2019–20 ABA League Second Division

The 2019–20 ABA League Second Division was the 3rd season of the ABA Second Division with 12 teams from Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Serbia, and Slovenia participating in it.

ABA League Second Division
Season2019–20
Teams12
DatesOctober 2, 2019 – May 26, 2020
TVArena Sport
Final positions
ChampionsNone declared
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. The ABA League Assembly decided not to recognize any team as the champion for the season, and decided to award the two wild cards for the 2020–21 ABA First League season to Borac Čačak and Split.[2]

Teams

Team allocation

The labels in the parentheses show how each team qualified for the place of its starting round:

  • 1st, 2nd, etc.: National League position after Playoffs
  • WC: Wild card
Regular season[3]
Široki (1st) Split (4th) MZT Skopje Aerodrom (1st) Dynamic VIP PAY (3rd)
Spars Realway (2nd) Sutjeska (3rd) Borac Čačak (1st) Helios Suns (4th)
Sloboda Tuzla (WC)[4] Lovćen 1947 Bemax (4th) Novi Pazar (2nd) Rogaška (6th)

Venues and locations
Location of teams in the 2019–20 ABA League Second Division
Team Home city Arena Capacity
Borac Čačak Borac Hall 4,000
Dynamic VIP PAY Belgrade Ranko Žeravica Sports Hall 5,000
Helios Suns Domžale Komunalni center Hall 2,500
Lovćen 1947 Bemax Cetinje Lovćen SC 1,500
MZT Skopje Aerodrom Skopje Jane Sandanski 7,500
Novi Pazar Novi Pazar Pendik Sports Hall 1,600
Rogaška Rogaška Slatina Rogaška Slatina SH 1,100
Sloboda Tuzla SKPC Mejdan 4,900
Spars Realway Sarajevo Grbavica Sports Hall 1,500
Split Split Arena Gripe 3,500
Sutjeska Nikšić Nikšić SC 3,000
Široki Široki Brijeg Pecara 4,500

Personnel and sponsorship
Team Head coach Captain Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor
Borac Marko Marinović Uroš Čarapić — P.S. Fashion
Dynamic VIP PAY Miro Alilović Vuk Vulikić Champion VIP PAY
Helios Suns Dejan Jakara Aljaž Bratec Spalding Helios, Triglav
Lovćen 1947 Bemax Zoran Kašćelan Nikola Borilović NetS VOLI
MZT Skopje Aerodrom Gjorgji Kočov Damjan Stojanovski Adidas Cevahir Holding, UNIBanka
Novi Pazar Oliver Popović Nenad Slavković Cvetex Barbosa
Rogaška Damjan Novaković Miha Fon Nike —
Sloboda Damir Mulaomerović Emir Čerkezović N°1 PAN
Spars Realway Nedim Džemić Adin Vrabac Adidas Number 1
Split Ivica Skelin Mateo Kedžo Macron Bobis
Sutjeska Zoran Glomazić Boris Lalović First Ever EP CG
Široki Hrvoje Vlašić Jure Zubac Ardu Sport Kandit

Coaching changes
TeamOutgoing managerDate of vacancyPosition in tableReplaced withDate of appointmentRef.
Dynamic VIP PAY Vladimir Đokić10 April 2019Off-season Miro Alilović10 April 2019[5]
Lovćen 1947 Bemax Miodrag KadijaJune 2018 Zoran Kašćelan26 June 2019[6]
Borac Jovica ArsićJune 2018 Marko Marinović29 June 2019[7]
Široki Danijel JusupAugust 2018 Krunoslav Krajnović7 August 2019[8]
Spars Realway Marko TrbićAugust 2018 Goran Šehovac9 August 2019[9]
Široki Krunoslav Krajnović28 October 20194th (3–1) Hrvoje Vlašić28 October 2019[10]
Spars Realway Goran Šehovac5 November 20195th (0–5) Nermin Selimović5 November 2019[11]
Sloboda Josip Pandža28 November 201911th (2–7) Damir Mulaomerović28 November 2019[12]
Split Ante Grgurević8 December 20196th (5–5) Ivica Skelin8 December 2019[13]
Spars Realway Nermin Selimović28 December 201912th (1–12) Nedim Džemić28 December 2019[14]

