2012–13 ABA League

2012–13 ABA League season
League	ABA League
Sport	Basketball
Duration	September 29, 2012 – March 23, 2013 (regular season)
Number of games	185
Number of teams	Croatia (4 teams)  Serbia (3 teams)  Bosnia and Herzegovina (2 teams)  Slovenia (2 teams)  Hungary (1 team)  Macedonia (1 team)  Montenegro (1 team)
TV partner(s)	Arena Sport , Šport TV, Sport 1, MKTV, RTS, HRT, RTCG
Regular season
Season champions	Igokea
Season MVP	Aleksandar Ćapin (Radnički)
Top scorer	Aleksandar Ćapin (Radnički) (17.48 ppg)
Final four
Champions	Partizan
Runners-up	Crvena zvezda
Finals MVP	Raško Katić (Crvena zvezda)
ABA League seasons
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The 2012–13 ABA League was the 12th season of the ABA League, with 14 teams from Serbia, Slovenia, Montenegro, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Macedonia and Hungary participating in it. This was the first time a team from Macedonia, MZT Skopje, and a team from Hungary, Szolnoki Olaj were taking part in this regional league, and the fourth time since the league's creation that team that is not from the former Yugoslavia participates in it. It was also for the first time that two best teams ABA League gained automatic access to the next seasons Euroleague competition, while third placed gained wild card to Euroleague qualification round.^[1]

Regular season started on September 29, 2012, and lasted until March 23, 2013. 2012–13 ABA League Final Four was held in Laktaši Sports Hall, Laktaši.^[2]

Team information

Country	Teams	Team	City	Venue (Capacity)
Croatia	4
		Cibona	Zagreb	Dražen Petrović Basketball Hall (5,400)
		Cedevita	Zagreb	Sutinska vrela (2,000)
		Split	Split	Arena Gripe (6,000)
		Zadar	Zadar	Krešimir Ćosić Hall (10,000)
Serbia	3
		Crvena zvezda Telekom	Belgrade	Pionir Hall (8,150)
		Partizan mt:s	Belgrade	Pionir Hall (8,150)
		Radnički	Kragujevac	Hala Jezero (5,320)
Bosnia and Herzegovina	2
		Igokea	Aleksandrovac	Laktaši Sports Hall (3,000)
		Široki WWin	Široki Brijeg	Pecara (4,500)
Slovenia	2
		Krka	Novo mesto	Leon Štukelj Hall (3,000)
		Union Olimpija	Ljubljana	Arena Stožice (12,480)
Hungary	1	Szolnoki Olaj	Szolnok	Tiszaligeti Sportcsarnok (3,000)
Macedonia	1	MZT Skopje Aerodrom	Skopje	Boris Trajkovski Sports Center (8,000)
Montenegro	1	Budućnost VOLI	Podgorica	Morača Sports Center (5,000)

Partizan mt:s Crvena zvezda Telekom Cedevita Cibona Split Zadar Radnički Union Olimpija Krka Široki WWin Igokea MZT Skopje Aerodrom Budućnost VOLI class=notpageimage| Location of teams in the ABA League 2012–13 (former Yugoslavia)

Szolnoki Olaj class=notpageimage| Location of teams in the 2012–13 ABA League (Hungary)

Regular season

The regular season began on September 29, 2012, and it will end on March 23, 2013.

Standings

Team Pld W L PF PA Diff Points % 1 Igokea 26 20 6 2013 1857 +156 46 .769 2 Crvena zvezda Telekom 26 18 8 2097 1889 +208 44 .692 3 Radnički 26 17 9 2102 1978 +124 43 .654 4 Partizan mt:s 26 16 10 1905 1832 +73 42 .615 5 Budućnost VOLI 26 16 10 1864 1774 +90 42 .615 6 Cedevita 26 15 11 1935 1907 +28 41 .577 7 MZT Skopje Aerodrom 26 14 12 1933 1931 +2 40 .538 8 Union Olimpija 26 13 13 1984 1976 +8 39 .500 9 Krka 26 9 17 1779 1906 –127 35 .346 10 Široki WWin 26 9 17 1940 1996 –56 35 .346 11 Cibona 26 9 17 2013 2031 –18 35 .346 12 Zadar 26 9 17 1928 2022 –94 35 .346 13 Szolnoki Olaj 26 9 17 1878 2085 –207 35 .346 14 Split 26 8 18 1808 1995 –187 34 .308

Qualified for Final four Relegated

Pld – Played; W – Won; L – Lost; PF – Points for; PA – Points against; Diff – Difference; Pts – Points.

