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2018–19 ABA League Second Division

The 2018–19 ABA League Second Division was the 2nd season of the ABA Second Division with 12 teams from Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Serbia, and Slovenia participating in it.

ABA League Second Division
Season2018–19
DurationSeptember 27, 2018 – March 13, 2019
(Regular season)
March 20, 2019 – April 8, 2019
(Playoffs)
Number of teams12
TV partner(s)Arena Sport
Regular season
Top seedSixt Primorska
RelegatedSerbia Vršac
Finals
ChampionsSlovenia Sixt Primorska (1st title)
  Runners-upNorth Macedonia MZT
SemifinalistsSerbia Borac
Bosnia and Herzegovina Spars
Finals MVPSerbia Marko Jagodić-Kuridža
Statistical leaders
Points Montenegro Pavlićević 20.0
Rebounds Serbia Jagodić-Kuridža 8.9
Assists Slovenia Šiško 7.5
Index Rating Serbia Jagodić-Kuridža 22.5
Records
Biggest home winPrimorska 102–58 Zrinjski
(January 30, 2019)
Biggest away winHelios 64–109 Primorska
(January 17, 2019)
Highest scoringVršac 102–107 Rogaška
(January 9, 2019)
Winning streakSixt Primorska
11 games
Losing streakVršac
19 games
All statistics correct as of March 8, 2019.

Format changes edit

On March 13, 2018, the Adriatic League Assembly decided to abolish the National standings and, as of the 2018–19 season, participants are determined only based on the results in the competitions under the umbrella of the Adriatic League (First Division and Second Division). According to that, the promotion to the First Division is possible only from the Second Division. The last placed of the 2017–18 First Division season lose the right to participate in the 2018–19 season and its place is given to the 2017–18 Champion of the Second Division. Also, as of the 2018–19 season, the 11th placed team of the 2018–19 First Division season and the runners-up of the 2018–19 Second Division season will play in the Qualifiers for a spot in the 2019–20 First Division season. The format of the Qualifiers will be best of three, while the home court advantage will be given to the team that played in the First Division in the previous season.[1]

The maximum number of clubs from one country in the First Division is five, while in the Second Division each country will have two participants. The last placed club in the First Division will have a guaranteed place in the Second Division in the following season. The confirmed competition system shall not be changed until the end of the 2024–25 season, if there are no significant changes in the European basketball by then.[1]

Instead of the Final Four tournament, as of the 2018–19 season, the Second Division champion will be given after the Playoffs, where four best teams of the regular season will compete. The last placed club in the 2017–18 season loses the right to participate in the 2018–19 season, regardless of its result in the national championship.[1]

Teams edit

Team allocation edit

Macedonian League champions Rabotnički withdrew their place in 2018–19 season, as well as the semifinalists Kumanovo and Blokotehna. Their place was taken by Serbian team Vršac.[2]

The labels in the parentheses show how each team qualified for the place of its starting round:

Regular season[3]
  Borac (4th)   Sixt Primorska (3rd)   Zrinjski (1st)   Sutjeska (3rd)
  Dynamic VIP PAY (6th)   Rogaška (4th)   Spars (4th)   Lovćen 1947 (4th)
  Vršac (7th)WC   Helios Suns (5th)WC   Split (4th)   MZT Skopje Aerodrom (ABA1)

Venues and locations edit

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Location of teams in the 2018–19 ABA League Second Division
Team Home city Arena Capacity
Borac Čačak Borac Hall 4,000
Dynamic VIP PAY Belgrade Ranko Žeravica Sports Hall 5,000
Helios Suns Domžale Komunalni center Hall 2,500
Lovćen 1947 Cetinje Lovćen SC 1,500
MZT Skopje Aerodrom Skopje Jane Sandanski 7,500
Rogaška Rogaška Slatina Rogaška Slatina SH 1,100
Sixt Primorska Koper Arena Bonifika 3,000
Spars Sarajevo Grbavica SH 1,500
Split Split Arena Gripe 3,500
Sutjeska Nikšić Nikšić SC 3,000
Vršac Vršac Millennium Hall 4,400
Zrinjski Mostar Bijeli Brijeg Hall 1,000

