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ABA League First Division
Season2018–19
DurationSeptember 28, 2018 – March 17, 2019
(Regular season)
March 23, 2019–April 22, 2019
(Playoffs)
Games played143
Teams12
TV partner(s)Arena Sport, O2.TV
Regular season
Top seedCrvena zvezda
Season MVPGeorgia (country) Goga Bitadze [1]
RelegatedSlovenia Petrol Olimpija
Finals
ChampionsSerbia Crvena zvezda mts (4th title)
  Runners-upMontenegro Budućnost VOLI
SemifinalistsCroatia Cedevita
Serbia Partizan NIS
Finals MVPUnited States Billy Baron [2]
Awards
Top ProspectGeorgia (country) Goga Bitadze [3]
Statistical leaders
Points Serbia Dragan Apić 21.29
Rebounds Croatia Luka Božić 7.23
Assists Slovenia Matic Rebec 5.84
Index Rating Serbia Dragan Apić 29.50
Records
Biggest home winCrvena zvezda 97–54 Budućnost
(22 April 2019)
Biggest away winMornar 57–90 Crvena zvezda
(9 February 2019)
Highest scoringIgokea 115–105 Olimpija
(16 November 2018)
Winning streakCrvena zvezda
16 games
Losing streakOlimpija / Mornar
5 games
Highest attendance8,000
Zadar 92–97 Partizan
(19 January 2019)
Lowest attendance500
Igokea 91–73 Krka
(26 October 2018)
Krka 69–71 Igokea
(18 January 2019)
Cedevita 94–80 Mornar
(15 March 2019)
FMP 73–72 Partizan
(16 March 2019)
Attendance384,820[1]
Average attendance2,691[1]
All statistics correct as of April 22, 2019.

The 2018–19 ABA League First Division is the 18th season of the ABA League with 12 teams from Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Montenegro, Slovenia and Serbia participating in it. It is the first time since the 2011–12 season that there are no participants from North Macedonia.

Format changes

On March 13, 2018, the Adriatic League Assembly decided to abolish the National standings and, as of the 2018–19 season, participants are determined only based on the results in the competitions under the umbrella of the Adriatic League (First Division and Second Division). Promotion and relegation will now be based on the First and Second Division. The last place team in the First Division is relegated to the Second Division, while the winner of the Second Division is promoted. Also, as of the 2018–19 season, the 11th placed team of the 2018–19 First Division season and the runners-up of the 2018–19 Second Division season will play in a Relegation Playoff for a spot in the 2019–20 First Division season. The format of the Qualifiers will be best of three, while the home court advantage will be given to the team that played in the First Division in the previous season.[2]

The maximum number of clubs from one country in the First Division is five. The last placed club in the First Division will have a guaranteed place in the Second Division in the following season. The confirmed competition system shall not be changed until the end of the 2024–25 season, if there are no significant changes in the European basketball by then.[2]

Teams

Promotion and relegation

A total of 12 teams will contest the league, including 11 sides from the 2017–18 season and one promoted from the 2017–18 Second Division.

Team promoted from Second Division
Team relegated to Second Division

Venues and locations

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Location of teams in the 2018–19 ABA League First Division
Team Home city Arena Capacity
Montenegro Budućnost VOLI Podgorica Morača Sports Center 5,500
Croatia Cedevita Zagreb Dom sportova 3,100
Croatia Cibona Zagreb Dražen Petrović Hall 5,400
Serbia Crvena zvezda mts Belgrade Aleksandar Nikolić Hall 5,878
Serbia FMP Belgrade Železnik Hall 3,000
Bosnia and Herzegovina Igokea Aleksandrovac Laktaši Sports Hall 3,050
Slovenia Krka Novo Mesto Leon Štukelj Hall 2,500
Serbia Mega Bemax Sremska Mitrovica Pinki Sports Hall 2,500
Montenegro Mornar Bar Topolica Sport Hall 2,625
Serbia Partizan NIS Belgrade Aleksandar Nikolić Hall 5,878
Slovenia Petrol Olimpija Ljubljana Arena Stožice 12,480
Croatia Zadar Zadar Krešimir Ćosić Hall 7,997

