2014–15 ABA League

ABA League
Champions Serbia Crvena Zvezda
1st title
Runners-up Croatia Cedevita
Semifinalists Montenegro Budućnost
Serbia Partizan
Relegated Bulgaria Levski Sofia
Teams 14
Duration October 3, 2014 – March 22, 2015
(Regular season)
April 14–30, 2015
(Playoffs)
Top seed Serbia Crvena Zvezda
TV BNT
Doma TV
Happy TV
MKTV
RTCG
RTRS
Sport 1
Sport Klub
Šport TV
Awards
MVP Serbia Nikola Jokić (Mega Leks)
Finals MVP Serbia Boban Marjanović (Crvena Zvezda)
Statistical leaders
Points

United States Malcolm Armstead (Krka)

17.5

Rebounds

Serbia Nikola Jokić (Mega Leks)

9.2

Assists

Serbia Nenad Miljenović (Mega Leks)

8.3

The 2014–15 ABA League is the 14th season of the ABA League, with 14 teams from Serbia, Slovenia, Montenegro, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Macedonia, Hungary and Bulgaria participating in it.

Regular season will start on October 3, 2014, and last until March 22, 2015 followed by playoffs of the four best placed teams.[1]

Team information

Country Teams Team City Venue (Capacity)
Serbia Serbia 4
Crvena Zvezda Belgrade Pionir Hall (8,150)
Mega Leks Sremska Mitrovica Sports Hall Pinki (3,000)
Metalac Farmakom Valjevo Valjevo Sports Hall (2,500)
Partizan Belgrade Pionir Hall (8,150)
Croatia Croatia 3
Cibona Zagreb Dražen Petrović Basketball Hall (5,400)
Cedevita Zagreb Mala dvorana Doma sportova (4,000)
Zadar Zadar Krešimir Ćosić Hall (9,000)
Slovenia Slovenia 2
Krka Novo mesto Leon Štukelj Hall (3,000)
Union Olimpija Ljubljana Arena Stožice (12,480)
Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosnia and Herzegovina 1 Igokea Aleksandrovac Laktaši Sports Hall (3,000)
Bulgaria Bulgaria 1 Levski Sofia Sofia Universiada Hall (3,000)
Hungary Hungary 1 Szolnoki Olaj Szolnok Tiszaligeti Sportcsarnok (3,000)
Republic of Macedonia Macedonia 1 MZT Skopje Aerodrom Skopje Jane Sandanski Arena (6,500)
Montenegro Montenegro 1 Budućnost VOLI Podgorica Morača Sports Center (5,000)



Location of teams in the ABA League 2014–15 (former Yugoslavia)
Location of teams in the 2014–15 ABA League (Hungary)
Location of teams in the 2014–15 ABA League (Bulgaria)

Head coaches

Team Head coach
Budućnost VOLI Montenegro Igor Jovović
Cedevita Croatia Jasmin Repeša
Cibona Croatia Slaven Rimac
Crvena Zvezda Montenegro Dejan Radonjić
Igokea Serbia Željko Lukajić
Krka Serbia Aleksandar Džikić
Levski Bulgaria Konstantin Papazov
Mega Leks Serbia Dejan Milojević
Metalac Farmakom Serbia Vladimir Đokić
MZT Skopje Aerodrom Slovenia Aleš Pipan
Partizan Montenegro Duško Vujošević
Szolnoki Olaj Serbia Dragan Aleksić
Union Olimpija Slovenia Memi Bečirovič
Zadar Croatia Ante Nazor

Coaching changes

Week Club Outgoing coach Date of change Incoming coach
3rd MZT Skopje Aerodrom Slovenia Zmago Sagadin 16 October 2014[2] Republic of Macedonia Vrbica Stefanov
7th MZT Skopje Aerodrom Republic of Macedonia Vrbica Stefanov 5 November 2014[3] Republic of Macedonia Boban Mitev
9th Igokea Serbia Vlada Jovanović 26 November 2014[4] Serbia Željko Lukajić
16th MZT Skopje Aerodrom Republic of Macedonia Boban Mitev 6 January 2015[5] Republic of Macedonia Aleksandar Jončevski
22nd Union Olimpija Slovenia Aleš Pipan 22 February 2015[6] Slovenia Memi Bečirovič
22nd MZT Skopje Aerodrom Republic of Macedonia Aleksandar Jončevski 27 February 2015[7] Slovenia Aleš Pipan

Regular season

The regular season began on October 3, 2014, and ended on March 22, 2015.

