2019–20 ABA League First Division

The 2019–20 ABA League First Division was the 19th season of the ABA League with 12 teams from Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Montenegro, Slovenia and Serbia participating in it. The season started on 4 October 2019 and played its last games on 9 March 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

ABA League First Division
Season2019–20
DurationOctober 4, 2019 – May 26, 2020
Number of teams12
TV partner(s)Arena Sport, O2.TV
Regular season
RelegatedNone
Finals
ChampionsNone declared
Records
Biggest home winCrvena zvezda 103–61 Igokea
(11 November 2019)
Biggest away winMega 57–94 Budućnost
(3 November 2019)
Highest scoringOlimpija 112–102 Mega
(21 December 2019)
Highest attendance16,531
Partizan 87–82 Budućnost
(9 February 2020)
Lowest attendance94
Mornar 95–86 Zadar
(17 November 2019)
All statistics correct as of May 28, 2020.

On 12 March 2020, the ABA League Assembly temporarily suspended its competitions due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[1] On 27 May 2020, the ABA League Assembly canceled definitely its competitions due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[2]

Crvena zvezda mts 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.

Teams

Promotion and relegation

A total of 12 teams will contest the league, including 11 sides from the 2018–19 season and one promoted from the 2018–19 Second Division.

Team promoted from the Second Division
Team relegated to the Second Division

Venues and locations
Location of teams in the 2019–20 season
Locations of the teams from Belgrade in the 2019–20 season
Team Home city Arena Capacity
Montenegro Budućnost VOLI Podgorica Morača Sports Center 6,000
Slovenia Cedevita Olimpija[Note 1] Ljubljana Arena Stožice 12,480
Croatia Cibona Zagreb Dražen Petrović Hall 5,400
Serbia Crvena zvezda mts Belgrade Aleksandar Nikolić Hall 8,000[3][4][5]
Serbia FMP Belgrade Železnik Hall 3,000
Bosnia and Herzegovina Igokea Aleksandrovac Laktaši Sports Hall 3,050
Slovenia Koper Primorska Koper Arena Bonifika 3,000
Slovenia Krka Novo Mesto Leon Štukelj Hall 2,500
Serbia Mega Bemax Belgrade Ranko Žeravica Sports Hall[6] 5,000
Montenegro Mornar Bar Topolica Sport Hall 2,625
Serbia Partizan NIS Belgrade Štark Arena 18,386
Croatia Zadar Zadar Krešimir Ćosić Hall 7,997

Personnel and sponsorship
Team Head coach Captain Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor
Budućnost VOLI Montenegro Petar Mijović Montenegro Suad Šehović Spalding VOLI / Tea Medica
Cedevita Olimpija Slovenia Jurica Golemac Slovenia Jaka Blažič Adidas Cedevita / Petrol
Cibona Bosnia and Herzegovina Ivan Velić Croatia Marin Rozić Adidas Erste Bank
Crvena zvezda mts Serbia Dragan Šakota Serbia Branko Lazić Nike mts
FMP Serbia Vladimir Jovanović Serbia Radoš Šešlija Cvetex FMP
Igokea Bosnia and Herzegovina Dragan Bajić Serbia Sava Lešić GBT m:tel
Koper Primorska Slovenia Andrej Žakelj Slovenia Alen Hodžić Erreà Vehicle Rent
Krka Croatia Vladimir Anzulović Slovenia Jure Balažič Žolna šport Krka
Mega Bemax Serbia Dejan Milojević Bosnia and Herzegovina Edin Atić Adidas Bemax / Tehnomanija
Mornar Montenegro Mihailo Pavićević Montenegro Marko Mijović Armani epcg
Partizan NIS Italy Andrea Trinchieri Serbia Novica Veličković Under Armour NIS / mts
Zadar Croatia Danijel Jusup Croatia Ive Ivanov Adidas OTP Bank / Crodux

Coaching changes
TeamOutgoing managerDate of vacancyPosition in tableReplaced withDate of appointmentRef.
Budućnost VOLICroatia Jasmin Repeša23 April 2019Off-seasonMontenegro Petar Mijović24 April 2019[7][8]
IgokeaSerbia Dragan NikolićJune 2019Serbia Aleksandar Trifunović11 June 2019[9]
Budućnost VOLIMontenegro Petar MijovićJune 2019Slovenia Slobodan Subotić20 June 2019[10]
Cedevita OlimpijaFirst—Croatia Slaven Rimac8 July 2019[11]
Budućnost VOLISlovenia Slobodan Subotić18 October 20193rd (2–0)Montenegro Petar Mijović19 October 2019[12][13]
ZadarCroatia Ante Nazor19 October 201912th (0–3)Croatia Danijel Jusup23 October 2019[14][15]
Crvena zvezda mtsSerbia Milan Tomić22 October 20198th (1–2)Serbia Andrija Gavrilović (interim)22 October 2019[16]
IgokeaSerbia Aleksandar Trifunović[Note 2]30 October 201911th (0–4)Bosnia and Herzegovina Dragan Bajić30 October 2019[17]
KrkaSlovenia Simon Petrov5 November 20198th (2–3)Croatia Vladimir Anzulović7 November 2019[18][19]
Crvena zvezda mtsSerbia Andrija Gavrilović (interim)23 November 20196th (4–3)Serbia Dragan Šakota23 November 2019[20]
Koper PrimorskaSlovenia Jurica Golemac22 December 20195th (8–3)Slovenia Andrej Žakelj22 December 2019[21]
Cedevita OlimpijaCroatia Slaven Rimac27 January 20203rd (10–7)Slovenia Jurica Golemac27 January 2020[22][23]

