2025–26 ABA League First Division

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Season	2025–26
Duration	3 October 2025 – 9 February 2026; (Regular season) ; 15 February 2026 – 21 April 2026; (Top 8) ; 12 February 2026 – 27 April 2026; (Play-out)
Teams	18
TV partner	Arena Sport
Regular season
Top seed	Dubai Basketball
Season MVP	Bogoljub Marković
Finals
Champions	Dubai Basketball (1st title)
Runners-up	Partizan Mozzart Bet
Semi-finalists	Crvena zvezda Meridianbet; Budućnost VOLI
Finals MVP	Mfiondu Kabengele
Awards
Top Scorer	Duane Washington
Best Defensive Player	Isaac Bonga
Top Prospect	Bogoljub Marković
Coach of the Year	Zvezdan Mitrović
Statistical leaders
Points
Points	Duane Washington
Rebounds	Bogoljub Marković
Assists	Fatts Russell
Steals	Joshua Scott
Blocks	Dušan Miletić
Efficiency	Bogoljub Marković
Records
Biggest home win	Cedevita Olimpija 117–81 Mega; (5 October 2025) ; Partizan 110–74 Split; (28 December 2025)
Biggest away win	U-BT Cluj-Napoca 72–110 Budućnost; (19 April 2026)
Highest scoring	Vienna 118–114 Spartak Subotica; (16 January 2026)
Lowest scoring	FMP 69–49 Spartak Subotica; (6 April 2026)
Winning streak	15 games; Dubai Basketball
Losing streak	8 games; Studentski centar
Highest attendance	15,547; Partizan 81–74 Crvena zvezda; (19 April 2026)
Lowest attendance	100 ; two games
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The 2025–26 AdmiralBet ABA League is the 25th season of the ABA League. Beside 16 teams from Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Montenegro, Serbia, Slovenia and United Arab Emirates, the ABA league board proposed a possible expansion to 20 teams,^[1] with up to four wild cards given to any basketball team from Europe or wider.^[2]^[3]^[4] Some clubs from central and west Europe^[5]^[6] and Hapoel Tel Aviv^[7] from Israel showed interest in participating. On July 8, it was announced that Romanian club U-BT Cluj-Napoca and Austrian club BC Vienna got the wild cards, while Hapoel Tel Aviv qualified for the EuroLeague via EuroCup title.^[8]^[9]

Season2025–26

Duration3 October 2025 – 9 February 2026
(Regular season)
15 February 2026 – 21 April 2026
(Top 8)
12 February 2026 – 27 April 2026
(Play-out)

Teams18

TV partnerArena Sport

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Dubai Basketball secured their first championship in their second appearance, after defeating Partizan with 3-1 in a best-of-five final series, to become the first ever non former Yugoslavia country team to win the title since Maccabi Tel Aviv in 2012.

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Promoted	Bosna BH Telecom	2024–25 ABA 2 Champion^[10]
Promoted	Ilirija	Winner of the Relegation playoffs
Affiliation	BC Vienna	3-year license^[11]^[12]
	Dubai Basketball
	U-BT Cluj-Napoca
Relegated	Cibona	Loser of the Relegation playoffs
Relegated	Mornar Barsko zlato	Finished last

Team	Home city	Arena	Capacity
BC Vienna	Vienna	Hallmann Dome	1,399
Borac Mozzart	Čačak	Borac Hall	4,000
Bosna BH Telecom	Sarajevo	Zetra Olympic Hall	12,000
Budućnost VOLI	Podgorica	Morača Sports Center	6,000
Cedevita Olimpija	Ljubljana	Arena Stožice	12,480
Crvena zvezda Meridianbet	Belgrade	Aleksandar Nikolić Hall Belgrade Arena (2 games) Ranko Žeravica Hall (1 game)	8,000 / 18,386 / 5,000
Dubai Basketball	Dubai	Coca-Cola Arena	17,000
FMP	Belgrade	Železnik Hall	3,000
Igokea m:tel	Aleksandrovac	Laktaši Sports Hall	3,050
Ilirija	Ljubljana	Tivoli Hall	6,800
Krka	Novo Mesto	Leon Štukelj Hall	2,500
Mega Superbet	Belgrade	Ranko Žeravica Sports Hall	5,000
Partizan Mozzart Bet	Belgrade	Belgrade Arena	18,386
Spartak Office Shoes	Subotica	Dudova Šuma Hall	2,000
SC Derby	Podgorica	Morača Sports Center	6,000
Split	Split	Arena Gripe	3,500
U-BT Cluj-Napoca	Cluj-Napoca	BTarena	10,000
Zadar	Zadar	Krešimir Ćosić Hall	7,997

