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
Season2019–20
Dates28 November – 1 December 2019
Number of games30
Number of teams12
Finals
ChampionsNone declared
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 edit

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 edit

Team allocation edit

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 edit

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 edit

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 edit

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
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 edit

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
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

See also edit

References edit

  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. Archived from the original on 13 September 2019. Retrieved 9 December 2019.

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