2015–16 ABA League

ABA League
Season2015–16
DurationOctober 1, 2015 – March 7, 2016
(Regular season)
March 14, – May 2, 2016
(Playoffs)
Number of teams14
TV partner(s)Arena Sport
Regular season
Top seedMontenegro Budućnost
Season MVPCroatia Miro Bilan (Cedevita)
RelegatedMontenegro Sutjeska
Slovenia Tajfun
Finals
ChampionsSerbia Crvena Zvezda
2nd title
  Runners-upSerbia Mega Leks
SemifinalistsMontenegro Budućnost
Croatia Cedevita
Finals MVPSerbia Stefan Jović (Crvena Zvezda)
Awards
Best young playerCroatia Ante Žižić (Cibona)[1]
Statistical leaders
Points Serbia Tadija Dragićević (Budućnost) 16.33
Rebounds Croatia Ante Žižić (Cibona) 8.00
Assists Montenegro Omar Cook (Budućnost) 6.62

The 2015–16 ABA League was the 15th season of the ABA League, with 14 teams from Serbia, Croatia, Slovenia, Montenegro, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Macedonia participating in it.

Regular season started on October 1, 2015, and finished on March 7, 2016 followed by playoffs of the four best placed teams.[2][3]

Teams

Country Teams Qualification Team City Venue (Capacity)
Serbia Serbia 4
1st in the Basketball League of Serbia Crvena Zvezda Belgrade Hall Aleksandar Nikolić (8,150)
2nd in the Basketball League of Serbia Partizan Belgrade Hall Aleksandar Nikolić (8,150)
3rd in the Basketball League of Serbia Metalac Valjevo Valjevo Sports Hall (2,500)
4th in the Basketball League of Serbia Mega Leks Sremska Mitrovica Sports Hall Pinki (3,000)
Croatia Croatia 3
1st place in the A-1 League Cedevita Zagreb Dom Sportova (3,500)
2nd place in the A-1 League Cibona Zagreb Dražen Petrović Basketball Hall (5,400)
3rd place in the A-1 League Zadar Zadar Krešimir Ćosić Hall (10,000)
Slovenia Slovenia 3
Champion of the 1.A SKL Tajfun Šentjur Golovec Hall (3,200)
1st place in 1.A SKL Krka Novo mesto Leon Štukelj Hall (3,000)
Wild card Union Olimpija Ljubljana Arena Stožice (12,480)
Montenegro Montenegro 2
Champion of Montenegrin Basketball League Budućnost Podgorica Morača Sports Center (5,000)
2nd place in Montenegrin Basketball League Sutjeska[note 1] Nikšić Nikšić Sports Center (3,000)
Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosnia and Herzegovina 1 Champion of Premijer liga BiH Igokea Aleksandrovac Laktaši Sports Hall (3,050)
North Macedonia Macedonia 1 Champion of Macedonian First League MZT Skopje Jane Sandanski Arena (6,000)

Personnel and sponsorship

Team Head coach Captain Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor
Budućnost Montenegro Luka Pavićević Montenegro Suad Šehović Luanvi VOLI
Cedevita Croatia Veljko Mršić Croatia Miro Bilan Nike Cedevita / Konzum
Cibona Croatia Damir Mulaomerović Croatia Marin Rozić Adidas Franck
Crvena Zvezda Montenegro Dejan Radonjić Serbia Luka Mitrović Champion Telekom Srbija
Igokea Bosnia and Herzegovina Dragan Bajić Serbia Marko Čakarević Givova M:tel / Hemofarm
Krka Croatia Vladimir Anzulović Slovenia Matej Rojc Žolna šport Krka
Mega Leks Serbia Dejan Milojević Serbia Rade Zagorac Adidas Beoleks
Metalac Serbia Vladimir Đokić Serbia Dušan Kutlešić Kamp Farmakom
MZT Skopje North Macedonia Aleksandar Jončevski North Macedonia Damjan Stojanovski Li-Ning Sinalco / Bauer BG
Partizan Serbia Aleksandar Džikić Serbia Vanja Marinković Adidas NIS
Sutjeska Montenegro Igor Jovović Montenegro Nikola Žižić PEAK —
Tajfun Slovenia Dejan Mihevc Slovenia Dragiša Drobnjak Spalding Tajfun
Union Olimpija Slovenia Gašper Potočnik Slovenia Saša Zagorac Macron Pivovarna Union
Zadar Croatia Ante Nazor Croatia Lovre Bašić Adidas OTP banka

