2021–22 Junior ABA League

The 2021–22 Junior ABA League is the fifth season of the Junior ABA League with twelve men's under-19 teams from Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Montenegro, Serbia, and Slovenia. Teams were youth system rosters of the 2021–22 ABA League First Division teams.

Junior ABA League
Season	2021–22
Dates	25–28 November 2021 (Group stage) 28–29 April 2022 (Final Four)
Teams	12
Regular season
Season MVP	Andrija Grbović
Finals
Champions	Mega Mozzart U19
Runners-up	SC Derby U19
Third place	Igokea U19
Fourth place	Cedevita Olimpija U19
← 2020–21 2022–23 → All statistics correct as of September 22, 2022.

Mega Mozzart U19 won its third Junior ABA League title defeating SC Derby U19 in the final. Forward Andrija Grbović was named the Junior ABA League MVP award.^[1]

Teams

Team allocation

Regular season
Borac Čačak U19	Split U19	SC Derby U19	Krka U19
Mega Mozzart U19	Cibona U19	Mornar Barsko zlato U19	Cedevita Olimpija U19
Partizan NIS U19	Zadar U19	Igokea U19	Spars U19

Locations and personnel

Borac

SC Derby

Cedevita Olimpija

Cibona

Igokea

Krka

Mega

Mornar

Partizan

Zadar

Split

Spars

Location of teams in the 2018–19 Junior ABA League

Team	Home city	Head coach	Captain
Borac Čačak U19	Čačak	Miloš Pejanović
Cedevita Olimpija U19	Ljubljana	Borut Fijavž
Cibona U19	Zagreb	Boris Džidić
Igokea U19	Aleksandrovac	Slobodan Kecman
Krka U19	Novo Mesto	Domen Zevnik
Mega Mozzart U19	Sremska Mitrovica	Dragoljub Avramović	Nikola Jović
Mornar Barsko zlato U19	Bar	Zoran Peruničić
Partizan NIS U19	Belgrade	Đorđe Jovičić
SC Derby U19	Podgorica	Borivoje Stanišić
Split U19	Split	Ante Grgurević
Spars U19	Sarajevo	Marko Trbić
Zadar U19	Zadar	Marko Selin

Group stage

Group A

Venue: Bar, Montenegro

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Mega Mozzart U19	5	5	0	500	338	+162	10	Advance to Final Four
2	Cedevita Olimpija U19	5	3	2	395	369	+26	8
3	Borac Čačak U19	5	3	2	391	365	+26	8
4	Spars U19	5	3	2	447	425	+22	8
5	Cibona U19	5	1	4	379	429	−50	6
6	Mornar Barsko zlato U19	5	0	5	295	481	−186	5

Source: Junior ABA League

Group B

Venue: Laktaši, Bosnia and Herzegovina

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	SC Derby U19	5	5	0	453	339	+114	10	Advance to Final Four
2	Igokea m:tel U19	5	4	1	398	350	+48	9
3	Zadar U19	5	3	2	390	351	+39	8
4	Krka U19	5	1	4	370	404	−34	6
5	Split U19	5	1	4	341	403	−62	6
6	Partizan NIS U19	5	1	4	238	343	−105	6

Source: Junior ABA League

Final Four

Bracket

Venue: Ljubljana, Slovenia

	Semifinals				Final
	28 April
	Mega Mozzart U19	97
					29 April
	Igokea m:tel U19	87
					Igokea m:tel U19	85
	28 April
					Cedevita Olimpija U19	79
	SC Derby U19	87
	Cedevita Olimpija U19	73
					Third place
					29 April
					Mega Mozzart U19	88
					SC Derby U19	74

Source: Junior Adriatic League

Semifinals

Mega Mozzart v Igokea m:tel

28 April 2019 16:30

Report

Mega Mozzart U19	97–87	Igokea m:tel U19
Scoring by quarter: 19–28, 25–23, 21–14, 32–22
Pts: Nikola Jović 29 Rebs: Nikola Jović 8 Asts: Danilo Labović 6		Pts: Amsal Delalić 25 Rebs: Aleksandar Smiljanić 9 Asts: Vuk Bošković 6

Arena Stožice, Ljubljana Attendance: 100 Referees: Bojan Kruljac, Marko Mustapić, Rok Misson