Personnel and sponsorship edit

Team Head coach Captain Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor
Borac   Jovica Arsić   Marko Marinović — P.S. Fashion
Dynamic VIP PAY   Vladimir Đokić   Vuk Vulikić NAAI VIP PAY
Helios Suns   Dejan Jakara   Aljaž Bratec Spalding Helios, Triglav
Lovćen 1947   Miodrag Kadija   Nikola Borilović NetS VOLI
MZT Skopje Aerodrom   Gjorgji Kočov   Damjan Stojanovski Adidas Cevahir Holding, UNIBanka
Rogaška   Damjan Novaković   Miha Fon Nike —
Sixt Primorska   Jurica Golemac   Alen Hodžić Nike Vehicle Rent
Spars   Marko Trbić   Adin Vrabac Adidas —
Split   Ante Grgurević   Mateo Kedžo Macron Bobis
Sutjeska   Zoran Glomazić   First Ever EP CG
Vršac   Darko Kostić   Miloš Savović Spirit Villager
Zrinjski   Hrvoje Vlašić   Ljubo Šamadan No1 Mostarsko pivo

Coaching changes edit

Team Outgoing manager Date of vacancy Position in table Replaced with Date of appointment Ref.
MZT Skopje Aerodrom   Željko Lukajić 3 April 2018 Off-season   Gjorgji Kočov 3 April 2018
[4]
Vršac   Goran Topić April 2018   Mihajlo Mitić April 2018
Borac   Raško Bojić 9 April 2018   Jovica Arsić 9 April 2018
[5][6]
Split   Ivica Skelin 29 May 2018   Vladimir Anzulović 29 May 2018
[7]
Dynamic VIP PAY   Miroslav Nikolić 4 July 2018   Vladimir Đokić 4 July 2018
[8]
Lovćen 1947   Petar Jovanović 23 August 2018   Miodrag Kadija 23 August 2018
[9]
Vršac   Mihajlo Mitić 24 August 2018   Branko Maksimović 24 August 2018
[10]
Helios Suns   Jovan Beader 12 November 2018 10th (2–5)   Dejan Jakara 12 November 2018
[11]
Vršac   Branko Maksimović 4 January 2019 12th (1–13)   Darko Kostić 4 January 2019
[12]
Split   Vladimir Anzulović 5 March 2019 7th (8–12)   Ante Grgurević 5 March 2019

Regular season edit

League table edit

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification or relegation
1   Sixt Primorska 22 20 2 1867 1521 +346 42 Advance to the Playoffs
2   Spars 22 16 6 1641 1578 +63 38
3   MZT Skopje Aerodrom 22 15 7 1899 1758 +141 37
4   Borac Čačak 22 13 9 1757 1690 +67 35
5   Dynamic VIP PAY 22 12 10 1776 1727 +49 34
6   Sutjeska 22 12 10 1769 1803 −34 34
7   Lovćen 1947 22 11 11 1715 1688 +27 33
8   Split 22 10 12 1711 1712 −1 32
9   Zrinjski 22 8 14 1713 1815 −102 30
10   Rogaška 22 7 15 1726 1785 −59 29
11   Helios Suns 22 7 15 1642 1772 −130 29
12   Vršac 22 1 21 1728 2095 −367 23 Relegation
Source: ABA League Second Division

Positions by round edit

First place & advance to the playoffs
Advance to the playoffs
Relegated
Team ╲ Round12345678910111213141516171819202122
  Sixt Primorska1111111111111111111111
  Spars5844324323444333332222
  MZT Skopje Aerodrom4233432232222222223333
  Borac Čačak81189979986688888866554
  Dynamic VIP PAY2465565567877754444445
  Sutjeska12957656799766575555666
  Lovćen 1947671010897654333467787877
  Split3322243445555646678788
  Zrinjski111012121011111111111010910101010111111109
  Rogaška767678887899119999999910
  Helios Suns9598111010101010111110111111111010101111
  Vršac10121111121212121212121212121212121212121212
Source: ABA2

