2008–09 ABA NLB League

2008–09 NLB League season
League Liga ABA
Sport Basketball
Number of teams  Serbia (5 teams)
 Croatia (4 teams)
 Slovenia (3 teams)
 Bosnia and Herzegovina (1 team)
 Montenegro (1 team)
Regular season
Season champions Serbia Partizan
Season MVP Croatia Ante Tomić (Zagreb)
Top scorer Serbia Dragan Labović (FMP Železnik) (17.96 ppg)
Final four
Champions Serbia Partizan

The ABA NLB League 2008–09 season is the 8th season of the Liga ABA. This season saw a return to the competition system in use in 2003–04, when the Final Four Tournament was played at the end of the regular season.

14 teams from Slovenia, Montenegro, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia and Serbia participated in the NLB League this season: Union Olimpija, Helios, Krka, Cibona, Zagreb, Zadar, Split, Bosna, Crvena zvezda, Partizan, FMP Železnik, Hemofarm, Vojvodina, Budućnost.

There were 26 round played in the regular part of the season. The best four teams later qualified for the Final Four Tournament, which was played in Belgrade between April 16 and April 18 (Partizan, Cibona, Hemofarm, Crvena zvezda).

Partizan became the 2009 League Champion.

Team Information

Venues and locations

Country Teams Team City Venue (Capacity)
Serbia Serbia 5
Partizan Belgrade Pionir Hall (8,150)
Hemofarm STADA Vršac Millennium Center (5,000)
Crvena zvezda Belgrade Pionir Hall (8,150)
FMP Železnik Belgrade Železnik Hall (3,000)
Vojvodina Srbijagas Novi Sad SPC Vojvodina (8000)
Croatia Croatia 4
Cibona Zagreb Dražen Petrović Basketball Hall (5,400)
Zadar Zadar Krešimir Ćosić Hall (9,200)
Zagreb CO Zagreb Trnsko (2,000)
Split CO Split Arena Gripe (6,000)
Slovenia Slovenia 3
Union Olimpija Ljubljana Hala Tivoli (6,000)
Helios Domžale Dvorana Komunalnega centra (2,180)
Krka Novo mesto Leon Štukelj Hall (2,000)
Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosnia and Herzegovina 1
Bosna ASA BHT Sarajevo Dvorana Mirza Delibašić (6,500)
Montenegro Montenegro 1
Budućnost Podgorica Morača Sports Center (4,570)

Regular season

League table

Team W L Pts PF:PA Diff
1 Partizan 233491966:1771195
2 Cibona 197452088:1945143
3 Hemofarm STADA 197452082:198795
4 Crvena zvezda 197452010:191397
5 Zadar 179432139:1935204
6 Budućnost m:tel 1511412017:197245
7 Bosna ASA BHT 1115372025:2062-37
8 FMP Železnik 1016362071:2094-23
9 Union Olimpija 1016361981:1999-18
10 Split CO 1016361899:2014-115
11 Krka 917351897:2041-144
12 Helios 818341897:2010-113
13 Zagreb CO 818341983:2100-117
14 Vojvodina Srbijagas 422301967:2179-212

Qualified for Final four
Did not qualify for next season

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

Incident

On Tuesday, 20 January 2009 around 10:40pm at the Split Airport, Red Star Belgrade players were attacked by a group of 20 Croatian hooligans, members of Torcida Split hooligan firm, and supporters of KK Split.[1] The attack occurred inside the airport building as the players and club staff were checking-in for the charter flight back to Belgrade after beating KK Split 62-67 earlier that night in Gripe Hall. The hooligans entered the airport building, stormed the main hall, and attacked the Red Star group with sticks, glass bottles, and rocks, before escaping out of the building using another entrance.[2] The attack did not appear to be organized.[3]

No serious injuries were reported except for Red Star's American shooting guard Andre Owens who got a laceration on his knee[4] as he jumped over the check-in counter to avoid the charging hooligans.[5]

In a press release prompted by the incident, KK Split's management distanced themselves form the behaviour of their fans, expressing regret over the incident.[6] Club president Dino Rađa also publicly apologized.[7]

Stats Leaders

Points

Rank Name Team Points Games PPG
1.Serbia Dragan LabovićFMP Železnik 4672617,96
2.United States Eddie ShannonSplit4062615,62
3.United States Nicholas JacobsonHelios 3902515,60
4.United States Richard ShieldsKrka3882515,52
5.Croatia Ante TomićZagreb 3712415,46