Coaching changes

Week Club Outgoing coach Date of change Incoming coach
3rd Metalac Serbia Vladimir Đokić 7 October 2015[4] Serbia Vladimir Mišković
4th Metalac Serbia Vladimir Mišković 12 October 2015[5] Serbia Vladimir Đokić
11th Budućnost Montenegro Igor Jovović 27 November 2015[6] Montenegro Luka Pavićević
13th Cibona Croatia Slaven Rimac 7 December 2015[7] Croatia Damir Mulaomerović
13th MZT Skopje Slovenia Aleš Pipan 7 December 2015[8] North Macedonia Aleksandar Jončevski
15th Igokea Serbia Željko Lukajić 21 December 2015[9] Bosnia and Herzegovina Dragan Bajić
18th Partizan Serbia Petar Božić 5 January 2016[10] Serbia Aleksandar Džikić
20th Krka Bosnia and Herzegovina Ivan Velić 18 January 2016[11] Croatia Vladimir Anzulović
20th Sutjeska Montenegro Dušan Dubljević 24 January 2016[12] Montenegro Igor Jovović

Regular season

Standings

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Montenegro Budućnost 26 23 3 2032 1774 +258 49 Qualification to playoffs
2 Serbia Crvena Zvezda 26 20 6 2046 1800 +246 46
3 Croatia Cedevita 26 19 7 2024 1879 +145 45
4 Serbia Mega Leks 26 17 9 2051 1940 +111 43
5 Serbia Partizan 26 12 14 1973 1974 −1 38
6 Croatia Zadar 26 12 14 1808 1868 −60 38
7 Slovenia Union Olimpija 26 11 15 1921 1955 −34 37
8 Croatia Cibona 26 11 15 1887 1936 −49 37
9 Bosnia and Herzegovina Igokea 26 11 15 1839 1899 −60 37
10 North Macedonia MZT Skopje 26 10 16 1869 1908 −39 36
11 Serbia Metalac 26 10 16 1837 1941 −104 36
12 Slovenia Krka 26 10 16 1853 1924 −71 36
13 Montenegro Sutjeska 26 9 17 1867 2011 −144 35 Relegated
14 Slovenia Tajfun 26 7 19 1790 1988 −198 33
Source: ABA Standings

Schedule and results

The regular season began on October 1, 2015, and ended on March 7, 2016.

Home \ Away BUD CDV CIB CZV IGK KRK MEG MET MZT PAR SUT TAJ UOL ZDR
Montenegro Budućnost 76–66 78–68 68–54 89–74 81–65 71–56 83–72 65–55 78–65 89–87 81–61 89–77 78–47
Croatia Cedevita 57–81 83–65 74–72 67–56 70–60 78–68 77–63 89–64 75–72 73–50 94–61 82–58 81–88
Croatia Cibona 69–91 69–81 83–94 86–72 85–78 82–89 77–73 68–62 63–57 93–76 71–69 75–79 74–65
Serbia Crvena Zvezda 83–62 79–80 75–58 81–87 77–67 76–70 86–74 92–79 92–77 96–67 113–66 73–77 83–57
Bosnia and Herzegovina Igokea 76–86 86–91 68–57 54–74 54–65 80–75 60–66 70–86 71–64 75–58 71–82 72–63 77–73
Slovenia Krka 78–84 85–77 90–86 65–71 74–64 74–57 70–75 72–68 70–75 58–66 103–96 55–59 77–66
Serbia Mega Leks 81–83 100–93 76–72 78–79 69–68 84–77 77–64 82–70 76–59 101–72 92–70 78–81 87–61
Serbia Metalac 61–67 79–81 77–61 62–68 56–74 83–77 83–76 68–77 67–64 84–78 78–62 74–61 71–67
North Macedonia MZT 68–72 65–70 69–68 66–71 75–70 69–67 76–77 93–67 82–78 71–75 77–70 81–62 60–72
Serbia Partizan 86–77 82–61 85–82 86–81 66–73 69–70 78–85 81–70 72–69 75–67 89–85 76–74 87–76
Montenegro Sutjeska 92–91 68–83 68–80 62–70 72–83 87–81 68–73 84–73 68–77 82–71 51–60 86–78 71–60
Slovenia Tajfun 61–80 67–78 52–74 63–73 76–81 74–51 60–64 76–63 68–62 65–83 71–68 73–59 66–82
Slovenia Union Olimpija 63–67 84–91 67–68 69–77 79–63 80–50 89–99 76–62 91–76 118–115 60–61 77–69 84–76
Croatia Zadar 52–65 81–72 62–53 49–56 69–60 67–74 76–81 88–72 84–72 65–61 85–83 73–67 67–56
Source: ABA League Calendar[3]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Playoffs

