2024–25 WABA League

For the equivalent men's tournament, see 2024–25 ABA League First Division.
WABA League
The final four was held in Celje, Slovenia.
Season2024–25
DatesRegular season:
2 October 2024 – 12 March 2025
Final four:
29–30 March 2025
TeamsTotal: 9 (from 6 countries)
Finals
Champions Budućnost Bemax (4th title)
Runners-up Cinkarna Celje
Third place Montana 2003
Fourth place Beroe
Finals MVP Kiana Johnson (Regular season)[1]
Zorana Radonjić (Final four)[2]
Statistical leaders
Points Kiana Johnson (303 points)[3]
Rebounds Sarah Boothe (143 rebounds)[3]
Assists Kiana Johnson (112 assists)[3]
Records
Biggest home winBudućnost Bemax 105–51 Studio Zagreb
(19 January 2025)
Cinkarna Celje 108–54 Studio Zagreb
(12 March 2025)
Biggest away winStudio Zagreb 59–115 Cinkarna Celje
(11 December 2024)
Highest scoringStudio Zagreb 59–115 Cinkarna Celje
(11 December 2024)
2025–26 →

The 2024–25 WABA League is the 24th season of this competition for the top women's teams in the Adriatic region.

Cinkarna Celje are the three-time defending champions.

Budućnost Bemax won their fourth title with a win over Cinkarna Celje in the final.[4][5][6]

Format

For the first time since 2020–21, teams were placed into one group rather than two. The nine teams all played in a double round robin system where the top four advance to the final four to decide the champions.

Teams

Location of teams in the 2024–25 WABA League
Zagreb
Orlovi
Zadar Plus
Zagreb teams
Trešnjevka 2009
Studio Zagreb
Location of teams in the 2024–25 WABA League


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

  • 1st, 2nd, 3rd, etc.: League position of the previous season
Regular season
Orlovi (1st) Beroe (1st) Montana 2003 (2nd)
Trešnjevka 2009 (2nd) Zadar Plus[a] (10th) Studio Zagreb (11th)
Budućnost Bemax (1st) Partizan 1953 (3rd) Cinkarna Celje (1st)
  1. ^ On 11 September 2024, Zadar Plus replaced Croatian champions, Ragusa, who withdrew before the tournament started.[7]

Regular season

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification CEL BUD MON BER TRE PAR ORL ZAG ZAD
1 Cinkarna Celje 16 15 1 1272 872 +400 31 Final four — 76–67 75–51 104–77 79–63 99–60 115–69 108–54 113–63
2 Budućnost Bemax 16 14 2 1161 832 +329 30 71–64 — 75–68 85–42 81–56 85–48 88–56 105–51 20–0
3 Montana 2003 16 11 5 1071 970 +101 27[b] 57–77 60–75 — 77–63 88–72 77–62 77–73 77–59 84–63
4 Beroe 16 11 5 1080 991 +89 27[b] 72–86 69–64 83–76 — 81–71 79–58 93–58 74–54 20–0
5 Trešnjevka 2009 16 7 9 1042 1032 +10 23 54–78 53–63 67–81 80–76 — 85–56 83–72 101–57 80–74
6 Partizan 1953 16 5 11 963 1081 −118 21[c] 64–68 61–78 69–82 51–75 60–69 — 82–75 85–64 67–65
7 Orlovi 16 5 11 1031 1202 −171 21[c] 54–88 69–81 54–80 76–91 80–71 72–99 — 100–78 96–65
8 Studio Zagreb 16 4 12 923 1243 −320 20 59–115 59–105 66–80 53–65 80–77 73–68 76–83 — 20–0
9 Zadar Plus[a] 16 0 16 0 320 −320 16 Withdrew 0–20 60–75 50–88 0–20 0–20 0–20 72–59 86–63 —
Source: WABA
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Points difference; 3) Points scored.
Notes:
  1. ^ On 20 January 2025, Zadar Plus withdrew due to financial resasons. All games involving Zadar Plus will be given as a forfeit loss to the other team.[8]
  2. ^ a b Montana 2003 153–146 Beroe
  3. ^ a b Partizan 2–0 Orlovi