Standings

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Serbia Crvena Zvezda 26 24 2 2147 1790 +357 50 Qualification to playoffs
2 Montenegro Budućnost VOLI 26 19 7 1993 1816 +177 45
3 Croatia Cedevita 26 18 8 2004 1838 +166 44
4 Serbia Partizan 26 18 8 1924 1778 +146 44
5 Slovenia Union Olimpija 26 15 11 1952 1849 +103 41
6 Serbia Metalac Farmakom 26 13 13 1852 1936 −84 39
7 Hungary Szolnoki Olaj 26 12 14 1863 1922 −59 38
8 Croatia Zadar 26 12 14 1861 1931 −70 38
9 Slovenia Krka 26 12 14 1894 1877 +17 38
10 Serbia Mega Leks 26 11 15 2148 2148 0 37
11 Croatia Cibona 26 10 16 1934 2033 −99 36
12 Bosnia and Herzegovina Igokea 26 9 17 1866 1912 −46 35
13 Republic of Macedonia MZT Skopje Aerodrom 26 7 19 1775 1938 −163 33
14 Bulgaria Levski Sofia 26 2 24 1698 2143 −445 28 Relegated
Source: ABA League

Schedule and results [8]

BUD CDV CIB CZV IGK KRK LEV MEG MET MZT PAR SZO UOL ZDR
Montenegro Budućnost 70–80 101–79 76–77 87–72 82–77 20–0[9] 88–80 65–61 96–69 85–79 75–68 76–61 71–63
Croatia Cedevita 80–70 81–79 87–88 68–64 100–75 86–68 103–107 79–66 81–70 70–50 74–73 66–60 71–74
Croatia Cibona 67–84 69–71 64–88 78–81 76–81 85–69 84–80 93–91 70–61 64–81 96–92 80–85 77–76
Serbia Crvena Zvezda 83–69 78–63 80–64 76–71 85–78 85–55 93–77 82–59 89–56 76–67 90–47 73–65 93–66
Bosnia and Herzegovina Igokea 62–70 57–86 61–71 80–85 66–53 87–54 70–63 72–75 61–76 83–77 66–71 83–77 71–56
Slovenia Krka 81–90 80–72 70–80 77–67 78–67 72–61 72–80 89–59 85–52 72–78 61–71 71–54 83–80
Bulgaria Levski 75–92 78–95 64–74 58–99 77–92 68–70 98–89 66–77 91–90 66–98 61–82 56–78 72–80
Serbia Mega Leks 96–84 55–81 78–74 75–77 100–96 81–67 89–68 99–82 103–95 73–75 80–85 85–66 91–84
Serbia Metalac 70–69 56–55 67–66 74–82 81–68 69–67 81–54 86–83 69–67 72–83 72–65 67–76 87–93
Republic of Macedonia MZT 65–81 61–76 78–65 76–79 76–80 60–72 72–61 84–79 58–64 55–63 74–58 57–76 72–58
Serbia Partizan 61–72 76–64 73–64 77–63 74–65 64–68 94–66 89–80 84–77 65–50 62–55 81–74 87–53
Hungary Szolnok 72–81 67–74 89–87 65–89 63–60 63-59 81–67 88–77 67–51 73–76 55–60 106–99 82–81
Slovenia Union Olimpija 77–66 77–67 74–77 81–91 72–70 73–67 89-70 85–75 69–70 69–56 87–58 79–61 82–60
Croatia Zadar 61–73 70–74 77–51 63–79 68–61 79–69 86–75 74–73 85–69 74–69 69-68 71–64 60–67

Playoffs

  Semifinals Finals
                                 
  1  Serbia Crvena Zvezda 73 68 95 81  
4  Serbia Partizan 64 70 85 73  
   Serbia Crvena Zvezda 68 69 62 89
   Croatia Cedevita 59 65 72 79
2  Montenegro Budućnost VOLI 82 81 57 85 66
  3  Croatia Cedevita 81 76 85 88 70  

Semifinals

The semifinals will be played in April 2015. Teams 1 & 2 will host Games 1 and 2, plus Game 5 if it is necessary. Teams 3 & 4 will host Game 3, plus Game 4 if it is necessary.

