# 2020–21 Junior ABA League

The 2020–21 Junior ABA League was the fourth season of the Junior ABA League with eight men's under-19 teams from Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, and Serbia. Teams are the under-19 selections of the ABA League teams. The season will a single-elimination tournament held in Čajetina, Serbia from 21–24 May 2021.
Mega Soccerbet U19 won its second Junior ABA League title defeating Budućnost VOLI U19 in the final. Guard Nikola Jović was named the Junior ABA League MVP award.

## Teams

A total of 8 teams contested the league, excluding representatives from Croatia, North Macedonia, and Slovenia.

### Team allocation

Quarterfinals :
| Igokea U19 | Podgorica U19 | Crvena zvezda mts U19 | Partizan NIS U19 |
| Budućnost VOLI U19 | Borac Čačak U19 | Mega Soccerbet U19 | Sloboda Užice U19 |

### Locations and personnel

| Team | Home city | Head coach |
| Budućnost VOLI U19 | Podgorica | Miloš Radović |
| Borac Čačak U19 | Čačak | Miloš Pejanović |
| Crvena zvezda mts U19 | Belgrade | Miloš Obrenović |
| Igokea U19 | Aleksandrovac | Slobodan Kecman |
| Mega Soccerbet U19 | Belgrade | Dragoljub Avramović |
| Partizan NIS U19 | Belgrade | Milivoje Lazić |
| Podgorica U19 | Podgorica | Radojica Petrić |
| Sloboda Užice U19 | Užice | Branko Knežević |

## Venue

The tournament will be held in Čajetina, Serbia.
| Čajetina | Čajetina2020–21 Junior ABA League (Yugoslavia) |
| Čajetina Sports Hall | Čajetina2020–21 Junior ABA League (Yugoslavia) |
| Capacity: N/A | Čajetina2020–21 Junior ABA League (Yugoslavia) |

## Bracket

| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | | Final | Final |
| 22 May | 22 May | | | |
| Budućnost VOLI U19 | 102 | | | |
| Budućnost VOLI U19 | 102 | 23 May | 23 May | | |
| Podgorica U19 | 61 | 23 May | 23 May | |
| Podgorica U19 | 61 | Budućnost VOLI U19 | 83 | |
| 22 May | 22 May | | Budućnost VOLI U19 | 83 | |
| 22 May | 22 May | Igokea U19 | 56 | |
| Igokea U19 | 94 | Igokea U19 | 56 | |
| Igokea U19 | 94 | | | | 24 May | 24 May |
| Borac Čačak U19 | 69 | | | | 24 May | 24 May |
| Borac Čačak U19 | 69 | | | | Budućnost VOLI U19 | 83 |
| 22 May | 22 May | | | | | Budućnost VOLI U19 | 83 |
| 22 May | 22 May | | | | Mega Soccerbet U19 | 92 |
| Crvena zvezda U19 | 74 | | | | Mega Soccerbet U19 | 92 |
| Crvena zvezda U19 | 74 | 23 May | 23 May | | | |
| Sloboda Užice U19 | 85 | 23 May | 23 May | | | |
| Sloboda Užice U19 | 85 | Sloboda Užice U19 | 75 | | | |
| 22 May | 22 May | | Sloboda Užice U19 | 75 | | | |
| 22 May | 22 May | Mega Soccerbet U19 | 101 | | Third place | Third place |
| Mega Soccerbet U19 | 87 | Mega Soccerbet U19 | 101 | | Third place | Third place |
| Mega Soccerbet U19 | 87 | | | | 24 May | 24 May |
| Partizan NIS U19 | 81 | | | | 24 May | 24 May |
| Partizan NIS U19 | 81 | | | | Igokea U19 | 87 |
| | | | | | Sloboda Užice U19 | 62 |

## Quarterfinals

All times are local UTC+1.

