2022–23 ABA League Second Division

ABA League Second Division
ABA League Second Division
Season	2022–23
Duration	October 2022 – April 2023
Games played	13 each
Teams	14
TV partner(s)	Arena Sport
	← 2021–22 2023–24 → All statistics correct as of February 26, 2022.

The 2022–23 ABA League Second Division is the 6th season of the ABA Second Division with 14 teams from Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Serbia, and Slovenia participating in it.

Clubs

A total of 14 clubs contest the league for the 2022–23 season, based on the results in the domestic championships and taking into consideration the results in the previous season. On the ABA Assembly session, held on 19 July 2022 in Zagreb, was confirmed clubs for the 2022–23 season.^[1]

Distribution

The following is the access list for this season.

Access list for the 2022–23 ABA League Second Division
	Clubs entering in this round	Clubs advancing from the previous round
Regular season (14 clubs)	2 highest-placed clubs from each of the six national leagues (12 in total) 1 club relegated from the 2021-22 ABA League First Division 1 club with a wild card
Playoffs (8 clubs)		8 highest-placed clubs from the regular season

Club allocation

Location of teams in the 2022–23 season

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 season.^[Note]
ABA1: Relegated from the First Division.
TH: Title holder.
WC: Wild card.

Regular season^[1]
Široki (2nd)	Helios Suns (2nd)	Sutjeska (2nd)	Zlatibor (1st)^TH
Spars Ilidža (3rd)	GGD Šenčur (3rd)	Podgorica (3rd)	Sloga (2nd)
Borac Banja Luka (5th)^WC	Gorica (4th)	Pelister (2nd)
Krka (ABA1)	Vrijednosnice (12th)	TFT Skopje (4th)

Bosnian clubs Leotar^[2] and Sloboda Tuzla^[3] failed to receive wildcards.

Personnel and sponsorship

Team	Home city	Head coach	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor
Borac Banja Luka	Banja Luka	Zoran Kašćelan	Srđan Gavrić	Kelme	wwin
Gorica	Velika Gorica	Braslav Turić	Ante Mašić	Alpas	—
Helios Suns	Domžale	Dejan Jakara	Aljaž Bratec	Spalding	Helios / Triglav
Krka	Novo Mesto	Gašper Okorn	Rok Stipčević	Peak	Krka
Pelister	Bitola	Marjan Ilievski	Boban Stajić	Unit sport	—
Podgorica	Podgorica	Nebojša Bogavac	Vladan Kaluđerović	NetS	Bemax
Sloga	Kraljevo	Marko Dimitrijević	Stefan Matović	Maluro	—
Spars Ilidža	Ilidža	Miodrag Kadija	Harun Zrno	No1	Visit Sarajevo
Sutjeska	Nikšić	Darko Vujačić	Marko Ćalić	Ardu Sport	—
GGD Šenčur	Šenčur	Miljan Pavković	Dino Murić		GGD / ELCI
Široki	Široki Brijeg	Ivan Velić	Jure Zubac	Ardu Sport	TT Kabeli
TFT Skopje	Skopje	Boro Smilkovski	Edis Nuri		—
Vrijednosnice	Osijek	Srđan Heblich	Veljko Budimir	STX	VROS
Zlatibor	Čajetina	Strajin Nedović	Nemanja Protić	Ardu Sport	Boje i fasade Maxima

Coaching changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Replaced with	Date of appointment	Ref.
Borac Banja Luka	Dragan Nikolić	17 April 2022	Off-season	Zoran Kašćelan	17 April 2022	^[4]^[5]
Krka	Dalibor Damjanović	June 2022		Gašper Okorn	24 June 2022	^[6]
Široki	Danijel Jusup	7 July 2022		Ivan Velić	22 July 2022	^[7]^[8]
Gorica	Mladen Starčević	July 2022		Vladimir Krstić	29 July 2022	^[9]
Gorica	Vladimir Krstić	15 November 2022	13th (0–2)	Braslav Turić	15 November 2022	^[10]

Regular season

The Regular season is split in five tournaments featuring two or three rounds.

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Helios Suns	13	12	1	1154	937	+217	25	Advance to the Playoffs
2	Krka	13	10	3	1114	1013	+101	23
3	Podgorica	13	9	4	1026	910	+116	22
4	Borac WWIN	13	9	4	1077	961	+116	22
5	Široki	13	9	4	1008	958	+50	22
6	Zlatibor	13	9	4	1120	1022	+98	22
7	Sutjeska	13	8	5	983	940	+43	21
8	Pelister	13	7	6	1052	1067	−15	20
9	Sloga	13	6	7	1023	1064	−41	19
10	GGD Šenčur	13	4	9	942	968	−26	17
11	TFT Skopje	13	3	10	984	1129	−145	16
12	Spars Ilidža	13	2	11	962	1153	−191	15
13	Gorica	13	2	11	962	1135	−173	15
14	Vrijednosnice	13	1	12	944	1094	−150	14

Source: ABA2

Playoffs

Based on the results and position of the clubs in the standings after the regular season, Playoffs will take place with teams from 1st to 8th position. The Quarterfinals will be played in knockout pairs 1–8, 2–7, 3–6, 4–5. The winners of the Quarterfinals will qualify to the Semifinals and the winners of the Semifinals will play the Final.

