2019–20 ABA League First Division

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ABA League First Division
Season2019–20
DurationOctober 4, 2019 – May 26, 2020
Number of teams12
TV partner(s)Arena Sport, O2.TV
Regular season
RelegatedNone
Finals
ChampionsNone declared
Records
Biggest home winCrvena zvezda 103–61 Igokea
(11 November 2019)
Biggest away winMega 57–94 Budućnost
(3 November 2019)
Highest scoringOlimpija 112–102 Mega
(21 December 2019)
Highest attendance16,531
Partizan 87–82 Budućnost
(9 February 2020)
Lowest attendance94
Mornar 95–86 Zadar
(17 November 2019)
All statistics correct as of May 28, 2020.

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.[1] On 27 May 2020, the ABA League Assembly canceled definitely its competitions due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[2]

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[edit]

Promotion and relegation[edit]

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
Team relegated to the Second Division

Venues and locations[edit]

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Location of teams in the 2019–20 season
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Locations of the teams from Belgrade in the 2019–20 season
Team Home city Arena Capacity
Montenegro Budućnost VOLI Podgorica Morača Sports Center 6,000
Slovenia Cedevita Olimpija[Note 1] Ljubljana Arena Stožice 12,480
Croatia Cibona Zagreb Dražen Petrović Hall 5,400
Serbia Crvena zvezda mts Belgrade Aleksandar Nikolić Hall 8,000[3][4][5]
Serbia FMP Belgrade Železnik Hall 3,000
Bosnia and Herzegovina Igokea Aleksandrovac Laktaši Sports Hall 3,050
Slovenia Koper Primorska Koper Arena Bonifika 3,000
Slovenia Krka Novo Mesto Leon Štukelj Hall 2,500
Serbia Mega Bemax Belgrade Ranko Žeravica Sports Hall[6] 5,000
Montenegro Mornar Bar Topolica Sport Hall 2,625
Serbia Partizan NIS Belgrade Štark Arena 18,386
Croatia Zadar Zadar Krešimir Ćosić Hall 7,997

Personnel and sponsorship[edit]

Team Head coach Captain Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor
Budućnost VOLI Montenegro Petar Mijović Montenegro Suad Šehović Spalding VOLI / Tea Medica
Cedevita Olimpija Slovenia Jurica Golemac Slovenia Jaka Blažič Adidas Cedevita / Petrol
Cibona Bosnia and Herzegovina Ivan Velić Croatia Marin Rozić Adidas Erste Bank
Crvena zvezda mts Serbia Dragan Šakota Serbia Branko Lazić Nike mts
FMP Serbia Vladimir Jovanović Serbia Radoš Šešlija Cvetex FMP
Igokea Bosnia and Herzegovina Dragan Bajić Serbia Sava Lešić GBT m:tel
Koper Primorska Slovenia Andrej Žakelj Slovenia Alen Hodžić Erreà Vehicle Rent
Krka Croatia Vladimir Anzulović Slovenia Jure Balažič Žolna šport Krka
Mega Bemax Serbia Dejan Milojević Bosnia and Herzegovina Edin Atić Adidas Bemax / Tehnomanija
Mornar Montenegro Mihailo Pavićević Montenegro Marko Mijović Armani epcg
Partizan NIS Italy Andrea Trinchieri Serbia Novica Veličković Under Armour NIS / mts
Zadar Croatia Danijel Jusup Croatia Ive Ivanov Adidas OTP Bank / Crodux

Coaching changes[edit]

Team Outgoing manager Date of vacancy Position in table Replaced with Date of appointment Ref.
Budućnost VOLI Croatia Jasmin Repeša 23 April 2019 Off-season Montenegro Petar Mijović 24 April 2019 [7][8]
Igokea Serbia Dragan Nikolić June 2019 Serbia Aleksandar Trifunović 11 June 2019 [9]
Budućnost VOLI Montenegro Petar Mijović June 2019 Slovenia Slobodan Subotić 20 June 2019 [10]
Cedevita Olimpija First — Croatia Slaven Rimac 8 July 2019 [11]
Budućnost VOLI Slovenia Slobodan Subotić 18 October 2019 3rd (2–0) Montenegro Petar Mijović 19 October 2019 [12][13]
Zadar Croatia Ante Nazor 19 October 2019 12th (0–3) Croatia Danijel Jusup 23 October 2019 [14][15]
Crvena zvezda mts Serbia Milan Tomić 22 October 2019 8th (1–2) Serbia Andrija Gavrilović (interim) 22 October 2019 [16]
Igokea Serbia Aleksandar Trifunović[Note 2] 30 October 2019 11th (0–4) Bosnia and Herzegovina Dragan Bajić 30 October 2019 [17]
Krka Slovenia Simon Petrov 5 November 2019 8th (2–3) Croatia Vladimir Anzulović 7 November 2019 [18][19]
Crvena zvezda mts Serbia Andrija Gavrilović (interim) 23 November 2019 6th (4–3) Serbia Dragan Šakota 23 November 2019 [20]
Koper Primorska Slovenia Jurica Golemac 22 December 2019 5th (8–3) Slovenia Andrej Žakelj 22 December 2019 [21]
Cedevita Olimpija Croatia Slaven Rimac 27 January 2020 3rd (10–7) Slovenia Jurica Golemac 27 January 2020 [22][23]

Regular season[edit]

The regular season starts in September 2019 and ends in March 2020.