Personnel and sponsorship

Team Head coach Captain Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor
Budućnost VOLI Croatia Jasmin Repeša Montenegro Suad Šehović Spalding VOLI / Tea Medica
Cedevita Croatia Slaven Rimac Bosnia and Herzegovina Andrija Stipanović Adidas Cedevita / INA
Cibona Bosnia and Herzegovina Ivan Velić Croatia Marin Rozić Visual Erste Bank
Crvena zvezda mts Serbia Milan Tomić Serbia Branko Lazić Nike mts
FMP Serbia Vladimir Jovanović Serbia Radoš Šešlija Champion FMP
Igokea Serbia Dragan Nikolić Serbia Vuk Radivojević GBT m:tel
Krka Slovenia Simon Petrov Slovenia Domen Bratož Žolna šport Krka
Mega Bemax Serbia Dejan Milojević Montenegro Ognjen Čarapić Adidas Bemax / Tehnomanija
Mornar Montenegro Mihailo Pavićević Montenegro Marko Mijović Armani epcg
Partizan NIS Italy Andrea Trinchieri Serbia Novica Veličković Under Armour NIS / mts
Petrol Olimpija Slovenia Jure Zdovc Slovenia Gregor Hrovat Peak Petrol
Zadar Croatia Ante Nazor Croatia Šime Špralja Visual OTP Bank / Crodux

Coaching changes

Team Outgoing manager Date of vacancy Position in table Replaced with Date of appointment Ref.
Igokea Bosnia and Herzegovina Dragan Bajić 2 April 2018 Off-season Bosnia and Herzegovina Žarko Milaković 2 April 2018 [3]
Crvena zvezda mts Serbia Dušan Alimpijević 8 May 2018 Serbia Milenko Topić 8 May 2018 [4]
Cedevita Slovenia Jure Zdovc 6 June 2018 Spain Sito Alonso 8 June 2018 [5][6]
Cibona Croatia Ante Nazor 6 June 2018 Bosnia and Herzegovina Ivan Velić 8 June 2018 [7][8]
Zadar Croatia Aramis Naglić 21 June 2018 Slovenia Aleš Pipan 28 June 2018 [9][10]
Crvena zvezda mts Serbia Milenko Topić July 2018 Serbia Milan Tomić 13 July 2018 [11][12]
Igokea Bosnia and Herzegovina Žarko Milaković July 2018 Serbia Nenad Trajković 14 July 2018 [13][14]
Zadar Slovenia Aleš Pipan 23 October 2018 12th (0–4) Croatia Ante Nazor 23 October 2018 [15][16]
Cedevita Spain Sito Alonso 25 October 2018 9th (1–3) Croatia Slaven Rimac 25 October 2018 [17]
Partizan NIS Serbia Nenad Čanak 26 October 2018 7th (2–3) Italy Andrea Trinchieri 1 November 2018 [18][19]
Igokea Serbia Nenad Trajković 5 November 2018 9th (2–4) Bosnia and Herzegovina Žarko Milaković 5 November 2018 [20]
Petrol Olimpija Slovenia Zoran Martič 19 November 2018 11th (2–6) Serbia Saša Nikitović 19 November 2018 [21]
Igokea Bosnia and Herzegovina Žarko Milaković 24 December 2018 10th (4–8) Serbia Dragan Nikolić 24 December 2018 [22]
Budućnost VOLI Serbia Aleksandar Džikić 29 December 2018 3rd (8–4) Croatia Jasmin Repeša 30 December 2018 [23][24]
Petrol Olimpija Serbia Saša Nikitović 19 February 2019 10th (6–13) Slovenia Jure Zdovc 19 February 2019 [25]

Regular season

The season began on September 28, 2018. The regular season will end on March 17, 2019.[26]

League table

Template:2018–19 ABA League First Division table

Positions by round

First place & advance to the playoffs
Advance to the playoffs
Qualification to the relegation playoffs
Relegated
Team ╲ Round12345678910111213141516171819202122
Serbia Crvena zvezda mts4211111111111111111111
Croatia Cedevita8679586444322222232322
Montenegro Budućnost VOLI1443333222233333323233
Serbia Partizan NIS5355754555555444444444
Serbia Mega Bemax6122222333444555555555
Serbia FMP38681065666766668766666
Croatia Cibona91011108479108679786889777
Bosnia and Herzegovina Igokea7781169118771010710119910119108
Montenegro Mornar1112969109121211111189776781089
Slovenia Krka129107111212101112121212121212121212121210
Croatia Zadar10111212121110781099118101111978911
Slovenia Petrol Olimpija25344781199881011910101110111112
Source: ABA League

