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. On 27 May 2020, the ABA League Assembly canceled definitely its competitions due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

The Final tournament would have been played on 21–22 March 2020 at the Železnik Hall, Belgrade. 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.

Teams Team allocation First stage U19 Crvena zvezda mts U19 Cedevita Olimpija U19 Cibona U19 Budućnost VOLI U19 Mega Bemax U19 Krka U19 Zadar U19 Mornar U19 Partizan NIS U19 Koper Primorska U19 Igokea U19 MZT Skopje Aerodrom

Locations and personnel

Team Home city Head coach Captain U19 Budućnost VOLI Podgorica Miloš Radović Fedor Žugić U19 Cedevita Olimpija Ljubljana Borut Fijavž U19 Cibona Zagreb Ivan Juran U19 Crvena zvezda mts Belgrade Slobodan Klipa Lazar Vasić U19 Igokea Aleksandrovac Slobodan Kecman U19 Koper Primorska Koper Jovan Beader U19 Krka Novo Mesto Leon Stipaničev U19 Mega Bemax Belgrade Dragoljub Avramović Aleksandar Langović U19 Mornar Bar Radovan Pešić U19 MZT Skopje Aerodrom Skopje Goran Krstevski U19 Partizan NIS Belgrade Goran Stevanović U19 Zadar Zadar Jurica Ružić

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

28 November 2019Cibona U19 100–71 U19 KrkaIgokea U19 85–83 U19 Budućnost VOLIPartizan NIS U19 74–89 U19 Mega BemaxCibona U19 90–68 U19 Igokea29 November 2019Krka U19 89–90 U19 Mega BemaxBudućnost VOLI U19 91–81 U19 Partizan NISIgokea U19 67–88 U19 KrkaPartizan NIS U19 98–94 U19 Cibona30 November 2019Mega Bemax U19 96–86 U19 Budućnost VOLIIgokea U19 109–77 U19 Partizan NISKrka U19 82–87 U19 Budućnost VOLICibona U19 92–105 U19 Mega Bemax1 December 2019Partizan NIS U19 98–91 U19 KrkaBudućnost VOLI U19 87–106 U19 CibonaMega Bemax U19 72–68 U19 Igokea

Group B

Venue: Jazine Basketball Hall, Zadar

28 November 2019Crvena zvezda mts U19 95–50 U19 Koper PrimorskaCedevita Olimpija U19 85–71 U19 ZadarMZT Skopje Aerodrom U19 82–73 U19 MornarCrvena zvezda mts U19 69–59 U19 Cedevita Olimpija29 November 2019Koper Primorska U19 86–75 U19 MornarZadar U19 71–80 U19 MZT Skopje AerodromCedevita Olimpija U19 79–78 U19 Koper PrimorskaMZT Skopje Aerodrom U19 61–78 U19 Crvena zvezda mts30 November 2019Mornar U19 64–77 U19 ZadarCedevita Olimpija U19 70–82 U19 MZT Skopje AerodromCrvena zvezda mts U19 66–47 U19 MornarKoper Primorska U19 71–64 U19 Zadar1 December 2019Mornar U19 70–67 U19 Cedevita OlimpijaMZT Skopje Aerodrom U19 82–87 U19 Koper PrimorskaZadar U19 45–100 U19 Crvena zvezda mts

See also 2019–20 Euroleague Basketball Next Generation Tournament

References

External links Official website