ABA League

ABA League

Current season or competition: 2012–13 Liga ABA
ABA League logo
Sport	Basketball
Founded	2001
Commissioner	Josip Bilić
Inaugural season	2001–02
No. of teams	14
Country(ies)	Bosnia and Herzegovina Croatia Hungary Macedonia Montenegro Serbia Slovenia
Continent	FIBA Europe (Europe)
Most recent champion(s)	Partizan (2012–13)
Most titles	Partizan (6 titles)
TV partner(s)	Arena Sport Šport TV Sport 1 MKTV RTS HRT RTCG
Official website	abaliga.com (English)

The ABA League, commonly known as the Adriatic League, is a regional professional basketball league that originally featured clubs from the former Yugoslavia (Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia and Slovenia). In later years, the league also consisted clubs from the Czech Republic, Israel and Hungary that received wild card invitations. Due to sponsorship reasons, the league was also known as the Goodyear League from 2001 until 2006, and as the NLB League from 2006 until 2011.

The league exists alongside scaled-down national leagues in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Montenegro, Serbia and Slovenia. All but one of Adriatic League clubs join their country's own competitions in late spring after the Adriatic League regular season and post-season have been completed.

The Adriatic League is a private venture, founded in 2001 and run by Slovenian limited liability company called Sidro. Adriatic Basketball Association is the body that organizes the league and is a full member of ULEB as well as a voting member of the Euroleague board. The competition can be thus be considered a local version of the Europe-wide Euroleague, in which a few Adriatic League clubs also compete.

The formation of the Adriatic League has inspired similar regional competitions all over Europe such as: Baltic Basketball League (started in 2004), Central European Basketball League (2007), Balkan International Basketball League (2008), and VTB United League (2008).

History

Throughout mid-to-late 1990s, in the years after the breakup of SFR Yugoslavia and ensuing Yugoslav Wars, various basketball administrators from the newly-independent Balkan states talked about re-assembling a basketball competition to fill the void left by the dissolution of the Yugoslav basketball league whose last season was played in 1991–92.

Such a competition was agreed in principal at a meeting in Ljubljana on 3 July 2001 by representatives of four basketball clubs: Bosna, Budućnost, Cibona, and Olimpija. The day is considered to be the league's foundation date. Though club representatives from four countries attended the meeting, the main individuals behind the venture were six Slovenians and Croatians: Roman Lisac, Zmago Sagadin (at the time head coach of Olimpija and arguably the biggest authority figure in Slovenian basketball), Radovan Lorbek (at the time president of Olimpija), Josip Bilić, Danko Radić, and Bože Miličević (at the time president of Cibona). The name chosen for the competition was the Adriatic League, invoking the Adriatic Sea as a common thread for participant countries thus purposely avoiding the terms 'Balkans' or 'Yugoslavia' that at the time carried a fairly undesirable public perception in Slovenia and an extremely negative one in Croatia. Established as a private venture, the league was placed under umbrella of Sidro d.o.o. company that was registered in Slovenia on 14 September 2001. The company actually controls the competition through legal entity called Adriatic Basketball Association (ABA), which also manages the league's day to day operations.

At a time when European club basketball was in turmoil with clubs divided between embattled FIBA Europe and surging Euroleague Basketball (company), the Adriatic League founders used those circumstances to carve out a place on the map for their organization by tying their boat to Euroleague Basketball, which was seemingly on the way up and looking poised to wrestle the top continental club competition (Euroleague) out of FIBA's hands. Logistically, the 2001 establishment of the Balkan-wide regional Adriatic League meant that existing national basketball leagues in Slovenia, Croatia, and Bosnia-Herzegovina underwent major re-organization with their respective top clubs leaving the domestic competitions to compete in the regional one. Still, the national leagues weren't fully dismantled, though they were largely marginalized since their respective best clubs only returned in late spring for the end of the season. The only exception to the above was Budućnost that continued playing full schedule in FR Yugoslavia's domestic YUBA league (which remained intact) in parallel with their participation in the Adriatic League.

