ABA League receives SPORTO award for Contribution to the development of sports and sports marketing in the Adriatic region for the past 20 years
A renowned and extremely valued SPORTO conference, that takes place in Portorož, has awarded ABA League a special recognition for Contribution to the development of sports and sports marketing in the Adriatic region for the past 20 years.

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A renowned and extremely valued SPORTO conference, that takes place in Portorož, has awarded ABA League a special recognition for Contribution to the development of sports and sports marketing in the Adriatic region for the past 20 years.
Dubravko Kmetović, the ABA League j.t.d. Director has received the award in the name of the ABA League j.t.d. and during the ceremonial part of the Conference, when the greatest sporting brands of the region, based on the Mediana Agency survey, have been presented, he thanked everyone, that have contributed a part of themselves to the development and growth of the regional competition.
“Above all, I wish to thank the organizers of the SPORTO Conference, that have recognized everything that the ABA League has achieved in the sports, but also business aspect, since its very foundation until today. During 24 years of existence and uninterrupted growth, ABA League has positioned itself as an unique sports-business project in the region and beyond. An impressive list of players and coaches, that have written its history, as well as renowned companies, that have invested in its growth and development, and recognized ABA League as an ideal brand and partner for promotion and growth of their brands, prove this fact in the best possible way. And in the end, I wish to thank my predecessors, fans, League partners, referees, while I owe my greatest gratitude to the clubs, without whose vast energy and devotion, ABA League for sure never would have become what it is today,” Kmetović told.
A special award, that ABA League has received from the SPORTO Conference, that celebrates it’s 20 anniversary this year, is just another one in the series of confirmations of strength and high reputation, that the ABA League has built, not just as an ideal mixture of basketball and business, but also as a project, that left an unerasable mark connecting the countries of the region, for which it once also received a special award from the European Union.