2018–19 Junior ABA League

Junior ABA League
Season	2018–19
Dates	29 November – 2 December 2018 (Group stage) 6–7 April 2019 (Final Four)
Games played	29
Teams	11
Regular season
Season MVP	Roko Prkačin
Finals
Champions	Cibona U19
Runners-up	Crvena zvezda mts U19
Third place	Igokea U19
Fourth place	Cedevita U19
← 2017–18 2019–20 → All statistics correct as of September 22, 2018.

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]

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
Crvena zvezda mts U19	Cedevita U19	Budućnost VOLI U19	Krka U19
Mega Bemax U19	Cibona U19	Mornar U19	Petrol Olimpija U19
Partizan NIS U19	Zadar U19	Igokea U19	FMP (withdraw)

Locations and personnel

Budućnost

Cedevita

Cibona

Crvena zvezda

Igokea

Krka

Mega

Mornar

Olimpija

Partizan

Zadar

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Location of teams in the 2018–19 Junior ABA League

Team	Home city	Head coach	Captain
Budućnost VOLI U19	Podgorica	Petar Mijović
Cedevita U19	Zagreb	Marko Trninić
Cibona U19	Zagreb	Ivan Juran
Crvena zvezda mts U19	Belgrade	Bojan Đerić
Igokea U19	Aleksandrovac	Aleksandar Ćikić
Krka U19	Novo Mesto	Leon Stipaničev
Mega Bemax U19	Sremska Mitrovica	Vlada Vukoičić
Mornar U19	Bar	Aleksandar Mitrović
Partizan NIS U19	Belgrade	Aleksandar Bućan
Petrol Olimpija U19	Ljubljana	Žiga Mravljak
Zadar U19	Zadar	Jurica Ružić

Group stage

Group A

Venue: Bar, Montenegro

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification		CED	IGO	MEG	KRK	MOR
1	Cedevita U19	4	3	1	327	290	+37	7	Advance to Final Four		—	—	66–65	87–92	94–66
2	Igokea U19	4	2	2	317	329	−12	6[a]			67–80	—	—	82–75	—
3	Mega Bemax U19	4	2	2	329	283	+46	6[a]			—	85–87	—	—	—
4	Krka U19	4	2	2	327	320	+7	6[a]			—	—	80–86	—	—
5	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		CZV	CIB	BUD	OLI	ZAD	PAR
1	Crvena zvezda mts U19	5	5	0	386	323	+63	10	Advance to Final Four		—	63–61	87–52	—	—	86–81
2	Cibona U19	5	3	2	366	358	+8	8[a]			—	—	—	64–74	87–81	71–64
3	Budućnost VOLI U19	5	3	2	351	380	−29	8[a]			—	76–83	—	—	76–74	—
4	Petrol Olimpija U19	5	2	3	378	380	−2	7			66–69	—	70–79	—	—	—
5	Zadar U19	5	1	4	381	407	−26	6[b]			63–81	—	—	81–87	—	82–76
6	Partizan NIS U19	5	1	4	374	388	−14	6[b]			—	—	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]

	Semifinals				Final
	6 April
	Crvena zvezda U19	73
					7 April
	Igokea U19	66
					Crvena zvezda U19	68
	6 April
					Cibona U19	73
	Cedevita U19	59
	Cibona U19	76
					Third place
					7 April
					Igokea U19	90
					Cedevita U19	88

Source: Junior Adriatic League

Semifinals

Cedevita v Cibona

6 April 2019 12:30

Report

Cedevita U19	59–76	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

Report

Crvena zvezda U19	73–66	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

Report

Igokea U19	90–88	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

Report

Crvena zvezda mts U19	68–73	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: Pts Reb Ast PG 4 Stevan Karapandžić 6 2 2 G 10 Lazar Vasić 5 8 4 G/F 8 Nikola Manojlović 1 5 1 PF 13 Bojan Tomašević 27 8 1 C 5 Marko Pavićević 10 4 3 Reserves: G/F 6 Vuk Dobrašinović 0 0 0 F 7 Nemanja Popović 5 3 3 G/F 9 Dušan Radosavljević 6 7 0 PG 11 Vukašin Mašić 8 2 1 PF 12 Nikola Blagojević 0 0 0 C 14 Miloš Ćojbašić 0 0 0 C 15 Darko Kolarić DNP Head coach: Bojan Đerić

Crvena zvezda Cibona 0 CZV Statistics CIB 16/34 (47%) 2-pt field goals 17/32 (53%) 8/24 (33%) 3-pt field goals 11/26 (44%) 12/21 (57%) Free throws 6/15 (40%) 14 Offensive rebounds 5 25 Defensive rebounds 19 39 Total rebounds 24 15 Assists 19 15 Turnovers 10 5 Steals 6 1 Blocks 3 18 Fouls 25

Starters: Pts Reb Ast G 13 Lovro Gnjidić 2 2 6 G 7 Sandro Rašić 25 4 1 G 9 Dino Bistrović 10 2 3 F/C 8 Roko Prkačin 23 8 6 C 15 Danko Branković 4 8 3 Reserves: SG 4 Filip Paponja 3 0 0 SG 5 Stjepan Škara DNP SG 6 Hrvoje Majcunić DNP SG 10 Luka Cvitanović 0 0 0 SG 11 Vito Porobić 6 0 0 F 12 Lukša Buljević DNP C 14 Filip Kalajžić DNP Head coach: Ivan Juran

Awards

Pos.	Player	Team	Ref.
MVP
C	Roko Prkačin	Cibona U19	[3]
Ideal Starting Five
PG	Sandro Rašić	Cibona U19	[3]
SG	Rok Radović	Cedevita U19
SF	Dalibor Ilić	Igokea U19
PF	Bojan Tomašević	Crvena zvezda U19
C	Roko Prkačin	Cibona U19

See also

• 2018–19 ABA League First Division

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.

External links

• Official website