On the public relations front, Adriatic League was met with strong and mixed reactions. Though many hailed it as an important step for the development of club basketball in the Balkans region, many others felt that it brings no new quality and that it is not worth dismantling three domestic leagues. There was a lot of negative reaction from political circles, especially in Croatia, with even TV panel discussions being broadcast on Croatian state television. A very vociferous opinion in the country saw the league's formation as a political attempt to reinstate Yugoslavia. The league organizers for their part did their best to appease the Croatian public with statements such as the one delivered by Radovan Lorbek in Slobodna Dalmacija in September 2001:

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This is not a Yugoslav league, and it will never become a Yugoslav league. The Adriatic League has no clubs from Serbia and Macedonia, therefore the Adriatic League and a Yugoslav league are not the same thing.

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Ten years later, in a 2011 interview for the Serbian newspaper Press, Roman Lisac explained the league's behind the scenes strategy during its nascent stages was actually quite different:

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I'm convinced the league would've never been able to survive without Serbian clubs. Getting Crvena Zvezda and Partizan to join the league was something that we worked on from day one. However, the situation ten years ago was not that simple. Too much antagonistic post-war politics was still all around us, and it made our task all the more difficult. Everything that smelled of old Yugoslavia caused a lot of resistance both in Croatia and in Serbia. I repeat, the idea of having both Crvena Zvezda and Partizan in the league was there from the very beginning, but we avoided talking about it publicly because of politics.

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On 28 September 2001, the league announced a five-year sponsorship deal with Slovenian company Sava Tires from Kranj, a subsidiary of Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company. The deal also included naming rights, hence from 2001 until 2006, the competition was known as the Goodyear League.

Debut season

With twelve clubs taking part in the inaugural 2001–02 season, the competition commenced in fall 2001 with four teams from Slovenia, four teams from Croatia, three teams from Bosnia-Herzegovina, and one team from FR Yugoslavia. The very first game was contested in Ljubljana between Olimpija and Široki on Saturday, 29 September 2001 at 5:30pm.

Though the competition purported to gather the strongest sides from former Yugoslavia, as mentioned, teams from Serbia were noticeably absent, particularly Belgrade powerhouses and biggest regional crowd draws Partizan and Crvena Zvezda. In addition to no clubs from Serbia proper, the league had no Serb-dominated clubs from Bosnia-Herzegovina either. Since the league founders mostly avoided talking about the issue due to fears of media backlash, the fact that no invitations were extended to Serbian clubs was generally explained through security issues due to organizers' fears of crowd trouble if Croatian and Serbian clubs were to start playing again in the same competition.

The Adriatic League debut season was marked by dwindling attendances and lukewarm media support. Still the league did receive a bit of a shot in the arm on 24 February 2002, when its managing body ABA got accepted as full member of ULEB.

Second season

For the 2002–03 season, the league remained at the total number of 12 teams, while it went through major re-tooling internally. By the time season started, four teams dropped out (Sloboda Dita, Budućnost, Triglav, and Geoplin Slovan) to be replaced by: Israeli powerhouse Maccabi Tel Aviv, Crvena Zvezda (the first team from Serbia in the competition), the Bosnian Serb outfit KK Borac, and Croatian club KK Zagreb.