Game 1

14 April 2015
18:30
Budućnost VOLI Montenegro 82–81 Croatia Cedevita
Scoring by quarter: 20–23, 19–21, 20–16, 23–21
Pts: Savović 20
Rebs: Šehović 9
Asts: Cook 5		 Pts: Babić 14
Rebs: Delaš 8
Asts: Barać, Gordić 4
Morača Sports Center, Podgorica
Attendance: 3,250
Referees: Ilija Belošević, Matej Boltauzer, Saša Maričić
14 April 2015
21:00
Crvena Zvezda Serbia 73–64 Serbia Partizan
Scoring by quarter: 24–13, 14–18, 17–21, 18–12
Pts: Jenkins 19
Rebs: Marjanović 9
Asts: Williams, Kalinić 3		 Pts: Mačvan 12
Rebs: Mačvan 12
Asts: Mačvan 5
Pionir Hall, Belgrade
Attendance: 5,932
Referees: Sreten Radović, Milivoje Jovčić, Damir Javor

Game 2

15 April 2015
18:30
Budućnost VOLI Montenegro 81–76 Croatia Cedevita
Scoring by quarter: 26–24, 13–15, 22–20, 20–17
Pts: Savović 22
Rebs: Šehović 7
Asts: Cook 11		 Pts: Gordić 17
Rebs: Babić 6
Asts: Ukić 4
Morača Sports Center, Podgorica
Attendance: 4,100
Referees: Milivoje Jovčić, Damir Javor, Mario Majkić
15 April 2015
21:00
Crvena Zvezda Serbia 68–70 Serbia Partizan
Scoring by quarter: 17–22, 18–20, 13–16, 20–12
Pts: Jenkins 19
Rebs: Marjanović 8
Asts: Williams 3		 Pts: Mačvan 14
Rebs: Mačvan 17
Asts: Milutinov 4
Pionir Hall, Belgrade
Attendance: 5,983
Referees: Srđan Dožai, Matej Boltauzer, Siniša Herceg

Game 3

18 April 2015
18:30
Cedevita Croatia 85–57 Montenegro Budućnost VOLI
Scoring by quarter: 15–29, 26–12, 17–4, 27–12
Pts: Gordić, Tomas 14
Rebs: Barać 6
Asts: Gordić 6		 Pts: Dašić 9
Rebs: Šehović 5
Asts: Cook 4
Dom Sportova, Zagreb
Attendance: 2,950
Referees: Saša Pukl, Marko Juras, Sašo Petek
18 April 2015
21:00
Partizan Serbia 85–95 Serbia Crvena Zvezda
Scoring by quarter: 20–26, 24–25, 18–22, 23–22
Pts: Milosavljević 23
Rebs: Mačvan 5
Asts: Tepić 3		 Pts: Kalinić 25
Rebs: Mitrović 9
Asts: Mitrović 5
Pionir Hall, Belgrade
Attendance: 7,000
Referees: Ilija Belošević, Sreten Radović, Damir Javor

