2017–18 ABA League Second Division

The 2017–18 ABA League Second Division was the inaugural season of the ABA League Second Division with 12 men's teams from Serbia, Croatia, Slovenia, Montenegro, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Macedonia participating in it.

ABA League Second Division
Season	2017–18
Teams	12 (competition proper) 16 (total)
Dates	October 10, 2017–March 26, 2018 (Regular season) April 3, 2018–April 4, 2018 (Final Four)
Final positions
Top seed	Borac Čačak
Champions	Krka (1st title)
Runners-up	Sixt Primorska
Semifinalists	Borac Čačak Vršac
Awards
MVP	Marko Jošilo
Statistical leaders
Index Rating Marko Jošilo 23.16 Points Martin Junaković 22.83 Rebounds Jamir Hanner 10.88 Assists Ilija Đoković 5.14
2018–19 → All statistics correct as of April 4, 2018.

Teams

Team allocation

On July 24, 2017, ABA League Assembly has decided to start the ABA League Second Division from the 2017–18 season, in which there will be 12 participants. Based on the results in the national championships and by taking into account which clubs have sent applications for participation in the ABA League Second Division, these teams will play in the ABA League Second Division.[1]

League positions of the previous domestic league season after playoffs shown in parentheses.

Regular season
Rogaška (2nd)	Bosna Royal (2nd)	Borac Čačak (6th)	AV Ohrid (6th)
Krka (3rd)	Zrinjski (3rd)	Lovćen 1947 (3rd)
Split (4th)	Dynamic VIP PAY (5th)	Teodo Tivat (4th)
Second qualifying round
Sutjeska (6th)	Vršac (7th)	Sixt Primorska (7th)
First qualifying round
Sloboda Tuzla (4th)	Široki (7th)	Mladost Mrkonjić Grad (11th)

Venues and locations

AV Ohrid

Borac

Bosna

Krka

Primorska

Dynamic

Vršac

Lovćen

Rogaška

Split

Teodo

Zrinjski

Location of teams in the 2017–18 ABA League Second Division

Team	Home city	Arena	Capacity
AV Ohrid	Ohrid	Biljanini Izvori Sports Hall	4,000
Borac	Čačak	Borac Hall	4,000
Bosna Royal	Sarajevo	Mirza Delibašić Hall	5,616
Dynamic VIP PAY	Belgrade	Ranko Žeravica Sports Hall	5,000
Krka	Novo Mesto	Leon Štukelj Hall	2,500
Lovćen 1947	Cetinje	SC Lovćen	1,500
Rogaška	Rogaška Slatina	ŠD Rogaška Slatina	1,100
Sixt Primorska	Koper	Arena Bonifika	3,000
Split CO	Split	Arena Gripe	3,500
Teodo	Tivat	Dvorana Župa Tivat	1,500
Vršac	Vršac	Millennium Hall	4,400
Zrinjski	Mostar	Bijeli Brijeg Hall	1,000

Personnel and sponsorship

Team	Head coach	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor
AV Ohrid	Petar Čočoroski	Slobodan Mihajlovski	Nike	—
Borac Čačak	Raško Bojić	Marko Marinović	—	P.S. Fashion, mts
Bosna Royal	Denis Bajramović	Edin Rešidović	GBT	Argeta
Dynamic VIP PAY	Miroslav Nikolić	Vuk Vulikić	NAAI	VIP PAY
Krka	Simon Petrov	Domen Bratož	Žolna šport	Krka
Lovćen 1947	Petar Jovanović	Nikola Borilović	Spalding	VOLI
Rogaška	Damjan Novaković	Dragiša Drobnjak	Nike	—
Sixt Primorska	Jurica Golemac	Nebojša Joksimović	Erreà	Sixt
Split	Ivica Skelin	Mateo Kedžo	GBT	Bobis
Teodo Tivat	Rajko Krivokapić	Igor Radonjić	—	—
Vršac	Goran Topić	Miloš Savović	NAAI	Villager
Zrinjski	Hrvoje Vlašić	Vedran Princ	ArduSport	Prvo Plinarsko Društvo