Getting Maccabi on board brought the league some much needed credibility and positive media exposure. Still, it was understood all along the Tel Aviv club wouldn't stick around for long. Much more important for the league's long term business was negotiating acceptable terms for the Serbian clubs to join the competition. To that end, Lorbek and Lisac went to Belgrade in early April 2002 with an offer of taking in three clubs from FR Yugoslavia for the Adriatic League's 2002–03 season. The offer was flatly rejected initially by the representatives of five YUBA league clubs - Partizan, Crvena Zvezda, Hemofarm, FMP, and Budućnost - as their unified platform was either all five or nothing. Taking in all five required expanding the league to 14 teams, which was something the league organizers weren't prepared to do due to the associated increase in operating costs. The negotiated agreement thus fell through for the time being. However, it didn't take long for dents to appear in the unified front put forth by five YUBA league clubs - in May 2002 Crvena Zvezda's management (three businessmen close to the ruling Democratic Party in Serbia: Živorad Anđelković, Igor Žeželj, and Goran Vesić) hired Zmago Sagadin to be the club's new general manager - and soon after, in June 2002, the club broke the ranks by negotiating terms on its own thus agreeing to join the Adriatic League for the 2002–03 season.

Maccabi Tel Aviv left the league after one season, but the league expanded to 14 teams for 2003–04, and to 16 for 2004–05.

The league reverted to 14 teams for 2005–06. In September 2006 the league signed a general sponsorship contract with Nova Ljubljanska banka (NLB) and was renamed to NLB League, whilst keeping Goodyear as one of the major sponsors.

In 2010, the Czech club Nymburk joined the league for the first time.

In 2011, in search of increased level of competition, the Israeli powerhouse Maccabi Tel Aviv returned to the league after an eight-year absence. In next 2012–13 season, the ABA League is going to have the one Macedonian team, MZT Skopje and one Hungarian team, Szolnoki Olaj.

Logos

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  Logo 2001–2006

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  Logo 2006–2011

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  Logo 2011–present

All-time participants (2001–2013)

The following is a list of clubs who have played in the Adriatic League at any time since its formation in 2001 (as Goodyear League) to the current season. Teams playing in the 2012–13 Liga ABA season are indicated in bold. A total of 29 teams from 9 countries have played in the Adriatic League.

