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2025–26 ABA League First Division
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, with up to four wild cards given to any basketball team from the Europe or wider. Some clubs from central and west Europe and also Hapoel Tel Aviv from Israel are showing interest for the participation. KD Ilirija from Slovenia qualified to the league for the first time. KK Partizan are defending champions. Promotion and relegation Venues and locations References {{DEFAULTSORT:ABA 2025–26 ABA ABA may refer to: Aviation * AB Aerotransport, former Scandinavian airline * IATA airport code for Abakan International Airport in Republic of Khakassia, Russia Businesses and organizations Broadcasting * Alabama Broadcasters Association, Uni ...
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Arena Sport
Arena Sport is a regional pay television sports television network, network. It consists of 3 premium and 11 regular channels and is coverage area includes Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Serbia and Slovenia. It shows various types of sports such as association football, basketball, handball, American football, ice hockey, baseball, motorsports, volleyball and rugby football, rugby. It is owned by Telekom Srbija. Channels are available in High-definition television, HD technology. History Arena Sport launched its first channel, Arena Sport 1, on 27 August 2009, while Arena Sport 2 was launched on 4 September of the same year. Arena Sport 3, Arena Sport 4 and Arena Sport 5 were later launched, while Arena Esport, specializing in e-sports broadcasts, was launched in 2020, when the channel dedicated to martial arts, Arena Fight, was launched. Arena Sport 1x2 was launched shortly after. Arena Sport 6, Arena Sport 7 and Arena Sport 8 channels began ope ...
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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 Montenegrin Basketball League and the ABA League. The team also plays in international competitions. Mornar made its European debut in the Basketball Champions League during the 2016–17 season. Mornar won its first domestic title the following year in the 2017–18 Montenegrin League. History In the 2015–16 season, Mornar managed to reach the Balkan League and Montenegrin League Finals but lost both. In the 2016–17 season, Mornar returned to European competition when it qualified for the Basketball Champions League regular season. The club also made its debut in the Adriatic League. In its second ABA League season, the club qualified for the semifinals. In the playoff semifinals, Mornar was eliminated by Crvena zvezda, 2–1. On 3 ...
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KK Studentski Centar
Košarkaški klub Studentski centar ( Abbr. KK Studentski centar), commonly referred to as SC Derby due to sponsorship reasons, is a men's professional basketball club based in Podgorica, Montenegro. The club currently competes in the Montenegrin Basketball League and the ABA League. SC Derby has won one ABA League Second Division (in 2021) and one ABA League Supercup (in 2023) in its history. History The club was founded in 1997 in Podgorica, Montenegro, then part of FR Yugoslavia. The club's founder is the Podgorica Student Dormitory. In 2015, the club got promoted to the Montenegrin First A League for the 2015–16 season. In 2020, the club joined the Second Adriatic League for the 2020–21 season. The club was league affiliate of Budućnost VOLI. On 31 August 2021, the club announced a change of their name to SC Derby due to sponsorship reasons. On 20 September 2023, SC Derby won the ABA League Supercup after their upset win over Partizan in the final, 81-83 ...
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KK Budućnost
KK Budućnost (, ), currently known as Budućnost VOLI () for sponsorship reasons, is a professional basketball Sports club, club based in Podgorica, Montenegro. The club competes in Montenegrin Basketball League and Adriatic League. It is a part of the SD Budućnost Podgorica, Budućnost Sports Society. The club is a founding member and shareholder of the ABA League JTD, Adriatic Basketball Association. History 1949–1979: Formation and early years The club was founded in 1949 when Budućnost sports society decided to form the men's basketball club. Budućnost participated in its first competition during the first part of June 1949, at the third Montenegrin Championship. The Championships took place in Cetinje, and in addition to Budućnost, three other teams from Montenegro participated. The first success came two years later – in 1951, when Budućnost took the first place in the First Championships of the Cities, which was held in Herceg-Novi. In 1957, a new outdoor bask ...
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KK Mega Basket
Košarkaški klub Mega Basket ( sr-cyr, Кошаркашки клуб Мега Баскет), currently referred to as Mega Superbet for sponsorship reasons, is a men's professional basketball club based in Belgrade, Serbia. The club is a founding member and shareholder of the Adriatic Basketball Association. In addition to Belgrade, the club also played its home games in Kruševac (2012–13 season), Smederevo (2013–14 season), and Sremska Mitrovica (2014–2019). The club participates in the Serbian League (KLS) and the ABA League. History The Avala Ada era (1998–2005) KK Avala Ada ( sr-cyr, КК Авала Ада) was established on 23 December 1998 by a group of basketball enthusiasts, all employed at the Avala Ada packaging factory located in the Viline Vode neighbourhood on the outskirts of Belgrade. Finally implemented in late 1998, the idea of launching a full-fledged basketball club within the state-owned factory's legal framework had been considered since summ ...
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KK FMP
Košarkaški klub FMP ( sr-Cyrl, Кошаркашки клуб ФMП), commonly referred to as KK FMP or as FMP Soccerbet due to sponsorship reasons, is a men's professional basketball club based in Belgrade, Serbia. The club plays in the ABA League, the Basketball League of Serbia, and the Basketball Champions League. Their home arena is the Železnik Hall. The club was founded in Novi Sad in 1970 as KK Radnički, and was later relocated to Belgrade. The club considers itself as the successor of the 'original' FMP. History The Radnički era (1970–2013) 1970–2009: Based in Novi Sad The club was formed in 1970 as KK Radnički from Novi Sad. The club had played in regional leagues until 2006, when new sponsors on board, Invest Inženjering and Park Hotel. The club moved to the top-tier Serbian League in 2007 and played in that competition in their last two seasons ( 2007–08 and 2008–09). During the 2008–09 season, guard Zlatko Bolić led the league with 22.8 p ...
