# 2021–22 ABA League Second Division

The 2021–22 ABA League Second Division was the 5th season of the ABA Second Division with 14 teams from Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Serbia, and Slovenia participating in it.

## Teams

A total of 14 teams contest the league for the 2021–22 season, based on the results in the domestic championships and taking into consideration the results in the previous season. On 31 August 2021, ABA League JTD announced 12 teams and availability for two teams to be filled by awarding wild cards. On 13 September, two clubs Široki and Zlatibor were awarded with wildcards fulfilling the remaining spots.

### Distribution

The following is the access list for this season.
Access list for the 2021–22 ABA League Second Division :
| | Teams entering in this round | Teams advancing from the previous round |
| Regular season (14 teams) | 2 highest-placed teams from each of the six national leagues at the end of regular season (12 in total) 2 teams with a wild card | |
| Playoffs (8 teams) | | 8 highest-placed teams from the regular season |

### Team allocation

The labels in the parentheses show how each team qualified for the place of its starting round:
* 1st–9th: Positions in national leagues at the end of regular season.
* CH: Domestic league champion.
* WC: Wild card
Regular season :
| Borac Banja Luka (2nd) | Lovćen 1947 (2th) | Mladost MaxBet (1st) | Helios Suns (3rd) |
| Spars (3rd) | Sutjeska (3th) | Vojvodina (2nd) | Rogaška (4th) |
| Široki (4th)$^{WC}$ | Podgorica (4th)$^{NoteCRO}$ | Zlatibor (3rd)$^{WC}$ | |
| Vrijednosnice Osijek (9th) | Pelister (1st) | MZT Skopje (4th)$^{CH}$ | |
Note CRO: In July 2021, a Croatian team Adria Oil Škrljevo withdrew its bid to join the Alpe Adria Cup for the 2021–22 season. Also, another Croatian team Sonik-Puntamika withdrew its bid.
A Croatian team Gorica has been applied for the Alpe Adria Cup in the upcoming season, also. Following withdrew of Gorica, Vrijednosnice Osijek joined the league for the upcoming season. Since no other croatian team applied, one more berth was given to Montenegro.

### Personnel and sponsorship

| Team | Home city | Head coach | Captain | Kit manufacturer | Shirt sponsor |
| Borac | Banja Luka | Dragan Nikolić | | Kelme | — |
| Helios Suns | Domžale | Dejan Jakara | Aljaž Bratec | Spalding | Helios / Triglav |
| Lovćen 1947 | Cetinje | Petar Jovanović | Nikola Borilović | GBT | — |
| Mladost MaxBet | Belgrade | Dragan Jakovljević | Marko Milenković | CK | MaxBet |
| MZT Skopje Aerodrom | Skopje | Aleksandar Petrović | Damjan Stojanovski | Spalding | UNIBanka |
| Pelister | Bitola | Marjan Ilievski | | Unit sport | — |
| Podgorica | Podgorica | Nebojša Bogavac | | NetS | Bemax |
| Rogaška | Rogaška Slatina | Damjan Novaković | | Luanvi | — |
| Spars | Sarajevo | Miodrag Kadija | | No1 | Visit Sarajevo |
| Sutjeska | Nikšić | Darko Vujačić | | Ardu Sport | — |
| Široki | Široki Brijeg | Danijel Jusup | Jure Zubac | Ardu Sport | TT Kabeli |
| Vojvodina | Novi Sad | Miroslav Nikolić | Aleksa Zarić | Peak | — |
| Vrijednosnice | Osijek | Marko Mandić | Šime Lisica | IDEko | VROS |
| Zlatibor | Čajetina | Strajin Nedović | Dušan Kutlešić | Ardu Sport | Boje i fasade Maxima |

### Coaching changes

| Team | Outgoing manager | Date of vacancy | Position in table | Replaced with | Date of appointment |
| Podgorica | Zoran Kašćelan | June 2021 | Off-season | Nebojša Bogavac | 18 June 2021 |
| Široki | Damir Vujanović | July 2021 | Off-season | Danijel Jusup | 21 June 2021 |
| Spars | Miodrag Kadija | August 2021 | Off-season | Zoran Kašćelan | 25 August 2021 |
| Spars | Zoran Kašćelan | 31 December 2021 | 7th (4–3) | Miodrag Kadija | 31 December 2021 |
| MZT Skopje Aerodrom | Darko Radulović | 27 February 2022 | 2nd (8–2) | Aleksandar Petrović | 27 February 2022 |
| Sutjeska | Velimir Gašić | 21 March 2022 | 7th (6–4) | Darko Vujačić | 21 March 2022 |

