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
DurationOctober 2, 2019May 26, 2020
Number of teams12
TV partner(s)Arena Sport
Finals
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 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]
  Široki (1st)   Borac Čačak (1st)   Sutjeska (3rd)   Helios Suns (4th)
  Spars Realway (2nd)   Novi Pazar (2nd)   Lovćen 1947 Bemax (4th)   Rogaška (6th)
  Sloboda Tuzla (4th)WC   Dynamic VIP PAY (3rd)WC   Split (4th)   MZT Skopje Aerodrom (1st)

Venues and locations edit

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 edit

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 edit

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

Regular season edit

League table edit

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

Positions by round edit

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

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   Nuni Omot   MZT Skopje Aerodrom 37
2   Jabarie Hinds   MZT Skopje Aerodrom 33
3   Damjan Stojanovski   MZT Skopje Aerodrom 29
4   Tadej Ferme   Rogaška 27
5   Dušan Beslać   Dynamic VIP PAY 29
6   Tadej Ferme (2)   Rogaška 32
7   Aleksa Novaković   Novi Pazar 32
8   Milan Vulić   Novi Pazar 33
9   Emir Hadžibegović   Lovćen 1947 Bemax 35
10   Toni Perković   Split 39
11   Goran Filipović   Široki 38
12   Đorđe Milošević   MZT Skopje Aerodrom 30
13   James Washington   Split 37
14   Đorđe Milošević (2)   MZT Skopje Aerodrom 39
15   Blaž Mahkovic   Helios Suns 34
16   Milutin Đukanović   Lovćen 1947 Bemax 38
17   Filip Kraljević   Široki 40
18   Blaž Mahkovic (2)   Helios Suns 42
19   Jamel Morris   Split 28
20   Branislav Đekić   Spars 29
21   Michael Mallory   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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  7. ^ "LOGIČAN IZBOR Marko Marinović preuzeo Borac iz Čačka". sport.blic.rs. Retrieved 30 June 2019.
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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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