# 2019–20 ABA League First Division

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 | 6,000 |
| Cedevita Olimpija | Ljubljana | Arena Stožice | 12,480 |
| Cibona | Zagreb | Dražen Petrović Hall | 5,400 |
| Crvena zvezda mts | Belgrade | Aleksandar Nikolić Hall | 8,000 |
| FMP | Belgrade | Železnik Hall | 3,000 |
| Igokea | Aleksandrovac | Laktaši Sports Hall | 3,050 |
| Koper Primorska | Koper | Arena Bonifika | 3,000 |
| Krka | Novo Mesto | Leon Štukelj Hall | 2,500 |
| Mega Bemax | Belgrade | Ranko Žeravica Sports Hall | 5,000 |
| Mornar | Bar | Topolica Sport Hall | 2,625 |
| Partizan NIS | Belgrade | Štark Arena | 18,386 |
| Zadar | Zadar | Krešimir Ćosić Hall | 7,997 |

### 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 |
| Budućnost VOLI | Jasmin Repeša | 23 April 2019 | Off-season | Petar Mijović | 24 April 2019 |
| Igokea | Dragan Nikolić | June 2019 | Off-season | Aleksandar Trifunović | 11 June 2019 |
| Budućnost VOLI | Petar Mijović | June 2019 | Off-season | Slobodan Subotić | 20 June 2019 |
| Cedevita Olimpija | First | — | Off-season | 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

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
| 1 | Partizan NIS | 21 | 17 | 4 | 1754 | 1538 | +216 | 38 |
| 2 | Budućnost VOLI | 21 | 15 | 6 | 1713 | 1517 | +196 | 36 |
| 3 | Crvena zvezda mts | 21 | 14 | 7 | 1758 | 1562 | +196 | 35 |
| 4 | Cedevita Olimpija | 21 | 13 | 8 | 1766 | 1716 | +50 | 34 |
| 5 | Mornar | 21 | 13 | 8 | 1774 | 1754 | +20 | 34 |
| 6 | Koper Primorska | 21 | 12 | 9 | 1640 | 1687 | −47 | 33 |
| 7 | FMP | 21 | 10 | 11 | 1767 | 1729 | +38 | 31 |
| 8 | Igokea | 21 | 7 | 14 | 1670 | 1779 | −109 | 28 |
| 9 | Cibona | 21 | 7 | 14 | 1606 | 1734 | −128 | 28 |
| 10 | Zadar | 21 | 6 | 15 | 1655 | 1769 | −114 | 27 |
| 11 | Mega Bemax | 21 | 6 | 15 | 1693 | 1832 | −139 | 27 |
| 12 | Krka | 21 | 6 | 15 | 1496 | 1675 | −179 | 27 |

### Positions by round

* First place & advance to the playoffs
* Advance to the playoffs
* Qualification to the relegation 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 |
| Partizan NIS | 6 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | – |
| Budućnost VOLI | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | – |
| Crvena zvezda mts | 1 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | – |
| Cedevita Olimpija | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | – |
| Mornar | 5 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | – |
| Koper Primorska | 12 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | – |
| FMP | 4 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | – |
| Igokea | 7 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | – |
| Cibona | 8 | 9 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 9 | – |
| Zadar | 10 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 10 | – |
| Mega Bemax | 11 | 12 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 9 | 11 | – |
| Krka | 9 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 12 | – |

