2017–18 ABA League Second Division

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

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.

Season2017–18

DatesOctober 10, 2017–March 26, 2018
(Regular season)
April 3, 2018–April 4, 2018
(Final Four)

Teams12 (competition proper)
16 (total)

Top seed

Borac Čačak

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

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

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

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]

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

2017–18 ABA League Second Division

Teams

Team allocation

Venues and locations

Personnel and sponsorship

Coaching changes

Qualifying rounds

Pre-qualifying tournament

Qualifying tournament

Regular season

League table

Positions by round

Results

Final Four

Statistical leaders

PIR

Points

Rebounds

Assists

MVP List

MVP of the Round

Attendances

Second Division clubs in European competitions

See also

References

External links

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Timelines

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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

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	Advance to the regular season
3	Sutjeska	3	1	2	219	239	−20	4
4	Široki	3	0	3	213	245	−32	3


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

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^[a]
3	Vršac	22	15	7	1846	1692	+154	37^[a]
4	Krka	22	15	7	1784	1657	+127	37^[a]
5	Rogaška	22	13	9	1776	1722	+54	35
6	Lovćen 1947	22	12	10	1782	1709	+73	34^[b]
7	Zrinjski	22	12	10	1694	1671	+23	34^[b]
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^[c]
12	AV Ohrid	22	1	21	1485	2040	−555	23	Lose the right to participate in the 2018–19 season

Team \ Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22
Team \ Round
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

Home \ Away	OHR	BOR	BOS	DYN	KRK	LOV	ROG	PRI	SPL	TEO	VRS	ZRI
AV Ohrid	—	62–82	20–0^[a]	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	—

Semifinals		Final

3 April

Borac Čačak	82
		4 April
Krka	86
		Krka	87
3 April
		Sixt Primorska	73
Sixt Primorska	88

Vršac	64

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]

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^†

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	Bosna Royal	Regular season Group A	4th (0–6)