2022–23 ABA League Second Division

The 2022–23 ABA League Second Division is the 6th season of the ABA Second Division with 14 teams from Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Serbia, and Slovenia participating in it.

ABA League Second Division
Season2022–23
DurationOctober 2022 – April 2023
Games played13 each
Teams14
TV partner(s)Arena Sport
All statistics correct as of February 26, 2022.

Clubs

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A total of 14 clubs contest the league for the 2022–23 season, based on the results in the domestic championships and taking into consideration the results in the previous season. On the ABA Assembly session, held on 19 July 2022 in Zagreb, was confirmed clubs for the 2022–23 season.[1]

Distribution

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The following is the access list for this season.

Access list for the 2022–23 ABA League Second Division
Clubs entering in this round Clubs advancing from the previous round
Regular season
(14 clubs)
Playoffs
(8 clubs)
  • 8 highest-placed clubs from the regular season

Club allocation

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The labels in the parentheses show how each team qualified for the place of its starting round:

Regular season[1]
  Široki (2nd)   Helios Suns (2nd)   Sutjeska (2nd)   Zlatibor (1st)TH
  Spars Ilidža (3rd)   GGD Šenčur (3rd)   Podgorica (3rd)   Sloga (2nd)
  Borac Banja Luka (5th)WC   Gorica (4th)   Pelister (2nd)
  Krka (ABA1)   Vrijednosnice (12th)   TFT Skopje (4th)

Bosnian clubs Leotar[2] and Sloboda Tuzla[3] failed to receive wildcards.

Personnel and sponsorship

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Team Home city Head coach Captain Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor
Borac Banja Luka Banja Luka   Zoran Kašćelan   Srđan Gavrić Kelme wwin
Gorica Velika Gorica   Braslav Turić   Ante Mašić Alpas
Helios Suns Domžale   Dejan Jakara   Aljaž Bratec Spalding Helios / Triglav
Krka Novo Mesto   Gašper Okorn   Rok Stipčević Peak Krka
Pelister Bitola   Marjan Ilievski   Boban Stajić Unit sport
Podgorica Podgorica   Nebojša Bogavac   Vladan Kaluđerović NetS Bemax
Sloga Kraljevo   Marko Dimitrijević   Stefan Matović Maluro
Spars Ilidža Ilidža   Miodrag Kadija   Harun Zrno No1 Visit Sarajevo
Sutjeska Nikšić   Darko Vujačić   Marko Ćalić Ardu Sport
GGD Šenčur Šenčur   Miljan Pavković   Dino Murić GGD / ELCI
Široki Široki Brijeg   Ivan Velić   Jure Zubac Ardu Sport TT Kabeli
TFT Skopje Skopje   Boro Smilkovski   Edis Nuri
Vrijednosnice Osijek   Srđan Heblich   Veljko Budimir STX VROS
Zlatibor Čajetina   Strajin Nedović   Nemanja Protić Ardu Sport Boje i fasade Maxima

Coaching changes

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Team Outgoing manager Date of vacancy Position in table Replaced with Date of appointment Ref.
Borac Banja Luka   Dragan Nikolić 17 April 2022 Off-season   Zoran Kašćelan 17 April 2022 [4][5]
Krka   Dalibor Damjanović June 2022   Gašper Okorn 24 June 2022 [6]
Široki   Danijel Jusup 7 July 2022   Ivan Velić 22 July 2022 [7][8]
Gorica   Mladen Starčević July 2022   Vladimir Krstić 29 July 2022 [9]
Gorica   Vladimir Krstić 15 November 2022 13th (0–2)   Braslav Turić 15 November 2022 [10]

Regular season

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The Regular season is split in five tournaments featuring two or three rounds.

League table

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Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification or relegation
1   Helios Suns 13 12 1 1154 937 +217 25 Advance to the Playoffs
2   Krka 13 10 3 1114 1013 +101 23
3   Podgorica 13 9 4 1026 910 +116 22
4   Borac WWIN 13 9 4 1077 961 +116 22
5   Široki 13 9 4 1008 958 +50 22
6   Zlatibor 13 9 4 1120 1022 +98 22
7   Sutjeska 13 8 5 983 940 +43 21
8   Pelister 13 7 6 1052 1067 −15 20
9   Sloga 13 6 7 1023 1064 −41 19
10   GGD Šenčur 13 4 9 942 968 −26 17
11   TFT Skopje 13 3 10 984 1129 −145 16
12   Spars Ilidža 13 2 11 962 1153 −191 15
13   Gorica 13 2 11 962 1135 −173 15
14   Vrijednosnice 13 1 12 944 1094 −150 14
Source: ABA2

Playoffs

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Based on the results and position of the clubs in the standings after the regular season, Playoffs will take place with teams from 1st to 8th position. The Quarterfinals will be played in knockout pairs 1–8, 2–7, 3–6, 4–5. The winners of the Quarterfinals will qualify to the Semifinals and the winners of the Semifinals will play the Final.

Bracket

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Knock-out elimination phases were played under single-game format.

 
QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
 
          
 
12 April
 
 
1   Helios Suns101
 
14 April
 
8   Pelister47
 
1   Helios Suns 91
 
12 April
 
5   Široki 71
 
4   Borac Banja Luka72
 
16 April
 
5   Široki 80
 
1   Helios Suns 82
 
12 April
 
2   Krka 83
 
2   Krka 91
 
14 April
 
7   Sutjeska82
 
2   Krka 86
 
12 April
 
3   Podgorica 74
 
3   Podgorica89
 
 
6   Zlatibor 64
 

Clubs in European competitions

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Competition Team Progress Result
Basketball Champions League   TFT Skopje Qualifying rounds, Group A Eliminated in quarterfinals by   Niners Chemnitz, 77–96

See also

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2022–23 domestic competitions

Notes

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  1. ^
    In case of Serbia (Basketball League of Serbia) and Montenegro (Prva A Liga), playoff round results in their leagues are not considered for the ABA 2 League qualification.

References

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  1. ^ a b "AdmiralBet ABA League season tips off on 1 October". aba-liga.com. Retrieved 19 July 2022.
  2. ^ "Sport1 - Leotar proslavio plasman u ABA 2 ligu, ali da li će tamo oni ili Borac?". www.oslobodjenje.ba (in Bosnian). 2022-06-05. Retrieved 2022-07-16.
  3. ^ Ban, Kulin (2022-06-27). "Saznajemo: Sloboda poslala prijavu za igranje u ABA ligi 2". Bhbasket (in Bosnian). Retrieved 2022-07-16.
  4. ^ "Zoran Kašćelan na klupi Borca iz Banjaluke". vijesti.me. Retrieved 1 August 2022.
  5. ^ "Zoran Kašćelan ostaje u Borcu iz Banjaluke". sportklub.rs. Retrieved 1 August 2022.
  6. ^ "Gašper Okorn više neće voditi Cibonu, vratio se u Sloveniju te postao novi Krkin trener". telesport.telegram.hr. Retrieved 30 July 2022.
  7. ^ "Jusup šesti put na klupi Zadra". vecernji.hr. Retrieved 8 July 2022.
  8. ^ "Ivan Velić ponovo na klupi HKK Široki". sportsport.ba. Retrieved 4 September 2022.
  9. ^ "Vladimir Krstić preuzima Goricu". sportskikod.com. Retrieved 15 August 2022.
  10. ^ "Vladimir Krstić i Gorica raskinuli suradnju, novi trener je Braslav Turić". basketball.hr. 15 November 2022. Retrieved 29 November 2022.
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