2021–22 ABA League Second Division

ABA League Second Division
Season2021–22
Duration11 October 2021 – 17 April 2022
Games played13 each
Teams14
TV partner(s)Arena Sport
Regular season
Top seedNorth Macedonia MZT Skopje Aerodrom
Finals
ChampionsSerbia Zlatibor (1st title)
  Runners-upNorth Macedonia MZT Skopje Aerodrom
SemifinalistsBosnia and Herzegovina Borac Banja Luka
Bosnia and Herzegovina Široki
Finals MVPSerbia Dušan Kutlešić
Statistical leaders
Points United States Antoine Livingston 22.77
Rebounds Serbia Nikola Janković 9.5
Assists North Macedonia Boban Stajić 6.92
Index Rating United States Antoine Livingston 27.77
Records
Highest scoringŠiroki 103–108 Mladost
(8 November 2021)
Winning streak7 games
Borac Banja Luka
Losing streak9 games
Vrijednosnice
All statistics correct as of February 10, 2022.

The 2021–22 ABA League Second Division was the 5th season of the ABA Second Division with 14 teams from Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Serbia, and Slovenia participating in it.

Teams

A total of 14 teams contest the league for the 2021–22 season, based on the results in the domestic championships and taking into consideration the results in the previous season. On 31 August 2021, ABA League JTD announced 12 teams and availability for two teams to be filled by awarding wild cards.[1][2][3] On 13 September, two clubs Široki and Zlatibor were awarded with wildcards fulfilling the remaining spots.[4][5]

Distribution

The following is the access list for this season.

Access list for the 2021–22 ABA League Second Division
Teams entering in this round Teams advancing from the previous round
Regular season
(14 teams)
Playoffs
(8 teams)
  • 8 highest-placed teams from the regular season

Team allocation

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Location of teams in the 2021–22 ABA League Second Division

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

  • 1st–9th: Positions in national leagues at the end of regular season.
  • CH: Domestic league champion.
  • WC: Wild card
Regular season[1][5]
Bosnia and Herzegovina Borac Banja Luka (2nd) Montenegro Lovćen 1947 (2th) Serbia Mladost MaxBet (1st) Slovenia Helios Suns (3rd)
Bosnia and Herzegovina Spars (3rd) Montenegro Sutjeska (3th) Serbia Vojvodina (2nd) Slovenia Rogaška (4th)
Bosnia and Herzegovina Široki (4th)WC Montenegro Podgorica (4th)Note CRO Serbia Zlatibor (3rd)WC
Croatia Vrijednosnice Osijek (9th) North Macedonia Pelister (1st) North Macedonia MZT Skopje (4th)CH

Note CRO: In July 2021, a Croatian team Adria Oil Škrljevo withdrew its bid to join the Alpe Adria Cup for the 2021–22 season.[6][7] Also, another Croatian team Sonik-Puntamika withdrew its bid.[8]

A Croatian team Gorica has been applied for the Alpe Adria Cup in the upcoming season, also.[9] Following withdrew of Gorica, Vrijednosnice Osijek joined the league for the upcoming season.[10] Since no other croatian team applied, one more berth was given to Montenegro.

Personnel and sponsorship

Team Home city Head coach Captain Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor
Borac Banja Luka Serbia Dragan Nikolić Kelme —
Helios Suns Domžale Slovenia Dejan Jakara Slovenia Aljaž Bratec Spalding Helios / Triglav
Lovćen 1947 Cetinje Montenegro Petar Jovanović Montenegro Nikola Borilović GBT —
Mladost MaxBet Belgrade Serbia Dragan Jakovljević Serbia Marko Milenković CK MaxBet
MZT Skopje Aerodrom Skopje North Macedonia Aleksandar Petrović North Macedonia Damjan Stojanovski Spalding UNIBanka
Pelister Bitola North Macedonia Marjan Ilievski Unit sport —
Podgorica Podgorica Montenegro Nebojša Bogavac NetS Bemax
Rogaška Rogaška Slatina Slovenia Damjan Novaković Luanvi —
Spars Sarajevo Montenegro Miodrag Kadija No1 Visit Sarajevo
Sutjeska Nikšić Montenegro Darko Vujačić Ardu Sport —
Široki Široki Brijeg Croatia Danijel Jusup Bosnia and Herzegovina Jure Zubac Ardu Sport TT Kabeli
Vojvodina Novi Sad Serbia Miroslav Nikolić Serbia Aleksa Zarić Peak —
Vrijednosnice Osijek Croatia Marko Mandić Croatia Šime Lisica IDEko VROS
Zlatibor Čajetina Serbia Strajin Nedović Serbia Dušan Kutlešić Ardu Sport Boje i fasade Maxima

