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
Competition details
Season 2018–19
Teams 11
Games played 29
Dates 29 November – 2 December 2018
(Group stage)
6–7 April 2019
(Final Four)
Final positions
Champions Cibona U19
Runners-up Crvena zvezda mts U19
Third place Igokea U19
Fourth place Cedevita U19
Awards
MVP Roko Prkačin
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
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
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[lower-alpha 1] 67–80 — — 82–75 —
3 Mega Bemax U19 4 2 2 329 283 +46 6[lower-alpha 1] — 85–87 — — —
4 Krka U19 4 2 2 327 320 +7 6[lower-alpha 1] — — 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[lower-alpha 1] — — — 64–74 87–81 71–64
3 Budućnost VOLI U19 5 3 2 351 380 −29 8[lower-alpha 1] — 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[lower-alpha 2] 63–81 — — 81–87 — 82–76
6 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
 
 
 Crvena zvezda U1973
 
7 April
 
 Igokea U1966
 
 Crvena zvezda U1968
 
6 April
 
 Cibona U1973
 
 Cedevita U1959
 
 
 Cibona U1976
 
Third place
 
 
7 April
 
 
 Igokea U1990
 
 
 Cedevita U1988

Source: Junior Adriatic League

Semifinals

Cedevita v Cibona
6 April 2019
12:30
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
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
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
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:PtsRebAst
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

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 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

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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