Coaching changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Replaced with	Date of appointment	Ref.
Dynamic VIP PAY	Oliver Popović	19 December 2017	5th (5–4)	Miroslav Nikolić	19 December 2017	[2]
Bosna Royal	Aleksandar Damjanović	8 January 2018	11th (3–9)	Miloš Pejić	8 January 2018	[3]
Vršac	Vladimir Đokić	20 January 2018	3rd (9–5)	Goran Topić	22 January 2018	[4][5]
Teodo Tivat	Zoran Glomazić	4 February 2018	9th (7–9)	Rajko Krivokapić	4 February 2018	[6]
Lovćen 1947	Dragan Radović	15 February 2018	7th (8–9)	Petar Jovanović	15 February 2018	[7]
Bosna Royal	Miloš Pejić	20 March 2018	11th (6–14)	Denis Bajramović	20 March 2018	[8]
Borac Čačak	Raško Bojić	9 April 2018	Post-season	Jovica Arsić	9 April 2018	[9][10]

Qualifying rounds

Venue: Laktaši Sports Hall, Laktaši, Bosnia and Herzegovina[11]

Pre-qualifying tournament

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Široki	2	2	0	153	134	+19	4	Advance to the second qualifying round
2	Sloboda Tuzla	1	0	1	69	75	−6	1
3	Mladost Mrkonjić Grad	1	0	1	65	78	−13	1

Source: Pre-Qualifications Standings

15 September 2017
Široki		78–65		Mladost Mrkonjić Grad
16 September 2017
Sloboda Tuzla		69–75		Široki
17 September 2017
Mladost Mrkonjić Grad		N/P		Sloboda Tuzla

Qualifying tournament

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Vršac	3	3	0	271	236	+35	6	Advance to the regular season
2	Sixt Primorska	3	2	1	273	256	+17	5
3	Sutjeska	3	1	2	219	239	−20	4
4	Široki	3	0	3	213	245	−32	3

Source: Qualifications Standings

27 September 2017
Vršac		109 – 106	(3OT)	Sixt Primorska
Sutjeska		79 – 76		Široki
28 September 2017
Sixt Primorska		81 – 69		Široki
Vršac		77 – 62		Sutjeska
29 September 2017
Sutjeska		78–86		Sixt Primorska
Široki		68–85		Vršac

Regular season

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Borac Čačak	22	16	6	1879	1711	+168	38	Advance to the Final Four
2	Sixt Primorska	22	15	7	1739	1596	+143	37[lower-alpha 1]
3	Vršac	22	15	7	1846	1692	+154	37[lower-alpha 1]
4	Krka	22	15	7	1784	1657	+127	37[lower-alpha 1]
5	Rogaška	22	13	9	1776	1722	+54	35
6	Lovćen 1947	22	12	10	1782	1709	+73	34[lower-alpha 2]
7	Zrinjski	22	12	10	1694	1671	+23	34[lower-alpha 2]
8	Split	22	10	12	1849	1831	+18	32
9	Teodo Tivat	22	9	13	1717	1749	−32	31
10	Dynamic VIP PAY	22	8	14	1774	1842	−68	30
11	Bosna Royal	22	6	16	1630	1715	−85	27[lower-alpha 3]
12	AV Ohrid	22	1	21	1485	2040	−555	23	Lose the right to participate in the 2018–19 season

Source: ABA League Second Division
Notes:

1. Sixt Primorska 2–2, 1.02; Vršac 2–2, 0.99; Krka 2–2, 0.98
2. Lovćen 1947 1–1, 1.02; Zrinjski 1–1, 0.97
3. Bosna Royal sanctioned with one point less

