The ABA League has resolved a dispute with its referees, who had demanded a raise in their gross fees to 1,200 euros per match, along with additional allowances for food, travel expenses, and health insurance. The league management and clubs considered this demand unacceptable and proposed a compromise of 700 euros per match, setting a 24-hour ultimatum. The referees then countered with a proposal of 700 to 750 euros for the current season, with an increase in the following season, but the league presidency, with the consent of the clubs, rejected the conditions again. Following the failure to reach an agreement with the original group of referees, the president of the referees' commission of the ABA League, Miguel Angel Perez, compiled an alternative list of new referees. The league published a statement confirming that the matches of the second round of the AdmiralBet ABA League and the second week of the ABA League 2 will proceed according to the previously established schedule and at the scheduled times, after the successful resolution of all problems related to the organization of refereeing for the 2026/27 season. The ABA Liga jtd stated that all necessary conditions for the start of the competitions are met, following many efforts in recent weeks to find appropriate solutions to the newly arisen situation and overcome challenges, which led to the postponement of the matches of the first round of the AdmiralBet ABA League and the ABA League 2. A new list of referees has been finalized in the shortest time possible, and everything is now ready for the start of the regional competitions. The dates and times of the postponed matches of the first round of the AdmiralBet ABA League and the first day of the ABA League 2 will be set later. The president of the league, Ostoja Mijailović, commented that he would like to assure all basketball fans, clubs, players, partners, and admirers of the ABA League that the ABA League will emerge from this situation stronger and better organized. He noted that similar situations and disputes with referees have occurred in other European countries and in different sports, and serious sports authorities have successfully resolved them, and he is convinced that the ABA League will do so as well. The 20 clubs of the ABA League are divided into two groups: Group A includes Borac Mozzart, Budućnost VOLI, Cedevita Olimpija, Cibona, Etoile Rouge Meridianbet, FMP, HKK iroki TT Kabeli, Igokea m:tel, Krka, and Slovan Bratislava. Group B includes BC Vienne, Bosna BH Telecom, Dubai Basketball, Mega Superbet, Partizan Mozzart Bet, Perspektiva Ilirija, SC Derby, Spartak Office Shoes, U-BT Cluj-Napoca, and Zadar.