2024–25 ABA League First Division

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Season	2024–25
Duration	20 September 2024 – 5 May 2025; (Regular season); 9 May 2025 – 12 June 2025; (Play-offs)
Games played	30 fixtures (240 total)
Teams	16
TV partners	Arena Sport, Kanal A, TVCG 2
Regular season
Top seed	Budućnost VOLI
Season MVP	McKinley Wright
Finals
Champions	Partizan Mozzart Bet (8th title)
Runners-up	Budućnost VOLI
Semi-finalists	Dubai Basketball; Crvena zvezda Meridianbet
Finals MVP	Tyrique Jones
Awards
Top Prospect	Bogoljub Marković
Best Defender	Isaac Bonga
Best Coach	Andrej Žakelj
Statistical leaders
Points
Points	Bryce Jones
Rebounds	Kenan Kamenjaš
Assists	Tayler Persons
Steals	Diante Baldwin
Blocks	Joan Beringer
Efficiency	Bryce Jones
Records
Biggest home win	Partizan 110–64 Split; (30 November 2024)
Biggest away win	Mornar 69–110 Crvena zvezda; (20 January 2025)
Highest scoring	SC Derby 111–109 Igokea; (30 March 2025)
Lowest scoring	Zadar 71–58 SC Derby; (25 January 2025)
Winning streak	13 games; Dubai Basketball
Losing streak	16 games; Mornar Barsko zlato
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The 2024–25 AdmiralBet ABA League was the 24th season of the ABA League and the first season after the expansion to 16 teams. Apart from teams from Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Montenegro, Serbia, and Slovenia, a new team, Dubai Basketball, from the United Arab Emirates played in the competition as well. This was the first time since the 2014–15 season that a team outside the territory of the former Yugoslavia competed in the league.^[1]

Season2024–25

Duration20 September 2024 – 5 May 2025
(Regular season)
9 May 2025 – 12 June 2025
(Play-offs)

Games played30 fixtures (240 total)

Teams16

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Promoted	Spartak Office Shoes	2023–24 ABA 2 Champion
Affiliation	Dubai Basketball	3-year licence^[2]
Relegated	No teams were relegated.

Team	Home city	Arena	Capacity
Borac Mozzart	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 Meridianbet	Belgrade	Aleksandar Nikolić Hall	8,000
Dubai Basketball	Dubai	Coca-Cola Arena	17,000
FMP Soccerbet	Belgrade	Železnik Hall	3,000
Igokea m:tel	Aleksandrovac	Laktaši Sports Hall	3,050
Krka	Novo Mesto	Leon Štukelj Hall	2,500
Mega Superbet	Belgrade	Ranko Žeravica Sports Hall	5,000
Mornar Barsko zlato	Bar	Topolica Sport Hall	2,625
Partizan Mozzart Bet	Belgrade	Belgrade Arena	18,386
SC Derby	Podgorica	Morača Sports Center	6,000
Spartak Office Shoes	Subotica	Dudova Šuma Hall	2,000
Split	Split	Arena Gripe	3,500
Zadar	Zadar	Krešimir Ćosić Hall	7,997

Team	Head coach	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor
Borac Mozzart	Saša Ocokoljić	Uroš Čarapić		MozzartSport / P.S. Fashion
Budućnost VOLI	Andrej Žakelj	Aleksa Ilić	Spalding	VOLI / Podgorica Capital City
Cedevita Olimpija	Zvezdan Mitrović	Jaka Blažič	Adidas	Cedevita
Cibona	Josip Sesar	Krešimir Radovčić	GBT	Erste Bank
Crvena zvezda Meridianbet	Ioannis Sfairopoulos	Branko Lazić	Adidas	Meridian / mts
Dubai Basketball	Jurica Golemac	Klemen Prepelič	Adidas
FMP Soccerbet	Saša Nikitović	Ognjen Kuzmić	Adidas	Soccerbet
Igokea m:tel	Nenad Stefanović	Dragan Milosavljević	GBT	m:tel
Krka	Dejan Jakara	Jan Špan		Krka
Mega Superbet	Marko Barać	Kosta Kondić	Adidas	Medical Innovation Solutions
Mornar Barsko zlato	Mihailo Pavićević	Milija Miković	DaCapo	Bar Municipality / Barsko zlato
Partizan Mozzart Bet	Željko Obradović	Vanja Marinković	Under Armour	NIS / Mozzart Bet
SC Derby	Petar Mijović	Nikola Pavličević	Spalding	Derby
Spartak Office Shoes	Vlada Jovanović	Miloš Milisavljević		Office Shoes
Split	Veljko Mršić	Shannon Shorter	Macron	Groupama
Zadar	Danijel Jusup	Marko Ramljak	Macron	OTP Bank / PSK