Positions by round

Team \ Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22
Borac Čačak	1	3	2	6	3	6	4	4	4	4	4	2	1	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1
Sixt Primorska	4	2	3	2	2	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	2	1	1	1	4	2	2	2	4	2
Vršac	6	1	1	1	1	2	2	3	3	3	2	3	4	3	4	4	3	4	4	3	2	3
Krka	3	10	6	4	5	4	3	2	2	1	3	4	3	4	3	3	2	3	3	4	3	4
Rogaška	8	7	11	11	10	7	10	7	9	7	6	6	6	5	6	6	6	6	7	5	5	5
Lovćen 1947	10	4	8	10	8	11	7	9	10	10	10	7	7	7	7	8	7	8	8	8	7	6
Zrinjski	11	9	10	5	9	5	8	10	8	6	5	5	5	6	5	5	5	5	5	6	6	7
Split	2	5	4	7	11	9	9	6	7	5	9	10	9	8	8	7	8	7	6	7	8	8
Teodo Tivat	5	6	5	3	4	8	5	8	6	8	8	9	8	9	10	9	10	9	9	9	9	9
Dynamic VIP PAY	9	8	9	8	6	3	6	5	5	9	7	8	10	10	9	10	9	10	10	10	10	10
Bosna Royal	7	11	7	9	7	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11
AV Ohrid	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12

Results

Home \ Away	OHR	BOR	BOS	DYN	KRK	LOV	ROG	PRI	SPL	TEO	VRS	ZRI
AV Ohrid	—	62–82	20–0[lower-alpha 1]	90–106	69–100	75–96	56–78	58–94	76–108	82–101	61–111	89–100
Borac Čačak	100–71	—	87–68	94–74	95–80	97–90	92–78	78–75	84–83	102–82	71–68	84–72
Bosna Royal	84–82	84–88	—	94–96	84–88	85–100	87–61	57–80	77–75	97–91	77–84	80–59
Dynamic VIP PAY	102–69	67–88	73–65	—	68–74	72–66	78–86	90–101	88–86	71–67	93–98	66–73
Krka	102–52	84–79	71–65	75–76	—	89–76	81–73	93–81	87–85	70–59	83–76	75–65
Lovćen 1947	94–72	82–78	71–64	85–73	78–73	—	92–73	80–81	79–56	76–77	90–82	87–74
Rogaška	102–76	88–78	80–64	82–77	83–84	81–70	—	80–69	81–75	81–76	95–72	86–76
Sixt Primorska	92–54	79–73	72–59	86–78	72–69	77–70	90–93	—	86–98	82–71	77–55	67–64
Split	92–73	80–88	107–106	99–94	86–81	85–72	85–75	75–82	—	88–68	79–84	90–76
Teodo Tivat	92–57	76–93	96–82	88–78	65–80	86–90	78–69	62–61	89–73	—	74–75	84–72
Vršac	111–79	88–72	78–81	87–79	88–67	86–74	85–76	74–68	100–69	91–67	—	80–72
Zrinjski	93–62	80–76	76–70	89–75	82–78	73–64	81–75	65–67	85–75	79–68	88–73	—

Source: ABA League Second Division
Legend: Blue = home team win; Red = away team win.
Matches with lighter background shading were decided after overtime.

1. Match not played.[12]

Final Four

	Semifinals				Final
	3 April
	Borac Čačak	82
					4 April
	Krka	86
					Krka	87
	3 April
					Sixt Primorska	73
	Sixt Primorska	88
	Vršac	64

Source: Adriatic League Second Division

Statistical leaders

As of 28 March 2018 , after the end of the Regular Season.

