ABA League Competition System
2025/26 Competition System
Regular Season
ABA League is composed of 18 clubs in the 2025/26 season and will be played in accordance with the new competition system, that divides teams into two Regular Season groups, each composed of nine clubs (A and B).
Within each group, the teams will play in the round-robin system, where each team faces each other at home and on the road, during the 18 rounds. In each round, one team will be free. Four (4) best-placed teams from groups A and B will advance to the Top 8 stage of the competition. Five (5) teams, placed from 5th to 9th place from Groups A and B will continue the season in the Play-Out stage of the competition. Both will carry their points from the first stage into the second stage of the competition.
Group A: Partizan Mozzart Bet, Dubai Basketball, U-BT Cluj-Napoca, Igokea m:tel, SC Derby, FMP Soccerbet, Borac Mozzart, Split, Krka.
Group B: Crvena zvezda Meridianbet, Budućnost VOLI, Cedevita Olimpija, Spartak Office Shoes, Bosna Visit Sarajevo, Mega Superbet, Zadar, Ilirija, Vienna.
Top 8
During the Top 8 stage of the competition, the teams will face each team from different group twice according to the round-robin system (at home and away), which brings additional eight (8) rounds.
Play-Out
The Play-Out stage of the competition will be composed of ten (10) clubs, that will be playing in a round-robin system, where each team faces each opponent from the other group twice (at home and away), which brings additional ten (10) rounds.
Play-In and Playoffs
Six best-placed teams from the Top 8 stage of the competition will advance directly to the Playoffs Quarterfinals, while the seventh and eighth teams of the Top 8 alongside the first and second placed teams from the Play-Out in the Play-In stage of the competition.
The winner of the Play-In clash between the 7th-placed Top 8 team and 8th-placed Top 8 team will directly qualify for the Quarterfinals, while the losing team will face the winning team of the clash between the 1st-placed Play-Out team and the 2nd-placed Play-Out team for the last remaining spot in the Quarterfinals.