Team	Outgoing manager	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Replaced with	Date of appointment	Ref.
Igokea	Marko Cvetković	end of 2023–24 season	Off-season	Nenad Stefanović	18 June 2024	^[3]
Krka	Gašper Okorn	28 May 2024		Dejan Jakara	22 June 2024	^[4]^[5]
Cedevita Olimpija	Zoran Martič	3 June 2024		Zvezdan Mitrović	3 June 2024	^[6]^[7]
Cibona	Dino Repeša	7 June 2024		Chris Thomas	29 August 2024	^[8]^[9]
Borac Mozzart	Dejan Mijatović	18 June 2024		Saša Ocokoljić	5 July 2024	^[10]^[11]
SC Derby	Dejan Jakara	18 June 2024		Petar Mijović	19 June 2024	^[12]^[13]
Cibona	Chris Thomas	13 October 2024	15th (1–3)	Bariša Krasić	13 October 2024	^[14]
Cibona	Bariša Krasić	28 December 2024	15th (2–12)	Josip Sesar	28 December 2024	^[15]
Split	Slaven Rimac	3 January 2025	11th (6–9)	Veljko Mršić	13 January 2025	^[16]^[17]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Budućnost VOLI	30	26	4	2699	2320	+379	56	Advance to the Playoffs
2	Partizan Mozzart Bet	30	26	4	2719	2246	+473	56
3	Dubai Basketball	30	25	5	2633	2324	+309	55
4	Crvena zvezda Meridianbet	30	23	7	2672	2365	+307	53
5	Igokea m:tel	30	19	11	2628	2599	+29	49
6	Cedevita Olimpija	30	19	11	2545	2400	+145	49
7	Spartak Office Shoes	30	17	13	2563	2467	+96	47
8	Mega Superbet	30	16	14	2479	2454	+25	46
9	Zadar	30	14	16	2300	2282	+18	44
10	FMP Soccerbet	30	14	16	2389	2551	−162	44
11	SC Derby	30	11	19	2551	2642	−91	41
12	Borac Mozzart	30	10	20	2261	2482	−221	40
13	Split	30	9	21	2308	2483	−175	39
14	Krka	30	5	25	2457	2645	−188	35
15	Cibona	30	4	26	2291	2666	−375	34	Qualification to the relegation playoffs
16	Mornar Barsko zlato	30	2	28	2243	2812	−569	32	Relegation to the Second Division

2024–25 ABA League First Division

Promotion and relegation

Venues and locations

Personnel and sponsorship

Coaching changes

Regular season

League table

Positions by round

Results

Results by round

Playoffs

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Finals

Relegation playoffs

MVP List

MVP of the Round

MVP of the Month

Awards

Final standings

Clubs in European competitions

References

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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	27	28	29	30
Team ╲ Round
Budućnost VOLI	1	1	2	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1
Partizan Mozzart Bet	2	2	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2
Dubai Basketball	8	4	6	4	4	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3
Crvena zvezda Meridianbet	9	8	8	5	5	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4
Igokea m:tel	7	5	7	10	7	6	7	9	6	6	7	6	6	7	6	5	5	6	6	6	5	5	5	5	6	6	6	6	6	5
Cedevita Olimpija	13	14	10	9	12	12	12	14	12	10	9	8	8	9	9	7	6	5	5	5	6	6	6	6	5	5	5	5	5	6
Spartak Subotica	11	12	11	8	10	7	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	6	8	8	8	7	7	7	7	8	7	7	7	7	7	7
Mega Superbet	5	3	3	3	3	5	6	7	8	7	6	7	7	6	8	9	9	9	9	8	9	8	9	10	9	8	8	8	8	8
Zadar	3	6	9	14	14	14	13	11	10	11	12	10	9	8	7	8	7	7	7	9	10	9	10	7	8	10	10	10	10	9
FMP Soccerbet	4	9	5	6	6	8	9	8	11	8	8	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	8	10	8	9	10	9	9	9	9	10
SC Derby	6	10	4	7	8	9	8	6	7	9	11	12	12	12	13	12	11	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	11
Borac Mozzart	15	7	13	13	13	13	11	12	13	14	14	14	14	13	12	13	13	11	11	11	11	11	13	13	13	13	12	12	11	12
Split	10	15	12	12	11	10	10	10	9	12	10	11	11	11	11	11	12	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	13
Krka	12	13	15	11	9	11	14	13	14	13	13	13	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14
Cibona	14	11	14	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15
Mornar Barsko zlato	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16

