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

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

, with 12 teams from

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and the

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participating in it. It was the inaugural season with a two-level competition and the First Division being the top tier.

Teams

On May 23, 2017, ABA League Assembly announced that 12 clubs would be competing in the league in the 2017–18 season. Participants were decided based on the following allocation: * – three clubs * – three clubs * – one club * – one club * – one club * – one club Two additional spots were allocated to teams from countries whose clubs had highest coefficients in country rankings during the 2016–17 season. Those two countries were

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and

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National standings

For ten teams, per country allocation was determined based on a coefficient which was calculated as the sum of all victories that clubs from a certain country had achieved during the previous regular season divided by the number of clubs from that country. The remaining spots were awarded bye the league board which selected two wild cards.

Team allocation

Final league positions in the previous domestic league season are 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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