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.
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.
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 Koper Primorska
Team relegated to the Second Division Petrol Olimpija
Venues and locations
Team Home city Arena Capacity Budućnost VOLI Podgorica Morača Sports Center Cedevita Olimpija Ljubljana Arena Stožice Cibona Zagreb Dražen Petrović Hall Crvena zvezda mts Belgrade Aleksandar Nikolić HallVesić: Hala "Aleksandar Nikolić" dobila novo lice, mesta za 8.000 gledalacaZablistao novi Pionir sa 8.000 mesta: Telegraf prvi ušao u renoviranu halu "Aleksandar Nikolić"Hala „Aleksandar Nikolić” otvara se 1. oktobra FMP Belgrade Železnik Hall Igokea Aleksandrovac Laktaši Sports Hall Koper PrimorskaKoperArena Bonifika Krka Novo Mesto Leon Štukelj Hall Mega Bemax Belgrade Ranko Žeravica Sports Hall Mornar Bar Topolica Sport Hall Partizan NIS Belgrade Štark Arena Zadar Zadar Krešimir Ćosić Hall
Personnel and sponsorship Team Head coach Captain Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor Budućnost VOLI Petar Mijović Suad Šehović Spalding VOLI / Tea Medica Cedevita Olimpija Jurica Golemac Jaka Blažič Adidas Cedevita / Petrol Cibona Ivan Velić Marin Rozić Adidas Erste Bank Crvena zvezda mts Dragan Šakota Branko Lazić Nike mts FMP Vladimir Jovanović Radoš Šešlija Cvetex FMP Igokea Dragan Bajić Sava Lešić GBT m:tel Koper Primorska Andrej Žakelj Alen Hodžić Erreà Vehicle Rent Krka Vladimir Anzulović Jure Balažič Žolna šport Krka Mega Bemax Dejan Milojević Edin Atić Adidas Bemax / Tehnomanija Mornar Mihailo Pavićević Marko Mijović Armani epcg Partizan NIS Andrea Trinchieri Novica Veličković Under Armour NIS / mts Zadar Danijel Jusup Ive Ivanov Adidas OTP Bank / Crodux
Coaching changes Team Outgoing manager Date of vacancy Position in table Replaced with Date of appointment Ref. Budućnost VOLI Jasmin Repeša 23 April 2019 Off-season Petar Mijović 24 April 2019 Igokea Dragan Nikolić June 2019 Aleksandar Trifunović 11 June 2019 Budućnost VOLI Petar Mijović June 2019 Slobodan Subotić 20 June 2019 Cedevita Olimpija — Slaven Rimac 8 July 2019 Budućnost VOLI Slobodan Subotić 18 October 2019 3rd (2–0) Petar Mijović 19 October 2019 Zadar Ante Nazor 19 October 2019 12th (0–3) Danijel Jusup 23 October 2019 Crvena zvezda mts Milan Tomić 22 October 2019 8th (1–2) Andrija Gavrilović (interim) 22 October 2019 Igokea Aleksandar Trifunović 30 October 2019 11th (0–4) Dragan Bajić 30 October 2019 Krka Simon Petrov 5 November 2019 8th (2–3) Vladimir Anzulović 7 November 2019 Crvena zvezda mts Andrija Gavrilović (interim) 23 November 2019 6th (4–3) Dragan Šakota 23 November 2019 Koper Primorska Jurica Golemac 22 December 2019 5th (8–3) Andrej Žakelj 22 December 2019 Cedevita Olimpija Slaven Rimac 27 January 2020 3rd (10–7) Jurica Golemac 27 January 2020
Regular season The regular season starts in September 2019 and ends in March 2020.
League table
Positions by round
Results
Statistical leaders
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Points
Rebounds
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Assists
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MVP List MVP of the Round
Round Player Team 1 Lorenzo Brown Crvena zvezda mts 30 2 Derek Needham Mornar 34 3 Jaka Blažič Cedevita Olimpija 38 4 Lance Harris Koper Primorska 31 5 Rashawn Thomas Partizan NIS 31 6 Billy Baron Crvena zvezda mts 27 7 Jacob Pullen Mornar 30 8 Filip Bundović Cibona 34 9 Ivan Novačić Cibona 28 10 Lorenzo Brown (2) Crvena zvezda mts 33 11 Lance Harris (2) Koper Primorska 37 12 Jaka Blažič (2) Cedevita Olimpija 48 13 Marko Simonović Mega Bemax 35 14 Domagoj Vuković Zadar 39 15 Uroš Luković Mornar 31 16 Justin Cobbs Budućnost VOLI 33 17 Marko Simonović (2) Mega Bemax 32 18 Jaka Blažič (3) Cedevita Olimpija 32 19 Uroš Luković (2) Mornar 38 20 Justin Cobbs (2) Budućnost VOLI 33 21 Derek Needham (2) Mornar 27 Source: ABA League
MVP of the Month Month Player Team 2019 October Aleksa Radanov FMPMVP of October: Aleksa Radanov (FMP)November Filip Bundović CibonaMVP of November: Filip Bundović (Cibona)December Rashawn Thomas Partizan NISMVP of December: Rashawn Thomas (Partizan NIS) 2020 January Justin Cobbs Budućnost VOLIMVP of January: Justin Cobbs (Budućnost VOLI)February Uroš Luković MornarMVP of February: Uroš Luković (Mornar)
Clubs in European competitions
Competition Team Progress Result EuroLeague Crvena zvezda mts Regular season 14th (11–17) EuroCup Partizan NIS Quarterfinals (2)0–0 against UNICS Cedevita OlimpijaRegular season Group C 6th (4–6) Budućnost VOLI Regular season Group D 5th (3–7) Champions League Mornar Regular season Group C 7th (4–10)
See also List of current ABA League First Division team rosters 2019–20 ABA League Second Division 2019 ABA League Supercup 2019–20 Junior ABA League 2019–20 WABA League
2019–20 domestic competitions 2019–20 Basketball League of Serbia 2019–20 HT Premijer liga 2019–20 Slovenian Basketball League 2019–20 Prva A liga 2019–20 Basketball Championship of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Teams 2019–20 KK Cedevita Olimpija season 2019–20 KK Crvena zvezda season 2019–20 KK Partizan season
Notes
References
External links Official website ABA League at Eurobasket.com