2017–18 Junior ABA League

The 2017–18 Junior ABA League is the inaugural season of the Junior ABA League with ten men's under-19 teams from Serbia, Croatia, Slovenia, Montenegro, Bosnia and Herzegovina and the Republic of Macedonia participating in it. Teams are the junior selections of the 2017–18 ABA League First Division teams.

Junior ABA League
Season2017–18
DatesNovember 24–26, 2017
(Group stage)
January 27–28, 2018[1][2]
(Final Four)
Number of games24
Number of teams10
Regular season
Season MVPGeorgia (country) Goga Bitadze
Finals
ChampionsSerbia Mega Bemax U19 (1st title)
  Runners-upSerbia Crvena zvezda U19
Third placeBosnia and Herzegovina Igokea U19
Fourth placeMontenegro Budućnost VOLI U19
All statistics correct as of January 28, 2018.

Competition

Ten under-19 teams are participating at the 2017–18 Junior ABA League season – Budućnost VOLI, Cedevita, Cibona, Crvena zvezda mts, Igokea, Mega Bemax, Mornar, MZT Skopje Aerodrom, Partizan NIS and Petrol Olimpija - will be divided into two semi-final Groups.[3]

In Group A in Belgrade, Serbia are Crvena zvezda mts, Cibona, Mega Bemax, Mornar and MZT Skopje Aerodrom. In Group B in Zagreb, Croatia are Budućnost VOLI, Cedevita, Igokea, Partizan NIS and Petrol Olimpija.

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, which will take place in Laktaši. 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 2017–18 ABA Junior Tournament Champion.

Teams

Team allocation
Regular season
Serbia Crvena zvezda mts U19 Montenegro Budućnost VOLI U19 Croatia Cedevita U19 Bosnia and Herzegovina Igokea U19
Serbia Partizan NIS U19 Montenegro Mornar U19 Slovenia Petrol Olimpija U19
Serbia Mega Bemax U19 Croatia Cibona U19 North Macedonia MZT Skopje Aerodrom U19

Locations and personnel
Location of teams in the 2017–18 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 Ante Samac
Crvena zvezda mts U19 Belgrade Serbia Bojan Đerić Serbia Zoran Paunović
Igokea U19 Aleksandrovac Bosnia and Herzegovina Žarko Milaković Serbia Dalibor Ilić
Mega Bemax U19 Sremska Mitrovica Serbia Vlada Vukoičić Serbia Andrija Marjanović
Mornar U19 Bar Montenegro Aleksandar Mitrović
MZT Skopje Aerodrom U19 Skopje North Macedonia Nebojša Đuković
Partizan NIS U19 Belgrade Serbia Aleksandar Bućan Serbia Marko Pecarski
Petrol Olimpija U19 Ljubljana Slovenia Lojze Šiško

Group stage

Group A

Venue: Basket City Hall,[4] Belgrade, Serbia

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1 Serbia Crvena zvezda mts U19 4 4 0 376 273 +103 8 Advance to Final Four
2 Serbia Mega Bemax U19 4 3 1 358 265 +93 7
3 Croatia Cibona U19 4 2 2 339 326 +13 6
4 North Macedonia MZT Skopje Aerodrom U19 4 1 3 295 356 −61 5
5 Montenegro Mornar U19 4 0 4 263 411 −148 4
Source: Junior ABA League
24 November 2017 (Round 1)
Crvena zvezda mts U19 Serbia74–60Serbia Mega Bemax U19
Mornar U19 Montenegro82–86North Macedonia MZT Skopje Aerodrom U19
25 November 2017 (Round 2 and Round 3)
Crvena zvezda mts U19 Serbia113–62Montenegro Mornar U19
MZT Skopje Aerodrom U19 North Macedonia66–91Croatia Cibona U19
Mornar U19 Montenegro46–117Serbia Mega Bemax U19
Cibona U19 Croatia75–94Serbia Crvena zvezda mts U19
26 November 2017 (Round 4 and Round 5)
Mega Bemax U19 Serbia88–67North Macedonia MZT Skopje Aerodrom U19
Mornar U19 Montenegro73–95Croatia Cibona U19
MZT Skopje Aerodrom U19 North Macedonia76–95Serbia Crvena zvezda mts U19
Cibona U19 Croatia78–93Serbia Mega Bemax U19

Group B

Venue: Dom košarke Cedevita,[4] Zagreb, Croatia

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1 Bosnia and Herzegovina Igokea U19 4 4 0 329 303 +26 8 Advance to Final Four
2 Montenegro Budućnost VOLI U19 4 2 2 318 327 −9 6
3 Croatia Cedevita U19 4 2 2 357 317 +40 6
4 Serbia Partizan NIS U19 4 1 3 313 327 −14 5
5 Slovenia Petrol Olimpija U19 4 1 3 302 345 −43 5
Source: Junior ABA League
24 November 2017 (Round 1)
Cedevita U19 Croatia77–80Bosnia and Herzegovina Igokea U19
Budućnost VOLI U19 Montenegro65–87Serbia Partizan NIS U19
25 November 2017 (Round 2 and Round 3)
Cedevita U19 Croatia81–89Montenegro Budućnost VOLI U19
Partizan NIS U19 Serbia69–84Slovenia Petrol Olimpija U19
Budućnost VOLI U19 Montenegro75–80Bosnia and Herzegovina Igokea U19
Petrol Olimpija U19 Slovenia75–108Croatia Cedevita U19
26 November 2017 (Round 4 and Round 5)
Igokea U19 Bosnia and Herzegovina87–84Serbia Partizan NIS U19
Budućnost VOLI U19 Montenegro89–76Slovenia Petrol Olimpija U19
Partizan NIS U19 Serbia73–91Croatia Cedevita U19
Igokea U19 Bosnia and Herzegovina76–67Slovenia Petrol Olimpija U19

