2019–20 Junior ABA League

The 2019–20 Junior ABA League was the 3rd season of the Junior ABA League with twelve men's under-19 teams from Serbia, Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro and North Macedonia. Teams are the junior selections of the ABA League teams.

Junior ABA League
Competition details
Season 2019–20
Teams 12
Games played 30
Dates 28 November – 1 December 2019
Final positions
Champions None declared
2020–21 →
All statistics correct as of December 1, 2019.

On 12 March 2020, the ABA League Assembly temporarily suspended its competitions due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[1] On 27 May 2020, the ABA League Assembly canceled definitely its competitions due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[2]

The Final tournament would have been played on 21–22 March 2020 at the Železnik Hall, Belgrade.[3] Cibona U19 was the defending champion and as a consequence of the COVID-19 pandemic, the ABA League Assembly decided not to recognize any team as the champion for the season.

Competition system

Twelve under-19 teams are participating in the 2019–20 Junior ABA League season and they are divided into two groups in the first stage. In the group stage, all teams will face each other team within a group in a round-robin system. The two best-placed teams of each group will advance to the final tournament. At the final tournament, the teams will play two games – the semifinal and the final or third-place game. The winner of the final tournament will become the 2019–20 ABA Junior Tournament Champion.[4]

Teams

Team allocation
First stage
U19 Crvena zvezda mts U19 Cedevita Olimpija U19 Cibona U19 Budućnost VOLI
U19 Mega Bemax U19 Krka U19 Zadar U19 Mornar
U19 Partizan NIS U19 Koper Primorska U19 Igokea U19 MZT Skopje Aerodrom

Locations and personnel
Location of teams in the 2019–20 Junior ABA League
Team Home city Head coach Captain
U19 Budućnost VOLI Podgorica Miloš Radović Fedor Žugić
U19 Cedevita Olimpija Ljubljana Borut Fijavž
U19 Cibona Zagreb Ivan Juran
U19 Crvena zvezda mts Belgrade Slobodan Klipa Lazar Vasić
U19 Igokea Aleksandrovac Slobodan Kecman
U19 Koper Primorska Koper Jovan Beader
U19 Krka Novo Mesto Leon Stipaničev
U19 Mega Bemax Belgrade Dragoljub Avramović Aleksandar Langović
U19 Mornar Bar Radovan Pešić
U19 MZT Skopje Aerodrom Skopje Goran Krstevski
U19 Partizan NIS Belgrade Goran Stevanović
U19 Zadar Zadar Jurica Ružić

First stage
Serbia

Twelve participating teams Budućnost VOLI, Cedevita Olimpija, Cibona, Crvena zvezda mts, Igokea, Koper Primorska, Krka, Mega Bemax, Mornar, MZT Skopje Aerodrom, Partizan NIS and Zadar were divided into two first stage groups. The two best placed teams of each group advanced to the final tournament.

Group A

Venue: Mega Factory Hall, Belgrade

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1 U19 Mega Bemax 5 5 0 452 409 +43 10 Advance to the Final tournament
2 U19 Cibona 5 3 2 482 429 +53 8
3 U19 Igokea 5 2 3 397 410 −13 7
4 U19 Budućnost VOLI 5 2 3 434 450 −16 7
5 U19 Partizan NIS 5 2 3 428 474 −46 7
6 U19 Krka 5 1 4 421 442 −21 6
Source: Junior ABA League
28 November 2019
Cibona U19 100–71 U19 Krka
Igokea U19 85–83 U19 Budućnost VOLI
Partizan NIS U19 74–89 U19 Mega Bemax
Cibona U19 90–68 U19 Igokea
29 November 2019
Krka U19 89–90 U19 Mega Bemax
Budućnost VOLI U19 91–81 U19 Partizan NIS
Igokea U19 67–88 U19 Krka
Partizan NIS U19 98–94 U19 Cibona
30 November 2019
Mega Bemax U19 96–86 U19 Budućnost VOLI
Igokea U19 109–77 U19 Partizan NIS
Krka U19 82–87 U19 Budućnost VOLI
Cibona U19 92–105 U19 Mega Bemax
1 December 2019
Partizan NIS U19 98–91 U19 Krka
Budućnost VOLI U19 87–106 U19 Cibona
Mega Bemax U19 72–68 U19 Igokea

Group B
Croatia

Venue: Jazine Basketball Hall, Zadar

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1 U19 Crvena zvezda mts 5 5 0 408 262 +146 10 Advance to the Final tournament
2 U19 Koper Primorska 5 3 2 372 395 −23 8
3 U19 MZT Skopje Aerodrom 5 3 2 387 379 +8 8
4 U19 Cedevita Olimpija 5 2 3 360 370 −10 7
5 U19 Zadar 5 1 4 328 400 −72 6
6 U19 Mornar 5 1 4 329 378 −49 6
Source: Junior ABA League
28 November 2019
Crvena zvezda mts U19 95–50 U19 Koper Primorska
Cedevita Olimpija U19 85–71 U19 Zadar
MZT Skopje Aerodrom U19 82–73 U19 Mornar
Crvena zvezda mts U19 69–59 U19 Cedevita Olimpija
29 November 2019
Koper Primorska U19 86–75 U19 Mornar
Zadar U19 71–80 U19 MZT Skopje Aerodrom
Cedevita Olimpija U19 79–78 U19 Koper Primorska
MZT Skopje Aerodrom U19 61–78 U19 Crvena zvezda mts
30 November 2019
Mornar U19 64–77 U19 Zadar
Cedevita Olimpija U19 70–82 U19 MZT Skopje Aerodrom
Crvena zvezda mts U19 66–47 U19 Mornar
Koper Primorska U19 71–64 U19 Zadar
1 December 2019
Mornar U19 70–67 U19 Cedevita Olimpija
MZT Skopje Aerodrom U19 82–87 U19 Koper Primorska
Zadar U19 45–100 U19 Crvena zvezda mts
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See also

References
  1. "ABA competitions suspended". aba-liga.com. Retrieved 2 April 2020.
  2. "Conclusions of the ABA League j.t.d. Assembly". aba-liga.com. Retrieved 28 May 2020.
  3. "ABA League j.t.d. Assembly selected new Management". aba-liga.com. Retrieved 3 January 2020.
  4. "U19 ABA League Ch. Competition System". aba-liga.com. Retrieved 9 December 2019.
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