Semifinals Finals
            
1 Montenegro Budućnost 81 75
4 Serbia Mega Leks 85 76
Serbia Mega Leks 88 74 49
Serbia Crvena Zvezda 95 93 61
2 Serbia Crvena Zvezda 97 73
3 Croatia Cedevita 88 65

Semifinals

Game 1

Budućnost Montenegro v Serbia Mega Leks
14 March 2016 Budućnost Montenegro 81–85 Serbia Mega Leks Podgorica
20:00 (CET) Scoring by quarter: 15–24, 28–18, 19–18, 19–25
Pts: Jenkins 26
Rebs: Marić 9
Asts: Cook 5
PIR: Jenkins 24 		Boxscore Pts: Zagorac 27
Rebs: Luwawu, Zagorac 7
Asts: Ivanović 12
PIR: Zagorac 40 		Arena: Morača Sports Center
Attendance: 4,560
Referees:
Croatia Srđan Dožai
Slovenia Matej Boltauzer
Croatia Siniša Herceg
Crvena Zvezda Serbia v Croatia Cedevita
15 March 2016 Crvena Zvezda Serbia 97–880(OT) Croatia Cedevita Belgrade
18:45 (CET) Scoring by quarter: 22–14, 15–29, 19–13, 26–26, Overtime: 15–6
Pts: Miller 24
Rebs: Zirbes 11
Asts: Jović 8
PIR: Zirbes 29 		Boxscore Pts: Pullen 24
Rebs: White 12
Asts: Pullen 5
PIR: White 29 		Arena: Hall Aleksandar Nikolić
Attendance: 6,286
Referees:
Slovenia Saša Pukl
Slovenia Damir Javor
Montenegro Miloš Koljenšić

Game 2

Mega Leks Serbia v Montenegro Budućnost
19 March 2016 Mega Leks Serbia 76–75 Montenegro Budućnost Sremska Mitrovica
21:00 (CET) Scoring by quarter: 22–24, 22–16, 18–15, 14–20
Pts: Luwawu 17
Rebs: Ivanović, Simeunović 8
Asts: Ivanović 8
PIR: Ivanović 21 		Boxscore Pts: Dragićević 20
Rebs: Marić 13
Asts: Se. Šehović 5
PIR: Dragićević 20 		Arena: Sports Hall Pinki
Attendance: 2,500
Referees:
Croatia Sreten Radović
Bosnia and Herzegovina Petar Obradović
Croatia Tomislav Hordov
Cedevita Croatia v Serbia Crvena Zvezda
22 March 2016 Cedevita Croatia 65–73 Serbia Crvena Zvezda Zagreb
20:00 (CET) Scoring by quarter: 19–16, 20–18, 10–21, 16–18
Pts: Pullen 17
Rebs: Bilan 7
Asts: four players 2
PIR: Pullen 12 		Boxscore Pts: Štimac 17
Rebs: Zirbes 9
Asts: Jović 6
PIR: Miller 20 		Arena: Dom Sportova
Attendance: 3,300
Referees:
Slovenia Saša Pukl
Slovenia Damir Javor
Slovenia Sašo Petek

Finals

Crvena Zvezda Serbia v Serbia Mega Leks
28 April 2016
Game 1
 Crvena Zvezda Serbia 95–88 Serbia Mega Leks Belgrade
19:00 (CEST) Scoring by quarter: 27–25, 21–20, 20–25, 27–18
Pts: Miller, Zirbes 17
Rebs: Zirbes 12
Asts: Jović 9
PIR: Zirbes 29 		Boxscore Pts: Ivanović 25
Rebs: Nikolić 6
Asts: Ivanović 6
PIR: Ivanović 28 		Arena: Hall Aleksandar Nikolić
Attendance: 2,586
Referees:
Croatia Sreten Radović
Serbia Milivoje Jovčić
Croatia Siniša Herceg
Crvena Zvezda Serbia v Serbia Mega Leks
30 April 2016
Game 2
 Crvena Zvezda Serbia 93–74 Serbia Mega Leks Belgrade
20:00 (CEST) Scoring by quarter: 26–21, 26–18, 20–21, 21–14
Pts: Simonović 16
Rebs: three players 5
Asts: Jović 9
PIR: Jović 20 		Boxscore Pts: Ivanović 22
Rebs: Nikolić 7
Asts: Ivanović 5
PIR: Ivanović 22 		Arena: Hall Aleksandar Nikolić
Attendance: 3,000
Referees:
Serbia Ilija Belošević
Bosnia and Herzegovina Petar Obradović
Serbia Saša Maričić
Mega Leks Serbia v Serbia Crvena Zvezda
2 May 2016
Game 3
 Mega Leks Serbia 49–61 Serbia Crvena Zvezda Sremska Mitrovica
20:30 (CEST) Scoring by quarter: 16–24, 18–13, 6–9, 9–15
Pts: Zagorac 21
Rebs: Janković 8
Asts: Ivanović 6
PIR: Zagorac 22 		Boxscore Pts: Miller 18
Rebs: Miller 8
Asts: Jović 6
PIR: Miller 19 		Arena: Sports Hall Pinki
Attendance: 2,500
Referees:
Slovenia Saša Pukl
Croatia Srđan Dožai
Serbia Marko Juras


