2021–22 Junior ABA League

Basketball league season

Junior ABA League
Season	2021–22
Dates	25–28 November 2021 (Group stage) 28–29 April 2022 (Final Four)
Teams	12
Regular season
Season MVP	Andrija Grbović
Finals
Champions	Mega Mozzart U19
Runners-up	SC Derby U19
Third place	Igokea U19
Fourth place	Cedevita Olimpija U19
← 2020–21 2022–23 → All statistics correct as of September 22, 2022.

The 2021–22 Junior ABA League is the fifth season of the Junior ABA League with twelve men's under-19 teams from Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Montenegro, Serbia, and Slovenia. Teams were youth system rosters of the 2021–22 ABA League First Division teams.

Mega Mozzart U19 won its third Junior ABA League title defeating SC Derby U19 in the final. Forward Andrija Grbović was named the Junior ABA League MVP award.

Teams

Team allocation

Regular season
Borac Čačak U19	Split U19	SC Derby U19	Krka U19
Mega Mozzart U19	Cibona U19	Mornar Barsko zlato U19	Cedevita Olimpija U19
Partizan NIS U19	Zadar U19	Igokea U19	Spars U19

Locations and personnel

Spars class=notpageimage| Location of teams in the 2018–19 Junior ABA League

Team	Home city	Head coach	Captain
Borac Čačak U19	Čačak	Miloš Pejanović
Cedevita Olimpija U19	Ljubljana	Borut Fijavž
Cibona U19	Zagreb	Boris Džidić
Igokea U19	Aleksandrovac	Slobodan Kecman
Krka U19	Novo Mesto	Domen Zevnik
Mega Mozzart U19	Sremska Mitrovica	Dragoljub Avramović	Nikola Jović
Mornar Barsko zlato U19	Bar	Zoran Peruničić
Partizan NIS U19	Belgrade	Đorđe Jovičić
SC Derby U19	Podgorica	Borivoje Stanišić
Split U19	Split	Ante Grgurević
Spars U19	Sarajevo	Marko Trbić
Zadar U19	Zadar	Marko Selin

Group stage

Group A

Venue: Bar, Montenegro

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Mega Mozzart U19	5	5	0	500	338	+162	10	Advance to Final Four
2	Cedevita Olimpija U19	5	3	2	395	369	+26	8	Advance to Final Four
3	Borac Čačak U19	5	3	2	391	365	+26	8
4	Spars U19	5	3	2	447	425	+22	8
5	Cibona U19	5	1	4	379	429	−50	6
6	Mornar Barsko zlato U19	5	0	5	295	481	−186	5

Source: Junior ABA League

Group B

Venue: Laktaši, Bosnia and Herzegovina

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	SC Derby U19	5	5	0	453	339	+114	10	Advance to Final Four
2	Igokea m:tel U19	5	4	1	398	350	+48	9	Advance to Final Four
3	Zadar U19	5	3	2	390	351	+39	8
4	Krka U19	5	1	4	370	404	−34	6
5	Split U19	5	1	4	341	403	−62	6
6	Partizan NIS U19	5	1	4	238	343	−105	6

Source: Junior ABA League

Final Four

Bracket

Venue: Ljubljana, Slovenia

Semifinals		Final

28 April

Mega Mozzart U19	97
		29 April
Igokea m:tel U19	87
		Igokea m:tel U19	85
28 April
		Cedevita Olimpija U19	79
SC Derby U19	87

Cedevita Olimpija U19	73
		Third place

		29 April

		Mega Mozzart U19	88

		SC Derby U19	74

Source: Junior Adriatic League

Semifinals

Mega Mozzart v Igokea m:tel

28 April 2019
16:30

Report

Mega Mozzart U19	97–87	Igokea m:tel U19
Scoring by quarter: 19–28, 25–23, 21–14, 32–22
Pts: Nikola Jović 29 Rebs: Nikola Jović 8 Asts: Danilo Labović 6		Pts: Amsal Delalić 25 Rebs: Aleksandar Smiljanić 9 Asts: Vuk Bošković 6