Rebounds

Rank Name Team Rebounds Games RPG
1.Croatia Ante TomićZagreb206248,58
2.Republic of Macedonia Todor GečevskiZadar204267,85
3.Serbia Novica VeličkovićPartizan180266,92
4.Bulgaria Dejan IvanovZadar151226,86
5.Republic of Macedonia Predrag SamardžiskiFMP Železnik178266,85

Assists

Rank Name Team Assists Games APG
1.Croatia Rok StipčevićZadar 117264,50
2.Serbia Dušan DjordjevićBosna116264,46
3.United States Eddie ShannonSplit111264,27
4.Slovenia Jure MočnikHelios98263,77
5.Serbia Filip ČovićFMP Železnik73213,48

Ranking MVP

Rank Name Team Efficiency Games Average
1.Croatia Ante TomićZagreb5382422,42
2.Serbia Dragan LabovićFMP5082619,54
3.Republic of Macedonia Todor GečevskiZadar4842618,62
4.Serbia Novica VeličkovićPartizan4572617,58
5.United States Eddie ShannonSplit4392616,88

MVP Round by Round

Round Player Team Efficiency
1Croatia Ante TomićZagreb36
2Serbia Vladan VukosavljevićHemofarm39
3Serbia Miroslav Raduljica FMP37
4Serbia Dejan Borovnjak Vojvodina29
5Montenegro Vladimir GolubovićOlimpija35
6Croatia Ante Tomić (2)Zagreb35
7Croatia Ante Tomić (3)Zagreb32
8Serbia Dejan Borovnjak(2)Vojvodina34
9United States Antonio GrantSplit31
10Croatia Ante Tomić (4)Zagreb32
11United States Richard ShieldsKrka 32
12Serbia Marko KešeljCrvena zvezda 33
13Serbia Dragan LabovićFMP 32
14Serbia Novica VeličkovićPartizan 40
15Croatia Rok StipčevićZadar 35
16Serbia Dragan Labović (2)FMP 30
17United States Alan AndersonCibona 38
18United States Nicholas JacobsonHelios 37
19United States Lorinza HarringtonOlimpija 34
20United States Eddie ShannonSplit 34
21Croatia Ante Tomić (5)Zagreb 32
22Serbia Stefan MarkovićHemofarm 33
23United States Charron FisherVojvodina 31
24United States Charron Fisher (2)Vojvodina 37
25Serbia Jovo StanojevićVojvodina 36
26Serbia Dragan Labović (3)FMP 26
27United States Alan Anderson (2)Cibona 27
28Serbia Novica Veličković (2)Partizan 22

Source: NLB League

Final four

Matches played in, Belgrade, Serbia

Semifinals
April 16
Final
April 18
      
1 Partizan 64
4 Crvena zvezda 58
1 Partizan 63
2 Cibona 49
2 Cibona 77
3 Hemofarm STADA 65

Semifinals

Partizan vs. Crvena zvezda

April 16
20:45 CET
Partizan Serbia 6458 Serbia Crvena zvezda
Scoring by quarter: 13-11, 18-12, 15-15, 18-20
Pts: Tepić 14
Rebs: Veličković, Vesely, Vraneš 7
Asts: Tepić 4
Pts: Kikanović 15
Rebs: Roberts 8
Asts: Marković 4
Belgrade Arena, Belgrade
Attendance: 10,750
Referees: Muhvić (CRO), Jovčić (SRB), Herceg (CRO)

Cibona vs. Hemofarm STADA

April 16
18:15 CET
Cibona Croatia 7765 Serbia Hemofarm STADA
Scoring by quarter: 24-11, 20-21, 21-17, 12-16
Pts: Anderson 24
Rebs: Homan 8
Asts: Anderson 4
Pts: Vukosavljević 18
Rebs: Božović 6
Asts: Pavković 4
Belgrade Arena, Belgrade
Attendance: 3,500
Referees: Pukl (SLO), Boltauzer (SLO), Javor (SLO)

Final

April 18
20:45 CET
Partizan Serbia 6349 Croatia Cibona
Scoring by quarter: 17-9, 21-18, 9-16, 16-6
Pts: Veličković, 17
Rebs: Veličković 8
Asts: Tepić 5
Pts: Anderson 22
Rebs: Calloway 7
Asts: Anderson 4
Belgrade Arena, Belgrade
Attendance: 13,328
Referees: Pukl (SLO), Šutulović (MNE), Kolar (SLO)


2008–09 ABA NLB League Champions

Serbia
Partizan
3rd Title

References

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