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Dubai Basketball	16	15	1	1409	1195	+214	31	Advance to Top 8
2	Partizan Mozzart Bet	16	15	1	1473	1297	+176	31
3	U-BT Cluj-Napoca	16	10	6	1488	1403	+85	26
4	Igokea m:tel	16	8	8	1363	1433	−70	24
5	FMP	16	6	10	1325	1385	−60	22	Advance to Play-out
6	Borac Mozzart	16	6	10	1274	1341	−67	22
7	Krka	16	5	11	1271	1321	−50	21
8	Split	16	4	12	1328	1479	−151	20
9	SC Derby	16	3	13	1258	1335	−77	19

Home \ Away	BOR	DUB	FMP	IGO	KRK	PAR	SPL	SCD	UBT
Borac Mozzart	—	53–77	74–83	97–75	71–69	91–106	92–84	89–82	87–93
Dubai Basketball	90–79	—	98–82	94–78	82–61	82–70	92–58	77–69	81–77
FMP	73–82	91–107	—	69–85	82–61	79–91	96–80	87–80	98–104
Igokea m:tel	81–73	74–88	92–88	—	87–71	81–103	93–85	66–94	114–108
Krka	81–77	79–83	81–71	85–86	—	92–99	105–92	77–65	83–85
Partizan Mozzart Bet	85–74	86–76	109–103	90–84	84–78	—	110–74	94–72	90–79
Split	89–80	78–92	76–85	98–93	80–91	81–86	—	102–94	87–80
SC Derby	76–79	67–80	72–73	84–90	85–75	66–78	85–77	—	82–95
U-BT Cluj-Napoca	97–76	93–110	93–65	106–84	92–82	85–92	105–87	96–85	—

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Budućnost VOLI	16	13	3	1417	1269	+148	29	Advance to Top 8
2	Crvena zvezda Meridianbet	16	12	4	1480	1328	+152	28
3	Cedevita Olimpija	16	11	5	1432	1311	+121	27
4	Bosna BH Telecom	16	8	8	1334	1369	−35	24
5	Spartak Office Shoes	16	8	8	1329	1334	−5	24	Advance to Play-out
6	Mega Superbet	16	6	10	1370	1485	−115	22
7	Zadar	16	5	11	1303	1357	−54	21
8	Perspektiva Ilirija	16	5	11	1298	1395	−97	21
9	Vienna	16	4	12	1346	1461	−115	20

2025–26 ABA League First Division

Promotion and relegation

Venues and locations

Regular season

Group A

Standings

Results

Group B

Standings

Results

Top 8

Standings

Results

Play-out

Standings

Results

Play-in

Playoffs

Bracket

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Finals

Relegation playoffs

MVP List

MVP of the Round

MVP of the Month

Awards

Clubs in European competitions

See also

References

External links

Related Articles

Timelines

Top Qs

Fact Checks

Home \ Away	BOS	BUD	COL	CZV	ILI	MEG	SPA	VIE	ZAD
Bosna BH Telecom	—	82–91	92–96	77–86	78–93	94–83	72–57	71–68	93–85
Budućnost VOLI	90–80	—	88–71	80–93	84–78	100–82	93–97	102–91	98–87
Cedevita Olimpija	89–73	72–83	—	87–86	83–69	117–81	86–65	86–59	97–72
Crvena zvezda Meridianbet	97–92	95–79	97–77	—	101–87	94–73	93–77	108–99	79–85
Perspektiva Ilirija	79–83	66–86	96–93	74–91	—	77–86	78–75	94–80	85–83
Mega Superbet	106–88	65–98	72–90	107–102	109–83	—	89–94	100–98	90–89
Spartak Office Shoes	86–93	66–75	84–87	85–80	104–86	85–73	—	79–66	76–75
Vienna	86–88	78–83	93–89	82–98	85–84	88–81	118–114	—	77–86
Zadar	77–78	66–87	101–112	67–80	74–69	88–73	70–85	98–78	—

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Dubai Basketball	24	21	3	2150	1849	+301	45	Qualification to Playoffs
2	Partizan Mozzart Bet	24	21	3	2186	1919	+267	45
3	Crvena zvezda Meridianbet	24	18	6	2192	2019	+173	42
4	Budućnost VOLI	24	18	6	2153	1943	+210	42
5	U-BT Cluj-Napoca	24	13	11	2175	2145	+30	37
6	Cedevita Olimpija	24	13	11	2104	2002	+102	37
7	Bosna BH Telecom	24	10	14	1949	2077	−128	34	Qualification to Play-in
8	Igokea m:tel	24	10	14	1986	2150	−164	34	Qualification to Play-in

