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2019–20 Junior ABA League
The 2019–20 Junior ABA League was the 3rd season of the Junior ABA League with twelve men's under-19 teams from Serbia, Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro and North Macedonia. Teams are the junior selections of the ABA League teams. On 12 March 2020, the ABA League Assembly temporarily suspended its competitions due to the COVID-19 pandemic. On 27 May 2020, the ABA League Assembly canceled definitely its competitions due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The Final tournament would have been played on 21–22 March 2020 at the Železnik Hall, Belgrade. Cibona U19 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. Competition system Twelve under-19 teams are participating in the 2019–20 Junior ABA League season and they are divided into two groups in the first stage. In the group stage, all teams will face each other team within a group in a round-ro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2018–19 Junior ABA League
The 2018–19 Junior ABA League is the second season of the Junior ABA League with twelve men's under-19 teams from Serbia, Croatia, Slovenia, Montenegro and Bosnia and Herzegovina. Teams are the junior selections of the 2018–19 ABA League First Division teams. Competition Twelve under-19 teams are participating at the 2018–19 Junior ABA League season and they are divided into two semi-final Groups. In the group stage, all teams will face each other team within a group in a round-robin system. The two best placed teams of each group will advance to the final tournament. At the final tournament, the teams will play two games – the semifinal and the final or third place game. The winner of the final tournament will become the 2018–19 ABA Junior Tournament Champion. Teams Team allocation Locations and personnel Group stage Group A Venue: Bar, Montenegro Group B Venue: Zadar, Croatia Final Four Bracket Venue: Slavonski Brod, Croatia SourceJunior Adriatic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
KK Cedevita Olimpija
Košarkarski klub Cedevita Olimpija (), commonly referred to as KK Cedevita Olimpija or simply Olimpija, is a men's professional basketball club based in Ljubljana, Slovenia. The club competes in the ABA League and the Slovenian First League. The club was established in 2019 after the merger of the most successful Slovenian club Olimpija and the Croatian powerhouse Cedevita. Cedevita Olimpija inherited 70 trophies of both predecessors and their competition licences for its inaugural season. History Background KK Cedevita Olimpija is an outcome of a merger of two clubs from neighboring countries, the Slovenian club Petrol Olimpija from Ljubljana and the Croatian team Cedevita from Zagreb, which is the first such instance of two clubs from different countries merging. Olimpija was the winner of 17 Slovenian Championships and 20 Slovenian Cups. It traces its history back to 1946 and adopted the name Olimpija in 1955. The club was an early power in the Yugoslav Leag ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zagreb
Zagreb ( ) is the capital (political), capital and List of cities and towns in Croatia#List of cities and towns, largest city of Croatia. It is in the Northern Croatia, north of the country, along the Sava river, at the southern slopes of the Medvednica mountain. Zagreb stands near the international border between Croatia and Slovenia at an elevation of approximately above mean sea level, above sea level. At the 2021 census, the city itself had a population of 767,131, while the population of Zagreb metropolitan area is 1,086,528. The oldest settlement in the vicinity of the city was the Roman Andautonia, in today's Šćitarjevo. The historical record of the name "Zagreb" dates from 1134, in reference to the foundation of the settlement at Kaptol, Zagreb, Kaptol in 1094. Zagreb became a free royal city in 1242. In 1851, Janko Kamauf became Zagreb's List of mayors of Zagreb, first mayor. Zagreb has special status as a Administrative divisions of Croatia, Croatian administrative ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ljubljana
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Fedor Žugić
Fedor Žugić (born 18 September 2003) is a Montenegrin college basketball player for the Creighton Bluejays of the Big East Conference. He is the youngest player in history to play in the EuroLeague. Professional career On February 22, 2019, Žugić made his debut for Budućnost in the EuroLeague against Žalgiris Kaunas. At 15 years and 157 days of age, he became the youngest player to ever play in the EuroLeague. On July 2, 2021, he has signed with Ratiopharm Ulm of the German Basketball Bundesliga. Previously declared, Žugić subsequently withdrawn his name from consideration for the 2022 NBA draft. In 2022-23, he captured the German championship title with the Ulm team. On July 20, 2023, he signed with BG Göttingen of the Basketball Bundesliga. National team career In July 2022, Žugić was a member of the Montenegro under-20 team that won a bronze medal at the FIBA U20 European Championship in Podgorica Podgorica ( cnr-Cyrl, Подгорица; ) is the Ca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Podgorica
Podgorica ( cnr-Cyrl, Подгорица; ) is the Capital city, capital and List of cities and towns in Montenegro, largest city of Montenegro. The city is just north of Lake Skadar and close to coastal destinations on the Adriatic Sea. Historically, it was Podgorica's position at the confluence of the Ribnica (Morača), Ribnica and Morača River, Morača rivers and at the meeting-point of the fertile Zeta Plain and Bjelopavlići Valley that encouraged settlement. The surrounding landscape is predominantly mountainous terrain. After World War II, Podgorica was first designated as the capital of Montenegro in 1946. At that time, it was renamed Titograd in honor of Josip Broz Tito, the leader of Yugoslavia. It served as the capital of the Socialist Republic of Montenegro within the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia until Montenegro's declaration of independence in 2006, after which it was reaffirmed as the capital of an independent Montenegro. The city's original name, Pod ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