As of 24 March 2013^[update][3]

Schedule and results

Source:^[4]

BUD

CDV

CIB

CZV

IGK

KRK

MZT

PAR

RKG

SPL

SZO

ŠRK

UOL

ZDR

Budućnost VOLI

74–78

60–64

72–63

76–71

74–66

87–71

62–81

80–78

66–47

88–63

65–57

79–75

76–60

Cedevita

84–75

92–78

68–66

78–76

97–78

78–80

76–77

86–68

72–75

91–86

90–69

73–67

67–83

Cibona

60–73

73–64

63–71

78–87

78–86

72–77

80–72

81–85

81–73

97–71

69–63

74–62

90–81

Crvena zvezda Telekom

79–63

90–65

97–95

75–76

79–61

87–72

84–76

87–73

94–67

103–74

69–57

87–76

88–79

Igokea

70–61

56–64

94–88

80–77

84–75

79–55

73–50

88–85

79–64

86–84

89-73

87–82

90–75

Krka

51–66

62–63

69–67

52–57

63–83

68–80

58–66

52–77

79–68

71–56

74–71

79–76

78–62

MZT Skopje Aerodrom

69–76

74–61

82–76

60–75

77–81

92–88

66–64

75–83

93–84

87–53

63–59

76–87

94–69

Partizan mt:s

63–50

58–55

74–68

78–92

73–64

79–60

68–58

91–80

68–59

83–69

65–62

71–73

81–74

Radnički

78–63

85–77

105–101

80–75

73–78

84–71

89–83

78–76

72–63

97–72

73–59

65–71

92–79

Split

71–69

74–71

72–62

87–81

60–68

61–71

73–65

72–79

63–81

62–70

88–83

78–70

75–78

Szolnoki Olaj

50–75

64–59

75–71

83–96

78–82

72–69

81–72

70–68

66–78

75–67

69–75

89–72

90–76

Široki WWin

70–76

75–77

81–89

78–74

63–69

73–68

71–72

87–80

85–100

101–64

102–101

80–83

80–71

Union Olimpija

95–92

71–75

87–82

56–70

69–63

76–63

60–64

82–86

81–75

82–73

83–63

82–85

88–81

Zadar

60–72

73–74

78–76

98–81

61–60

65–67

68–76

80–78

75–68

85–68

72–54

76–81

66–78

Final four

Matches in, Laktaši Sports Hall, Laktaši, Bosnia and Herzegovina on 25 and 27 April 2013.

	Semifinals					Final
	1	Igokea	57
	4	Partizan mt:s	63
						Partizan mt:s		71
						Crvena zvezda Telekom		63
	2	Crvena zvezda Telekom	79
	3	Radnički Kragujevac	78

Semifinals

25 April 2013 17:00

Report

Crvena zvezda Telekom	79–78	Radnički Kragujevac
Pts: Katić 22 Rebs: Savović 11 Asts: Nelson 6		Pts: Ćapin 25 Rebs: White 7 Asts: Krstović 4

Laktaši Sports Hall, Laktaši Attendance: 3.000 Referees: Belošević Ilija, Dožai Srdjan, Herceg Siniša

25 April 2013 21:00

Report

Igokea	57–63	Partizan mt:s
Pts: Edwards 19 Rebs: Edwards 11 Asts: Joksimović 4		Pts: Lauvergne 12 Rebs: Bertans, Musli 6 Asts: Westermann 4

Laktaši Sports Hall, Laktaši Attendance: 3.000 Referees: Pukl Sašo, Boltauzer Matej, Javor Damir

Final

27 April 2013

Report

Partizan mt:s	71–63	Crvena zvezda Telekom
Pts: Westermann 15 Rebs: Lauvergne, Gagić 6 Asts: Westermann 3		Pts: Katić 19 Rebs: Katić 12 Asts: Rakočević, Nelson 3

