2016–17 ABA League

ABA League
Teams 14
Duration September 29, 2016 – March 11, 2017
(Regular season)
TV Arena Sport
Records
Highest scoring Mornar 104–110 Zadar
(13 November 2016)
Home win Cedevita 120–62 Zadar
(8 October 2016)
Biggest win in the ABA League history
Away win Zadar 66–103 Crvena zvezda mts
(6 October 2016)

The 2016–17 ABA League will be the 16th season of the ABA League, with 14 teams from Serbia, Croatia, Slovenia, Montenegro, Bosnia and Herzegovina and the Republic of Macedonia participating in it. It will start on September 29, 2016 with the first round of the regular season and will finish in March 11, 2017 followed by playoffs of the four best placed teams.

Teams

National standings

The numbers of teams by country is determined by a coefficient that is the sum of all victories clubs from a certain country achieve in a regular season divided by the number of clubs from that country. By using this coefficient majority of places for current season are allocated, while the remaining places are given via wild cards from league board.[1][2]

Country No. 2015–16 coeff. 2016–17 no. of clubs
 Montenegro 1 16.00 2
 Serbia 3 14.75 4
 Croatia 3 14.00 3
 Bosnia and Herzegovina 1 11.00 1
 Macedonia 1 10.00 1
 Slovenia 2 9.33 2
Wild card 1
Total 11 best coeff. (+2) 14

Team allocation

On 25 July 2016 the Adriatic Basketball Association agreed to expel Union Olimpija and Helios Suns as the first was not able to fulfill the financial obligations required and the second did not follow the position of all the clubs of the Association in the FIBA-Euroleague controversy.[3] Finally, Union Olimpija was re-admitted in the league and Macedonian runner-up Karpoš Sokoli replaced Helios Suns.[4]

League positions of the previous national league season after playoffs shown in parentheses (RW: Regular season winners).

Regular season
Montenegro Budućnost VOLI (1st) Serbia Mega Leks (3rd) Croatia Zadar (3rd) Slovenia Krka (RW)
Montenegro Mornar (2nd) Serbia FMP (4th) Bosnia and Herzegovina Igokea (1st) Slovenia Union Olimpija (4th)
Serbia Crvena zvezda mts (1st) Croatia Cedevita (1st) Republic of Macedonia MZT Skopje Aerodrom (1st)
Serbia Partizan NIS (2nd) Croatia Cibona (2nd) Republic of Macedonia Karpoš Sokoli (3rd)

Venues and locations

Team Home city Arena Capacity
Budućnost VOLI Podgorica Morača Sports Center 4,300
Cedevita Zagreb Dom Sportova 3,100
Cibona Zagreb Dražen Petrović Basketball Hall 5,400
Crvena zvezda mts Belgrade Hall Aleksandar Nikolić 5,878
FMP Železnik Železnik Hall 3,000
Igokea Aleksandrovac Laktaši Sports Hall 3,050
Karpoš Sokoli Skopje Boris Trajkovski Sports Center 8,000
Krka Novo Mesto Leon Štukelj Hall 2,000
Mega Leks Sremska Mitrovica Sports Hall Pinki 2,500
Mornar Bar Topolica Sport Hall 2,625
MZT Skopje Aerodrom Skopje Jane Sandanski Arena 7,500
Partizan NIS Belgrade Hall Aleksandar Nikolić 5,878
Union Olimpija Ljubljana Arena Stožice 12,480
Zadar Zadar Krešimir Ćosić Hall 9,000

Personnel and sponsorship

Team Chairman Head coach Captain Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor
Budućnost VOLI Dragan Bokan Greece Ilias Zouros Montenegro Suad Šehović daCAPO VOLI
Cedevita Mladen Veber Croatia Veljko Mršić Croatia Miro Bilan Nike Cedevita
Cibona Ivo Markotić Croatia Damir Mulaomerović Croatia Marin Rozić Adidas Franck
Crvena zvezda mts Nebojša Čović Montenegro Dejan Radonjić Serbia Luka Mitrović Champion mts
FMP Vladan Mitrović Serbia Branko Maksimović Serbia Filip Čović Champion FMP
Igokea Boris Spasojević Bosnia and Herzegovina Dragan Bajić Serbia Vuk Radivojević xGBT m:tel
Karpoš Sokoli Ognen Dedić Serbia Dragan Nikolić Republic of Macedonia Igor Penov Erreà —
Krka Brane Kastelec Slovenia Dejan Mihevc Slovenia Matej Rojc Žolna šport Krka
Mega Leks Velimir Mihailović Serbia Dejan Milojević Serbia Rade Zagorac Adidas Bemax
Mornar Igor Lukšić Montenegro Đorđije Pavićević Montenegro Marko Mijović Adidas —
MZT Skopje Aerodrom Kire Donevski Croatia Ante Nazor Croatia Jure Lalić Adidas —
Partizan NIS Nikola Peković Serbia Aleksandar Džikić Serbia Novica Veličković Adidas NIS
Union Olimpija Jani Möderndorfer Slovenia Gašper Okorn Slovenia Mirko Mulalić Macron Pivovarna Union
Zadar Darko Kasap Croatia Neven Plantak Croatia Lovre Bašić Champion OTP Bank

Coaching changes

Week Club Outgoing coach Date of change Incoming coach
4th MZT Skopje Aerodrom Republic of Macedonia Emil Rajković 10 October 2016[5] Republic of Macedonia Aleksandar Jončevski
7th Karpoš Sokoli Serbia Siniša Matić 2–3 November 2016[6][7] Serbia Dragan Nikolić
9th Budućnost VOLI Montenegro Vlado Šćepanović 13–15 November 2016[8][9] Greece Ilias Zouros
9th MZT Skopje Aerodrom Republic of Macedonia Aleksandar Jončevski 14–18 November 2016[10][11] Croatia Ante Nazor
10th FMP Serbia Slobodan Klipa 20 November 2016[12] Serbia Branko Maksimović
10th Zadar Croatia Ante Matulović 21–29 November 2016[13][14] Croatia Neven Plantak

Regular season

League table

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Serbia Crvena zvezda mts 11 11 0 934 735 +199 22 Qualification to the playoffs
2 Montenegro Budućnost VOLI 11 10 1 930 822 +108 21
3 Serbia Partizan NIS 11 8 3 855 810 +45 19
4 Croatia Cedevita 11 7 4 964 854 +110 18
5 Croatia Cibona 11 7 4 921 900 +21 18
6 Bosnia and Herzegovina Igokea 11 6 5 847 837 +10 17
7 Serbia Mega Leks 11 4 7 916 944 −28 15
8 Slovenia Krka 10 5 5 761 809 −48 15
9 Croatia Zadar 11 4 7 870 987 −117 15
10 Montenegro Mornar 11 3 8 860 886 −26 14
11 Serbia FMP 11 3 8 799 855 −56 14
12 Republic of Macedonia MZT Skopje Aerodrom 11 3 8 833 924 −91 14
13 Slovenia Union Olimpija 10 3 7 808 840 −32 13
14 Republic of Macedonia Karpoš Sokoli 11 2 9 810 905 −95 13 Relegated
Updated to match(es) played on 28 November 2016. Source: ABA League

Results

Home \ Away BUD CED CIB CZV FMP IGO KAR KRK MEG MOR MZT PAR UOL ZAD
Montenegro Budućnost VOLI 95–79 91–62 85–68 84–74 105–89
Croatia Cedevita 70–80 100–80 82–83 99–73 82–61 120–62
Croatia Cibona 70–91 87–68 102–79 91–89 82–73
Serbia Crvena zvezda mts 88–64 68–66 91–70 96–76 91–69 83–72
Serbia FMP 69–77 76–81 67–62 98–84 56–65
Bosnia and Herzegovina Igokea 92–93 69–84 61–71 64–67 79–72 73–72
Republic of Macedonia Karpoš Sokoli 77–71 89–81 79–84 77–84 83–87
Slovenia Krka 56–67 61–70 72–88 81–64 97–87 80–79
Serbia Mega Leks 81–85 82–85 95–96 93–87 87–72 86–85
Montenegro Mornar 59–71 82–66 83–59 86–73 57–58 104–110
Republic of Macedonia MZT Skopje Aerodrom 85–89 89–68 74–71 62–93 97–96
Serbia Partizan NIS 61–64 87–97 87–81 a 86–79 86–85
Slovenia Union Olimpija 72–89 67–85 89–85 81–72
Croatia Zadar 66–103 78–76 83–90 90–86 71–65 69–76

