2015–16 ABA League

ABA League
Champions Serbia Crvena Zvezda
2nd title
Runners-up Serbia Mega Leks
Semifinalists Montenegro Budućnost
Croatia Cedevita
Relegated Montenegro Sutjeska
Slovenia Tajfun
Teams 14
Duration October 1, 2015 – March 7, 2016
(Regular season)
March 14, – May 2, 2016
(Playoffs)
Top seed Montenegro Budućnost
TV Arena Sport
Awards
MVP Croatia Miro Bilan (Cedevita)
Finals MVP Serbia Stefan Jović (Crvena Zvezda)
Best young player Croatia Ante Žižić (Cibona)[1]
Statistical leaders
Points

Serbia Tadija Dragićević (Budućnost)

16.33

Rebounds

Croatia Ante Žižić (Cibona)

8.00

Assists

Montenegro Omar Cook (Budućnost)

6.62

The 2015–16 ABA League is the 15th season of the ABA League, with 14 teams from Serbia, Croatia, Slovenia, Montenegro, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Macedonia participating in it.

Regular season will start on October 1, 2015, and will finish on March 7, 2016 followed by playoffs of the four best placed teams.[2][3]

Teams

Country Teams Qualification Team City Venue (Capacity)
Serbia Serbia 4
1st in the Basketball League of Serbia Crvena Zvezda Belgrade Hall Aleksandar Nikolić (8,150)
2nd in the Basketball League of Serbia Partizan Belgrade Hall Aleksandar Nikolić (8,150)
3rd in the Basketball League of Serbia Metalac Valjevo Valjevo Sports Hall (2,500)
4rd in the Basketball League of Serbia Mega Leks Sremska Mitrovica Sports Hall Pinki (3,000)
Croatia Croatia 3
1st place in the A-1 League Cedevita Zagreb Dom Sportova (3,500)
2nd place in the A-1 League Cibona Zagreb Dražen Petrović Basketball Hall (5,400)
3rd place in the A-1 League Zadar Zadar Krešimir Ćosić Hall (10,000)
Slovenia Slovenia 3
Champion of the 1.A SKL Tajfun Šentjur Golovec Hall (?)
1st place in 1.A SKL Krka Novo mesto Leon Štukelj Hall (3,000)
Wild card Union Olimpija Ljubljana Arena Stožice (12,480)
Montenegro Montenegro 2
Champion of Montenegrin Basketball League Budućnost Podgorica Morača Sports Center (5,000)
2nd place in Montenegrin Basketball League Sutjeska[note 1] Nikšić Nikšić Sports Center (3,000)
Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosnia and Herzegovina 1 Champion of Premijer liga BiH Igokea Aleksandrovac Laktaši Sports Hall (3,050)
Republic of Macedonia Macedonia 1 Champion of Macedonian First League MZT Skopje Jane Sandanski Arena (6,000)

Personnel and sponsorship

Team Head coach Captain Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor
Budućnost Montenegro Luka Pavićević Montenegro Suad Šehović Luanvi VOLI
Cedevita Croatia Veljko Mršić Croatia Miro Bilan Nike Cedevita / Konzum
Cibona Croatia Damir Mulaomerović Croatia Marin Rozić Adidas Franck
Crvena Zvezda Montenegro Dejan Radonjić Serbia Luka Mitrović Champion Telekom Srbija
Igokea Bosnia and Herzegovina Dragan Bajić Serbia Marko Čakarević Givova M:tel / Hemofarm
Krka Croatia Vladimir Anzulović Slovenia Matej Rojc Žolna šport Krka
Mega Leks Serbia Dejan Milojević Serbia Rade Zagorac Adidas Beoleks
Metalac Serbia Vladimir Đokić Serbia Dušan Kutlešić Kamp Farmakom
MZT Skopje Republic of Macedonia Aleksandar Jončevski Republic of Macedonia Damjan Stojanovski Li-Ning Sinalco / Bauer BG
Partizan Serbia Aleksandar Džikić Serbia Vanja Marinković Adidas NIS
Sutjeska Montenegro Igor Jovović Montenegro Nikola Žižić PEAK —
Tajfun Slovenia Dejan Mihevc Slovenia Dragiša Drobnjak Spalding Tajfun
Union Olimpija Slovenia Gašper Potočnik Slovenia Saša Zagorac Macron Pivovarna Union
Zadar Croatia Ante Nazor Croatia Lovre Bašić Adidas OTP banka