Home \ Away	BOS	BUD	COL	CZV	DUB	IGO	PAR	UBT
Bosna BH Telecom	—				64–92	86–89	56–96	90–93
Budućnost VOLI		—			78–95	99–67	95–89	94–89
Cedevita Olimpija			—		93–80	102–88	79–85	72–84
Crvena zvezda Meridianbet				—	84–82	94–84	100–96	86–76
Dubai Basketball	100–82	89–78	89–84	114–91	—
Igokea m:tel	66–73	75–100	81–77	73–86		—
Partizan Mozzart Bet	82–66	98–82	86–70	81–74			—
U-BT Cluj-Napoca	90–98	72–110	98–95	85–97				—

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Spartak Office Shoes	26	14	12	2112	2084	+28	40	Qualification to Play-in
2	Zadar	26	12	14	2036	2043	−7	38	Qualification to Play-in
3	Mega Superbet	26	12	14	2258	2346	−88	38
4	FMP	26	11	15	2168	2183	−15	37
5	Krka	26	10	16	2046	2097	−51	36
6	Perspektiva Ilirija	26	10	16	2177	2256	−79	36
7	Vienna	26	9	17	2186	2319	−133	35
8	SC Derby	26	9	17	1950	2028	−78	35
9	Borac Mozzart	26	8	18	2071	2213	−142	34	Qualification to relegation playoffs
10	Split	26	7	19	2162	2389	−227	33	Relegation to the Second Division

Home \ Away	BOR	FMP	ILI	KRK	MEG	SPA	SPL	SCD	VIE	ZAD
Borac Mozzart	—		87–91		89–98	90–99			85–76	65–67
FMP		—	82–88		102–87	69–49			84–92	85–55
Perspektiva Ilirija	89–94	106–101	—	77–83			98–84	74–75
Krka			72–71	—	78–82	66–61			97–73	65–75
Mega Superbet	95–77	79–84		103–98	—		95–72	90–76
Spartak Office Shoes	92–66	77–73		76–68		—	92–71	77–71
Split			107–112		96–74	93–83	—		76–85	59–79
SC Derby			76–73		89–85	83–77		—	83–72	73–59
Vienna	84–81	89–98		92–76			86–99	91–79	—
Zadar	81–63	76–65		66–72			106–77	69–62		—

Team 1	Series	Team 2	Game 1	Game 2	Game 3
(1) Dubai Basketball	2–0	Spartak Office Shoes (8)	102–74	88–84	—
(4) Budućnost VOLI	2–1	U-BT Cluj-Napoca (5)	86–73	90–94	112–81
(2) Partizan Mozzart Bet	2–0	Bosna BH Telecom (7)	81–73	87–73	—
(3) Crvena zvezda Meridianbet	2–1	Cedevita Olimpija (6)	101–92	86–92	95–86

Team 1	Series	Team 2	Game 1	Game 2	Game 3
(1) Dubai Basketball	2–1	Budućnost VOLI (4)	104–90	90–91	103–77
(2) Partizan Mozzart Bet	2–0	Crvena zvezda Meridianbet (3)	100–94	89–78	—

