Adriatic League
Igokea knocks-out Partizan, alone on top
The top-game in the Adriatic League this weekend was between Igokea from Bosnia (Serbian part) and Partizan from Serbia, respectively numbers 1 and 2 of the league. Igokea has been the surprise team in the Adriatic League this season and confirmed Sunday that they deserve the pole position as they totally destroyed Partizan, 73:50. It…
Read MoreMatjaz Smodis signs with Krka Novo Mesto
Slovenian veteran Matjaz Smodis announced during a press conference his return as a player to Krka Novo Mesto. The team in which he started his career in 1994/1995. Smodis announced his retirement at the end of last season due to his numerous injuries. Smodis will start playing for Krka in January and at the end…
Read MoreWunderkind Dario Šarić finally signs
KK Cibona officially announced at a press conference this afternoon that they had signed super-talent Dario Šarić (208 cm, 1994) to a 4-year contract. A surprise move, since Cibona has known financial problems and is struggling to pay their bills and salaries on time. Recently the Croatian club had to travel by bus to Germany…
Read MoreAleksandar Petrovic takes over Cedevita
Aleksandar “Aco” Petrovic will be the new head coach of Croatian Euroleague team Cedevita Zagreb. He will replace the Serbian coach Bozidar Maljkovic who suddenly left last week. Petrovic is currently the headcoach of the National Team of Bosnia and will stay in that function while he will also coach Cedevita. Aleksandar Petrovic already coached…
Read MoreBig Mystery around Bozidar Maljkovic
When Cedevita Zagreb announced this summer that Bozidar Maljkovic would be the new head coach, it was big news. Not only because Maljkovic would be the highest paid Basketball coach in Croatian history (€ 500.000 net) but also because he was the first Serbian coach to lead a top-team in Croatia after the break-up of…
Read MoreAdriatic League relieved, no incidents in Zagreb and Belgrade but turmoil in Cibona
The Adriatic League game in the Croatian capital Zagreb between home team and visiting Red Star Belgrade was no ordinary game. The reason? Last week the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) in The Hague (the Netherlands) overturned the convictions of two Croatian generals for committing war crimes during the 1990’s break-up of…
Read MoreCoach Maljkovic quits. Cedevita in shock.
Serbian coach Bozidar Maljkovic has resigned from his job as head coach of Croatian Euroleague team Cedevita Zagreb. Cedevita is in shock. Especially since the team seemed to be on the right way. They are third in the Adriatic League and they recently won two games in a row in the Euroleague. One of those…
Read MoreRed Star takes most recent Eternal Derby – 78:92
The basketball landscape is littered with fierce rivalries that cover the globe, but few date back to the 1940s and few have evolved to the point where the visiting team has had their ticket allocation for the games limited due to the proliferation of clashes between sides. In the case of the basketball version of…
Read MoreABA Liga Announces Fines for 5th Round
ABA League Competition office announced fines for the rest of games, played in the 5th round. The following clubs were fined with 100 Euros for a player’s technical foul made in a specific round: – Crvena zvezda DIVA (Vuk Radivojević, 5th round against Igokea) – Szolnoki Olaj (E. Kalve, 5th round against Radnički) – Radnički…
Read MoreFirst loss for Igokea
The surprise team of the Adriatic league this season, Igokea Aleksandrovac from Bosnia (Republika Srpska) lost its first game last night in Zagreb against Cedevita 76-78. Nopw, there are no more undefeated teams in the Adriatic league. The team from Aleksandrovac, a suburb of Banja Luka (capital of the Serb part of Bosnia) had surprised…
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