2021–22 Junior ABA League

Junior ABA League
Season2021–22
Dates25–28 November 2021
(Group stage)
28–29 April 2022
(Final Four)
Teams12
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
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.[1]

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

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
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

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
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

Final Four

Bracket

Venue: Ljubljana, Slovenia

 
SemifinalsFinal
 
      
 
28 April
 
 
Mega Mozzart U1997
 
29 April
 
Igokea m:tel U1987
 
Igokea m:tel U1985
 
28 April
 
Cedevita Olimpija U1979
 
SC Derby U1987
 
 
Cedevita Olimpija U1973
 
Third place
 
 
29 April
 
 
Mega Mozzart U1988
 
 
SC Derby U1974

Source: Junior Adriatic League

Semifinals

Mega Mozzart v Igokea m:tel

28 April 2019
16:30
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
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
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
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
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 Ref.
MVP
PF Andrija Grbović Mega Mozzart [2]
Ideal Starting Five
SG Nikola Jović Mega Mozzart [3]
PF Andrija Grbović Mega Mozzart
PF Saša Ciani Cedevita Olimpija
PF Vuk Bošković Igokea
PF Tomislav Ivišić SC Derby

References

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