The 2024–25 ABA League Second Division is the 7th season of the ABA Second Division with teams from Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Serbia, and Slovenia participating in it.
| ABA League Second Division | |
|---|---|
| Season | 2024–25 |
| Duration | October 2024 – TBA |
| Teams | 16 |
| TV partner(s) | Arena Sport |
← 2023–24 2025–26 →
All statistics correct as of June 8, 2024. | |
Format changes
editFollowing the expansion in the first division of ABA League, from this season 16 clubs will contest the second division as well (12 based on the results in the domestic championships and remaining 4 via wild card invitation).
From this year, instead of the five ("bubble") tournaments, 16 teams will be divided into the four Regular Season groups, each consisting of four clubs.
In each group, the teams will play against each other in a home-and-away round-robin system. Two best-placed teams of each group will advance to the Top 8 phase of the competition. Top 8 teams will be divided into two groups, each consisting of four teams. The system in the Top 8 phase of the competition will be also home-and-away round-robin system. The two best-placed teams of each Top 8 group will advance into the Playoffs. The Semi-finals and Finals will be played in a best-of-three series format (1-1-1).[1][2]
Distribution
editThe following is the access list for this season.[3]
| Clubs entering in this round | Clubs advancing from the previous round | |
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| Regular season (16 clubs) |
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| Playoffs (8 clubs) |
Club allocation
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The labels in the parentheses show how each team qualified for the place of its starting round:
- 1st–9th: Positions in national leagues at the end of Regular Season (or Playoffs).
- RW: Domestic league Regular Season winner.
- WC: Wild card.
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 Borac WWIN (2nd)
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 Šibenka (9th)WC
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 MZT Skopje Aerodrom (1st)
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 Zlatibor Mozzart (3rd)
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| Bosna Visit Sarajevo (3rd)WC
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 Podgorica (1st)
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Pelister (2nd)
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Joker (6th)WC
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| Široki TT Kabeli (4th)RW
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Sutjeska (2nd)
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Rabotnički (3rd)WC
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 Kansai Helios (2nd)
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| Cedevita Junior (5th)
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Teodo Tivat (3rd)WC
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Vojvodina mts (1st)
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Ilirija (4th)
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10 teams that hadn't been directly qualified, applied to participate for this season competition: Bosna Visit Sarajevo and Sloboda Tuzla from Bosnia and Herzegovina, Šibenka from Croatia, Teodo Tivat and Primorje 1945 from Montenegro, Rabotnički Skopje from North Macedonia, Vršac Meridianbet, Sloboda Užice and Radnički Kragujevac from Serbia and Šenčur from Slovenia.[4]
After the announcement that wild card fee would cost 25,000 euros, the 9 teams applied for the wild card (all above except for Sloboda Užice and Radnički Kragujevac and with addition of KK TFT Mozzart Skopje),[5] out of which the board of the ABA League decided that 4 teams (Bosna Visit Sarajevo, Vršac, Tivat and Rabotnički) will receive the wild card.
