2017–18 ABA League First Division

ABA League First Division
Season2017–18
DurationSeptember 29, 2017–March 12, 2018
(Regular season)
March 18, 2018–April 14, 2018
(Playoffs)
Games played142
Teams12
TV partner(s)Arena Sport
Regular season
Top seed Crvena zvezda mts
Season MVP Luka Žorić [1]
Promoted Krka
Relegated MZT Skopje Aerodrom
Finals
Champions Budućnost VOLI (1st title)
Runners-up Crvena zvezda mts
Semifinalists Cedevita
Mornar
Finals MVP Nemanja Gordić [2]
Awards
Top Prospect Džanan Musa [3]
Statistical leaders
Points Luka Žorić 19.71
Rebounds Luka Božić 7.77
Assists Filip Čović 7.43
Index Rating Luka Žorić 23.24
Records
Biggest home winBudućnost 104–62 MZT
(11 February 2018)
Biggest away winMZT 55–96 Olimpija
(3 February 2018)
Highest scoringPartizan 117–104 Igokea
(21 October 2017)
Highest attendance7,237
Crvena zvezda 91–63 Mornar
(18 March 2018)
Lowest attendance250
Cibona 79–82 Mornar
(4 March 2018)
All statistics correct as of April 14, 2018.

The 2017–18 ABA League First Division was the 17th season of the ABA League, with 12 teams from Serbia, Croatia, Slovenia, Montenegro, Bosnia and Herzegovina and the Republic of Macedonia participating in it. It was the inaugural season with a two-level competition and the First Division being the top tier.

Teams

On May 23, 2017, ABA League Assembly announced that 12 clubs would be competing in the league in the 2017–18 season.[1] Participants were decided based on the following allocation:[1]

Two additional spots were allocated to teams from countries whose clubs had highest coefficients in country rankings during the 2016–17 season. Those two countries were Serbia and Montenegro.[1]

National standings

For ten teams, per country allocation was determined based on a coefficient which was calculated as the sum of all victories that clubs from a certain country had achieved during the previous regular season divided by the number of clubs from that country. The remaining spots were awarded bye the league board which selected two wild cards.[2]

Country Allocated 2016–17 Coefficient Total Clubs
Serbia 3 16.25 4
Montenegro 1 14.00 2
Croatia 3 13.33 3
Bosnia and Herzegovina 1 13.00 1
Slovenia 1 9.00 1
Macedonia 1 9.00 1
Total 10 2 12

Team allocation

Final league positions in the previous domestic league season are shown in parentheses.

Regular season
Crvena zvezda mts (1st) Mega Bemax (4th) Cedevita (1st) Igokea (1st)
FMP (2nd) Budućnost VOLI (1st) Cibona (2nd) Petrol Olimpija (1st)
Partizan NIS (3rd) Mornar (2nd) Zadar (6th) MZT Skopje Aerodrom (1st)

Venues and locations

Location of teams in the 2017–18 ABA League First Division
Team Home city Arena Capacity
Budućnost VOLI Podgorica Morača Sports Center 4,000
Cedevita Zagreb Dražen Petrović 5,400
Cibona Zagreb Dražen Petrović 5,400
Crvena zvezda mts Belgrade Aleksandar Nikolić 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
Budućnost VOLI Aleksandar Džikić Suad Šehović Spalding VOLI
Cedevita Jure Zdovc Roko Ukić Nike Cedevita
Cibona Ante Nazor Marin Rozić Adidas —
Crvena zvezda mts Dušan Alimpijević Branko Lazić Nike mts
FMP Vladimir Jovanović Filip Čović Champion FMP
Igokea Dragan Bajić Vuk Radivojević GBT m:tel
Mega Bemax Dejan Milojević Nikola Rebić Adidas Bemax
Mornar Mihailo Pavićević Marko Mijović Adidas Bar Municipality
MZT Skopje Aerodrom Željko Lukajić Damjan Stojanovski Adidas UNIBanka, triglav
Partizan NIS Nenad Čanak Novica Veličković Under Armour NIS
Petrol Olimpija Zoran Martič Gregor Hrovat Macron Petrol
Zadar Aramis Naglić Šime Špralja Champion OTP Bank

