2023–24_ABA_League_First_Division

AdmiralBet ABA League
AdmiralBet ABA League
Season	2023–24
Number of games	26 fixtures (338 total)
Number of teams	14
TV partner(s)	Arena Sport
Regular season
Top seed	Crvena zvezda Meridianbet
Season MVP	Luka Božić
Promoted	Spartak Office Shoes
Finals
Champions	Crvena zvezda Meridianbet (7th title)
Runners-up	Partizan Mozzart Bet
Semifinalists	Budućnost VOLI; Mega Basket
Finals MVP	Yago dos Santos
Awards
Top Prospect	Nikola Topić
Best Defender	Branko Lazić
Best Coach	Danijel Jusup
Statistical leaders
Points
Points	Luka Božić
Rebounds	Marcus Weathers
Assists	Jan Špan
Index Rating	Luka Božić
Records
Biggest home win	Crvena zvezda 110–57 Krka; (10 March 2024)
Biggest away win	FMP 61–105 Partizan; (2 December 2023)
Highest scoring	Partizan 110–102 Cedevita Olimpija; (3 March 2024)
Winning streak	Budućnost 10 games
Losing streak	Mornar 10 games
Highest attendance	23,021; Partizan 112–80 Mega; (22 January 2024)
Lowest attendance	200; SC Derby 86-84 Borac; (11 February 2024)
	← 2022–23 2024–25 → All statistics correct as of 8 April 2024.

2023–24 ABA League First Division

22nd ABA League season

The 2023–24 AdmiralBet ABA League is the 22nd season of the ABA League with 14 teams from former Yugoslavia, namely Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Montenegro, Serbia, and Slovenia participating in it.

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Regular season

The regular season is scheduled to commence on 29 September 2023 and end on 5 April 2024.^[22]

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Promoted	Krka	2022–23 ABA 2 Champion
Relegated	MZT Skopje Aerodrom	Finished last

Team	Home city	Arena	Capacity
Borac Mozzart	Čačak	Borac Hall	4,000
Budućnost VOLI	Podgorica	Morača Sports Center	6,000
Cedevita Olimpija	Ljubljana	Arena Stožice	12,480
Krka	Novo Mesto	Leon Štukelj Hall	2,500
Cibona	Zagreb	Dražen Petrović Hall	5,400
Crvena zvezda Meridianbet	Belgrade	Aleksandar Nikolić Hall	8,000
FMP Meridian	Belgrade	Železnik Hall	3,000
Igokea m:tel	Aleksandrovac	Laktaši Sports Hall	3,050
Mega MIS	Belgrade	Ranko Žeravica Sports Hall	5,000
Mornar Barsko zlato	Bar	Topolica Sport Hall	2,625
Partizan Mozzart Bet	Belgrade	Štark Arena	18,386
SC Derby	Podgorica	Morača Sports Center	6,000
Split	Split	Arena Gripe	3,500
Zadar	Zadar	Krešimir Ćosić Hall	7,997

Team	Head coach	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor
Borac Mozzart	Dejan Mijatović	Nemanja Todorović	—	MozzartSport / P.S. Fashion
Budućnost VOLI	Andrej Žakelj	Petar Popović	Spalding	VOLI / Podgorica Capital City
Cedevita Olimpija	Zoran Martič	Edo Murić	Adidas	Cedevita
Cibona	Dino Repeša	Krešimir Radovčić	GBT	Erste Bank
Crvena zvezda Meridianbet	Ioannis Sfairopoulos	Branko Lazić	Adidas	Meridian / mts
FMP Meridian	Saša Nikitović	Charles Jenkins	Adidas	Meridian
Igokea m:tel	Vladimir Jovanović	Marko Jošilo	GBT	m:tel
Mega MIS	Marko Barać	Luka Cerovina	Adidas	Medical Innovation Solutions / Triglav
Mornar Barsko zlato	Mihailo Pavićević	Sead Šehović	DaCapo	Bar Municipality / Barsko zlato
Krka	Gašper Okorn	Jan Špan		Krka
Partizan Mozzart Bet	Željko Obradović	Kevin Punter	Under Armour	NIS / Mozzart Bet
SC Derby	Dejan Jakara	Nikola Pavličević	Spalding	Derby
Split	Slaven Rimac	Mate Kalajžić	Macron	—
Zadar	Danijel Jusup	Marko Ramljak	Macron	OTP Bank / PSK

