2018–19 Albanian Basketball Superleague
Appearance
Albanian Basketball Superleague | |
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Season | 2018–19 |
Duration | 7 October 2018 – May 2019 |
Teams | 6 |
TV partner(s) | Telesport TVSH |
Regular season | |
Relegated | Kamza |
Finals | |
Champions | Goga (1st title) |
Runners-up | Teuta |
← 2017–18 2019–20 → |
The 2018–19 Albanian Basketball Superleague, is the 53rd season of the top professional basketball league in Albania.
Competition format
[edit]The six clubs played a four-legged round robin tournament where the four first qualified teams would advance to the playoffs.
The fifth qualified team faced the runner-up of the second division in a best-of-three games playoff for avoiding relegation, and the last qualified team was directly relegated.
Clubs and arenas
[edit]Club | Location | Founded | Colours | Arena | Capacity | Head Coach |
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Goga | Durrës | 2015
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Ramazan Njala Sports Palace | 1,000
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Kamza | Kamëz | 1962
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Bathore Sports Hall | 500
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Adem Muhametaj | |
Partizani | Tirana | 1946
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Asllan Rusi Sports Palace | 3,000
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E.Ismeti | |
Teuta | Durrës | 1925
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Ramazan Njala Sports Palace | 1,000
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Miodrag Baletic | |
Tirana | Tirana | 1946
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Farie Hoti Sports Palace | 3,000
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Bujar Shehu | |
Vllaznia | Shkodër | 1919
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Qazim Dërvishi Sports Palace | 1,200
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Bledar Gjeçaj |
Regular season
[edit]League table
[edit]Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
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1 | Goga | 20 | 18 | 2 | 1856 | 1565 | +291 | 38 | Qualification to playoffs |
2 | Teuta | 20 | 15 | 5 | 1757 | 1488 | +269 | 35 | |
3 | Partizani | 20 | 10 | 10 | 1639 | 1536 | +103 | 30 | |
4 | Tirana | 20 | 8 | 12 | 1568 | 1656 | −88 | 28 | |
5 | Vllaznia | 20 | 5 | 15 | 1569 | 1811 | −242 | 25 | Relegation playoffs |
6 | Kamza (R) | 20 | 4 | 16 | 1531 | 1855 | −324 | 24 | Relegation to First Division |
Results
[edit]Playoffs
[edit]The semi-finals were played in a best-of-three playoff format and the finals in a best-of-five playoff format (1-1-1-1-1).
Bracket
[edit]Semi-finals | Finals | |||||
Goga | 2 | |||||
Tirana | 1 | |||||
Goga | 3 | |||||
Teuta | 2 | |||||
Teuta | 2 | |||||
Partizani | 0 | |||||
Semi-finals
[edit]Team 1 | Series | Team 2 | Game 1 | Game 2 | Game 3 |
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Goga | 2–1 | Tirana | 81–74 | 75–82 | 100–65 |
Teuta | 2–0 | Partizani | 83–60 | 69–63 |
Finals
[edit]Team 1 | Series | Team 2 | Game 1 | Game 2 | Game 3 | Game 4 | Game 5 |
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Goga | 3–2 | Teuta | 84–88 | 73–72 | 79–70 | 70–81 | 81–60 |
Relegation playoffs
[edit]Vllaznia played legs 1 and 3 at home.
Team 1 | Series | Team 2 | Game 1 | Game 2 | Game 3 |
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Vllaznia | 2–0 | Invaders | 91–56 | 107–75 |
Albanian clubs in European competitions
[edit]Team | Competition | Progress |
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Teuta | Balkan League | Runner-up |