Club	01–02	02–03	03–04	04–05	05–06	06–07	07–08	08–09	09–10	10–11	11–12	12–13	Total seasons	Highest finish
Borac Banja Luka	50 !–	11 !11th	13 !13th	50 !–	50 !–	50 !–	50 !–	50 !–	50 !–	50 !–	50 !–	50 !–	2	11 !11th
Bosna Sarajevo	12 !12th	12 !12th	50 !–	08 !QF	07 !QF	10 !10th	50 !–	07 !7th	13 !13th	50 !–	50 !–	50 !–	7	07 !Quarter-finals
Igokea Aleksandrovac	50 !–	50 !–	50 !–	50 !–	50 !–	50 !–	50 !–	50 !–	50 !–	11 !11th	50 !–	03 !SF	2	03 !Semi-finals
Sloboda Tuzla	05 !5th	50 !–	50 !–	50 !–	50 !–	50 !–	50 !–	50 !–	50 !–	50 !–	50 !–	50 !–	1	05 !5th
Široki	06 !6th	09 !9th	12 !12th	13 !13th	11 !11th	11 !11th	12 !12th	50 !–	10 !10th	09 !9th	05 !5th	10 !10th	11	05 !5th
Cedevita Zagreb	50 !–	50 !–	50 !–	50 !–	50 !–	50 !–	50 !–	50 !–	07 !7th	07 !7th	02 !2nd	06 !6th	4	02 !2nd
Cibona Zagreb	03 !SF	05 !5th	02 !2nd	06 !QF	05 !QF	03 !SF	08 !QF	02 !2nd	02 !2nd	12 !12th	07 !7th	11 !11th	12	02 !2nd
Split	08 !8th	10 !10th	09 !9th	15 !15th	50 !–	14 !14th	10 !10th	10 !10th	50 !–	50 !–	50 !–	14 !14th	8	08 !8th
Šibenka Dalmare	50 !–	50 !–	50 !–	11 !11th	50 !–	50 !–	50 !–	50 !–	50 !–	50 !–	50 !–	50 !–	1	11 !11th
Triglav osiguranje	10 !10th	50 !–	50 !–	50 !–	50 !–	50 !–	50 !–	50 !–	50 !–	50 !–	50 !–	50 !–	1	10 !10th
Zadar	07 !7th	01 !1st	08 !8th	07 !QF	08 !QF	07 !7th	03 !SF	05 !5th	08 !8th	14 !14th	50 !–	12 !12th	11	01 !1st
Zagreb	50 !–	06 !6th	11 !11th	12 !12th	13 !13th	12 !12th	11 !11th	13 !13th	06 !6th	05 !5th	09 !9th	50 !–	10	05 !5th
Nymburk	50 !–	50 !–	50 !–	50 !–	50 !–	50 !–	50 !–	50 !–	50 !–	08 !8th	50 !–	50 !–	1	08 !8th
Szolnoki Olaj	50 !–	50 !–	50 !–	50 !–	50 !–	50 !–	50 !–	50 !–	50 !–	50 !–	50 !–	13 !13th	1	13 !13th
Maccabi Tel Aviv	50 !–	02 !2nd	50 !–	50 !–	50 !–	50 !–	50 !–	50 !–	50 !–	50 !–	01 !1st	50 !–	2	01 !1st
MZT Skopje	50 !–	50 !–	50 !–	50 !–	50 !–	50 !–	50 !–	50 !–	50 !–	50 !–	50 !–	07 !7th	1	07 !7th
Budućnost Podgorica	09 !9th	50 !–	05 !5th	14 !14th	50 !–	05 !5th	06 !QF	06 !6th	05 !5th	04 !SF	04 !SF	05 !5th	10	04 !Semi-finals
Lovćen Cetinje	50 !–	50 !–	14 !14th	50 !–	50 !–	50 !–	50 !–	50 !–	50 !–	50 !–	50 !–	50 !–	1	14 !14th
Crvena zvezda	50 !–	03 !SF	04 !SF	03 !SF	03 !SF	06 !6th	05 !QF	04 !SF	09 !9th	13 !13th	10 !10th	02 !2nd	11	02 !2nd
FMP Železnik	50 !–	50 !–	01 !1st	04 !SF	01 !1st	02 !2nd	07 !QF	08 !8th	12 !12th	50 !–	50 !–	50 !–	7	01 !1st
Hemofarm Vršac	50 !–	50 !–	50 !–	01 !1st	04 !SF	04 !SF	02 !2nd	03 !SF	03 !SF	06 !6th	12 !12th	50 !–	8	01 !1st
Partizan Beograd	50 !–	50 !–	50 !–	02 !2nd	02 !2nd	01 !1st	01 !1st	01 !1st	01 !1st	01 !1st	03 !SF	01 !1st	9	01 !1st
Radnički Kragujevac	50 !–	50 !–	50 !–	50 !–	50 !–	50 !–	50 !–	50 !–	11 !11th	10 !10th	08 !8th	04 !SF	4	04 !Semi-finals
Vojvodina Novi Sad	50 !–	50 !–	50 !–	50 !–	06 !QF	50 !–	09 !9th	14 !14th	50 !–	50 !–	50 !–	50 !–	3	05 !Quarter-finals
Helios Domžale	50 !–	50 !–	50 !–	16 !16th	12 !12th	08 !8th	13 !13th	12 !12th	14 !14th	50 !–	13 !13th	50 !–	7	08 !8th
Slovan Ljubljana	11 !11th	50 !–	10 !10th	10 !10th	09 !9th	13 !13th	14 !14th	50 !–	50 !–	50 !–	50 !–	50 !–	6	09 !9th
Krka Novo Mesto	02 !2nd	07 !7th	07 !7th	50 !–	50 !–	50 !–	50 !–	11 !11th	50 !–	03 !SF	11 !11th	09 !9th	7	02 !2nd
Olimpija Ljubljana	01 !1st	04 !SF	03 !SF	05 !QF	10 !10th	09 !9th	04 !SF	09 !9th	04 !SF	02 !2nd	06 !6th	08 !8th	12	01 !1st
Zlatorog Laško	04 !SF	08 !8th	06 !6th	09 !9th	14 !14th	50 !–	50 !–	50 !–	50 !–	50 !–	14 !14th	50 !–	6	04 !Semifinals

Competition

Competition system

Like most European leagues, the regular season consists of a double round-robin schedule, with each team playing every other team home and away. The top teams in the league then advance to a playoff round to crown the league champion.