Coaching changes

Week Club Outgoing coach Date of change Incoming coach
3rd Metalac Serbia Vladimir Đokić 7 October 2015[4] Serbia Vladimir Mišković
4th Metalac Serbia Vladimir Mišković 12 October 2015[5] Serbia Vladimir Đokić
11th Budućnost Montenegro Igor Jovović 27 November 2015[6] Montenegro Luka Pavićević
13th Cibona Croatia Slaven Rimac 7 December 2015[7] Croatia Damir Mulaomerović
13th MZT Skopje Slovenia Aleš Pipan 7 December 2015[8] Republic of Macedonia Aleksandar Jončevski
15th Igokea Serbia Željko Lukajić 21 December 2015[9] Bosnia and Herzegovina Dragan Bajić
18th Partizan Serbia Petar Božić 5 January 2016[10] Serbia Aleksandar Džikić
20th Krka Bosnia and Herzegovina Ivan Velić 18 January 2016[11] Croatia Vladimir Anzulović
20th Sutjeska Montenegro Dušan Dubljević 24 January 2016[12] Montenegro Igor Jovović

Regular season

Standings

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Montenegro Budućnost 26 23 3 2032 1774 +258 49 Qualification to playoffs
2 Serbia Crvena Zvezda 26 20 6 2046 1800 +246 46
3 Croatia Cedevita 26 19 7 2024 1879 +145 45
4 Serbia Mega Leks 26 17 9 2051 1940 +111 43
5 Serbia Partizan 26 12 14 1973 1974 −1 38
6 Croatia Zadar 26 12 14 1808 1868 −60 38
7 Slovenia Union Olimpija 26 11 15 1921 1955 −34 37
8 Croatia Cibona 26 11 15 1887 1936 −49 37
9 Bosnia and Herzegovina Igokea 26 11 15 1839 1899 −60 37
10 Republic of Macedonia MZT Skopje 26 10 16 1869 1908 −39 36
11 Serbia Metalac 26 10 16 1837 1941 −104 36
12 Slovenia Krka 26 10 16 1853 1924 −71 36
13 Montenegro Sutjeska 26 9 17 1867 2011 −144 35 Relegated
14 Slovenia Tajfun 26 7 19 1790 1988 −198 33

Schedule and results

The regular season began on October 1, 2015, and ended on March 7, 2016.

BUD CDV CIB CZV IGK KRK MEG MET MZT PAR SUT TAJ UOL ZDR
Montenegro Budućnost 76–66 78–68 68–54 89–74 81–65 71–56 83–72 65–55 78–65 89–87 81–61 89–77 78–47
Croatia Cedevita 57–81 83–65 74–72 67–56 70–60 78–68 77–63 89–64 75–72 73–50 94–61 82–58 81–88
Croatia Cibona 69–91 69–81 83–94 86–72 85–78 82–89 77–73 68–62 63–57 93–76 71–69 75–79 74–65
Serbia Crvena Zvezda 83–62 79–80 75–58 81–87 77–67 76–70 86–74 92–79 92–77 96–67 113–66 73–77 83–57
Bosnia and Herzegovina Igokea 76–86 86–91 68–57 54–74 54–65 80–75 60–66 70–86 71–64 75–58 71–82 72–63 77–73
Slovenia Krka 78–84 85–77 90–86 65–71 74–64 74–57 70–75 72–68 70–75 58–66 103–96 55–59 77–66
Serbia Mega Leks 81–83 100–93 76–72 78–79 69–68 84–77 77–64 82–70 76–59 101–72 92–70 78–81 87–61
Serbia Metalac 61–67 79–81 77–61 62–68 56–74 83–77 83–76 68–77 67–64 84–78 78–62 74–61 71–67
Republic of Macedonia MZT 68–72 65–70 69–68 66–71 75–70 69–67 76–77 93–67 82–78 71–75 77–70 81–62 60–72
Serbia Partizan 86–77 82–61 85–82 86–81 66–73 69–70 78–85 81–70 72–69 75–67 89–85 76–74 87–76
Montenegro Sutjeska 92–91 68–83 68–80 62–70 72–83 87–81 68–73 84–73 68–77 82–71 51–60 86–78 71–60
Slovenia Tajfun 61–80 67–78 52–74 63–73 76–81 74–51 60–64 76–63 68–62 65–83 71–68 73–59 66–82
Slovenia Union Olimpija 63–67 84–91 67–68 69–77 79–63 80–50 89–99 76–62 91–76 118–115 60–61 77–69 84–76
Croatia Zadar 52–65 81–72 62–53 49–56 69–60 67–74 76–81 88–72 84–72 65–61 85–83 73–67 67–56