Laktaši Sports Hall, Laktaši Attendance: 3.000 Referees: Pukl Sašo, Belošević Ilija, Boltauzer Matej

2012–13 ABA League Champions
Partizan mt:s 6th Title

Stats leaders

As of 1 May 2013^[update][5]

Points Rank Name Team Points Games PPG 1. Aleksandar Ćapin Radnički 392 22 17.82 2. Igor Rakočević Crvena zvezda 417 27 15.44 3. Marko Šutalo Široki 380 26 14.62 4. Romeo Travis Zadar 365 25 14.60 5. Terrico White Radnički 389 27 14.41 Rebounds Rank Name Team Rebounds Games RPG 1. Boris Savović Crvena zvezda 232 28 8.29 2. Romeo Travis Zadar 195 25 7.80 3. Drew Gordon Partizan 195 26 7.50 4. Márton Báder Szolnoki Olaj 177 24 7.38 5. Željko Šakić Široki 162 26 6.23 Assists Rank Name Team Assists Games APG 1. Aleksandar Ćapin Radnički 112 22 5.09 2. Srđan Subotić Split 125 26 4.81 3. Jakov Vladović Krka 113 26 4.35 4. Cliff Hammonds Igokea 106 27 3.93 5. Simon Balázs Szolnoki Olaj 94 25 3.76 Ranking MVP Rank Name Team Efficiency Games Average 1. Aleksandar Ćapin Radnički 460 22 20.91 2. Romeo Travis Zadar 455 25 18.20 3. Márton Báder Szolnoki Olaj 417 24 17.38 4. Boris Savović Crvena zvezda 476 28 17.00 5. Todor Gečevski MZT Skopje 403 24 16.79

MVP Round by Round Round Player Team Efficiency 1 Ivan Mimica Split 27 2 Márton Báder Szolnoki Olaj 37 3 Márton Báder (2) Szolnoki Olaj 58 4 Vladimir Lučić Partizan 24 5 Darko Planinić Široki 39 6 Vladimir Lučić (2) Partizan 28 7 Romeo Travis Zadar 30 Darko Planinić (2) Široki 30 8 Terrico White Radnički 49 9 Marko Šutalo Široki 28 10 Darko Planinić (3) Široki 35 11 Aron Baynes Union Olimpija 35 12 Jaka Blažič Union Olimpija 38 13 Čedomir Vitkovac Budućnost 36 14 Márton Báder (3) Szolnoki Olaj 35 15 Romeo Travis (2) Zadar 35 16 Aleksandar Ćapin Radnički 29 17 Romeo Travis (3) Zadar 34 Aleksandar Ćapin (2) Radnički 34 18 Aleksandar Ćapin (3) Radnički 33 19 Željko Šakić Široki 31 20 Todor Gečevski MZT Skopje 37 21 Aleksandar Ćapin (4) Radnički 36 22 Terrico White (2) Radnički 38 23 D. J. Strawberry Cibona 35 24 Aleksa Popović Budućnost 30 Andrija Žižić Cibona 30 25 Branko Jorović Igokea 34 26 Romeo Travis (4) Zadar 33 SF Aleksandar Ćapin (5) Radnički 31 F Raško Katić Crvena zvezda 33 Source: ABA League

Top 10 attendances

	Round	Game	Home team	Visitor	Attendance	Ref.
1	Regular Season	14	Zadar	Partizan	7,500	[6]
2	Regular Season	15	Crvena zvezda	Zadar	7,000	[7]
	Regular Season	16	MZT Skopje	Budućnost	7,000	[8]
	Regular Season	17	Crvena zvezda	Cedevita	7,000	[9]
	Regular Season	25	MZT Skopje	Partizan	7,000	[10]
	Regular Season	26	Partizan	Szolnoki Olaj	7,000	[11]
7	Regular Season	22	MZT Skopje	Igokea	6,800	[12]
8	Regular Season	9	Crvena zvezda	Krka	6,500	[13]
	Regular Season	24	Partizan	Igokea	6,500	[14]
10	Regular Season	11	Crvena zvezda	Široki	6,200	[15]

References

External links

• Official website
• ABA League at Eurobasket.com