2015–16 ABA League

ABA League
Champions	Crvena Zvezda 2nd title
Runners-up	Mega Leks
Semifinalists	Budućnost Cedevita
Relegated	Sutjeska Tajfun
Teams	14
Duration	October 1, 2015 – March 7, 2016 (Regular season) March 14, – May 2, 2016 (Playoffs)
Top seed	Budućnost
TV	Arena Sport
Awards
MVP	Miro Bilan (Cedevita)
Finals MVP	Stefan Jović (Crvena Zvezda)
Best young player	Ante Žižić (Cibona)[1]
Statistical leaders
Points	Tadija Dragićević (Budućnost) 16.33
Rebounds	Ante Žižić (Cibona) 8.00
Assists	Omar Cook (Budućnost) 6.62

The 2015–16 ABA League is the 15th season of the ABA League, with 14 teams from Serbia, Croatia, Slovenia, Montenegro, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Macedonia participating in it.

Regular season will start on October 1, 2015, and will finish on March 7, 2016 followed by playoffs of the four best placed teams.^[2][3]

Teams

Partizan

Crvena Zvezda

Mega Leks

Cedevita

Cibona

Zadar

Metalac

Olimpija

Tajfun

Krka

MZT Skopje

Igokea

Budućnost

Sutjeska

Location of teams in the 2015–16 ABA League

Country	Teams	Qualification	Team	City	Venue (Capacity)
Serbia	4
		1st in the Basketball League of Serbia	Crvena Zvezda	Belgrade	Hall Aleksandar Nikolić (8,150)
		2nd in the Basketball League of Serbia	Partizan	Belgrade	Hall Aleksandar Nikolić (8,150)
		3rd in the Basketball League of Serbia	Metalac	Valjevo	Valjevo Sports Hall (2,500)
		4rd in the Basketball League of Serbia	Mega Leks	Sremska Mitrovica	Sports Hall Pinki (3,000)
Croatia	3
		1st place in the A-1 League	Cedevita	Zagreb	Dom Sportova (3,500)
		2nd place in the A-1 League	Cibona	Zagreb	Dražen Petrović Basketball Hall (5,400)
		3rd place in the A-1 League	Zadar	Zadar	Krešimir Ćosić Hall (10,000)
Slovenia	3
		Champion of the 1.A SKL	Tajfun	Šentjur	Golovec Hall (?)
		1st place in 1.A SKL	Krka	Novo mesto	Leon Štukelj Hall (3,000)
		Wild card	Union Olimpija	Ljubljana	Arena Stožice (12,480)
Montenegro	2
		Champion of Montenegrin Basketball League	Budućnost	Podgorica	Morača Sports Center (5,000)
		2nd place in Montenegrin Basketball League	Sutjeska[note 1]	Nikšić	Nikšić Sports Center (3,000)
Bosnia and Herzegovina	1	Champion of Premijer liga BiH	Igokea	Aleksandrovac	Laktaši Sports Hall (3,050)
Macedonia	1	Champion of Macedonian First League	MZT	Skopje	Jane Sandanski Arena (6,000)

Personnel and sponsorship

Team	Head coach	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor
Budućnost	Luka Pavićević	Suad Šehović	Luanvi	VOLI
Cedevita	Veljko Mršić	Miro Bilan	Nike	Cedevita / Konzum
Cibona	Damir Mulaomerović	Marin Rozić	Adidas	Franck
Crvena Zvezda	Dejan Radonjić	Luka Mitrović	Champion	Telekom Srbija
Igokea	Dragan Bajić	Marko Čakarević	Givova	M:tel / Hemofarm
Krka	Vladimir Anzulović	Matej Rojc	Žolna šport	Krka
Mega Leks	Dejan Milojević	Rade Zagorac	Adidas	Beoleks
Metalac	Vladimir Đokić	Dušan Kutlešić	Kamp	Farmakom
MZT Skopje	Aleksandar Jončevski	Damjan Stojanovski	Li-Ning	Sinalco / Bauer BG
Partizan	Aleksandar Džikić	Vanja Marinković	Adidas	NIS
Sutjeska	Igor Jovović	Nikola Žižić	PEAK	—
Tajfun	Dejan Mihevc	Dragiša Drobnjak	Spalding	Tajfun
Union Olimpija	Gašper Potočnik	Saša Zagorac	Macron	Pivovarna Union
Zadar	Ante Nazor	Lovre Bašić	Adidas	OTP banka