From 2002 through 2004, four teams qualified, and the playoffs were termed the "Final Four"; starting in 2005, eight teams advanced to the "Final Eight" round. All playoff rounds consist of one-off knockout matches, unusual among European leagues. However, since all Adriatic League clubs play in domestic leagues at the same time, and many also play in the Euroleague, the current format has the virtue of limiting fixture congestion for the playoff sides.

2012–13 season

In the 2012–13 season, 14 teams will play in the regular part of the season.

Each team plays against every other team twice, once at home and once away. After 26 rounds, when all teams play agains each other, first 4 teams are qualified to the "Final Four" tournament.

1st team after regular part of the season plays in the first semifinal game (only one match is played) against 4th team after regular part, and 2nd team after regular part plays against 3rd team after regular part of the season in the second semifinal game (only one match is played).

Winners of both semifinal matches play the final match (only one match is played), there is no match for 3rd place.

National standings

The coefficient is the sum of all victories clubs from a certain country achieve in a regular season divided by the number of clubs from that country. By using this coefficient majority of places for current season are allocated, while the remaining places are given via wild cards from league board. This standings are applied for clubs from Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Serbia and Slovenia, while clubs from other countries can play in league only via wild cards.

2012–13 season

For season 2012–13 new method of places allocation is used. Based on national coefficient from last ten seasons Bosnia and Herzegovina gets 1, Croatia gets 3, Serbia gets 3 and Slovenia gets 2 places in league. Clubs that will participate will be decided based on their success in respectative national championships. Based on national coefficient in season 2011–12 two wild cards will be awarded, first to either Croatia or Serbia, and second to either Slovenia or Bosnia.

Three remaining wild cards will be awarded based on decision of league board. These wild cards were awarded to Budućnost from Montenegro, MZT Skopje from Macedonia, and Maccabi Tel Aviv from Israel. However, Maccabi decided to withdrawn from the league. Szolnoki Olaj received their wild card.

Country	No.	2011–12 coeff.	2012–13 no. of clubs
Croatia	3	14.67	4
Serbia	3	12.25	3
Bosnia and Herzegovina	1	15	2
Slovenia	2	8	2

Current season teams (2012–2013)

Country	Teams	Qualification	Team	City	Venue (Capacity)	European participation in 2012–13 season
Croatia	4
		1st place in A-1 Liga	KK Cibona	Zagreb	Dražen Petrović Basketball Hall (5,400)	Eurocup
		2nd place in A-1 Liga	KK Cedevita	Zagreb	Sutinska vrela (2,000)	Euroleague
		3rd place in A-1 Liga	KK Split	Split	Arena Gripe (6,000)
		Wild card	KK Zadar	Zadar	Krešimir Ćosić Hall (10,000)
Serbia	3
		1st in Basketball League of Serbia	KK Partizan mt:s	Belgrade	Pionir Hall (8,150)	Euroleague
		2nd in Basketball League of Serbia	KK Radnički	Kragujevac	Hala Jezero (3,570)
		3rd in Basketball League of Serbia	KK Crvena zvezda DIVA	Belgrade	Pionir Hall (8,150)	Eurocup
Bosnia and Herzegovina	2
		Champion of BIH League	HKK Široki	Široki Brijeg	Pecara (capacity: 4,500)
		Wild card	KK Igokea	Aleksandrovac	Laktaši Sports Hall (3,000)
Slovenia	2
		Champion of 1.A SKL	KK Krka	Novo mesto	Leon Štukelj Hall (3,000)	EuroChallenge
		Runners up of 1.A SKL	KK Union Olimpija	Ljubljana	Arena Stožice (12,480)	Euroleague
Hungary	1	Wild card	Szolnoki Olaj KK	Szolnok	Tiszaligeti Sportcsarnok (3,000)	EuroChallenge
Macedonia	1	Wild card	KK MZT Skopje	Skopje	Boris Trajkovski Sports Center (8,000)
Montenegro	1	Wild card	KK Budućnost	Podgorica	Morača Sports Center (5,000)	Eurocup