Source: ABA League Calendar[3]

Playoffs

  Semifinals Finals
                             
  1  Montenegro Budućnost 81 75  
4  Serbia Mega Leks 85 76  
   Serbia Mega Leks 88 74 49
   Serbia Crvena Zvezda 95 93 61
2  Serbia Crvena Zvezda 97 73
  3  Croatia Cedevita 88 65  

Semifinals

Game 1

14 March 2016 Budućnost Montenegro 81–85 Serbia Mega Leks Podgorica  
20:00 (CET) Scoring by quarter: 15–24, 28–18, 19–18, 19–25
Pts: Jenkins 26
Rebs: Marić 9
Asts: Cook 5
PIR: Jenkins 24		 Boxscore Pts: Zagorac 27
Rebs: Luwawu, Zagorac 7
Asts: Ivanović 12
PIR: Zagorac 40		 Arena: Morača Sports Center
Attendance: 4,560
Referees:
Croatia Srđan Dožai
Slovenia Matej Boltauzer
Croatia Siniša Herceg
15 March 2016 Crvena Zvezda Serbia 97–880OT Croatia Cedevita Belgrade  
18:45 (CET) Scoring by quarter: 22–14, 15–29, 19–13, 26–26, OT: 15–6
Pts: Miller 24
Rebs: Zirbes 11
Asts: Jović 8
PIR: Zirbes 29		 Boxscore Pts: Pullen 24
Rebs: White 12
Asts: Pullen 5
PIR: White 29		 Arena: Hall Aleksandar Nikolić
Attendance: 6,286
Referees:
Slovenia Saša Pukl
Slovenia Damir Javor
Montenegro Miloš Koljenšić

Game 2

19 March 2016 Mega Leks Serbia 76–75 Montenegro Budućnost Sremska Mitrovica  
21:00 (CET) Scoring by quarter: 22–24, 22–16, 18–15, 14–20
Pts: Luwawu 17
Rebs: Ivanović, Simeunović 8
Asts: Ivanović 8
PIR: Ivanović 21		 Boxscore Pts: Dragićević 20
Rebs: Marić 13
Asts: Se. Šehović 5
PIR: Dragićević 20		 Arena: Sports Hall Pinki
Attendance: 2,500
Referees:
Croatia Sreten Radović
Bosnia and Herzegovina Petar Obradović
Croatia Tomislav Hordov
22 March 2016 Cedevita Croatia 65–73 Serbia Crvena Zvezda Zagreb  
20:00 (CET) Scoring by quarter: 19–16, 20–18, 10–21, 16–18
Pts: Pullen 17
Rebs: Bilan 7
Asts: four players 2
PIR: Pullen 12		 Boxscore Pts: Štimac 17
Rebs: Zirbes 9
Asts: Jović 6
PIR: Miller 20		 Arena: Dom Sportova
Attendance: 3,300
Referees:
Slovenia Saša Pukl
Slovenia Damir Javor
Slovenia Sašo Petek

Finals

Game 1

28 April 2016 Crvena Zvezda Serbia 95–88 Serbia Mega Leks Belgrade  
19:00 (CET) Scoring by quarter: 27–25, 21–20, 20–25, 27–18
Pts: Miller, Zirbes 17
Rebs: Zirbes 12
Asts: Jović 9
PIR: Zirbes 29		 Boxscore Pts: Ivanović 25
Rebs: Nikolić 6
Asts: Ivanović 6
PIR: Ivanović 28		 Arena: Hall Aleksandar Nikolić
Attendance: 2,586
Referees:
Croatia Sreten Radović
Serbia Milivoje Jovčić
Croatia Siniša Herceg

Game 2

30 April 2016 Crvena Zvezda Serbia 93–74 Serbia Mega Leks Belgrade  
20:00 (CET) Scoring by quarter: 26–21, 26–18, 20–21, 21–14
Pts: Simonović 16
Rebs: three players 5
Asts: Jović 9
PIR: Jović 20		 Boxscore Pts: Ivanović 22
Rebs: Nikolić 7
Asts: Ivanović 5
PIR: Ivanović 22		 Arena: Hall Aleksandar Nikolić
Attendance: 3,000
Referees:
Serbia Ilija Belošević
Bosnia and Herzegovina Petar Obradović
Serbia Saša Maričić