Results

Home \ Away BUD CED CIB CZV FMP IGO KRK MEG MOR PAR OLI ZAD
Budućnost VOLI — 80–78 91–82 71–87 79–59 96–70 86–64 91–85 102–71 75–71 85–69 75–69
Cedevita 63–58 — 89–68 84–68 87–85 100–80 104–75 86–95 94–80 84–87 95–82 83–72
Cibona 83–77 78–75 — 54–76 90–71 84–86 99–71 89–71 84–73 59–83 87–70 66–97
Crvena zvezda mts 86–72 94–79 78–68 — 79–62 96–75 80–66 100–76 104–71 70–68 89–61 97–70
FMP 70–87 81–95 93–88 72–81 — 87–78 93–65 106–89 82–84 73–72 64–63 99–86
Igokea 78–85 75–78 87–69 77–79 74–85 — 91–73 79–80 81–60 84–92 115–105 100–82
Krka 69–64 82–71 90–100 66–96 71–76 69–71 — 82–69 80–76 80–76 62–59 77–78
Mega Bemax 70–77 101–107 82–80 68–78 89–61 93–88 80–72 — 82–80 74–81 81–77 85–97
Mornar 95–99 102–103 91–78 57–90 79–69 97–103 86–77 80–84 — 97–94 80–75 89–81
Partizan NIS 76–67 71–76 85–67 71–77 83–77 67–57 87–55 98–86 75–73 — 82–79 85–95
Petrol Olimpija 72–77 70–98 78–80 60–83 88–86 92–69 70–69 91–78 87–66 66–72 — 91–81
Zadar 69–89 85–95 95–91 69–87 79–85 95–80 64–72 80–84 83–93 92–97 84–80 —
Updated to match(es) played on March 17, 2019. Source: ABA League
Legend: Blue = home team win; Red = away team win.
Matches with lighter background shading were decided after overtime.

Playoffs

Main article: 2019 ABA League First Division Playoffs

The semi-finals will be played in a best-of-three format, while the Finals were played in a best-of-five format. Playoffs will begin on 23 March 2019 and planned to end by 22 April 2019.[26]

Bracket

 
SemifinalsFinals
 
      
 
March 23 – April 6
 
 
Serbia Crvena zvezda mts2
 
April 12 – April 22
 
Serbia Partizan NIS1
 
Serbia Crvena zvezda mts3
 
March 25 – April 7
 
Montenegro Budućnost VOLI2
 
Croatia Cedevita1
 
 
Montenegro Budućnost VOLI2
 


2018–19 ABA League Champions
Serbia
Crvena zvezda mts
4th title

Semifinals

Team 1 Series Team 2 Game 1 Game 2 Game 3
Crvena zvezda mts Serbia 2–1 Serbia Partizan NIS 106–101 67–70 84–63
Cedevita Croatia 1–2 Montenegro Budućnost VOLI 90–83 72–87 73–78

Finals

Team 1 Series Team 2 Game 1 Game 2 Game 3 Game 4 Game 5
Crvena zvezda mts Serbia 3–2 Montenegro Budućnost VOLI 91–72 107–69 72–80 80–84 97–54

Relegation playoffs

As of the 2018–19 season, the 11th placed team of the 2018–19 First Division season and the runners-up of the 2018–19 Second Division season will play in the Qualifiers for a spot in the 2019–20 First Division season.

As the team coming from the ABA League, Zadar had the home court advantage in the first and third game of the series, while MZT was the host of the second game of the Qualifiers series.[27] Zadar won the series 2−1 and kept its First League status.[28]

Teams

Results

Team 1 Series Team 2 Game 1 Game 2 Game 3
Zadar Croatia 2–1 North Macedonia MZT Skopje Aerodrom 83–89 78–77 86−75

Statistical leaders

As of 22 April 2019

PIR

Pos Player Club PIR
1 Serbia Dragan Apić FMP 29.50
2 Croatia Luka Božić Zadar 21.68
3 Serbia Sava Lešić Igokea 18.05
4 Croatia Tomislav Zubčić Igokea 17.57
5 Croatia Dominik Mavra Krka 17.29

Points

Pos Player Club PPG
1 Serbia Dragan Apić FMP 21.29
2 Croatia Tomislav Zubčić Igokea 19.00
3 Georgia (country) Jacob Pullen Cedevita 17.40
4 Croatia Dominik Mavra Krka 16.29
5 Serbia Sava Lešić Igokea 15.18

Rebounds

Pos Player Club PPG
1 Croatia Luka Božić Zadar 7.23
2 Serbia Dragan Apić FMP 7.14
3 Serbia Uroš Luković Mornar 7.00
4 Nigeria Michael Ojo Crvena zvezda 6.43
5 Serbia Sava Lešić Igokea 6.41

Assists

Pos Player Club PPG
1 Slovenia Matic Rebec FMP 5.84
2 United States Joe Ragland Crvena zvezda 5.73
3 Croatia Dominik Mavra Krka 5.71
4 Bosnia and Herzegovina Alex Renfroe Partizan 5.54
5 United States Scottie Reynolds Olimpija 5.50

Source: ABA League

Awards

Pos. Player Team Ref.
MVP
C Georgia (country) Goga Bitadze Montenegro Budućnost VOLI [29]
Finals MVP
SG United States Billy Baron Serbia Crvena zvezda mts [30]
Top Prospect
C Georgia (country) Goga Bitadze Montenegro Budućnost VOLI [31]
Ideal Starting Five
PG United States Joe Ragland Serbia Crvena zvezda mts [32]
SG Georgia (country) Jacob Pullen Croatia Cedevita
SF Greece Stratos Perperoglou Serbia Crvena zvezda mts
PF Australia Jock Landale Serbia Partizan NIS
C Georgia (country) Goga Bitadze Montenegro Budućnost VOLI