Home \ Away	BOR	BUD	COL	CIB	CZV	DBC	FMP	IGO	KRK	MEG	MOR	PAR	SPR	SPL	SCD	ZAD
Borac Mozzart	—	82–88	74–94	72–66	72–98	74–87	92–72	75–88	80–71	76–80	90–71	60–89	66–73	61–73	78–76	76–66
Budućnost VOLI	86–69	—	95–78	88–77	73–75	89–78	78–69	111–77	97–87	77–69	110–79	81–77	75–78	97–75	107–84	84–77
Cedevita Olimpija	92–56	71–91	—	96–81	74–69	84–92	91–58	85–90	84–82	93–82	114–72	71–81	91–82	76–74	100–86	80–75
Cibona	62–89	82–96	66–75	—	81–90	74–102	85–86	85–88	74–81	83–88	82–64	59–93	72–108	72–71	75–69	69–87
Crvena zvezda Meridianbet	105–85	89–96	92–86	88–78	—	92–107	97–63	91–68	81–69	81–72	91–72	89–84	77–78	96–66	84–107	87–76
Dubai Basketball	98–74	79–75	84–85	90–61	86–84	—	84–61	92–81	91–76	80–83	104–66	80–72	80–79	87–82	98–86	92–68
FMP Meridian	74–67	88–91	75–62	89–84	93–94	86–84	—	82–102	98–89	89–87	87–72	64–91	89–88	98–91	78–55	67–83
Igokea m:tel	72–79	71–76	91–78	95–84	82–92	88–97	83–70	—	95–92	90–87	101–97	80–107	87–76	92–87	105–97	94–89
Krka	79–90	91–99	87–91	92–97	67–79	78–93	106–109	80–85	—	70–80	103–90	77–79	87–89	82–73	97–91	73–81
Mega Superbet	98–74	93–79	72–81	88–58	76–81	66–95	83–80	64–73	87–94	—	84–59	90–100	97–90	84–82	83–81	75–74
Mornar Barsko zlato	90–98	86–84	82–92	92–85	69–110	71–83	76–81	79–114	78–70	83–113	—	78–105	66–76	76–86	74–94	55–81
Partizan Mozzart Bet	96–66	90–97	78–76	113–78	85–77	82–61	90–65	100–94	96–63	89–82	89–84	—	103–80	110–64	95–80	100–75
Spartak Subotica	89–80	82–86	99–90	88–84	87–94	84–90	93–86	86–75	102–83	110–86	85–64	80–89	—	82–79	79–89	87–71
Split	70–59	48–83	69–75	88–82	85–78	74–81	72–85	74–79	83–78	90–80	87–73	64–81	71–91	—	88–85	73–77
SC Derby	90–80	99–105	84–107	101–86	81–89	86–87	82–76	111–109	101–90	77–82	99–91	60–80	84–76	102–89	—	86–62
Zadar	89–67	55–91	81–73	82–69	77–84	63–71	99–71	76–79	72–63	65–68	100–69	71–75	76–66	81–80	71–58	—

Team 1	Series	Team 2	Game 1	Game 2	Game 3
Budućnost VOLI	2–0	Mega Superbet	96–80	92–87	—
Crvena zvezda Meridian Bet	2–0	Igokea m:tel	87–77	95–90	—
Partizan Mozzart Bet	2–0	Spartak Office Shoes	100–75	82–75	—
Dubai Basketball	2–1	Cedevita Olimpija	86–85	89–94	85–76