Bracket

Knock-out elimination phases were played under single-game format.

Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final

12 April

1 Helios Suns	101
		14 April
8 Pelister	47
		1 Helios Suns	91
12 April
		5 Široki	71
4 Borac Banja Luka	72
				16 April
5 Široki	80
				1 Helios Suns	82
12 April
				2 Krka	83
2 Krka	91
		14 April
7 Sutjeska	82
		2 Krka	86
12 April
		3 Podgorica	74
3 Podgorica	89

6 Zlatibor	64

Clubs in European competitions

Competition	Team	Progress	Result
Basketball Champions League	TFT Skopje	Qualifying rounds, Group A	Eliminated in quarterfinals by Niners Chemnitz, 77–96

Notes

^
In case of Serbia (Basketball League of Serbia) and Montenegro (Prva A Liga), playoff round results in their leagues are not considered for the ABA 2 League qualification.

References

^ ^a ^b "AdmiralBet ABA League season tips off on 1 October". aba-liga.com. Retrieved 19 July 2022.
^ "Sport1 - Leotar proslavio plasman u ABA 2 ligu, ali da li će tamo oni ili Borac?". www.oslobodjenje.ba (in Bosnian). 2022-06-05. Retrieved 2022-07-16.
^ Ban, Kulin (2022-06-27). "Saznajemo: Sloboda poslala prijavu za igranje u ABA ligi 2". Bhbasket (in Bosnian). Retrieved 2022-07-16.
^ "Zoran Kašćelan na klupi Borca iz Banjaluke". vijesti.me. Retrieved 1 August 2022.
^ "Zoran Kašćelan ostaje u Borcu iz Banjaluke". sportklub.rs. Retrieved 1 August 2022.
^ "Gašper Okorn više neće voditi Cibonu, vratio se u Sloveniju te postao novi Krkin trener". telesport.telegram.hr. Retrieved 30 July 2022.
^ "Jusup šesti put na klupi Zadra". vecernji.hr. Retrieved 8 July 2022.
^ "Ivan Velić ponovo na klupi HKK Široki". sportsport.ba. Retrieved 4 September 2022.
^ "Vladimir Krstić preuzima Goricu". sportskikod.com. Retrieved 15 August 2022.
^ "Vladimir Krstić i Gorica raskinuli suradnju, novi trener je Braslav Turić". basketball.hr. 15 November 2022. Retrieved 29 November 2022.

External links

Official website
ABA League at Eurobasket.com

[cnote_Note] 
In case of Serbia (Basketball League of Serbia) and Montenegro (Prva A Liga), playoff round results in their leagues are not considered for the ABA 2 League qualification.

[aba-1] "AdmiralBet ABA League season tips off on 1 October". aba-liga.com. Retrieved 19 July 2022.

[2] "Sport1 - Leotar proslavio plasman u ABA 2 ligu, ali da li će tamo oni ili Borac?". www.oslobodjenje.ba (in Bosnian). 2022-06-05. Retrieved 2022-07-16.

[3] Ban, Kulin (2022-06-27). "Saznajemo: Sloboda poslala prijavu za igranje u ABA ligi 2". Bhbasket (in Bosnian). Retrieved 2022-07-16.

[4] "Zoran Kašćelan na klupi Borca iz Banjaluke". vijesti.me. Retrieved 1 August 2022.

[sportklub-5] "Zoran Kašćelan ostaje u Borcu iz Banjaluke". sportklub.rs. Retrieved 1 August 2022.

[6] "Gašper Okorn više neće voditi Cibonu, vratio se u Sloveniju te postao novi Krkin trener". telesport.telegram.hr. Retrieved 30 July 2022.

[7] "Jusup šesti put na klupi Zadra". vecernji.hr. Retrieved 8 July 2022.

[8] "Ivan Velić ponovo na klupi HKK Široki". sportsport.ba. Retrieved 4 September 2022.

[9] "Vladimir Krstić preuzima Goricu". sportskikod.com. Retrieved 15 August 2022.

[10] "Vladimir Krstić i Gorica raskinuli suradnju, novi trener je Braslav Turić". basketball.hr. 15 November 2022. Retrieved 29 November 2022.

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