Adriatic Basketball Association – ABA League,

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, commonly referred to as the ABA League JTD, is a

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based in

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. It is the general partnership for organizing

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. The company has been running the

Adriatic 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 ...

since the 2015–16 season. The company runs and operates the three regional-wide men's

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club

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competitions in

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, the first-tier

ABA League First Division 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 ...

, the second-tier

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 Her ...

, and the

ABA League Supercup The ABA League Supercup, also credited as ABA Super Cup, is an annual men's professional basketball supercup competition between teams from the ABA League. It is run by the ABA League JTD. It is a regional competition, that is contested between te ...

tournament.

History

Founders and shareholders

The founders, as well as the

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between 2015 and 2020, of the company were 12

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, as follows KK Budućnost (

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), KK Cedevita (

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), KK Cibona (Croatia),

KK Crvena zvezda Košarkaški klub Crvena zvezda ( sr-cyrl, Кошаркашки клуб Црвена звезда, ), commonly referred to as KK Crvena zvezda mts for sponsorship reasons or simply Crvena zvezda, is a men's professional basketball Sports club, ...

(

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), KK Igokea (

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), KK Krka Telekom Novo Mesto (

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KK Mega Vizura Košarkaški klub Mega Basket ( sr-cyr, Кошаркашки клуб Мега Баскет), commonly referred to as KK Mega Basket or as Mega MIS due to sponsorship reasons, is a men's professional basketball club based in Belgrade, Serbia. The ...

(Serbia),

KK Metalac Valjevo Košarkaški klub Metalac ( sr-cyr, Кошаркашки клуб Металац), commonly referred to as KK Metalac, is a men's professional basketball club based in Valjevo, Serbia. They are currently competing in the Basketball League of Serbi ...

(Serbia), KK MZT Skopje Aerodrom AD Skopje (

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), KK Olimpija Ljubljana (Slovenia),

KK Partizan Košarkaški klub Partizan ( sr-Cyrl, Кошаркашки клуб Партизан, English: Partizan Basketball Club), commonly referred to as KK Partizan or simply Partizan, is a professional basketball team based in Belgrade, Serbia. It is ...

(Serbia), and KK Zadar (Croatia). In the late 2020, the shares owned by Cedevita, Metalac, MZT Skopje Aerodrom and Olimpija Ljubljana were transferred to KK Cedevita Olimpija (Slovenia),

KK Koper Primorska Košarkarski klub Koper Primorska ( en, Koper Primorska Basketball Club), commonly referred to as KK Koper Primorska, was a men's professional basketball club based in Koper, Slovenia. The club was formed by the merger of KOŠ Koper and KK Lasto ...

(Slovenia),

KK Mornar Bar Košarkaški klub Mornar ( Cyrillic: Кошаркашки клуб Морнар), commonly referred to as Mornar Barsko zlato for sponsorship reasons, is a men's professional basketball club based in Bar, Montenegro. The club competes in the Mon ...

(Montenegro), and KK FMP (Serbia).

Current shareholders

Following is the list of current shareholders, as of November 2020. * Budućnost *

Cedevita Olimpija Košarkarski klub Cedevita Olimpija ( en, Cedevita Olimpija Basketball Club), commonly referred to as KK Cedevita Olimpija or simply Olimpija, is a men's professional basketball club based in Ljubljana, Slovenia. The club competes in the ABA Le ...

Cibona Košarkaški klub Cibona, commonly referred to as Cibona Zagreb or simply Cibona, is a men's professional basketball club based in Zagreb, Croatia. The club is a founding member and shareholder of the Adriatic Basketball Association, and competes ...

* Crvena zvezda * FMP * Igokea * Koper Primorska * Krka * Mega Basket * Mornar *

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Management

Current officeholders

The following are the current officeholders of the ABA

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Đorđije Pavićević Đorđije Pavićević ( sr-cyr, Ђорђије Павићевић; born May 17, 1963) is a Montenegrin professional basketball coach and executive and former player. He currently works as the president for Mornar of the Montenegrin Basketball Lea ...

, President * David Gunjević, Vice-president *

Goran Ćakić Goran Ćakić (born 21 May 1980) is a Serbian professional basketball executive and former player. He is currently working as a team manager in Mega Basket. Playing career Ćakić was selected to play at 2000 Nike Hoop Summit in Indianapolis. ...

, Vice-president * Dubravko Kmetović, Director * Milija Vojinović, Sports Director * Vanja Vujičić, Technical Secretary * Srđan Dožai, Commissioner for Delegating Referees * Saša Maričić, President of Referees Commission

List of officeholders

Presidents

* Dragan Bokan (2015–16) * Mladen Veber (2016–17) *

Nebojša Čović Nebojša Čović ( sr-Cyrl, Небојша Човић; 2 July 1958) is a Serbian businessman, basketball executive, and politician. Since 2011, he has been serving as the president of Crvena zvezda mts Belgrade. Early years and education Čovi ...

(2017–18) * Igor Dodik (2018–19) * Domagoj Čavlović (2019–20) * Đorđe Avramović (2021) *

(2022–23)

General managers

* Krešimir Novosel (2015–2019) * Dubravko Kmetović (2020–present)

Sports directors

Žarko Čabarkapa Žarko Čabarkapa ( sr-cyrl, Жарко Чабаркапа, ; born 21 May 1981) is a Montenegrin–Serbian professional basketball executive and former player who is Player personnel director at Fenerbahçe Basketball. Standing at , he played ...

(2015–2019) * Milija Vojinović (2020–present)

Commissioners for delegating referees

* Iztok Rems (2015–2020) * Srđan Dožai (2020–present)

President of referees commission

* Branko Jovanović (2015–2020) * Saša Maričić (2020–present)

Secretaries of referees commission

* Dragan Medan (2015–2020)

Current competitions

2022–23 ABA League First Division The 2022–23 AdmiralBet ABA League is the 21st season of the ABA League with 14 teams from former Yugoslavia, namely Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Serbia, and Slovenia participating in it. It is the first time sinc ...

2022–23 ABA League Second Division The 2022–23 ABA League Second Division is the 6th season of the ABA Second Division with 14 teams from Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Serbia, and Slovenia participating in it. Clubs A total of 14 clubs contest ...

* 2022–23 Junior ABA League

Current title holders

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Aba League JTD

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