2018–19 Junior ABA League

The 2018–19 Junior ABA League is the second season of the Junior ABA League with twelve men's under-19 teams from Serbia, Croatia, Slovenia, Montenegro and Bosnia and Herzegovina. Teams are the junior selections of the 2018–19 ABA League First Division teams.[1]

Junior ABA League
Season2018–19
Dates29 November – 2 December 2018
(Group stage)
6–7 April 2019
(Final Four)
Games played29
Teams11
Regular season
Season MVPCroatia Roko Prkačin
Finals
ChampionsCroatia Cibona U19
  Runners-upSerbia Crvena zvezda mts U19
Third placeBosnia and Herzegovina Igokea U19
Fourth placeCroatia Cedevita U19
All statistics correct as of September 22, 2018.

Competition

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Twelve under-19 teams are participating at the 2018–19 Junior ABA League season and they are divided into two semi-final Groups. 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 2018–19 ABA Junior Tournament Champion.

Teams

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Team allocation

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Regular season
  Crvena zvezda mts U19   Cedevita U19   Budućnost VOLI U19   Krka U19
  Mega Bemax U19   Cibona U19   Mornar U19   Petrol Olimpija U19
  Partizan NIS U19   Zadar U19   Igokea U19   FMP (withdraw)

Locations and personnel

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Location of teams in the 2018–19 Junior ABA League
Team Home city Head coach Captain
Budućnost VOLI U19 Podgorica   Petar Mijović  
Cedevita U19 Zagreb   Marko Trninić  
Cibona U19 Zagreb   Ivan Juran  
Crvena zvezda mts U19 Belgrade   Bojan Đerić  
Igokea U19 Aleksandrovac   Aleksandar Ćikić  
Krka U19 Novo Mesto   Leon Stipaničev
Mega Bemax U19 Sremska Mitrovica   Vlada Vukoičić  
Mornar U19 Bar   Aleksandar Mitrović  
Partizan NIS U19 Belgrade   Aleksandar Bućan  
Petrol Olimpija U19 Ljubljana   Žiga Mravljak  
Zadar U19 Zadar   Jurica Ružić

Group stage

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Group A

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Venue: Bar, Montenegro

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification   CED   IGO   MEG   KRK   MOR
1   Cedevita U19 4 3 1 327 290 +37 7 Advance to Final Four 66–65 87–92 94–66
2   Igokea U19 4 2 2 317 329 −12 6[a] 67–80 82–75
3   Mega Bemax U19 4 2 2 329 283 +46 6[a] 85–87
4   Krka U19 4 2 2 327 320 +7 6[a] 80–86
5   Mornar U19 4 1 3 270 348 −78 5 89–81 50–93 65–80
Source: Junior ABA League
Notes:
  1. ^ a b c Igokea 1–1, 1.02; Mega 1–1, 0.98; Krka 0–2

Group B

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Venue: Zadar, Croatia

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification   CZV   CIB   BUD   OLI   ZAD   PAR
1   Crvena zvezda mts U19 5 5 0 386 323 +63 10 Advance to Final Four 63–61 87–52 86–81
2   Cibona U19 5 3 2 366 358 +8 8[a] 64–74 87–81 71–64
3   Budućnost VOLI U19 5 3 2 351 380 −29 8[a] 76–83 76–74
4   Petrol Olimpija U19 5 2 3 378 380 −2 7 66–69 70–79
5   Zadar U19 5 1 4 381 407 −26 6[b] 63–81 81–87 82–76
6   Partizan NIS U19 5 1 4 374 388 −14 6[b] 66–68 87–81
Source: Junior ABA League
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Cibona 1–0; Budućnost VOLI 0–1
  2. ^ a b Zadar 1–0; Partizan NIS 0–1

Final Four

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Bracket

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Venue: Slavonski Brod, Croatia[2]

 
SemifinalsFinal
 
      
 
6 April
 
 
  Crvena zvezda U1973
 
7 April
 
  Igokea U1966
 
  Crvena zvezda U1968
 
6 April
 
  Cibona U1973
 
  Cedevita U1959
 
 
  Cibona U1976
 
Third place
 
 
7 April
 
 
  Igokea U1990
 
 
  Cedevita U1988

Source: Junior Adriatic League

Semifinals

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Cedevita v Cibona

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6 April 2019
12:30
Cedevita U19   59–76   Cibona U19
Scoring by quarter: 15–22, 20–14, 10–22, 14–18
Pts: Radović 20
Rebs: Bošnjak 9
Asts: Bošnjak, Radović 3
Pts: Prkačin 26
Rebs: Prkačin 14
Asts: Paponja, Prkačin 4
Vijuš Hall, Slavonski Brod
Attendance: 1,930
Referees: Krunoslav Peić, Vladimir Vesković, Aleksandar Davidov