MVP List

MVP of the Round

Round Player Team Performance Index Rating
1 Serbia Dragan Apić Serbia FMP 40
2 Serbia Sava Lešić Bosnia and Herzegovina Igokea 30
3 Montenegro Nemanja Vranješ Montenegro Mornar 33
4 Serbia Uroš Luković Montenegro Mornar 31
5 Croatia Luka Božić Croatia Zadar 36
6 Croatia Luka Božić (2) Croatia Zadar 33
7 Serbia Stefan Pot Serbia FMP 39
8 Croatia Luka Božić (3) Croatia Zadar 36
9 United States Jacob Pullen Croatia Cedevita 43
10 Serbia Vanja Marinković Serbia Partizan 32
11 Serbia Marko Ljubičić Croatia Cibona 30
12 Serbia Dragan Apić (2) Serbia FMP 34
13 Serbia Dragan Apić (3) Serbia FMP 42
14 Croatia Luka Božić (4) Croatia Zadar 25
15 United States Elgin Cook Croatia Cedevita 32
16 Croatia Filip Bundović Croatia Cibona 29
17 Montenegro Nemanja Vranješ (2) Montenegro Mornar 29
18 Serbia Stefan Pot (2) Serbia FMP 35
19 Austria Luka Ašćerić Serbia Mega Bemax 35
20 Croatia Dominik Mavra Slovenia Krka 37
21 Georgia (country) Goga Bitadze Montenegro Budućnost VOLI 31
22 Serbia Danilo Anđušić Bosnia and Herzegovina Igokea 30
SF1 Serbia Dejan Davidovac Serbia Crvena zvezda mts 26
SF2 Serbia Vanja Marinković (2) Serbia Partizan 22
SF3 Bosnia and Herzegovina Nemanja Gordić Montenegro Budućnost VOLI 16
F1 United States Billy Baron Serbia Crvena zvezda mts 27
F2 United States K. C. Rivers Serbia Crvena zvezda mts 20
F3 United States Norris Cole Montenegro Budućnost VOLI 20
F4 United States Norris Cole (2) Montenegro Budućnost VOLI 36
F5 United States K. C. Rivers (2) Serbia Crvena zvezda mts 21

Source: ABA League

MVP of the Month

Month Player Team Ref.
2018
October Georgia (country) Goga Bitadze Serbia Mega Bemax [33]
November Serbia Dragan Apić Serbia FMP [34]
December Serbia Dragan Apić (2) Serbia FMP [35]
2019
January United States Marcus Paige Serbia Partizan [36]
February Serbia Stefan Pot Serbia FMP [37]

Attendances

Attendances include playoff games:

Pos Team Total High Low Average Change
1 Serbia Partizan NIS 66,420 7,920 1,200 5,535 +20.6%†
2 Serbia Crvena zvezda mts 73,031 6,858 2,345 4,564 +3.4%†
3 Croatia Zadar 48,750 8,000 1,000 4,432 +2.1%†
4 Montenegro Budućnost VOLI 55,009 5,860 1,950 3,929 +15.5%†
5 Montenegro Mornar 25,400 3,000 1,550 2,309 +8.6%†
6 Croatia Cedevita 25,850 5,500 500 1,988 +44.1%†
7 Bosnia and Herzegovina Igokea 19,350 3,500 500 1,759 −19.6%†
8 Slovenia Petrol Olimpija 16,670 3,500 700 1,515 +6.2%†
9 Serbia Mega Bemax 16,080 2,500 1,000 1,462 +1.5%†
10 Croatia Cibona 14,740 2,350 590 1,340 −5.2%†
11 Slovenia Krka 13,730 2,000 500 1,248 +51.3%1
12 Serbia FMP 9,790 1,400 500 890 −2.6%†
League total 384,820 8,000 500 2,691 +5.7%†

Updated to match(es) played on April 22, 2019. Source: [1]
Notes:
1: previous season average applied to second division games


Clubs in European competitions

Competition Team Progress Result
EuroLeague Montenegro Budućnost VOLI Regular season 15th (6–24)
EuroCup Serbia Partizan NIS Top 16 Group E Increase(1) 4th (2–4)
Serbia Crvena zvezda mts Top 16 Group G Increase(1) 3rd (2–4)
Croatia Cedevita Top 16 Group H Increase(1) 4th (0–6)
Montenegro Mornar Regular season Group D 5th (2–8)
Champions League Slovenia Petrol Olimpija Regular season Group D 8th (1–13)

See also

2018–19 domestic competitions
Teams

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