2025–26 ABA League First Division

For the equivalent women's tournament, see 2025–26 WABA League.

The 2025–26 AdmiralBet ABA League is the 24th season of the ABA League. Beside 16 teams from Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Montenegro, Serbia, Slovenia and United Arab Emirates, the ABA league board proposed possible expansion to 20 teams,^[1] with up to four wild cards given to any basketball team from the Europe or wider.^[2][3][4] Some clubs from central and west Europe^[5][6] and also Hapoel Tel Aviv^[7] from Israel are showing interest for the participation. On July 8, it was announced that Romanian club U-BT Cluj-Napoca and Austrian club BC Vienna would get wild cards, while Hapoel Tel Aviv most likely would not play in the league.^[8][9]

AdmiralBet ABA League
Season	2025–26
Teams	18
TV partner(s)	Arena Sport
← 2024–25 2026–27 →

KD Ilirija from Slovenia qualified to the league for the first time.

KK Partizan are defending champions.

Promotion and relegation

Promoted	Bosna BH Telecom	2024–25 ABA 2 Champion[10]
	Ilirija	Winner of the Relegation playoffs
Affiliation	BC Vienna	No competition
	U-BT Cluj-Napoca
Relegated	Cibona	Loser of the Relegation playoffs
	Mornar Barsko zlato	Finished last

Venues and locations

Belgrade

Vienna

U-BT Cluj-Napoca

Borac

Bosna

Podgorica

Ljubljana

Krka

Igokea

Split

Spartak

Zadar

Belgrade clubs:

Crvena zvezda
FMP
Mega
Partizan

Podgorica clubs:

Budućnost
SC Derby

Ljubljana clubs:

Cedevita Olimpija
Ilirija

Location of teams in the 2025–26 season

Crvena zvezda

FMP

Mega

Partizan

Locations of the teams from Belgrade in the 2025–26 season

Dubai

Location of the team Dubai in the 2025–26 season

Team	Home city	Arena	Capacity
BC Vienna	Vienna	Hallmann Dome	1,399
Borac Mozzart	Čačak	Borac Hall	4,000
Bosna BH Telecom	Sarajevo	Zetra Olympic Hall	12,000
Budućnost VOLI	Podgorica	Morača Sports Center	6,000
Cedevita Olimpija	Ljubljana	Arena Stožice	12,480
Crvena zvezda Meridianbet	Belgrade	Belgrade Arena	18,386
Dubai Basketball	Dubai	Coca-Cola Arena	17,000
FMP Soccerbet	Belgrade	Železnik Hall	3,000
Igokea m:tel	Aleksandrovac	Laktaši Sports Hall	3,050
Ilirija	Ljubljana	Tivoli Hall	6,800
Krka	Novo Mesto	Leon Štukelj Hall	2,500
Mega Superbet	Belgrade	Ranko Žeravica Sports Hall	5,000
Partizan Mozzart Bet	Belgrade	Belgrade Arena	18,386
Spartak Office Shoes	Subotica	Dudova Šuma Hall	2,000
SC Derby	Podgorica	Morača Sports Center	6,000
Split	Split	Arena Gripe	3,500
U-BT Cluj-Napoca	Cluj-Napoca	BTarena	10,000
Zadar	Zadar	Krešimir Ćosić Hall	7,997

Regular season

Group A

Standings

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Partizan Mozzart Bet	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Advance to Top 8
2	Dubai Basketball	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	U-BT Cluj-Napoca	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	Igokea m:tel	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
5	SC Derby	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Advance to Playout
6	FMP Soccerbet	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
7	Borac Mozzart	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8	Split	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9	Krka	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

First match(es) will be played: September 30, 2025. Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Group B

Standings

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Budućnost VOLI	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Advance to Top 8
2	Crvena zvezda Meridianbet	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	Cedevita Olimpija	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	Spartak Office Shoes	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
5	Mega Superbet	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Advance to Playout
6	Zadar	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
7	Bosna BH Telecom	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8	Ilirija	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9	Vienna	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

First match(es) will be played: September 30, 2025. Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Top 8

Playout

Clubs in European competitions

Competition	Team	Progress	Result
EuroLeague	Partizan Mozzart Bet	Regular season
	Dubai Basketball	Regular season
	Crvena zvezda Meridianbet	Regular season
EuroCup	Budućnost VOLI	Regular season
	Cedevita Olimpija	Regular season
	U-BT Cluj-Napoca	Regular season
Champions League	Igokea m:tel	Regular season
	Spartak Office Shoes	Regular season
	SC Derby	Qualification rounds
FIBA Europe Cup	Bosna BH Telecom	Qualification rounds