Adriatic Basketball Association – ABA League, G.P., commonly referred to as the ABA League JTD, is a Croatian company based in Zagreb. It is the general partnership for organizing sports competitions. The company has been running the Adriatic League since the 2015–16 season.
The company runs and operates the three regional-wide men's professional club basketball competitions in South-Eastern Europe, the first-tier ABA League First Division, the second-tier ABA League Second Division, and the ABA League Supercup tournament.
History
Founders and shareholders The founders, as well as the shareholders between 2015 and 2020, of the company were 12 basketball clubs, as follows KK Budućnost (Montenegro), KK Cedevita (Croatia), KK Cibona (Croatia), KK Crvena zvezda (Serbia), KK Igokea (Bosnia and Herzegovina), KK Krka Telekom Novo Mesto (Slovenia), KK Mega Vizura (Serbia), KK Metalac Valjevo (Serbia), KK MZT Skopje Aerodrom AD Skopje (North Macedonia), KK Olimpija Ljubljana (Slovenia), KK Partizan (Serbia), and KK Zadar (Croatia).
In the late 2020, the shares owned by Cedevita, Metalac, MZT Skopje Aerodrom and Olimpija Ljubljana were transferred to KK Cedevita Olimpija (Slovenia), KK Koper Primorska (Slovenia), KK Mornar Bar (Montenegro), and KK FMP (Serbia).
Current shareholders Following is the list of current shareholders, as of November 2020.
Budućnost Cedevita Olimpija Cibona Crvena zvezda
FMP Igokea Koper Primorska Krka
Mega Basket Mornar Partizan Zadar
Management Current officeholders The following are the current officeholders of the ABA League:Management of ABA League Đorđije Pavićević, President David Gunjević, Vice-president Goran Ćakić, Vice-president Dubravko Kmetović, Director Milija Vojinović, Sports Director Vanja Vujičić, Technical Secretary Srđan Dožai, Commissioner for Delegating Referees Saša Maričić, President of Referees Commission
List of officeholders Presidents Dragan Bokan (2015–16)ABA liga dobila novo rukovodstvo Mladen Veber (2016–17)Igor Dodik (Igokea) potpred. ABA lige! Nebojša Čović (2017–18)ABA League j.t.d. Assembly session took place in Zagreb Igor Dodik (2018–19) Domagoj Čavlović (2019–20) Đorđe Avramović (2021) Đorđije Pavićević (2022–23)
General managers Krešimir Novosel (2015–2019) Dubravko Kmetović (2020–present)
Sports directors Žarko Čabarkapa (2015–2019) Milija Vojinović (2020–present)
Commissioners for delegating referees Iztok Rems (2015–2020) Srđan Dožai (2020–present)
President of referees commission Branko Jovanović (2015–2020) Saša Maričić (2020–present)
Secretaries of referees commission Dragan Medan (2015–2020)
Current competitions 2022–23 ABA League First Division 2022–23 ABA League Second Division 2022–23 Junior ABA League
Current title holders Competition Club Season First Division KK Partizan 2022–23 Second Division KK Krka 2022–23 Supercup Partizan NIS 2019 Junior League Mega Basket U19 2021–22
See also Euroleague Basketball ULEB ABA League Players Union
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