Game 3

2 May 2016 Mega Leks Serbia 49–61 Serbia Crvena Zvezda Sremska Mitrovica  
20:30 (CET) Scoring by quarter: 16–24, 18–13, 6–9, 9–15
Pts: Zagorac 21
Rebs: Janković 8
Asts: Ivanović 6
PIR: Zagorac 22		 Boxscore Pts: Miller 18
Rebs: Miller 8
Asts: Jović 6
PIR: Miller 19		 Arena: Sports Hall Pinki
Attendance: 2,500
Referees:
Slovenia Saša Pukl
Croatia Srđan Dožai
Serbia Marko Juras


2015–16 ABA League Champions
Serbia
Crvena Zvezda
2nd Title

2015–2016 Crvena Zvezda Team Roster

Individual statistics

Rating

Rank Name Team Games Rating PIR
1.Croatia Miro BilanCroatia Cedevita2857520.54
2.Serbia Sava LešićSlovenia Olimpija2644818.88
3.Croatia Ante ŽižićCroatia Cibona2137918.05
4.United States Kevin JonesSerbia Partizan1933217.47
5.Montenegro Nemanja VranješMontenegro Sutjeska2339617.22

Points

Rank Name Team Games Points PPG
1.Serbia Tadija DragićevićMontenegro Budućnost2642416.31
2.United States Kevin JonesSerbia Partizan1931016.32
3.Serbia Sava LešićSlovenia Olimpija2639515.19
4.Serbia Đorđe DrenovacRepublic of Macedonia MZT Skopje2638814.92
5.Montenegro Nemanja VranješMontenegro Sutjeska2333714.65

Rebounds

Rank Name Team Games Rebounds RPG
1.Croatia Ante ŽižićCroatia Cibona211688.00
2.United States Kevin JonesSerbia Partizan191497.84
3.Croatia Miro BilanCroatia Cedevita282177.75
4.Serbia Sava LešićSlovenia Olimpija262007.69
5.Australia Aleks MarićMontenegro Budućnost261847.08

Assists

Rank Name Team Games Assists APG
1.Montenegro Omar Cook Montenegro Budućnost281816.46
2.Serbia Stefan JovićSerbia Crvena Zvezda271455.37
3.Montenegro Nikola IvanovićSerbia Mega Leks261345.15
4.Serbia Marko LjubičićRepublic of Macedonia MZT Skopje251034.12
5.Serbia Vuk RadivojevićBosnia and Herzegovina Igokea25913.64

Source: ABA League Individual Statistics [13]

MVP List

MVP of the Round[note 2]

Round Player Team Efficiency
1Serbia Rade ZagoracSerbia Mega Leks29
2Croatia Miro BilanCroatia Cedevita33
3Montenegro Suad ŠehovićMontenegro Budućnost30
4Serbia Marko LukovićRepublic of Macedonia MZT28
5Australia Aleks MarićMontenegro Budućnost32
6Croatia Ive IvanovSlovenia Krka27
7Croatia Jure LalićSlovenia Krka25
8Montenegro Nikola IvanovićSerbia Mega Leks31
9Croatia Ante Žižić Croatia Cibona 30
10Croatia Ante Delaš Croatia Zadar 33
11Croatia Jure Lalić (2)Slovenia Krka 35
12Serbia Tadija Dragićević Montenegro Budućnost30
13Serbia Tadija Dragićević (2)Montenegro Budućnost25
14Croatia Miro Bilan (2)Croatia Cedevita37
15Croatia Miro Bilan (3)Croatia Cedevita28
16Croatia Miro Bilan (4)Croatia Cedevita35
17Serbia Vuk RadivojevićBosnia and Herzegovina Igokea30
18Montenegro Nemanja Vranješ Montenegro Sutjeska42
19United States Glenn CoseyCroatia Zadar30
20Serbia Aleksandar CvetkovićSerbia Partizan42
21Croatia Miro Bilan (5)Croatia Cedevita30
22Germany Maik ZirbesSerbia Crvena Zvezda36
23United States James WhiteCroatia Cedevita26
24Germany Maik Zirbes (2)Serbia Crvena Zvezda34
25Serbia Vuk Radivojević (2)Bosnia and Herzegovina Igokea31
26Serbia Sava LešićSlovenia Olimpija43
SF1Serbia Rade Zagorac (2)Serbia Mega Leks40
SF2Montenegro Nikola Ivanović (2)Serbia Mega Leks21
F1Germany Maik Zirbes (3)Serbia Crvena Zvezda29
F2Serbia Stefan JovićSerbia Crvena Zvezda20
F3United States Quincy MillerSerbia Crvena Zvezda19

