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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.

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.

Management

Current officeholders

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

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

List of officeholders

Presidents

General managers

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

Sports directors

Commissioners for delegating referees

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

President of referees commission

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

Secretaries of referees commission

  • Croatia Dragan Medan (2015–2020)

Current competitions

Current title holders

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

See also

References

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