Arena Sport exclusively reported, that the ABA League will expand to 20 teams for the 2025-26 season, featuring three EuroLeague teams—Crvena Zvezda, Partizan, and Dubai—while awaiting approval for a fourth, rumored to be an Israeli EuroLeague club. The new format includes two groups of ten, with a double-round robin, a top-10 phase, and a play-out, per the article, promising a prize fund of €1 million for the winner, potentially rising with new sponsors.
New Markets and Format
The league welcomes BC Cluj-Napoca (Romania) and BC Vienna (Austria), with Hapoel Tel Aviv (Israel) pending approval, expanding its market to over 70 million viewers from 20 million, per Arena Sport. The two-group system, carrying over points, aims for more derbies and competitiveness, while a potential Final Four on neutral ground could mirror the EuroLeague, per Eurohoops.net’s June 6, 2025, analysis, boosting the league’s profile alongside teams like Dubai, who signed Mam Jaiteh, per Buzz Sport on June 5, 2025.
Posted on: 7 June 2025, 19:58 CET