Source: ABA League MVP List [14]

MVP of the Month

Month Player Team Ref.
October 2015Montenegro Suad ŠehovićMontenegro Budućnost [15]
November 2015Croatia Miro BilanCroatia Cedevita [16]
December 2015Croatia Miro Bilan (2)Croatia Cedevita [17]
January 2016Serbia Tadija DragićevićMontenegro Budućnost [18]
February 2016Germany Maik ZirbesSerbia Crvena Zvezda [19]

The ideal five of the season

The ideal five of the season were selected by head coaches, fans and the ABA League Commission, with the coaches contributing 60%, the fans 30% and the Commission 10% of the votes for the final result.[20]

Position Name Team
PGGeorgia (country) Jacob Pullen Croatia Cedevita
SGFrance Timothe LuwawuSerbia Mega Leks
SFSerbia Tadija DragićevićMontenegro Budućnost
PFCroatia Miro BilanCroatia Cedevita
CGermany Maik ZirbesSerbia Crvena zvezda

ABA League clubs in European competitions

Competition Team Progress Result
Euroleague Serbia Crvena Zvezda Playoffs Eliminated by Russia CSKA Moscow, 0–3
Croatia Cedevita Top 16 Group E 8th place
Eurocup Slovenia Union Olimpija Last 32 Group M 4th place
Montenegro Budućnost Regular Season Group D 5th place
FIBA Europe Cup Croatia Cibona Quarter-finals Eliminated by Russia Enisey Krasnoyarsk, 1–2
Slovenia Krka Round of 32 Group O 3rd place
Slovenia Tajfun Regular Season Group F 4th place

References

  1. ↑ "2015/16 Top Prospect: Ante Žižić". abaliga.com. 9 March 2016. Retrieved 9 March 2016.
  2. ↑ "Important decisions made at the Assembly". abaliga.com. 17 July 2015. Retrieved 19 July 2015.
  3. 1 2 "ABA League Calendar". aba-liga.com.
  4. ↑ "Đokić resigns as head coach of Metalac". abaliga.com. 7 October 2015.
  5. ↑ "The great return of Vladimir Đokić". abaliga.com. 12 October 2015.
  6. ↑ "Luka Pavićević is the new Budućnost VOLI head coach". aba-liga.com. 27 November 2015.
  7. ↑ "Cibona appointed Damir Mulaomerović as new head coach!". 7 December 2015.
  8. ↑ "MZT Skopje Aerodrom parted ways with Pipan". 7 December 2015.
  9. ↑ "Dragan Bajić replaced Željko Lukajić at the bench of Igokea". 21 December 2015.
  10. ↑ "Partizan NIS replaced Božić with Džikić". 5 January 2016.
  11. ↑ "Vladimir Anzulović replaced Velić at Krka's bench". 18 January 2016.
  12. ↑ "Sutjeska appointed Igor Jovović as new head coach!". 24 January 2016.
  13. ↑ "Individual Statistics".
  14. ↑ "ABA League MVP List". aba-liga.com.
  15. ↑ INTERVIEW: Suad Šehović, the MVP of October
  16. ↑ November MVP: Miro Bilan – "We can win the rings this season"
  17. ↑ December MVP: Miro Bilan
  18. ↑ December January MVP: Tadija Dragićević
  19. ↑ February MVP: Maik Zirbes
  20. ↑ "Dragićević heads the Ideal Starting Five". 11 March 2016. Retrieved 11 March 2016.

Footnotes

  1. ↑ A qualification tournament, to which the highest placed teams (that did not already qualify for the 2015/16 ABA League) from the Croatian, Macedonian, Bosnian and Montenegrin Leagues were invited, was announced. After Zagreb, Kumanovo and Široki withdrew from the tournament, Sutjeska was placed in the League.
  2. ↑ Unlike the previous seasons in the 2015–16 season only players playing for winning teams could be named MVP of the Round.

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