ABA League Supercup

The ABA League Supercup, also credited as ABA Super Cup, is an annual men's professional basketball supercup competition between teams from the ABA League. It is run by the ABA League JTD. It is a regional competition, that is contested between teams from six countries: Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia and Slovenia.

ABA League Supercup
Logo of the 2019 ABA Supercup
SportBasketball
FoundedJuly 2017 (2017-07)
Inaugural season2017–18
CEODubravko Kmetović
No. of teams8
Country
ContinentEurope
Most recent
champion(s)		 Partizan NIS
Most titles3 teams (1 title)
TV partner(s)Arena Sport
Related
competitions		ABA League
Official websiteaba-liga.com

History

The ABA League Assembly, held on July 24, 2017, in Belgrade, Serbia, decided to organize the ABA League Supercup, with 8 participants.[1]

In 2017, the first edition of the ABA Super Cup took place in Bar, Montenegro, where Cedevita became champions. In the second season, the teams met in Laktaši, where Crvena zvezda became champions. The third ABA Super Cup took place in Zagreb in 2019 and was won by Partizan.

Teams from Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Republic of Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia, and Slovenia previously played in a similar competition, when they were part of SFR Yugoslavia. The Yugoslav Basketball Cup was played for 33 years, from 1959 to 1992 (not held in 1961, 1963–68). In 1992, the Serbian club Partizan, was the last winner of that competition, while the Croatian club Cibona, won the most titles in that competition.

On 29 June 2020, the ABA League Assembly canceled the 2020 tournament due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[2] The 2020 tournament would have been played on 20–23 September 2020 in Podgorica, Montenegro.[3]

Title holders

Finals
Year Host Final
Champion Score Runner-up
2017
Details
Bar
Cedevita		 78–69
Budućnost VOLI
2018
Details
Laktaši
Crvena zvezda mts		 89–75
Budućnost VOLI
2019
Details
Zagreb
Partizan NIS		 99–77
Cedevita Olimpija
2020
Details
Podgorica		 Canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic

All-time participants

The following is a list of clubs that have played in the Adriatic Supercup, at any time, since its formation in 2017, to the current season.

Key
Defunct Defunct teams
WD Withdrew participation
1st Champions
2nd Runners-up
– Did not qualify
T Top seed
H Host

List of participants
Team 17 18 19 20 Total
seasons		 Highest
finish
Igokea5thQFH––2Quarter-finals
Cedevita1stTSF––2Winner
Cibona8th–QFH–2Quarter-finals
Zadar–QF––1Quarter-finals
Budućnost2nd2ndTSF–3Runner up
Mornar4thHQF––2Semi-finals
Crvena zvezdaWDT1stQFT–2Winner
FMP7th–QF–2Quarter-finals
Mega3rd–QF–2Semi-finals
Partizan6thSF1st–3Winner
Cedevita OlimpijaUnfounded2nd–1Runner up
Koper Primorska––SF–1Semi-finals
Olimpija–QFDefunct1Quarter-finals

Awards

MVPs
SeasonPlayerTeamRef.
2017 Andrija Stipanović Cedevita[4]
2018 Mouhammad Faye Crvena zvezda mts[5]
2019 Rashawn Thomas Partizan NIS[6]
2020Canceled

See also

References
  1. "The ABA League Second Division will start from the 2017/18 season". aba-liga.com. 24 July 2017. Retrieved 24 July 2017.
  2. "Conclusions of the ABA League j.t.d. Assembly". aba-liga.com. Retrieved 29 June 2020.
  3. "ABA League j.t.d. Assembly selected new Management". aba-liga.com. Retrieved 30 May 2020.
  4. "Andrija Stipanović is the 2017 ABA Super Cup MVP". aba-liga.com. Retrieved 24 September 2017.
  5. "ZVEZDI PRVI TROFEJ U SEZONI Faje MVP Superkupa ABA lige". sport.blic.rs. Retrieved 13 December 2020.
  6. "Rashawn Thomas is the MVP of the 2019 ABA Super Cup". aba-liga.com. Retrieved 29 September 2019.
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