Game 4

19 April 2015
19:00
Cedevita Croatia 88–85 Montenegro Budućnost VOLI
Scoring by quarter: 18–19, 22–17, 23–19, 25–30
Pts: Gordić, Ukić 16
Rebs: Barać 7
Asts: Ukić, Tomas 4		 Pts: Planinić, Reynolds 13
Rebs: Vitkovac 7
Asts: Reynolds, Savović 3
Dom Sportova, Zagreb
Attendance: 3,050
Referees: Ilija Belošević, Matej Boltauzer, Uroš Obrknežević
19 April 2015
21:00
Partizan Serbia 73–81 Serbia Crvena Zvezda
Scoring by quarter: 24–22, 12–16, 22–26, 15–17
Pts: Murić 25
Rebs: Milutinov 8
Asts: Murić, Milosavljević 3		 Pts: Williams, Jenkins 19
Rebs: Marjanović 14
Asts: 3 players 3
Crvena Zvezda wins series by 3–1
Pionir Hall, Belgrade
Attendance: 7,000
Referees: Saša Pukl, Sašo Petek, Tomislav Hordov

Game 5

22 April 2015
18:30
Budućnost VOLI Montenegro 66–70 Croatia Cedevita
Scoring by quarter: 14–15, 19–24, 17–14, 16–17
Pts: Planinić, Reynolds 13
Rebs: Savović 7
Asts: Cook 7		 Pts: Bilan 16
Rebs: Tomas 6
Asts: Ukić 6
Cedevita wins series by 3–2
Morača Sports Center, Podgorica
Attendance: 4,300
Referees: Damir Javor, Saša Maričić, Mario Majkić

Finals

Game 1

25 April 2015
21:00
Crvena Zvezda Serbia 68–59 Croatia Cedevita
Scoring by quarter: 24–9, 18–15, 12–20, 14–15
Pts: Mitrović 18
Rebs: Marjanović 12
Asts: Williams 5		 Pts: Babić 12
Rebs: Bilan 8
Asts: Žganec, Ukić 4
Pionir Hall, Belgrade
Attendance: 5,526
Referees: Saša Pukl, Zdravko Rutešić, Miloš Koljenšić

Game 2

26 April 2015
20:30
Crvena Zvezda Serbia 69–65 Croatia Cedevita
Scoring by quarter: 22–8, 18–24, 18–16, 11–17
Pts: Marjanović 20
Rebs: Marjanović 14
Asts: Marjanović 5		 Pts: Babić 14
Rebs: Žganec 8
Asts: Ukić 10
Pionir Hall, Belgrade
Attendance: 5,405
Referees: Matej Boltauzer, Sašo Petek, Mario Majkić

Game 3

29 April 2015
20:30
Cedevita Croatia 72–62 Serbia Crvena Zvezda
Scoring by quarter: 23–16, 18–17, 27–13, 4–16
Pts: Barać 15
Rebs: Zubčić, Žganec 6
Asts: Ukić 4		 Pts: Marjanović 16
Rebs: Kalinić 7
Asts: Mitrović 2
Dom Sportova, Zagreb
Attendance: 3,100
Referees: Matej Boltauzer, Damir Javor, Miloš Koljenšić

Game 4

30 April 2015
20:30
Cedevita Croatia 79–89 Serbia Crvena Zvezda
Scoring by quarter: 25–30, 10–22, 23–17, 21–20
Pts: Zubčić 15
Rebs: Barać 4
Asts: Gordić 4		 Pts: Jenkins 17
Rebs: Kalinić 8
Asts: 4 players 3
Crvena Zvezda wins series by 3–1
Dom Sportova, Zagreb
Attendance: 3,050
Referees: Saša Pukl, Sašo Petek, Mario Majkić


2014–15 ABA League Champions
Serbia
Crvena Zvezda
1st Title

Attendances

Average home attendances [10]

Pos Team GP Average High Low Annual chg in avg
1 Serbia Partizan 15 6,067 7,000 2,500 5 %
2 Serbia Crvena Zvezda 17 4,201 5,983 2,237 47 %
3 Croatia Zadar 13 3,054 5,000 1,5009 %
4 Montenegro Budućnost VOLI 15 [11] 2,881 5,100 1,58015 %
5 Republic of Macedonia MZT Skopje Aerodrom 13 2,529 5,123 900-21 %
6 Slovenia Union Olimpija 13 2,269 5,000 1,000 12 %
7 Serbia Mega Leks 13 1,762 2,500 800 38 %
8 Croatia Cedevita 17 1,480 3,100 400 -1 %
9 Serbia Metalac Farmakom 13 1,446 2,000 800 NA
10 Bosnia and Herzegovina Igokea 13 1,400 3,000 5001 %
11 Slovenia Krka 13 1,258 2,000 800-6 %
12 Hungary Szolnoki Olaj 13 1,250 1,500 1,000 -20 %
13 Bulgaria Levski Sofia 11[12] 1,1453,000 300 NA
14 Croatia Cibona 13 1,000 2,000 500 -53 %

