ABA League JTD

This article is about a Croatian company. For the Adriatic men's basketball league, see ABA League.

Adriatic Basketball Association – ABA League, G.P., commonly referred to as the ABA League JTD, is a Croatian company based in Zagreb. It is the general partnership for organizing sports competitions. The company has been running the Adriatic League since the 2015–16 season.

ABA League JTD

Native name	Jadranska košarkaška asocijacija – ABA liga, jtd
Company type	General partnership
Industry	Sport
Founded	July 6, 2015; 10 years ago (2015-07-06) in Zagreb, Croatia
Founders	12
Headquarters	Prilaz Ivana Visina 7, Zagreb , Croatia
Areas served	Bosnia and Herzegovina Croatia Montenegro North Macedonia Serbia Slovenia
Key people	Dragan Bokan Nebojša Čović Dubravko Kmetović (CEO)
Products	ABA League First Division ABA League Second Division ABA League Supercup
Revenue	HRK 11,292,996 (2016) HRK 5,861,698 (2015)
Operating income	HRK 192,612 (2016) HRK 553,069 (2015)
Net income	HRK 147,508 (2016) HRK 440,422 (2015)
Total assets	HRK 3,147,317 (2016) HRK 3,815,028 (2015)
Total equity	HRK 601,130 (2016) HRK 453,622 (2015)
Owners	12
Website	www.aba-liga.com
Footnotes / references Source:[1][2]

The company runs and operates the three regional-wide men's professional club basketball competitions in South-Eastern Europe, the first-tier ABA League First Division, the second-tier ABA League Second Division, and the ABA League Supercup tournament.

History

Founders and shareholders

The founders, as well as the shareholders between 2015 and 2020, of the company were 12 basketball clubs, as follows KK Budućnost (Montenegro), KK Cedevita (Croatia), KK Cibona (Croatia), KK Crvena zvezda (Serbia), KK Igokea (Bosnia and Herzegovina), KK Krka Telekom Novo Mesto (Slovenia), KK Mega Vizura (Serbia), KK Metalac Valjevo (Serbia), KK MZT Skopje Aerodrom AD Skopje (North Macedonia), KK Olimpija Ljubljana (Slovenia), KK Partizan (Serbia), and KK Zadar (Croatia).^[3][4]

In the late 2020, the shares owned by Cedevita, Metalac, MZT Skopje Aerodrom and Olimpija Ljubljana were transferred to KK Cedevita Olimpija (Slovenia), KK Koper Primorska (Slovenia), KK Mornar Bar (Montenegro), and KK FMP (Serbia).^[5]

Current shareholders

Following is the list of current shareholders, as of November 2020.

• Budućnost
• Cedevita Olimpija
• Cibona
• Crvena zvezda

• FMP
• Igokea
• Koper Primorska
• Krka

• Mega Basket
• Mornar
• Partizan
• Zadar

Management

Current officeholders

The following are the current officeholders of the ABA League:^[6]

• Đorđije Pavićević, President
• David Gunjević, Vice-president
• Goran Ćakić, Vice-president
• Dubravko Kmetović, Director
• Milija Vojinović, Sports Director
• Vanja Vujičić, Technical Secretary
• Srđan Dožai, Commissioner for Delegating Referees
• Saša Maričić, President of Referees Commission

List of officeholders

Presidents

• Dragan Bokan (2015–16)^[7]
• Mladen Veber (2016–17)^[8]
• Nebojša Čović (2017–18)^[9]
• Igor Dodik (2018–19)^[10]
• Domagoj Čavlović (2019–20)^[11]
• Đorđe Avramović (2021)^[12]
• Đorđije Pavićević (2022–23)^[13]

General managers

• Krešimir Novosel (2015–2019)
• Dubravko Kmetović (2020–present)

Sports directors

• Žarko Čabarkapa (2015–2019)
• Milija Vojinović (2020–present)

Commissioners for delegating referees

• Iztok Rems (2015–2020)
• Srđan Dožai (2020–present)

President of referees commission

• Branko Jovanović (2015–2020)
• Saša Maričić (2020–present)

Secretaries of referees commission

• Dragan Medan (2015–2020)

Current competitions

• 2022–23 ABA League First Division
• 2022–23 ABA League Second Division
• 2022–23 Junior ABA League

Current title holders

Competition	Club	Season
First Division	KK Partizan	2022–23
Second Division	KK Krka	2022–23
Supercup	Partizan NIS	2019
Junior League	Mega Basket U19	2021–22

See also

• Euroleague Basketball
• ULEB
• ABA League Players Union