Results edit

Home \ Away BOR DYN HEL LOV MZT ROG PRI SPA SPL SUT VRS ZRI
Borac Čačak — 102–72 81–63 77–76 79–74 89–84 65–73 80–84 79–73 92–68 89–71 82–76
Dynamic VIP PAY 89–98 — 79–71 87–88 98–75 91–74 68–58 79–74 72–78 76–51 95–83 88–81
Helios Suns 76–82 75–77 — 77–74 73–92 66–58 64–109 76–69 78–82 84–76 95–78 82–80
Lovćen 1947 75–70 89–82 79–58 — 67–85 72–71 66–80 68–74 63–65 81–87 81–66 83–73
MZT Skopje Aerodrom 82–57 84–74 92–79 100–90 — 84–70 77–78 93–77 104–87 94–73 78–69 97–75
Rogaška 81–88 75–80 68–63 85–95 102–90 — 74–75 70–81 74–69 95–81 92–80 66–62
Sixt Primorska 97–71 82–67 87–58 77–74 91–84 85–80 — 102–61 78–69 93–66 103–77 102–58
Spars 66–63 88–84 79–66 73–64 71–75 63–59 54–69 — 96–58 76–74 67–54 75–73
Split 81–68 72–78 82–76 71–78 76–78 81–69 75–77 60–63 — 109–87 87–69 78–82
Sutjeska 71–64 80–74 78–70 81–71 91–79 94–79 85–82 67–74 83–90 — 109–91 85–73
Vršac 74–100 99–93 74–106 78–103 88–95 102–107 65–103 76–93 80–96 78–100 — 85–91
Zrinjski 84–81 50–73 96–86 71–78 93–87 94–93 63–66 68–83 80–72 78–82 112–91 —
Updated to match(es) played on March 17, 2019. Source: ABA Second Division
Legend: Blue = home team win; Red = away team win.
Matches with lighter background shading were decided after overtime.

Playoffs edit

Main article: 2019 ABA League Second Division Playoffs

Bracket edit

 
SemifinalsFinals
 
      
 
March 20–24
 
 
  Sixt Primorska2
 
April 1–8
 
  Borac Čačak0
 
  Sixt Primorska3
 
March 20–24
 
  MZT Skopje Aerodrom0
 
  Spars0
 
 
  MZT Skopje Aerodrom 2
 

Semifinals edit

Team 1 Series Team 2 Game 1 Game 2 Game 3
Sixt Primorska   2–0   Borac Čačak 78–59 73–69 —
Spars   0–2   MZT Skopje Aerodrom 70–71 70–84 —

Finals edit

Team 1 Series Team 2 Game 1 Game 2 Game 3 Game 4 Game 5
Sixt Primorska   3–0   MZT Skopje Aerodrom 93–71 95–72 66–61 — —

Promotion playoffs edit

As of the 2018–19 season, the 11th placed team of the 2018–19 First Division season and the runners-up of the 2018–19 Second Division season will play in the Qualifiers for a spot in the 2019–20 First Division season. The format of the Qualifiers will be best of three, while the home court advantage will be given to the team that played in the First Division in the previous season.

Teams edit

As the team, coming from the ABA League, Zadar had the home court advantage in the first and third game of the series, while MZT was the host of the second game of the Qualifiers series.[13] Zadar won the series 2−1 and kept its First League status.[14]

Results edit

Team 1 Series Team 2 Game 1 Game 2 Game 3
Zadar   2–1   MZT Skopje Aerodrom 83–89 78–77 86−75