Round	Player	Team	PIR
Regular season
1	Umoja Gibson	Cedevita Olimpija	27
2	Savo Drezgić	Mega Superbet	31
3	Chima Moneke	Crvena zvezda Meridianbet	36
4	Jake Stephens	Split	40
5	Bogoljub Marković	Mega Superbet (2)	35
6	Karel Guzmán	U-BT Cluj-Napoca	34
7	Boogie Ellis	Dubai Basketball	34
8	Dušan Miletić	U-BT Cluj-Napoca (2)	36
9	Vladimir Mihailović	Zadar	42
10	Nikola Manojlović	Borac Mozzart	41
11	Duane Washington	Partizan Mozzart Bet	46
12	Isaac Bonga	Partizan Mozzart Bet (2)	29
13	Umoja Gibson (2)	Cedevita Olimpija (2)	37
14	Souley Boum	Vienna	32
15	Souley Boum (2)	Vienna (2)	36
16	Pavle Nikolić	Borac Mozzart (2)	39
17	Bogoljub Marković (2)	Mega Superbet (3)	41
18	Filip Barna	FMP	33
Top 8
1	Fatts Russell	U-BT Cluj-Napoca (3)	37
2	Codi Miller-McIntyre	Crvena zvezda Meridianbet (2)	32
3	Janari Jõesaar	Bosna BH Telecom	28
4	Strahinja Gavrilović	Igokea m:tel	33
5	Axel Bouteille	Budućnost VOLI	37
6	Axel Bouteille (2)	Budućnost VOLI (2)	25
7	Aleksandar Lazić	Igokea m:tel (2)	28
8	Isaac Bonga (2)	Partizan Mozzart Bet (3)	28
Play-out
1	Wendell Green	Perspektiva Ilirija	32
2	Vladimir Mihailović (2)	Zadar (2)	33
3	Simas Jarumbauskas	Vienna (3)	30
4	Stefan Momirov	Spartak Office Shoes	29
5	Boban Marjanović	Perspektiva Ilirija (2)	35
6	Souley Boum (3)	Vienna (4)	51
7	Bogoljub Marković (3)	Mega Superbet (4)	41
8	Glenn Cosey	Split (2)	39
9	Vladimir Mihailović (3)	Zadar (3)	30
10	Bogoljub Marković (4)	Mega Superbet (5)	42
Play-in
1	Edin Atić	Bosna BH Telecom (2)	28
2	Shevon Thompson	Spartak Office Shoes (2)	25
Playoffs
QF1	Jordan Nwora	Crvena Zvezda Meridianbet (3)	36
QF2	Džanan Musa	Dubai Basketball (2)	33
QF3	Axel Bouteille (3)	Budućnost VOLI (3)	28
SF1	Bruno Caboclo	Dubai Basketball (3)	30
SF2	Dylan Osetkowski	Partizan Mozzart Bet (4)	25
SF3	Kenan Kamenjaš	Dubai Basketball (4)	23
F1	McKinley Wright IV	Dubai Basketball (5)	26
F2	Aleksa Avramović	Dubai Basketball (6)	16
F3	Bruno Fernando	Partizan Mozzart Bet (5)	27
F4	Mfiondu Kabengele	Dubai Basketball (7)	21

Month	Player	Team	Ref.
2025
October	Gregor Glas	Vienna	^[13]
November	Dušan Miletić	U-BT Cluj-Napoca	^[14]
December	Duane Washington	Partizan Mozzart Bet	^[15]
2026
January & February	Bogoljub Marković	Mega Superbet	^[16]
March	Stefan Miljenović	Crvena zvezda Meridianbet	^[17]
April	Yogi Ferrell	Budućnost VOLI	^[18]

Pos.	Player	Team	Ref.
MVP
PF	Bogoljub Marković	Mega Superbet	^[19]
Finals MVP
C	Mfiondu Kabengele	Dubai Basketball	^[20]
Top Scorer
SG	Duane Washington	Partizan Mozzart Bet	^[21]
Best Defensive Player
SF	Isaac Bonga	Partizan Mozzart Bet	^[22]
Top Prospect
PF	Bogoljub Marković	Mega Superbet	^[23]
Coach of the Season
HC	Zvezdan Mitrović	Cedevita Olimpija	^[24]
The Ideal Starting Five
G	Dwayne Bacon	Dubai Basketball	^[25]
G	Mitch Creek	U-BT Cluj-Napoca
F	Isaac Bonga	Partizan Mozzart Bet
F	Bogoljub Marković	Mega Superbet
C	Mfiondu Kabengele	Dubai Basketball

Competition	Team	Progress	Result
EuroLeague	Crvena zvezda Meridianbet	Play-in	Eliminated by FC Barcelona
	Dubai Basketball	Regular season	11th (19–19)
	Partizan Mozzart Bet	Regular season	15th (16–22)
EuroCup	Cedevita Olimpija	Quarterfinals	Eliminated by Cosea JL Bourg
	U-BT Cluj-Napoca	Quarterfinals	Eliminated by Bahçeşehir Koleji
	Budućnost VOLI	Eightfinals	Eliminated by U-BT Cluj-Napoca
Champions League	Spartak Office Shoes	Play-ins	Eliminated by Karditsa Iaponiki
	Igokea m:tel	Regular season Group E	4th (1–5)
	SC Derby	Qualification round – Quarter-finals	Eliminated by PAOK mateco
FIBA Europe Cup	Bosna BH Telecom	Quarterfinals	Eliminated by Falco Szombathely