| Nextseason: | 2018–19 |
| Junior ABA League | |
| Season: | 2017–18 |
| Champions: |  Mega Bemax U19 (1st title) |
| Runners Up: | Crvena zvezda U19 |
| Third Place: |  Igokea U19 |
| Fourth Place: |  Budućnost VOLI U19 |
| Teams: | 10 |
| Games: | 24 |
| Dates: | November 24–26, 2017 (Group stage) January 27–28, 2018[1] [2] (Final Four) |
| Mvp: |  Goga Bitadze |
The 2017–18 Junior ABA League is the inaugural season of the Junior ABA League with ten men's under-19 teams from Serbia, Croatia, Slovenia, Montenegro, Bosnia and Herzegovina and the Republic of Macedonia participating in it. Teams are the junior selections of the 2017–18 ABA League First Division teams.
Ten under-19 teams are participating at the 2017–18 Junior ABA League season – Budućnost VOLI, Cedevita, Cibona, Crvena zvezda mts, Igokea, Mega Bemax, Mornar, MZT Skopje Aerodrom, Partizan NIS and Petrol Olimpija - will be divided into two semi-final Groups.[3]
In Group A in Belgrade, Serbia are Crvena zvezda mts, Cibona, Mega Bemax, Mornar and MZT Skopje Aerodrom. In Group B in Zagreb, Croatia are Budućnost VOLI, Cedevita, Igokea, Partizan NIS and Petrol Olimpija.
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, which will take place in Laktaši. 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 2017–18 ABA Junior Tournament Champion.
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| Team | Home city | Head coach | Captain |
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| Budućnost VOLI U19 | Podgorica | Petar Mijović | |
| Cedevita U19 | Zagreb | Marko Trninić | |
| Cibona U19 | Zagreb | Ante Samac | |
| Crvena zvezda mts U19 | Belgrade | Bojan Đerić | Zoran Paunović |
| Igokea U19 | Aleksandrovac | Žarko Milaković | Dalibor Ilić |
| Vlada Vukoičić | Andrija Marjanović | ||
| Mornar U19 | Bar | Aleksandar Mitrović | |
| MZT Skopje Aerodrom U19 | Skopje |  Nebojša Đuković | |
| Partizan NIS U19 | Belgrade | Aleksandar Bućan | Marko Pecarski |
| Ljubljana | Lojze Šiško | ||
Venue: Basket City Hall,[4] Belgrade, Serbia
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| 24 November 2017 (Round 1) | |||||||||
| Crvena zvezda mts U19 | 74–60 | ||||||||
| Mornar U19 | 82–86 | MZT Skopje Aerodrom U19 | |||||||
| 25 November 2017 (Round 2 and Round 3) | |||||||||
| Crvena zvezda mts U19 | 113–62 | ||||||||
| MZT Skopje Aerodrom U19 | 66–91 | Cibona U19 | |||||||
| Mornar U19 | 46–117 | Mega Bemax U19 | |||||||
Cibona U19  | 75–94 | Crvena zvezda mts U19 | |||||||
| 26 November 2017 (Round 4 and Round 5) | |||||||||
| Mega Bemax U19 | 88–67 | ||||||||
| Mornar U19 | 73–95 | Cibona U19 | |||||||
| MZT Skopje Aerodrom U19 | 76–95 | Crvena zvezda mts U19 | |||||||
| 78–93 | Mega Bemax U19 |
Venue: Dom košarke Cedevita,[4] Zagreb, Croatia
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| 24 November 2017 (Round 1) | |||||||||
| 77–80 | Igokea U19 | ||||||||
| Budućnost VOLI U19 | 65–87 | Partizan NIS U19 | |||||||
| 25 November 2017 (Round 2 and Round 3) | |||||||||
| 81–89 | Budućnost VOLI U19 | ||||||||
| Partizan NIS U19 | 69–84 | Petrol Olimpija U19 | |||||||
| Budućnost VOLI U19 | 75–80 | Igokea U19 | |||||||
| 75–108 | Cedevita U19 | ||||||||
| 26 November 2017 (Round 4 and Round 5) | |||||||||
| Igokea U19 | 87–84 | ||||||||
| Budućnost VOLI U19 | 89–76 | ||||||||
| Partizan NIS U19 | 73–91 | Cedevita U19 | |||||||
| Igokea U19 | 76–67 |
Venue: Laktaši Sports Hall, Laktaši, Bosnia and HerzegovinaSource: Junior Adriatic League
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| MVP | |||
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| Ideal Starting Five | |||
| Crvena zvezda U19 | |||
| Mega Bemax U19 | |||
| Igokea U19 | |||
| Mega Bemax U19 | |||