2015–16 ABA League

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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[edit]

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Location of teams in the 2015–16 ABA League
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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

Standings[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

Game 1[edit]

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
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[edit]

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
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[edit]

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
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
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[edit]

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