Team	Outgoing manager	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Replaced with	Date of appointment	Ref.
Split	Srđan Subotić	7 June 2023	Off-season	Slaven Rimac	28 July 2023	^[2]^[3]
Cedevita Olimpija	Miro Alilović	13 June 2023		Simone Pianigiani	13 June 2023	^[4]^[5]
Cibona	Josip Sesar	15 July 2023		Jakša Vulić	15 August 2023	^[6]^[7]
Crvena zvezda	Duško Ivanović	21 October 2023	1th (3–0)	Ioannis Sfairopoulos	22 October 2023	^[8]^[9]
Budućnost	Petar Mijović	9 November 2023	3rd (5–1)	Andrej Žakelj	18 November 2023	^[10]^[11]
KK SC Derby	Andrej Žakelj	18 November 2023	7th (6–6)	Dejan Jakara	19 November 2023	^[12]^[13]
Cibona	Jakša Vulić	5 December 2023	12th (3–7)	Dino Repeša	14 December 2023	^[14]^[15]
FMP	Nenad Stefanović	12 December 2023	12th (3–8)	Stevan Mijović	13 December 2023	^[16]^[17]
Cedevita Olimpija	Simone Pianigiani	1 January 2024	3rd (10–4)	Zoran Martič	1 January 2024	^[18]^[19]
FMP Meridian	Stevan Mijović	30 January 2024	12th (5–13)	Saša Nikitović	31 January 2024	^[20]^[21]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Crvena zvezda Meridianbet	26	22	4	2310	1877	+433	48	Advance to the Playoffs
2	Partizan Mozzart Bet	26	20	6	2423	1966	+457	46
3	Budućnost VOLI	26	19	7	2206	2002	+204	45
4	Mega MIS	26	16	10	2246	2140	+106	42
5	Cedevita Olimpija	26	16	10	2235	2184	+51	42
6	Zadar	26	14	12	2050	2008	+42	40
7	Igokea m:tel	26	13	13	2040	2117	−77	39
8	SC Derby	26	11	15	2206	2241	−35	37
9	Split	26	11	15	1986	2091	−105	37
10	Borac Mozzart	26	10	16	2064	2181	−117	36
11	FMP Meridian	26	10	16	2032	2195	−163	36
12	Cibona	26	9	17	2033	2189	−156	35
13	Mornar Barsko zlato	26	6	20	2023	2349	−326	32
14	Krka	26	5	21	1960	2274	−314	31

