2019 ABA League Second Division Playoffs
Tournament details
DatesMarch 20, 2019 – April 8, 2019
Season2018–19
Teams4
Defending championsSlovenia Krka
Final positions
ChampionsSlovenia Sixt Primorska (1stth title)
Runner-upNorth Macedonia MZT Skopje Aerodrom
Semifinalists
Tournament statistics
MVPSerbia Marko Jagodić-Kuridža[1]
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The 2019 ABA League Second Division Playoffs is the play-off tournament that decided the winner of the 2018–19 ABA League Second Division season. The playoffs started on March 20, 2019 and ended on April 8, 2019.[2] The winner of the play-offs qualified for the 2019–20 ABA League First Division.

Qualified teams

Round Team Ref.
17th
 Slovenia Sixt Primorska
19th
 North Macedonia MZT Skopje Aerodrom [3][4]
19th
 Bosnia and Herzegovina Spars [5]
22nd
 Serbia Borac Čačak [6]

Bracket

 
SemifinalsFinals
 
      
 
March 20–24
 
 
Slovenia Sixt Primorska2
 
April 1–8
 
Serbia Borac Čačak0
 
Slovenia Sixt Primorska3
 
March 20–24
 
North Macedonia MZT Skopje Aerodrom0
 
Bosnia and Herzegovina Spars0
 
 
North Macedonia MZT Skopje Aerodrom 2
 

Semifinals

Team 1 Series Team 2 Game 1 Game 2 Game 3
Sixt Primorska Slovenia 2–0 Serbia Borac Čačak 78–59 73–69 —
Spars Bosnia and Herzegovina 0–2 North Macedonia MZT Skopje Aerodrom 70–71 70–84 —

Game 1

Sixt Primorska v Borac Čačak

20 March 2019 Sixt Primorska Slovenia 78–59
(Series: 1–0) 		Serbia Borac Čačak Koper
18:00 Scoring by quarter: 19–12, 15–17, 25–12, 19–18
Pts: Harris 16
Rebs: Jagodić-Kuridža 15
Asts: Šiško 17 		Report Pts: Majstorović 13
Rebs: S. Gavrilović, I. Gavrilović 5
Asts: R. Đoković 		Arena: Arena Bonifika
Attendance: 1,000
Referees: Igor Dragojević, Vladan Šundić, Vladimir Marić

Spars v MZT Skopje Aerodrom

20 March 2019 Spars Bosnia and Herzegovina 70–71
(Series: 0–1) 		North Macedonia MZT Skopje Aerodrom Sarajevo
20:00 Scoring by quarter: 19–9, 23–18, 14–26, 14–18
Pts: Kamenjaš 15
Rebs: Kamenjaš 11
Asts: Protić 5 		Report Pts: three players 13
Rebs: Samardžiski 11
Asts: Medford 5 		Arena: Novo Sarajevo Sports Hall
Attendance: 2,100
Referees: Marko Juras, Radoš Savović, Krunoslav Peić

Game 2

Borac Čačak v Sixt Primorska

24 March 2019 Borac Čačak Serbia 69–73
(Series: 0–2) 		Slovenia Sixt Primorska Čačak
21:00 Scoring by quarter: 19–26, 21–15, 11–18, 18–14
Pts: I. Đoković 20
Rebs: I. Gavrilović 8
Asts: I. Đoković 6
PIR: I. Đoković 21 		Report Pts: Harris 20
Rebs: Jagodić-Kuridža 13
Asts: Jagodić-Kuridža 6
PIR: Jagodić-Kuridža 27 		Arena: Borac Hall
Attendance: 2,500
Referees: Sreten Radović, Miloš Koljenšić, Bojan Kruljac

MZT Skopje Aerodrom v Spars

24 March 2019 MZT Skopje Aerodrom North Macedonia 84–70
(Series: 2–0) 		Bosnia and Herzegovina Spars Skopje
17:00 Scoring by quarter: 20–16, 21–21, 19–15, 24–18
Pts: Ivanov 24
Rebs: Ivanov 9
Asts: Medford 9
PIR: Ivanov 31 		Report Pts: Protić 16
Rebs: Durmo 11
Asts: Protić 4
PIR: Durmo 16 		Arena: Jane Sandanski Arena
Attendance: 2,123
Referees: Uroš Nikolić, Vladimir Vesković, Aleksandar Milojević

Finals

Team 1 Series Team 2 Game 1 Game 2 Game 3 Game 4 Game 5
Sixt Primorska Slovenia 3–0 North Macedonia MZT Skopje Aerodrom 93–71 95–72 66–61 — —

Game 1

1 April 2019 Sixt Primorska Slovenia 93–71
(Series: 1–0) 		North Macedonia MZT Skopje Aerodrom Koper
18:00 Scoring by quarter: 28–19, 25–19, 23–16, 17–17
Pts: Harris 24
Rebs: Čakarun, Jagodić-Kuridža 8
Asts: Šiško 13
PIR: Harris 25 		Boxscore Pts: Ivanov 13
Rebs: Woodard 9
Asts: Magdevski 6
PIR: Woodard 13 		Arena: Arena Bonifika
Attendance: 2,000
Referees: Mario Majkić, Dragan Porobić, Radoš Arsenijević

Game 2

2 April 2019 Sixt Primorska Slovenia 95–72
(Series: 2–0) 		North Macedonia MZT Skopje Aerodrom Koper
20:00 Scoring by quarter: 25–20, 18–13, 25–14, 27–25
Pts: Čakarun 26
Rebs: Jagodić-Kuridža 7
Asts: Šiško 8
PIR: Čakarun 34 		Boxscore Pts: Medford 22
Rebs: Medford 5
Asts: Medford 5
PIR: Medford 18 		Arena: Arena Bonifika
Attendance: 2,300
Referees: Damir Javor, Gordan Terlević, Krunoslav Peić

Game 3

4 April 2019 MZT Skopje Aerodrom North Macedonia 61–66
(Series: 0–3) 		Slovenia Sixt Primorska Skopje
18:00 Scoring by quarter: 21–19, 13–20, 9–17, 18–10
Pts: Bojić 20
Rebs: Bojić, Medford 8
Asts: Medford 3 		Boxscore Pts: Jagodić-Kuridža 17
Rebs: Jagodić-Kuridža 14
Asts: Šiško 7 		Arena: Jane Sandanski Arena
Attendance: 1,500
Referees: Uroš Obrknežević, Branislav Mrdak, Vladimir Marić

See also

References

  1. ^ "Marko Jagodić Kuridža is the MVP of the 2019 ABA 2 Playoffs". druga.aba-liga.com. Retrieved 18 April 2019.
  2. ^ "Dates for the 2019 ABA 2 Playoffs have been released". druga.aba-liga.com. Retrieved 25 February 2019.
  3. ^ "Skopski MZT u plej-ofu Druge ABA lige dva kola pre kraja ligaškog dela". novosti.rs. Retrieved 1 March 2019.
  4. ^ "MZT Skopje Aerodrom booked their Playoffs tickets". druga.aba-liga.com. Retrieved 1 March 2019.
  5. ^ "Spars win the thriller against Sutjeska and book a ticket for the 2019 ABA 2 Playoffs". druga.aba-liga.com. Retrieved 1 March 2019.
  6. ^ "Borac have qualified for the 2019 ABA 2 Playoffs". druga.aba-liga.com. Retrieved 13 March 2019.

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