2025–26 ABA League Second Division
| ABA League Second Division | |
|---|---|
| Season | 2025–26 |
| Teams | 16 |
| TV partner(s) | Arena Sport |
← 2024–25 2026–27 → | |
The 2025–26 ABA League Second Division will be the 8th season of the ABA Second Division with teams from Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Serbia, and Slovenia participating in it.
Format change
16 clubs will participate in the second division (12 based on the results in the domestic championships and up to 4 via wild card invitation).
Competition format is changed (similar to the european football competition system) in a way that 16 teams are grouped into 4 pots based on current team quality. All teams will share the same standings and will all compete in the same league system.
Each team will play 8 games during the regular season (against 2 teams from each of the four pots). Each team will have 4 home and 4 away games. Teams from the same country will not face each other in the regular season (with exception if there are 4 contestants from same country).
The top 8 teams from the regular season advance to the best-of-3 format Playoffs. The team with the better regular season record will hold the home-court advantage.[1]
Distribution
The following is the access list for this season.
| Clubs entering in this round | Clubs advancing from the previous round | |
|---|---|---|
| Regular season (16 clubs) |
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| Top 8 (8 clubs) |
Club allocation
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).
- WC: Wild card.
| Regular season | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Borac WWIN (1st) | Mornar Barsko zlato (ABA1)[2] | MZT Aerodrom Skopje (1st)[3] | Kansai Helios (3rd) |
| Široki TT Kabeli (2nd)[4] | Sutjeska (2nd)[5] | TFT Skopje (2nd)[6] | Terme Olimia (4th)[7] |
| Cedevita Junior (5th)[7] | Teodo Tivat (3rd)[5] | Vršac Meridianbet (1st)[7] | Sloboda Tuzla (WC)[8] |
| Kvarner (6th)[7] | WC | Zlatibor Mozzart (2nd)[9] | Vojvodina mts (WC)[8] |
References
- ^ j.t.d, ABA liga. "New era begins: ABA League 2 unveils new competition format for 2025/26 season". NLB ABA League 2. Retrieved 2025-06-19.
- ^ "Mornar se ipak seli u ABA 2 ligu" (in Bosnian). 2025-06-18. Retrieved 2025-06-18.
- ^ Ljubomir (2025-06-13). "АБА 2 пак ќе го менува системот – ќе се игра како во фудбалската Лига на шампиони!? - KOS.MK". Retrieved 2025-06-13.
- ^ "Široki preko Leotara do play-offa". BH Basket (in Bosnian). 2025-05-14. Retrieved 2025-05-16.
- ^ a b "Sutjeska i Teodo i naredne sezone u ABA 2 ligi - Gradski portal" (in Serbian). 2025-04-09. Retrieved 2025-05-16.
- ^ Ljubomir (2025-06-13). "По една година пауза, ТФТ се враќа во АБА 2, не е исклучено играње и во ФИБА Европа купот - KOS.MK". Retrieved 2025-06-13.
- ^ a b c d "Ko će uzeti pozivnicu za ABA ligu 2: Leotar ili Sloboda?". BH Basket (in Bosnian). 2025-06-18. Retrieved 2025-06-19.
- ^ a b "Ekskluzivno: Sloboda i Vojvodina u ABA ligi 2". BH Basket (in Bosnian). 2025-07-03. Retrieved 2025-07-03.
- ^ Infoera (2025-05-07). "KK Zlatibor večeras počinje takmičenje u Superligi Srbije". Infoera (in Serbian). Retrieved 2025-05-16.
External links
- Official website
- ABA League 2 at Eurobasket.com