Final Four

Venue: Laktaši Sports Hall, Laktaši, Bosnia and Herzegovina

 
SemifinalsFinal
 
      
 
27 January
 
 
Serbia Crvena zvezda U1963
 
28 January
 
Montenegro Budućnost VOLI U1957
 
Serbia Crvena zvezda U1960
 
27 January
 
Serbia Mega Bemax U1982
 
Bosnia and Herzegovina Igokea U1970
 
 
Serbia Mega Bemax U1973
 
Third place
 
 
28 January
 
 
Montenegro Budućnost VOLI U1974
 
 
Bosnia and Herzegovina Igokea U1977

Source: Junior Adriatic League

Crvena zvezda U19 v Budućnost VOLI U19
27 January 2018
12:30
Crvena zvezda U19 Serbia 63–57 Montenegro Budućnost VOLI U19
Scoring by quarter: 13–14, 17–16, 18–18, 15–9
Pts: Tomašević 22
Rebs: Paunović 12
Asts: Paunović 4		 Pts: Slavković 17
Rebs: Raičković 17
Asts: Raičković 3

Igokea U19 v Mega Bemax U19
27 January 2018
15:00
Igokea U19 Bosnia and Herzegovina 70–73 Serbia Mega Bemax U19
Scoring by quarter: 14–8, 19–15, 19–18, 18–32
Pts: Živković 17
Rebs: Ilić 11
Asts: Janković 8		 Pts: Bitadze 17
Rebs: Bitadze 14
Asts: Kuzmanović 2

Third place
28 January 2018
14:30
Budućnost VOLI U19 Montenegro 74–77 Bosnia and Herzegovina Igokea U19
Scoring by quarter: 23–24, 22–14, 17–16, 12–23
Pts: Slavković 30
Rebs: Kočić 10
Asts: Kočić 4		 Pts: Ilić 21
Rebs: Ilić 11
Asts: Janković 6

Final
28 January 2018
17:00
Crvena zvezda U19 Serbia 60–82 Serbia Mega Bemax U19
Scoring by quarter: 24–20, 13–15, 9–22, 14–25
Pts: Paunović 14
Rebs: Popović 9
Asts: Paunović 3		 Pts: Marjanović 25
Rebs: Bitadze 8
Asts: Jovičić 4
Crvena zvezda jersey
Team colours
Crvena zvezda
Mega Bemax jersey
Team colours
Mega Bemax
Starters:PtsRebAst
PG 10 Serbia Lazar Vasić 10 4 2
G 9 Serbia Arijan Lakić 7 5 5
G/F 11 Serbia Zoran Paunović 14 4 3
F 7 Serbia Nemanja Popović 11 9 0
F/C 13 Montenegro Bojan Tomašević 13 5 0
Reserves:
PG 4 Serbia Vukašin Mašić 0 0 1
SF 5 Serbia Ranko Simović DNP
F 6 Serbia Luka Jovanović 0 0 0
SF 8 Serbia Uroš Isailović 0 0 0
C 12 Serbia Veljko Radaković 4 0 0
C 14 Serbia Miloš Ćojbašić DNP
SG 15 Serbia Lazar Živanović 3 2 0
Head coach:
Serbia Bojan Đerić
2017–18 Junior ABA League Champions
Serbia
Mega Bemax U19
1st title
MVP
Georgia (country) Goga Bitadze[5]
Starters:PtsRebAst
PG 12 Serbia Mihailo Jovičić 10 1 4
SG 44 Serbia Altin Islamović 1 2 0
SF 9 Serbia Andrija Marjanović 25 4 2
PF 8 Serbia Bogdan Nedeljković 16 7 3
C 15 Georgia (country) Goga Bitadze 17 8 1
Reserves:
PG 0 Serbia Vladan Musić 0 0 0
C 6 Serbia Mateja Jovanović 2 1 0
SF 7 Montenegro Marko Kljajević 2 1 0
G/F 13 Serbia Luka Cerovina 0 5 1
F/C 14 Serbia Novak Mišković 2 0 0
PG 20 Serbia Pavle Kuzmanović 7 3 2
C 33 Bosnia and Herzegovina Amar Mehić 0 1 0
Head coach:
Serbia Vlada Vukoičić

Awards
Pos. Player Team Ref.
MVP
CGeorgia (country) Goga BitadzeSerbia Mega Bemax U19[6]
Ideal Starting Five
PGMontenegro Andrija SlavkovićMontenegro Budućnost VOLI U19[6]
SGSerbia Zoran PaunovićSerbia Crvena zvezda U19
SFSerbia Andrija MarjanovićSerbia Mega Bemax U19
PFSerbia Dalibor IlićBosnia and Herzegovina Igokea U19
CGeorgia (country) Goga BitadzeSerbia Mega Bemax U19

See also

References
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  2. "Završni turnir juniorske ABA lige u Laktašima 27. i 28. januara". sport.blic.rs. Retrieved 19 December 2017.
  3. "Junior ABA League Competition System". aba-liga.com. Retrieved 11 November 2017.
  4. "Juniori u borbi za ABA titulu regionalnog košarkaškog prvaka". sport.blic.rs. Retrieved 23 November 2017.
  5. "The MVP award belongs to Goga Bitadze". www.aba-liga.com.
  6. "The MVP award belongs to Goga Bitadze". aba-liga.com. Retrieved 12 April 2019.
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