Finals

Season	Winners	Score	Runners-up	Venue	Location	MVP
2001–02	Union Olimpija	73–59	Krka	Tivoli Hall	Ljubljana, Slovenia	Jurij Zdovc
2002–03	Zadar	91–88	Maccabi Tel Aviv	Tivoli Hall	Ljubljana, Slovenia	Marko Popović
2003–04	Reflex	71–70	Cibona	Dražen Petrović Basketball Hall	Zagreb, Croatia	Ognjen Aškrabić
2004–05	Hemofarm	89–76	Partizan	Pionir Hall	Belgrade, Serbia and Montenegro	Nebojša Bogavac
2005–06	FMP	73–72	Partizan	Dvorana Mirza Delibašić	Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina	Vonteego Cummings
2006–07	Partizan	85–83, 94–82	FMP	Played as home-and-away best-of-3 series		Vonteego Cummings (Game 1) Zoran Erceg (Game 2)
2007–08	Partizan	69–51	Hemofarm	Tivoli Hall	Ljubljana, Slovenia	Nikola Peković
2008–09	Partizan	63–49	Cibona	Belgrade Arena	Belgrade, Serbia	Novica Veličković
2009–10	Partizan	75–74	Cibona	Arena Zagreb	Zagreb, Croatia	Jamont Gordon
2010–11	Partizan	77–74	Union Olimpija	Arena Stožice	Ljubljana, Slovenia	Nathan Jawai
2011–12	Maccabi Tel Aviv	87–77	Cedevita	Yad Eliyahu Arena	Tel Aviv, Israel	Keith Langford
2012–13	Partizan	71–63	Crvena zvezda	Laktaši Sports Hall	Laktaši, Bosnia and Herzegovina	Raško Katić

• KK FMP competed under the name Reflex in 2003–04 season.

Titles

By club

Team	Winners	Runners-up	Years Won	Years Runner-up
Partizan	6	2	2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013	2005, 2006
FMP	2	1	2004, 2006	2007
Maccabi Tel Aviv	1	1	2012	2003
Hemofarm	1	1	2005	2008
Union Olimpija	1	1	2002	2011
Zadar	1	–	2003	–
Cibona	–	3	–	2004, 2009, 2010
Crvena zvezda	–	1	–	2013
Cedevita	–	1	–	2012
Krka	–	1	–	2002

Regular season winners	Titles	Years Won
Partizan	4	2006, 2008, 2009, 2011
Cibona	2	2004, 2010
Igokea	1	2013
Maccabi Tel Aviv	1	2012
FMP	1	2007
Hemofarm	1	2005
Crvena zvezda	1	2003
Union Olimpija	1	2002

By nation

Country	Winners	Runners-up	Years Won	Years Runner-Up
Serbia	9	4	2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013	2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2013
Croatia	1	4	2003	2004, 2009, 2010, 2012
Slovenia	1	2	2002	2002, 2011
Israel	1	1	2012	2003

Regular season winners	Titles	Years Won
Serbia	7	2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011
Croatia	2	2004, 2010
BIH	1	2013
Israel	1	2012
Slovenia	1	2002