SC Derby v Cedevita Olimpija

28 April 2019 19:00

Report

SC Derby U19	87–73	Cedevita Olimpija U19
Scoring by quarter: 19–13, 16–11, 31–30, 21–19
Pts: Tomislav Ivišić 19 Rebs: Zvonimir Ivišić 11 Asts: T. Ivišić, Ivanović 6		Pts: Saša Ciani 16 Rebs: Saša Ciani 12 Asts: Saša Ciani 7

Arena Stožice, Ljubljana Attendance: 150 Referees: Krunoslav Peić, Mateo Pavičić, Hrvoje Muhvić

Third place

29 April 2019 16:00

Report

Igokea m:tel U19	85–79	Cedevita Olimpija U19
Scoring by quarter: 23–21, 20–23, 16–23, 26–12
Pts: Vuk Bošković 19 Rebs: Vuk Bošković 12 Asts: Amsal Delalić 5		Pts: Saša Ciani 34 Rebs: Saša Ciani 10 Asts: Lon Ličan 6

Arena Stožice, Ljubljana Attendance: 70 Referees: Bojan Kruljac, Mateo Pavičić, Hrvoje Muhvić

Final

29 April 2019 18:30

Report

Mega Mozzart U19	88–74	SC Derby U19
Scoring by quarter: 16–18, 22–19, 31–14, 19–23
Pts: Andrija Grbović 30 Rebs: Oleksandr Kobzystyi 12 Asts: Nikola Jović 7		Pts: Tomislav Ivišić 16 Rebs: Zvonimir Ivišić 12 Asts: T. Ivišić, Ivanović 3

Arena Stožice, Ljubljana Attendance: 150 Referees: Krunoslav Peić, Marko Mustapić, Rok Misson

Starters: Pts Reb Ast PG 1 Danilo Labović 5 6 1 SG 6 Oleksandr Kobzystyi 11 12 3 G/F 11 Nikola Đurišić 22 1 5 G/F 5 Nikola Jović 9 8 7 PF 16 Andrija Grbović 22 1 5 Reserves: G 4 Luka Bogavac 4 1 1 PG 7 Andrej Mušicki 2 2 4 SF 10 Asim Đulović 0 0 0 C 14 Ahmet Jonović 4 4 4 F 19 Bogoljub Marković 0 0 0 C 23 Nikola Đapa 3 0 0 PF 49 Aleksa Milenković 2 1 0 Head coach: Dragoljub Avramović

Mega Mozzart SC Derby 0 MEG Statistics SCD 22/40 (55%) 2-pt field goals 20/44 (46%) 10/26 (38%) 3-pt field goals 5/22 (23%) 14/21 (67%) Free throws 19/25 (76%) 11 Offensive rebounds 13 27 Defensive rebounds 20 38 Total rebounds 33 22 Assists 9 18 Turnovers 17 9 Steals 10 1 Blocks 4 24 Fouls 21

Starters: Pts Reb Ast PG 5 Danilo Ivanović 17 3 3 SG 11 Zoran Vučeljić 15 3 2 SG 10 Eray Buyukcangaz 5 4 0 PF 13 Tomislav Ivišić 16 9 3 PF 12 Zvonimir Ivišić 7 12 0 Reserves: PG 4 Petar Minić 0 0 0 SG 6 Vasilije Todorović 9 1 1 SG 7 Boško Janković DNP C 8 Lazar Radetić 3 1 0 SG 9 Vladimir Sudar DNP C 14 Maruan Čičić DNP F 15 David Mirković 2 0 1 Head coach: Borivoje Stanišić

Awards

Pos.	Player	Team	Ref.
MVP
PF	Andrija Grbović	Mega Mozzart	[2]
Ideal Starting Five
SG	Nikola Jović	Mega Mozzart	[3]
PF	Andrija Grbović	Mega Mozzart
PF	Saša Ciani	Cedevita Olimpija
PF	Vuk Bošković	Igokea
PF	Tomislav Ivišić	SC Derby

References

1. "Mega odbranila titulu u juniorskoj ABA ligi". b92.net. Retrieved 10 June 2022.
2. "Andrija Grbović becomes the MVP of the U19 ABA League Championship Final Four Tournament". aba-liga.com. Retrieved 30 April 2022.
3. "Bošković, Grbović, Jović, Ciani and Ivišić form the U19 Ideal Starting Five". aba-liga.com. Retrieved 30 April 2022.

External links

• Official website