Coaching changes

Week	Club	Outgoing coach	Date of change	Incoming coach
3rd	Metalac	Vladimir Đokić	7 October 2015[4]	Vladimir Mišković
4th	Metalac	Vladimir Mišković	12 October 2015[5]	Vladimir Đokić
11th	Budućnost	Igor Jovović	27 November 2015[6]	Luka Pavićević
13th	Cibona	Slaven Rimac	7 December 2015[7]	Damir Mulaomerović
13th	MZT Skopje	Aleš Pipan	7 December 2015[8]	Aleksandar Jončevski
15th	Igokea	Željko Lukajić	21 December 2015[9]	Dragan Bajić
18th	Partizan	Petar Božić	5 January 2016[10]	Aleksandar Džikić
20th	Krka	Ivan Velić	18 January 2016[11]	Vladimir Anzulović
20th	Sutjeska	Dušan Dubljević	24 January 2016[12]	Igor Jovović

Regular season

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Budućnost	26	23	3	2032	1774	+258	49	Qualification to playoffs
2	Crvena Zvezda	26	20	6	2046	1800	+246	46
3	Cedevita	26	19	7	2024	1879	+145	45
4	Mega Leks	26	17	9	2051	1940	+111	43
5	Partizan	26	12	14	1973	1974	−1	38
6	Zadar	26	12	14	1808	1868	−60	38
7	Union Olimpija	26	11	15	1921	1955	−34	37
8	Cibona	26	11	15	1887	1936	−49	37
9	Igokea	26	11	15	1839	1899	−60	37
10	MZT Skopje	26	10	16	1869	1908	−39	36
11	Metalac	26	10	16	1837	1941	−104	36
12	Krka	26	10	16	1853	1924	−71	36
13	Sutjeska	26	9	17	1867	2011	−144	35	Relegated
14	Tajfun	26	7	19	1790	1988	−198	33

Source: ABA Standings

Schedule and results

The regular season began on October 1, 2015, and ended on March 7, 2016.

