2025–26 ABA League First Division
| AdmiralBet ABA League | |
|---|---|
| Season | 2025–26 |
| TV partner(s) | Arena Sport |
← 2024–25 2026–27 → | |
The 2025–26 AdmiralBet ABA League is the 24th season of the ABA League. Beside 16 teams from Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Montenegro, Serbia, Slovenia and United Arab Emirates, the ABA league board proposed possible expansion to 20 teams,[1] with up to four wild cards given to any basketball team from the Europe or wider.[2][3][4] Some clubs from central and west Europe[5][6] and also Hapoel Tel Aviv[7] from Israel are showing interest for the participation. On July 8, it was announced that romanian U-BT Cluj-Napoca and austrian BC Vienna would get wild cards, while Hapoel Tel Aviv most likely would not play in the league.[8][9]
KD Ilirija from Slovenia qualified to the league for the first time.
KK Partizan are defending champions.
Promotion and relegation
| Promoted | Bosna BH Telecom | 2024–25 ABA 2 Champion[10] |
|---|---|---|
| Ilirija | Winner of the Relegation playoffs | |
| Affiliation | BC Vienna | No competition |
| U-BT Cluj-Napoca | ||
| Relegated | Cibona | Loser of the Relegation playoffs |
| Mornar Barsko zlato | Finished last |
Venues and locations
Locations of the teams from Belgrade in the 2025–26 season
Location of the team Dubai in the 2025–26 season
| Team | Home city | Arena | Capacity |
|---|---|---|---|
| BC Vienna | Vienna | Hallmann Dome | 1,399 |
| Borac Mozzart | Čačak | Borac Hall | 4,000 |
| Bosna BH Telecom | Sarajevo | Zetra Olympic Hall | 12,000 |
| Budućnost VOLI | Podgorica | Morača Sports Center | 6,000 |
| Cedevita Olimpija | Ljubljana | Arena Stožice | 12,480 |
| Crvena zvezda Meridianbet | Belgrade | Belgrade Arena | 18,386 |
| Dubai Basketball | Dubai | Coca-Cola Arena | 17,000 |
| FMP Soccerbet | Belgrade | Železnik Hall | 3,000 |
| Igokea m:tel | Aleksandrovac | Laktaši Sports Hall | 3,050 |
| Ilirija | Ljubljana | Tivoli Hall |
6,800 |
| Krka | Novo Mesto | Leon Štukelj Hall | 2,500 |
| Mega Superbet | Belgrade | Ranko Žeravica Sports Hall | 5,000 |
| Partizan Mozzart Bet | Belgrade | Belgrade Arena | 18,386 |
| Spartak Office Shoes | Subotica | Dudova Šuma Hall | 2,000 |
| SC Derby | Podgorica | Morača Sports Center | 6,000 |
| Split | Split | Arena Gripe | 3,500 |
| U-BT Cluj-Napoca | Cluj-Napoca | BTarena | 10,000 |
| Zadar | Zadar | Krešimir Ćosić Hall | 7,997 |
Clubs in European competitions
| Competition | Team | Progress | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| EuroLeague | Partizan Mozzart Bet | Regular season | |
| Dubai Basketball | Regular season | ||
| Crvena zvezda Meridianbet | Regular season | ||
| EuroCup | Budućnost VOLI | Regular season | |
| Cedevita Olimpija | Regular season | ||
| U-BT Cluj-Napoca | Regular season | ||
| Champions League | Igokea m:tel | Regular season | |
| Spartak Office Shoes | Regular season | ||
| SC Derby | Qualification rounds | ||
| FIBA Europe Cup | Bosna BH Telecom | Qualification rounds |
References
- ^ j.t.d, ABA liga. "Conclusions of the ABA League j.t.d. Assembly session : ABA League". ABA Liga. Retrieved 2025-05-15.
- ^ Isaković, Benjamin (2025-05-08). "ABA liga potvrdila: Bez proširenja lige osim uz plaćanje specijalne pozivnice". SPORT CENTAR (in Bosnian). Retrieved 2025-05-15.
- ^ Marjanović, Uroš (2025-05-08). "ABA liga kreće u pregovore s klubovima za sledeću sezonu: Usvojeni kriterijumi za vajld kard". SoccerSportal.rs. Retrieved 2025-05-15.
- ^ Бета. "АБА лига дала рок свима који желе специјалну позивницу да се јаве до 22. маја". Politika Online. Retrieved 2025-05-15.
- ^ "Sportske.net - Konačno AdmiralBet ABA liga kakvu smo svi želeli!". Sportske.net (in Serbian). Retrieved 2025-05-15.
- ^ Gajić, Dejan (2025-05-12). ""Neki klubovi iz Evrope su već izrazili želju da učestvuju u ABA ligi - pozivnice koje se plaćaju"". basketballsphere.com (in Bosnian). Retrieved 2025-05-15.
- ^ "Osvajač Evrokupa Hapoel Tel Aviv želi u ABA ligu već sledeće sezone". РТС (in Serbian). Retrieved 2025-05-15.
- ^ "Kluž i Beč pred potpisom, nekoliko razloga udaljilo Hapoel od ABA lige". Mozzart Sport (in Serbian). Retrieved 2025-07-08.
- ^ B92. "Mijailović za B92.sport: "ABA – značajna; Čović sad hoće KLS u KSS – što, zato što je on tu?" VIDEO - Srpska košarka - Košarka - B92.sport". B92.net (in Serbian). Retrieved 2025-07-11.
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