2025–26 ABA League First Division
| AdmiralBet ABA League | |||||||||||||||||||
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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 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Season MVP | |||||||||||||||||||
| Finals | |||||||||||||||||||
| Champions | |||||||||||||||||||
| Runners-up | |||||||||||||||||||
| Semi-finalists | |||||||||||||||||||
| Finals MVP | |||||||||||||||||||
| Awards | |||||||||||||||||||
| Top Scorer | |||||||||||||||||||
| Best Defensive Player | |||||||||||||||||||
| Top Prospect | |||||||||||||||||||
| Coach of the Year | |||||||||||||||||||
| Statistical leaders | |||||||||||||||||||
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| 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 | ||||||||||||||||||
← 2024–25 2026–27 → | |||||||||||||||||||
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]
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.
Promotion and relegation
| Promoted | 2024–25 ABA 2 Champion[10] | |
|---|---|---|
| Winner of the Relegation playoffs | ||
| Affiliation | 3-year license[11][12] | |
| Relegated | Loser of the Relegation playoffs | |
| Finished last |
Venues and locations
| Team | Home city | Arena | Capacity |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vienna | Hallmann Dome | 1,399 | |
| Čačak | Borac Hall | 4,000 | |
| Sarajevo | Zetra Olympic Hall | 12,000 | |
| Podgorica | Morača Sports Center | 6,000 | |
| Ljubljana | Arena Stožice | 12,480 | |
| Belgrade | Aleksandar Nikolić Hall Belgrade Arena (2 games) Ranko Žeravica Hall (1 game) |
8,000 / 18,386 / 5,000 | |
| Dubai | Coca-Cola Arena | 17,000 | |
| Belgrade | Železnik Hall | 3,000 | |
| Aleksandrovac | Laktaši Sports Hall | 3,050 | |
| Ljubljana | Tivoli Hall | 6,800 | |
| Novo Mesto | Leon Štukelj Hall | 2,500 | |
| Belgrade | Ranko Žeravica Sports Hall | 5,000 | |
| Belgrade | Belgrade Arena | 18,386 | |
| Subotica | Dudova Šuma Hall | 2,000 | |
| Podgorica | Morača Sports Center | 6,000 | |
| Split | Arena Gripe | 3,500 | |
| Cluj-Napoca | BTarena | 10,000 | |
| Zadar | Krešimir Ćosić Hall | 7,997 | |
Regular season
Group A
Standings
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 16 | 15 | 1 | 1409 | 1195 | +214 | 31 | Advance to Top 8 | |
| 2 | 16 | 15 | 1 | 1473 | 1297 | +176 | 31 | ||
| 3 | 16 | 10 | 6 | 1488 | 1403 | +85 | 26 | ||
| 4 | 16 | 8 | 8 | 1363 | 1433 | −70 | 24 | ||
| 5 | 16 | 6 | 10 | 1325 | 1385 | −60 | 22 | Advance to Play-out | |
| 6 | 16 | 6 | 10 | 1274 | 1341 | −67 | 22 | ||
| 7 | 16 | 5 | 11 | 1271 | 1321 | −50 | 21 | ||
| 8 | 16 | 4 | 12 | 1328 | 1479 | −151 | 20 | ||
| 9 | 16 | 3 | 13 | 1258 | 1335 | −77 | 19 |
Results
Group B
Standings
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 16 | 13 | 3 | 1417 | 1269 | +148 | 29 | Advance to Top 8 | |
| 2 | 16 | 12 | 4 | 1480 | 1328 | +152 | 28 | ||
| 3 | 16 | 11 | 5 | 1432 | 1311 | +121 | 27 | ||
| 4 | 16 | 8 | 8 | 1334 | 1369 | −35 | 24 | ||
| 5 | 16 | 8 | 8 | 1329 | 1334 | −5 | 24 | Advance to Play-out | |
| 6 | 16 | 6 | 10 | 1370 | 1485 | −115 | 22 | ||
| 7 | 16 | 5 | 11 | 1303 | 1357 | −54 | 21 | ||
| 8 | 16 | 5 | 11 | 1298 | 1395 | −97 | 21 | ||
| 9 | 16 | 4 | 12 | 1346 | 1461 | −115 | 20 |
Results
Top 8
Standings
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 24 | 21 | 3 | 2150 | 1849 | +301 | 45 | Qualification to Playoffs | |
| 2 | 24 | 21 | 3 | 2186 | 1919 | +267 | 45 | ||
| 3 | 24 | 18 | 6 | 2192 | 2019 | +173 | 42 | ||
| 4 | 24 | 18 | 6 | 2153 | 1943 | +210 | 42 | ||
| 5 | 24 | 13 | 11 | 2175 | 2145 | +30 | 37 | ||
| 6 | 24 | 13 | 11 | 2104 | 2002 | +102 | 37 | ||
| 7 | 24 | 10 | 14 | 1949 | 2077 | −128 | 34 | Qualification to Play-in | |
| 8 | 24 | 10 | 14 | 1986 | 2150 | −164 | 34 |
Results
Play-out
Standings
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 26 | 14 | 12 | 2112 | 2084 | +28 | 40 | Qualification to Play-in | |
| 2 | 26 | 12 | 14 | 2036 | 2043 | −7 | 38 | ||
| 3 | 26 | 12 | 14 | 2258 | 2346 | −88 | 38 | ||