BUD

CDV

CIB

CZV

IGK

KRK

MEG

MET

MZT

PAR

SUT

TAJ

UOL

ZDR

Budućnost

76–66

78–68

68–54

89–74

81–65

71–56

83–72

65–55

78–65

89–87

81–61

89–77

78–47

Cedevita

57–81

83–65

74–72

67–56

70–60

78–68

77–63

89–64

75–72

73–50

94–61

82–58

81–88

Cibona

69–91

69–81

83–94

86–72

85–78

82–89

77–73

68–62

63–57

93–76

71–69

75–79

74–65

Crvena Zvezda

83–62

79–80

75–58

81–87

77–67

76–70

86–74

92–79

92–77

96–67

113–66

73–77

83–57

Igokea

76–86

86–91

68–57

54–74

54–65

80–75

60–66

70–86

71–64

75–58

71–82

72–63

77–73

Krka

78–84

85–77

90–86

65–71

74–64

74–57

70–75

72–68

70–75

58–66

103–96

55–59

77–66

Mega Leks

81–83

100–93

76–72

78–79

69–68

84–77

77–64

82–70

76–59

101–72

92–70

78–81

87–61

Metalac

61–67

79–81

77–61

62–68

56–74

83–77

83–76

68–77

67–64

84–78

78–62

74–61

71–67

MZT

68–72

65–70

69–68

66–71

75–70

69–67

76–77

93–67

82–78

71–75

77–70

81–62

60–72

Partizan

86–77

82–61

85–82

86–81

66–73

69–70

78–85

81–70

72–69

75–67

89–85

76–74

87–76

Sutjeska

92–91

68–83

68–80

62–70

72–83

87–81

68–73

84–73

68–77

82–71

51–60

86–78

71–60

Tajfun

61–80

67–78

52–74

63–73

76–81

74–51

60–64

76–63

68–62

65–83

71–68

73–59

66–82

Union Olimpija

63–67

84–91

67–68

69–77

79–63

80–50

89–99

76–62

91–76

118–115

60–61

77–69

84–76

Zadar

52–65

81–72

62–53

49–56

69–60

67–74

76–81

88–72

84–72

65–61

85–83

73–67

67–56

Source: ABA League Calendar^[3]

Playoffs

	Semifinals							Finals
	1	Budućnost	81	75
	4	Mega Leks	85	76
								Mega Leks		88	74	49
								Crvena Zvezda		95	93	61
	2	Crvena Zvezda	97	73
	3	Cedevita	88	65

Semifinals

Game 1

Budućnost v Mega Leks

14 March 2016	Budućnost	81–85	Mega Leks	Podgorica
20:00 (CET)	Scoring by quarter: 15–24, 28–18, 19–18, 19–25
	Pts: Jenkins 26 Rebs: Marić 9 Asts: Cook 5 PIR: Jenkins 24	Boxscore	Pts: Zagorac 27 Rebs: Luwawu, Zagorac 7 Asts: Ivanović 12 PIR: Zagorac 40	Arena: Morača Sports Center Attendance: 4,560 Referees: Srđan Dožai Matej Boltauzer Siniša Herceg

Crvena Zvezda v Cedevita

15 March 2016	Crvena Zvezda	97–880OT	Cedevita	Belgrade
18:45 (CET)	Scoring by quarter: 22–14, 15–29, 19–13, 26–26, OT: 15–6
	Pts: Miller 24 Rebs: Zirbes 11 Asts: Jović 8 PIR: Zirbes 29	Boxscore	Pts: Pullen 24 Rebs: White 12 Asts: Pullen 5 PIR: White 29	Arena: Hall Aleksandar Nikolić Attendance: 6,286 Referees: Saša Pukl Damir Javor Miloš Koljenšić

Game 2

Mega Leks v Budućnost

19 March 2016	Mega Leks	76–75	Budućnost	Sremska Mitrovica
21:00 (CET)	Scoring by quarter: 22–24, 22–16, 18–15, 14–20
	Pts: Luwawu 17 Rebs: Ivanović, Simeunović 8 Asts: Ivanović 8 PIR: Ivanović 21	Boxscore	Pts: Dragićević 20 Rebs: Marić 13 Asts: Se. Šehović 5 PIR: Dragićević 20	Arena: Sports Hall Pinki Attendance: 2,500 Referees: Sreten Radović Petar Obradović Tomislav Hordov

Cedevita v Crvena Zvezda

22 March 2016	Cedevita	65–73	Crvena Zvezda	Zagreb
20:00 (CET)	Scoring by quarter: 19–16, 20–18, 10–21, 16–18
	Pts: Pullen 17 Rebs: Bilan 7 Asts: four players 2 PIR: Pullen 12	Boxscore	Pts: Štimac 17 Rebs: Zirbes 9 Asts: Jović 6 PIR: Miller 20	Arena: Dom Sportova Attendance: 3,300 Referees: Saša Pukl Damir Javor Sašo Petek

Finals

Game 1

Crvena Zvezda v Mega Leks

28 April 2016	Crvena Zvezda	95–88	Mega Leks	Belgrade
19:00 (CET)	Scoring by quarter: 27–25, 21–20, 20–25, 27–18
	Pts: Miller, Zirbes 17 Rebs: Zirbes 12 Asts: Jović 9 PIR: Zirbes 29	Boxscore	Pts: Ivanović 25 Rebs: Nikolić 6 Asts: Ivanović 6 PIR: Ivanović 28	Arena: Hall Aleksandar Nikolić Attendance: 2,586 Referees: Sreten Radović Milivoje Jovčić Siniša Herceg

