# 2021–22 Junior ABA League

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

| 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 | |

### 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 | |

## Final Four
### Bracket

Venue: Ljubljana, Slovenia
| Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| 28 April | 28 April |
| Mega Mozzart U19 | 97 |
| Mega Mozzart U19 | 97 | 29 April | 29 April |
| Igokea m:tel U19 | 87 | 29 April | 29 April |
| Igokea m:tel U19 | 87 | Igokea m:tel U19 | 85 |
| 28 April | 28 April | | Igokea m:tel U19 | 85 |
| 28 April | 28 April | Cedevita Olimpija U19 | 79 |
| SC Derby U19 | 87 | Cedevita Olimpija U19 | 79 |
| Cedevita Olimpija U19 | 73 | | |
| Cedevita Olimpija U19 | 73 | Third place | Third place |
| | | 29 April | 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: | Starters: | 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: | Reserves: | 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: | Starters: | 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: | Reserves: | Reserves: | | | |
| PG | 4 | Petar Minić | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| SG | 6 | Vasilije Todorović | 9 | 1 | 1 |
| SG | 7 | Boško Janković | DNP | DNP | DNP |
| C | 8 | Lazar Radetić | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| SG | 9 | Vladimir Sudar | DNP | DNP | DNP |
| C | 14 | Maruan Čičić | DNP | DNP | 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 |