# 2019–20 ABA League Second Division

The 2019–20 ABA League Second Division was the 3rd season of the ABA Second Division with 12 teams from Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Serbia, and Slovenia participating in it.
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. The ABA League Assembly decided not to recognize any team as the champion for the season, and decided to award the two wild cards for the 2020–21 ABA First League season to Borac Čačak and Split.

## Teams
### Team allocation

The labels in the parentheses show how each team qualified for the place of its starting round:
* 1st, 2nd, etc.: National League position after Playoffs
* WC: Wild card
Regular season :
| Široki (1st) | Borac Čačak (1st) | Sutjeska (3rd) | Helios Suns (4th) |
| Spars Realway (2nd) | Novi Pazar (2nd) | Lovćen 1947 Bemax (4th) | Rogaška (6th) |
| Sloboda Tuzla (4th)$^{WC}$ | Dynamic VIP PAY (3rd)$^{WC}$ | Split (4th) | MZT Skopje Aerodrom (1st) |

### Venues and locations

| Team | Home city | Arena | Capacity |
| Borac | Čačak | Borac Hall | 4,000 |
| Dynamic VIP PAY | Belgrade | Ranko Žeravica Sports Hall | 5,000 |
| Helios Suns | Domžale | Komunalni center Hall | 2,500 |
| Lovćen 1947 Bemax | Cetinje | Lovćen SC | 1,500 |
| MZT Skopje Aerodrom | Skopje | Jane Sandanski | 7,500 |
| Novi Pazar | Novi Pazar | Pendik Sports Hall | 1,600 |
| Rogaška | Rogaška Slatina | Rogaška Slatina SH | 1,100 |
| Sloboda | Tuzla | SKPC Mejdan | 4,900 |
| Spars Realway | Sarajevo | Grbavica Sports Hall | 1,500 |
| Split | Split | Arena Gripe | 3,500 |
| Sutjeska | Nikšić | Nikšić SC | 3,000 |
| Široki | Široki Brijeg | Pecara | 4,500 |

### Personnel and sponsorship

| Team | Head coach | Captain | Kit manufacturer | Shirt sponsor |
| Borac | Marko Marinović | Uroš Čarapić | — | P.S. Fashion |
| Dynamic VIP PAY | Miro Alilović | Vuk Vulikić | Champion | VIP PAY |
| Helios Suns | Dejan Jakara | Aljaž Bratec | Spalding | Helios, Triglav |
| Lovćen 1947 Bemax | Zoran Kašćelan | Nikola Borilović | NetS | VOLI |
| MZT Skopje Aerodrom | Gjorgji Kočov | Damjan Stojanovski | Adidas | Cevahir Holding, UNIBanka |
| Novi Pazar | Oliver Popović | Nenad Slavković | Cvetex | Barbosa |
| Rogaška | Damjan Novaković | Miha Fon | Nike | — |
| Sloboda | Damir Mulaomerović | Emir Čerkezović | N°1 | PAN |
| Spars Realway | Nedim Džemić | Adin Vrabac | Adidas | Number 1 |
| Split | Ivica Skelin | Mateo Kedžo | Macron | Bobis |
| Sutjeska | Zoran Glomazić | Boris Lalović | First Ever | EP CG |
| Široki | Hrvoje Vlašić | Jure Zubac | Ardu Sport | Kandit |

### Coaching changes

| Team | Outgoing manager | Date of vacancy | Position in table | Replaced with | Date of appointment |
| Dynamic VIP PAY | Vladimir Đokić | 10 April 2019 | Off-season | Miro Alilović | 10 April 2019 |
| Lovćen 1947 Bemax | Miodrag Kadija | June 2018 | Off-season | Zoran Kašćelan | 26 June 2019 |
| Borac | Jovica Arsić | June 2018 | Off-season | Marko Marinović | 29 June 2019 |
| Široki | Danijel Jusup | August 2018 | Off-season | Krunoslav Krajnović | 7 August 2019 |
| Spars Realway | Marko Trbić | August 2018 | Off-season | Goran Šehovac | 9 August 2019 |
| Široki | Krunoslav Krajnović | 28 October 2019 | 4th (3–1) | Hrvoje Vlašić | 28 October 2019 |
| Spars Realway | Goran Šehovac | 5 November 2019 | 5th (0–5) | Nermin Selimović | 5 November 2019 |
| Sloboda | Josip Pandža | 28 November 2019 | 11th (2–7) | Damir Mulaomerović | 28 November 2019 |
| Split | Ante Grgurević | 8 December 2019 | 6th (5–5) | Ivica Skelin | 8 December 2019 |
| Spars Realway | Nermin Selimović | 28 December 2019 | 12th (1–12) | Nedim Džemić | 28 December 2019 |

