2023–24 ABA League Second Division explained

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Nextseason:2024–25
Season:2023–24
ABA League Second Division
Teams:14
Games:13 each
Duration:October 2023 – TBA
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The 2023–24 ABA League Second Division is the 6th season of the ABA Second Division with 14 teams from Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Serbia, and Slovenia participating in it.

Clubs

A total of 14 clubs contest the league for the 2023–24 season, based on the results in the domestic championships and taking into consideration the results in the previous season.[1]

Distribution

The following is the access list for this season. This season, instead of wild card invitation, qualification rounds determine one participant.[2] [3]

Club allocation

The labels in the parentheses show how each team qualified for the place of its starting round:

Regular season
Borac WWIN (2nd) Sutjeska (1st) MZT Skopje Aerodrom (ABA1) Kansai Helios (2nd)
Široki TT Kabeli (3rd) Podgorica (2nd) Pelister (2nd) GGD Šenčur (3rd)
Cedevita (4th) Zlatibor Gold Gondola (1st) TFT Mozzart Skopje (3rd)
Šibenka (5th) Spartak Office Shoes (2nd)
Qualifying round
width=210 Bosna Meridianbet (5th)width=210 Spars Ilidža (8th)width=210 Vojvodina MTS (3rd) Ilirija (4th)

Qualifying rounds

4 teams competed in two preliminary rounds. Teams were paired in two-legged matches, with winners decided on aggregate score.

First preliminary round

Games were played from September 21 to and September 26. Winners advanced to the second preliminary round.|}

Second preliminary round

Games were played on October 1 and October 4. Winner advanced to the regular season stage.

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Regular season

The Regular season is split in five tournaments featuring two or three rounds.

League table

Playoffs

Based on the results and position of the clubs in the standings after the regular season, Playoffs will take place with teams from 1st to 8th position. The Quarterfinals will be played in knockout pairs 1–8, 2–7, 3–6, 4–5. The winners of the Quarterfinals will qualify to the Semifinals and the winners of the Semifinals will play the Final.

Bracket

Knock-out elimination phases will be played under two-game format. Better placed team plays second leg at home court.

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: j.t.d . ABA liga . Conclusions of the ABA League j.t.d. Assembly session in Zagreb . 2023-07-25 . NLB ABA League 2 . en.
  2. Web site: 16 July 2023 . Sutra Skupština ABA lige: Ko će biti posljednji učesnik ABA 2 lige za novu sezonu? . Sport Sport.
  3. Web site: Ban . Kulin . 2023-07-17 . Otkrivamo: Igrat će se kvalifikacije za popunu ABA lige 2?! . 2023-07-18 . Bhbasket . bs-BA.