The 2017–18 ABA League First Division was the 17th season of the ABA League, with 12 teams from Serbia, Croatia, Slovenia, Montenegro, Bosnia and Herzegovina and the Republic of Macedonia 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 Serbia and Montenegro. 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. Country Allocated 2016–17 Coefficient Total Clubs 3 16.25 4 1 14.00 2 3 13.33 3 1 13.00 1 1 9.00 1 1 9.00 1 Total 10 2 12
Team allocation
Final league positions in the previous domestic league season are shown in parentheses.
Regular season Crvena zvezda mts (1st) Mega Bemax (4th) Cedevita (1st) Igokea (1st) FMP (2nd) Budućnost VOLI (1st) Cibona (2nd) Petrol Olimpija (1st) Partizan NIS (3rd) Mornar (2nd) Zadar (6th) MZT Skopje Aerodrom (1st)
Venues and locations
Team Home city Arena Capacity Budućnost VOLI Podgorica Morača Sports Center Cedevita Zagreb Dražen Petrović Cibona Zagreb Dražen Petrović Crvena zvezda mts Belgrade Aleksandar Nikolić ALEKSANDAR NIKOLIC 6500. FMP Belgrade Železnik Hall Igokea Aleksandrovac Laktaši Sports Hall Mega Bemax Sremska Mitrovica Sports Hall Pinki Mornar Bar Topolica Sport Hall MZT Skopje Aerodrom Skopje Jane Sandanski Partizan NIS Belgrade Aleksandar Nikolić Petrol Olimpija Ljubljana Arena Stožice Zadar Zadar Krešimir Ćosić
Personnel and sponsorship Team Head coach Captain Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor Budućnost VOLI Aleksandar Džikić Suad Šehović Spalding VOLI Cedevita Jure Zdovc Roko Ukić Nike Cedevita Cibona Ante Nazor Marin Rozić Adidas — Crvena zvezda mts Dušan Alimpijević Branko Lazić Nike mts FMP Vladimir Jovanović Filip Čović Champion FMP Igokea Dragan Bajić Vuk Radivojević GBT m:tel Mega Bemax Dejan Milojević Nikola Rebić Adidas Bemax Mornar Mihailo Pavićević Marko Mijović Adidas Bar Municipality MZT Skopje Aerodrom Željko Lukajić Damjan Stojanovski Adidas UNIBanka, triglav Partizan NIS Nenad Čanak Novica Veličković Under Armour NIS Petrol Olimpija Zoran Martič Gregor Hrovat Macron Petrol Zadar Aramis Naglić Šime Špralja Champion OTP Bank
Coaching changes Team Outgoing manager Date of vacancy Position in table Replaced with Date of appointment Budućnost VOLI Ilias Zouros 14 April 2017 Pre-season Aleksandar Džikić 22 June 2017 Cedevita Veljko Mršić 9 June 2017 Jure Zdovc 14 June 2017 Cibona Damir Mulaomerović 13 June 2017 Slobodan Subotić 17 June 2017 Partizan NIS Aleksandar Džikić 13 June 2017 Miroslav Nikolić 18 July 2017 MZT Skopje Aerodrom Ante Nazor 15 June 2017 Aleksandar Todorov 15 June 2017 Mornar Đorđije Pavićević 1 July 2017 Mihailo Pavićević 1 July 2017 Crvena zvezda mts Dejan Radonjić 15 July 2017 Dušan Alimpijević 21 July 2017 FMP Dušan Alimpijević 21 July 2017 Vladimir Jovanović 27 July 2017 Cibona Slobodan Subotić 11 November 2017 9th (3–5) Ante Nazor 13 November 2017 MZT Skopje Aerodrom Aleksandar Todorov 7 December 2017 12th (2–8) Željko Lukajić 8 December 2017 Partizan NIS Miroslav Nikolić 12 December 2017 5th (5–6) Nenad Čanak 14 December 2017 Petrol Olimpija Gašper Okorn 8 January 2018 11th (5–10) Zoran Martič 8 January 2018
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 , after the end of the Regular Season.
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Points
Rebounds
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Assists
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Awards
PlayerTeam MVP C Luka Žorić Cibona Finals MVP PG Nemanja Gordić Budućnost VOLI Top Prospect SF Džanan Musa Cedevita Ideal Starting FivePG Taylor Rochestie Crvena zvezda mts SG Nemanja Gordić Budućnost SF Džanan Musa Cedevita PF Novica Veličković Partizan NIS C Uroš Luković Mornar
MVP List
MVP of the Round Round Player Team 1 Mathias Lessort Crvena zvezda mts 30 2 Will Cherry Cedevita 27 3 Luka Božić Zadar 32 4 Luka Žorić Cibona 41 5 Patrick Miller Partizan NIS 40 6 Uroš Luković Mornar 31 7 Milko Bjelica Crvena zvezda mts 35 8 Derek Needham Mornar 30 9 Džanan Musa Cedevita 46 10 Josh Bostic Zadar 29 11 Roko Ukić Cedevita 28 12 Nikola Jevtović Igokea 29 13 Uroš Luković (2) Mornar 40 14 Josh Bostic (2) Zadar 40 15 Novica Veličković Partizan NIS 31 16 Dominik Mavra MZT Skopje Aerodrom 34 17 Novica Veličković (2) Partizan NIS 36 18 Vlatko Čančar Mega Bemax 29 19 Derek Needham (2) Mornar 29 20 Danilo Nikolić Budućnost VOLI 33 21 Novica Veličković (3) Partizan NIS 36 22 Jordan Morgan Petrol Olimpija 32 SF1 Nemanja Gordić Budućnost VOLI 30 SF2 Demetris Nichols Cedevita 30 SF3 Ognjen Dobrić Crvena zvezda mts 23 F1 Nikola Ivanović Budućnost VOLI 23 F2 Alen Omić Crvena zvezda mts 27 F3 Nemanja Gordić (2) Budućnost VOLI 21 F4 Filip Barović Budućnost VOLI 23
MVP of the Month Month Player Team 2017 October Patrick Miller Partizan NISMVP of October: Patrick Miller (Partizan NIS)November Milko Bjelica Crvena zvezda mtsMVP of November: Milko Bjelica (Crvena zvezda mts)December Josh Bostic ZadarMVP of December: Joshua Bostic (Zadar) 2018 January Novica Veličković Partizan NIS MVP of January: Novica Veličković (Partizan NIS)February Uroš Luković Mornar MVP of February: Uroš Luković (Mornar)
Attendances Attendances include playoff games:
ABA League clubs in European competitions Competition Team Progress Result EuroLeague Crvena zvezda mts Regular season 14th (11–19) EuroCup Budućnost VOLI Quarterfinals (2) Eliminated by Darüşşafaka, 0–2 Cedevita Top 16 Group G (1) 4th (0–6) Partizan NIS Regular season Group C 6th (1–9)Champions League Petrol Olimpija Regular season Group C 7th (4–10) Mornar Second qualifying round Eliminated by Avtodor Saratov, 132–158; transferred to FIBA Europe CupFIBA Europe Cup Quarterfinals (3) Eliminated by Donar, 147–168
See also 2017–18 ABA League Second Division 2017 ABA League Supercup 2017–18 Junior ABA League 2017–18 WABA League 2017–18 domestic competitions 2017–18 Basketball League of Serbia 2017–18 A-1 League 2017–18 Slovenian Basketball League 2017–18 Prva A liga 2017–18 Basketball Championship of Bosnia and Herzegovina 2017–18 Macedonian First League Teams 2017–18 KK Crvena zvezda season 2017–18 KK Partizan season
References
External links Official website ABA League at Eurobasket.com