2023–24_ABA_League_First_Division

2023–24 ABA League First Division

Teams

Promotion and relegation

Venues and locations

Personnel and sponsorship

Coaching changes

Referees

Regular season

League table

Positions by round

Results

Results by round

Playoffs

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Finals

Relegation Playoffs

MVP List

MVP of the Round

MVP of the Month

Awards

Clubs in European competitions

See also

References

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Team ╲ Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26
Team ╲ Round
Crvena zvezda Meridianbet	3	2	3	1	3	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Budućnost VOLI	2	3	2	2	1	3	1	2	5	4	4	5	5	4	4	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3
Partizan Mozzart Bet	1	1	1	3	2	1	3	5	4	3	3	2	3	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2
Mega MIS	9	10	8	6	8	8	6	6	6	7	7	9	8	6	6	6	7	7	7	7	7	6	6	6	4	4
Cedevita Olimpija	7	9	7	9	7	6	5	4	3	5	5	4	2	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	4	5	5
Zadar	13	13	10	7	5	7	8	7	8	8	8	6	6	7	7	7	6	6	5	5	5	5	4	5	6	6
Igokea m:tel	12	7	6	5	4	5	4	3	2	2	2	3	4	5	5	5	5	5	6	6	6	7	7	7	7	7
SC Derby	5	4	4	4	6	4	7	9	7	6	6	7	7	8	8	8	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8
Split	10	11	12	11	11	11	12	13	12	10	11	11	11	10	10	9	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9
Borac Mozzart	4	5	5	8	10	10	9	8	9	9	9	8	9	9	9	10	8	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	10
FMP Soccerbet	8	6	9	10	9	9	10	10	10	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	10	11
Cibona	11	12	13	13	14	12	11	11	11	12	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	12
Mornar Barsko zlato	14	14	14	14	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13
Krka	6	8	11	12	12	13	13	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	14	14	14	14

Home \ Away	BOR	BUD	COL	CIB	CZV	FMP	IGO	KRK	MEG	MOR	PAR	SCD	SPL	ZAD
Borac Mozzart	—	67–86	65–74	86–79	87–93	96–75	64–70	101–83	78–94	79–71	77–84	87–76	93–83	89–81
Budućnost VOLI	100–79	—	81–82	93–85	84–62	82–76	79–76	82–69	73–71	103–100	83–89	82–94	72–58	103–73
Cedevita Olimpija	82–78	72–80	—	93–91	96–86	82–74	106–74	91–79	89–87	105–89	95–91	102–93	97–68	73–79
Cibona	97–101	66–98	72–97	—	59–82	89–93	70–77	91–63	69–83	73–72	74–87	94–82	81–73	71–88
Crvena zvezda Meridianbet	90–74	95–86	94–51	84–56	—	87–54	80–48	110–57	83–89	95–75	88–86	94–78	89–67	93–54
FMP Meridian	86–72	84–76	84–96	72–77	72–83	—	78–64	97–99	73–83	111–94	61–105	86–99	84–66	77–96
Igokea m:tel	78–62	88–74	83–72	87–91	63–81	73–74	—	90–84	78–92	84–64	52–98	91–82	77–80	100–94
Krka	89–80	75–86	92–78	54–72	67–90	87–89	80–92	—	91–106	79–72	56–96	72–97	76–80	75–88
Mega MIS	89–90	72–92	97–86	80–76	88–98	86–72	92–76	72–77	—	101–87	88–86	88–79	92–78	91–81
Mornar Barsko zlato	80–78	61–87	74–86	88–85	66–102	75–77	86–84	86–83	65–99	—	76–98	91–86	76–93	86–78
Partizan Mozzart Bet	101–56	96–83	110–102	96–67	98–87	88–57	89–91	96–76	112–80	110–78	—	99–76	67–74	113–74
SC Derby	86–84	80–93	82–78	93–101	77–91	94–85	81–90	84–70	89–82	94–79	78–84	—	91–92	88–75
Split	75–61	75–81	93–85	76–83	73–92	78–66	90–95	78–74	88–73	87–75	53–76	72–76	—	75–82
Zadar	79–80	57–67	88–65	91–64	74–81	72–75	74–59	70–53	74–71	92–57	84–68	79–74	77–61	—

Team 1	Series	Team 2	Game 1	Game 2	Game 3
Crvena zvezda Meridianbet	2–0	SC Derby	83–81	92–77	—
Mega MIS	2–0	Cedevita Olimpija	119–98	85–71	—
Partizan Mozzart Bet	2–0	Igokea m:tel	94–85	101–80	—
Budućnost VOLI	2–0	Zadar	100–69	80–73	—