PIR Pos Player Club PIR 1 Marko Jošilo Krka 23.16 2 Aleksa Popović Lovćen 1947 20.83 3 Aleksandar Todorović Dynamic VIP PAY 19.78 4 Mateo Kedžo Split 18.89 5 Jamir Hanner Bosna Royal 18.00

Points Pos Player Club PPG 1 Martin Junaković AV Ohrid 22.83 2 Kenneth Craig Ross AV Ohrid 17.90 3 Aleksa Popović Lovćen 1947 16.83 4 Rashun Davis Rogaška 16.82 5 Aleksandar Todorović Dynamic VIP PAY 15.89

Rebounds Pos Player Club RPG 1 Jamir Hanner Bosna Royal 10.88 2 Marko Jošilo Krka 9.74 3 Shawn King Sixt Primorska 8.30 4 Emir Zimić AV Ohrid 7.94 5 Maksim Šturanović Bosna Royal 7.57

Assists Pos Player Club APG 1 Ilija Đoković Borac Čačak 5.14 2 Marko Marinović Borac Čačak 5.00 3 Rashun Davis Rogaška 4.95 4 Nikola Korač Lovćen 1947 4.93 5 Vedran Princ Zrinjski 4.86

Source: ABA League Second Division

MVP List

MVP of the Round

Round	Player	Team	PIR	Ref.
1	Mateo Kedžo	Split	51	[13]
2	Draško Albijanić	Lovćen 1947	38	[14]
3	Nemanja Todorović	Borac Čačak	38	[15]
4	Marko Jošilo	Krka	37	[16]
5	Miroslav Pašajlić	Bosna Royal	49	[17]
6	Michaelyn Scott	Split	39	[18]
7	Draško Albijanić (2)	Lovćen 1947	36	[19]
8	Domen Bratož	Krka	38	[20]
9	Marko Ramljak	Zrinjski	31	[21]
10	Marko Ramljak (2)	Zrinjski	26	[22]
11	Marko Ramljak (3)	Zrinjski	32	[23]
12	Jamir Hanner	Bosna Royal	35	[24]
13	Miloš Popović	Teodo Tivat	38	[25]
14	Aleksa Popović	Lovćen 1947	34	[26]
15	Andreja Stevanović	Dynamic VIP PAY	34	[27]
16	Michaelyn Scott (2)	Split	41	[28]
17	Marko Marinović	Borac Čačak	33	[29]
18	Marko Ramljak (4)	Zrinjski	31
19	Mašan Vrbica	Lovćen 1947	37	[30]
20	Aleksa Popović (2)	Lovćen 1947	34	[31]
21	Aleksa Popović (3)	Lovćen 1947	30	[32]
22	Draško Albijanić (3)	Lovćen 1947	37	[33]

Attendances

Attendances include playoff games:

Pos	Team	Total	High	Low	Average	Change
1	Borac Čačak	20,750	2,500	1,150	1,729	n/a^†
2	Vršac	15,400	2,100	1,000	1,400	n/a^†
3	Zrinjski	11,000	1,550	600	1,000	n/a^†
4	Lovćen 1947	9,550	1,500	250	868	n/a^†
5	Sixt Primorska	10,050	1,150	300	838	n/a^†
6	Krka	9,900	1,500	500	825	n/a^†
7	Split	8,450	1,100	250	768	n/a^†
8	Bosna Royal	8,370	1,000	620	761	n/a^†
9	Rogaška	8,200	950	450	745	n/a^†
10	AV Ohrid	7,200	850	550	720	n/a^†
11	Teodo Tivat	7,150	850	250	650	n/a^†
12	Dynamic VIP PAY	6,900	900	200	627	n/a^†
	League total	122,920	2,500	200	911	n/a^†

Updated to games played on April 4, 2018
Source: ABA 2 League

Second Division clubs in European competitions

Competition	Team	Progress	Result
Champions League	Bosna Royal	First qualifying round	Eliminated by MHP Riesen Ludwigsburg, 118–187; transferred to FIBA Europe Cup
FIBA Europe Cup		Regular season Group A	4th (0–6)

See also

• 2017–18 ABA League First Division
• 2017–18 WABA League

2017–18 domestic competitions

• 2017–18 Basketball League of Serbia
• 2017–18 A-1 League
• 2017–18 Slovenian Basketball League
• 2017–18 Prva A liga
• 2017–18 Basketball Championship of Bosnia and Herzegovina
• 2017–18 Macedonian First League