## Regular season
### League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
| 1 | Borac Čačak | 22 | 20 | 2 | 1932 | 1612 | +320 | 42 |
| 2 | Split | 22 | 13 | 9 | 1790 | 1742 | +48 | 35 |
| 3 | MZT Skopje Aerodrom | 22 | 13 | 9 | 1766 | 1718 | +48 | 35 |
| 4 | Sutjeska | 22 | 12 | 10 | 1775 | 1743 | +32 | 34 |
| 5 | Široki | 22 | 11 | 11 | 1768 | 1774 | −6 | 33 |
| 6 | Lovćen 1947 Bemax | 22 | 10 | 12 | 1721 | 1766 | −45 | 32 |
| 7 | Rogaška | 21 | 10 | 11 | 1594 | 1617 | −23 | 31 |
| 8 | Sloboda | 22 | 9 | 13 | 1792 | 1860 | −68 | 31 |
| 9 | Novi Pazar | 22 | 8 | 14 | 1861 | 1912 | −51 | 30 |
| 10 | Dynamic VIP PAY | 22 | 8 | 14 | 1660 | 1742 | −82 | 30 |
| 11 | Helios Suns | 21 | 9 | 12 | 1593 | 1679 | −86 | 30 |
| 12 | Spars Realway | 22 | 8 | 14 | 1618 | 1705 | −87 | 30 |

### Positions by round

* First place & advance to the playoffs
* Advance to the playoffs
* Relegated
| Team ╲ Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 |
| Borac Čačak | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Split | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 |
| MZT Skopje Aerodrom | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| Sutjeska | 6 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 4 |
| Široki | 8 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 5 |
| Lovćen 1947 Bemax | 10 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 7 | – |
| Rogaška | 4 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 6 | – |
| Sloboda | 11 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 8 | – |
| Novi Pazar | 7 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 11 | 10 | – |
| Dynamic VIP PAY | 12 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 11 | – |
| Helios Suns | 5 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 9 | – |
| Spars Realway | 9 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 |

### Results

| Home \ Away | BOR | DYN | HEL | LOV | MZT | NPZ | ROG | SLO | SPA | SPL | SUT | SIR |
| Borac Čačak | — | 87–80 | 101–55 | 87–65 | 95–73 | 92–76 | 91–61 | 99–69 | 96–62 | 90–60 | 81–69 | 91–69 |
| Dynamic VIP PAY | 64–72 | — | 74–69 | 71–89 | 82–92 | 87–70 | 60–71 | 87–83 | 72–78 | 86–78 | 100–97 | 80–85 |
| Helios Suns | 73–80 | 63–61 | — | 92–62 | 78–76 | 95–86 | 48–79 | 91–73 | 77–80 | 75–89 | 83–82 | 84–70 |
| Lovćen 1947 Bemax | 84–96 | 77–66 | 81–77 | — | 73–69 | 90–94 | 70–64 | 97–74 | 82–66 | 101–94 | 81–74 | 91–83 |
| MZT Skopje Aerodrom | 76–69 | 82–84 | 85–89 | 75–74 | — | 89–87 | 74–54 | 110–88 | 73–64 | 70–64 | 88–78 | 83–71 |
| Novi Pazar | 95–99 | 69–77 | 83–79 | 104–77 | 79–70 | — | 77–81 | 74–78 | 88–86 | 92–85 | 79–83 | 103–87 |
| Rogaška | 77–84 | 71–67 | — | 85–61 | 83–90 | 98–97 | — | 87–74 | 78–76 | 71–80 | 64–97 | 74–79 |
| Sloboda | 87–96 | 83–67 | 101–83 | 86–80 | 69–82 | 102–103 | 81–79 | — | 77–73 | 84–73 | 102–69 | 88–86 |
| Spars | 89–76 | 75–81 | 70–71 | 69–67 | 65–77 | 84–78 | 57–72 | 84–70 | — | 81–84 | 68–85 | 66–64 |
| Split | 74–76 | 93–66 | 90–79 | 72–63 | 98–85 | 116–81 | 79–73 | 69–63 | 84–70 | — | 87–79 | 78–76 |
| Sutjeska | 80–81 | 75–69 | 81–74 | 87–83 | 85–70 | 78–75 | 84–90 | 73–70 | 79–88 | 78–59 | — | 82–73 |
| Široki | 74–93 | 83–79 | 75–58 | 81–73 | 89–77 | 79–71 | 91–82 | 98–90 | 74–67 | 103–84 | 78–80 | — |

## MVP of the Round

| Round | Player | Team | PIR |
| 1 | Nuni Omot | MZT Skopje Aerodrom | 37 |
| 2 | Jabarie Hinds | MZT Skopje Aerodrom | 33 |
| 3 | Damjan Stojanovski | MZT Skopje Aerodrom | 29 |
| 4 | Tadej Ferme | Rogaška | 27 |
| 5 | Dušan Beslać | Dynamic VIP PAY | 29 |
| 6 | Tadej Ferme (2) | Rogaška | 32 |
| 7 | Aleksa Novaković | Novi Pazar | 32 |
| 8 | Milan Vulić | Novi Pazar | 33 |
| 9 | Emir Hadžibegović | Lovćen 1947 Bemax | 35 |
| 10 | Toni Perković | Split | 39 |
| 11 | Goran Filipović | Široki | 38 |
| 12 | Đorđe Milošević | MZT Skopje Aerodrom | 30 |
| 13 | James Washington | Split | 37 |
| 14 | Đorđe Milošević (2) | MZT Skopje Aerodrom | 39 |
| 15 | Blaž Mahkovic | Helios Suns | 34 |
| 16 | Milutin Đukanović | Lovćen 1947 Bemax | 38 |
| 17 | Filip Kraljević | Široki | 40 |
| 18 | Blaž Mahkovic (2) | Helios Suns | 42 |
| 19 | Jamel Morris | Split | 28 |
| 20 | Branislav Đekić | Spars | 29 |
| 21 | Michael Mallory | Novi Pazar | 32 |
Source: ABA League