League table[edit]

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

Positions by round[edit]

First place & advance to the playoffs
Advance to the playoffs
Qualification to the relegation playoffs
Relegated
Team ╲ Round12345678910111213141516171819202122
Serbia Partizan NIS675775564222221112111–
Montenegro Budućnost VOLI333311111111112221222–
Serbia Crvena zvezda mts158554646566764333333–
Slovenia Cedevita Olimpija212132222333333444444–
Montenegro Mornar544667777777676655555–
Slovenia Koper Primorska1287446435445557766666–
Serbia FMP421223353654445577777–
Bosnia and Herzegovina Igokea7101011991011121010111099888888–
Croatia Cibona89119101099899991110101099109–
Croatia Zadar101112121212121011121110111011111111121210–
Serbia Mega Bemax1112910111111121011121212121212121211911–
Slovenia Krka9668888898888889910101112–
Source: ABA League

Results[edit]

Home \ Away BUD COL CIB CZV FMP IGO PRI KRK MEG MOR PAR ZAD
Budućnost VOLI — 93–80 87–64 20–0[a] — 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 —
Updated to match(es) played on 9 March 2020. Source: ABA League
Legend: Blue = home team win; Red = away team win.
Matches with lighter background shading were decided after overtime.
  1. ^ Match not played.[24]

Statistical leaders[edit]

As of 9 March 2020

PIR[edit]

Pos Player Club PIR
1 United States Kendrick Perry Mega Bemax 20.80
2 United States Justin Cobbs Budućnost VOLI 18.60
3 Montenegro Marko Simonović Mega Bemax 18.10
4 Slovenia Jaka Blažič Cedevita Olimpija 17.90
5 Serbia Uroš Luković Mornar 17.67

Points[edit]

Pos Player Club PPG
1 United States Kendrick Perry Mega Bemax 18.50
2 United States Bryon Allen Zadar 18.21
3 United States Rashad Vaughn Igokea 16.50
4 United States Glenn Cosey Krka 16.39
5 Georgia (country) Jacob Pullen Mornar 16.24

Rebounds[edit]

Pos Player Club RPG
1 Montenegro Marko Simonović Mega Bemax 7.62
2 Croatia Domagoj Vuković Zadar 7.52
3 Serbia Marko Jagodić-Kuridža Crvena zvezda mts 7.06
4 Bosnia and Herzegovina Edin Atić Mega Bemax 6.95
5 Serbia Uroš Luković Mornar 6.94

Assists[edit]

Pos Player Club APG
1 Slovenia Žan Mark Šiško Koper Primorska 9.91
2 United States Mike Green Igokea 6.81
3 United States Lorenzo Brown Crvena zvezda mts 6.33
4 United States Kendrick Perry Mega Bemax 6.20
5 Croatia Dominik Mavra Zadar 5.57

Source: ABA League Archived 2017-12-28 at the Wayback Machine

MVP List[edit]

MVP of the Round[edit]

Round Player Team PIR
1 United States Lorenzo Brown Serbia Crvena zvezda mts 30
2 Montenegro Derek Needham Montenegro Mornar 34
3 Slovenia Jaka Blažič Slovenia Cedevita Olimpija 38
4 United States Lance Harris Slovenia Koper Primorska 31
5 United States Rashawn Thomas Serbia Partizan NIS 31
6 United States Billy Baron Serbia Crvena zvezda mts 27
7 Georgia (country) Jacob Pullen Montenegro Mornar 30
8 Croatia Filip Bundović Croatia Cibona 34
9 Croatia Ivan Novačić Croatia Cibona 28
10 United States Lorenzo Brown (2) Serbia Crvena zvezda mts 33
11 United States Lance Harris (2) Slovenia Koper Primorska 37
12 Slovenia Jaka Blažič (2) Slovenia Cedevita Olimpija 48
13 Montenegro Marko Simonović Serbia Mega Bemax 35
14 Croatia Domagoj Vuković Croatia Zadar 39
15 Serbia Uroš Luković Montenegro Mornar 31
16 United States Justin Cobbs Montenegro Budućnost VOLI 33
17 Montenegro Marko Simonović (2) Serbia Mega Bemax 32
18 Slovenia Jaka Blažič (3) Slovenia Cedevita Olimpija 32
19 Serbia Uroš Luković (2) Montenegro Mornar 38
20 United States Justin Cobbs (2) Montenegro Budućnost VOLI 33
21 Montenegro Derek Needham (2) Montenegro Mornar 27

Source: ABA League

MVP of the Month[edit]

Month Player Team Ref.
2019
October Serbia Aleksa Radanov Serbia FMP [25]
November Croatia Filip Bundović Croatia Cibona [26]
December United States Rashawn Thomas Serbia Partizan NIS [27]
2020
January Montenegro Justin Cobbs Montenegro Budućnost VOLI [28]
February Serbia Uroš Luković Montenegro Mornar [29]

Clubs in European competitions[edit]

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

See also[edit]

2019–20 domestic competitions
Teams

Notes[edit]

  1. ^
    Olimpija Ljubljana and Cedevita Zagreb made a merger and established a new club based in Ljubljana in July 2019 under the name Cedevita Olimpija.[30] Cedevita Olimpija has taken the Cedevita Zagreb's spot in the League.
  2. ^
    Marko Barać was changing Aleksandar Trifunović in his absence.