Source: ABA League Calendar[15]

MVP List

MVP of the Round

Round Player Team Efficiency
1Serbia Ivan MarinkovićCroatia Zadar 41
2United States William HatcherSerbia Partizan NIS 31
3Croatia Karlo ŽganecCroatia Cedevita 28
4Croatia Ante ŽižićCroatia Cibona 56
5Croatia Željko ŠakićCroatia Cibona (2) 30
6Croatia Željko Šakić (2)Croatia Cibona (3) 33
7Croatia Ante Žižić (2)Croatia Cibona (4) 31
8United States Shawn JamesMontenegro Budućnost VOLI 39
9Croatia Boris BaraćCroatia Zadar (2) 40
10Croatia Luka BabićCroatia Cedevita (2) 31
11Serbia Ognjen KuzmićSerbia Crvena zvezda mts 30

Source: ABA League MVP List[16]

National standings season 2016/17

Position Country Coefficient
1  Serbia 6.50
2  Montenegro 6.50
3  Bosnia and Herzegovina 6.00
4  Croatia 6.00
5  Slovenia 4.00
6  Macedonia 2.50

Source:[17]

ABA League clubs in European competitions

Competition Team Progress Result
EuroLeague Serbia Crvena zvezda mts Regular season In progress
EuroCup Croatia Cedevita Regular season Group A
Republic of Macedonia MZT Skopje Aerodrom Regular season Group A 5th place, eliminated
Montenegro Budućnost VOLI Regular season Group C 5th place, eliminated
Slovenia Union Olimpija Regular season Group D 5th place, eliminated
FIBA Champions League Croatia Cibona Regular season Group D In progress
Serbia Mega Leks
Montenegro Mornar
Serbia Partizan NIS Regular season Group E
Bosnia and Herzegovina Igokea Second qualifying round Eliminated by Montenegro Mornar, 131–152
FIBA Europe Cup Regular season Group I Withdrew

See also

2016–17 domestic competitions

References

  1. ↑ "National Standings". ABA League. Retrieved 28 December 2015.
  2. ↑ "14 clubs in the 2016/17 ABA League". ABA League. 14 July 2016. Retrieved 14 July 2016.
  3. ↑ "2016/17 season without Helios Suns and Union Olimpija". ABA League. 25 July 2016. Retrieved 28 July 2016.
  4. ↑ "Union Olimpija and Karpoš Sokoli to participate in the 2016/17 ABA League season". ABA League. 10 August 2016. Retrieved 10 August 2016.
  5. ↑ "Emil Rajković resigns, MZT part ways with Thomas and Massey". aba-liga.com. 10 October 2016.
  6. ↑ "Siniša Matić resigned as head coach of Karpoš Sokoli". aba-liga.com. 2 November 2016.
  7. ↑ "Dragan Nikolić is the new head coach of Karpoš Sokoli". aba-liga.com. 3 November 2016.
  8. ↑ "Šćepanović resigns as Budućnost VOLI head coach". aba-liga.com. 13 November 2016.
  9. ↑ "Ilias Zouros is the new head coach of Budućnost VOLI". aba-liga.com. 15 November 2016.
  10. ↑ "Aleksandar Jončevski is no longer head coach of MZT Skopje Aerodrom". aba-liga.com. 14 November 2016.
  11. ↑ "Ante Nazor is the new head coach of MZT Skopje Aerodrom". aba-liga.com. 18 November 2016.
  12. ↑ "Klipa is no longer head coach of FMP". aba-liga.com. 20 November 2016.
  13. ↑ "Zadar and Ante Matulović parted ways". aba-liga.com. 21 November 2016.
  14. ↑ "Neven Plantak is the new head coach of Zadar". aba-liga.com. 29 November 2016.
  15. ↑ "ABA League Calendar". aba-liga.com.
  16. ↑ "ABA League MVP List". aba-liga.com.
  17. ↑ "National standings". aba-liga.com.

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