The 2012–13 ABA League was the 12th season of the ABA League, with 14 teams from Serbia, Slovenia, Montenegro, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Macedonia and Hungary participating in it. This was the first time a team from Macedonia, MZT Skopje, and a team from Hungary, Szolnoki Olaj were taking part in this regional league, and the fourth time since the league's creation that team that is not from the former Yugoslavia participates in it. It was also for the first time that two best teams ABA League gained automatic access to the next seasons Euroleague competition, while third placed gained wild card to Euroleague qualification round.[1]

2012–13 ABA League season
LeagueABA League
SportBasketball
DurationSeptember 29, 2012 – March 23, 2013
(regular season)
Number of games185
Number of teams Croatia (4 teams)
 Serbia (3 teams)
 Bosnia and Herzegovina (2 teams)
 Slovenia (2 teams)
 Hungary (1 team)
 Macedonia (1 team)
 Montenegro (1 team)
TV partner(s)Arena Sport , Šport TV, Sport 1, MKTV, RTS, HRT, RTCG
Regular season
Season championsBosnia and Herzegovina Igokea
Season MVPSlovenia Aleksandar Ćapin (Radnički)
Top scorerSlovenia Aleksandar Ćapin (Radnički) (17.48 ppg)
Final four
ChampionsSerbia Partizan
  Runners-upSerbia Crvena zvezda
Finals MVPSerbia Raško Katić (Crvena zvezda)
ABA League seasons

Regular season started on September 29, 2012, and lasted until March 23, 2013. 2012–13 ABA League Final Four was held in Laktaši Sports Hall, Laktaši.[2]

Team information edit

Country Teams Team City Venue (Capacity)
  Croatia 4
Cibona Zagreb Dražen Petrović Basketball Hall (5,400)
Cedevita Zagreb Sutinska vrela (2,000)
Split Split Arena Gripe (6,000)
Zadar Zadar Krešimir Ćosić Hall (10,000)
  Serbia 3
Crvena zvezda Telekom Belgrade Pionir Hall (8,150)
Partizan mt:s Belgrade Pionir Hall (8,150)
Radnički Kragujevac Hala Jezero (5,320)
  Bosnia and Herzegovina 2
Igokea Aleksandrovac Laktaši Sports Hall (3,000)
Široki WWin Široki Brijeg Pecara (4,500)
  Slovenia 2
Krka Novo mesto Leon Štukelj Hall (3,000)
Union Olimpija Ljubljana Arena Stožice (12,480)
  Hungary 1 Szolnoki Olaj Szolnok Tiszaligeti Sportcsarnok (3,000)
  Macedonia 1 MZT Skopje Aerodrom Skopje Boris Trajkovski Sports Center (8,000)
  Montenegro 1 Budućnost VOLI Podgorica Morača Sports Center (5,000)



Regular season edit

The regular season began on September 29, 2012, and it will end on March 23, 2013.

Standings edit

Pld – Played; W – Won; L – Lost; PF – Points for; PA – Points against; Diff – Difference; Pts – Points.

As of 24 March 2013[3]

Schedule and results edit

Source:[4]

BUD CDV CIB CZV IGK KRK MZT PAR RKG SPL SZO ŠRK UOL ZDR
  Budućnost VOLI 74–78 60–64 72–63 76–71 74–66 87–71 62–81 80–78 66–47 88–63 65–57 79–75 76–60
  Cedevita 84–75 92–78 68–66 78–76 97–78 78–80 76–77 86–68 72–75 91–86 90–69 73–67 67–83
  Cibona 60–73 73–64 63–71 78–87 78–86 72–77 80–72 81–85 81–73 97–71 69–63 74–62 90–81
  Crvena zvezda Telekom 79–63 90–65 97–95 75–76 79–61 87–72 84–76 87–73 94–67 103–74 69–57 87–76 88–79
  Igokea 70–61 56–64 94–88 80–77 84–75 79–55 73–50 88–85 79–64 86–84 89-73 87–82 90–75
  Krka 51–66 62–63 69–67 52–57 63–83 68–80 58–66 52–77 79–68 71–56 74–71 79–76 78–62
  MZT Skopje Aerodrom 69–76 74–61 82–76 60–75 77–81 92–88 66–64 75–83 93–84 87–53 63–59 76–87 94–69
  Partizan mt:s 63–50 58–55 74–68 78–92 73–64 79–60 68–58 91–80 68–59 83–69 65–62 71–73 81–74
  Radnički 78–63 85–77 105–101 80–75 73–78 84–71 89–83 78–76 72–63 97–72 73–59 65–71 92–79
  Split 71–69 74–71 72–62 87–81 60–68 61–71 73–65 72–79 63–81 62–70 88–83 78–70 75–78
  Szolnoki Olaj 50–75 64–59 75–71 83–96 78–82 72–69 81–72 70–68 66–78 75–67 69–75 89–72 90–76
  Široki WWin 70–76 75–77 81–89 78–74 63–69 73–68 71–72 87–80 85–100 101–64 102–101 80–83 80–71
  Union Olimpija 95–92 71–75 87–82 56–70 69–63 76–63 60–64 82–86 81–75 82–73 83–63 82–85 88–81
  Zadar 60–72 73–74 78–76 98–81 61–60 65–67 68–76 80–78 75–68 85–68 72–54 76–81 66–78

