2018–19 Slovak Basketball League
Extraliga | |
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Season | 2018–19 |
Duration | 6 October 2018 – 1 June 2019 |
Teams | 9 |
Finals | |
Champions | Inter Bratislava (5th title) |
Runners-up | Prievidza |
Third place | Levicki Patrioti |
Fourth place | Iskra Svit |
← 2017–18 2019–20 → |
The 2018–19 Slovak Basketball League season will be the 27th season of the top-tier basketball competition in Slovakia. Levickí Patrioti are the defending champions.
Competition format
Ten teams joined the regular season, consisted in playing against each other four times home-and-away in double a round-robin format. The eight first qualified teams advance to the playoffs.
Teams
After the resignation of Košice, runner-up of the previous season, to continue playing in the league, Lučenec, champion of the 1.Liga, replaced them.[1] Also, VŠEMvs Karlovka Bratislava resigned to the league thus reducing the number of teams to nine.
Team | City | Arena |
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04 AC LB Spišská Nová Ves | Spišská Nová Ves | |
Handlová | Handlová | Športová Hala |
Inter Bratislava | Bratislava | Hant Aréna |
Iskra Svit | Svit | Iskra Aréna |
Lučenec | Lučenec | |
Levickí Patrioti | Levice | Športová Hala Levice |
PP & TV Raj Žilina | Žilina | |
Prievidza | Prievidza | Niké Aréna |
Rieker Com Therm Komárno | Komárno | Mestská športová hala |
Regular season
League table
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | PCT | Qualification or relegation |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Inter Bratislava | 32 | 28 | 4 | 2706 | 2139 | +567 | .875 | Qualification to playoffs |
2 | Levickí Patrioti | 32 | 22 | 10 | 2633 | 2438 | +195 | .688 | |
3 | Prievidza | 32 | 19 | 13 | 2504 | 2339 | +165 | .594 | |
4 | Iskra Svit | 32 | 19 | 13 | 2634 | 2545 | +89 | .594 | |
5 | PP & TV Raj Žilina | 32 | 15 | 17 | 2559 | 2640 | −81 | .469 | |
6 | Rieker Com Therm Komárno | 32 | 13 | 19 | 2641 | 2625 | +16 | .406 | |
7 | Handlová | 32 | 13 | 19 | 2504 | 2700 | −196 | .406 | |
8 | 04 AC LB Spišská Nová Ves | 32 | 9 | 23 | 2615 | 2897 | −282 | .281 | |
9 | Lučenec | 32 | 6 | 26 | 2364 | 2837 | −473 | .188 |
Results
Playoffs
Seeded teams played games 1, 3, 5 and 7 at home. Quarterfinals were played in a best-of-five games format while semifinals and final with a best-of-seven one.
Bracket
Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
Inter Bratislava | 3 | |||||||||
04 AC LB Spišská Nová Ves | 0 | |||||||||
Inter Bratislava | 4 | |||||||||
Iskra Svit | 0 | |||||||||
Iskra Svit | 3 | |||||||||
PP & TV Raj Žilina | 1 | |||||||||
Inter Bratislava | 4 | |||||||||
Prievidza | 0 | |||||||||
Levickí Patrioti | 3 | |||||||||
Handlová | 2 | |||||||||
Levickí Patrioti | 2 | |||||||||
Prievidza | 4 | |||||||||
Prievidza | 3 | |||||||||
Rieker Com Therm Komárno | 2 | |||||||||
Quarter-finals
Team 1 | Series | Team 2 | Game 1 | Game 2 | Game 3 | Game 4 | Game 5 |
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Inter Bratislava | 3–0 | 04 AC LB Spišská Nová Ves | 109–65 | 102–69 | 115–76 | ||
Levickí Patrioti | 3–2 | Handlová | 81–59 | 83–88 | 73–59 | 87–98 | 82–65 |
Prievidza | 3–2 | Rieker Com Therm Komárno | 81–61 | 77–86 | 96–74 | {68–72 | 103–81 |
Iskra Svit | 3–1 | PP & TV Raj Žilina | 87–67 | 79–91 | 81–73 | 91–81 |
Semi-finals
Team 1 | Series | Team 2 | Game 1 | Game 2 | Game 3 | Game 4 | Game 5 | Game 6 | Game 7 |
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Inter Bratislava | 4–0 | Iskra Svit | 93–91 | 95–74 | 114–48 | 85–63 | |||
Levickí Patrioti | 2–4 | Prievidza | 62–69 | 62–68 | 80–69 | 64–76 | 82–75 | 64–68 |
Finals
Team 1 | Series | Team 2 | Game 1 | Game 2 | Game 3 | Game 4 | Game 5 | Game 6 | Game 7 |
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Inter Bratislava | 4–0 | Prievidza | 87–54 | 83–77 | 102–73 | 84–69 |
Slovak clubs in European competitions
Team | Competition | Progress |
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Levicki Patrioti | Alpe Adria Cup | Semifinals |
References
- ^ "Liga naďalej s desiatimi účastníkmi, Lučenec namiesto Košíc" [League continues with ten participants, Lučenec instead of Košice] (in Slovak). Basket.sk. 18 June 2018. Retrieved 23 June 2018.