2021–22 ABA League Second Division

The 2021–22 ABA League Second Division was the 5th season of the ABA Second Division with 14 teams from Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Serbia, and Slovenia participating in it.

ABA League Second Division
Season	2021–22
Duration	11 October 2021 – 17 April 2022
Games played	13 each
Teams	14
TV partner(s)	Arena Sport
Regular season
Top seed	MZT Skopje Aerodrom
Finals
Champions	Zlatibor (1st title)
Runners-up	MZT Skopje Aerodrom
Semifinalists	Borac Banja Luka Široki
Finals MVP	Dušan Kutlešić
Statistical leaders
Points Antoine Livingston 22.77 Rebounds Nikola Janković 9.5 Assists Boban Stajić 6.92 Index Rating Antoine Livingston 27.77
Records
Highest scoring	Široki 103–108 Mladost (8 November 2021)
Winning streak	7 games Borac Banja Luka
Losing streak	9 games Vrijednosnice
← 2020–21 2022–23 → All statistics correct as of February 10, 2022.

Teams

A total of 14 teams contest the league for the 2021–22 season, based on the results in the domestic championships and taking into consideration the results in the previous season. On 31 August 2021, ABA League JTD announced 12 teams and availability for two teams to be filled by awarding wild cards.^[1][2][3] On 13 September, two clubs Široki and Zlatibor were awarded with wildcards fulfilling the remaining spots.^[4][5]

Distribution

The following is the access list for this season.

Access list for the 2021–22 ABA League Second Division

	Teams entering in this round	Teams advancing from the previous round
Regular season (14 teams)	2 highest-placed teams from each of the six national leagues at the end of regular season (12 in total) 2 teams with a wild card
Playoffs (8 teams)		8 highest-placed teams from the regular season

Team allocation

Helios

Rogaška

Vrijednosnice

Borac

Spars

Široki

Vojvodina

Mladost

Zlatibor

Sutjeska

Podgorica

Lovćen

MZT

Pelister

Location of teams in the 2021–22 ABA League Second Division

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

• 1st–9th: Positions in national leagues at the end of regular season or playoffs.
• WC: Wild card

Regular season[1][5]
Borac Banja Luka (2nd)	Lovćen 1947 (2th)	Mladost MaxBet (1st)	Helios Suns (3rd)
Spars (3rd)	Sutjeska (3th)	Vojvodina (2nd)	Rogaška (4th)
Široki (4th)WC	Podgorica (4th)Note CRO	Zlatibor (3rd)WC
Vrijednosnice Osijek (9th)	Pelister (3rd)	MZT Skopje (1st)

Note CRO: In July 2021, a Croatian team Adria Oil Škrljevo withdrew its bid to join the Alpe Adria Cup for the 2021–22 season.^[6][7] Also, another Croatian team Sonik-Puntamika withdrew its bid.^[8]

A Croatian team Gorica has been applied for the Alpe Adria Cup in the upcoming season, also.^[9] Following withdrew of Gorica, Vrijednosnice Osijek joined the league for the upcoming season.^[10] Since no other croatian team applied, one more berth was given to Montenegro.

Personnel and sponsorship

Team	Home city	Head coach	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor
Borac	Banja Luka	Dragan Nikolić		Kelme	—
Helios Suns	Domžale	Dejan Jakara	Aljaž Bratec	Spalding	Helios / Triglav
Lovćen 1947	Cetinje	Petar Jovanović	Nikola Borilović	GBT	—
Mladost MaxBet	Belgrade	Dragan Jakovljević	Marko Milenković	CK	MaxBet
MZT Skopje Aerodrom	Skopje	Aleksandar Petrović	Damjan Stojanovski	Spalding	UNIBanka
Pelister	Bitola	Marjan Ilievski		Unit sport	—
Podgorica	Podgorica	Nebojša Bogavac		NetS	Bemax
Rogaška	Rogaška Slatina	Damjan Novaković		Luanvi	—
Spars	Sarajevo	Miodrag Kadija		No1	Visit Sarajevo
Sutjeska	Nikšić	Darko Vujačić		Ardu Sport	—
Široki	Široki Brijeg	Danijel Jusup	Jure Zubac	Ardu Sport	TT Kabeli
Vojvodina	Novi Sad	Miroslav Nikolić	Aleksa Zarić	Peak	—
Vrijednosnice	Osijek	Marko Mandić	Šime Lisica	IDEko	VROS
Zlatibor	Čajetina	Strajin Nedović	Dušan Kutlešić	Ardu Sport	Boje i fasade Maxima

Coaching changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Replaced with	Date of appointment	Ref.
Podgorica	Zoran Kašćelan	June 2021	Off-season	Nebojša Bogavac	18 June 2021	[11][12]
Široki	Damir Vujanović	July 2021		Danijel Jusup	21 June 2021	[13][14]
Spars	Miodrag Kadija	August 2021		Zoran Kašćelan	25 August 2021	[15]
	Zoran Kašćelan	31 December 2021	7th (4–3)	Miodrag Kadija	31 December 2021	[16][17]
MZT Skopje Aerodrom	Darko Radulović	27 February 2022	2nd (8–2)	Aleksandar Petrović	27 February 2022	[18]
Sutjeska	Velimir Gašić	21 March 2022	7th (6–4)	Darko Vujačić	21 March 2022	[19]

Venues

The Regular season is divided in five tournaments. The hosts are Zlatibor in Serbia, Osijek in Croatia, and Banja Luka, Sarajevo, and Široki Brijeg in Bosnia and Herzegovina.^[20][21]

