2008–09 ABA NLB League

2008–09 NLB League season Liga ABA Basketball 180px Serbia 2004 (5 teams) (4 teams) (3 teams) (1 team) (1 team) Regular season Serbia 2004 Partizan Croatia Ante Tomić (Zagreb) Serbia 2004 Dragan Labović (FMP Železnik) (17.96 ppg) Final four NLB League#Champions Serbia 2004 Partizan NLB League#Champions NLB League 2007–08 ABA NLB League 2007–08 2009–10 ABA NLB League 2009–10 The ABA NLB League 2008–09 season was 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. A total of 14 teams from Slovenia, Montenegro, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia and Serbia participated in the NLB League 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 2004 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 TeamWLPtsPF:PADiff 1Partizan 233491966:1771195 2Cibona 197452088:1945143 3Hemofarm STADA 197452082:198795 4Crvena zvezda 197452010:191397 5Zadar 179432139:1935204 6Budućnost m:tel 1511412017:197245 7Bosna ASA BHT 1115372025:2062-37 8FMP Železnik 1016362071:2094-23 9Union Olimpija 1016361981:1999-18 10Split CO 1016361899:2014-115 11Krka 917351897:2041-144 12Helios 818341897:2010-113 13Zagreb CO 818341983:2100-117 14Vojvodina Srbijagas 422301967:2179-212 0.5em 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."Torcida" napala Zvezdine košarkaše;B92, 20 January 2009 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.Video of the attack The attack did not appear to be organized.Napad nije organizovan;Večernje novosti, 21 January 2009 No serious injuries were reported except for Red Star's American shooting guard Andre Owens who got a laceration on his knee„Torcida“ napala košarkaše Zvezde;Blic, 21 January 2009 as he jumped over the check-in counter to avoid the charging hooligans.https://archive.today/20120804204414/http://www.mondo.rs/v2/tekst.php?vest=121947 Huligani napali crveno-bele u Splitu!;mondo.rs, 21 January 2009 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.Split: Napadnuti Zvezdini košarkaši;B92, 21 January 2009 Club president Dino Rađa also publicly apologized.https://archive.today/20120903181512/http://www.mondo.rs/v2/tekst.php?vest=121969 Dino Rađa i KK Split: Izvinjavamo se;mondo.rs, 21 January 2009 Stats Leaders Points RankNameTeamPointsGamesPPG1.SRB 2004 Dragan LabovićFMP Železnik 4672617,962.USA Eddie ShannonSplit4062615,623.USA Nicholas JacobsonHelios 3902515,604.USA Richard ShieldsKrka3882515,525.CRO Ante TomićZagreb 3712415,46 Rebounds RankNameTeamReboundsGamesRPG1.CRO Ante TomićZagreb206248,582.MKD Todor GečevskiZadar204267,853.SRB 2004 Novica VeličkovićPartizan180266,924.BUL Dejan IvanovZadar151226,865.MKD Predrag SamardžiskiFMP Železnik178266,85 Assists RankNameTeamAssistsGamesAPG1.CRO Rok StipčevićZadar 117264,502.SRB 2004 Dušan DjordjevićBosna116264,463.USA Eddie ShannonSplit111264,274.SLO Jure MočnikHelios98263,775.SRB 2004 Filip ČovićFMP Železnik73213,48 Ranking MVP RankNameTeamEfficiencyGamesAverage1.CRO Ante TomićZagreb5382422,422.SRB 2004 Dragan LabovićFMP5082619,543.MKD Todor GečevskiZadar4842618,624.SRB 2004 Novica VeličkovićPartizan4572617,585.USA Eddie