 2015–16 ABA League Champions 
Serbia
Crvena Zvezda
2nd title

2015–2016 Crvena Zvezda Team Roster

Position(s) Name
G/F United States Tarence Kinsey
PG Serbia Nikola Rebić
G/F Serbia Nemanja Dangubić
PF Serbia Luka Mitrović
G/F Serbia Branko Lazić
F Serbia Boriša Simanić
PG Serbia Vasilije Micić
SF Serbia Marko Simonović
C Serbia Stefan Nastić
SG Serbia Marko Gudurić
PG Serbia Stefan Jović
F United States Quincy Miller
C Germany Maik Zirbes
C Serbia Vladimir Štimac
Head Coach Montenegro Dejan Radonjić

Individual statistics

Rating

Rank Name Team Games Rating PIR
1. Croatia Miro Bilan Croatia Cedevita 28 575 20.54
2. Serbia Sava Lešić Slovenia Olimpija 26 448 18.88
3. Croatia Ante Žižić Croatia Cibona 21 379 18.05
4. United States Kevin Jones Serbia Partizan 19 332 17.47
5. Montenegro Nemanja Vranješ Montenegro Sutjeska 23 396 17.22

Points

Rank Name Team Games Points PPG
1. Serbia Tadija Dragićević Montenegro Budućnost 26 424 16.31
2. United States Kevin Jones Serbia Partizan 19 310 16.32
3. Serbia Sava Lešić Slovenia Olimpija 26 395 15.19
4. Serbia Đorđe Drenovac North Macedonia MZT Skopje 26 388 14.92
5. Montenegro Nemanja Vranješ Montenegro Sutjeska 23 337 14.65

Rebounds

Rank Name Team Games Rebounds RPG
1. Croatia Ante Žižić Croatia Cibona 21 168 8.00
2. United States Kevin Jones Serbia Partizan 19 149 7.84
3. Croatia Miro Bilan Croatia Cedevita 28 217 7.75
4. Serbia Sava Lešić Slovenia Olimpija 26 200 7.69
5. Australia Aleks Marić Montenegro Budućnost 26 184 7.08

Assists

Rank Name Team Games Assists APG
1. Montenegro Omar Cook Montenegro Budućnost 28 181 6.46
2. Serbia Stefan Jović Serbia Crvena Zvezda 27 145 5.37
3. Montenegro Nikola Ivanović Serbia Mega Leks 26 134 5.15
4. Serbia Marko Ljubičić North Macedonia MZT Skopje 25 103 4.12
5. Serbia Vuk Radivojević Bosnia and Herzegovina Igokea 25 91 3.64

Source: ABA League Individual Statistics [13]

MVP List

MVP of the Round[note 2]