Final four

On 3 March 2025, the final four hosting rights were given to Cinkarna Celje, who was the only club to apply for the final four. The event was held at the Gimnazija Celje in Celje, Slovenia.[9][10] The president of Slovenia, Nataša Pirc Musar, is a honorary patron for the final four.[11]

Bracket

 
SemifinalsFinal
 
      
 
 
 
 
 Cinkarna Celje76
 
 
 
 Beroe61
 
 Cinkarna Celje64
 
 
 
 Budućnost Bemax71
 
 Budućnost Bemax83
 
 
 Montana 200378
 
Third place
 
 
 
 
 
 Beroe63
 
 
 Montana 200373

Semifinals

29 March 2025
15:30
Budućnost Bemax 83–78 Montana 2003
Scoring by quarter: 24–25, 19–17, 22–20, 18–20
Pts: Radonjic 20
Rebs: Amundsen 9
Asts: Briggs, Savković 5		 Pts: Johnson 31
Rebs: Boothe 8
Asts: Johnson 7
Gimnazija Celje, Celje
Attendance: 150
29 March 2025
18:00
Cinkarna Celje 76–61 Beroe
Scoring by quarter: 27–18, 18–14, 11–15, 20–14
Pts: Soares 23
Rebs: Silva 7
Asts: Bartelme 6		 Pts: Hristova, Theriot 15
Rebs: Mujovic, Naumova 5
Asts: Theriot 4
Gimnazija Celje, Celje
Attendance: 400

Third place game

30 March 2025
14:30
Montana 2003 73–63 Beroe
Scoring by quarter: 19–14, 23–10, 23–19, 8–20
Pts: Boothe, Wallen 21
Rebs: Wallen 10
Asts: Wallen 8		 Pts: Moura 21
Rebs: Moura 12
Asts: Theriot 7
Gimnazija Celje, Celje
Attendance: 50
Referees: Dusan Marcetic, Nemanja Krivokuca, Dimitrije Karanovic

Final

30 March 2025
17:00
Cinkarna Celje 64–71 Budućnost Bemax
Scoring by quarter: 23–22, 10–18, 15–9, 16–22
Pts: Soares 17
Rebs: Soares 8
Asts: Baric, Bartelme 4		 Pts: Radonjic 21
Rebs: Savković 7
Asts: Radonjic 4
Gimnazija Celje, Celje
Attendance: 1,000
Referees: Gordan Terlevic, Romana Stojanovic, Dzenan Hasic


2024–25 WABA League Champions

Budućnost Bemax
Fourth title

Awards

WABA League MVP

Player Team Ref.
Kiana Johnson Montana 2003 [1]

WABA League Final Four MVP

Player Team Ref.
Zorana Radonjić Budućnost Bemax [2]

WABA League Final Four All Star Team

PG SG SF PF C
Zorana Radonjić
( Budućnost Bemax)		 Jovana Savković
( Budućnost Bemax)		 Lea Bartelme
( Cinkarna Celje)		 Leticia Soares
( Cinkarna Celje)		 Kiana Johnson
( Montana 2003)

References

  1. ^ a b Refsnes, Hege; office, waba media (March 27, 2025). "MVP regularnog dijela: Kiana Johnson".
  2. ^ a b Refsnes, Hege; office, waba media (March 30, 2025). "MVP Final-Foura: Zorana Radonjić".
  3. ^ a b c Refsnes, Hege. "PLAYERS".
  4. ^ Refsnes, Hege; office, waba media (March 30, 2025). "2025 Finals: Cinkarna Celje-Budućnost Bemax 64-71".
  5. ^ "Budućnost Bemax osvojila WABA ligu". Antena M. March 30, 2025.
  6. ^ "Celjanke do srebra v regionalni ligi". www.delo.si.
  7. ^ Refsnes, Hege; office, waba media (September 11, 2024). "Ragusa odustala, igra Zadar Plus".
  8. ^ Refsnes, Hege; office, waba media (January 20, 2025). "Zadar Plus odustao od WABA lige".
  9. ^ Refsnes, Hege; office, waba media (March 3, 2025). "Final-Four 2025 u Celju".
  10. ^ "Celjske košarkarice na lovu nove lovorike potrebujejo vašo pomoč". www.rfantasy.si.
  11. ^ Refsnes, Hege; office, waba media (March 26, 2025). "Predsjednica Slovenije počasni pokrovitelj F4".

See also

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