Arena Stožice, Ljubljana
Attendance: 100
Referees: Bojan Kruljac, Marko Mustapić, Rok Misson

SC Derby v Cedevita Olimpija

28 April 2019
19:00

Report

SC Derby U19	87–73	Cedevita Olimpija U19
Scoring by quarter: 19–13, 16–11, 31–30, 21–19
Pts: Tomislav Ivišić 19 Rebs: Zvonimir Ivišić 11 Asts: T. Ivišić, Ivanović 6		Pts: Saša Ciani 16 Rebs: Saša Ciani 12 Asts: Saša Ciani 7

Arena Stožice, Ljubljana
Attendance: 150
Referees: Krunoslav Peić, Mateo Pavičić, Hrvoje Muhvić

Third place

29 April 2019
16:00

Report

Igokea m:tel U19	85–79	Cedevita Olimpija U19
Scoring by quarter: 23–21, 20–23, 16–23, 26–12
Pts: Vuk Bošković 19 Rebs: Vuk Bošković 12 Asts: Amsal Delalić 5		Pts: Saša Ciani 34 Rebs: Saša Ciani 10 Asts: Lon Ličan 6

Arena Stožice, Ljubljana
Attendance: 70
Referees: Bojan Kruljac, Mateo Pavičić, Hrvoje Muhvić

Final

29 April 2019
18:30

Report

Mega Mozzart U19	88–74	SC Derby U19
Scoring by quarter: 16–18, 22–19, 31–14, 19–23
Pts: Andrija Grbović 30 Rebs: Oleksandr Kobzystyi 12 Asts: Nikola Jović 7		Pts: Tomislav Ivišić 16 Rebs: Zvonimir Ivišić 12 Asts: T. Ivišić, Ivanović 3

Arena Stožice, Ljubljana
Attendance: 150
Referees: Krunoslav Peić, Marko Mustapić, Rok Misson

Starters:			Pts	Reb	Ast

PG	1	Danilo Labović	5	6	1
SG	6	Oleksandr Kobzystyi	11	12	3
G/F	11	Nikola Đurišić	22	1	5
G/F	5	Nikola Jović	9	8	7
PF	16	Andrija Grbović	22	1	5
Reserves:
G	4	Luka Bogavac	4	1	1
PG	7	Andrej Mušicki	2	2	4
SF	10	Asim Đulović	0	0	0
C	14	Ahmet Jonović	4	4	4
F	19	Bogoljub Marković	0	0	0
C	23	Nikola Đapa	3	0	0
PF	49	Aleksa Milenković	2	1	0
Head coach:
Dragoljub Avramović

Mega Mozzart

SC Derby

MEG	Statistics	SCD
	Statistics
22/40 (55%)	2-pt field goals	20/44 (46%)
10/26 (38%)	3-pt field goals	5/22 (23%)
14/21 (67%)	Free throws	19/25 (76%)
11	Offensive rebounds	13
27	Defensive rebounds	20
38	Total rebounds	33
22	Assists	9
18	Turnovers	17
9	Steals	10
1	Blocks	4
24	Fouls	21

Starters:			Pts	Reb	Ast

PG	5	Danilo Ivanović	17	3	3
SG	11	Zoran Vučeljić	15	3	2
SG	10	Eray Buyukcangaz	5	4	0
PF	13	Tomislav Ivišić	16	9	3
PF	12	Zvonimir Ivišić	7	12	0
Reserves:
PG	4	Petar Minić	0	0	0
SG	6	Vasilije Todorović	9	1	1
SG	7	Boško Janković	DNP
C	8	Lazar Radetić	3	1	0
SG	9	Vladimir Sudar	DNP
C	14	Maruan Čičić	DNP
F	15	David Mirković	2	0	1
Head coach:
Borivoje Stanišić