### Results

| Home \ Away | BUD | COL | CIB | CZV | FMP | IGO | PRI | KRK | MEG | MOR | PAR | ZAD |
| Budućnost VOLI | — | 93–80 | 87–64 | 20–0 | — | 99–59 | 80–83 | 80–60 | 90–76 | 93–88 | 65–60 | 93–80 |
| Cedevita Olimpija | 81–79 | — | 79–70 | 75–64 | 93–89 | 78–85 | 69–72 | 72–56 | 112–102 | 90–91 | 85–69 | 90–82 |
| Cibona | 78–87 | 82–84 | — | 72–86 | 63–81 | 66–91 | 80–78 | 70–67 | 76–87 | 88–92 | — | 89–60 |
| Crvena zvezda mts | 81–89 | 88–73 | 102–80 | — | 95–89 | 103–61 | 90–64 | 101–77 | 88–70 | 105–82 | 92–86 | — |
| FMP | 89–79 | 100–105 | 88–79 | 79–87 | — | 78–73 | 77–65 | 84–81 | 98–79 | 92–83 | 57–87 | 94–67 |
| Igokea | 72–83 | 90–95 | 84–97 | 79–94 | 91–82 | — | 84–88 | 92–82 | 69–72 | 98–91 | 73–75 | 79–71 |
| Koper Primorska | 75–78 | 67–90 | 79–78 | 78–90 | 86–81 | — | — | 67–63 | 93–87 | 101–83 | 68–56 | 83–78 |
| Krka | 73–72 | — | 69–77 | 79–77 | 65–75 | 76–75 | 71–89 | — | 74–69 | 67–76 | 61–76 | 76–74 |
| Mega Bemax | 57–94 | 63–87 | 72–76 | 85–103 | 95–91 | 87–76 | 73–79 | 88–61 | — | — | 77–98 | 98–74 |
| Mornar | 92–95 | 77–70 | 81–73 | 71–64 | 85–82 | 92–78 | 99–84 | 82–73 | 85–68 | — | 65–76 | 95–86 |
| Partizan NIS | 87–82 | 96–95 | 102–66 | 75–72 | 90–85 | 89–73 | 81–62 | 102–80 | 102–88 | 88–75 | — | 87–60 |
| Zadar | 82–75 | 101–63 | 78–82 | 78–76 | 81–76 | 81–88 | 99–79 | 77–85 | 106–100 | 83–89 | 57–72 | — |
* ↑ Match not played.

## Statistical leaders

    As of 9 March 2020
| PIR Pos Player Club PIR 1 Kendrick Perry Mega Bemax 20.80 2 Justin Cobbs Budućnost VOLI 18.60 3 Marko Simonović Mega Bemax 18.10 4 Jaka Blažič Cedevita Olimpija 17.90 5 Uroš Luković Mornar 17.67 | Points Pos Player Club PPG 1 Kendrick Perry Mega Bemax 18.50 2 Bryon Allen Zadar 18.21 3 Rashad Vaughn Igokea 16.50 4 Glenn Cosey Krka 16.39 5 Jacob Pullen Mornar 16.24 |
| Rebounds Pos Player Club RPG 1 Marko Simonović Mega Bemax 7.62 2 Domagoj Vuković Zadar 7.52 3 Marko Jagodić-Kuridža Crvena zvezda mts 7.06 4 Edin Atić Mega Bemax 6.95 5 Uroš Luković Mornar 6.94 | Assists Pos Player Club APG 1 Žan Mark Šiško Koper Primorska 9.91 2 Mike Green Igokea 6.81 3 Lorenzo Brown Crvena zvezda mts 6.33 4 Kendrick Perry Mega Bemax 6.20 5 Dominik Mavra Zadar 5.57 |
Source: ABA League Archived 2017-12-28 at the Wayback Machine

## MVP List
### MVP of the Round

| Round | Player | Team | PIR |
| 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 | FMP |
| November | Filip Bundović | Cibona |
| December | Rashawn Thomas | Partizan NIS |
| 2020 ||||
| January | Justin Cobbs | Budućnost VOLI |
| February | Uroš Luković | Mornar |

## Clubs in European competitions

| Competition | Team | Progress | Progress | Result |
| EuroLeague | Crvena zvezda mts | Regular season | Regular season | 14th (11–17) |
| EuroCup | Partizan NIS | Quarterfinals | (2) | 0–0 against UNICS |
| EuroCup | Cedevita Olimpija | Regular season Group C | Regular season Group C | 6th (4–6) |
| EuroCup | Budućnost VOLI | Regular season Group D | Regular season Group D | 5th (3–7) |
| Champions League | Mornar | Regular season Group C | Regular season Group C | 7th (4–10) |