ShannonSplit4392616,88 MVP Round by Round {| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: center;" |- ! align="center"|Round ! align="center"|Player ! align="center"|Team ! align="center"|Efficiency |- |1||align="left"|CRO Ante Tomić||Zagreb||36 |- |2||align="left"|SRB 2004 Vladan Vukosavljević||Hemofarm||39 |- |3||align="left"|SRB 2004 Miroslav Raduljica ||FMP||37 |- |4||align="left"|SRB 2004 Dejan Borovnjak ||Vojvodina||29 |- |5||align="left"|MNE Vladimir Golubović||Olimpija||35 |- |6||align="left"|CRO Ante Tomić (2)||Zagreb||35 |- |7||align="left"|CRO Ante Tomić (3)||Zagreb||32 |- |8||align="left"|SRB 2004 Dejan Borovnjak(2)||Vojvodina||34 |- |9||align="left"|USA Antonio Grant||Split||31 |- |10||align="left"|CRO Ante Tomić (4)||Zagreb||32 |- |11||align="left"|USA Richard Shields||Krka || 32 |- |12||align="left"|SRB 2004 Marko Kešelj||Crvena zvezda || 33 |- |13||align="left"|SRB 2004 Dragan Labović||FMP || 32 |- |14||align="left"|SRB 2004 Novica Veličković||Partizan || 40 |- |15||align="left"|CRO Rok Stipčević||Zadar || 35 |- |16||align="left"|SRB 2004 Dragan Labović (2)||FMP || 30 |- |17||align="left"|USA Alan Anderson||Cibona || 38 |- |18||align="left"|USA Nicholas Jacobson||Helios || 37 |- |19||align="left"|USA Lorinza Harrington||Olimpija || 34 |- |20||align="left"|USA Eddie Shannon||Split || 34 |- |21||align="left"|CRO Ante Tomić (5)||Zagreb || 32 |- |22||align="left"|SRB 2004 Stefan Marković||Hemofarm || 33 |- |23||align="left"|USA Charron Fisher||Vojvodina || 31 |- |24||align="left"|USA Charron Fisher (2)||Vojvodina || 37 |- |25||align="left"|SRB 2004 Jovo Stanojević||Vojvodina || 36 |- |26||align="left"|SRB 2004 Dragan Labović (3)||FMP || 26 |- |27||align="left"|USA Alan Anderson (2)||Cibona || 27 |- |28||align="left"|SRB 2004 Novica Veličković (2)||Partizan || 22 |- NLB League December 2012 Final four Matches played in, Belgrade, Serbia SemifinalsApril 16 FinalApril 18 35 200 1 Partizan 64 4 Crvena zvezda 58 2 Cibona 77 3 Hemofarm STADA 65 1 Partizan 63 2 Cibona 49 Semifinals Partizan vs. Crvena zvezda #eee April 16 20:45 CET Belgrade Arena, Belgrade Report Partizan SRB 2004 64 SRB 2004 Crvena zvezda 58 13-11 18-12 15-15 18-20 Tepić 14 Veličković, Vesely, Vraneš 7 Tepić 4 Kikanović 15 Roberts 8 Marković 4 Muhvić (CRO), Jovčić (SRB), Herceg (CRO) 10,750 Cibona vs. Hemofarm STADA #eee April 16 18:15 CET Belgrade Arena, Belgrade Report Cibona CRO 77 SRB 2004 Hemofarm STADA 65 24-11 20-21 21-17 12-16 Anderson 24 Homan 8 Anderson 4 Vukosavljević 18 Božović 6 Pavković 4 3,500 Pukl (SLO), Boltauzer (SLO), Javor (SLO) Final #ffffd0 April 18 20:45 CET Belgrade Arena, Belgrade Report Partizan SRB 2004 63 CRO Cibona 49 17-9 21-18 9-16 16-6 Veličković, 17 Veličković 8 Tepić 5 Anderson 22 Calloway 7 Anderson 4 13,328 Pukl (SLO), Šutulović (MNE), Kolar (SLO) 2008–09 ABA NLB League Champions SRB Partizan 3rd References 2008–09 Category:2008–09 in European basketball leagues Category:2008–09 in Serbian basketball Category:2008–09 in Slovenian basketball Category:2008–09 in Croatian basketball Category:2008–09 in Bosnia and Herzegovina basketball