Awards

Pos.	Player	Team
MVP
PF	Andrija Grbović	Mega Mozzart
Ideal Starting Five
SG	Nikola Jović	Mega Mozzart
PF	Andrija Grbović	Mega Mozzart
PF	Saša Ciani	Cedevita Olimpija
PF	Vuk Bošković	Igokea
PF	Tomislav Ivišić	SC Derby

References

"Mega odbranila titulu u juniorskoj ABA ligi". b92.net. Retrieved 10 June 2022.
"Andrija Grbović becomes the MVP of the U19 ABA League Championship Final Four Tournament". aba-liga.com. Retrieved 30 April 2022.
"Bošković, Grbović, Jović, Ciani and Ivišić form the U19 Ideal Starting Five". aba-liga.com. Retrieved 30 April 2022.

External links

Official website

ABA League

First Division

Clubs

2024–25

Former

Borac Banja Luka
Bosna
Cedevita
FMP / Reflex (defunct)
Helios
Hemofarm
Karpoš Sokoli (suspended)
Koper Primorska (defunct)
Kvarner (defunct)
Levski Sofia (restricted)
Lovćen 1947
Maccabi Tel Aviv (restricted)
Metalac
MZT Skopje
Nymburk (restricted)
Olimpija (defunct)
Radnički Kragujevac (defunct)
Sloboda Tuzla
Slovan
Sutjeska
Szolnoki (restricted)
Šentjur
Šibenik (defunct)
Široki
Vojvodina (defunct)
Zagreb (defunct)
Zlatorog

Seasons

2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25
Postseason	Final Four 2002 2003 2004 Final Eight 2005 2006 Playoffs 2007 Final Four 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 Playoffs 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 ~~2020~~ 2021 2022 2023
Super Cup	2017 2018 2019 ~~2020~~ 2023

Awards

U19 League

Second Division

Clubs

2024–25	Borac Banja Luka Bosna Cedevita Ilirija Helios MZT Skopje Pelister Podgorica Rabotnički Šibenka Široki Spartak Sutjeska Teodo Tivat Vojvodina Vršac Zlatibor
Former	AV Ohrid Borac Čačak Dynamic Gorica Krka Lovćen 1947 Mladost Novi Pazar Primorska (defunct) Rabotnički Rogaška Sloboda Tuzla Sloboda Užice Sloga Spars Spartak Split Studentski centar Šenčur TFT Skopje Vrijednosnice Osijek Zrinjski

Seasons

2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25
Postseason	Final Four 2018 Playoffs 2019 ~~2020~~ 2021 2022 Playout ~~2021~~
Feeders	Bosnia and Herzegovina Croatia Montenegro North Macedonia Serbia Slovenia

Competition

People

Players
- Current rosters
- Players union
Đorđije Pavićević (President)
Goran Ćakić (Vice-president)
Žarko Paspalj (Ambassador)
Nebojša Čović (2017–18 President)
Žarko Čabarkapa (Former Sports Director)

Associated
competitions

Other

v t e 2021–22 in European men's basketball
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Regional leagues	Adriatic Alpe Adria Cup Balkan League BNXT League Czech-Slovakia ENBL Latvia–Estonia Liga Unike
Domestic cups	Albania Belgium Bulgaria Finland France Cup Leaders Cup Germany Greece Hungary Iceland Ireland Israel State Cup League Cup National League Cup Italy Lithuania Netherlands Poland Russia Scotland Serbia Spain Switzerland Swiss Cup SBL Cup Turkey United Kingdom Cup Trophy Ukraine
Supercups	BNXT Supercup France Israel Italy Netherlands Poland Spain Turkey Ukraine
Continental competitions	EuroLeague Regular season Playoffs Final Four EuroCup Playoffs Final Champions League Playoffs Final Four FIBA Europe Cup Playoffs Finals
International competitions	2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup qualification Championship for Small Countries EuroBasket 2025 qualification

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