ABA NLB League 2007–08
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The ABA NLB League 2007-08, the seventh season of the regional Liga ABA, saw a further change in the competition structure. After trying a playoff system the previous year, the league returned to a combination of elimination and a Final Four tournament.
14 teams from Slovenia, Montenegro, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia and Serbia participated in the NLB League in its seventh season: Union Olimpija, Helios, Geoplin Slovan, Cibona, Zadar, Zagreb, Split, Široki ERONET, Crvena zvezda, Partizan, Hemofarm, FMP, Vojvodina and Budućnost.
There were 26 rounds played in the regular part of the season. Eight best teams from the regular season qualified for the best-of-three quarter-final series. The Final Four Tournament was later held in Ljubljana.
Partizan became the 2008 League Champion.
Pld - Played; W - Won; L - Lost; PF - Points for; PA - Points against; Diff - Difference; Pts - Points.
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, Ljubljana
14 teams from Slovenia, Montenegro, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia and Serbia participated in the NLB League in its seventh season: Union Olimpija, Helios, Geoplin Slovan, Cibona, Zadar, Zagreb, Split, Široki ERONET, Crvena zvezda, Partizan, Hemofarm, FMP, Vojvodina and Budućnost.
There were 26 rounds played in the regular part of the season. Eight best teams from the regular season qualified for the best-of-three quarter-final series. The Final Four Tournament was later held in Ljubljana.
Partizan became the 2008 League Champion.
Regular season
| Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | Diff | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Partizan Igokea KK Partizan Košarkaški klub Partizan is a Serbian professional basketball club. It is part of the multi-sports Belgrade-based club Partizan. The club competes in the Serbian League, Adriatic League and the Euroleague.... |
26 | 24 | 2 | 2119 | 1855 | +264 | 50 |
| 2. | Zadar KK Zadar KK Zadar is a Croatian professional basketball team from the city of Zadar playing in the A-1 Liga.Zadar is the place where Croatian basketball was born in 1930. Zadar's reputation has been of a basketball hotbed with a team that can capture trophies at any given moment... |
26 | 18 | 8 | 2080 | 2001 | +79 | 44 |
| 3. | Hemofarm STADA KK Hemofarm Košarkaški klub Hemofarm is a professional basketball club from Vršac, Serbia. The club currently participates in the Adriatic League and Serbian League... |
26 | 16 | 10 | 2063 | 1986 | +77 | 42 |
| 4. | Crvena Zvezda KK Crvena zvezda Košarkaški klub Crvena zvezda is a professional basketball club based in Belgrade, Serbia. Its name Crvena zvezda means Red Star and it's part of the Red Star Belgrade sports society .... |
26 | 16 | 10 | 2275 | 2212 | +63 | 42 |
| 5. | Union Olimpija KK Union Olimpija -Depth Chart:-In: Ben Woodside Deon Thompson Aleksandar Ćapin Jaka Blažič Danny Green Ratko Varda Robert Rothbart -Out: Giorgi Shermadini - return from a loan Kenny Gregory Samo Udrih Aloysius Anagonye Vladimir... |
26 | 15 | 11 | 2071 | 1961 | +110 | 41 |
| 6. | Budućnost KK Buducnost Podgorica KK Budućnost Podgorica is a professional basketball club from Podgorica, Montenegro. It is a part of Budućnost Podgorica sport society. The team currently competes in First Montenegrin Opportunity League and regional Adriatic League... |
26 | 15 | 11 | 2099 | 2014 | +85 | 41 |
| 7. | FMP KK FMP KK FMP , also known as FMP Železnik, is a defunct Serbian basketball club.Based in the Belgrade's neighborhood of Železnik, the club continually posts notable results every competition it competes in... |
26 | 15 | 11 | 2147 | 2083 | +64 | 41 |
| 8. | Cibona KK Cibona Košarkaški klub Cibona is a professional basketball club based in Zagreb, Croatia. It competes in the Croatian League and the Adriatic League.-History:The club was founded in 1946 under the name Sloboda... |
26 | 15 | 11 | 2117 | 2103 | +14 | 41 |
| 9. | Vojvodina Srbijagas KK Vojvodina KK Vojvodina Srbijagas is a professional basketball club from Novi Sad, Serbia. The club currently participates in the Basketball League of Serbia... |
26 | 12 | 14 | 1971 | 1991 | -20 | 38 |
| 10. | Split Croatia Osiguranje KK Split KK Split , KK Split CO for sponsorship relations is a basketball club from Split, Croatia. Currently, KK Split competes in the A-1 Liga and Krešimir Ćosić Cup.-History:... |
