2019–20 ABA League Second Division

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ABA League Second Division
Season2019–20
DurationOctober 2, 2019May 26, 2020
Number of teams12
TV partner(s)Arena Sport
Finals
ChampionsNone declared
All statistics correct as of May 28, 2020.

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.

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[edit]

Team allocation[edit]

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][4]
Bosnia and Herzegovina Široki (1st) Serbia Borac Čačak (1st) Montenegro Sutjeska (3rd) Slovenia Helios Suns (4th)
Bosnia and Herzegovina Spars Realway (2nd) Serbia Novi Pazar (2nd) Montenegro Lovćen 1947 Bemax (4th) Slovenia Rogaška (6th)
Bosnia and Herzegovina Sloboda Tuzla (4th)WC Serbia Dynamic VIP PAY (3rd)WC Croatia Split (4th) North Macedonia MZT Skopje Aerodrom (1st)

Venues and locations[edit]

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[edit]

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

Coaching changes[edit]

Team Outgoing manager Date of vacancy Position in table Replaced with Date of appointment Ref.
Dynamic VIP PAY Serbia Vladimir Đokić 10 April 2019 Off-season Slovenia Miro Alilović 10 April 2019 [5]
Lovćen 1947 Bemax Montenegro Miodrag Kadija June 2018 Montenegro Zoran Kašćelan 26 June 2019 [6]
Borac Serbia Jovica Arsić June 2018 Serbia Marko Marinović 29 June 2019 [7]
Široki Croatia Danijel Jusup August 2018 Croatia Krunoslav Krajnović 7 August 2019 [8]
Spars Realway Bosnia and Herzegovina Marko Trbić August 2018 Bosnia and Herzegovina Goran Šehovac 9 August 2019 [9]
Široki Croatia Krunoslav Krajnović 28 October 2019 4th (3–1) Croatia Hrvoje Vlašić 28 October 2019 [10]
Spars Realway Bosnia and Herzegovina Goran Šehovac 5 November 2019 5th (0–5) Bosnia and Herzegovina Nermin Selimović 5 November 2019 [11]
Sloboda Bosnia and Herzegovina Josip Pandža 28 November 2019 11th (2–7) Croatia Damir Mulaomerović 28 November 2019 [12]
Split Croatia Ante Grgurević 8 December 2019 6th (5–5) Croatia Ivica Skelin 8 December 2019 [13]
Spars Realway Bosnia and Herzegovina Nermin Selimović 28 December 2019 12th (1–12) Bosnia and Herzegovina Nedim Džemić 28 December 2019 [14]

Regular season[edit]

League table[edit]

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

Positions by round[edit]

First place & advance to the playoffs
Advance to the playoffs
Relegated
Team ╲ Round12345678910111213141516171819202122
Serbia Borac Čačak2212111111111111111111
Croatia Split1335567876787775564332
North Macedonia MZT Skopje Aerodrom3121222222222222222223
Montenegro Sutjeska6753345343443556656544
Bosnia and Herzegovina Široki8864454467555344433455
Montenegro Lovćen 1947 Bemax10998879101010999910978777
Slovenia Rogaška448798655433443334566
Bosnia and Herzegovina Sloboda1112111011101111111111111111111111111098
Serbia Novi Pazar76791011109881010101081010991110
Serbia Dynamic VIP PAY12101011798799868898910111011
Slovenia Helios Suns554663363567666787889
Bosnia and Herzegovina Spars Realway9111212121212121212121212121212121212121212

Results[edit]

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[edit]

Round Player Team PIR
1 Kenya Nuni Omot North Macedonia MZT Skopje Aerodrom 37
2 United States Jabarie Hinds North Macedonia MZT Skopje Aerodrom 33
3 North Macedonia Damjan Stojanovski North Macedonia MZT Skopje Aerodrom 29
4 Slovenia Tadej Ferme Slovenia Rogaška 27
5 Serbia Dušan Beslać Serbia Dynamic VIP PAY 29
6 Slovenia Tadej Ferme (2) Slovenia Rogaška 32
7 Serbia Aleksa Novaković Serbia Novi Pazar 32
8 Serbia Milan Vulić Serbia Novi Pazar 33
9 Montenegro Emir Hadžibegović Montenegro Lovćen 1947 Bemax 35
10 Croatia Toni Perković Croatia Split 39
11 Croatia Goran Filipović Bosnia and Herzegovina Široki 38
12 Serbia Đorđe Milošević North Macedonia MZT Skopje Aerodrom 30
13 United States James Washington Croatia Split 37
14 Serbia Đorđe Milošević (2) North Macedonia MZT Skopje Aerodrom 39
15 Slovenia Blaž Mahkovic Slovenia Helios Suns 34
16 Montenegro Milutin Đukanović Montenegro Lovćen 1947 Bemax 38
17 Croatia Filip Kraljević Bosnia and Herzegovina Široki 40
18 Slovenia Blaž Mahkovic (2) Slovenia Helios Suns 42
19 United States Jamel Morris Croatia Split 28
20 Serbia Branislav Đekić Bosnia and Herzegovina Spars 29
21 United States Michael Mallory Serbia Novi Pazar 32

Source: ABA League

See also[edit]

2019–20 domestic competitions

References[edit]

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  2. ^ "Conclusions of the ABA League j.t.d. Assembly". aba-liga.com. Retrieved 28 May 2020.
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  9. ^ "Šehovac new head coach, Đekić i Memić new players of Spars". druga.aba-liga.com. Retrieved 9 August 2019.
  10. ^ "Hrvoje Vlašić replaces Krunoslav Krajnović". druga.aba-liga.com. Retrieved 28 October 2019.
  11. ^ "Selimović replaces Šehovac at the Spars bench". druga.aba-liga.com. Retrieved 5 November 2019.
  12. ^ "Damir Mulaomerović takes over Sloboda". druga.aba-liga.com. Retrieved 28 November 2019.
  13. ^ "Split appoint Ivica Skelin as new head coach". druga.aba-liga.com. Retrieved 8 December 2019.
  14. ^ "Spars Realway appoint Nedim Džemić as new head coach". druga.aba-liga.com. Retrieved 30 December 2019.

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