2021–22 ABA League First Division

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Season	2021–22
Duration	September 24, 2021 – April 23, 2022; (Regular season)
Games played	26 each
Teams	14
TV partners	Arena Sport, RTV SLO
Regular season
Top seed	Crvena zvezda mts
Season MVP	Nikola Kalinić
Promoted	MZT Skopje Aerodrom
Relegated	Krka
Finals
Champions	Crvena zvezda mts (6th title)
Runners-up	Partizan NIS
Semi-finalists	Budućnost VOLI; Cedevita Olimpija
Finals MVP	Ognjen Dobrić
Awards
Top Prospect	Nikola Jović
Best Defensive Player	Branko Lazić
Best Coach	Željko Obradović
Statistical leaders
Points
Points	Shannon Shorter
Rebounds	Kenan Kamenjaš
Assists	Bryce Jones
Efficiency	Kenan Kamenjaš
Records
Biggest home win	Partizan NIS 109–49 Split; (5 January 2022)
Biggest away win	Krka 52–87 Cibona; (11 February 2022)
Highest scoring	FMP 104–99 SC Derby; (12 November 2021)
Winning streak	15 games ; Crvena zvezda mts
Losing streak	12 games ; Krka
Highest attendance	9,000; Cedevita Olimpija 88–80 Crvena zvezda mts; (16 May 2022)
Lowest attendance	1; officially eight matches
	← 2020–21 2022–23 → All statistics correct as of 6 June 2022.

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.

Season2021–22

DurationSeptember 24, 2021 – April 23, 2022
(Regular season)

Games played26 each

Teams14

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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

Team	Head coach	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor
Borac Čačak	Marko Marinović	Uroš Čarapić	—	MozzartSport / P.S. Fashion
Budućnost VOLI	Aleksandar Džikić	Suad Šehović	Number 1	VOLI
Cedevita Olimpija	Jurica Golemac	Jaka Blažič	Adidas	Cedevita
Cibona	Gašper Okorn	Roko Prkačin	GBT	Erste Bank
Crvena zvezda mts	Dejan Radonjić	Branko Lazić	Adidas	mts / SoccerBet
FMP Meridian	Nenad Stefanović	Marko Radonjić	Adidas	Meridian
Igokea m:tel	Dragan Bajić	Marko Jošilo	GBT	m:tel
Krka	Dalibor Damjanović	Luka Lapornik	Peak	Krka
Mega Mozzart	Vlada Jovanović	Luka Cerovina	Adidas	Tehnomanija
Mornar Barsko zlato	Mihailo Pavićević	Nemanja Vranješ	DaCapo	Bar Municipality / Barsko zlato
Partizan NIS	Željko Obradović	Rade Zagorac	Under Armour	NIS / mts
Split	Srđan Subotić	Mateo Kedžo	Macron	Optika Anda
SC Derby	Andrej Žakelj	Nikola Pavličević	Number 1	Derby
Zadar	Vladimir Anzulović	Dominik Mavra	Macron	OTP Bank