Coaching changes

Team Outgoing manager Date of vacancy Position in table Replaced with Date of appointment Ref.
Podgorica Montenegro Zoran Kašćelan June 2021 Off-season Montenegro Nebojša Bogavac 18 June 2021 [11][12]
Široki Croatia Damir Vujanović July 2021 Croatia Danijel Jusup 21 June 2021 [13][14]
Spars Montenegro Miodrag Kadija August 2021 Montenegro Zoran Kašćelan 25 August 2021 [15]
Montenegro Zoran Kašćelan 31 December 2021 7th (4–3) Montenegro Miodrag Kadija 31 December 2021 [16][17]
MZT Skopje Aerodrom North Macedonia Darko Radulović 27 February 2022 2nd (8–2) North Macedonia Aleksandar Petrović 27 February 2022 [18]
Sutjeska Serbia Velimir Gašić 21 March 2022 7th (6–4) Montenegro Darko Vujačić 21 March 2022 [19]

Venues

The Regular season is divided in five tournaments. The hosts are Zlatibor in Serbia, Osijek in Croatia, and Banja Luka, Sarajevo, and Široki Brijeg in Bosnia and Herzegovina.[20][21]

Serbia Zlatibor, Čajetina
2021–22 ABA League Second Division (Yugoslavia)
 Bosnia and Herzegovina Sarajevo Bosnia and Herzegovina Široki Brijeg
TRC Zlatibor Hall Arena Hills Sports Hall Pecara Sports Hall
Capacity: 2,500[22] Capacity: N/A Capacity: 4,500
Croatia Osijek Bosnia and Herzegovina Banja Luka North Macedonia Skopje
Gradski vrt Hall Borik Sports Hall Jane Sandanski Arena
Capacity: 4,448 Capacity: 3,060[23] Capacity: 7,500

Schedule

The schedule of the competition will be as follows.[20][24]

Schedule for 2021–22 ABA League Second Division
Phase Round Location First leg
Regular season Round 1 Zlatibor 10–13 October 2021
Round 2 13–15 October 2021
Round 3 Osijek 8–10 November 2021
Round 4 10–12 November 2021
Round 5 Sarajevo 13–15 December 2021
Round 6 15–17 December 2021
Round 7 17–19 December 2021
Round 8 Banja Luka 6–8 February 2022
Round 9 8–10 February 2022
Round 10 10–12 February 2022
Round 11 Široki Brijeg 21–23 March 2022
Round 12 23–25 March 2022
Round 13 25–27 March 2022
Playoffs Quarterfinals Skopje 13 April 2022
Semifinals 15 April 2022
Final 17 April 2022

Originally scheduled for 17–23 January 2022, the Banja Luka Tournament was rescheduled to 6–12 February due to COVID-19 outbreaks.[25]

Regular season

The Regular season is split in five tournaments featuring two or three rounds.

