIS (2) | 34 |
26 | Dalibor Ilić | Igokea m:tel | 49 |
PR1 | Jacob Pullen | Cedevita Olimpija (3) | 22 |
PR2 | Justin Cobbs | Budućnost VOLI | 21 |
SF1 | Luka Mitrović | Crvena zvezda mts (3) | 28 |
SF2 | Edo Murić | Cedevita Olimpija (4) | 27 |
SF3 | Kevin Punter | Partizan NIS (3) | 31 |
F1 | Nikola Ivanović (3) | Crvena zvezda mts (4) | 18 |
F2 | Nikola Kalinić | Crvena zvezda mts (5) | 29 |
F3 | Kevin Punter (2) | Partizan NIS (4) | 34 |
F4 | Aleksa Avramović | Partizan NIS (5) | 33 |
F5 | Dejan Davidovac | Crvena zvezda mts (6) | 20 |
Source: ABA League
Month | Player | Team | Ref. |
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2021 | |||
October | Bryce Jones | FMP Meridian | [31] |
November | Dalibor Ilić | Igokea m:tel | [32] |
December | Justin Cobbs | Budućnost VOLI | [33] |
2022 | |||
January | Willie Reed | Budućnost VOLI | [34] |
February | Amar Gegić | Cibona | [35] |
March | Jaka Blažič | Cedevita Olimpija | [36] |
Pos | Team | Total | High | Low | Average | Change |
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1 | Partizan NIS | 86,585 | 8,944 | 2,713 | 5,093 | n/a |
2 | Crvena zvezda mts | 62,358 | 7,238 | 852 | 3,668 | n/a |
3 | Cedevita Olimpija | 31,500 | 9,000 | 750 | 2,100 | n/a |
4 | Budućnost VOLI | 20,662 | 5,000 | 1 | 1,377 | n/a |
5 | Borac Čačak | 16,000 | 2,000 | 500 | 1,142 | n/a |
6 | FMP Meridian | 14,093 | 2,332 | 200 | 1,006 | n/a |
7 | Split | 12,550 | 3,200 | 300 | 965 | n/a |
8 | Igokea m:tel | 11,470 | 2,500 | 350 | 819 | n/a |
9 | Cibona | 10,500 | 2,500 | 250 | 807 | n/a |
10 | Zadar | 9,101 | 1,500 | 1 | 700 | n/a |
11 | Mornar Barsko zlato | 8,851 | 1,200 | 1 | 680 | n/a |
12 | Mega Mozzart | 6,406 | 1,500 | 70 | 492 | n/a |
13 | Krka | 6,020 | 800 | 150 | 463 | n/a |
14 | SC Derby | 3,895 | 1,150 | 1 | 324 | n/a |
15* | Zlatibor* | 1,100 | 1,100 | – | 1,100 | n/a |
League total | 301,271 | 9,000 | 1 | 1,521 | n/a |
Source: AdmiralBet ABA League
Competition | Team | Progress | Result |
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EuroLeague | Crvena zvezda mts | Regular season | 11th (12–16) |
EuroCup | Cedevita Olimpija | Quarterfinals | Eliminated by Frutti Extra Bursaspor, 83–85 |
Budućnost VOLI | Eightfinals | Eliminated by MoraBanc Andorra, 64–74 | |
Partizan NIS | Eliminated by Frutti Extra Bursaspor, 95–103 | ||
Champions League | Igokea | Play-ins | Eliminated by Filou Oostende, 1–2 |
Split | Qualification Group A | Eliminated in semifinals by Fribourg Olympic, 76–67 | |
Mornar Barsko zlato | Qualification Group C | Eliminated in semifinals by
Kalev/Cramo, 104–89 Transferred to FIBA Europe Cup | |
FIBA Europe Cup | Regular season Group E | 3rd (2–4) |