Team	Outgoing manager	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Replaced with	Date of appointment	Ref.
FMP Meridian	Vanja Guša	1 June 2021	Off-season	Nenad Stefanović	2 June 2021	^[2]^[3]
Budućnost VOLI	Dejan Milojević	17 June 2021		Aleksandar Džikić	22 June 2021	^[4]^[5]^[6]
Partizan NIS	Aleksandar Matović	25 June 2021		Željko Obradović	25 June 2021	^[7]^[8]
SC Derby	Nenad Trajković	June 2021		Andrej Žakelj	8 July 2021	^[9]
Zadar	Veljko Mršić	13 July 2021		Ivan Perinčić	15 July 2021	^[10]^[11]
Split	Mile Karakaš	13 July 2021		Srđan Subotić	9 August 2021	^[12]^[13]^[14]
Zadar	Ivan Perinčić	18 October 2021	13th (0–4)	Srđan Helbich (interim)	18 October 2021	^[15]^[16]
Zadar	Srđan Helbich (interim)	23 October 2021	12th (1–4)	Vladimir Anzulović	23 October 2021	^[17]
Cibona	Vladimir Jovanović	8 January 2022	8th (5–9)	Bariša Krasić (interim)	8 January 2022	^[18]^[19]
Cibona	Bariša Krasić (interim)	23 January 2022	9th (5–10)	Gašper Okorn	23 January 2022	^[20]^[21]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Crvena zvezda mts	26	24	2	2140	1819	+321	50	Advance to the semifinals
2	Partizan NIS	26	22	4	2178	1840	+338	48	Advance to the semifinals
3	Budućnost VOLI	26	19	7	2102	1902	+200	45	Advance to the preliminary round
4	Cedevita Olimpija	26	18	8	2205	2056	+149	44
5	Igokea m:tel	26	15	11	2053	1959	+94	41
6	FMP Meridian	26	14	12	2121	2097	+24	40
7	SC Derby	26	12	14	2107	2212	−105	38
8	Cibona	26	11	15	2014	2005	+9	37
9	Mornar Barsko zlato	26	10	16	1986	2056	−70	36
10	Mega Mozzart	26	10	16	2043	2101	−58	36
11	Borac Čačak	26	9	17	1962	2098	−136	35	Qualification to the relegation playoffs
12	Zadar	26	8	18	1899	2046	−147	34
13	Split	26	6	20	1848	2102	−254	32
14	Krka	26	4	22	1813	2178	−365	30	Relegation to the Second Division

Home \ Away	BOR	BUD	COL	CIB	CZV	FMP	IGO	KRK	MEG	MOR	PAR	SCD	SPL	ZAD
Borac Čačak	—	76–82	76–85	59–62	54–66	77–80	61–88	77–69	80–68	91–78	68–86	89–80	59–64	79–73
Budućnost VOLI	97–73	—	93–91	90–65	76–80	82–72	81–68	110–64	86–69	85–69	72–80	78–70	75–66	84–69
Cedevita Olimpija	83–80	79–84	—	80–84	82–83	89–92	80–70	88–56	92–81	79–59	81–79	88–78	86–60	73–74
Cibona	89–74	73–80	79–82	—	74–78	66–69	77–82	90–52	89–84	65–82	61–79	90–75	84–65	80–73
Crvena zvezda mts	109–62	71–63	79–64	86–72	—	90–82	85–66	76–56	81–67	81–74	71–56	94–84	97–61	91–69
FMP Meridian	90–82	77–79	75–77	76–71	74–98	—	89–81	87–76	79–86	83–81	80–86	104–99	93–77	83–76
Igokea m:tel	91–89	79–82	83–101	82–72	75–68	73–61	—	108–81	79–63	70–57	68–70	83–67	85–67	79–67
Krka	90–97	72–84	83–90	52–87	70–71	60–93	59–72	—	62–79	89–80	63–79	87–70	87–84	80–66
Mega Mozzart	85–91	87–81	104–75	93–89	69–76	82–89	71–81	73–72	—	70–83	69–97	101–68	78–65	70–72
Mornar Barsko zlato	85–90	62–73	79–101	77–87	69–77	82–78	82–76	74–65	79–75	—	64–66	82–88	81–65	86–84
Partizan NIS	75–68	75–66	89–96	98–77	98–84	74–69	83–70	92–45	90–93	95–83	—	79–57	109–49	103–72
SC Derby	88–74	89–84	80–88	93–87	67–99	85–76	93–90	86–76	83–62	76–95	83–93	—	77–70	94–78
Split	66–80	61–72	79–83	77–76	62–66	85–90	89–77	87–77	81–80	76–67	59–69	94–101	—	80–92
Zadar	70–56	65–63	77–92	67–68	73–83	83–80	64–77	78–71	81–85	71–76	73–78	71–76	61–59	—