Crvena zvezda v Igokea

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6 April 2019
15:00
Crvena zvezda U19   73–66   Igokea U19
Scoring by quarter: 24–15, 23–18, 14–17, 12–16
Pts: Vasić 18
Rebs: Popović 8
Asts: Karapandžić 5
Pts: Kondić 22
Rebs: Ilić 16
Asts: three players 2
Vijuš Hall, Slavonski Brod
Attendance: 1,100
Referees: Radoš Savović, Bojan Kruljac, Miha Mauer

Third place

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7 April 2019
12:30
Igokea U19   90–88   Cedevita U19
Scoring by quarter: 26–15, 23–29, 23–14, 18–30
Pts: Ilić 32
Rebs: Ilić 17
Asts: Kondić 8
Pts: Radović 22
Rebs: Bošnjak 9
Asts: Čubrilo 6
Vijuš Hall, Slavonski Brod
Attendance: 1,150
Referees: Krunoslav Peić, Tomislav Stapić, Aleksandar Davidov

Final

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7 April 2019
15:00
Crvena zvezda mts U19   68–73   Cibona U19
Scoring by quarter: 21–27, 13–18, 19–18, 15–10
Pts: Tomašević 21
Rebs: Vasić, Tomašević 8
Asts: Vasić 4
Pts: Rašić 25
Rebs: Branković, Prkačin 8
Asts: Prkačin, Gnjidić 6
Vijuš Hall, Slavonski Brod
Attendance: 1,990
Referees: Vladan Šundić, Aleksandar Milojević, Bojan Kruljac


Starters: Pts Reb Ast
PG 4   Stevan Karapandžić 6 2 2
G 10   Lazar Vasić 5 8 4
G/F 8   Nikola Manojlović 1 5 1
PF 13   Bojan Tomašević 27 8 1
C 5   Marko Pavićević 10 4 3
Reserves:
G/F 6   Vuk Dobrašinović 0 0 0
F 7   Nemanja Popović 5 3 3
G/F 9   Dušan Radosavljević 6 7 0
PG 11   Vukašin Mašić 8 2 1
PF 12   Nikola Blagojević 0 0 0
C 14   Miloš Ćojbašić 0 0 0
C 15   Darko Kolarić DNP
Head coach:
  Bojan Đerić
 
 
 
 
Crvena zvezda
 
 
 
 
Cibona

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CZV Statistics CIB
16/34 (47%) 2-pt field goals 17/32 (53%)
8/24 (33%) 3-pt field goals 11/26 (44%)
12/21 (57%) Free throws 6/15 (40%)
14 Offensive rebounds 5
25 Defensive rebounds 19
39 Total rebounds 24
15 Assists 19
15 Turnovers 10
5 Steals 6
1 Blocks 3
18 Fouls 25
Starters: Pts Reb Ast
G 13   Lovro Gnjidić 2 2 6
G 7   Sandro Rašić 25 4 1
G 9   Dino Bistrović 10 2 3
F/C 8   Roko Prkačin 23 8 6
C 15   Danko Branković 4 8 3
Reserves:
SG 4   Filip Paponja 3 0 0
SG 5   Stjepan Škara DNP
SG 6   Hrvoje Majcunić DNP
SG 10   Luka Cvitanović 0 0 0
SG 11   Vito Porobić 6 0 0
F 12   Lukša Buljević DNP
C 14   Filip Kalajžić DNP
Head coach:
  Ivan Juran

Awards

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Pos. Player Team Ref.
MVP
C   Roko Prkačin   Cibona U19 [3]
Ideal Starting Five
PG   Sandro Rašić   Cibona U19 [3]
SG   Rok Radović   Cedevita U19
SF   Dalibor Ilić   Igokea U19
PF   Bojan Tomašević   Crvena zvezda U19
C   Roko Prkačin   Cibona U19

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Conclusions of the assembly session in Laktaši". aba-liga.com. Retrieved 22 September 2018.
  2. ^ "U19 ABA League Championship Final Four to take place in Slavonski Brod". aba-liga.com. Retrieved 1 February 2019.
  3. ^ a b "#ABAFutureStars: Roko Prkačin receives the MVP award". aba-liga.com. Retrieved 8 April 2019.
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