The 2025–26 ABA League Second Division was the 8th season of the ABA Second Division, with teams from Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Serbia, and Slovenia participating. This was the first season without any teams from Croatia.
Format change 16 clubs will participate in the second division (12 based on the results in the domestic championships and up to 4 via wild card invitation).
Competition format was changed – 16 teams were grouped into four pots, based on past results in the ABA League system and in respective domestic championship in the previous season.
Each team played eight games during the regular season (against two teams from each of the four pots), with four home games and four away games. Teams from the same country were not to face each other during the regular season. However, since Serbia had four representatives, such direct clashes could not be avoided, resulting in three matches which involved two clubs from that country.
The top eight teams from the regular season advanced to the best-of-3 format playoffs. The team with the better regular season record won home-court advantage.
Distribution The following is the access list for this season. +Access list for the 2025–26 ABA League Second DivisionClubs entering in this roundClubs advancing from the previous roundRegular season(16 clubs)2 highest-placed clubs from each of the six national leagues (12 in total) 2 clubs with wild cards. 2 teams relegated from 2024-25 ABA League first division.Top 8(8 clubs)
Club allocation
The labels in the parentheses show how each team qualified for the place of its starting round: 1st–7th: Positions in National Leagues at the end of Regular Season (or Playoffs). ABA1: Relegated from the First Division WC: Wild card.
Regular season Borac WWIN (1st) Mornar Barsko zlato (ABA1) Vršac Meridianbet (1st) MZT Aerodrom Skopje (1st) Široki TT Kabeli (2nd) Sutjeska (2nd) Zlatibor Mozzart (2nd) TFT Skopje (2nd) Sloboda Tuzla (4th)WC Primorje 1945 (4th)WC Vojvodina mts (3rd)WC Kansai Helios (3rd) Jahorina (7th)WC Podgorica Bemax (6th)WC SPD Radnički Kragujevac (8th)WC Student m:tel (1st RS)WC Teodo Tivat (3rd) Cibona (ABA1)
Croatian clubs controversy Cedevita Junior (5th in the Croatian national championship) decided to play in 2025-26 FIBA Europe Cup. KK Kvarner (6th in the Croatian national championship) and five other Croatian teams played a qualifying tournament for the 2025–26 European North Basketball League.
After discontent from KK Cibona (because the club had not received a wild card for the 2025-26 ABA League First Division) and club's management claiming the club would not play in the Second Division, the team eventually joined the league, as refusal to play would potentially have affected club's share of ownership in the ABA League JTD. However, on October 11, only two days before the first game against TFT Skopje, KK Cibona officially abandoned its participation in the competition.
Wild cards OKK Sloboda Tuzla and KK Vojvodina were the first two clubs getting the wild cards.
Since Croatian and many Slovenian clubs refused to play in the league, ABA League board considered giving a wild card (beside Bosnian KK Jahorina) to the Macedonian MKK Kumanovo or Bosnian SKK Student Igokea m:tel (a farm club of KK Igokea). SKK Student's application was accepted so Bosnia and Herzegovina is represented by 5 teams, which is the most that any country has had in this competition.
KK Tivat from Montenegro had been initially drawn in the competition, but was replaced before the season's start with KK Primorje 1945 Herceg Novi due to its financial difficulties.
As a substitute for KK Cibona, ABA League board invited SPD Radnički Kragujevac.
Draw The clubs were divided into four pots, based on the results in the ABA League system and in the domestic championships in the previous season, to determine 8 rounds of regular stage.
The draw set eight different opponents at random for every team, determining which of their matches were at home and which ones away. Each team faced two opponents from each of the four pots, one at home and one away. +Pot 1Team Cibona Mornar Barsko zlato Zlatibor Mozzart Vojvodina mts+Pot 2Team Kansai Helios Široki TT Kabeli Podgorica Bemax MZT Aerodrom Skopje+Pot 3Team Sutjeska Elektroprivreda Borac WWIN Vršac Meridianbet Sloboda Tuzla+Pot 4Team Primorje TFT Skopje Jahorina Student m:tel
Regular season
League table
Results
Playoffs Seeds Best-of-three playoffs, with the higher seed having home court advantage
1. Široki TT Kabeli (champion)
2. Zlatibor Mozzart (quarterfinals)
3. Sutjeska Elektroprivreda (semifinals)
4. Vojvodina mts (quarterfinals)
5. Kansai Helios (semifinals)
6. Sloboda Energoinvest Tuzla (quarterfinals)
7. TFT Skopje (final)
8. Jahorina (quarterfinals)
Quarterfinals
Semifinals
Finals
References
External links Official website ABA League 2 at Eurobasket.com