MVP of the Round edit

Round Player Team PIR
1   James Woodard   MZT Skopje Aerodrom 25
2   Marko Jagodić-Kuridža   Sixt Primorska 39
3   Nemanja Protić   Spars 35
4   Ibrahim Durmo   Spars 28
5   Marko Ramljak   Zrinjski 41
6   Radovan Đoković   Borac 32
7   Miloš Popović   Lovćen 1947 34
8   Ive Ivanov   MZT Skopje Aerodrom 27
9   Sven Smajlagić   Zrinjski 37
10   Milutin Đukanović   Lovćen 1947 35
11   Aleksandar Todorović   Zrinjski 36
12   Andrija Bojić   MZT Skopje Aerodrom 35
13   Miloš Glišić   Dynamic VIP PAY 37
14   Radovan Đoković (2)   Borac 35
15   Pavle Marčinković   Split 36
16   Nikola Pavličević   Sutjeska 35
17   Marko Jagodić-Kuridža (2)   Sixt Primorska 27
18   Radosav Spasojević   Sutjeska 29
19   Draško Albijanić   Spars 37
20   Ilija Đoković   Borac 30
21   Aleksa Popović   Lovćen 1947 33
22   Predrag Samardžiski   MZT Skopje Aerodrom 39
SF1   Žan Mark Šiško   Sixt Primorska 28
SF2   Ive Ivanov (2)   MZT Skopje Aerodrom 31
F1   Lance Harris   Sixt Primorska 26
F2   Marjan Čakarun   Sixt Primorska 27
F3   Marko Jagodić-Kuridža (3)   Sixt Primorska 28

Source: ABA League Second Division

Attendances edit

Attendances do not include playoff games yet:

Pos Team Total High Low Average Change
1   Borac Čačak 14,750 2,200 700 1,341 −22.4%†
2   MZT Skopje Aerodrom 12,958 1,500 650 1,178 −40.3%1
3   Lovćen 1947 10,650 1,150 800 968 +11.5%†
4   Vršac 9,940 1,150 800 904 −35.4%†
5   Spars 9,430 1,200 750 857 n/a†
6   Split 8,940 900 690 813 +5.9%†
7   Sixt Primorska 8,770 2,000 400 797 −4.9%†
8   Sutjeska 8,190 1,200 300 745 n/a†
9   Rogaška 7,930 950 400 721 −3.2%†
10   Zrinjski 7,683 900 200 698 −30.2%†
11   Helios Suns 6,040 850 200 549 n/a†
12   Dynamic VIP PAY 5,910 950 100 537 −14.4%†
League total 111,191 2,200 100 842 −7.6%†

Updated to games played on March 14, 2019
Source: ABA 2 League
Notes:
1: 2017–18 season average applied to ABA League games

See also edit

2018–19 domestic competitions

References edit

  1. ^ a b c "Important decisions confirmed at the ABA League j.t.d. Assembly Session". aba-liga.com. Retrieved 30 March 2018.
  2. ^ "SJAJNE VESTI ZA VRŠAC Odustajanjem makedonskih ekipa, Srbija dobija i treći tim u Drugoj ABA ligi". sport.blic.rs. Retrieved 15 June 2018.
  3. ^ "The list of participants for the new season confirmed". druga.aba-liga.com. Retrieved 26 July 2018.
  4. ^ "RASKINUO UGOVOR Željko Lukajić napustio MZT". sport.blic.rs. Retrieved 4 April 2018.
  5. ^ "Bojić resigned from Borac head coach position". druga.aba-liga.com. Retrieved 10 April 2018.
  6. ^ "POSLE DEVET GODINA SA BOJIĆEM NA KORMILU Košarkaši Borca imaju novog trenera". sport.blic.rs. Retrieved 10 April 2018.
  7. ^ "Anzulović potpisao na tri godine sa Splitom". vecernji.hr. Retrieved 13 June 2018.
  8. ^ "BLICSPORT SAZNAJE Muta Nikolić sportski menadžer Dinamika, Đokić novi trener Dorćolaca". sport.blic.rs. Retrieved 5 July 2018.
  9. ^ "Miodrag Kadija returns to Lovćen". druga.aba-liga.com. Retrieved 23 August 2018.
  10. ^ "Branko Maksimović is the new head coach of Vršac". druga.aba-liga.com. Retrieved 25 August 2018.
  11. ^ Jovana Beaderja bo na mestu glavnega trenerja zamenjal Dejan Jakara
  12. ^ "Darko Kostić is the new head coach of Vršac". druga.aba-liga.com. Retrieved 6 January 2019.
  13. ^ "ABA League Qualifiers to begin on 17 April". druga.aba-liga.com. Retrieved 18 April 2019.
  14. ^ "Zadar clinch the ticket for the 2019/20 ABA League season". aba-liga.com. Retrieved 30 April 2019.

External links edit

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