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KK Crvena Zvezda
Košarkaški klub Crvena zvezda ( sr-Cyrl, Кошаркашки клуб Црвена звезда, ), usually referred to as KK Crvena zvezda or simply Crvena zvezda, currently named Crvena zvezda Meridianbet for sponsorship reasons, is a men's professional basketball Sports club, club based in Belgrade, Serbia, and the major part of the SD Crvena Zvezda, Red Star multi-sports club. The club is a founding member and shareholder of the ABA League JTD, Adriatic Basketball Association, and it competes in the Basketball League of Serbia, Serbian League (KLS), the ABA League, and the continental top-tier EuroLeague. Crvena zvezda is regarded as one of the List of basketball clubs in Serbia by major honours won, most successful clubs in Serbia history; their squads have won 24 National League championships, including 10-in-a-row and current 9-in-a-row sequences. They have played in three different National Leagues since 1945, including the First Federal Basketball League, Yugoslav F ...
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KK Zadar
Košarkaški klub Zadar (), commonly referred to as KK Zadar or simply Zadar, is a men's professional basketball Sports club, club based in Zadar, Croatia. The club is a founding member and shareholder of the ABA League JTD, Adriatic Basketball Association, and competes in the ABA League and the HT Premijer liga, Croatian League. Zadar is the place where Croatian basketball was born in 1930. Zadar's reputation has been of a basketball hotbed with a team that can capture trophies at any given moment. Zadar is also known for its fanatical die hard supporters, Tornado Zadar. History Early years The first basketball ball and game rules of basketball were brought to Zadar by Italian soldiers during World War II. At that time all basketball games being played in Zadar were played on an outdoor, concrete court. KK Zadar was formally founded after World War II in 1945 as FD Zadar (''Fiskulturno Društvo Zadar'' – Physical Culture Club of Zadar). Shortly after this club's founding, its ...
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KK Spartak Subotica
Košarkaški klub Spartak ( sr-cyr, Кошаркашки клуб Спартак), commonly referred to as Spartak Subotica or Spartak Office Shoes for sponsorship reasons, is a men's professional basketball Sports club, club based in Subotica, Serbia. They are currently competing in the Basketball League of Serbia, Serbian League (KLS) and the ABA League. History The club was founded in 1945 and was named after Jovan Mikić Spartak, an Olympic Sport of athletics, athlete from Subotica, who was killed in 1944. After finishing at the 7th place in the 2019–20 Second Men's League of Serbia (basketball), canceled 2019–20 season of the Second Basketball League of Serbia, Second League of Serbia (2nd-tier), the club failed to fulfill the League requirements and got relegated to the 4th-tier Second Regional Basketball League (Serbia), Second Regional League for the 2020–21 season. In August 2021, the Basketball Federation of Serbia confirmed a disaffiliation of KK Fair Play, ...
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KK Split
Košarkaški klub Split (), commonly referred to as KK Split or simply Split, is a men's professional basketball Sports club, club based in Split, Croatia, Split, Croatia. The club competes in the ABA League and the HT Premijer liga, Croatian League. Under its former name of KK Jugoplastika, the club was one of the most successful of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, Yugoslav era, winning several national titles in the 1970s and the 1980s. By winning the EuroLeague, FIBA European Champions Cup for three consecutive years, from 1989 to 1991, it is also one of the most successful clubs in the history of European basketball. History The club's roots are found in Hajduk sports society's basketball section, which was established in 1945. After three years of mostly sporadic activity, in 1948, the club established its own organizational structure known as KK Hajduk, which was independent of sports society. In the next year, 1949, the club changed its name to KK Split. Aft ...
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KK Igokea
Košarkaški klub Igokea ( sr-Cyrl, Кошаркашки клуб Игокеа), commonly referred to as KK Igokea or as Igokea m:tel due to sponsorship reasons, is a Bosnian professional basketball club based in Aleksandrovac, near Laktaši, Republika Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina. The club plays in the Bosnian League and the ABA League. The club is a founding member and shareholder of the Adriatic Basketball Association. History Even though they have become well known to the broader basketball public in the territory of the former Yugoslavia only several years ago, when they joined the regional competition called the Adriatic League, Igokea is a club with a long-lasting tradition. Its beginnings go back into 23 July 1973, when KK Potkozarje was established in Aleksandrovac by a group of enthusiasts that set themselves the main goal to introduce basketball to local youth and teach them the basics. In the second half of the 1990s, the club was renamed to Igokea and that's wh ...
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KK Krka
Košarkarski klub Krka (English: Basketball Club Krka), commonly referred to as KK Krka or simply Krka, is a Slovenian professional basketball team based in Novo Mesto that competes in the Slovenian First League and the ABA League. They play their home games at Leon Štukelj Hall. The club is a founding member and shareholder of the Adriatic Basketball Association. History 1948–2002 The first basketball club in Novo Mesto was founded in 1948. In 1983, the club won its first Slovenian national championship. After that, however, basketball saw a decline in Novo Mesto that lasted until the Slovenian independence in 1991. Soon, the team was climbing through the lower divisions and earned a promotion to the Slovenian First League in 1997, when it also took the name of its sponsor, Krka. A fourth-place finish in the national league allowed the club to qualify for the Korać Cup for the 1998–99 season. The big breakthrough came a year later, however, as Krka defeated histori ...
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