Round	Player	Team	PIR
1	Jurij Macura	Krka	31
2	Kenan Kamenjaš	SC Derby	31
3	Luka Božić	Zadar	39
4	Luka Božić (2)	Zadar (2)	29
5	Luka Božić (3)	Zadar (3)	43
6	Nikola Topić	Mega MIS	41
7	Jaka Blažič	Cedevita Olimpija	31
8	Luka Božić (4)	Zadar (4)	48
9	Lovre Runjić	Split	35
10	Luka Božić (5)	Zadar (5)	35
11	Nemanja Nedović	Crvena zvezda Meridianbet	32
12	Luka Božić (6)	Zadar (6)	44
13	Luka Božić (7)	Zadar (7)	38
14	Stefan Miljenović	Mega MIS (2)	43
15	Vladimir Mihailović	Budućnost VOLI	33
16	Uroš Luković	Mornar Barsko zlato	32
17	Tavian Dunn-Martin	Mornar Barsko zlato (2)	31
18	Mateo Drežnjak	SC Derby (2)	37
19	Luka Božić (8)	Zadar (8)	35
20	Stefan Miljenović (2)	Mega MIS (3)	31
21	Uroš Plavšić	Mega MIS (4)	35
22	Yago dos Santos	Crvena zvezda Meridianbet (2)	40
23	Luka Božić (9)	Zadar (9)	34
24	Jaka Blažič (2)	Cedevita Olimpija (2)	37
25	Stefan Miljenović (3)	Mega MIS (5)	34
26	Uroš Plavšić (2)	Mega MIS (6)	36
QF1	Nikola Đurišić	Mega MIS (7)	38
QF2	Kenan Kamenjaš (2)	Budućnost VOLI (2)	29
SF1	Aleksa Avramović	Partizan Mozzart Bet	19
SF2	Freddie Gillespie	Crvena zvezda Meridianbet (3)	24
SF3	James Nunnally	Partizan Mozzart Bet (2)	27
F1	Yago dos Santos (2)	Crvena zvezda Meridianbet (4)	21
F2	Nemanja Nedović (2)	Crvena zvezda Meridianbet (5)	20
F3	Luka Mitrović	Crvena zvezda Meridianbet (6)	23

Month	Player	Team	Ref.
2023
October	Luka Božić	Zadar	^[23]
November	Karlo Matković	Cedevita Olimpija	^[24]
December	Luka Božić (2)	Zadar (2)	^[25]
2024
January	Shannon Shorter	Split	^[26]
February	Marcus Weathers	Mornar Bar	^[27]
March	Luka Božić (3)	Zadar (3)	^[28]

Pos.	Player	Team	Ref.
MVP
SF	Luka Božić	Zadar	^[29]
Finals MVP
	TBD
Top Scorer
SF	Luka Božić	Zadar	^[30]
Best Defender
SG	Branko Lazić	Crvena zvezda Meridianbet	^[31]
Top Prospect
PG	Nikola Topić	Mega MIS / Crvena zvezda Meridianbet	^[32]
Coach of the Season
HC	Danijel Jusup	Zadar	^[33]
The Ideal Starting Five
PG	Nikola Topić	Mega MIS / Crvena zvezda Meridianbet	^[34]

SG	Miloš Teodosić	Crvena zvezda Meridianbet
SF	Luka Božić	Zadar
PF	Zach LeDay	Partizan
C	Kenan Kamenjaš	SC Derby / Budućnost VOLI

Competition	Team	Progress	Result
EuroLeague	Partizan Mozzart Bet	Regular season	11th (16–18)
EuroLeague	Crvena zvezda Meridianbet	Regular season	16th (11–23)
EuroCup	Cedevita Olimpija	Regular season Group A	10th (1–17)
EuroCup	Budućnost VOLI	Regular season Group B	7th (8–10)
Champions League	Igokea m:tel	Regular season Group H	4th (0–6)
	FMP Meridian	Qualification Group II Quarter-finals	Eliminated by Openjobmetis Varese, 71–73
	Mornar Barsko zlato	Qualification Group III Quarter-finals	Eliminated by Monbus Obradoiro, 56–90
FIBA Europe Cup	Mornar Barsko zlato	Regular season Group D	4th (1–5)