Stats leaders [13]

MVP Round by Round

Round Player Team Efficiency
1Serbia Nikola JokićSerbia Mega Leks44
2United States Marcus WilliamsSerbia Crvena Zvezda29
3United States James FlorenceCroatia Zadar31
4Serbia Luka MitrovićSerbia Crvena Zvezda34
5Serbia Nenad MiljenovićSerbia Mega Leks34
6Serbia Nikola Jokić (2)Serbia Mega Leks40
7Serbia Nikola JevtovićSerbia Metalac Farmakom28
8Croatia Josip SobinCroatia Zadar36
9Hungary Dávid VojvodaHungary Szolnoki Olaj34
10Croatia Damir MarkotaCroatia Cibona28
11Serbia Andrija BojićSerbia Mega Leks29
12Serbia Nenad Miljenović (2)Serbia Mega Leks30
13Croatia Josip Sobin (2)Croatia Zadar31
14Serbia Nikola KalinićSerbia Crvena Zvezda32
15Croatia Josip Sobin (3)Croatia Zadar38
16Serbia Nenad Miljenović (3)Serbia Mega Leks33
17Serbia Milan Mačvan Serbia Partizan30
18United States Chris Booker Slovenia Krka30
19Hungary Dávid Vojvoda (2)Hungary Szolnoki Olaj31
20Croatia Miro Bilan Croatia Cedevita31
21Serbia Nikola Jokić (3)Serbia Mega Leks37
22Serbia Nenad Miljenović (4)Serbia Mega Leks35
23Serbia Dejan Musli Serbia Mega Leks40
24Slovenia Alen Omić Slovenia Union Olimpija40
25Serbia Nenad Miljenović (5)Serbia Mega Leks38
26Serbia Nikola Jokić (4)Serbia Mega Leks39
SF game 1Montenegro Boris Savović Montenegro Budućnost24
SF game 2Serbia Milan Mačvan (2) Serbia Partizan28
SF game 3Serbia Nikola Kalinić (2) Serbia Crvena Zvezda29
SF game 4Slovenia Edo Murić Serbia Partizan33
SF game 5Croatia Miro Bilan (2) Croatia Cedevita19
F game 1Serbia Boban Marjanović Serbia Crvena Zvezda24
F game 2Serbia Boban Marjanović (2) Serbia Crvena Zvezda39
F game 3Serbia Boban Marjanović (3) Serbia Crvena Zvezda18
F game 4United States Charles Jenkins Serbia Crvena Zvezda19

MVP of the Month

Month Player Team Ref.
October 2014Serbia Nenad MiljenovićSerbia Mega Leks [14]
November 2014Serbia Boban MarjanovićSerbia Crvena zvezda [15]
December 2014 Croatia Josip Sobin Croatia Zadar [16]
January 2015 Serbia Milan Mačvan Serbia Partizan [17]
February 2015 Serbia Nikola Jokić Serbia Mega Leks [18]
March 2015 Montenegro Boris Savović Montenegro Budućnost VOLI [19]

Ranking MVP

Rank Name Team Efficiency Games Average
1.Serbia Nikola JokićSerbia Mega Leks5272421.96
2.Serbia Nenad MiljenovićSerbia Mega Leks5212421.71
3.Croatia Josip SobinCroatia Zadar4672419.46
4.Croatia Miro BilanCroatia Cedevita4802618.46
5.Serbia Milan MačvanSerbia Partizan3722117.71

