Jump to content

2024–25 ABA League Second Division

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
ABA League Second Division
Season2024–25
DurationOctober 2024 – TBA
Number of teams16
TV partner(s)Arena Sport
All statistics correct as of June 8, 2024.

The 2024–25 ABA League Second Division is the 7th season of the ABA Second Division with teams from Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Serbia, and Slovenia participating in it.

Distribution[edit]

Following the expansion in the first division of ABA League, from this season 16 clubs will also contest the second division (12 based on the results in the domestic championships and remaining 4 via wild card invitation).

The following is the access list for this season.[1]

Access list for the 2024–25 ABA League Second Division
Clubs entering in this round Clubs advancing from the previous round
Regular season
(16 clubs)
Playoffs
(8 clubs)

Club allocation[edit]

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 regular season (or playoffs).
  • RW: Domestic league regular season winner.
  • WC: Wild card.
Regular season
Bosnia and Herzegovina Borac Banja Luka (2nd) Montenegro Podgorica (1st) Serbia Vojvodina MTS (1st) WC
Bosnia and Herzegovina Široki (4th)RW Montenegro Sutjeska (2nd) Serbia Zlatibor Gold Gondola (3rd) WC
Croatia Dinamo Zagreb (4th) North Macedonia MZT Skopje (1st) Slovenia Kansai Helios (2nd) WC
Croatia Cedevita Junior (5th) North Macedonia Pelister (2nd) Slovenia Ilirija (4th) WC

10 teams that haven't directly qualified, applied for this season competition: Bosna Meridianbet and Sloboda Tuzla from Bosnia and Herzegovina, Šibenka from Croatia, Teodo Tivat and Primorje 1945 from Montenegro, Rabotnički from North Macedonia, Vršac Meridianbet, Sloboda Užice and Radnički Kragujevac from Serbia and Šenčur from Slovenia.[2]

After anouncement that wild card fee would cost 25,000 euros, the 9 following teams applied for the wild card invitation.[3]

Regular season[edit]

From this year, format of the competition will be changed. Instead of the five ("bubble") tournaments, 16 teams will be divided into 4 groups.

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Ovo su sigurni učesnici ABA lige 2". BH Basket (in Bosnian). 2024-06-08. Retrieved 2024-06-08.
  2. ^ Брајковић, Тодор (2024-06-08). "ДАН - Deset kandidata za četiri mjesta u ABA 2". www.dan.co.me. Retrieved 2024-06-08.
  3. ^ "Ovo su klubovi koji su podnijeli zahtjev za pozivinicu ABA 2 lige!". BH Basket (in Bosnian). 2024-06-13. Retrieved 2024-06-13.