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2008–09 ABA NLB League

Field	Value
title	2008–09 NLB League season
league	Liga ABA
sport	Basketball
<!-- Commented out:	logo	ABA NLB League official logo.jpg --
logo_size	180px
no_of_teams	Serbia (5 teams)
(4 teams)
(3 teams)
(1 team)
(1 team)
season	Regular season
season_champs	Serbia Partizan
MVP	Croatia Ante Tomić (Zagreb)
top_scorer	Serbia Dragan Labović (FMP Železnik) (17.96 ppg)
finals	Final four
finals_link	NLB League#Champions
finals_champ	Serbia Partizan
seasonslist	NLB League#Champions
seasonslistnames	NLB League
prevseason_link	2007–08 ABA NLB League
prevseason_year	2007–08
nextseason_link	2009–10 ABA NLB League
nextseason_year	2009–10

(4 teams) (3 teams) (1 team) (1 team) | conf1_runner-up = | conf2_runner-up = | finals_runner-up = 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
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	23	3	49	1966:1771
2	Cibona	19	7	45	2088:1945
3	Hemofarm STADA	19	7	45	2082:1987
4	Crvena zvezda	19	7	45	2010:1913
5	Zadar	17	9	43	2139:1935
6	Budućnost m:tel	15	11	41	2017:1972
7	Bosna ASA BHT	11	15	37	2025:2062
8	FMP Železnik	10	16	36	2071:2094
9	Union Olimpija	10	16	36	1981:1999
10	Split CO	10	16	36	1899:2014
11	Krka	9	17	35	1897:2041
12	Helios	8	18	34	1897:2010
13	Zagreb CO	8	18	34	1983:2100
14	Vojvodina Srbijagas	4	22	30	1967:2179

	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. 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. The attack did not appear to be organized.

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

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. Club president Dino Rađa also publicly apologized.

Stats Leaders

Points

Rank	Name	Team	Points	Games	PPG
1.	SRB Dragan Labović	FMP Železnik	467	26	17,96
2.	USA Eddie Shannon	Split	406	26	15,62
3.	USA Nicholas Jacobson	Helios	390	25	15,60
4.	USA Richard Shields	Krka	388	25	15,52
5.	CRO Ante Tomić	Zagreb	371	24	15,46

Rebounds

Rank	Name	Team	Rebounds	Games	RPG
1.	CRO Ante Tomić	Zagreb	206	24	8,58
2.	MKD Todor Gečevski	Zadar	204	26	7,85
3.	SRB Novica Veličković	Partizan	180	26	6,92
4.	BUL Dejan Ivanov	Zadar	151	22	6,86
5.	MKD Predrag Samardžiski	FMP Železnik	178	26	6,85

Assists

Rank	Name	Team	Assists	Games	APG
1.	CRO Rok Stipčević	Zadar	117	26	4,50
2.	SRB Dušan Djordjević	Bosna	116	26	4,46
3.	USA Eddie Shannon	Split	111	26	4,27
4.	SLO Jure Močnik	Helios	98	26	3,77
5.	SRB Filip Čović	FMP Železnik	73	21	3,48

Ranking MVP

Rank	Name	Team	Efficiency	Games	Average
1.	CRO Ante Tomić	Zagreb	538	24	22,42
2.	SRB Dragan Labović	FMP	508	26	19,54
3.	MKD Todor Gečevski	Zadar	484	26	18,62
4.	SRB Novica Veličković	Partizan	457	26	17,58
5.	USA Eddie Shannon	Split	439	26	16,88

MVP Round by Round

2008–09 ABA NLB League Champions

SRB
Partizan
3rd Title

References

[http://www.b92.net/sport/kosarka/vesti.php?yyyy=2009&mm=01&dd=20&nav_id=340327 "Torcida" napala Zvezdine košarkaše];B92, 20 January 2009
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Llq1hoGOqg Video of the attack]
[http://www.novosti.rs/vesti/sport.72.html:230493-Napad-nije-organizovan Napad nije organizovan];''Večernje novosti'', 21 January 2009
[http://sport.blic.rs/Fudbal/75234/Torcida-napala-kosarkase-Zvezde „Torcida“ napala košarkaše Zvezde];''Blic'', 21 January 2009
[https://archive.today/20120804204414/http://www.mondo.rs/v2/tekst.php?vest=121947 Huligani napali crveno-bele u Splitu!];mondo.rs, 21 January 2009
[http://www.b92.net/info/vesti/index.php?yyyy=2009&mm=01&dd=21&nav_id=340347 Split: Napadnuti Zvezdini košarkaši];B92, 21 January 2009
[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

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