# 2018–19 Junior ABA League

The 2018–19 Junior ABA League is the second season of the Junior ABA League with twelve men's under-19 teams from Serbia, Croatia, Slovenia, Montenegro and Bosnia and Herzegovina. Teams are the junior selections of the 2018–19 ABA League First Division teams.

## Competition

Twelve under-19 teams are participating at the 2018–19 Junior ABA League season and they are divided into two semi-final Groups. In the group stage, all teams will face each other team within a group in a round-robin system. The two best placed teams of each group will advance to the final tournament. At the final tournament, the teams will play two games – the semifinal and the final or third place game. The winner of the final tournament will become the 2018–19 ABA Junior Tournament Champion.

## Teams
### Team allocation

Regular season :
| Crvena zvezda mts U19 | Cedevita U19 | Budućnost VOLI U19 | Krka U19 |
| Mega Bemax U19 | Cibona U19 | Mornar U19 | Petrol Olimpija U19 |
| Partizan NIS U19 | Zadar U19 | Igokea U19 | FMP (withdraw) |

### Locations and personnel

| Team | Home city | Head coach |
| Budućnost VOLI U19 | Podgorica | Petar Mijović |
| Cedevita U19 | Zagreb | Marko Trninić |
| Cibona U19 | Zagreb | Ivan Juran |
| Crvena zvezda mts U19 | Belgrade | Bojan Đerić |
| Igokea U19 | Aleksandrovac | Aleksandar Ćikić |
| Krka U19 | Novo Mesto | Leon Stipaničev |
| Mega Bemax U19 | Sremska Mitrovica | Vlada Vukoičić |
| Mornar U19 | Bar | Aleksandar Mitrović |
| Partizan NIS U19 | Belgrade | Aleksandar Bućan |
| Petrol Olimpija U19 | Ljubljana | Žiga Mravljak |
| Zadar U19 | Zadar | Jurica Ružić |

## Group stage
### Group A

Venue: Bar, Montenegro
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification | CED | IGO | MEG | KRK | MOR |
| 1 | Cedevita U19 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 327 | 290 | +37 | 7 | Advance to Final Four | — | — | 66–65 | 87–92 | 94–66 |
| 2 | Igokea U19 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 317 | 329 | −12 | 6 | Advance to Final Four | 67–80 | — | — | 82–75 | — |
| 3 | Mega Bemax U19 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 329 | 283 | +46 | 6 | | — | 85–87 | — | — | — |
| 4 | Krka U19 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 327 | 320 | +7 | 6 | | — | — | 80–86 | — | — |
| 5 | Mornar U19 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 270 | 348 | −78 | 5 | | — | 89–81 | 50–93 | 65–80 | — |
* 1 2 3 Igokea 1–1, 1.02; Mega 1–1, 0.98; Krka 0–2

### Group B

Venue: Zadar, Croatia
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification | CZV | CIB | BUD | OLI | ZAD | PAR |
| 1 | Crvena zvezda mts U19 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 386 | 323 | +63 | 10 | Advance to Final Four | — | 63–61 | 87–52 | — | — | 86–81 |
| 2 | Cibona U19 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 366 | 358 | +8 | 8 | Advance to Final Four | — | — | — | 64–74 | 87–81 | 71–64 |
| 3 | Budućnost VOLI U19 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 351 | 380 | −29 | 8 | | — | 76–83 | — | — | 76–74 | — |
| 4 | Petrol Olimpija U19 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 378 | 380 | −2 | 7 | | 66–69 | — | 70–79 | — | — | — |
| 5 | Zadar U19 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 381 | 407 | −26 | 6 | | 63–81 | — | — | 81–87 | — | 82–76 |
| 6 | Partizan NIS U19 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 374 | 388 | −14 | 6 | | — | — | 66–68 | 87–81 | — | — |
* 1 2 Cibona 1–0; Budućnost VOLI 0–1
* 1 2 Zadar 1–0; Partizan NIS 0–1

## Final Four
### Bracket

Venue: Slavonski Brod, Croatia
| Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| 6 April | 6 April |
| Crvena zvezda U19 | 73 |
| Crvena zvezda U19 | 73 | 7 April | 7 April |
| Igokea U19 | 66 | 7 April | 7 April |
| Igokea U19 | 66 | Crvena zvezda U19 | 68 |
| 6 April | 6 April | | Crvena zvezda U19 | 68 |
| 6 April | 6 April | Cibona U19 | 73 |
| Cedevita U19 | 59 | Cibona U19 | 73 |
| Cibona U19 | 76 | | |
| Cibona U19 | 76 | Third place | Third place |
| | | 7 April | 7 April |
| | | Igokea U19 | 90 |
| | | Cedevita U19 | 88 |
Source: Junior Adriatic League

### Semifinals
#### Cedevita v Cibona

* 6 April 2019 12:30
* Report
| Cedevita U19 | 59–76 | Cibona U19 |
| Scoring by quarter: 15–22, 20–14, 10–22, 14–18 |||
| Pts: Radović 20 Rebs: Bošnjak 9 Asts: Bošnjak, Radović 3 | | Pts: Prkačin 26 Rebs: Prkačin 14 Asts: Paponja, Prkačin 4 |
* Vijuš Hall, Slavonski Brod Attendance: 1,930 Referees: Krunoslav Peić, Vladimir Vesković, Aleksandar Davidov