2021–22 ABA League First Division

Teams

Promotion and relegation

Venues and locations

Personnel and sponsorship

Coaching changes

Referees

Regular season

League table

Positions by round

Results

Results by round

Playoffs

Preliminary round

Semifinals

Finals

Relegation Playoffs

Results

Game 1

Game 2

Statistics

Individual statistic leaders

PIR

Points

Rebounds

Assists

Awards

MVP List

MVP of the Round

MVP of the Month

Average home attendances

Clubs in European competitions

See also

References

Related Articles

Timelines

Top Qs

Fact Checks

Team ╲ Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26
Team ╲ Round
Crvena zvezda mts	1	1	4	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	2	2	1	2	2	2	1	2	1
Partizan NIS	6	4	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	4	2	2	1	2	1	1	2	1	1	1	2	1	2
Budućnost VOLI	5	6	6	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	3
Cedevita Olimpija	3	2	3	6	8	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	4
Igokea m:tel	7	8	8	10	5	7	9	7	7	7	8	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5
FMP Meridian	11	7	7	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	5	5	5	5	5	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6
SC Derby	13	9	11	11	7	9	7	8	9	10	9	9	9	10	11	10	9	11	10	8	7	7	7	7	7	7
Cibona	4	3	2	5	6	6	6	6	6	6	7	8	7	8	8	8	10	9	8	9	8	8	8	8	9	8
Mornar Barsko zlato	10	12	13	12	13	14	13	14	12	11	11	10	8	7	7	7	8	8	9	10	10	11	10	9	10	9
Mega Mozzart	2	5	5	7	9	10	8	9	8	8	6	7	10	12	9	9	7	7	7	7	9	9	9	10	8	10
Borac Čačak	8	11	9	8	10	11	11	11	10	9	10	11	12	11	12	12	12	10	12	11	11	10	11	11	11	11
Zadar	9	13	12	13	12	12	12	13	14	13	13	12	11	9	10	11	11	12	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	12
Split	14	14	14	14	14	13	14	12	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	14	13	13	13	13	13
Krka	12	10	10	9	11	8	10	10	11	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	14	14	14	13	14	14	14	14	14

Team 1	Series	Team 2	Game 1	Game 2	Game 3
Budućnost VOLI	2–0	FMP Meridian	76−70	79−74	—
Cedevita Olimpija	2–0	Igokea m:tel	93–79	74−69	—

Team 1	Series	Team 2	Game 1	Game 2	Game 3
Crvena zvezda mts	2–1	Cedevita Olimpija	93−82	80–88 (OT)	88–78
Partizan NIS	2–1	Budućnost VOLI	82−66	71−72	101–77

30 April 2022	Borac Čačak	85–80 (Series: 1−0)	Zlatibor	Čačak
17:00	Scoring by quarter: 27−14, 13−20, 24–19, 20−27
	Pts: Pecarski 23 Rebs: Pecarski, Novaković 7 Asts: Đoković 7 PIR: Pecarski 28	Boxscore	Pts: Nikolić 19 Rebs: Đuran 9 Asts: Protić 7 PIR: Nikolić 19	Arena: Borac Hall Attendance: 2,000 Referees: Miloš Koljenšić, Tomislav Vovk, Bojan Kruljac

4 May 2022	Zlatibor	66–87 (Series: 0−2)	Borac Čačak	Čajetina
17:00	Scoring by quarter: 16−20, 20−22, 14−25, 16−20
	Pts: Tadić 22 Rebs: Kutlešić 8 Asts: three players 3 PIR: Tadić 24	Boxscore	Pts: Pecarski 16 Rebs: Pecarski 7 Asts: Sanadze, López 5 PIR: Sanadze, Čarapić 20	Arena: TRC Zlatibor Hall Attendance: 1,100 Referees: Uroš Obrknežević, Josip Radojković, Ivan Stefanović