Points

Rank Name Team Points Games PPG
1.United States Malcolm ArmsteadSlovenia Krka4392517.56
2.Serbia Nikola JokićSerbia Mega Leks3702615.42
3.United States James FlorenceCroatia Zadar3522315.30
4.Hungary Dávid Vojvoda Hungary Szolnoki Olaj3662514.64
5.Croatia Miro BilanCroatia Cedevita3532614.58

Rebounds

Rank Name Team Rebounds Games RPG
1.Serbia Nikola JokićSerbia Mega Leks222249.25
2.Croatia Josip SobinCroatia Zadar208248.67
3.Republic of Macedonia Predrag SamardžiskiRepublic of Macedonia MZT Skopje120148.57
4.Serbia Nikola MilutinovSerbia Partizan198257.92
5.United States Chris BookerSlovenia Krka195257.80

Assists

Rank Name Team Assists Games APG
1.Serbia Nenad MiljenovićSerbia Mega Leks201248.38
2.United States Omar CookMontenegro Budućnost147236.39
3.United States Marcus WilliamsSerbia Crvena zvezda121225.50
4.Serbia Marko MarinovićSlovenia Union Olimpija127264.88
5.Bosnia and Herzegovina Nemanja GordićCroatia Cedevita104244.33

The ideal five and coach of the season

The ideal five of the season were selected by fans and head coaches of the ABA League teams, with both contributing 50% of the final result for every playing position.[20][21]

Position Name Team
PGUnited States Malcolm Armstead Slovenia Krka
SGMontenegro Suad ŠehovićMontenegro Budućnost
SFSerbia Aleksandar PavlovićSerbia Partizan
PFSerbia Milan MačvanSerbia Partizan
CSerbia Boban MarjanovićSerbia Crvena zvezda
CoachMontenegro Dejan RadonjićSerbia Crvena zvezda

ABA League clubs in European competitions

Team Competition Progress
Serbia Crvena Zvezda Euroleague Top 16
Croatia Cedevita Eurocup Eighthfinals
Montenegro Budućnost VOLI Eurocup Last 32
Slovenia Union Olimpija Eurocup Last 32
Serbia Partizan Eurocup Regular Season
Hungary Szolnoki Olaj Eurocup Regular Season

References

  1. ↑ "Propositions and playoffs format unanimously confirmed". abaliga.com. 19 September 2014. Retrieved 20 September 2014.
  2. ↑ "Zmago Sagadin replaced by Vrbica Stefanov". abaliga.com. 16 October 2014.
  3. ↑ "Boban Mitev stays MZT head coach". abaliga.com. 13 November 2014.
  4. ↑ "Željko Lukajić is the new Igokea head coach". abaliga.com. 26 November 2014.
  5. ↑ "Boban Mitev is no longer MZT head coach". abaliga.com. 6 January 2015.
  6. ↑ "Bečirović replaced Pipan at Olimpija". abaliga.com. 22 February 2015.
  7. ↑ "Aleš Pipan returned to MZT Skopje Aerodrom". abaliga.com. 22 February 2015.
  8. ↑ ABA League 2014-15 Season Calendar
  9. ↑ "Decision, round 17 – Budućnost won 20:0". abaliga.com. 12 January 2015. Retrieved 14 January 2015.
  10. ↑ ABA League 2014-15 Season Calendar
  11. ↑ BC Levski Sofia's walkover in the 17th round.
  12. ↑ No spectator in the games against KK Cibona & KK Crvena Zvezda due to disciplinary punishment
  13. ↑ ABA League Individual Statistics
  14. ↑ Interview with the October MVP Nenad Miljenović
  15. ↑ Interview with the November MVP Boban Marjanović
  16. ↑ Interview with December MVP Josip Sobin
  17. ↑ January MVP - Milan Mačvan (Partizan NIS)
  18. ↑ February MVP - Nikola Jokić (Mega Leks)
  19. ↑ March MVP - Boris Savović (Budućnost)
  20. ↑ "Marjanović heads the ideal five". abaliga.com. 2 April 2015. Retrieved 3 April 2015.
  21. ↑ "Coach of the 2014/15 season: Dejan Radonjić". abaliga.com. 8 April 2015.

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