Individual awards

Most Valuable Player

Season	Player	Team	RPG
2001–02	Marino Baždarić	Triglav osiguranje	17.64
2002–03	Kenyan Weaks	Pivovarna Laško	19.33
2003–04	Dejan Milojević	Budućnost	29.35
2004–05	Dejan Milojević	Partizan	30.35
2005–06	Dejan Milojević	Partizan	26.21
2006–07	Milan Gurović	Crvena zvezda	29.30
2007–08	Tadija Dragićević	Crvena zvezda	21.93
2008–09	Ante Tomić	Zagreb	22.42
2009–10	Chester Mason	Široki	19.96
2010–11	Luka Žorić	Zagreb	23.62
2011–12	David Simon	Radnički	22.27
2012–13	Aleksandar Ćapin	Radnički	20.43

Top Scorer

Season	Player	Team	PPG
2001–02	Marino Baždarić	Triglav osiguranje	26.23
2002–03	Kenyan Weaks	Pivovarna Laško	20.14
2003–04	Igor Rakočević	Crvena zvezda	23.22
2004–05	Dejan Milojević	Partizan	21.77
2005–06	Dejan Milojević	Partizan	17.68
2006–07	Milan Gurović	Crvena zvezda	28.60
2007–08	Tadija Dragićević	Crvena zvezda	20.46
2008–09	Dragan Labović	FMP	17.96
2009–10	Andrija Žižić	Cedevita	17.12
2010–11	Michael Lee	Radnički	19.60
2011–12	David Simon	Radnički	19.38
2012–13	Aleksandar Ćapin	Radnički	17.48

Adriatic League records

• Highest Index Ratings in a Game

• 59 by Dejan Milojević, Budućnost vs Reflex on January 3, 2004

• Most Points in a Game

• 45 by Milan Gurović, Crvena zvezda at FMP on September 30, 2006

• Most Two Point Field Goals Made in a Game

• 15 by Nikola Peković, Partizan at Split on December 9, 2007

• Most Three Point Field Goals Made in a Game

• 10 by Josip Sesar, Široki vs. Union Olimpija on November 19, 2005
• 10 by Teemu Rannikko, Union Olimpija at Zagreb on December 18, 2005

• Most Free Throws Made in a Game

• 19 by Igor Rakočević, Crvena zvezda at Reflex on April 16, 2004
• 19 by Milan Gurović, Crvena zvezda at FMP on September 30, 2006
• 19 by Milan Gurović, Crvena zvezda vs. FMP on December 16, 2006
• 19 by Damir Mulaomerović, Zagreb vs. FMP on January 19, 2010

• Most Rebounds in a Game

• 23 by Tommy Smith, Split vs. Reflex on October 4, 2003
• 23 by Boris Savović, Hemofarm vs. Radnički Kragujevac on October 22, 2011

• Most Assists in a Game

• 16 by Ivan Tomas, Zagreb vs. Krka on October 12, 2002
• 16 by Miljan Pavković, Radnički Kragujevac vs. Cibona on October 9, 2011
• 16 by Steven Marković, Radnički Kragujevac vs. Krka on December 17, 2011

• Most Steals in a Game

• 9 by Curtis McCants, Split vs. Zagreb on December 16, 2003
• 9 by Andrés Rodríguez, Union Olimpija at Partizan on November 7, 2004
• 9 by Jure Močnik, Helios at Split on April 6, 2005
• 9 by Goran Jeretin, Crvena zvezda at Partizan on April 30, 2005

• Most Blocks in a Game

• 7 by Smiljan Pavič, Union Olimpija vs. Bosna on November 27, 2004
• 7 by Slavko Vraneš, Partizan at Cibona on January 10, 2010
• 7 by Shawn James, Maccabi Tel Aviv vs. Zlatorog Laško on January 5, 2012

• Most Turnovers in a Game

• 11 by Jiri Welsch, Union Olimpija at Pivovarna Laško on February 9, 2002

All-time leaders

Since the beginning of the 2001–02 season:

