2021–22 Junior ABA League explained

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Nextseason:2022–23
Junior ABA League
Season:2021–22
Champions: Mega Mozzart U19
Runners Up: SC Derby U19
Third Place: Igokea U19
Fourth Place: Cedevita Olimpija U19
Teams:12
Dates:25–28 November 2021
(Group stage)
28–29 April 2022
(Final Four)

The 2021–22 Junior ABA League is the fifth season of the Junior ABA League with twelve men's under-19 teams from Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Montenegro, Serbia, and Slovenia. Teams were youth system rosters of the 2021–22 ABA League First Division teams.

Mega Mozzart U19 won its third Junior ABA League title defeating SC Derby U19 in the final. Forward Andrija Grbović was named the Junior ABA League MVP award.[1]

Teams

Team allocation

Regular season
width=210 Borac Čačak U19width=210 Split U19width=210 SC Derby U19width=210 Krka U19
width=210 width=210 Cibona U19width=210 width=210 Cedevita Olimpija U19
width=210 width=210 Zadar U19width=210 Igokea U19width=210 Spars U19

Locations and personnel

TeamHome cityHead coachCaptain
Borac Čačak U19Čačak Miloš Pejanović
Cedevita Olimpija U19Ljubljana Borut Fijavž
Cibona U19Zagreb Boris Džidić
Igokea U19Aleksandrovac Slobodan Kecman
Krka U19 Domen Zevnik
Nikola Jović
Mornar Barsko zlato U19Bar Zoran Peruničić
Partizan NIS U19Belgrade Đorđe Jovičić
SC Derby U19Podgorica Borivoje Stanišić
Split U19Split
Spars U19Sarajevo
Zadar U19Zadar Marko Selin

Group stage

Group A

Venue: Bar, Montenegro

Group B

Venue: Laktaši, Bosnia and Herzegovina

Final Four

Bracket

Venue: Ljubljana, SloveniaSource: Junior Adriatic League

Semifinals

SC Derby v Cedevita Olimpija

Final


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MEG StatisticsSCD
22/40 (55%) 2-pt field goals 20/44 (46%)
10/26 (38%) 3-pt field goals 5/22 (23%)
14/21 (67%) Free throws 19/25 (76%)
11 Offensive rebounds 13
27 Defensive rebounds 20
38 Total rebounds 33
22 Assists 9
18 Turnovers 17
9 Steals 10
1 Blocks 4
24 Fouls 21

Awards

PlayerTeam
MVP
[2]
Ideal Starting Five
[3]
Igokea
SC Derby

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Mega odbranila titulu u juniorskoj ABA ligi . b92.net . 10 June 2022.
  2. Web site: Andrija Grbović becomes the MVP of the U19 ABA League Championship Final Four Tournament . aba-liga.com . 30 April 2022.
  3. Web site: Bošković, Grbović, Jović, Ciani and Ivišić form the U19 Ideal Starting Five . aba-liga.com . 30 April 2022.