2018–19 Basketligaen

Basketligaen
Season2018–19
Duration25 September 2018 – 13 May 2019
Number of teams9
Regular season
Season MVPUnited States Ryan Evans
Finals
ChampionsBakken Bears (17th title)
  Runners-upHorsens IC
Third placeTeam FOG Næstved
Fourth placeRanders Cimbria

The 2018–19 Basketligaen was the 44th season of the highest professional basketball tier in Denmark. The season started on 25 September 2018 and ended on 13 May 2019. Bakken Bears defended its title. Ryan Evans of the Bears was named the season's Most Valuable Player.

Competition format

Teams were divided into two groups: Pro A, joined by the best five teams in the previous season, and Pro B, by the rest of the team. Each team would play against each other of their same league four times, while only twice with teams from the other side.[1]

The five teams of Pro A and the best three of Pro B qualified for playoffs.

Teams

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Location of teams in 2018–19 Basketligaen

After the end of the season, Hørsholm 79ers resigned to its place in the league.[2] EBAA and Værløse joined the league.

Team City Arena Capacity
Bakken Bears Aarhus Vejlby-Risskov Hallen
2,050
BMS Herlev Wolfpack Copenhagen Ballerup Super Arena
6,500
EBAA Aarhus Vejlby-Risskov Hallen
2,050
Horsens IC Horsens Forum Horsens
3,300
Randers Cimbria Randers Arena Randers
3,000
Stevnsgade SuperMen Copenhagen Nørrebrohallen
600
Svendborg Rabbits Svendborg Svendborg Idrætscenter
1,922[3]
Team FOG Næstved Næstved Næstved Hallen
3,500
Værløse Værløse Søndersøhallen

Regular season

Pro A

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1 Bakken Bears 24 22 2 2444 1948 +496 44 Qualification to playoffs
2 Horsens 24 18 6 2256 1954 +302 36
3 Team FOG Næstved 24 14 10 2191 1969 +222 28
4 Svendborg Rabbits 24 13 11 1979 1979 0 26
5 Randers Cimbria 24 13 11 2160 2185 −25 26
Source: Basketligaen

Pro B

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1 EBAA 22 8 14 1668 1847 −179 16 Qualification to playoffs
2 BMS Herlev Wolfpack 22 7 15 1787 2015 −228 14
3 Værløse 22 7 15 1720 1906 −186 14
4 Stevnsgade SuperMen 22 2 20 1567 1969 −402 4
Source: Basketligaen

Results

Home \ Away BAK WOL HIC EBA RAN SVE STE FOG VAE BAK WOL HIC EBA RAN SVE STE FOG VAE
Bakken Bears — 109–72 101–78 119–83 109–74 87–78 102–78 109–89 113–74 — — 110–98 — 108–95 97–78 — 110–86 —
BMS Herlev Wolfpack 80–124 — 76–124 86–99 78–107 66–88 95–83 83–100 95–86 — — — 70–72 — — 97–79 — 84–74
Horsens 94–101 83–54 — 95–64 106–90 105–78 106–70 90–92 85–65 86–75 — — — 93–106 102–80 — 80–75 —
EBAA 75–89 56–88 64–82 — 56–82 71–93 78–64 75–87 64–67 — 88–69 — — — — 80–64 — 81–63
Randers Cimbria 107–103 98–91 81–95 101–90 — 76–96 94–69 85–81 114–85 85–115 — 94–103 — — 82–91 — 85–104 —
Svendborg Rabbits 70–100 90–76 64–106 99–89 69–72 — 81–62 84–75 85–73 78–81 — 75–86 — 73–77 — — 88–80 —
Stevnsgade SuperMen 57–118 95–97 74–98 79–92 71–88 52–75 — 62–111 60–67 — 73–67 — 78–83 — — — — 71–79
Team FOG Næstved 67–79 108–70 101–84 101–71 103–90 89–94 84–65 — 97–61 88–93 — 70–76 — 113–91 95–74 — — —
Værløse 78–90 93–84 94–101 68–64 83–86 80–98 78–63 70–95 — — 84–109 — 99–73 — — 88–60 — —
Source: Basketligaen
Legend: Blue = home team win; Red = away team win.

Playoffs

The playoffs were played between the eight teams of the competition, with a best-of-five series in a 1-1-1-1-1 format. The seeded team played games 1, 3 and 5 at home. The Finals will be played in a best-of-seven series and the bronze medal series as a single game.

Bracket

 
QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinals
 
          
 
 
 
 
Bakken Bears3
 
 
 
Værløse0
 
Bakken Bears3
 
 
 
Randers Cimbria1
 
Svendborg Rabbits2
 
 
 
Randers Cimbria3
 
Bakken Bears4
 
 
 
Horsens0
 
Horsens3
 
 
 
BMS Herlev Wolfpack0
 
Horsens3
 
 
 
Team FOG Næstved 0 Third place game
 
Team FOG Næstved3
 
 
 
EBAA0
 
Team FOG Næstved101
 
 
Randers Cimbria92
 

Quarterfinals

Team 1 Series Team 2 Game 1 Game 2 Game 3 Game 4 Game 5
Bakken Bears 3–0 Værløse 107–81 98–87 90–71 0 0
Horsens 3–0 BMS Herlev Wolfpack 112–67 99–75 91–64 0 0
Team FOG Næstved 3–0 EBAA 89–65 93–64 101–66 0 0
Svendborg Rabbits 2–3 Randers Cimbria 81–65 88–95 74–83 86–82 73–79

Semifinals

Team 1 Series Team 2 Game 1 Game 2 Game 3 Game 4 Game 5
Bakken Bears 3–1 Randers Cimbria 95–85 92–99 99–84 92–87 0
Horsens 3–0 Team FOG Næstved 89–78 93–81 109–66 0 0

Third place game

Team 1  Score  Team 2
Team FOG Næstved 101–92 Randers Cimbria

Finals

Team 1 Series Team 2 Game 1 Game 2 Game 3 Game 4 Game 5 Game 6 Game 7
Bakken Bears 4–0 Horsens 91–86 83–76 91–62 91–76 0 0 0

Danish clubs in European competitions

Team Competition Result
Bakken Bears Champions League Second qualifying round
FIBA Europe Cup Round of 16

References

  1. ^ "Basketligaen 2018/19" (in Danish). Basketligan. Archived from the original on 24 July 2018. Retrieved 18 July 2018.
  2. ^ "Hørsholm 79ers spiller ikke i BL i næste sæson" [Horsholm 79ers will not play in BL the next season] (in Danish). Basketligaen. Archived from the original on 22 August 2019. Retrieved 23 June 2018.
  3. ^ "Idrætshallen". Svendborg Idrætscenter. 4 December 2015. Retrieved 15 April 2020.

External links

  • Official Basketligaen website
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