League table

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 North Macedonia MZT Skopje Aerodrom 13 10 3 1074 998 +76 23 Advance to the Playoffs
2 Slovenia Helios Suns 13 10 3 1113 1011 +102 23
3 Bosnia and Herzegovina Borac Banja Luka 13 9 4 1117 1000 +117 22
4 Bosnia and Herzegovina Široki 13 9 4 1158 1076 +82 22
5 Bosnia and Herzegovina Spars 13 8 5 1049 1024 +25 21
6 Serbia Mladost MaxBet 13 8 5 1222 1184 +38 21
7 Serbia Zlatibor 13 8 5 1025 1016 +9 21
8 Montenegro Sutjeska 13 7 6 945 966 −21 20
9 Serbia Vojvodina 13 6 7 996 989 +7 19
10 Montenegro Podgorica 13 5 8 969 989 −20 18
11 North Macedonia Pelister 13 4 9 1079 1112 −33 17
12 Slovenia Rogaška 13 3 10 1019 1085 −66 16
13 Montenegro Lovćen 1947 13 3 10 1075 1207 −132 16
14 Croatia Vrijednosnice 13 1 12 931 1115 −184 14
Source: ABA2

Results

Home \ Away BOR HEL LOV MLA MZT OSI PEL POD ROG SPA SUT ŠIR VOJ ZLA
Borac Banja Luka — — — — — 89–78 — — 89–87 83–62 74–75 — 74–76 87–75
Helios Suns 99–93 — — 88–68 — — 85–81 90–95 — 83–77 65–57 — 77–76 —
Lovćen 1947 71–98 80–94 — 90–114 — — 108–85 76–75 — — 79–87 — 81–83 —
Mladost Maxbet 87–92 — — — — 85–77 — — 102–98 98–102 88–80 — 93–90 —
MZT Skopje Aerodrom 80–73 94–88 100–81 97–90 — — 80–64 76–75 — — — — 83–75 —
Vrijednosnice — 67–84 76–94 — 73–83 — — — 85–84 — — 78–99 — 53–73
Pelister 86–101 — — 99–83 — 97–78 — — — 97–90 93–73 — 66–75 —
Podgorica 55–70 — — 69–96 — 73–63 79–67 — 80–68 — — — — 66–73
Rogaška — 60–93 89–81 — 80–64 — 92–79 — — — — 80–88 — 60–71
Spars — — 87–59 — 77–87 82–74 — 74–84 93–78 — — 69–63 — 76–71
Sutjeska — — — — 56–55 80–68 — 73–65 79–73 79–86 — 58–81 — 72–73
Široki 69–94 94–91 120–95 103–108 78–91 — 83–82 92–91 — — — — — —
Vojvodina — — — — — 92–61 — 71–62 81–70 68–74 66–76 69–93 — 74–79
Zlatibor — 69–76 99–80 99–110 88–84 — 85–83 — — — — 70–95 — —
Source: ABA2
Legend: Blue = home team win; Red = away team win.
Matches with lighter background shading were decided after overtime.

Playoffs

Main article: 2022 ABA League Second Division Playoffs

Based on the results and position of the clubs in the standings after the regular season, Playoffs will take place with teams from 1st to 8th position. The Quarterfinals will be played in knockout pairs 1–8, 2–7, 3–6, 4–5. The winners of the Quarterfinals will qualify to the Semifinals and the winners of the Semifinals will play the Final.

Bracket

 
QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
 
          
 
13 April 2022
 
 
3 Bosnia and Herzegovina Borac Banja Luka80
 
15 April 2022
 
6 Serbia Mladost MaxBet79
 
3 Bosnia and Herzegovina Borac Banja Luka83
 
13 April 2022
 
7 Serbia Zlatibor98
 
2 Slovenia Helios Suns82
 
17 April 2022
 
7 Serbia Zlatibor 84
 
7 Serbia Zlatibor (OT)78
 
13 April 2022
 
1 North Macedonia MZT Skopje Aerodrom73
 
4 Bosnia and Herzegovina Široki85
 
15 April 2022
 
5 Bosnia and Herzegovina Spars Ilidža81
 
4 Bosnia and Herzegovina Široki71
 
13 April 2022
 
1 North Macedonia MZT Skopje Aerodrom75
 
1 North Macedonia MZT Skopje Aerodrom73
 
 
8 Montenegro Sutjeska68
 

See also

2021–22 domestic competitions

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