#### Crvena zvezda v Igokea

* 6 April 2019 15:00
* Report
| Crvena zvezda U19 | 73–66 | Igokea U19 |
| Scoring by quarter: 24–15, 23–18, 14–17, 12–16 |||
| Pts: Vasić 18 Rebs: Popović 8 Asts: Karapandžić 5 | | Pts: Kondić 22 Rebs: Ilić 16 Asts: three players 2 |
* Vijuš Hall, Slavonski Brod Attendance: 1,100 Referees: Radoš Savović, Bojan Kruljac, Miha Mauer

### Third place

* 7 April 2019 12:30
* Report
| Igokea U19 | 90–88 | Cedevita U19 |
| Scoring by quarter: 26–15, 23–29, 23–14, 18–30 |||
| Pts: Ilić 32 Rebs: Ilić 17 Asts: Kondić 8 | | Pts: Radović 22 Rebs: Bošnjak 9 Asts: Čubrilo 6 |
* Vijuš Hall, Slavonski Brod Attendance: 1,150 Referees: Krunoslav Peić, Tomislav Stapić, Aleksandar Davidov

### Final

* 7 April 2019 15:00
* Report
| Crvena zvezda mts U19 | 68–73 | Cibona U19 |
| Scoring by quarter: 21–27, 13–18, 19–18, 15–10 |||
| Pts: Tomašević 21 Rebs: Vasić, Tomašević 8 Asts: Vasić 4 | | Pts: Rašić 25 Rebs: Branković, Prkačin 8 Asts: Prkačin, Gnjidić 6 |
* Vijuš Hall, Slavonski Brod Attendance: 1,990 Referees: Vladan Šundić, Aleksandar Milojević, Bojan Kruljac
| Starters: | Starters: | Starters: | Pts | Reb | Ast |
| PG | 4 | Stevan Karapandžić | 6 | 2 | 2 |
| G | 10 | Lazar Vasić | 5 | 8 | 4 |
| G/F | 8 | Nikola Manojlović | 1 | 5 | 1 |
| PF | 13 | Bojan Tomašević | 27 | 8 | 1 |
| C | 5 | Marko Pavićević | 10 | 4 | 3 |
| Reserves: | Reserves: | Reserves: | | | |
| G/F | 6 | Vuk Dobrašinović | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| F | 7 | Nemanja Popović | 5 | 3 | 3 |
| G/F | 9 | Dušan Radosavljević | 6 | 7 | 0 |
| PG | 11 | Vukašin Mašić | 8 | 2 | 1 |
| PF | 12 | Nikola Blagojević | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| C | 14 | Miloš Ćojbašić | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| C | 15 | Darko Kolarić | DNP | DNP | DNP |
| Head coach: ||||||
| Bojan Đerić ||||||
| Crvena zvezda | Cibona |
| CZV | Statistics | CIB |
| 16/34 (47%) | 2-pt field goals | 17/32 (53%) |
| 8/24 (33%) | 3-pt field goals | 11/26 (44%) |
| 12/21 (57%) | Free throws | 6/15 (40%) |
| 14 | Offensive rebounds | 5 |
| 25 | Defensive rebounds | 19 |
| 39 | Total rebounds | 24 |
| 15 | Assists | 19 |
| 15 | Turnovers | 10 |
| 5 | Steals | 6 |
| 1 | Blocks | 3 |
| 18 | Fouls | 25 |
| Starters: | Starters: | Starters: | Pts | Reb | Ast |
| G | 13 | Lovro Gnjidić | 2 | 2 | 6 |
| G | 7 | Sandro Rašić | 25 | 4 | 1 |
| G | 9 | Dino Bistrović | 10 | 2 | 3 |
| F/C | 8 | Roko Prkačin | 23 | 8 | 6 |
| C | 15 | Danko Branković | 4 | 8 | 3 |
| Reserves: | Reserves: | Reserves: | | | |
| SG | 4 | Filip Paponja | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| SG | 5 | Stjepan Škara | DNP | DNP | DNP |
| SG | 6 | Hrvoje Majcunić | DNP | DNP | DNP |
| SG | 10 | Luka Cvitanović | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| SG | 11 | Vito Porobić | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| F | 12 | Lukša Buljević | DNP | DNP | DNP |
| C | 14 | Filip Kalajžić | DNP | DNP | DNP |
| Head coach: ||||||
| Ivan Juran ||||||

## Awards

| Pos. | Player | Team |
| MVP ||||
| C | Roko Prkačin | Cibona U19 |
| Ideal Starting Five ||||
| PG | Sandro Rašić | Cibona U19 |
| SG | Rok Radović | Cedevita U19 |
| SF | Dalibor Ilić | Igokea U19 |
| PF | Bojan Tomašević | Crvena zvezda U19 |
| C | Roko Prkačin | Cibona U19 |