### Crvena zvezda mts U19 v Sloboda Užice U19

* 22 May 2021 9:00
* Report
| Crvena zvezda mts U19 | 74–85 | Sloboda Užice U19 |
| Scoring by quarter: 28–26, 20–22, 20–18, 6–19 |||
| Pts: Nikola Manojlović 24 Rebs: Nikola Šaranović 7 Asts: Filip Branković 4 | | Pts: Čedomir Matić 25 Rebs: Čedomir Matić 11 Asts: Bogićević, Aksentijević 7 each |
* Čajetina Sports Hall, Čajetina

### Budućnost VOLI U19 v Podgorica U19

* 22 May 2021 11:30
* Report
| Budućnost VOLI U19 | 102–61 | Podgorica U19 |
| Scoring by quarter: 31–14, 14–14, 27–20, 30–13 |||
| Pts: Danilo Ivanović 20 Rebs: Tomislav Ivišić 9 Asts: Filip Dragojević 5 | | Pts: Alen Malovčič 20 Rebs: Dimitrije Mališić 10 Asts: Milatović, Bulajić 3 each |
* Čajetina Sports Hall, Čajetina

### Igokea U19 v Borac Čačak U19

* 22 May 2021 14:00
* Report
| Igokea U19 | 94–69 | Borac Čačak U19 |
| Scoring by quarter: 28–19, 24–15, 16–15, 26–20 |||
| Pts: Vuk Bošković 23 Rebs: Dejan Pavlović 7 Asts: Andrej Bojanić 8 | | Pts: Obućina, Janković 12 each Rebs: Stefan Janković 8 Asts: Obućina, Bačarević 4 each |
* Čajetina Sports Hall, Čajetina

### Mega Soccerbet U19 v Partizan NIS U19

* 22 May 2021 16:30
* Report
| Mega Soccerbet U19 | 87–81 | Partizan NIS U19 |
| Scoring by quarter: 22–17, 18—20, 19–24, 28–20 |||
| Pts: Nikola Jović 21 Rebs: Petar Kovačević 12 Asts: Luka Paunović 6 | | Pts: Nikola Radovanović 22 Rebs: Radovanović, Petrović, Tahmaz 6 each Asts: Popović, Radovanović 3 each |
* Čajetina Sports Hall, Čajetina

## Semifinals
### Budućnost VOLI U19 v Igokea U19

* 23 May 2021 14:00
* Report
| Budućnost VOLI U19 | 83–56 | Igokea U19 |
| Scoring by quarter: 19–21, 15–11, 19–8, 30–16 |||
| Pts: Ivišić, Marinović 14 each Rebs: Lazar Radetić 6 Asts: Tomislav Ivišić 7 | | Pts: Vuk Bošković 23 Rebs: Vuk Bošković 9 Asts: Srđan Bošković 3 |
* Čajetina Sports Hall, Čajetina Referees: Stefan Ćalić, Miloš Hadžić, Ljubomir Marković

### Sloboda Užice U19 v Mega Soccerbet U19

* 23 May 2021 18:00
* Report
| Sloboda Užice U19 | 75–101 | Mega Soccerbet U19 |
| Scoring by quarter: 23–23, 16–28, 15–25, 21–25 |||
| Pts: Čedomir Matić 14 Rebs: Mihailo Bošković 9 Asts: Luka Aksentijević 4 | | Pts: Petar Kovačević 27 Rebs: Nikola Jović 11 Asts: four players 3 each |
* Čajetina Sports Hall, Čajetina Referees: Dragan Matić, Sava Ćetković, Marko Strika

## Third place game

* 24 May 2021 12:00
* Report
| Igokea U19 | 87–62 | Sloboda Užice U19 |
| Scoring by quarter: 23–14, 31–14, 11–19, 22–15 |||
| Pts: Vuk Bošković 25 Rebs: Vuk Bošković 14 Asts: Andrej Bojanić 5 | | Pts: Alajbegović, Bošković 13 each Rebs: Mihailo Bošković 7 Asts: Luka Aksentijević 4 |
* Čajetina Sports Hall, Čajetina Referees: Dragan Matić, Marko Strika, Ljubomir Marković

