2019–20 ABA League First Division

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.

ABA League First Division
Season2019–20
Teams12
DatesOctober 4, 2019 – May 26, 2020
TVArena Sport, O2.TV
Final positions
ChampionsNone declared
RelegatedNone
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.

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

Promotion and relegation

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

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

Coaching changes
TeamOutgoing managerDate of vacancyPosition in tableReplaced withDate of appointmentRef.
Budućnost VOLI Jasmin Repeša23 April 2019Off-season Petar Mijović24 April 2019[7][8]
Igokea Dragan NikolićJune 2019 Aleksandar Trifunović11 June 2019[9]
Budućnost VOLI Petar MijovićJune 2019 Slobodan Subotić20 June 2019[10]
Cedevita OlimpijaFirst— Slaven Rimac8 July 2019[11]
Budućnost VOLI Slobodan Subotić18 October 20193rd (2–0) Petar Mijović19 October 2019[12][13]
Zadar Ante Nazor19 October 201912th (0–3) Danijel Jusup23 October 2019[14][15]
Crvena zvezda mts Milan Tomić22 October 20198th (1–2) Andrija Gavrilović (interim)22 October 2019[16]
Igokea Aleksandar Trifunović[Note 2]30 October 201911th (0–4) Dragan Bajić30 October 2019[17]
Krka Simon Petrov5 November 20198th (2–3) Vladimir Anzulović7 November 2019[18][19]
Crvena zvezda mts Andrija Gavrilović (interim)23 November 20196th (4–3) Dragan Šakota23 November 2019[20]
Koper Primorska Jurica Golemac22 December 20195th (8–3) Andrej Žakelj22 December 2019[21]
Cedevita Olimpija Slaven Rimac27 January 20203rd (10–7) Jurica Golemac27 January 2020[22][23]

Regular season

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

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

Positions by round
First place & advance to the playoffs
Advance to the playoffs
Qualification to the relegation playoffs
Relegated
Team ╲ Round12345678910111213141516171819202122
Partizan NIS675775564222221112111–
Budućnost VOLI333311111111112221222–
Crvena zvezda mts158554646566764333333–
Cedevita Olimpija212132222333333444444–
Mornar544667777777676655555–
Koper Primorska1287446435445557766666–
FMP421223353654445577777–
Igokea7101011991011121010111099888888–
Cibona89119101099899991110101099109–
Zadar101112121212121011121110111011111111121210–
Mega Bemax1112910111111121011121212121212121211911–
Krka9668888898888889910101112–
Source: ABA League

Results
Home \ Away BUD COL CIB CZV FMP IGO PRI KRK MEG MOR PAR ZAD
Budućnost VOLI — 93–80 87–64 20–0[lower-alpha 1] — 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
As of 9 March 2020

PIR

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

Points

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

Rebounds

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

Assists

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

Source: ABA League

MVP List

MVP of the Round
Round Player Team PIR
1 Lorenzo Brown Crvena zvezda mts30
2 Derek Needham Mornar34
3 Jaka Blažič Cedevita Olimpija38
4 Lance Harris Koper Primorska31
5 Rashawn Thomas Partizan NIS31
6 Billy Baron Crvena zvezda mts27
7 Jacob Pullen Mornar30
8 Filip Bundović Cibona34
9 Ivan Novačić Cibona28
10 Lorenzo Brown (2) Crvena zvezda mts33
11 Lance Harris (2) Koper Primorska37
12 Jaka Blažič (2) Cedevita Olimpija48
13 Marko Simonović Mega Bemax35
14 Domagoj Vuković Zadar39
15 Uroš Luković Mornar31
16 Justin Cobbs Budućnost VOLI33
17 Marko Simonović (2) Mega Bemax32
18 Jaka Blažič (3) Cedevita Olimpija32
19 Uroš Luković (2) Mornar38
20 Justin Cobbs (2) Budućnost VOLI33
21 Derek Needham (2) Mornar27

Source: ABA League

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

Clubs in European competitions
CompetitionTeamProgressCurrent result
EuroLeague Crvena zvezda mtsRegular season14th (11–17)
EuroCup Partizan NISQuarterfinals (2)0–0 against UNICS
Cedevita OlimpijaRegular season Group C6th (4–6)
Budućnost VOLIRegular season Group D5th (3–7)
Champions League MornarRegular season Group C7th (4–10)

See also
2019–20 domestic competitions
Teams

Notes
  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
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  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). Retrieved 8 July 2019.
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  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.
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  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. Retrieved 27 January 2020.
  23. "Jurica Golemac is the new head coach of BC Cedevita Olimpija". cedevita.olimpija.com. 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.
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