Zlatibor, Čajetina	Zlatibor Banja Luka Sarajevo Osijek Široki Brijeg Skopje 2021–22 ABA League Second Division (Yugoslavia)		Sarajevo	Široki Brijeg
TRC Zlatibor Hall			Arena Hills Sports Hall	Pecara Sports Hall
Capacity: 2,500[22]			Capacity: N/A	Capacity: 4,500
Osijek			Banja Luka	Skopje
Gradski vrt Hall			Borik Sports Hall	Jane Sandanski Arena
Capacity: 4,448			Capacity: 3,060[23]	Capacity: 7,500

Schedule

The schedule of the competition will be as follows.^[20][24]

Schedule for 2021–22 ABA League Second Division

Phase	Round	Location	First leg
Regular season	Round 1	Zlatibor	10–13 October 2021
	Round 2		13–15 October 2021
	Round 3	Osijek	8–10 November 2021
	Round 4		10–12 November 2021
	Round 5	Sarajevo	13–15 December 2021
	Round 6		15–17 December 2021
	Round 7		17–19 December 2021
	Round 8	Banja Luka	6–8 February 2022
	Round 9		8–10 February 2022
	Round 10		10–12 February 2022
	Round 11	Široki Brijeg	21–23 March 2022
	Round 12		23–25 March 2022
	Round 13		25–27 March 2022
Playoffs	Quarterfinals	Skopje	13 April 2022
	Semifinals		15 April 2022
	Final		17 April 2022

Originally scheduled for 17–23 January 2022, the Banja Luka Tournament was rescheduled to 6–12 February due to COVID-19 outbreaks.^[25]

Regular season

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

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	MZT Skopje Aerodrom	13	10	3	1074	998	+76	23	Advance to the Playoffs
2	Helios Suns	13	10	3	1113	1011	+102	23
3	Borac Banja Luka	13	9	4	1117	1000	+117	22
4	Široki	13	9	4	1158	1076	+82	22
5	Spars	13	8	5	1049	1024	+25	21
6	Mladost MaxBet	13	8	5	1222	1184	+38	21
7	Zlatibor	13	8	5	1025	1016	+9	21
8	Sutjeska	13	7	6	945	966	−21	20
9	Vojvodina	13	6	7	996	989	+7	19
10	Podgorica	13	5	8	969	989	−20	18
11	Pelister	13	4	9	1079	1112	−33	17
12	Rogaška	13	3	10	1019	1085	−66	16
13	Lovćen 1947	13	3	10	1075	1207	−132	16
14	Vrijednosnice	13	1	12	931	1115	−184	14

Source: ABA2

Results

Home \ Away	BOR	HEL	LOV	MLA	MZT	OSI	PEL	POD	ROG	SPA	SUT	ŠIR	VOJ	ZLA
Borac Banja Luka	—	—	—	—	—	89–78	—	—	89–87	83–62	74–75	—	74–76	87–75
Helios Suns	99–93	—	—	88–68	—	—	85–81	90–95	—	83–77	65–57	—	77–76	—
Lovćen 1947	71–98	80–94	—	90–114	—	—	108–85	76–75	—	—	79–87	—	81–83	—
Mladost Maxbet	87–92	—	—	—	—	85–77	—	—	102–98	98–102	88–80	—	93–90	—
MZT Skopje Aerodrom	80–73	94–88	100–81	97–90	—	—	80–64	76–75	—	—	—	—	83–75	—
Vrijednosnice	—	67–84	76–94	—	73–83	—	—	—	85–84	—	—	78–99	—	53–73
Pelister	86–101	—	—	99–83	—	97–78	—	—	—	97–90	93–73	—	66–75	—
Podgorica	55–70	—	—	69–96	—	73–63	79–67	—	80–68	—	—	—	—	66–73
Rogaška	—	60–93	89–81	—	80–64	—	92–79	—	—	—	—	80–88	—	60–71
Spars	—	—	87–59	—	77–87	82–74	—	74–84	93–78	—	—	69–63	—	76–71
Sutjeska	—	—	—	—	56–55	80–68	—	73–65	79–73	79–86	—	58–81	—	72–73
Široki	69–94	94–91	120–95	103–108	78–91	—	83–82	92–91	—	—	—	—	—	—
Vojvodina	—	—	—	—	—	92–61	—	71–62	81–70	68–74	66–76	69–93	—	74–79
Zlatibor	—	69–76	99–80	99–110	88–84	—	85–83	—	—	—	—	70–95	—	—

Source: ABA2
Legend: Blue = home team win; Red = away team win.
Matches with lighter background shading were decided after overtime.

Playoffs

Main article: 2022 ABA League Second Division 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

	Quarterfinals				Semifinals				Final
	13 April 2022
	3 Borac Banja Luka	80
					15 April 2022
	6 Mladost MaxBet	79
					3 Borac Banja Luka	83
	13 April 2022
					7 Zlatibor	98
	2 Helios Suns	82
									17 April 2022
	7 Zlatibor	84
									7 Zlatibor (OT)	78
	13 April 2022
									1 MZT Skopje Aerodrom	73
	4 Široki	85
					15 April 2022
	5 Spars Ilidža	81
					4 Široki	71
	13 April 2022
					1 MZT Skopje Aerodrom	75
	1 MZT Skopje Aerodrom	73
	8 Sutjeska	68

See also

• 2021–22 ABA League First Division

2021–22 domestic competitions

• 2021–22 Basketball Championship of Bosnia and Herzegovina
• 2021–22 HT Premijer liga
• 2021–22 Prva A liga
• 2021–22 Macedonian First League
• 2021–22 Basketball League of Serbia
• 2021–22 Slovenian Basketball League