2021–22 ABA League First Division Basketball league season
The 2021–22 AdmiralBet ABA League is the 21st season of the ABA League with 14 teams from Bosnia and Herzegovina , Croatia , Montenegro , Serbia and Slovenia participating in it.
Teams
A total of 14 teams contest the league in the 2021–22 season (and until the 2024–25 season), including the 13 highest-placed teams from the previous season and the winner of the 2020–21 ABA League Second Division .[ 1]
Promoted
Relegated
Venues and locations
Location of teams in the
2021–22 season
Locations of the teams from Belgrade in the
2021–22 season
Team
Home city
Arena
Capacity
Borac Čačak
Čačak
Borac Hall
4,000
Budućnost VOLI
Podgorica
Morača Sports Center
6,000
Cedevita Olimpija
Ljubljana
Arena Stožice
12,480
Cibona
Zagreb
Dražen Petrović Hall
5,400
Crvena zvezda mts
Belgrade
Aleksandar Nikolić Hall
8,000
FMP Meridian
Belgrade
Železnik Hall
3,000
Igokea m:tel
Aleksandrovac
Laktaši Sports Hall
3,050
Krka
Novo Mesto
Leon Štukelj Hall
2,500
Mega Mozzart
Belgrade
Ranko Žeravica Sports Hall
5,000
Mornar Barsko zlato
Bar
Topolica Sport Hall
2,625
Partizan NIS
Belgrade
Štark Arena
18,386
Split
Split
Arena Gripe
3,500
SC Derby
Podgorica
Morača Sports Center
6,000
Zadar
Zadar
Krešimir Ćosić Hall
7,997
Coaching changes
Referees
A total of 55 ABA officials set to work on the 2021–22 season in ABA 1 and ABA 2:
Regular season
The regular season commenced on 25 September 2021.[ 22]
League table
Positions by round
Advance to the semifinals Advance to the preliminary round Qualification to the relegation playoffs Relegated
Results
Source:
ABA League Legend: Blue = home team win; Red = away team win.
Matches with lighter background shading were decided after overtime.
Results by round
The table lists the results of teams in each round.
Playoffs
On 13 September 2021, the ABA League JTD decided that six highest-placed clubs from the Regular season will qualify for the Playoffs.[ 23]
Preliminary round
Semifinals
Finals
Relegation Playoffs
The 13th placed team of the First Division season and the runners-up of the Second Division season should play in the Qualifiers for a spot in the next First Division season. That team should have been Split .
However, because of the rule that no more than 5 teams from the same country could participate in ABA league, and since Serbian team Zlatibor is the champion of the ABA League Second Division , relegation playoffs will be played between them and the lowest ranked Serbian team in the ABA League First Division (Borac Čačak ).
Results
Game 1
Game 2
Statistics
Individual statistic leaders
Only players who played more than 66% of total league games are included
Source: ABA League
Awards
MVP List
MVP of the Round
Source: ABA League
Average home attendances
As of 24 May 2022
Pos
Team
Total
High
Low
Average
Change
1
Partizan NIS
86,585
8,944
2,713
5,093
n/a†
2
Crvena zvezda mts
62,358
7,238
852
3,668
n/a†
3
Cedevita Olimpija
31,500
9,000
750
2,100
n/a†
4
Budućnost VOLI
20,662
5,000
1
1,377
n/a†
5
Borac Čačak
16,000
2,000
500
1,142
n/a†
6
FMP Meridian
14,093
2,332
200
1,006
n/a†
7
Split
12,550
3,200
300
965
n/a†
8
Igokea m:tel
11,470
2,500
350
819
n/a†
9
Cibona
10,500
2,500
250
807
n/a†
10
Zadar
9,101
1,500
1
700
n/a†
11
Mornar Barsko zlato
8,851
1,200
1
680
n/a†
12
Mega Mozzart
6,406
1,500
70
492
n/a†
13
Krka
6,020
800
150
463
n/a†
14
SC Derby
3,895
1,150
1
324
n/a†
15*
Zlatibor *
1,100
1,100
–
1,100
n/a†
League total
301,271
9,000
1
1,521
n/a†
Clubs in European competitions
See also
ABA teams
2020–21 domestic competitions
References
2021 –
22 in European men's basketball
Domestic leagues Regional leagues Domestic cups Supercups Continental competitions International competitions