Final four edit

Matches in, Laktaši Sports Hall, Laktaši, Bosnia and Herzegovina on 25 and 27 April 2013.

 
Laktaši Sports Hall
Semifinals Final
      
1   Igokea 57
4   Partizan mt:s 63
  Partizan mt:s 71
  Crvena zvezda Telekom 63
2   Crvena zvezda Telekom 79
3   Radnički Kragujevac 78

Semifinals edit

25 April 2013
17:00
Crvena zvezda Telekom   79–78   Radnički Kragujevac
Pts: Katić 22
Rebs: Savović 11
Asts: Nelson 6
Pts: Ćapin 25
Rebs: White 7
Asts: Krstović 4
Laktaši Sports Hall, Laktaši
Attendance: 3.000
Referees: Belošević Ilija, Dožai Srdjan, Herceg Siniša
25 April 2013
21:00
Igokea   57–63   Partizan mt:s
Pts: Edwards 19
Rebs: Edwards 11
Asts: Joksimović 4
Pts: Lauvergne 12
Rebs: Bertans, Musli 6
Asts: Westermann 4
Laktaši Sports Hall, Laktaši
Attendance: 3.000
Referees: Pukl Sašo, Boltauzer Matej, Javor Damir

Final edit

27 April 2013
Partizan mt:s   71–63   Crvena zvezda Telekom
Pts: Westermann 15
Rebs: Lauvergne, Gagić 6
Asts: Westermann 3
Pts: Katić 19
Rebs: Katić 12
Asts: Rakočević, Nelson 3
Laktaši Sports Hall, Laktaši
Attendance: 3.000
Referees: Pukl Sašo, Belošević Ilija, Boltauzer Matej


2012–13 ABA League Champions

 
Partizan mt:s
6th Title

Stats leaders edit

As of 1 May 2013[5]

Top 10 attendances edit

Round Game Home team Visitor Attendance Ref.
1 Regular Season 14   Zadar   Partizan 7,500 [6]
2 Regular Season 15   Crvena zvezda   Zadar 7,000 [7]
Regular Season 16   MZT Skopje   Budućnost 7,000 [8]
Regular Season 17   Crvena zvezda   Cedevita 7,000 [9]
Regular Season 25   MZT Skopje   Partizan 7,000 [10]
Regular Season 26   Partizan   Szolnoki Olaj 7,000 [11]
7 Regular Season 22   MZT Skopje   Igokea 6,800 [12]
8 Regular Season 9   Crvena zvezda   Krka 6,500 [13]
Regular Season 24   Partizan   Igokea 6,500 [14]
10 Regular Season 11   Crvena zvezda   Široki 6,200 [15]

References edit

  1. ^ ABA League will get a place in Euroleague[permanent dead link]
  2. ^ "Laktaši will host the ABA League F4". Archived from the original on 2013-04-10. Retrieved 2013-03-14.
  3. ^ Standings – Regular Season Archived 2012-07-23 at the Wayback Machine, adriaticbasket.info
  4. ^ ABA League schedule season 2012-13[permanent dead link]
  5. ^ NLB Stats Archived January 16, 2013, at archive.today
  6. ^ Zadar-Partizan
  7. ^ Zvezda-Zadar
  8. ^ MZT-Budućnost
  9. ^ Zvezda-Cedevita
  10. ^ MZT-Partizan
  11. ^ Partizan-Szolnoki
  12. ^ MZT-Igokea
  13. ^ Zvezda-Krka
  14. ^ Partizan-Igokea
  15. ^ Zvezda-Široki

External links edit