	Accumulated
Points	Krunoslav Simon	2333
Rebounds	Smiljan Pavič	1082
Assists	Miljan Pavković	631
Steals	Siniša Štemberger	267
Blocks	Slavko Vraneš	268
Index Ratings	Todor Gečevski	2476

Notable players

Well-known basketball players who have played in the Adriatic League include:

Australia Aron Baynes Nathan Jawai Aleks Marić Steven Marković Mark Worthington Belize Milt Palacio Bosnia and Herzegovina Kenan Bajramović J. R. Bremer Nemanja Gordić Jasmin Hukić Nenad Marković Ratko Varda Bulgaria Filip Videnov Canada Jermaine Anderson Carl English Michael Meeks Croatia Marko Banić Stanko Barać Bojan Bogdanović Dontaye Draper Davor Kus Davor Marcelić Damir Mulaomerović Davor Pejčinović Zoran Planinić Marko Popović Nikola Prkačin Dino Rađa Slaven Rimac Josip Sesar Krunoslav Simon Mate Skelin Marko Tomas Ante Tomić Roko Ukić Josip Vranković Nikola Vujčić Andrija Žižić Luka Žorić

Czech Republic Jan Veselý Jiří Welsch Finland Teemu Rannikko France Joffrey Lauvergne Léo Westermann Gabon Stephane Lasme Greece Theodoros Papaloukas Sofoklis Schortsanitis Guyana Rawle Marshall Hungary Márton Báder István Németh Israel David Blu Tal Burstein Lior Eliyahu Yotam Halperin Guy Pnini Derrick Sharp Jamaica Kimani Ffriend Jerome Jordan Latvia Roberts Štelmahers Dāvis Bertāns Macedonia Pero Antić Todor Gečevski Vlado Ilievski Bo McCalebb Montenegro Milko Bjelica Nebojša Bogavac Omar Cook Predrag Drobnjak Vladimir Dragičević Nikola Peković Slavko Vraneš

Nigeria Aloysius Anagonye Obinna Ekezie Panama Chris Warren Puerto Rico Larry Ayuso Andrés Rodríguez Serbia Ognjen Aškrabić Vule Avdalović Nemanja Bjelica Petar Božić Milan Gurović Tadija Dragićević Dušan Kecman Nikola Lončar Milan Mačvan Stefan Marković Dejan Milojević Miljan Pavković Kosta Perović Bojan Popović Miroslav Raduljica Igor Rakočević Aleksandar Rašić Duško Savanović Miloš Teodosić Milenko Tepić Milenko Topić Uroš Tripković Novica Veličković Slovenia Sani Bečirovič Mirza Begić Goran Dragič Jaka Lakovič Marko Milič Hasan Rizvić Uroš Slokar Beno Udrih Gašper Vidmar Jurij Zdovc

Turkey Ender Arslan Hüseyin Beşok Semih Erden Ermal Kurtoğlu Emir Preldžić United States Alan Anderson Jamie Arnold Corey Brewer Vonteego Cummings Corsley Edwards Jordan Farmar Reggie Freeman James Gist Jamon Gordon Jamont Gordon Marcus Goree Richard Hendrix Kyle Hill Shawn James Curtis Jerrells Julius Johnson Keith Langford Acie Law Michael Lee Quincy Lewis Chester Mason Adam Morrison Jimmy Oliver Andre Owens Scoonie Penn Omar Thomas Lawrence Roberts Bo McCalebb Rumeal Robinson David Simon Devin Smith Scoonie Penn Kenyan Weaks Andrew Wisniewski Drew Gordon Torey Thomas Elton Brown (basketball)

Sponsorship and broadcasting rights

Official sponsors

• Kia Motors
• Adidas

Official broadcasters

• Arena Sport
• Šport TV
• Sport 1
• MKTV
• RTS
• HRT
• RTCG

External links

• Official website (English)
• Official ABA League store (English)
• ABA League on Facebook
• Eurobasket.com League Page
• Fantaziranje.com Fantasy for Adriatic League