## Venues

The Regular season is divided in five tournaments. The hosts are Zlatibor in Serbia, Osijek in Croatia, and Banja Luka, Sarajevo, and Široki Brijeg in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
| Zlatibor, Čajetina | ZlatiborBanja LukaSarajevoOsijekŠiroki BrijegSkopje2021–22 ABA League Second Division (Yugoslavia) | ZlatiborBanja LukaSarajevoOsijekŠiroki BrijegSkopje2021–22 ABA League Second Division (Yugoslavia) | Sarajevo | Široki Brijeg |
| TRC Zlatibor Hall | ZlatiborBanja LukaSarajevoOsijekŠiroki BrijegSkopje2021–22 ABA League Second Division (Yugoslavia) | ZlatiborBanja LukaSarajevoOsijekŠiroki BrijegSkopje2021–22 ABA League Second Division (Yugoslavia) | Arena Hills Sports Hall | Pecara Sports Hall |
| Capacity: 2,500 | ZlatiborBanja LukaSarajevoOsijekŠiroki BrijegSkopje2021–22 ABA League Second Division (Yugoslavia) | ZlatiborBanja LukaSarajevoOsijekŠiroki BrijegSkopje2021–22 ABA League Second Division (Yugoslavia) | Capacity: N/A | Capacity: 4,500 |
| Osijek | ZlatiborBanja LukaSarajevoOsijekŠiroki BrijegSkopje2021–22 ABA League Second Division (Yugoslavia) | ZlatiborBanja LukaSarajevoOsijekŠiroki BrijegSkopje2021–22 ABA League Second Division (Yugoslavia) | Banja Luka | Skopje |
| Gradski vrt Hall | ZlatiborBanja LukaSarajevoOsijekŠiroki BrijegSkopje2021–22 ABA League Second Division (Yugoslavia) | ZlatiborBanja LukaSarajevoOsijekŠiroki BrijegSkopje2021–22 ABA League Second Division (Yugoslavia) | Borik Sports Hall | Jane Sandanski Arena |
| Capacity: 4,448 | ZlatiborBanja LukaSarajevoOsijekŠiroki BrijegSkopje2021–22 ABA League Second Division (Yugoslavia) | ZlatiborBanja LukaSarajevoOsijekŠiroki BrijegSkopje2021–22 ABA League Second Division (Yugoslavia) | Capacity: 3,060 | Capacity: 7,500 |

## Schedule

The schedule of the competition will be as follows.
Schedule for 2021–22 ABA League Second Division :
| Phase | Round | Location | First leg |
| Regular season | Round 1 | Zlatibor | 10–13 October 2021 |
| Regular season | Round 2 | Zlatibor | 13–15 October 2021 |
| Regular season | Round 3 | Osijek | 8–10 November 2021 |
| Regular season | Round 4 | Osijek | 10–12 November 2021 |
| Regular season | Round 5 | Sarajevo | 13–15 December 2021 |
| Regular season | Round 6 | Sarajevo | 15–17 December 2021 |
| Regular season | Round 7 | Sarajevo | 17–19 December 2021 |
| Regular season | Round 8 | Banja Luka | 6–8 February 2022 |
| Regular season | Round 9 | Banja Luka | 8–10 February 2022 |
| Regular season | Round 10 | Banja Luka | 10–12 February 2022 |
| Regular season | Round 11 | Široki Brijeg | 21–23 March 2022 |
| Regular season | Round 12 | Široki Brijeg | 23–25 March 2022 |
| Regular season | Round 13 | Široki Brijeg | 25–27 March 2022 |
| Playoffs | Quarterfinals | Skopje | 13 April 2022 |
| Playoffs | Semifinals | Skopje | 15 April 2022 |
| Playoffs | Final | Skopje | 17 April 2022 |
Originally scheduled for 17–23 January 2022, the Banja Luka Tournament was rescheduled to 6–12 February due to COVID-19 outbreaks.

## Regular season

The Regular season is split in five tournaments featuring two or three rounds.

### League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | MZT Skopje Aerodrom | 13 | 10 | 3 | 1074 | 998 | +76 | 23 | Advance to the Playoffs |
| 2 | Helios Suns | 13 | 10 | 3 | 1113 | 1011 | +102 | 23 | Advance to the Playoffs |
| 3 | Borac Banja Luka | 13 | 9 | 4 | 1117 | 1000 | +117 | 22 | Advance to the Playoffs |
| 4 | Široki | 13 | 9 | 4 | 1158 | 1076 | +82 | 22 | Advance to the Playoffs |
| 5 | Spars | 13 | 8 | 5 | 1049 | 1024 | +25 | 21 | Advance to the Playoffs |
| 6 | Mladost MaxBet | 13 | 8 | 5 | 1222 | 1184 | +38 | 21 | Advance to the Playoffs |
| 7 | Zlatibor | 13 | 8 | 5 | 1025 | 1016 | +9 | 21 | Advance to the Playoffs |
| 8 | Sutjeska | 13 | 7 | 6 | 945 | 966 | −21 | 20 | Advance to the Playoffs |
| 9 | Vojvodina | 13 | 6 | 7 | 996 | 989 | +7 | 19 | |
| 10 | Podgorica | 13 | 5 | 8 | 969 | 989 | −20 | 18 | |
| 11 | Pelister | 13 | 4 | 9 | 1079 | 1112 | −33 | 17 | |
| 12 | Rogaška | 13 | 3 | 10 | 1019 | 1085 | −66 | 16 | |
| 13 | Lovćen 1947 | 13 | 3 | 10 | 1075 | 1207 | −132 | 16 | |
| 14 | Vrijednosnice | 13 | 1 | 12 | 931 | 1115 | −184 | 14 | |