Pos.	Player	Team	Ref.
MVP
SF	Nikola Kalinić	Crvena zvezda mts	^[24]
Finals MVP
G	Ognjen Dobrić	Crvena zvezda mts	^[25]
Top Scorer
G	Shannon Shorter	Split	^[26]
Best Defensive Player
SF	Branko Lazić	Crvena zvezda mts	^[27]
Top Prospect
SF	Nikola Jović	Mega Mozzart	^[28]
Coach of the Season
HC	Željko Obradović	Partizan NIS	^[29]
The Ideal Starting Five
PG	Kevin Punter	Partizan NIS	^[30]
SG	Jaka Blažič	Cedevita Olimpija
SF	Nikola Kalinić	Crvena zvezda mts
PF	Zach LeDay	Partizan NIS
C	Kenan Kamenjaš	SC Derby

Round	Player	Team	PIR
1	Nikola Ivanović	Crvena zvezda mts	35
2	Nate Reuvers	Cibona	36
3	Sava Lešić	Borac Čačak	28
4	Kyle Vinales	SC Derby	43
5	Yam Madar	Partizan NIS	32
6	Darko Bajo	Split	41
7	Karlo Matković	Mega Mozzart	40
8	Danilo Tasić	FMP Meridian	37
9	Garrett Nevels	FMP Meridian (2)	34
10	Marko Pecarski	Borac Čačak (2)	35
11	Garrett Nevels (2)	FMP Meridian (3)	36
12	Justin Carter	Zadar	34
13	Nikola Ivanović (2)	Crvena zvezda mts (2)	29
14	Zach Auguste	Cedevita Olimpija	31
15	Kenan Kamenjaš	SC Derby (2)	28
16	Marko Pecarski (2)	Borac Čačak (3)	27
17	Trevor Thompson	Zadar (2)	31
18	Shannon Shorter	Split (2)	27
19	Martin Junaković	Zadar (3)	29
20	Amar Gegić	Cibona (2)	30
21	Erick Neal	SC Derby (3)	37
22	Alen Omić	Cedevita Olimpija (2)	30
23	Vladimir Mihailović	Mornar Barsko zlato	50
24	Vladimir Mihailović (2)	Mornar Barsko zlato (2)	38
25	Zach LeDay	Partizan NIS (2)	34
26	Dalibor Ilić	Igokea m:tel	49
PR1	Jacob Pullen	Cedevita Olimpija (3)	22
PR2	Justin Cobbs	Budućnost VOLI	21
SF1	Luka Mitrović	Crvena zvezda mts (3)	28
SF2	Edo Murić	Cedevita Olimpija (4)	27
SF3	Kevin Punter	Partizan NIS (3)	31
F1	Nikola Ivanović (3)	Crvena zvezda mts (4)	18
F2	Nikola Kalinić	Crvena zvezda mts (5)	29
F3	Kevin Punter (2)	Partizan NIS (4)	34
F4	Aleksa Avramović	Partizan NIS (5)	33
F5	Dejan Davidovac	Crvena zvezda mts (6)	20

Month	Player	Team	Ref.
2021
October	Bryce Jones	FMP Meridian	^[31]
November	Dalibor Ilić	Igokea m:tel	^[32]
December	Justin Cobbs	Budućnost VOLI	^[33]
2022
January	Willie Reed	Budućnost VOLI	^[34]
February	Amar Gegić	Cibona	^[35]
March	Jaka Blažič	Cedevita Olimpija	^[36]

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^†

Competition	Team	Progress	Result
EuroLeague	Crvena zvezda mts	Regular season	11th (12–16)
EuroCup	Cedevita Olimpija	Quarterfinals	Eliminated by Frutti Extra Bursaspor, 83–85
	Budućnost VOLI	Eightfinals	Eliminated by MoraBanc Andorra, 64–74
	Partizan NIS	Eightfinals	Eliminated by Frutti Extra Bursaspor, 95–103
Champions League	Igokea	Play-ins	Eliminated by Filou Oostende, 1–2
	Split	Qualification Group A	Eliminated in semifinals by Fribourg Olympic, 76–67
	Mornar Barsko zlato	Qualification Group C	Eliminated in semifinals by Kalev/Cramo, 104–89 Transferred to FIBA Europe Cup
FIBA Europe Cup	Mornar Barsko zlato	Regular season Group E	3rd (2–4)