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)
Number of games29
Number of 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

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

Team allocation
Regular season
Serbia Crvena zvezda mts U19 Croatia Cedevita U19 Montenegro Budućnost VOLI U19 Slovenia Krka U19
Serbia Mega Bemax U19 Croatia Cibona U19 Montenegro Mornar U19 Slovenia Petrol Olimpija U19
Serbia Partizan NIS U19 Croatia Zadar U19 Bosnia and Herzegovina Igokea U19 Serbia FMP (withdraw)

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

Group stage

Group A

Venue: Bar, Montenegro

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

Group B

Venue: Zadar, Croatia

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

Final Four

Bracket

Venue: Slavonski Brod, Croatia[2]

 
SemifinalsFinal
 
      
 
6 April
 
 
Serbia Crvena zvezda U1973
 
7 April
 
Bosnia and Herzegovina Igokea U1966
 
Serbia Crvena zvezda U1968
 
6 April
 
Croatia Cibona U1973
 
Croatia Cedevita U1959
 
 
Croatia Cibona U1976
 
Third place
 
 
7 April
 
 
Bosnia and Herzegovina Igokea U1990
 
 
Croatia Cedevita U1988

Source: Junior Adriatic League

Cedevita v Cibona
6 April 2019
12:30
Cedevita U19 Croatia 59–76 Croatia 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
6 April 2019
15:00
Crvena zvezda U19 Serbia 73–66 Bosnia and Herzegovina 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
7 April 2019
12:30
Igokea U19 Bosnia and Herzegovina 90–88 Croatia 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
7 April 2019
15:00
Crvena zvezda mts U19 Serbia 68–73 Croatia 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:PtsRebAst
PG 4 Serbia Stevan Karapandžić 6 2 2
G 10 Serbia Lazar Vasić 5 8 4
G/F 8 Serbia Nikola Manojlović 1 5 1
PF 13 Montenegro Bojan Tomašević 27 8 1
C 5 Serbia Marko Pavićević 10 4 3
Reserves:
G/F 6 Serbia Vuk Dobrašinović 0 0 0
F 7 Serbia Nemanja Popović 5 3 3
G/F 9 Serbia Dušan Radosavljević 6 7 0
PG 11 Serbia Vukašin Mašić 8 2 1
PF 12 Serbia Nikola Blagojević 0 0 0
C 14 Serbia Miloš Ćojbašić 0 0 0
C 15 Serbia Darko Kolarić DNP
Head coach:
Serbia Bojan Đerić
Crvena zvezda jersey
Team colours
Crvena zvezda
Cibona jersey
Team colours
Cibona

0

CZVStatisticsCIB
16/34 (47%)2-pt field goals17/32 (53%)
8/24 (33%)3-pt field goals11/26 (44%)
12/21 (57%)Free throws6/15 (40%)
14Offensive rebounds5
25Defensive rebounds19
39Total rebounds24
15Assists19
15Turnovers10
5Steals6
1Blocks3
18Fouls25
Starters:PtsRebAst
G 13 Croatia Lovro Gnjidić 2 2 6
G 7 Croatia Sandro Rašić 25 4 1
G 9 Croatia Dino Bistrović 10 2 3
F/C 8 Croatia Roko Prkačin 23 8 6
C 15 Croatia Danko Branković 4 8 3
Reserves:
SG 4 Croatia Filip Paponja 3 0 0
SG 5 Croatia Stjepan Škara DNP
SG 6 Croatia Hrvoje Majcunić DNP
SG 10 Croatia Luka Cvitanović 0 0 0
SG 11 Croatia Vito Porobić 6 0 0
F 12 Croatia Lukša Buljević DNP
C 14 Croatia Filip Kalajžić DNP
Head coach:
Croatia Ivan Juran

Awards
Pos. Player Team Ref.
MVP
CCroatia Roko PrkačinCroatia Cibona U19[3]
Ideal Starting Five
PGCroatia Sandro RašićCroatia Cibona U19[3]
SGSlovenia Rok RadovićCroatia Cedevita U19
SFSerbia Dalibor IlićBosnia and Herzegovina Igokea U19
PFMontenegro Bojan TomaševićSerbia Crvena zvezda U19
CCroatia Roko PrkačinCroatia Cibona U19

See also

References
  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. "#ABAFutureStars: Roko Prkačin receives the MVP award". aba-liga.com. Retrieved 8 April 2019.
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