2020–21 ABA League First Division


The 2020–21 ABA League First Division will be the 20th season of the ABA League with 14 teams from Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Serbia and Slovenia participating in it. The season will start on 19 September 2020.
The season is the first to be played after the previous season was abandoned due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The ABA League Assembly ruled that the 12 teams from the previous season will stay in the league and the first two clubs from Second Division will be awarded two wild cards.

Teams

Promotion and relegation

A total of 14 teams will contest the league, including all 12 sides from the previous season and two clubs with wild cards from the 2019–20 Second Division season. Two wild cards were awarded to Borac Čačak and Split, two highest-placed teams.

Venues and locations

TeamHome cityArenaCapacity
Borac ČačakČačakBorac Hall
Budućnost VOLIPodgoricaMorača Sports Center
Cedevita OlimpijaLjubljanaArena Stožice
CibonaZagrebDražen Petrović Hall
Crvena zvezda mtsBelgradeAleksandar Nikolić Hall
FMPBelgradeŽeleznik Hall
IgokeaAleksandrovacLaktaši Sports Hall
Koper PrimorskaKoperArena Bonifika
KrkaNovo MestoLeon Štukelj Hall
Mega BemaxBelgradeRanko Žeravica Sports Hall
MornarBarTopolica Sport Hall
Partizan NISBelgradeŠtark Arena
SplitSplitArena Gripe
ZadarZadarKrešimir Ćosić Hall

Personnel and sponsorship

Coaching changes

Regular season

League table

Positions by round

Results

Playoffs

The semi-finals will be played in a best-of-three format, while the Finals were played in a best-of-five format. Playoffs will begin on 4 April 2021.

Relegation playoffs

The 13th placed team of the First Division season and the runners-up of the Second Division season will play in the Qualifiers for a spot in the next First Division season.
LeaguesClubs
First Division13th place club
Second Division2nd place club

Results

Clubs in European competitions