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2019 VBA season

Vietnam Basketball Association
Season2019
Duration1 June 2019 – 18 August 2019 (Regular season)
24 August 2019 – 31 August 2019 (Playoffs)
7 September 2019 - 17 September 2019 (Finals)
Games played55
Teams6
Regular season
Top seedCantho Catfish
Season MVPUnited States Tam Dinh
(Cantho Catfish)
Finals
ChampionsSaigon Heat
  Runners-upCantho Catfish
SemifinalistsHochiminh City Wings
Thang Long Warriors
Finals MVPUnited States Tavarion Nix
(Saigon Heat)
Awards
Domestic MVPVietnam Dư Minh An
(Saigon Heat)
Heritage MVPNetherlands Vincent Nguyen
(Hochiminh City Wings)
← 2018
2020 →

The 2019 VBA season was the fourth season of the Vietnam Basketball Association. The regular season began on 1 June 2019 and ended on 18 August 2019. The playoffs began on 24 August 2019 and ended on 31 August 2019. The finals began on 7 September 2019 and ended on 17 September 2019 with the Saigon Heat beating the Cantho Catfish in 5 games.

Teams

Venues and locations

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Locations of teams in 2019 VBA
Team Home city Arena
Cantho Catfish Cần Thơ Da Nang Sports Arena
Danang Dragons Đà Nẵng Quan Khu 5 Sports Arena
Hanoi Buffaloes Hà Nội Bach Khoa Sports Arena
Hochiminh City Wings Ho Chi Minh City Ho Xuan Huong Sports Arena
Saigon Heat Ho Chi Minh City CIS Sports Arena
Thang Long Warriors Hà Nội Su Pham Sports Arena


Personnel and sponsorship

Team Head coach Captain Kit manufacturer
Cantho Catfish United States Jordan Collins Lê Hiếu Thành Hemero
Danang Dragons Vietnam Phan Thanh Cảnh Horace Nguyen
Hanoi Buffaloes United States Lee Tao Dana Henry Nguyen
Hochiminh City Wings Serbia Predrag Lukic Phạm Thanh Tùng Hemero
Saigon Heat United States David Singleton Tavarion Nix
Thang Long Warriors United States Matt Juranek Justin Young

Managerial changes

Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Replaced with Date of appointment
Thang Long Warriors Serbia Predrag Lukic Resigned 11 November 2018 Pre-season United States Matt Juranek 22 March 2019
Hochiminh City Wings vacant Serbia Predrag Lukic 24 November 2018
Cantho Catfish United States Kevin Yurkus Resigned 7 January 2019 United States Jordan Collins 18 February 2019
Danang Dragons United States Donte Hill Fired 7 January 2019 Vietnam Phan Thanh Cảnh 23 March 2019
Hanoi Buffaloes United States Todd Purves Resigned 7 July 2019 5 United States Lee Tao Dana 10 July 2019

Drafts

Rnd. Pick Player Nationality[n 1] Team School / club team
1 1 Michael Soy  Canada Hochiminh City Wings
1 2 Nguyễn Văn Hùng  Vietnam Danang Dragons Hanoi Buffaloes
1 3 Richard Nguyen  United States Saigon Heat
1 4 Đỗ Xuân Nam  Vietnam Hanoi Buffaloes Thang Long Warriors
1 5 Nguyễn Thành Đạt  Vietnam Thang Long Warriors Hanoi Buffaloes
1 6 Võ Huy Hoàn  Vietnam Hochiminh City Wings Saigon Heat
2 1 Lai Xương Thành  Vietnam Hanoi Buffaloes Hochiminh City Wings
2 2 Austin Ly  Canada Danang Dragons
2 3 Phạm Đức Kiên  Vietnam Saigon Heat Hanoi Buffaloes
2 4 Tô Quang Trung  Vietnam Hanoi Buffaloes Thang Long Warriors
2 5 Nguyễn Tiến Dương  Vietnam Thang Long Warriors Hanoi Buffaloes
2 6 Tăng Minh Trí  Vietnam Cantho Catfish Cantho Catfish
3 1 Bùi Quốc Tân  Vietnam Cantho Catfish Saigon Heat
3 2 Đàm Huy Đại  Vietnam Danang Dragons Danang Dragons
3 3 Huỳnh Vĩnh Quang  Vietnam Saigon Heat Saigon Heat
3 4 Bùi Thái Hà  Vietnam Hanoi Buffaloes Thang Long Warriors
3 5 Bạch Công Trung  Vietnam Thang Long Warriors Hanoi Buffaloes
3 6 Nguyễn Vũ Bình Nguyên  Vietnam Cantho Catfish Cantho Catfish

Regular season

Standings

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD PCT GB Qualification CTC SGH HCM TLW HNB DND
1 Cantho Catfish 15 9 6 1269 1217 +52 .600 — Advance to Playoffs — 84–83
92-75 		67–89
80-74 		71–86 70–64 107–92
2 Saigon Heat 15 9 6 1136 1062 +74 .600 — 77–90 — 71–67
65-79 		88–54
69-52 		87–81 78–52
88-74
3 Hochiminh City Wings 15 8 7 1088 1114 −26 .533 1 80–75 84–76 — 79–77 (OT)
60-74 		67–98
69-85 		69–75
4 Thang Long Warriors 15 7 8 1060 1058 +2 .467 2 83–81
76-85 		56–64 62–66 — 64–61
72-78 		80–51
5 Hanoi Buffaloes 15 7 8 1134 1126 +8 .467 2 73–76
99-131 		70–84
65-61 		78–63 64–71 — 71–82
76-57
6 Danang Dragons 15 5 10 1055 1169 −114 .333 4 87–86
79-74 		62–70 60–67
71-75 		75–70
66-83 		72–75 —
Updated to match(es) played on 18 August 2019. Source: vba.vn

Playoffs

 
SemifinalsFinals
 
              
 
 
 
 
1 Cantho Catfish 738781
 
 
 
4 Thang Long Warriors 818279
 
1 Cantho Catfish 7874744968
 
 
 
2 Saigon Heat 7584686669
 
2 Saigon Heat 6674
 
 
 3 Hochiminh City Wings 4571
 

Awards

Yearly awards

MVP of the Week

For week ending Player Team Ref.
9 June 2019 Vincent Nguyen (1/1) Hochiminh City Wings 1
16 June 2019 Wayne Martin (1/1) Hochiminh City Wings 2
23 June 2019 Mike Bell (1/2) Hanoi Buffaloes 3
30 June 2019 Anthony January (1/1) Danang Dragons 4
7 July 2019 Michael Soy (1/1) Hochiminh City Wings 5
14 July 2019 Tam Dinh (1/2) Cantho Catfish 6
21 July 2019 Tam Dinh (2/2) Cantho Catfish 7
28 July 2019 Mike Bell (2/2) Hanoi Buffaloes 8
4 August 2019 Jaywuan Hill (1/1) Thang Long Warriors 9
11 August 2019 Tavarion Nix (1/2) Saigon Heat 10
18 August 2019 Tavarion Nix (2/2) Saigon Heat 11

References

Footnotes

  1. ^ Nationality indicates the player's national team or representative nationality. If a player has not competed at the international level, then the nationality indicates the national team which the player is eligible to represent according to FIBA rules.
Quelle: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2019_VBA_season