Game 2

Crvena Zvezda v Mega Leks

30 April 2016	Crvena Zvezda	93–74	Mega Leks	Belgrade
20:00 (CET)	Scoring by quarter: 26–21, 26–18, 20–21, 21–14
	Pts: Simonović 16 Rebs: three players 5 Asts: Jović 9 PIR: Jović 20	Boxscore	Pts: Ivanović 22 Rebs: Nikolić 7 Asts: Ivanović 5 PIR: Ivanović 22	Arena: Hall Aleksandar Nikolić Attendance: 3,000 Referees: Ilija Belošević Petar Obradović Saša Maričić

Game 3

Mega Leks v Crvena Zvezda

2 May 2016	Mega Leks	49–61	Crvena Zvezda	Sremska Mitrovica
20:30 (CET)	Scoring by quarter: 16–24, 18–13, 6–9, 9–15
	Pts: Zagorac 21 Rebs: Janković 8 Asts: Ivanović 6 PIR: Zagorac 22	Boxscore	Pts: Miller 18 Rebs: Miller 8 Asts: Jović 6 PIR: Miller 19	Arena: Sports Hall Pinki Attendance: 2,500 Referees: Saša Pukl Srđan Dožai Marko Juras

2015–16 ABA League Champions
Crvena Zvezda 2nd Title

2015–2016 Crvena Zvezda Team Roster

Position(s) Name G/F Tarence Kinsey PG Nikola Rebić G/F Nemanja Dangubić PF Luka Mitrović G/F Branko Lazić F Boriša Simanić PG Vasilije Micić SF Marko Simonović C Stefan Nastić SG Marko Gudurić PG Stefan Jović F Quincy Miller C Maik Zirbes C Vladimir Štimac Head Coach Dejan Radonjić Individual statistics Rating Rank Name Team Games Rating PIR 1. Miro Bilan Cedevita 28 575 20.54 2. Sava Lešić Olimpija 26 448 18.88 3. Ante Žižić Cibona 21 379 18.05 4. Kevin Jones Partizan 19 332 17.47 5. Nemanja Vranješ Sutjeska 23 396 17.22 Points Rank Name Team Games Points PPG 1. Tadija Dragićević Budućnost 26 424 16.31 2. Kevin Jones Partizan 19 310 16.32 3. Sava Lešić Olimpija 26 395 15.19 4. Đorđe Drenovac MZT Skopje 26 388 14.92 5. Nemanja Vranješ Sutjeska 23 337 14.65 Rebounds Rank Name Team Games Rebounds RPG 1. Ante Žižić Cibona 21 168 8.00 2. Kevin Jones Partizan 19 149 7.84 3. Miro Bilan Cedevita 28 217 7.75 4. Sava Lešić Olimpija 26 200 7.69 5. Aleks Marić Budućnost 26 184 7.08 Assists Rank Name Team Games Assists APG 1. Omar Cook Budućnost 28 181 6.46 2. Stefan Jović Crvena Zvezda 27 145 5.37 3. Nikola Ivanović Mega Leks 26 134 5.15 4. Marko Ljubičić MZT Skopje 25 103 4.12 5. Vuk Radivojević Igokea 25 91 3.64 Source: ABA League Individual Statistics [13] MVP List MVP of the Round[note 2] Round Player Team Efficiency 1 Rade Zagorac Mega Leks 29 2 Miro Bilan Cedevita 33 3 Suad Šehović Budućnost 30 4 Marko Luković MZT 28 5 Aleks Marić Budućnost 32 6 Ive Ivanov Krka 27 7 Jure Lalić Krka 25 8 Nikola Ivanović Mega Leks 31 9 Ante Žižić Cibona 30 10 Ante Delaš Zadar 33 11 Jure Lalić (2) Krka 35 12 Tadija Dragićević Budućnost 30 13 Tadija Dragićević (2) Budućnost 25 14 Miro Bilan (2) Cedevita 37 15 Miro Bilan (3) Cedevita 28 16 Miro Bilan (4) Cedevita 35 17 Vuk Radivojević Igokea 30 18 Nemanja Vranješ Sutjeska 42 19 Glenn Cosey Zadar 30 20 Aleksandar Cvetković Partizan 42 21 Miro Bilan (5) Cedevita 30 22 Maik Zirbes Crvena Zvezda 36 23 James White Cedevita 26 24 Maik Zirbes (2) Crvena Zvezda 34 25 Vuk Radivojević (2) Igokea 31 26 Sava Lešić Olimpija 43 SF1 Rade Zagorac (2) Mega