Regular season

League table
Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
1 Borac Čačak 22 20 2 1932 1612 +320 42
2 Split 22 13 9 1790 1742 +48 35
3 MZT Skopje Aerodrom 22 13 9 1766 1718 +48 35
4 Sutjeska 22 12 10 1775 1743 +32 34
5 Široki 22 11 11 1768 1774 −6 33
6 Lovćen 1947 Bemax 22 10 12 1721 1766 −45 32
7 Rogaška 21 10 11 1594 1617 −23 31
8 Sloboda 22 9 13 1792 1860 −68 31
9 Novi Pazar 22 8 14 1861 1912 −51 30
10 Dynamic VIP PAY 22 8 14 1660 1742 −82 30
11 Helios Suns 21 9 12 1593 1679 −86 30
12 Spars Realway 22 8 14 1618 1705 −87 30
Source: ABA League Second Division

Positions by round
First place & advance to the playoffs
Advance to the playoffs
Relegated
Team ╲ Round12345678910111213141516171819202122
Borac Čačak2212111111111111111111
Split1335567876787775564332
MZT Skopje Aerodrom3121222222222222222223
Sutjeska6753345343443556656544
Široki8864454467555344433455
Lovćen 1947 Bemax10998879101010999910978777–
Rogaška448798655433443334566–
Sloboda1112111011101111111111111111111111111098–
Novi Pazar76791011109881010101081010991110–
Dynamic VIP PAY12101011798799868898910111011–
Helios Suns554663363567666787889–
Spars Realway9111212121212121212121212121212121212121212
Source: ABA League Second Division

Results
Home \ Away BOR DYN HEL LOV MZT NPZ ROG SLO SPA SPL SUT SIR
Borac Čačak — 87–80 101–55 87–65 95–73 92–76 91–61 99–69 96–62 90–60 81–69 91–69
Dynamic VIP PAY 64–72 — 74–69 71–89 82–92 87–70 60–71 87–83 72–78 86–78 100–97 80–85
Helios Suns 73–80 63–61 — 92–62 78–76 95–86 48–79 91–73 77–80 75–89 83–82 84–70
Lovćen 1947 Bemax 84–96 77–66 81–77 — 73–69 90–94 70–64 97–74 82–66 101–94 81–74 91–83
MZT Skopje Aerodrom 76–69 82–84 85–89 75–74 — 89–87 74–54 110–88 73–64 70–64 88–78 83–71
Novi Pazar 95–99 69–77 83–79 104–77 79–70 — 77–81 74–78 88–86 92–85 79–83 103–87
Rogaška 77–84 71–67 — 85–61 83–90 98–97 — 87–74 78–76 71–80 64–97 74–79
Sloboda 87–96 83–67 101–83 86–80 69–82 102–103 81–79 — 77–73 84–73 102–69 88–86
Spars 89–76 75–81 70–71 69–67 65–77 84–78 57–72 84–70 — 81–84 68–85 66–64
Split 74–76 93–66 90–79 72–63 98–85 116–81 79–73 69–63 84–70 — 87–79 78–76
Sutjeska 80–81 75–69 81–74 87–83 85–70 78–75 84–90 73–70 79–88 78–59 — 82–73
Široki 74–93 83–79 75–58 81–73 89–77 79–71 91–82 98–90 74–67 103–84 78–80 —
Source: ABA League Second Division
Legend: Blue = home team win; Red = away team win.
Matches with lighter background shading were decided after overtime.

MVP of the Round
Round Player Team PIR
1 Nuni Omot MZT Skopje Aerodrom37
2 Jabarie Hinds MZT Skopje Aerodrom33
3 Damjan Stojanovski MZT Skopje Aerodrom29
4 Tadej Ferme Rogaška27
5 Dušan Beslać Dynamic VIP PAY29
6 Tadej Ferme (2) Rogaška32
7 Aleksa Novaković Novi Pazar32
8 Milan Vulić Novi Pazar33
9 Emir Hadžibegović Lovćen 1947 Bemax35
10 Toni Perković Split39
11 Goran Filipović Široki38
12 Đorđe Milošević MZT Skopje Aerodrom30
13 James Washington Split37
14 Đorđe Milošević (2) MZT Skopje Aerodrom39
15 Blaž Mahkovic Helios Suns34
16 Milutin Đukanović Lovćen 1947 Bemax38
17 Filip Kraljević Široki40
18 Blaž Mahkovic (2) Helios Suns42
19 Jamel Morris Split28
20 Branislav Đekić Spars29
21 Michael Mallory Novi Pazar32

Source: ABA League

See also
2019–20 domestic competitions

References
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