Round	Player	Team	PIR
1	Amar Gegić	Zadar	32
2	Rasheed Sulaimon	Budućnost VOLI	29
3	Rasir Bolton	Spartak Office Shoes	31
4	Miha Cerkvenik	Krka	34
5	Shannon Shorter	Split	33
6	Shannon Shorter (2)	Split (2)	27
7	Rasir Bolton (2)	Spartak Office Shoes (2)	30
8	Zoran Nikolić	SC Derby	32
9	Balša Koprivica	Partizan Mozzart Bet	43
10	Codi Miller-McIntyre	Crvena zvezda MeridianBet	39
11	Brynton Lemar	Cedevita Olimpija	30
12	JaCorey Williams	Dubai Basketball	33
13	Kenan Kamenjaš	Budućnost VOLI (2)	37
14	Diante Baldwin	Borac Mozzart	32
15	Terrell Carter	Igokea m:tel	35
16	Nate Mason	Dubai Basketball (2)	34
17	Paulius Valinskas	Borac Mozzart (2)	30
18	Umoja Gibson	Spartak Office Shoes (3)	34
19	Mihailo Petrović	Mega Superbet	33
20	Filip Barna	FMP Soccerbet	32
21	Luka Cerovina	Spartak Office Shoes (4)	39
22	Bogoljub Marković	Mega Superbet (2)	34
23	Terrell Carter (2)	Igokea m:tel (2)	34
24	Balša Koprivica (2)	Partizan Mozzart Bet (2)	35
25	Zoran Nikolić (2)	SC Derby (2)	40
26	Isaac Bonga	Partizan Mozzart Bet (3)	32
27	Bryce Jones	Igokea m:tel (3)	46
28	Mihailo Petrović (2)	Mega Superbet (3)	37
29	Kenan Kamenjaš (2)	Budućnost VOLI (3)	34
30	Lovro Mazalin	Zadar (2)	33
QF1	Aleksej Pokuševski	Partizan Mozzart Bet (4)	26
QF2	Filip Petrušev	Crvena zvezda MeridianBet (2)	31
QF3	Nate Mason (2)	Dubai Basketball (3)	18
SF1	Rasheed Sulaimon (2)	Budućnost VOLI (4)	29
SF2	Klemen Prepelič	Dubai Basketball (4)	34
SF3	McKinley Wright	Budućnost VOLI (5)	27
F1	Tyrique Jones	Partizan Mozzart Bet (5)	39
F2	Alen Omić	Budućnost VOLI (6)	19
F3	Tyrique Jones (2)	Partizan Mozzart Bet (6)	21
F4	Carlik Jones	Partizan Mozzart Bet (7)	26

Month	Player	Team	Ref.
2024
September & October	Bogoljub Marković	Mega MIS	^[19]
November	Rasir Bolton	Spartak Office Shoes	^[20]
December	Kenan Kamenjaš	Budućnost VOLI	^[21]
2025
January	Bryce Jones	Igokea m:tel	^[22]
February	Filip Bundović	Cibona	^[23]
March	Bryce Jones (2)	Igokea m:tel (2)	^[24]
April	Bryce Jones (3)	Igokea m:tel (3)	^[25]

Pos.	Player	Team	Ref.
MVP
PG	McKinley Wright	Budućnost VOLI	^[26]
Finals MVP
C	Tyrique Jones	Partizan Mozzart Bet	^[27]
Top Scorer
PG	Bryce Jones	Igokea m:tel	^[28]
Best Defender
SF	Isaac Bonga	Partizan Mozzart Bet	^[29]
Top Prospect
PF	Bogoljub Marković	Mega Superbet	^[30]
Coach of the Season
HC	Andrej Žakelj	Budućnost VOLI	^[31]
The Ideal Starting Five
G	Bryce Jones	Igokea m:tel	^[32]

G	McKinley Wright	Budućnost VOLI
F	Sterling Brown	Partizan Mozzart Bet
F	Filip Petrušev	Crvena zvezda Meridianbet
C	Kenan Kamenjaš	Budućnost VOLI

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Qualification or relegation
1	Partizan Mozzart Bet (C)	39	33	6	Already qualified to EuroLeague
2	Budućnost VOLI	39	31	8	Qualification to EuroCup
3	Dubai Basketball	36	28	8	Already qualified to EuroLeague
4	Crvena zvezda Meridianbet	35	26	9	Already qualified to EuroLeague
5	Igokea m:tel	32	19	13	Qualification to Champions League regular season
6	Cedevita Olimpija	33	20	13	Qualification to EuroCup
7	Spartak Office Shoes	32	17	15	Qualification to Champions League regular season
8	Mega Superbet	32	16	16
9	Zadar	30	14	16
10	FMP Soccerbet	30	14	16
11	SC Derby	30	11	19	Qualification to Champions League qualifying rounds
12	Borac Mozzart	30	10	20
13	Split	30	9	21
14	Krka	30	5	25
15	Cibona (R)	30	4	26	Relegation to Second Division
16	Mornar Barsko zlato (R)	30	2	28	Relegation to Second Division

Competition	Team	Progress	Result
EuroLeague	Crvena zvezda Meridianbet	Play-in	Eliminated by Bayern Munich
EuroLeague	Partizan Mozzart Bet	Regular season	12th (16–18)
EuroCup	Cedevita Olimpija	Quarterfinals	Eliminated by Bahçeşehir Koleji
EuroCup	Budućnost VOLI	Eightfinals	Eliminated by Türk Telekom
Champions League	Igokea m:tel	Regular season Group A	4th (2–4)
	FMP Soccerbet	Regular season Group H	4th (1–5)
	Spartak Office Shoes	Qualification rounds – Quarter-finals	Eliminated by BC Juventus