Leks 40 SF2 Nikola Ivanović (2) Mega Leks 21 F1 Maik Zirbes (3) Crvena Zvezda 29 F2 Stefan Jović Crvena Zvezda 20 F3 Quincy Miller Crvena Zvezda 19 Source: ABA League MVP List [14] MVP of the Month Month Player Team Ref. October 2015 Suad Šehović Budućnost [15] November 2015 Miro Bilan Cedevita [16] December 2015 Miro Bilan (2) Cedevita [17] January 2016 Tadija Dragićević Budućnost [18] February 2016 Maik Zirbes Crvena Zvezda [19] The ideal five of the season The ideal five of the season were selected by head coaches, fans and the ABA League Commission, with the coaches contributing 60%, the fans 30% and the Commission 10% of the votes for the final result.[20] Position Name Team PG Jacob Pullen Cedevita SG Timothe Luwawu Mega Leks SF Tadija Dragićević Budućnost PF Miro Bilan Cedevita C Maik Zirbes Crvena zvezda ABA League clubs in European competitions Competition Team Progress Result Euroleague Crvena Zvezda Playoffs Eliminated by CSKA Moscow, 0–3 Cedevita Top 16 Group E 8th place Eurocup Union Olimpija Last 32 Group M 4th place Budućnost Regular Season Group D 5th place FIBA Europe Cup Cibona Quarter-finals Eliminated by Enisey Krasnoyarsk, 1–2 Krka Round of 32 Group O 3rd place Tajfun Regular Season Group F 4th place References "2015/16 Top Prospect: Ante Žižić". abaliga.com. 9 March 2016. Retrieved 9 March 2016. "Important decisions made at the Assembly". abaliga.com. 17 July 2015. Retrieved 19 July 2015. "ABA League Calendar". aba-liga.com. "Đokić resigns as head coach of Metalac". abaliga.com. 7 October 2015. "The great return of Vladimir Đokić". abaliga.com. 12 October 2015. "Luka Pavićević is the new Budućnost VOLI head coach". aba-liga.com. 27 November 2015. "Cibona appointed Damir Mulaomerović as new head coach!". 7 December 2015. "MZT Skopje Aerodrom parted ways with Pipan". 7 December 2015. "Dragan Bajić replaced Željko Lukajić at the bench of Igokea". 21 December 2015. "Partizan NIS replaced Božić with Džikić". 5 January 2016. "Vladimir Anzulović replaced Velić at Krka's bench". 18 January 2016. "Sutjeska appointed Igor Jovović as new head coach!". 24 January 2016. "Individual Statistics". "ABA League MVP List". aba-liga.com. INTERVIEW: Suad Šehović, the MVP of October November MVP: Miro Bilan – "We can win the rings this season" December MVP: Miro Bilan December January MVP: Tadija Dragićević February MVP: Maik Zirbes "Dragićević heads the Ideal Starting Five". 11 March 2016. Retrieved 11 March 2016. Footnotes A qualification tournament, to which the highest placed teams (that did not already qualify for the 2015/16 ABA League) from the Croatian, Macedonian, Bosnian and Montenegrin Leagues were invited, was announced. After Zagreb, Kumanovo and Široki withdrew from the tournament, Sutjeska was placed in the League. Unlike the previous seasons in the 2015–16 season only players playing for winning teams could be named MVP of the Round. External links Official website ABA League at Eurobasket.com