2023–24 ABA League Second Division

The 2023–24 ABA League Second Division is the 6th season of the ABA Second Division with 14 teams from Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Serbia, and Slovenia participating in it.

ABA League Second Division
Season2023–24
DurationOctober 2023 – TBA
Number of games13 each
Number of teams14
TV partner(s)Arena Sport
2024–25
All statistics correct as of February 26, 2022.

Clubs

A total of 14 clubs contest the league for the 2023–24 season, based on the results in the domestic championships and taking into consideration the results in the previous season.[1]

Distribution

The following is the access list for this season. This season, instead of wild card invitation, qualification rounds determine one participant.[2][3]

Access list for the 2023–24 ABA League Second Division
Clubs entering in this round Clubs advancing from the previous round
Regular season
(14 clubs)
Playoffs
(8 clubs)

Club allocation

The labels in the parentheses show how each team qualified for the place of its starting round:

  • 1st–5th: Positions in national leagues at the end of season.
  • ABA1: Relegated from the First Division.
Regular season
Bosnia and Herzegovina Borac Banja Luka (2nd) Montenegro Sutjeska (1st) North Macedonia MZT Skopje Aerodrom (ABA1) Slovenia Helios Suns (2nd)
Bosnia and Herzegovina Široki (3rd) Montenegro Podgorica (2nd) North Macedonia Pelister (2nd) Slovenia GGD Šenčur (4th)
Croatia Cedevita (4th) Serbia Zlatibor Gold Gondola (1st) North Macedonia TFT Mozzart (3rd)
Croatia Šibenka (5th) Serbia Spartak Office Shoes (2nd)
Qualifying round
Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosna Meridianbet (5th) Bosnia and Herzegovina Spars Ilidža (8th) Serbia Vojvodina MTS (3rd) Slovenia Ilirija (5th)

Qualifying rounds

4 teams competed in two preliminary rounds. Teams were paired in two-legged matches, with winners decided on aggregate score.

First preliminary round

Games were played from September 21 to and September 26. Winners advanced to the second preliminary round.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Bosna Meridianbet Bosnia and Herzegovina 160–141 Slovenia Ilirija 83–71 77–70
Spars Ilidža Bosnia and Herzegovina 158–193 Serbia Vojvodina MTS 81–97 77–94

Second preliminary round

Games were played on October 1 and October 4. Winner advanced to the regular season stage.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Bosna Meridianbet Bosnia and Herzegovina 152–163 Serbia Vojvodina MTS 75–78 77–85

Regular season

The Regular season is split in five tournaments featuring two or three rounds.

League table

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Serbia Zlatibor Gold Gondola 2 2 0 194 154 +40 4 Advance to the Playoffs
2 Bosnia and Herzegovina Široki TT Kabeli 2 2 0 165 137 +28 4
3 Serbia Spartak Office Shoes 2 2 0 169 154 +15 4
4 Serbia Vojvodina MTS 2 1 1 157 151 +6 3
5 Bosnia and Herzegovina Borac WWIN 2 1 1 154 148 +6 3
6 Slovenia GGD Šenčur 2 1 1 154 153 +1 3
7 North Macedonia MZT Skopje Aerodrom 2 1 1 170 170 0 3
8 Montenegro Sutjeska 2 1 1 179 180 1 3
9 Croatia Cedevita 2 1 1 163 165 2 3
10 Montenegro Podgorica 2 1 1 158 164 6 3
11 North Macedonia Pelister 2 1 1 160 169 9 3
12 Slovenia Kansai Helios 2 0 2 144 156 12 2
13 Croatia Šibenka 2 0 2 161 189 28 2
14 North Macedonia TFT Mozzart Skopje 2 0 2 140 178 38 2
Updated to match(es) played on 13 October 2023. Source: ABA2

References

  1. j.t.d, ABA liga. "Conclusions of the ABA League j.t.d. Assembly session in Zagreb". NLB ABA League 2. Retrieved 2023-07-25.
  2. https://sportsport.ba/kosarka/aba-2-liga-skupstina-kk-bosna-okk-spars-kk-vojvodina/454685. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  3. Ban, Kulin (2023-07-17). "Otkrivamo: Igrat će se kvalifikacije za popunu ABA lige 2?!". Bhbasket (in Bosnian). Retrieved 2023-07-18.
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