2019–20 Junior ABA League explained

Prevseason:2018–19
Nextseason:2020–21
Junior ABA League
Season:2019–20
Champions:None declared
Teams:12
Games:30
Dates:28 November – 1 December 2019

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.

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
width=210 width=210 width=210 U19 Cibonawidth=210 U19 Budućnost VOLI
width=210 width=210 U19 Krkawidth=210 U19 Zadarwidth=210
width=210 width=210 U19 Koper Primorskawidth=210 U19 Igokeawidth=210

Locations and personnel

TeamHome cityHead coachCaptain
U19 Budućnost VOLIPodgorica Miloš Radović Fedor Žugić
Ljubljana Borut Fijavž
U19 CibonaZagreb Ivan Juran
U19 Crvena zvezda mtsBelgrade Slobodan Klipa
U19 IgokeaAleksandrovac Slobodan Kecman
U19 Koper Primorska Jovan Beader
U19 Krka Leon Stipaničev
U19 MornarBar Radovan Pešić
U19 MZT Skopje AerodromSkopje Goran Krstevski
U19 Partizan NISBelgrade Goran Stevanović
U19 ZadarZadar

First stage

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

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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
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
82–87 U19 Budućnost VOLI
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

Venue: Jazine Basketball Hall, Zadar

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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
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
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
45–100 U19 Crvena zvezda mts

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: ABA competitions suspended . aba-liga.com . 2 April 2020.
  2. Web site: Conclusions of the ABA League j.t.d. Assembly . aba-liga.com . 28 May 2020.
  3. Web site: ABA League j.t.d. Assembly selected new Management . aba-liga.com . 3 January 2020.
  4. Web site: U19 ABA League Ch. Competition System . aba-liga.com . 9 December 2019 . 13 September 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190913024552/https://www.aba-liga.com/competitionsystem_junior.php . dead .