KK MZT Skopje
MZT Skopje Aerodrom () is a basketball club based in Skopje, North Macedonia, North Macedonia. The club competes in the Macedonian First League (basketball), Macedonian League and ABA League. The club's home ground is Jane Sandanski Arena, but due to small capacity, the matches in the ABA League and Eurocup Basketball, EuroCup between 2012 and 2014 were played in Boris Trajkovski Arena. Since the 2014–15 season, all matches are held in the renovated Jane Sandanski Arena. In its history, MZT Skopje has won the Macedonian First League (basketball), Macedonian championship eleven times, the Macedonian Basketball Cup, Macedonian Cup thirteen times, and the Macedonian Basketball Super Cup, Macedonian Super Cup seven times. The club was a founding member of the ABA League JTD, Adriatic Basketball Association in 2015. In November 2020, the club's Share (finance), shares were transferred to the Slovenian club KK Koper Primorska. History Beginnings (1966–1990) KK Skopje was formed i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
KK Igokea
Košarkaški klub Igokea ( sr-Cyrl, Кошаркашки клуб Игокеа), commonly referred to as KK Igokea or as Igokea m:tel due to sponsorship reasons, is a Bosnian professional basketball club based in Aleksandrovac, near Laktaši, Republika Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina. The club plays in the Bosnian League and the ABA League. The club is a founding member and shareholder of the Adriatic Basketball Association. History Even though they have become well known to the broader basketball public in the territory of the former Yugoslavia only several years ago, when they joined the regional competition called the Adriatic League, Igokea is a club with a long-lasting tradition. Its beginnings go back into 23 July 1973, when KK Potkozarje was established in Aleksandrovac by a group of enthusiasts that set themselves the main goal to introduce basketball to local youth and teach them the basics. In the second half of the 1990s, the club was renamed to Igokea and that's wh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
KK Koper Primorska
Košarkarski klub Koper Primorska (), commonly referred to as KK Koper Primorska, was a men's professional basketball club based in Koper, Slovenia. The club was formed by the merger of KOŠ Koper and KK Lastovka in 2016, and was disbanded in 2020 due to financial problems. Primorska became the Slovenian champions in 2019, and also won the Slovenian Cup three times in a row between 2018 and 2020. History KK Primorska was founded in 2016 by the merger of KK Lastovka and ŠD Koš Koper. The team finished in seventh place in its debut season in the Slovenian national league. In its second season, Sixt Primorska competed in the second-level regional league, ABA League Second Division, where they lost in the final against KK Krka. During the 2018–19 season, Sixt Primorska won a historic "quadruple" after winning in all four competitions in which they played (national league, domestic cup, domestic supercup, and ABA League Second Division). As a result, they earned a plac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
KK Partizan
Košarkaški klub Partizan ( sr-Cyrl, Кошаркашки клуб Партизан, lit=Basketball Club Partizan), commonly known as Partizan Belgrade, or as Partizan Mozzart Bet for sponsorship reasons, is a professional basketball Sports club, club based in Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia. It is part of the multi-sports Belgrade-based club JSD Partizan, Partizan. The club is a founding member and shareholder of the ABA League JTD, Adriatic Basketball Association, and competes in the Basketball League of Serbia, Serbian League (KLS), the ABA League, and the continental top-tier EuroLeague. Since 1945, Partizan has won 50 trophies and is the holder of the 21 national champion titles. They have also won 16 national basketball cups, 8 Adriatic (ABA League) championships and 1 ABA League Supercup, and most notably the European Champion trophy at the Final Four of the EuroLeague in Istanbul in 1992. The final game was notable for the buzzer-beater by Aleksandar Đorđević which ranks ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
KK Mornar Bar
Košarkaški klub Mornar (Cyrillic: Кошаркашки клуб Морнар), commonly referred to as Mornar Barsko zlato for sponsorship reasons, is a men's professional basketball club based in Bar, Montenegro. The club competes in the Montenegrin Basketball League and the ABA League. The team also plays in international competitions. Mornar made its European debut in the Basketball Champions League during the 2016–17 season. Mornar won its first domestic title the following year in the 2017–18 Montenegrin League. History In the 2015–16 season, Mornar managed to reach the Balkan League and Montenegrin League Finals but lost both. In the 2016–17 season, Mornar returned to European competition when it qualified for the Basketball Champions League regular season. The club also made its debut in the Adriatic League. In its second ABA League season, the club qualified for the semifinals. In the playoff semifinals, Mornar was eliminated by Crvena zvezda, 2–1. On 3 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
KK Zadar
Košarkaški klub Zadar (), commonly referred to as KK Zadar or simply Zadar, is a men's professional basketball Sports club, club based in Zadar, Croatia. The club is a founding member and shareholder of the ABA League JTD, Adriatic Basketball Association, and competes in the ABA League and the HT Premijer liga, Croatian League. Zadar is the place where Croatian basketball was born in 1930. Zadar's reputation has been of a basketball hotbed with a team that can capture trophies at any given moment. Zadar is also known for its fanatical die hard supporters, Tornado Zadar. History Early years The first basketball ball and game rules of basketball were brought to Zadar by Italian soldiers during World War II. At that time all basketball games being played in Zadar were played on an outdoor, concrete court. KK Zadar was formally founded after World War II in 1945 as FD Zadar (''Fiskulturno Društvo Zadar'' – Physical Culture Club of Zadar). Shortly after this club's founding, its ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