Regular season

The regular season starts in September 2019 and ends in March 2020.

League table
Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
1 Serbia Partizan NIS 21 17 4 1754 1538 +216 38
2 Montenegro Budućnost VOLI 21 15 6 1713 1517 +196 36
3 Serbia Crvena zvezda mts 21 14 7 1758 1562 +196 35
4 Slovenia Cedevita Olimpija 21 13 8 1766 1716 +50 34
5 Montenegro Mornar 21 13 8 1774 1754 +20 34
6 Slovenia Koper Primorska 21 12 9 1640 1687 −47 33
7 Serbia FMP 21 10 11 1767 1729 +38 31
8 Bosnia and Herzegovina Igokea 21 7 14 1670 1779 −109 28
9 Croatia Cibona 21 7 14 1606 1734 −128 28
10 Croatia Zadar 21 6 15 1655 1769 −114 27
11 Serbia Mega Bemax 21 6 15 1693 1832 −139 27
12 Slovenia Krka 21 6 15 1496 1675 −179 27
Source: Adriatic League

Positions by round
First place & advance to the playoffs
Advance to the playoffs
Qualification to the relegation playoffs
Relegated
Team ╲ Round12345678910111213141516171819202122
Serbia Partizan NIS675775564222221112111–
Montenegro Budućnost VOLI333311111111112221222–
Serbia Crvena zvezda mts158554646566764333333–
Slovenia Cedevita Olimpija212132222333333444444–
Montenegro Mornar544667777777676655555–
Slovenia Koper Primorska1287446435445557766666–
Serbia FMP421223353654445577777–
Bosnia and Herzegovina Igokea7101011991011121010111099888888–
Croatia Cibona89119101099899991110101099109–
Croatia Zadar101112121212121011121110111011111111121210–
Serbia Mega Bemax1112910111111121011121212121212121211911–
Slovenia Krka9668888898888889910101112–
Source: ABA League

Results
Home \ Away BUD COL CIB CZV FMP IGO PRI KRK MEG MOR PAR ZAD
Budućnost VOLI — 93–80 87–64 20–0[lower-alpha 1] — 99–59 80–83 80–60 90–76 93–88 65–60 93–80
Cedevita Olimpija 81–79 — 79–70 75–64 93–89 78–85 69–72 72–56 112–102 90–91 85–69 90–82
Cibona 78–87 82–84 — 72–86 63–81 66–91 80–78 70–67 76–87 88–92 — 89–60
Crvena zvezda mts 81–89 88–73 102–80 — 95–89 103–61 90–64 101–77 88–70 105–82 92–86 —
FMP 89–79 100–105 88–79 79–87 — 78–73 77–65 84–81 98–79 92–83 57–87 94–67
Igokea 72–83 90–95 84–97 79–94 91–82 — 84–88 92–82 69–72 98–91 73–75 79–71
Koper Primorska 75–78 67–90 79–78 78–90 86–81 — — 67–63 93–87 101–83 68–56 83–78
Krka 73–72 — 69–77 79–77 65–75 76–75 71–89 — 74–69 67–76 61–76 76–74
Mega Bemax 57–94 63–87 72–76 85–103 95–91 87–76 73–79 88–61 — — 77–98 98–74
Mornar 92–95 77–70 81–73 71–64 85–82 92–78 99–84 82–73 85–68 — 65–76 95–86
Partizan NIS 87–82 96–95 102–66 75–72 90–85 89–73 81–62 102–80 102–88 88–75 — 87–60
Zadar 82–75 101–63 78–82 78–76 81–76 81–88 99–79 77–85 106–100 83–89 57–72 —
Updated to match(es) played on 9 March 2020. Source: ABA League
Legend: Blue = home team win; Red = away team win.
Matches with lighter background shading were decided after overtime.
  1. Match not played.[24]