Coaching changes

Team Outgoing manager Date of vacancy Position in table Replaced with Date of appointment
Budućnost VOLI Ilias Zouros 14 April 2017 Pre-season Aleksandar Džikić 22 June 2017
Cedevita Veljko Mršić 9 June 2017 Jure Zdovc 14 June 2017
Cibona Damir Mulaomerović 13 June 2017 Slobodan Subotić 17 June 2017
Partizan NIS Aleksandar Džikić 13 June 2017 Miroslav Nikolić 18 July 2017
MZT Skopje Aerodrom Ante Nazor 15 June 2017 Aleksandar Todorov 15 June 2017
Mornar Đorđije Pavićević 1 July 2017 Mihailo Pavićević 1 July 2017
Crvena zvezda mts Dejan Radonjić 15 July 2017 Dušan Alimpijević 21 July 2017
FMP Dušan Alimpijević 21 July 2017 Vladimir Jovanović 27 July 2017
Cibona Slobodan Subotić 11 November 2017[4] 9th (3–5) Ante Nazor 13 November 2017[5]
MZT Skopje Aerodrom Aleksandar Todorov 7 December 2017[6] 12th (2–8) Željko Lukajić 8 December 2017[7]
Partizan NIS Miroslav Nikolić 12 December 2017[8] 5th (5–6) Nenad Čanak 14 December 2017[9]
Petrol Olimpija Gašper Okorn 8 January 2018 11th (5–10) Zoran Martič 8 January 2018[10]

Regular season

League table

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Crvena zvezda mts 22 19 3 1955 1679 +276 41 Advance to the playoffs
2 Budućnost VOLI 22 17 5 1863 1661 +202 39[a]
3 Cedevita 22 17 5 1798 1645 +153 39[a]
4 Mornar 22 14 8 1825 1790 +35 36
5 Partizan NIS 22 11 11 1936 1893 +43 33
6 Zadar 22 10 12 1846 1885 −39 32[b]
7 Petrol Olimpija 22 10 12 1738 1793 −55 32[b]
8 FMP 22 9 13 1756 1763 −7 31
9 Mega Bemax 22 8 14 1849 1858 −9 30
10 Igokea 22 7 15 1782 1876 −94 29[c]
11 Cibona 22 7 15 1754 1890 −136 29[c]
12 MZT Skopje Aerodrom 22 3 19 1659 2028 −369 25 Relegation to the Second Division
Source: ABA League
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Budućnost VOLI 1–1, 1.01; Cedevita 1–1, 0.99
  2. ^ a b Zadar 1–1, 1.09; Petrol Olimpija 1–1, 0.92
  3. ^ a b Igokea 1–1, 1.03; Cibona 1–1, 0.97

Positions by round

Team ╲ Round12345678910111213141516171819202122
Crvena zvezda mts1211322222211132211111
Budućnost VOLI6652111111122211122222
Cedevita3134543333333323333333
Mornar1291212118968108108644444444
Partizan NIS91176435455544767565555
Zadar81291112121011119656575777766
Petrol Olimpija58109810111076791010111111118887
FMP11363254544465456656678
Mega Bemax272579679119111111101010910999
Igokea75489678671079988889101010
Cibona104876789108118789991011111111
MZT Skopje Aerodrom4101110101112121212121212121212121212121212
Source:

Results

Home \ Away BUD CED CIB CZV FMP IGO MEG MOR MZT PAR OLI ZAD
Budućnost VOLI — 66–60 71–62 92–86 87–64 81–59 84–64 79–70 104–62 86–79 88–66 87–85
Cedevita 76–71 — 91–68 79–74 74–67 79–84 75–73 99–74 77–65 85–75 84–60 102–101
Cibona 87–93 100–94 — 87–93 84–85 87–86 95–93 79–82 77–92 74–90 96–85 78–80
Crvena zvezda mts 75–79 82–66 107–69 — 84–77 85–80 90–80 88–77 112–73 86–74 80–76 97–67
FMP 76–93 71–80 99–79 77–100 — 95–73 96–88 79–84 100–72 83–71 81–86 91–76
Igokea 98–94 61–69 63–57 76–82 75–65 — 82–89 79–93 99–108 67–74 86–78 94–92
Mega Bemax 83–94 77–81 95–88 85–90 74–72 99–87 — 91–70 106–77 89–102 77–86 71–73
Mornar 87–81 89–94 78–82 74–82 73–81 87–83 87–83 — 106–75 83–81 101–81 80–70
MZT Skopje Aerodrom 71–93 64–85 76–83 58–92 67–72 68–77 76–92 69–72 — 92–89 55–96 80–85
Partizan NIS 94–83 82–92 80–69 84–100 87–84 117–104 89–73 93–98 112–94 — 77–78 95–87
Petrol Olimpija 79–88 65–64 78–80 73–82 73–64 95–93 69–76 64–67 94–85 89–87 — 90–85
Zadar 78–69 76–92 79–73 76–88 83–77 82–76 95–91 77–93 105–80 97–104 97–77 —
Source: ABA League
Legend: Blue = home team win; Red = away team win.
Matches with lighter background shading were decided after overtime.

