BELGRADE: Dubai Basketball Club have been crowned champions of the ABA League for the 2025-2026 season after defeating Serbia’s Partizan 83-81 in Game 4 of the finals.The victory makes Dubai the first team representing the emirate and the UAE to win a title in one of international basketball’s leading leagues.Dubai opened the series with two home wins, 99-93 and 86-81, before Partizan won Game 3. Dubai then sealed the title in Game 4, avoiding a deciding fifth match. The triumph comes in only the club’s second season, following an exceptional eight-month campaign against some of Europe’s leading clubs.Head coach Aleksander Sekulic said the title was a major achievement for a young club, praising the players, technical and administrative teams, and all staff for their collective efforts.Mfiondu Kabengele was named Finals MVP after averaging 15.75 points per game in the series.
