2015–16 ABA League

The 2015–16 ABA League was the 15th season of the ABA League, with 14 teams from Serbia, Croatia, Slovenia, Montenegro, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Macedonia participating in it.

ABA League
Competition details
Season 2015–16
Teams 14
Dates October 1, 2015 – March 7, 2016
(Regular season)
March 14, – May 2, 2016
(Playoffs)
TV Arena Sport
Final positions
Champions Crvena Zvezda
2nd title
Runners-up Mega Leks
Semifinalists Budućnost
Cedevita
Relegated Sutjeska
Tajfun
Awards
MVP Miro Bilan (Cedevita)
Finals MVP Stefan Jović (Crvena Zvezda)
Best young player Ante Žižić (Cibona)[1]
Statistical leaders
Points Tadija Dragićević (Budućnost)
16.33
Rebounds Ante Žižić (Cibona)
8.00
Assists Omar Cook (Budućnost)
6.62

Regular season started on October 1, 2015, and finished on March 7, 2016 followed by playoffs of the four best placed teams.[2][3]

Teams
Location of teams in the 2015–16 ABA League
CountryTeamsQualificationTeamCityVenue (Capacity)
Serbia4
1st in the Basketball League of SerbiaCrvena ZvezdaBelgradeHall Aleksandar Nikolić (8,150)
2nd in the Basketball League of SerbiaPartizanBelgradeHall Aleksandar Nikolić (8,150)
3rd in the Basketball League of SerbiaMetalacValjevoValjevo Sports Hall (2,500)
4th in the Basketball League of SerbiaMega LeksSremska MitrovicaSports Hall Pinki (3,000)
Croatia3
1st place in the A-1 LeagueCedevitaZagrebDom Sportova (3,500)
2nd place in the A-1 LeagueCibonaZagrebDražen Petrović Basketball Hall (5,400)
3rd place in the A-1 LeagueZadarZadarKrešimir Ćosić Hall (10,000)
Slovenia3
Champion of the 1.A SKLTajfunŠentjurGolovec Hall (?)
1st place in 1.A SKLKrkaNovo mestoLeon Štukelj Hall (3,000)
Wild cardUnion OlimpijaLjubljanaArena Stožice (12,480)
Montenegro2
Champion of Montenegrin Basketball LeagueBudućnostPodgoricaMorača Sports Center (5,000)
2nd place in Montenegrin Basketball LeagueSutjeska[note 1]NikšićNikšić Sports Center (3,000)
Bosnia and Herzegovina1Champion of Premijer liga BiHIgokeaAleksandrovacLaktaši Sports Hall (3,050)
Macedonia1Champion of Macedonian First LeagueMZTSkopjeJane Sandanski Arena (6,000)

Personnel and sponsorship
Team Head coach Captain Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor
Budućnost Luka Pavićević Suad Šehović Luanvi VOLI
Cedevita Veljko Mršić Miro Bilan Nike Cedevita / Konzum
Cibona Damir Mulaomerović Marin Rozić Adidas Franck
Crvena Zvezda Dejan Radonjić Luka Mitrović Champion Telekom Srbija
Igokea Dragan Bajić Marko Čakarević Givova M:tel / Hemofarm
Krka Vladimir Anzulović Matej Rojc Žolna šport Krka
Mega Leks Dejan Milojević Rade Zagorac Adidas Beoleks
Metalac Vladimir Đokić Dušan Kutlešić Kamp Farmakom
MZT Skopje Aleksandar Jončevski Damjan Stojanovski Li-Ning Sinalco / Bauer BG
Partizan Aleksandar Džikić Vanja Marinković Adidas NIS
Sutjeska Igor Jovović Nikola Žižić PEAK —
Tajfun Dejan Mihevc Dragiša Drobnjak Spalding Tajfun
Union Olimpija Gašper Potočnik Saša Zagorac Macron Pivovarna Union
Zadar Ante Nazor Lovre Bašić Adidas OTP banka

