The 2020–21 Junior ABA League was the fourth season of the
Junior ABA League
The Junior ABA League, officially known as the U19 ABA League Championship, is a regional boy's youth age basketball tournament that is contested between the youth selections of basketball clubs from the ABA League. It is run by the ABA League JTD. ...
with eight men's under-19 teams from
Bosnia and Herzegovina
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,
Montenegro
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Serbia
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. Teams are the under-19 selections of the
ABA League
The ABA League, renamed to the ABA League First Division in 2017, is the 1st-tier regional men's professional basketball league that originally featured clubs from the former Yugoslavia (Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Montenegro, North Mace ...
teams. The season will a
single-elimination tournament
A single-elimination, knockout, or sudden death tournament is a type of elimination tournament where the loser of each match-up is immediately eliminated from the tournament. Each winner will play another in the next round, until the final matc ...
held in
Čajetina
Čajetina ( sr-cyr, Чајетина) is a small town and municipality located in the Zlatibor District of western Serbia. According to the 2011 census results, the municipality has 14,745 inhabitants. One of the most notable settlements in the mun ...
, Serbia from 21–24 May 2021.
Mega Soccerbet U19 won its second Junior ABA League title defeating
Budućnost VOLI U19 in the final. Guard
Nikola Jović
Nikola Jović ( sr-Cyrl, Никола Јовић, ; born 9 June 2003) is a Serbian professional basketball player for the Miami Heat of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He was selected 27th overall by the Heat in the 2022 NBA draft.
...
was named the
Junior ABA League MVP
The Junior ABA League MVP award, also known as the Adriatic League U-19 MVP award, is an annual award that is given to the most valuable player of the European regional Adriatic Junior ABA League, which is the young top-tier level professional bas ...
award.
Teams
A total of 8 teams contested the league, excluding representatives from
Croatia
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North Macedonia
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, and
Slovenia
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.
Team allocation
Locations and personnel
Venue
The tournament will be held in
Čajetina
Čajetina ( sr-cyr, Чајетина) is a small town and municipality located in the Zlatibor District of western Serbia. According to the 2011 census results, the municipality has 14,745 inhabitants. One of the most notable settlements in the mun ...
, Serbia.
Bracket
Quarterfinals
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Crvena zvezda mts U19 v Sloboda Užice U19
Budućnost VOLI U19 v Podgorica U19
Igokea U19 v Borac Čačak U19
Mega Soccerbet U19 v Partizan NIS U19
Semifinals
Budućnost VOLI U19 v Igokea U19
Sloboda Užice U19 v Mega Soccerbet U19
Third place game
Final
Awards
See also
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2020–21 Euroleague Basketball Next Generation Tournament
References
External links
Official websiteABA Leagueat Eurobasket.com
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2020
2020 was heavily defined by the COVID-19 pandemic, which led to global Social impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, social and Economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, economic disruption, mass cancellations and postponements of events, COVID- ...
2020–21 in Serbian basketball
2020–21 in Bosnia and Herzegovina basketball
2020–21 in Montenegrin basketball
International youth basketball competitions hosted by Serbia
May 2021 sports events in Serbia