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.
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.
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 Crvena zvezda mts U19 Budućnost VOLI U19 Cedevita U19 Igokea U19 Partizan NIS U19 Mornar U19 Petrol Olimpija U19 Mega Bemax U19 Cibona U19 MZT Skopje Aerodrom U19
Locations and personnel
Team Home city Head coach Captain Budućnost VOLI U19 Podgorica Petar Mijović Cedevita U19 Zagreb Marko Trninić Cibona U19 Zagreb Ante Samac Crvena zvezda mts U19 Belgrade Bojan Đerić Zoran Paunović Igokea U19 Aleksandrovac Žarko Milaković Dalibor Ilić Mega Bemax U19 Sremska Mitrovica Vlada Vukoičić Andrija Marjanović Mornar U19 Bar Aleksandar Mitrović MZT Skopje Aerodrom U19 Skopje Nebojša Đuković Partizan NIS U19 Belgrade Aleksandar Bućan Marko Pecarski Petrol Olimpija U19 Ljubljana Lojze Šiško
Group stage Group A Venue: Basket City Hall, Belgrade, Serbia
24 November 2017 (Round 1) Crvena zvezda mts U19 74–60 Mega Bemax U19 Mornar U19 82–86 MZT Skopje Aerodrom U19 25 November 2017 (Round 2 and Round 3) Crvena zvezda mts U19 113–62 Mornar U19 MZT Skopje Aerodrom U19 66–91 Cibona U19 Mornar U19 46–117 Mega Bemax U19 Cibona U19 75–94 Crvena zvezda mts U19 26 November 2017 (Round 4 and Round 5) Mega Bemax U19 88–67 MZT Skopje Aerodrom U19 Mornar U19 73–95 Cibona U19 MZT Skopje Aerodrom U19 76–95 Crvena zvezda mts U19 Cibona U19 78–93 Mega Bemax U19
Group B Venue: Dom košarke Cedevita, Zagreb, Croatia
24 November 2017 (Round 1) Cedevita U19 77–80 Igokea U19 Budućnost VOLI U19 65–87 Partizan NIS U19 25 November 2017 (Round 2 and Round 3) Cedevita U19 81–89 Budućnost VOLI U19 Partizan NIS U19 69–84 Petrol Olimpija U19 Budućnost VOLI U19 75–80 Igokea U19 Petrol Olimpija U19 75–108 Cedevita U19 26 November 2017 (Round 4 and Round 5) Igokea U19 87–84 Partizan NIS U19 Budućnost VOLI U19 89–76 Petrol Olimpija U19 Partizan NIS U19 73–91 Cedevita U19 Igokea U19 76–67 Petrol Olimpija U19
Final Four Venue: Laktaši Sports Hall, Laktaši, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Source: Junior Adriatic League
Semifinals Crvena zvezda U19 v Budućnost VOLI U19
Igokea U19 v Mega Bemax U19
Third place
Final
2017–18 Junior ABA League ChampionsMega Bemax U191st titleMVP Goga Bitadze
Awards PlayerTeam MVPC Goga Bitadze Mega Bemax U19 Ideal Starting FivePG Andrija Slavković Budućnost VOLI U19 SG Zoran Paunović Crvena zvezda U19SF Andrija Marjanović Mega Bemax U19PF Dalibor Ilić Igokea U19C Goga Bitadze Mega Bemax U19
See also 2017–18 ABA League First Division
References
External links Official website