Statistical leaders
As of 9 March 2020

PIR

Pos Player Club PIR
1 United States Kendrick Perry Mega Bemax 20.80
2 United States Justin Cobbs Budućnost VOLI 18.60
3 Montenegro Marko Simonović Mega Bemax 18.10
4 Slovenia Jaka Blažič Cedevita Olimpija 17.90
5 Serbia Uroš Luković Mornar 17.67

Points

Pos Player Club PPG
1 United States Kendrick Perry Mega Bemax 18.50
2 United States Bryon Allen Zadar 18.21
3 United States Rashad Vaughn Igokea 16.50
4 United States Glenn Cosey Krka 16.39
5 Georgia (country) Jacob Pullen Mornar 16.24

Rebounds

Pos Player Club RPG
1 Montenegro Marko Simonović Mega Bemax 7.62
2 Croatia Domagoj Vuković Zadar 7.52
3 Serbia Marko Jagodić-Kuridža Crvena zvezda mts 7.06
4 Bosnia and Herzegovina Edin Atić Mega Bemax 6.95
5 Serbia Uroš Luković Mornar 6.94

Assists

Pos Player Club APG
1 Slovenia Žan Mark Šiško Koper Primorska 9.91
2 United States Mike Green Igokea 6.81
3 United States Lorenzo Brown Crvena zvezda mts 6.33
4 United States Kendrick Perry Mega Bemax 6.20
5 Croatia Dominik Mavra Zadar 5.57

Source: ABA League Archived 2017-12-28 at the Wayback Machine

MVP List

MVP of the Round
Round Player Team PIR
1United States Lorenzo BrownSerbia Crvena zvezda mts30
2Montenegro Derek NeedhamMontenegro Mornar34
3Slovenia Jaka BlažičSlovenia Cedevita Olimpija38
4United States Lance HarrisSlovenia Koper Primorska31
5United States Rashawn ThomasSerbia Partizan NIS31
6United States Billy BaronSerbia Crvena zvezda mts27
7Georgia (country) Jacob PullenMontenegro Mornar30
8Croatia Filip BundovićCroatia Cibona34
9Croatia Ivan NovačićCroatia Cibona28
10United States Lorenzo Brown (2)Serbia Crvena zvezda mts33
11United States Lance Harris (2)Slovenia Koper Primorska37
12Slovenia Jaka Blažič (2)Slovenia Cedevita Olimpija48
13Montenegro Marko SimonovićSerbia Mega Bemax35
14Croatia Domagoj VukovićCroatia Zadar39
15Serbia Uroš LukovićMontenegro Mornar31
16United States Justin CobbsMontenegro Budućnost VOLI33
17Montenegro Marko Simonović (2)Serbia Mega Bemax32
18Slovenia Jaka Blažič (3)Slovenia Cedevita Olimpija32
19Serbia Uroš Luković (2)Montenegro Mornar38
20United States Justin Cobbs (2)Montenegro Budućnost VOLI33
21Montenegro Derek Needham (2)Montenegro Mornar27

Source: ABA League

MVP of the Month
Month Player Team Ref.
2019
OctoberSerbia Aleksa RadanovSerbia FMP[25]
NovemberCroatia Filip BundovićCroatia Cibona[26]
DecemberUnited States Rashawn ThomasSerbia Partizan NIS[27]
2020
JanuaryMontenegro Justin CobbsMontenegro Budućnost VOLI[28]
FebruarySerbia Uroš LukovićMontenegro Mornar[29]

Clubs in European competitions
CompetitionTeamProgressResult
EuroLeagueSerbia Crvena zvezda mtsRegular season14th (11–17)
EuroCupSerbia Partizan NISQuarterfinalsIncrease (2)0–0 against Russia UNICS
Slovenia Cedevita OlimpijaRegular season Group C6th (4–6)
Montenegro Budućnost VOLIRegular season Group D5th (3–7)
Champions LeagueMontenegro MornarRegular season Group C7th (4–10)

See also
2019–20 domestic competitions
Teams

Notes
  1. ^
    Olimpija Ljubljana and Cedevita Zagreb made a merger and established a new club based in Ljubljana in July 2019 under the name Cedevita Olimpija.[30] Cedevita Olimpija has taken the Cedevita Zagreb's spot in the League.
  2. ^
    Marko Barać was changing Aleksandar Trifunović in his absence.

References
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  4. Zablistao novi Pionir sa 8.000 mesta: Telegraf prvi ušao u renoviranu halu "Aleksandar Nikolić"
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  25. MVP of October: Aleksa Radanov (FMP)
  26. MVP of November: Filip Bundović (Cibona)
  27. MVP of December: Rashawn Thomas (Partizan NIS)
  28. MVP of January: Justin Cobbs (Budućnost VOLI)
  29. MVP of February: Uroš Luković (Mornar)
  30. "Rimac trener Cedevite Olimpije, prva okrepitev Edo Murić". rtvslo.si. Retrieved 13 July 2019.
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