### Results

| Home \ Away | BOR | HEL | LOV | MLA | MZT | OSI | PEL | POD | ROG | SPA | SUT | ŠIR | VOJ | ZLA |
| Borac Banja Luka | — | — | — | — | — | 89–78 | — | — | 89–87 | 83–62 | 74–75 | — | 74–76 | 87–75 |
| Helios Suns | 99–93 | — | — | 88–68 | — | — | 85–81 | 90–95 | — | 83–77 | 65–57 | — | 77–76 | — |
| Lovćen 1947 | 71–98 | 80–94 | — | 90–114 | — | — | 108–85 | 76–75 | — | — | 79–87 | — | 81–83 | — |
| Mladost Maxbet | 87–92 | — | — | — | — | 85–77 | — | — | 102–98 | 98–102 | 88–80 | — | 93–90 | — |
| MZT Skopje Aerodrom | 80–73 | 94–88 | 100–81 | 97–90 | — | — | 80–64 | 76–75 | — | — | — | — | 83–75 | — |
| Vrijednosnice | — | 67–84 | 76–94 | — | 73–83 | — | — | — | 85–84 | — | — | 78–99 | — | 53–73 |
| Pelister | 86–101 | — | — | 99–83 | — | 97–78 | — | — | — | 97–90 | 93–73 | — | 66–75 | — |
| Podgorica | 55–70 | — | — | 69–96 | — | 73–63 | 79–67 | — | 80–68 | — | — | — | — | 66–73 |
| Rogaška | — | 60–93 | 89–81 | — | 80–64 | — | 92–79 | — | — | — | — | 80–88 | — | 60–71 |
| Spars | — | — | 87–59 | — | 77–87 | 82–74 | — | 74–84 | 93–78 | — | — | 69–63 | — | 76–71 |
| Sutjeska | — | — | — | — | 56–55 | 80–68 | — | 73–65 | 79–73 | 79–86 | — | 58–81 | — | 72–73 |
| Široki | 69–94 | 94–91 | 120–95 | 103–108 | 78–91 | — | 83–82 | 92–91 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Vojvodina | — | — | — | — | — | 92–61 | — | 71–62 | 81–70 | 68–74 | 66–76 | 69–93 | — | 74–79 |
| Zlatibor | — | 69–76 | 99–80 | 99–110 | 88–84 | — | 85–83 | — | — | — | — | 70–95 | — | — |

## Playoffs

Based on the results and position of the clubs in the standings after the regular season, Playoffs will take place with teams from 1st to 8th position. The Quarterfinals will be played in knockout pairs 1–8, 2–7, 3–6, 4–5. The winners of the Quarterfinals will qualify to the Semifinals and the winners of the Semifinals will play the Final.

### Bracket

| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | | Final | Final |
| 13 April 2022 | 13 April 2022 | | | |
| 3 Borac Banja Luka | 80 | | | |
| 3 Borac Banja Luka | 80 | 15 April 2022 | 15 April 2022 | | |
| 6 Mladost MaxBet | 79 | 15 April 2022 | 15 April 2022 | |
| 6 Mladost MaxBet | 79 | 3 Borac Banja Luka | 83 | |
| 13 April 2022 | 13 April 2022 | | 3 Borac Banja Luka | 83 | |
| 13 April 2022 | 13 April 2022 | 7 Zlatibor | 98 | |
| 2 Helios Suns | 82 | 7 Zlatibor | 98 | |
| 2 Helios Suns | 82 | | | | 17 April 2022 | 17 April 2022 |
| 7 Zlatibor | 84 | | | | 17 April 2022 | 17 April 2022 |
| 7 Zlatibor | 84 | | | | 7 Zlatibor (OT) | 78 |
| 13 April 2022 | 13 April 2022 | | | | | 7 Zlatibor (OT) | 78 |
| 13 April 2022 | 13 April 2022 | | | | 1 MZT Skopje Aerodrom | 73 |
| 4 Široki | 85 | | | | 1 MZT Skopje Aerodrom | 73 |
| 4 Široki | 85 | 15 April 2022 | 15 April 2022 | | | |
| 5 Spars Ilidža | 81 | 15 April 2022 | 15 April 2022 | | | |
| 5 Spars Ilidža | 81 | 4 Široki | 71 | | | |
| 13 April 2022 | 13 April 2022 | | 4 Široki | 71 | | | |
| 13 April 2022 | 13 April 2022 | 1 MZT Skopje Aerodrom | 75 | |
| 1 MZT Skopje Aerodrom | 73 | 1 MZT Skopje Aerodrom | 75 | |
| 8 Sutjeska | 68 | | | |