## Final

* 24 May 2021 16:00
* Report
| Budućnost VOLI U19 | 83–92 | Mega Soccerbet U19 |
| Scoring by quarter: 20–32, 28–12, 18–26, 17–22 |||
| Pts: Eray Buyukcangaz 19 Rebs: Filip Dragojević 8 Asts: three players 2 each | | Pts: Nikola Jović 25 Rebs: Nikola Jović 13 Asts: Nikola Đurišić 7 |
* Čajetina Sports Hall, Čajetina Referees: Stefan Ćalić, Sava Ćetković, Miloš Hadžić
| Starters: | Starters: | Starters: | Pts | Reb | Ast |
| PG | 5 | Danilo Ivanović | 10 | 2 | 2 |
| PG | 9 | Matija Karadžić | 16 | 3 | 2 |
| SG | 7 | Miloš Stijepović | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| PF | 15 | Tomislav Ivišić | 15 | 6 | 1 |
| PF | 33 | Danilo Kojičić | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Reserves: | Reserves: | Reserves: | | | |
| SG | 4 | Eray Buyukcangaz | 19 | 2 | 1 |
| SG | 6 | Igor Joković | DNP | DNP | DNP |
| C | 8 | Lazar Radetić | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| SG | 11 | Zoran Vučeljić | 12 | 7 | 2 |
| SF | 12 | Filip Dragojević | 0 | 8 | 1 |
| SG | 14 | Miljan Marinović | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| C | 20 | Jakša Pejović | DNP | DNP | DNP |
| Head coach: ||||||
| Miloš Radović ||||||
| Budućnost | Mega Soccerbet |
| BUD | Statistics | MEG |
| 16/41 (39%) | 2-pt field goals | 30/43 (69.8%) |
| 13/31 (41.9%) | 3-pt field goals | 4/23 (17.4%) |
| 12/22 (54.5%) | Free throws | 20/28 (71.4%) |
| 23 | Offensive rebounds | 33 |
| 9 | Defensive rebounds | 9 |
| 32 | Total rebounds | 42 |
| 10 | Assists | 25 |
| 10 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 6 | Steals | 6 |
| 1 | Blocks | 8 |
| 25 | Fouls | 19 |
| Starters: | Starters: | Starters: | Pts | Reb | Ast |
| PG | 1 | Danilo Labović | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| SG | 6 | Oleksandr Kobzystyi | 8 | 2 | 2 |
| G/F | 11 | Nikola Đurišić | 22 | 4 | 7 |
| G/F | 5 | Nikola Jović | 25 | 13 | 5 |
| C | 33 | Mihailo Mušikić | 14 | 10 | 1 |
| Reserves: | Reserves: | Reserves: | | | |
| PF | 3 | Radovan Kompirović | DNP | DNP | DNP |
| PG | 8 | Mihailo Milutinović | DNP | DNP | DNP |
| PG | 10 | Andrija Vučurović | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| SG | 13 | Luka Paunović | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| PF | 19 | Petar Kovačević | 17 | 7 | 6 |
| C | 23 | Nikola Đapa | DNP | DNP | DNP |
| PF | 49 | Filip Stanojević | DNP | DNP | DNP |
| Head coach: ||||||
| Dragoljub Avramović ||||||

## Awards

| Pos. | Player | Team |
| MVP ||||
| SG | Nikola Jović | Mega Soccerbet U19 |
| Ideal Starting Five ||||
| SG | Nikola Đurišić | Mega Soccerbet U19 |
| SG | Nikola Jović | Mega Soccerbet U19 |
| PF | Petar Kovačević | Mega Soccerbet U19 |
| PF | Vuk Bošković | Igokea U19 |
| PF | Tomislav Ivišić | Budućnost VOLI U19 |