The 2021–22 AdmiralBet ABA League is the 21st 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 14 teams from
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bosnia and Herzegovina ( sh, / , ), abbreviated BiH () or B&H, sometimes called Bosnia–Herzegovina and often known informally as Bosnia, is a country at the crossroads of south and southeast Europe, located in the Balkans. Bosnia and H ...
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Croatia
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Serbia
Serbia (, ; Serbian: , , ), officially the Republic of Serbia (Serbian: , , ), is a landlocked country in Southeastern and Central Europe, situated at the crossroads of the Pannonian Basin and the Balkans. It shares land borders with Hungar ...
and
Slovenia
Slovenia ( ; sl, Slovenija ), officially the Republic of Slovenia (Slovene: , abbr.: ''RS''), is a country in Central Europe. It is bordered by Italy to the west, Austria to the north, Hungary to the northeast, Croatia to the southeast, an ...
participating in it.
Teams
Promotion and relegation
A total of 14 teams contest the league in the 2021–22 season (and until the 2024–25 season), including the 13 highest-placed teams from the previous season and the winner of the
2020–21 ABA League Second Division
The 2020–21 ABA League Second Division was the 4th season of the ABA Second Division with 14 teams from Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Serbia, and Slovenia participating in it. The season has started on 9 November ...
.
;Promoted
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SC Derby –
2020–21 ABA 2 Champions
;Relegated
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Koper Primorska –
disqualified from the competition in December 2020.
Venues and locations
Personnel and sponsorship
Coaching changes
Referees
A total of 55 ABA officials set to work on the 2021–22 season in ABA 1 and ABA 2:
Regular season
The regular season commenced on 25 September 2021.
League table
Positions by round
Results
Results by round
The table lists the results of teams in each round.
Playoffs
On 13 September 2021, the
ABA League JTD
Adriatic Basketball Association – ABA League, G.P., commonly referred to as the ABA League JTD, is a Croatian company based in Zagreb. It is the general partnership for organizing sports competitions. The company has been running the Adriatic L ...
decided that six highest-placed clubs from the Regular season will qualify for the Playoffs.
Preliminary Round
Semifinals
Finals
Relegation Playoffs
The 13th placed team of the First Division season and the runners-up of the Second Division season should play in the Qualifiers for a spot in the next First Division season. That team should have been
Split
Split(s) or The Split may refer to:
Places
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* Split Island, Canada, an island in the Hudson Bay
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Arts, entertai ...
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However, because of the rule that no more than 5 teams from the same country could participate in ABA league, and since Serbian team
Zlatibor
Zlatibor ( sr-cyr, Златибoр ) is a mountainous region situated in the western part of Serbia.
Among the most popular places in Serbia for tourism, Zlatibor's main attractions include health tourism, skiing, and hiking and the longest p ...
is the champion of the
ABA League Second Division
The ABA League Second Division, also ABA League 2, is the 2nd-tier men's basketball division of the ABA League system. It is run by the ABA League JTD. It is a regional competition between men's professional clubs from six countries: Bosnia and He ...
, relegation playoffs will be played between them and the lowest ranked Serbian team in the ABA League First Division (
Borac Čačak).
Results
Game 1
Game 2
Statistics
Individual statistic leaders
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Points
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Assists
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Only players who played more than 66% of total league games are included
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Source
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Awards
MVP List
MVP of the Round
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MVP of the Month
Average home attendances
Clubs in European competitions
See also
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List of current ABA League First Division team rosters
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2021–22 ABA League Second Division
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2021–22 Junior ABA League
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2021–22 WABA League
;ABA teams
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2021–22 KK Crvena zvezda season
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2021–22 KK Partizan season
; 2020–21 domestic competitions
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2021–22 Basketball Championship of Bosnia and Herzegovina
The 2021–22 Basketball Championship of Bosnia and Herzegovina was 21st season of this championship, with 14 teams from Bosnia and Herzegovina participating in it. HKK Široki is the defending champion.
Competition format
Thirteen of fourte ...
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2021–22 HT Premijer liga
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2021–22 Prva A liga
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2021–22 Basketball League of Serbia
The 2021–22 Admiral Bet Basketball League of Serbia ( sr-cyr, Кошаркашка лига Србије 2021–22.) was the 16th season of the Basketball League of Serbia, the top-tier professional basketball league in Serbia. Also, it is the ...
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2021–22 Slovenian Basketball League
References
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