2007–08 ABA NLB League explained

The ABA NLB League 2007–08, the seventh season of the regional Liga ABA, saw a further change in the competition structure. After trying a playoff system the previous year, the league returned to a combination of elimination and a Final Four tournament.

14 teams from Slovenia, Montenegro, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia and Serbia participated in the NLB League in its seventh season: Union Olimpija, Helios, Geoplin Slovan, Cibona, Zadar, Zagreb, Split, Široki ERONET, Crvena zvezda, Partizan, Hemofarm, FMP Železnik, Vojvodina and Budućnost.

There were 26 rounds played in the regular part of the season. Eight best teams from the regular season qualified for the best-of-three quarter-final series. The Final Four Tournament was later held in Ljubljana.

Partizan became the 2008 League Champion.

Team information

Venues and locations

Country	Teams	Team	City	Venue (Capacity)
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				Pionir Hall (8,150)
				Millennium Center (5,000)
				Pionir Hall (8,150)
				Železnik Hall (3,000)
				SPC Vojvodina (8000)
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				Dražen Petrović Basketball Hall (5,400)
				Jazine (3,000)
				Trnsko (2,000)
				Arena Gripe (6,000)
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				Hala Tivoli (6,000)
				Dvorana Komunalnega centra (2,180)
				Kodeljevo Hall (3,080)
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				"Pecara" (4,500)
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				Morača Sports Center (4,570)

Regular season

width=15		width=220	Team	width=20	Pld	width=20	W	width=20	L	width=20	PF	width=20	PA	width=30	Diff	width=20	Pts
1.	Partizan Igokea	26	24	2	2119	1855	+264	50
2.	Zadar	26	18	8	2080	2001	+79	44
3.	Hemofarm STADA	26	16	10	2063	1986	+77	42
4.	Crvena zvezda	26	16	10	2275	2212	+63	42
5.	Union Olimpija	26	15	11	2071	1961	+110	41
6.	Budućnost	26	15	11	2099	2014	+85	41
7.	FMP Železnik	26	15	11	2147	2083	+64	41
8.	Cibona	26	15	11	2117	2103	+14	41
9.	Vojvodina Srbijagas	26	12	14	1971	1991	-20	38
10.	Split CO	26	11	15	2018	2069	-51	37
11.	Zagreb CO	26	7	19	2043	2167	-124	33
12.	Široki Prima pivo	26	7	19	1949	2080	-131	33
13.	Helios	26	6	20	1986	2127	-141	32
14.	Geoplin Slovan	26	5	21	1907	2196	-289	31

	Qualified for Playoffs
	Relegated

Stats Leaders

Points

Rank	Name	Team	Points	Games	PPG
1.	Tadija Dragićević		573	28	20,46
2.	Marlon Garnett	Split	460	24	19,17
3.	Jakov Vladović		448	25	17,92
4.	Omar Cook	Crvena zvezda	479	29	16,52
5.	Robert Troha		388	25	15,52

Rebounds

Rank	Name	Team	Rebounds	Games	RPG
1.	Vladimir Golubović	Vojvodina	227	26	8,73
2.	Ante Tomić	Zagreb	186	26	7,15
3.	Todor Gečevski	Zadar	211	30	7,03
4.	Andrija Stipanović	Split	179	26	6,88
5.	Dejan Ivanov	Split	161	25	6,44

Assists

Rank	Name	Team	Assists	Games	APG
1.	Omar Cook		188	29	6,48
2.	Anthony Akins	Split	149	25	5,96
3.	Jakov Vladović	Zagreb	110	25	4,40
4.	Milton Palacio	Partizan	109	28	3,89
5.	Corey Brewer	Zadar	108	30	3,60

Ranking MVP

Rank	Name	Team	Efficiency	Games	Average
1.	Tadija Dragićević	Crvena zvezda	614	28	21,93
2.	Omar Cook	Crvena zvezda	600	29	20,69
3.	Nikola Peković	Partizan	565	28	20,18
4.	Jakov Vladović	Zagreb	492	25	19,68
5.	Vladimir Golubović	Vojvodina	474	26	18,23

Playoffs

width=220	Team #1	width=40	Agg.	width=220	Team #2	width=70	1st leg	width=70	2nd leg	width=70	3rd leg*
Partizan Igokea	2 - 0		90 - 80	100 - 93	–
Zadar	2 - 1		95 - 91 (ot)	94 - 99 (ot)	74 - 73
Hemofarm STADA	2 - 1		87 - 71	55 - 64	75 - 69
Crvena zvezda	1 - 2	Union Olimpija	93 - 87	60 - 88	74 - 97

* if necessary

Final four

Matches played at Hala Tivoli, Ljubljana

Semifinals

Zadar vs. Hemofarm STADA

Final

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Competition	Team	Progress	Result
			Eliminated by Tau Cerámica, 1–2
			6th place
			6th place
			Eliminated by Akasvayu Girona, 133–156
			Eliminated by Beşiktaş, 149–161
			Eliminated by Valencia, 144–162
			Eliminated by Hemofarm, 134–155
			5th place
			Eliminated by Barons LMT, 1–2