References

1. "The ABA League Second Division will start from the 2017/18 season". aba-liga.com. 22 August 2017. Retrieved 22 August 2017.
2. "Dynamic VIP PAY part ways with Oliver Popović and appoint Miroslav Nikolić as new head coach". druga.aba-liga.com. Retrieved 19 December 2017.
3. "Miloš Pejić is the new head coach of Bosna Royal". druga.aba-liga.com. Retrieved 8 January 2018.
4. "Vršac parted ways with Đokić". druga.aba-liga.com. Retrieved 20 January 2018.
5. "Goran Topić is the new head coach of Vršac". druga.aba-liga.com. Retrieved 22 January 2018.
6. "Zoran Glomazić is no longer head coach of Teodo". druga.aba-liga.com. Retrieved 4 February 2018.
7. "Jovanović instead of Radović at the bench of Lovćen". druga.aba-liga.com. Retrieved 15 February 2018.
8. "Denis Bajramović new head coach of Bosna Royal". druga.aba-liga.com. Retrieved 20 March 2018.
9. "Bojić resigned from Borac head coach position". druga.aba-liga.com. Retrieved 10 April 2018.
10. "POSLE DEVET GODINA SA BOJIĆEM NA KORMILU Košarkaši Borca imaju novog trenera". sport.blic.rs. Retrieved 10 April 2018.
11. "ABA League 2 Pre-qualifying tournament in Laktaši". druga.aba-liga.com. Retrieved 7 September 2017.
12. "Bosna Royal fined, 20:0 win awarded to AV Ohrid". druga.aba-liga.com.
13. "Round 1 MVP: Mateo Kedžo (Split)". druga.aba-liga.com.
14. "Round 2 MVP: Draško Albijanić (Lovćen 1947 Cetinje)". druga.aba-liga.com.
15. "Round 3 MVP: Nemanja Todorović (Borac)". druga.aba-liga.com.
16. "Round 4 MVP: Marko Jošilo (Krka)". druga.aba-liga.com.
17. "Round 5 MVP: Miroslav Pašajlić (Bosna Royal)". druga.aba-liga.com.
18. "Round 6 MVP: Michaelyn Scott (Split)". druga.aba-liga.com.
19. "Round 7 MVP: Draško Albijanić (Lovćen 1947 Cetinje)". druga.aba-liga.com.
20. "Round 8 MVP: Domen Bratož (Krka)". druga.aba-liga.com.
21. "Round 9 MVP: Marko Ramljak (Zrinjski)". druga.aba-liga.com.
22. "Round 10 MVP: Marko Ramljak (Zrinjski)". druga.aba-liga.com.
23. "Round 11 MVP: Marko Ramljak (Zrinjski)". druga.aba-liga.com.
24. "Round 12 MVP: Jamir Hanner (Bosna Royal)". druga.aba-liga.com.
25. "Round 13 MVP: Miloš Popović (Teodo)". druga.aba-liga.com.
26. "Round 14 MVP: Aleksa Popović (Lovćen 1947 Cetinje)". druga.aba-liga.com.
27. "Round 15 MVP: Andreja Stevanović (Dynamic VIP PAY)". druga.aba-liga.com.
28. "Round 16 MVP: Michaelyn Duane Scott (Split)". druga.aba-liga.com.
29. "Round 17 MVP: Marko Marinović (Borac)". druga.aba-liga.com.
30. "Round 19 MVP: Mašan Vrbica (Lovćen 1947)". druga.aba-liga.com.
31. "Round 20 MVP: Aleksa Popović (Lovćen 1947 Cetinje)". druga.aba-liga.com.
32. "Round 21 MVP: Aleksa Popović (Lovćen 1947 Cetinje)". druga.aba-liga.com.
33. "Round 22 MVP: Draško Albijanić (Lovćen 1947 Cetinje)". druga.aba-liga.com. Retrieved 29 March 2018.

External links

• Official website (Second Division)
• Official website (First Division)
• ABA League at Eurobasket.com