| 4 | 26 | 11 | 15 | 2168 | 2183 | −15 | 37 | ||
| 5 | 26 | 10 | 16 | 2046 | 2097 | −51 | 36 | ||
| 6 | 26 | 10 | 16 | 2177 | 2256 | −79 | 36 | ||
| 7 | 26 | 9 | 17 | 2186 | 2319 | −133 | 35 | ||
| 8 | 26 | 9 | 17 | 1950 | 2028 | −78 | 35 | ||
| 9 | 26 | 8 | 18 | 2071 | 2213 | −142 | 34 | Qualification to relegation playoffs | |
| 10 | 26 | 7 | 19 | 2162 | 2389 | −227 | 33 | Relegation to the Second Division |
Results
Play-in
| Play-in games | No. 8 seed game | Final seeds | |||||||||||
| TE7 | 80 | No. 7 seed | |||||||||||
| TE8 | 76 | No. 8 seed | |||||||||||
| 68 | |||||||||||||
| 80 | |||||||||||||
| PO1 | 86 | ||||||||||||
| PO2 | 68 | ||||||||||||
Playoffs
Bracket
| Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Finals | ||||||||
| (1) | 2 | |||||||||
| (8) | 0 | |||||||||
| (1) | 2 | |||||||||
| (4) | 1 | |||||||||
| (4) | 2 | |||||||||
| (5) | 1 | |||||||||
| (1) | 3 | |||||||||
| (2) | 1 | |||||||||
| (2) | 2 | |||||||||
| (7) | 0 | |||||||||
| (2) | 2 | |||||||||
| (3) | 0 | |||||||||
| (3) | 2 | |||||||||
| (6) | 1 | |||||||||
Quarterfinals
| Team 1 | Series | Team 2 | Game 1 | Game 2 | Game 3 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (1) Dubai Basketball |
2–0 | 102–74 | 88–84 | — | |
| (4) Budućnost VOLI |
2–1 | 86–73 | 90–94 | 112–81 | |
| (2) Partizan Mozzart Bet |
2–0 | 81–73 | 87–73 | — | |
| (3) Crvena zvezda Meridianbet |
2–1 | 101–92 | 86–92 | 95–86 |
Semifinals
| Team 1 | Series | Team 2 | Game 1 | Game 2 | Game 3 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (1) Dubai Basketball |
2–1 | 104–90 | 90–91 | 103–77 | |
| (2) Partizan Mozzart Bet |
2–0 | 100–94 | 89–78 | — |
Finals
| Team 1 | Series | Team 2 | Game 1 | Game 2 | Game 3 | Game 4 | Game 5 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (1) Dubai Basketball |
3–1 | 99–93 | 86–81 | 70–84 | 83–81 | — |
Relegation playoffs
The 15th placed team of the First Division season and the runners-up of the Second Division season will play in the Qualifiers for a spot in the next First Division season.
| Leagues | Clubs |
|---|---|
| First Division | |
| Second Division |
| Team 1 | Series | Team 2 | Game 1 | Game 2 | Game 3 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2–0 | 97–61 | 97–65 | — |
MVP List
MVP of the Round
| Round | Player | Team | PIR |
|---|---|---|---|
| Regular season | |||
| 1 | 27 | ||
| 2 | 31 | ||
| 3 | 36 | ||
| 4 | 40 | ||
| 5 | 35 | ||
| 6 | 34 | ||
| 7 | 34 | ||
| 8 | 36 | ||
| 9 | 42 | ||
| 10 | 41 | ||
| 11 | 46 | ||
| 12 | 29 | ||
| 13 | 37 | ||
| 14 | 32 | ||
| 15 | 36 | ||
| 16 | 39 | ||
| 17 | 41 | ||
| 18 | 33 | ||
| Top 8 | |||
| 1 | 37 | ||
| 2 | 32 | ||
| 3 | 28 | ||
| 4 | 33 | ||
| 5 | 37 | ||
| 6 | 25 | ||
| 7 | 28 | ||
| 8 | 28 | ||
| Play-out | |||
| 1 | 32 | ||
| 2 | 33 | ||
| 3 | 30 | ||
| 4 | 29 | ||
| 5 | 35 | ||
| 6 | 51 | ||
| 7 | 41 | ||
| 8 | 39 | ||
| 9 | 30 | ||
| 10 | 42 | ||
| Play-in | |||
| 1 | 28 | ||
| 2 | 25 | ||
| Playoffs | |||
| QF1 | 36 | ||
| QF2 | 33 | ||
| QF3 | 28 | ||
| SF1 | 30 | ||
| SF2 | 25 | ||
| SF3 | 23 | ||
| F1 | 26 | ||
| F2 | 16 | ||
| F3 | 27 | ||
| F4 | 21 | ||
Source: ABA League
| Month | Player | Team | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | |||
| October | [13] | ||
| November | [14] | ||
| December | [15] | ||
| 2026 | |||
| January & February | [16] | ||
| March | [17] | ||
| April | [18] | ||
Awards
Clubs in European competitions
| Competition | Team | Progress | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| EuroLeague | Play-in | Eliminated by | |
| Regular season | 11th (19–19) | ||
| 15th (16–22) | |||
| EuroCup | Quarterfinals | Eliminated by | |
| Eliminated by | |||
| Eightfinals | Eliminated by | ||
| Champions League | Play-ins | Eliminated by | |
| Regular season Group E | 4th (1–5) | ||
| Qualification round – Quarter-finals | Eliminated by | ||
| FIBA Europe Cup | Quarterfinals | Eliminated by |
See also
References
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