26 | 11 | 15 | 2018 | 2069 | -51 | 37 |
| 11. | Zagreb Croatia osiguranje KK Zagreb Košarkaški klub Zagreb is a professional basketball club based in Zagreb, Croatia. It competes in the Croatian League, the Adriatic League and in the 2011/12 season for the first time in ULEB Euroleague... |
26 | 7 | 19 | 2043 | 2167 | -124 | 33 |
| 12. | Široki Prima pivo HKK Široki HKK Široki is a Bosnia-Herzegovinan basketball team from the town of Široki Brijeg, Bosnia and Herzegovina. The club currently plays in the Adriatic League and the Bosnian basketball championship.... |
26 | 7 | 19 | 1949 | 2080 | -131 | 33 |
| 13. | Helios | 26 | 6 | 20 | 1986 | 2127 | -141 | 32 |
| 14. | Geoplin Slovan KD Slovan KK Geoplin Slovan or KD Slovan is a professional basketball team from Slovenia.-History:A beginning of the club is dating back to 1951 when Stane Urek suggested a formation of a basketball club Poljane at one of Ljubljana high schools. The club got its official right to play in April same year... |
26 | 5 | 21 | 1907 | 2196 | -289 | 31 |
| Qualified for Playoffs | |
| Relegated |
Pld - Played; W - Won; L - Lost; PF - Points for; PA - Points against; Diff - Difference; Pts - Points.
Playoffs
| Team #1 | Agg. | Team #2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg | 3rd leg* |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Partizan Igokea KK Partizan Košarkaški klub Partizan is a Serbian professional basketball club. It is part of the multi-sports Belgrade-based club Partizan. The club competes in the Serbian League, Adriatic League and the Euroleague....  |
2 - 0 |  CibonaKK Cibona Košarkaški klub Cibona is a professional basketball club based in Zagreb, Croatia. It competes in the Croatian League and the Adriatic League.-History:The club was founded in 1946 under the name Sloboda... |
90 - 80 | 100 - 93 | – |
| Zadar KK Zadar KK Zadar is a Croatian professional basketball team from the city of Zadar playing in the A-1 Liga.Zadar is the place where Croatian basketball was born in 1930. Zadar's reputation has been of a basketball hotbed with a team that can capture trophies at any given moment... |
2 - 1 | FMP KK FMP KK FMP , also known as FMP Železnik, is a defunct Serbian basketball club.Based in the Belgrade's neighborhood of Železnik, the club continually posts notable results every competition it competes in... |
95 - 91 (ot) | 94 - 99 (ot) | 74 - 73 |
| Hemofarm STADA KK Hemofarm Košarkaški klub Hemofarm is a professional basketball club from Vršac, Serbia. The club currently participates in the Adriatic League and Serbian League... |
2 - 1 |  BudućnostKK Buducnost Podgorica KK Budućnost Podgorica is a professional basketball club from Podgorica, Montenegro. It is a part of Budućnost Podgorica sport society. The team currently competes in First Montenegrin Opportunity League and regional Adriatic League... |
87 - 71 | 55 - 64 | 75 - 69 |
| Crvena zvezda KK Crvena zvezda Košarkaški klub Crvena zvezda is a professional basketball club based in Belgrade, Serbia. Its name Crvena zvezda means Red Star and it's part of the Red Star Belgrade sports society .... |
1 - 2 |  Union OlimpijaKK Union Olimpija -Depth Chart:-In: Ben Woodside Deon Thompson Aleksandar Ćapin Jaka Blažič Danny Green Ratko Varda Robert Rothbart -Out: Giorgi Shermadini - return from a loan Kenny Gregory Samo Udrih Aloysius Anagonye Vladimir... |
93 - 87 | 60 - 88 | 74 - 97 |
Final four
Matches played at Hala TivoliHala Tivoli
The Tivoli Hall is a complex of two multi-purpose indoor sport arenas in the Tivoli Park in Ljubljana, the capital of Slovenia. The complex was opened in 1965. The larger, ice hockey arena has a seating capacity of 7,000 people. When configured to host basketball games, the capacity is adjusted to...
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Ljubljana
Ljubljana is the capital of Slovenia and its largest city. It is the centre of the City Municipality of Ljubljana. It is located in the centre of the country in the Ljubljana Basin, and is a mid-sized city of some 270,000 inhabitants...
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Partizan KK Partizan Košarkaški klub Partizan is a Serbian professional basketball club. It is part of the multi-sports Belgrade-based club Partizan. The club competes in the Serbian League, Adriatic League and the Euroleague.... 2nd Title |