2017–18 ABA League First Division


The 2017–18 ABA League First Division was the 17th season of the ABA League, with 12 teams from Serbia, Croatia, Slovenia, Montenegro, Bosnia and Herzegovina and the Republic of Macedonia participating in it. It was the inaugural season with a two-level competition and the First Division being the top tier.

Teams

On May 23, 2017, ABA League Assembly announced that 12 clubs would be competing in the league in the 2017–18 season. Participants were decided based on the following allocation:
  • – three clubs
  • – three clubs
  • – one club
  • – one club
  • – one club
  • – one club
Two additional spots were allocated to teams from countries whose clubs had highest coefficients in country rankings during the 2016–17 season. Those two countries were Serbia and Montenegro.

National standings

For ten teams, per country allocation was determined based on a coefficient which was calculated as the sum of all victories that clubs from a certain country had achieved during the previous regular season divided by the number of clubs from that country. The remaining spots were awarded bye the league board which selected two wild cards.
CountryAllocated2016–17 CoefficientTotal Clubs
Serbia

Team allocation

Final league positions in the previous domestic league season are shown in parentheses.

Venues and locations

TeamHome cityArenaCapacity
Budućnost VOLIPodgoricaMorača Sports Center
CedevitaZagrebDražen Petrović
CibonaZagrebDražen Petrović
Crvena zvezda mtsBelgradeAleksandar Nikolić
FMPBelgradeŽeleznik Hall
IgokeaAleksandrovacLaktaši Sports Hall
Mega BemaxSremska MitrovicaSports Hall Pinki
MornarBarTopolica Sport Hall
MZT Skopje AerodromSkopjeJane Sandanski
Partizan NISBelgradeAleksandar Nikolić
Petrol OlimpijaLjubljanaArena Stožice
ZadarZadarKrešimir Ćosić

Regular season

League table


Playoffs

The semi-finals was played in a best-of-three format, while the Finals were played in a best-of-five format. Playoffs started on 17 March 2018, while the Finals ended on 14 April 2018.


2017–18 ABA League Champions
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Final standings


Statistical leaders

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Attendances

Attendances include playoff games: