2025–26 WABA League

For the equivalent men's tournament, see 2025–26 ABA League First Division.
WABA League
Season2025–26
DatesRegular season:
15 October 2025 – 4 March 2026
Final four:
28–29 March 2026
TeamsTotal: 7 (from 6 countries)
2026–27 →

The 2025–26 WABA League is the 25th season of this competition for the top women's teams in the Adriatic region.

Budućnost Bemax are the defending champions.

Format

The seven teams all played in a double round robin system where the top four advance to the final four to decide the champions.

Teams

Location of teams in the 2024–25 WABA League
Zagreb
Orlovi
Zadar Plus
Zagreb teams
Trešnjevka 2009
Studio Zagreb
Location of teams in the 2024–25 WABA League

The teams were announced on 27 June 2025.[1]

The labels in the parentheses show how each team qualified for the place of its starting round:

  • 1st, 2nd, 3rd, etc.: League position of the previous season
Regular season
Orlovi (1st) Beroe (2nd) Rilski Sportist (3rd) Studio Zagreb (3rd)
Budućnost Bemax (1st) Partizan 1953 (5th) Cinkarna Celje (1st)

Draw

On 27 June 2025, a draw took place to decide the schedule for the tournament.[1]

Regular season

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification BUD MON PAR CEL BER ZAG ORL
1 Budućnost Bemax 12 10 2 823 612 +211 22 Semifinals — 80–58 66–53 72–65 86–54 98–41 96–45
2 Montana 2003 12 9 3 796 695 +101 21 88–82 — 67–57 82–69 79–53 87–63 89–53
3 Partizan 1953 12 8 4 712 622 +90 20[b] Play-in 67–59 59–46 — 77–62 93–63 75–61 104–40
4 Cinkarna Celje 12 8 4 767 676 +91 20[b] 65–83 69–61 77–70 — 90–65 68–46 20–0
5 Rilski Sportist 12 4 8 691 814 −123 16 58–84 78–96 61–53 63–89 — 59–66 20–0
6 Studio Zagreb 12 3 9 660 790 −130 15 63–73 85–92 60–68 57–73 78–97 — 94–61
7 Orlovi[a] 12 0 12 0 240 −240 12 Withdrew 0–20 50–72 43–71 59–87 42–67 61–94 —
Source: WABA
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Points difference; 3) Points scored.
Notes:
  1. ^ On 28 January 2026, Orlovi withdrew due to frequent illnesses of the players and a shortened roster. All games involving Orlovi will be given as a forfeit loss to the other team.[2]
  2. ^ a b Partizan 147–139 Celje

Play-in

Summary

The first leg will be played on 25 and 26 February, and the second leg will be played on 3 and 4 March.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Partizan 1953 153–127 Studio Zagreb 74–58 79–69
Cinkarna Celje 162–143 Rilski Sportist 77–64 85–70

Semifinals

Summary

The semifinals will be played on March 28.[3]

Team 1  Score  Team 2
Budućnost Bemax – Cinkarna Celje
Montana 2003 – Partizan 1953

Third Place

Summary

The third place match will be played on March 29, between the two semifinal losers.[4]

Team 1  Score  Team 2
Semifinal loser 1 – Semifinal loser 2

Finals

Summary

The finals will be played on March 29, between the two semifinal winners.[5]

Team 1  Score  Team 2
Semifinal winner 1 – Semifinal winner 2

References

  1. ^ a b Refsnes, Hege; office, waba media (June 27, 2025). "Liga starta 15.X. – raspored".
  2. ^ Refsnes, Hege; office, waba media (January 29, 2026). "Orlovi odustali od WABA lige".
  3. ^ "2026 WABA Final-Fours schedule revealed". February 13, 2026.
  4. ^ "2026 WABA Final-Fours schedule revealed". February 13, 2026.
  5. ^ "2026 WABA Final-Fours schedule revealed". February 13, 2026.

See also

  • 2025–26 WABA League 2
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