Playoffs

Main article: 2018 ABA League Playoffs

The semi-finals was played in a best-of-three format, while the Finals were played in a best-of-five format. Playoffs started on 17 March 2018, while the Finals ended on 14 April 2018.[11]

 
SemifinalsFinal
 
      
 
18 March–2 April
 
 
 Crvena zvezda mts2
 
9–14 April
 
 Mornar1
 
 Crvena zvezda mts1
 
18 March–2 April
 
 Budućnost VOLI3
 
 Budućnost VOLI2
 
 
 Cedevita1
 


2017–18 ABA League Champions

Budućnost VOLI
1st title

Semifinals

Team 1 Series Team 2 Game 1 Game 2 Game 3
Crvena zvezda mts 2–1 Mornar 91–63 84–88 88–69
Budućnost VOLI 2–1 Cedevita 84–83 75–82 72–57

Finals

Team 1 Series Team 2 Game 1 Game 2 Game 3 Game 4 Game 5
Crvena zvezda mts 1–3 Budućnost VOLI 76–80 69–59 77–78 73–77

Final standings

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Budućnost VOLI 29 22 7 2388 2178 +210 51 Qualification to EuroLeague
2 Crvena zvezda mts 29 22 7 2513 2193 +320 51 Qualification to EuroCup
3 Cedevita 25 18 7 2020 1876 +144 43
4 Mornar 25 15 10 2045 2053 −8 40
5 Partizan NIS 22 11 11 1936 1893 +43 33
6 Zadar 22 10 12 1846 1885 −39 32
7 Petrol Olimpija 22 10 12 1738 1793 −55 32
8 FMP 22 9 13 1756 1763 −7 31
9 Mega Bemax 22 8 14 1849 1858 −9 30
10 Igokea 22 7 15 1782 1876 −94 29
11 Cibona 22 7 15 1754 1890 −136 29
12 MZT Skopje Aerodrom 22 3 19 1659 2028 −369 25 Relegation to Second Division
Source: ABA League

Statistical leaders

As of 12 March 2018 , after the end of the Regular Season.

PIR

Pos Player Club PIR
1 Luka Žorić Cibona 23.24
2 Uroš Luković Mornar 20.90
3 Patrick Miller Partizan NIS 20.36
4 Nigel Williams-Goss Partizan NIS 20.30
5 Luka Božić Zadar 19.09

Points

Pos Player Club PPG
1 Luka Žorić Cibona 19.71
2 Josh Bostic Zadar 19.23
3 Nigel Williams-Goss Partizan NIS 16.85
4 Derek Needham Mornar 16.82
5 Filip Čović FMP 15.76

Rebounds

Pos Player Club RPG
1 Luka Božić Zadar 7.77
2 Uroš Luković Mornar 7.52
3 Devin Oliver Petrol Olimpija 7.27
4 Jordan Morgan Petrol Olimpija 7.18
5 Luka Žorić Cibona 6.95

Assists

Pos Player Club APG
1 Filip Čović FMP 7.43
2 Nigel Williams-Goss Partizan NIS 6.95
3 Dominik Mavra MZT Skopje Aerodrom 6.25
4 Taylor Rochestie Crvena zvezda mts 5.95
5 Patrick Miller Partizan NIS 5.43

Source: ABA League Archived 2017-12-28 at the Wayback Machine

Awards

Pos. Player Team Ref.
MVP
C Luka Žorić Cibona [12]
Finals MVP
PG Nemanja Gordić Budućnost VOLI [13]
Top Prospect
SF Džanan Musa Cedevita [14]
Ideal Starting Five
PG Taylor Rochestie Crvena zvezda mts [15]
SG Nemanja Gordić Budućnost
SF Džanan Musa Cedevita
PF Novica Veličković Partizan NIS
C Uroš Luković Mornar