Round Player Team Efficiency
1 Serbia Rade Zagorac Serbia Mega Leks 29
2 Croatia Miro Bilan Croatia Cedevita 33
3 Montenegro Suad Šehović Montenegro Budućnost 30
4 Serbia Marko Luković North Macedonia MZT 28
5 Australia Aleks Marić Montenegro Budućnost 32
6 Croatia Ive Ivanov Slovenia Krka 27
7 Croatia Jure Lalić Slovenia Krka 25
8 Montenegro Nikola Ivanović Serbia Mega Leks 31
9 Croatia Ante Žižić Croatia Cibona 30
10 Croatia Ante Delaš Croatia Zadar 33
11 Croatia Jure Lalić (2) Slovenia Krka 35
12 Serbia Tadija Dragićević Montenegro Budućnost 30
13 Serbia Tadija Dragićević (2) Montenegro Budućnost 25
14 Croatia Miro Bilan (2) Croatia Cedevita 37
15 Croatia Miro Bilan (3) Croatia Cedevita 28
16 Croatia Miro Bilan (4) Croatia Cedevita 35
17 Serbia Vuk Radivojević Bosnia and Herzegovina Igokea 30
18 Montenegro Nemanja Vranješ Montenegro Sutjeska 42
19 United States Glenn Cosey Croatia Zadar 30
20 Serbia Aleksandar Cvetković Serbia Partizan 42
21 Croatia Miro Bilan (5) Croatia Cedevita 30
22 Germany Maik Zirbes Serbia Crvena Zvezda 36
23 United States James White Croatia Cedevita 26
24 Germany Maik Zirbes (2) Serbia Crvena Zvezda 34
25 Serbia Vuk Radivojević (2) Bosnia and Herzegovina Igokea 31
26 Serbia Sava Lešić Slovenia Olimpija 43
SF1 Serbia Rade Zagorac (2) Serbia Mega Leks 40
SF2 Montenegro Nikola Ivanović (2) Serbia Mega Leks 21
F1 Germany Maik Zirbes (3) Serbia Crvena Zvezda 29
F2 Serbia Stefan Jović Serbia Crvena Zvezda 20
F3 United States Quincy Miller Serbia Crvena Zvezda 19

Source: ABA League MVP List [14]

MVP of the Month

Month Player Team Ref.
October 2015 Montenegro Suad Šehović Montenegro Budućnost [15]
November 2015 Croatia Miro Bilan Croatia Cedevita [16]
December 2015 Croatia Miro Bilan (2) Croatia Cedevita [17]
January 2016 Serbia Tadija Dragićević Montenegro Budućnost [18]
February 2016 Germany Maik Zirbes Serbia Crvena Zvezda [19]

The ideal five of the season

The ideal five of the season were selected by head coaches, fans and the ABA League Commission, with the coaches contributing 60%, the fans 30% and the Commission 10% of the votes for the final result.[20]

Position Name Team
PG Georgia (country) Jacob Pullen Croatia Cedevita
SG France Timothe Luwawu Serbia Mega Leks
SF Serbia Tadija Dragićević Montenegro Budućnost
PF Croatia Miro Bilan Croatia Cedevita
C Germany Maik Zirbes Serbia Crvena zvezda

ABA League clubs in European competitions

Competition Team Progress Result
Euroleague Serbia Crvena Zvezda Playoffs Eliminated by Russia CSKA Moscow, 0–3
Croatia Cedevita Top 16 Group E 8th place
Eurocup Slovenia Union Olimpija Last 32 Group M 4th place
Montenegro Budućnost Regular Season Group D 5th place
FIBA Europe Cup Croatia Cibona Quarter-finals Eliminated by Russia Enisey Krasnoyarsk, 1–2
Slovenia Krka Round of 32 Group O 3rd place
Slovenia Tajfun Regular Season Group F 4th place

Notes

  1. ^ A qualification tournament, to which the highest placed teams (that did not already qualify for the 2015/16 ABA League) from the Croatian, Macedonian, Bosnian and Montenegrin Leagues were invited, was announced. After Zagreb, Kumanovo and Široki withdrew from the tournament, Sutjeska was placed in the League.
  2. ^ Unlike the previous seasons in the 2015–16 season only players playing for winning teams could be named MVP of the Round.

References

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  9. ^ "Dragan Bajić replaced Željko Lukajić at the bench of Igokea". 21 December 2015. Archived from the original on 23 December 2015. Retrieved 22 December 2015.
  10. ^ "Partizan NIS replaced Božić with Džikić". 5 January 2016.
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  12. ^ "Sutjeska appointed Igor Jovović as new head coach!". 24 January 2016. Archived from the original on 2 February 2016. Retrieved 24 January 2016.
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  14. ^ "ABA League MVP List". aba-liga.com. Archived from the original on 2015-11-18. Retrieved 2015-12-02.
  15. ^ "INTERVIEW: Suad Šehović, the MVP of October". Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2015-12-02.
  16. ^ "November MVP: Miro Bilan – "We can win the rings this season"". Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2015-12-02.
  17. ^ December MVP: Miro Bilan
  18. ^ December January MVP: Tadija Dragićević[permanent dead link]
  19. ^ "February MVP: Maik Zirbes". Archived from the original on 2016-03-05. Retrieved 2016-03-03.
  20. ^ "Dragićević heads the Ideal Starting Five". 11 March 2016. Archived from the original on 2016-03-11. Retrieved 11 March 2016.

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