KK Dinamo Zagreb (fourth-placed team in the Croatian 2023-24 Favbet Premijer Liga) decided not to participate in this season ABA 2 League and chose to play FIBA competition instead.[6] GKK Šibenka is then awarded an additional wild card.to replace them.[7]
Just seven days before playing their first match, KK Vršac Meridianbet decided to withdraw from the competiton. Board of ABA League decided KK Joker from Sombor to take the vacant spot.[8]
Draw
editThe clubs were divided into 4 pots, based on the results in the NLB ABA League 2 and in the domestic championships in the previous season. While conducting the draw, a national criteria was also taken into account, to prevent two clubs from the same country to be placed within the same Regular Season Group.[1]
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Regular season
editGroup A
edit| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification | HEL | CED | MZT | TIV | |
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| 1 | Kansai Helios
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4 | 4 | 0 | 296 | 278 | +18 | 8 | Advance to the Top 8 | — | 68–67 | 69–62 | ||
| 2 | Cedevita Junior
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3 | 2 | 1 | 253 | 238 | +15 | 5 | 79–87 | — | 77–75 | |||
| 3 | MZT Skopje Aerodrom
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4 | 1 | 3 | 280 | 267 | +13 | 5 | 70–72 | — | 68–50 | |||
| 4 | Teodo Tivat
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3 | 0 | 3 | 188 | 234 | −46 | 3 | 76–97 | — |
Group B
edit| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification | BOS | SUT | VOJ | RAB | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bosna Visit Sarajevo
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4 | 3 | 1 | 329 | 283 | +46 | 7 | Advance to the Top 8 | — | 78–74 | 84–58 | ||
| 2 | Sutjeska Elektroprivreda
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3 | 2 | 1 | 241 | 215 | +26 | 5 | — | 96–79 | ||||
| 3 | Vojvodina mts
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3 | 2 | 1 | 249 | 226 | +23 | 5 | 77–68 | — | 93–62 | |||
| 4 | Rabotnički
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4 | 0 | 4 | 252 | 347 | −95 | 4 | 74–99 | 58–71 | — |
Group C
edit| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification | JOK | POD | PEL | ŠIR | |
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| 1 | Joker
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3 | 3 | 0 | 270 | 248 | +22 | 6 | Advance to the Top 8 | — | 110–95 | |||
| 2 | Podgorica
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3 | 2 | 1 | 259 | 245 | +14 | 5 | 76–79 | — | 90–79 | |||
| 3 | Pelister
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3 | 1 | 2 | 230 | 243 | −13 | 4 | 77–81 | — | 74–72 | |||
| 4 | Široki TT Kabeli
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3 | 0 | 3 | 254 | 277 | −23 | 3 | 87–93 | — |
Group D
edit| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification | ILI | BBL | ZLA | ŠIB | |
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| 1 | Ilirija
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3 | 2 | 1 | 226 | 189 | +37 | 5 | Advance to the Top 8 | — | 62–70 | 69–58 | ||
| 2 | Borac WWIN
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3 | 2 | 1 | 222 | 225 | −3 | 5 | — | 59–73 | ||||
| 3 | Zlatibor Mozzart
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3 | 1 | 2 | 221 | 230 | −9 | 4 | 90–93 | — | ||||
| 4 | Šibenka
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3 | 1 | 2 | 202 | 227 | −25 | 4 | 61–95 | 68–73 | — |
References
edit- ^ a b j.t.d, ABA liga. "2024/25 NLB ABA League Season Draw seeds announced". NLB ABA League 2. Retrieved 2024-07-15.
- ^ j.t.d, ABA liga. "First Phase Groups have been drawn". NLB ABA League 2. Retrieved 2024-07-15.
- ^ "Ovo su sigurni učesnici ABA lige 2". BH Basket (in Bosnian). 2024-06-08. Retrieved 2024-06-08.
- ^ Брајковић, Тодор (2024-06-08). "ДАН - Deset kandidata za četiri mjesta u ABA 2". www.dan.co.me. Retrieved 2024-06-08.
- ^ "Ovo su klubovi koji su podnijeli zahtjev za pozivinicu ABA 2 lige!". BH Basket (in Bosnian). 2024-06-13. Retrieved 2024-06-13.
- ^ "Sportske.net - Dinamo Zagreb neće u ABA 2 ligu, ima evropske ambicije!". Sportske.net (in Serbian). Retrieved 2024-07-08.
- ^ Petrović, Vuk-Miloš (2024-07-08). "Basketball Sphere donosi detalje: Poznat kompletan spisak ekipa u Drugoj ABA ligi". basketballsphere.com (in Bosnian). Retrieved 2024-07-08.
- ^ j.t.d, ABA liga. "BC Joker joins NLB ABA League 2". NLB ABA League 2. Retrieved 2024-09-25.
External links
edit- Official website
- ABA League 2 at Eurobasket.com