MVP List

MVP of the Round

Round Player Team PIR Ref.
1 Mathias Lessort Crvena zvezda mts 30 [16]
2 Will Cherry Cedevita 27 [17]
3 Luka Božić Zadar 32 [18]
4 Luka Žorić Cibona 41 [19]
5 Patrick Miller Partizan NIS 40 [20]
6 Uroš Luković Mornar 31 [21]
7 Milko Bjelica Crvena zvezda mts 35 [22]
8 Derek Needham Mornar 30 [23]
9 Džanan Musa Cedevita 46 [24]
10 Josh Bostic Zadar 29 [25]
11 Roko Ukić Cedevita 28 [26]
12 Nikola Jevtović Igokea 29 [27]
13 Uroš Luković (2) Mornar 40 [28]
14 Josh Bostic (2) Zadar 40 [29]
15 Novica Veličković Partizan NIS 31 [30]
16 Dominik Mavra MZT Skopje Aerodrom 34 [31]
17 Novica Veličković (2) Partizan NIS 36 [32]
18 Vlatko Čančar Mega Bemax 29 [33]
19 Derek Needham (2) Mornar 29 [34]
20 Danilo Nikolić Budućnost VOLI 33 [35]
21 Novica Veličković (3) Partizan NIS 36 [36]
22 Jordan Morgan Petrol Olimpija 32 [37]
SF1 Nemanja Gordić Budućnost VOLI 30 [38]
SF2 Demetris Nichols Cedevita 30 [39]
SF3 Ognjen Dobrić Crvena zvezda mts 23 [40]
F1 Nikola Ivanović Budućnost VOLI 23
F2 Alen Omić Crvena zvezda mts 27
F3 Nemanja Gordić (2) Budućnost VOLI 21
F4 Filip Barović Budućnost VOLI 23

MVP of the Month

Month Player Team Ref.
2017
October Patrick Miller Partizan NIS [41]
November Milko Bjelica Crvena zvezda mts [42]
December Josh Bostic Zadar [43]
2018
January Novica Veličković Partizan NIS [44]
February Uroš Luković Mornar [45]

Attendances

Attendances include playoff games:

Pos Team Total High Low Average Change
1 Partizan NIS 50,500 6,300 2,850 4,591 −2.5%†
2 Crvena zvezda mts 66,244 7,237 1,987 4,416 +1.8%†
3 Zadar 47,750 6,500 2,050 4,341 +30.6%†
4 Budućnost VOLI 51,028 6,000 1,150 3,402 +34.6%†
5 Igokea 24,080 3,000 1,550 2,189 +31.7%†
6 Mornar 25,524 3,500 1,200 2,127 −11.7%†
7 MZT Skopje Aerodrom 21,700 4,000 900 1,973 +53.7%†
8 Mega Bemax 15,840 2,550 700 1,440 +5.5%†
9 Petrol Olimpija 15,700 3,000 750 1,427 +5.1%†
10 Cibona 15,550 3,500 250 1,414 +15.2%†
11 Cedevita 16,560 2,200 800 1,380 −5.2%†
12 FMP 10,050 1,350 750 914 +76.0%†
League total 360,576 7,237 250 2,539 +24.1%†

Updated to match(es) played on April 14, 2018. Source: ABA League

ABA League clubs in European competitions

Competition Team Progress Result
EuroLeague Crvena zvezda mts Regular season 14th (11–19)
EuroCup Budućnost VOLI Quarterfinals (2) Eliminated by Darüşşafaka, 0–2
Cedevita Top 16 Group G (1) 4th (0–6)
Partizan NIS Regular season Group C 6th (1–9)
Champions League Petrol Olimpija Regular season Group C 7th (4–10)
Mornar Second qualifying round Eliminated by Avtodor Saratov, 132–158; transferred to FIBA Europe Cup
FIBA Europe Cup Quarterfinals (3) Eliminated by Donar, 147–168

See also

2017–18 domestic competitions
Teams

References

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  42. ^ MVP of November: Milko Bjelica (Crvena zvezda mts)
  43. ^ MVP of December: Joshua Bostic (Zadar)
  44. ^ MVP of January: Novica Veličković (Partizan NIS)
  45. ^ MVP of February: Uroš Luković (Mornar)
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