Junior ABA League

The Junior ABA League, officially known as the U19 ABA League Championship, is a regional boy's youth age basketball tournament that is contested between the youth selections of basketball clubs from the ABA League. It is run by the ABA League JTD. It is a regional competition between men's teams from six countries: Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Serbia and Slovenia.

Junior ABA League
FoundedJuly 2017 (2017-07)
First season2017–18
Country
ConfederationFIBA Europe
Divisions2
Number of teams12
Level on pyramid1st
Current championsSerbia Mega Basket U19 (2nd title)
(2020–21)
Most championships3 titles
Serbia Mega Basket U19

History

The ABA League Assembly, held on July 24, 2017 in Belgrade, Serbia, decided to organize the Junior League with a desire to strengthen its position as the main power for development of basketball in the region.[1] On October 26, 2017, participants, hosts and dates for the inaugural tournament was confirmed.[2]

Mega Bemax became champions of the first-ever U19 ABA League Championship Final Four tournament, which took place in Laktaši in 2018, as they have beaten Crvena zvezda. In 2019, the second Final Four tournament took place in Slavonski Brod, where Cibona became champion beating Crvena zvezda in the final.

On 12 March 2020, the ABA League Assembly temporarily suspended the 2019–20 season due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[3] On 27 May 2020, the ABA League Assembly canceled indefinitely the season due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[4]

Finals
SeasonHost cityChampionRunner-upScoreMVPChampion's Coach
2017–18
Bosnia and Herzegovina Laktaši Serbia Mega Bemax U19Serbia Crvena zvezda U1982–60 Georgia (country) Goga BitadzeSerbia Vlada Vukoičić
2018–19
Croatia Slavonski Brod Croatia Cibona U19Serbia Crvena zvezda U1973–68 Croatia Roko PrkačinCroatia Ivan Juran
2019–20
Serbia Belgrade Canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic Not awardedNone
2020–21
Serbia Čajetina Serbia Mega Soccerbet U19Montenegro Budućnost VOLI U1992–83 Serbia Nikola JovićSerbia Dragoljub Avramović
2021–22
Slovenia Ljubljana Serbia Mega Mozzart U19Montenegro SC Derby U1988–74 Montenegro Andrija GrbovićSerbia Dragoljub Avramović

Records and statistics

By club
Club Won Runner-up Years won Years runner-up
Serbia Mega Basket
3
0
 2018, 2021, 2022 —
Croatia Cibona
1
0
 2019 —
Serbia Crvena zvezda
0
2
 — 2018, 2019
Montenegro Budućnost
0
1
 — 2021
Montenegro Studentski centar
0
1
 — 2022

By country
Club / Nation Won Runner-up Finals
 Serbia
3
2
5
 Croatia
1
0
1
 Montenegro
0
2
2
 Bosnia and Herzegovina
0
0
0
 North Macedonia
0
0
0
 Slovenia
0
0
0

Awards

See also

References
  1. "The ABA League Second Division will start from the 2017/18 season". aba-liga.com. 13 June 2018. Retrieved 1 August 2017.
  2. "Beginning of ABA League season meets highest standards, Junior Tournaments system confirmed". aba-liga.com. Retrieved 13 June 2018.
  3. "ABA competitions suspended". aba-liga.com. Retrieved 2 April 2020.
  4. "Conclusions of the ABA League j.t.d. Assembly". aba-liga.com. Retrieved 28 May 2020.
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