Coaching changes
Week Club Outgoing coach Date of change Incoming coach
3rd Metalac Vladimir Đokić 7 October 2015[4] Vladimir Mišković
4th Metalac Vladimir Mišković 12 October 2015[5] Vladimir Đokić
11th Budućnost Igor Jovović 27 November 2015[6] Luka Pavićević
13th Cibona Slaven Rimac 7 December 2015[7] Damir Mulaomerović
13th MZT Skopje Aleš Pipan 7 December 2015[8] Aleksandar Jončevski
15th Igokea Željko Lukajić 21 December 2015[9] Dragan Bajić
18th Partizan Petar Božić 5 January 2016[10] Aleksandar Džikić
20th Krka Ivan Velić 18 January 2016[11] Vladimir Anzulović
20th Sutjeska Dušan Dubljević 24 January 2016[12] Igor Jovović

Regular season

Standings
Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Budućnost 26 23 3 2032 1774 +258 49 Qualification to playoffs
2 Crvena Zvezda 26 20 6 2046 1800 +246 46
3 Cedevita 26 19 7 2024 1879 +145 45
4 Mega Leks 26 17 9 2051 1940 +111 43
5 Partizan 26 12 14 1973 1974 −1 38
6 Zadar 26 12 14 1808 1868 −60 38
7 Union Olimpija 26 11 15 1921 1955 −34 37
8 Cibona 26 11 15 1887 1936 −49 37
9 Igokea 26 11 15 1839 1899 −60 37
10 MZT Skopje 26 10 16 1869 1908 −39 36
11 Metalac 26 10 16 1837 1941 −104 36
12 Krka 26 10 16 1853 1924 −71 36
13 Sutjeska 26 9 17 1867 2011 −144 35 Relegated
14 Tajfun 26 7 19 1790 1988 −198 33
Source: ABA Standings

Schedule and results

The regular season began on October 1, 2015, and ended on March 7, 2016.

Home \ Away BUD CDV CIB CZV IGK KRK MEG MET MZT PAR SUT TAJ UOL ZDR
Budućnost 76–66 78–68 68–54 89–74 81–65 71–56 83–72 65–55 78–65 89–87 81–61 89–77 78–47
Cedevita 57–81 83–65 74–72 67–56 70–60 78–68 77–63 89–64 75–72 73–50 94–61 82–58 81–88
Cibona 69–91 69–81 83–94 86–72 85–78 82–89 77–73 68–62 63–57 93–76 71–69 75–79 74–65
Crvena Zvezda 83–62 79–80 75–58 81–87 77–67 76–70 86–74 92–79 92–77 96–67 113–66 73–77 83–57
Igokea 76–86 86–91 68–57 54–74 54–65 80–75 60–66 70–86 71–64 75–58 71–82 72–63 77–73
Krka 78–84 85–77 90–86 65–71 74–64 74–57 70–75 72–68 70–75 58–66 103–96 55–59 77–66
Mega Leks 81–83 100–93 76–72 78–79 69–68 84–77 77–64 82–70 76–59 101–72 92–70 78–81 87–61
Metalac 61–67 79–81 77–61 62–68 56–74 83–77 83–76 68–77 67–64 84–78 78–62 74–61 71–67
MZT 68–72 65–70 69–68 66–71 75–70 69–67 76–77 93–67 82–78 71–75 77–70 81–62 60–72
Partizan 86–77 82–61 85–82 86–81 66–73 69–70 78–85 81–70 72–69 75–67 89–85 76–74 87–76
Sutjeska 92–91 68–83 68–80 62–70 72–83 87–81 68–73 84–73 68–77 82–71 51–60 86–78 71–60
Tajfun 61–80 67–78 52–74 63–73 76–81 74–51 60–64 76–63 68–62 65–83 71–68 73–59 66–82
Union Olimpija 63–67 84–91 67–68 69–77 79–63 80–50 89–99 76–62 91–76 118–115 60–61 77–69 84–76
Zadar 52–65 81–72 62–53 49–56 69–60 67–74 76–81 88–72 84–72 65–61 85–83 73–67 67–56
Source: ABA League Calendar[3]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Playoffs
Semifinals Finals
            
1 Budućnost 81 75
4 Mega Leks 85 76
Mega Leks 88 74 49
Crvena Zvezda 95 93 61
2 Crvena Zvezda 97 73
3 Cedevita 88 65

Semifinals

Game 1

Game 2

Finals
 2015–16 ABA League Champions 

Crvena Zvezda
2nd title

2015–2016 Crvena Zvezda Team Roster
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