The 2017–18 ABA League First Division was the 17th season of the

ABA League The ABA League, renamed to the ABA League First Division in 2017, is the 1st-tier regional men's professional basketball league that originally featured clubs from the former Yugoslavia (Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Montenegro, North Mace ...

with 12 teams from

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and the

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participating in it. It was the inaugural season as the first tier as a part of two level competition.

Format changes

On May 23, 2017, ABA League Assembly has decided that there will be 12 clubs competing in the league in the 2017–18 season. Having analysed the current situation in European and the regional basketball, as well as the fact that the

is still not officially recognized by the national basketball federations, and with a goal to protect the interests of the

founding clubs, the clubs that have competed in the 2016–17 season will have a right to participate in the forthcoming season as well and the priority of participation will be given to the founders of the ABA League (from the 2015–16 season). The formula to determine the participants which will be respected is the following: * – three clubs * – three clubs * – one club * – one club * – one club * – one club Two additional spots will be allocated to the clubs from countries, whose clubs have achieved the best coefficients in the country rankings during the 2016–17 season. Those two countries are

and

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. The places from

will be filled in accordance with the final standings of the

Basketball League of Serbia The Basketball League of Serbia ( sr, Кошаркашка лига Србије, Košarkaška liga Srbije; abbr. КЛС or KLS), is a top-tier men's professional basketball league in Serbia. Founded in 2006, it is run by the Basketball Federatio ...

, in accordance with the recognition and cooperation with the

. In accordance with the previously mentioned decisions, the participating clubs of the

for the 2017–18 season are:

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, Cibona, Union Olimpija, Igokea, Budućnost VOLI,

MZT Skopje Aerodrom MZT Skopje Aerodrom ( mk, МЗТ Скопје Аеродром) is a basketball club based in Skopje, North Macedonia. The club competes in the Macedonian League and ABA League. The club's home ground is Jane Sandanski Arena, but due to small capa ...

and Mornar, while the remaining four places (from

), were determined in accordance with the standings in the

Teams

National standings

The numbers of teams by country is determined by a coefficient that is the sum of all victories clubs from a certain country achieve in a regular season divided by the number of clubs from that country. By using this coefficient majority of places for current season are allocated, while the remaining places are given via wild cards from league board.

Team allocation

League positions of the previous domestic league season after playoffs shown in parentheses.

Venues and locations

Personnel and sponsorship

Coaching changes

Regular season

League table

Positions by round

Results

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.

Semifinals

Finals

Final standings

Statistical leaders

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Points

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Assists

Source
ABA League

Awards

MVP List

MVP of the Round

MVP of the Month

Attendances

Attendances include playoff games:

ABA League clubs in European competitions

References

External links

Official website

ABA League
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