2020–21 Junior ABA League

2021 Junior ABA League

Dates	21–24 May 2021
Championship venue	Čajetina Sports Hall, Čajetina
Season	2020–21
Teams	8
Champions	Mega Soccerbet U19 (2nd title)
Runners-up	Budućnost VOLI U19 (1 finals appearance)
Third place	Igokea U19
Fourth place	Sloboda Užice U19
Best player	Nikola Jović
← 2019–20 →

The 2020–21 Junior ABA League will be the 4th 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.^[1]

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.^[2]

Teams[]

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

Team allocation[]

Belgrade

Borac

Podgorica

Sloboda

Igokea

Belgrade clubs:

Crvena zvezda
Mega
Partizan

Podgorica clubs:

Budućnost
Podgorica

Location of teams in the 2020–21 Junior ABA League

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	Captain
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		Milivoje Lazić
Podgorica U19	Podgorica	Radojica Petrić
Sloboda Užice U19	Užice	Branko Knežević

Venue[]

The tournament will be held in Čajetina, Serbia.^[1]

Čajetina	Čajetina 2020–21 Junior ABA League (Yugoslavia)
Čajetina Sports Hall
Capacity: N/A

Bracket[]

	Quarterfinals				Semifinals				Final
	22 May
	Budućnost VOLI U19	102
					23 May
	Podgorica U19	61
					Budućnost VOLI U19	83
	22 May
					Igokea U19	56
	Igokea U19	94
									24 May
	Borac Čačak U19	69
									Budućnost VOLI U19	83
	22 May
									Mega Soccerbet U19	92
	Crvena zvezda U19	74
					23 May
	Sloboda Užice U19	85
					Sloboda Užice U19	75
	22 May
					Mega Soccerbet U19	101			Third place
	Mega Soccerbet U19	87
									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: 4		Pts: 25 Rebs: Čedomir Matić 11 Asts: , 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: 20 Rebs: 9 Asts: 5		Pts: 20 Rebs: 10 Asts: , 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: 23 Rebs: 7 Asts: 8		Pts: , 12 each Rebs: Stefan Janković 8 Asts: Obućina, 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: 12 Asts: 6		Pts: Nikola Radovanović 22 Rebs: Radovanović, , 6 each Asts: , 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: , 14 each Rebs: 6 Asts: Tomislav Ivišić 7		Pts: 23 Rebs: Vuk Bošković 9 Asts: 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: 14 Rebs: 9 Asts: 4		Pts: 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: 25 Rebs: Vuk Bošković 14 Asts: 5		Pts: , 13 each Rebs: Mihailo Bošković 7 Asts: 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: 19 Rebs: 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: Pts Reb Ast PG 5 10 2 2 PG 9 16 3 2 SG 7 6 0 0 PF 15 15 6 1 PF 33 3 0 0 Reserves: SG 4 19 2 1 SG 6 DNP C 8 0 2 0 SG 11 12 7 2 SF 12 0 8 1 SG 14 2 2 1 C 20 DNP Head coach:

Budućnost Mega Soccerbet 0 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: Pts Reb Ast PG 1 2 1 0 SG 6 8 2 2 SG 11 Nikola Đurišić 22 4 7 SG 5 Nikola Jović 25 13 5 C 33 Mihailo Mušikić 14 10 1 Reserves: PF 3 DNP PG 8 DNP PG 10 0 1 0 SG 13 4 4 4 PF 19 17 7 6 C 23 DNP PF 49 DNP Head coach:

Awards[]

Pos.	Player	Team	Ref.
MVP
SG	Nikola Jović	Mega Soccerbet U19	[3][2]
Ideal Starting Five
SG	Nikola Đurišić	Mega Soccerbet U19	[3][2]
SG	Nikola Jović	Mega Soccerbet U19
PF		Mega Soccerbet U19
PF		Igokea U19
PF		Budućnost VOLI U19

See also[]

• 2020–21 Euroleague Basketball Next Generation Tournament

References[]

External links[]

• Official website
• ABA League at Eurobasket.com