The 2018–19 ABA League Second Division was the 2nd season of the ABA Second Division with 12 teams from Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Serbia, and Slovenia participating in it.
Format changes On March 13, 2018, the Adriatic League Assembly decided to abolish the National standings and, as of the 2018–19 season, participants are determined only based on the results in the competitions under the umbrella of the Adriatic League (First Division and Second Division). According to that, the promotion to the First Division is possible only from the Second Division. The last placed of the 2017–18 First Division season lose the right to participate in the 2018–19 season and its place is given to the 2017–18 Champion of the Second Division. Also, as of the 2018–19 season, the 11th placed team of the 2018–19 First Division season and the runners-up of the 2018–19 Second Division season will play in the Qualifiers for a spot in the 2019–20 First Division season. The format of the Qualifiers will be best of three, while the home court advantage will be given to the team that played in the First Division in the previous season.
The maximum number of clubs from one country in the First Division is five, while in the Second Division each country will have two participants. The last placed club in the First Division will have a guaranteed place in the Second Division in the following season. The confirmed competition system shall not be changed until the end of the 2024–25 season, if there are no significant changes in the European basketball by then.
Instead of the Final Four tournament, as of the 2018–19 season, the Second Division champion will be given after the Playoffs, where four best teams of the regular season will compete. The last placed club in the 2017–18 season loses the right to participate in the 2018–19 season, regardless of its result in the national championship.
Teams
Team allocation Macedonian League champions Rabotnički withdrew their place in 2018–19 season, as well as the semifinalists Kumanovo and Blokotehna. Their place was taken by Serbian team Vršac.
The labels in the parentheses show how each team qualified for the place of its starting round: 1st, 2nd, etc.: National League position after Playoffs ABA1: Relegated from the First Division WC: Wild card
Regular season Borac (4th) Sixt Primorska (3rd) Zrinjski (1st) Sutjeska (3rd) Dynamic VIP PAY (6th) Rogaška (4th) Spars (4th) Lovćen 1947 (4th) Vršac (7th)WC Helios Suns (5th)WC Split (4th) MZT Skopje Aerodrom (ABA1)
Venues and locations + Team Home city Arena CapacityBoracČačakBorac HallDynamic VIP PAYBelgradeRanko Žeravica Sports HallHelios SunsDomžaleKomunalni center HallLovćen 1947Cetinje Lovćen SCMZT Skopje AerodromSkopjeJane SandanskiRogaškaRogaška Slatina Rogaška Slatina SHSixt PrimorskaKoperArena BonifikaSparsSarajevo Grbavica SH1,500SplitSplitArena GripeSutjeskaNikšić Nikšić SC VršacVršacMillennium HallZrinjskiMostar Bijeli Brijeg Hall
Personnel and sponsorship Team Head coach Captain Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor Borac Jovica Arsić Marko Marinović — P.S. Fashion Dynamic VIP PAY Vladimir Đokić Vuk Vulikić NAAI VIP PAY Helios Suns Dejan Jakara Aljaž Bratec Spalding Helios, Triglav Lovćen 1947 Miodrag Kadija Nikola Borilović NetS VOLI MZT Skopje Aerodrom Gjorgji Kočov Damjan Stojanovski Adidas Cevahir Holding, UNIBanka Rogaška Damjan Novaković Miha Fon Nike — Sixt Primorska Jurica Golemac Alen Hodžić Nike Vehicle Rent Spars Marko Trbić Adin Vrabac Adidas — Split Ante Grgurević Mateo Kedžo Macron Bobis Sutjeska Zoran Glomazić First Ever EP CG Vršac Darko Kostić Miloš Savović Spirit Villager Zrinjski Hrvoje Vlašić Ljubo Šamadan No1 Mostarsko pivo
Coaching changes Team Outgoing manager Date of vacancy Position in table Replaced with Date of appointment Ref. MZT Skopje Aerodrom Željko Lukajić 3 April 2018 Off-season Gjorgji Kočov 3 April 2018 Vršac Goran Topić April 2018 Mihajlo Mitić April 2018 Borac Raško Bojić 9 April 2018 Jovica Arsić 9 April 2018 Split Ivica Skelin 29 May 2018 Vladimir Anzulović 29 May 2018 Dynamic VIP PAY Miroslav Nikolić 4 July 2018 Vladimir Đokić 4 July 2018 Lovćen 1947 Petar Jovanović 23 August 2018 Miodrag Kadija 23 August 2018 Vršac Mihajlo Mitić 24 August 2018 Branko Maksimović 24 August 2018 Helios Suns Jovan Beader 12 November 2018 10th (2–5) Dejan Jakara 12 November 2018 Vršac Branko Maksimović 4 January 2019 12th (1–13) Darko Kostić 4 January 2019 Split Vladimir Anzulović 5 March 2019 7th (8–12) Ante Grgurević 5 March 2019
Regular season
League table
Positions by round
Results
Playoffs
Bracket
Semifinals
Finals
Promotion playoffs As of the 2018–19 season, the 11th placed team of the 2018–19 First Division season and the runners-up of the 2018–19 Second Division season will play in the Qualifiers for a spot in the 2019–20 First Division season. The format of the Qualifiers will be best of three, while the home court advantage will be given to the team that played in the First Division in the previous season.
Teams First Division 11th place: Zadar Second Division 2nd place: MZT Skopje Aerodrom
As the team, coming from the ABA League, Zadar had the home court advantage in the first and third game of the series, while MZT was the host of the second game of the Qualifiers series. Zadar won the series 2−1 and kept its First League status.
Results
MVP of the Round Round Player Team 1 James Woodard MZT Skopje Aerodrom 25 2 Marko Jagodić-Kuridža Sixt Primorska 39 3 Nemanja Protić Spars 35 4 Ibrahim Durmo Spars 28 5 Marko Ramljak Zrinjski 41 6 Radovan Đoković Borac 32 7 Miloš Popović Lovćen 1947 34 8 Ive Ivanov MZT Skopje Aerodrom 27 9 Sven Smajlagić Zrinjski 37 10 Milutin Đukanović Lovćen 1947 35 11 Aleksandar Todorović Zrinjski 36 12 Andrija Bojić MZT Skopje Aerodrom 35 13 Miloš Glišić Dynamic VIP PAY 37 14 Radovan Đoković (2) Borac 35 15 Pavle Marčinković Split 36 16 Nikola Pavličević Sutjeska 35 17 Marko Jagodić-Kuridža (2) Sixt Primorska 27 18 Radosav Spasojević Sutjeska 29 19 Draško Albijanić Spars 37 20 Ilija Đoković Borac 30 21 Aleksa Popović Lovćen 1947 33 22 Predrag Samardžiski MZT Skopje Aerodrom 39 SF1 Žan Mark Šiško Sixt Primorska 28 SF2 Ive Ivanov (2) MZT Skopje Aerodrom 31 F1 Lance Harris Sixt Primorska 26 F2 Marjan Čakarun Sixt Primorska 27 F3 Marko Jagodić-Kuridža (3) Sixt Primorska 28 Source: ABA League Second Division
Attendances Attendances do not include playoff games yet:
See also List of current ABA League Second Division team rosters 2018–19 ABA League First Division
2018–19 domestic competitions 2018–19 Basketball League of Serbia 2018–19 Premijer liga 2018–19 Slovenian Basketball League 2018–19 Prva A liga 2018–19 Basketball Championship of Bosnia and Herzegovina 2018–19 Macedonian First League
References
External links Official website (Second Division) Official website (First Division) ABA League at Eurobasket.com