References[edit]

  1. ^ "ABA competitions suspended". aba-liga.com. Retrieved 2 April 2020.
  2. ^ "Conclusions of the ABA League j.t.d. Assembly". aba-liga.com. Retrieved 28 May 2020.
  3. ^ Vesić: Hala "Aleksandar Nikolić" dobila novo lice, mesta za 8.000 gledalaca
  4. ^ Zablistao novi Pionir sa 8.000 mesta: Telegraf prvi ušao u renoviranu halu "Aleksandar Nikolić"
  5. ^ Hala „Aleksandar Nikolić” otvara se 1. oktobra
  6. ^ "Mega jadranske rivale dočekuje na Novom Beogradu". novosti.rs (in Serbian). Retrieved 18 June 2019.
  7. ^ "Jasmin Repeša resigns as Budućnost VOLI head coach". aba-liga.com. Retrieved 5 May 2019.
  8. ^ "Budućnost VOLI assign Petar Mijović as their new head coach". aba-liga.com. Retrieved 5 May 2019.
  9. ^ "Aleksandar Trifunović novi trener Igokee". novosti.rs. Retrieved 11 June 2019.
  10. ^ "BUDUĆNOST ANGAŽOVALA TRENERA Posle Džikića, Repeše i Mijovića, ugovor sa Podgoričanima potpisao Slobodan Subotić!". sport.blic.rs. Retrieved 21 June 2019.
  11. ^ "FORMALNO POTVRĐENO SPAJANJE CEDEVITE I OLIMPIJE Evo kako će biti posložen novi klub: Rimac trener, stiglo je i prvo pojačanje..." sportske.jutarnji.hr (in Croatian). 8 July 2019. Retrieved 8 July 2019.
  12. ^ "Šok u Podgorici: Slobodan Subotić nije više trener Budućnosti". mozzartsport.com (in Serbian). Retrieved 18 October 2019.
  13. ^ "Budućnost ima novog trenera!". sportske.net (in Serbian). Retrieved 19 October 2019.
  14. ^ "SLUŽBENO Ante Nazor više nije trener Zadra". kkzadar.hr (in Croatian). 19 October 2019. Retrieved 20 October 2019.
  15. ^ "Zadar appoint Danijel Jusup as new head coach". aba-liga.com. 23 October 2019. Retrieved 23 October 2019.
  16. ^ "Milan Tomic and Crvena Zvezda parted ways". Eurohoops. 22 October 2019. Retrieved 22 October 2019.
  17. ^ "Igokea appoint Dragan Bajić as new head coach and add Michael Green to the 2019/20 roster". aba-liga.com. 30 October 2019. Retrieved 30 October 2019.
  18. ^ "Krka and Simon Petrov agreed to part ways". aba-liga.com. 5 November 2019. Retrieved 5 November 2019.
  19. ^ "Vladimir Anzulović is back at Krka bench". aba-liga.com. 7 November 2019. Retrieved 7 November 2019.
  20. ^ "Dragan Šakota novi trener Crvene zvezde". mozzartsport.com (in Serbian). 23 November 2019. Retrieved 23 November 2019.
  21. ^ "Golemac leaves Koper Primorska". aba-liga.com. 22 December 2019. Retrieved 22 December 2019.
  22. ^ "Cedevita Olimpija and Slaven Rimac parted ways on mutual consent". cedevita.olimpija.com. 27 January 2020. Archived from the original on 27 January 2020. Retrieved 27 January 2020.
  23. ^ "Jurica Golemac is the new head coach of BC Cedevita Olimpija". cedevita.olimpija.com. 27 January 2020. Archived from the original on 27 January 2020. Retrieved 27 January 2020.
  24. ^ "Disciplinary sanctions for Crvena zvezda mts". aba-liga.com.
  25. ^ MVP of October: Aleksa Radanov (FMP)
  26. ^ MVP of November: Filip Bundović (Cibona)
  27. ^ MVP of December: Rashawn Thomas (Partizan NIS)
  28. ^ MVP of January: Justin Cobbs (Budućnost VOLI)
  29. ^ MVP of February: Uroš Luković (Mornar)
  30. ^ "Rimac trener Cedevite Olimpije, prva okrepitev Edo Murić". rtvslo.si. Retrieved 13 July 2019.

External links[edit]

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