2018–19 Georgian Superliga

The 2018–19 Georgian Superliga was the 19th season of the Georgian Superliga since its establishment.

Superliga
Duration10 November 2018 – May 2019
Number of teams10
Regular season
RelegatedRustavi
Finals
ChampionsDelta (1st title)
  Runners-upKutaisi

Dinamo Tbilisi were the defending champions.

Format

Regular season consisted in a double-legged round-robin competition where the eight best teams qualified for the playoffs.

Teams

The league was expanded to ten teams. Two clubs have been promoted from A-league, TSU Tbilisi as champion and MIA Academy Titebi as runner-up, and after winning a promotion/relegation playoff against Sokhumi.

Regular season

League table
Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Kutaisi 18 14 4 1548 1428 +120 32 Qualification to playoffs
2 Mgzavrebi 18 13 5 1511 1369 +142 31
3 Delta 18 12 6 1448 1332 +116 30
4 TSU Hyundai 18 10 8 1489 1471 +18 28
5 Dinamo 18 10 8 1366 1352 +14 28
6 Olimpi 18 8 10 1418 1450 −32 26
7 Batumi 18 8 10 1397 1465 −68 26
8 MIA Academy Titebi 18 7 11 1463 1488 −25 25
9 Cactus (O) 18 5 13 1404 1554 −150 23 Qualification to relegation playoffs
10 Rustavi (R) 18 3 15 1333 1468 −135 21 Relegated
Source: [1]
(O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated

Results
Home \ Away BAT CAC DEL DIN KUT MGZ TIT OLI RUS TSU
Batumi — 89–85 69–85 66–79 97–89 76–89 76–86 69–61 87–65 82–71
Cactus 90–81 — 61–83 73–88 83–90 88–102 69–84 78–74 87–80 65–85
Delta 70–78 87–64 — 99–77 91–80 67–70 87–86 64–66 86–79 79–72
Dinamo 73–80 83–70 73–62 — 68–79 71–88 60–73 80–79 77–61 89–98
Kutaisi 88–68 93–84 87–89 81–66 — 78–80 81–77 108–78 87–75 80–73
Mgzavrebi 92–71 94–85 81–74 65–68 82–86 — 87–78 70–83 72–75 96–61
MIA Academy Titebi 89–82 86–71 72–90 62–86 66–75 86–91 — 70–93 96–81 86–93
Olimpi 100–83 89–95 77–72 65–77 82–87 72–84 86–83 — 84–71 73–75
Rustavi 70–73 76–81 62–73 67–62 87–94 71–91 81–86 90–59 — 77–96
TSU Hyundai 83–70 89–75 78–90 84–89 82–85 79–77 99–96 94–97 77–65 —
Source: [2]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Red = away team win.

Playoffs

All the rounds will be played in a best-of-five games format, (2-2-1) format.

Bracket
 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
 
 
 
Kutaisi3
 
 
 
MIA Academy Titebi1
 
Kutaisi3
 
 
 
Dinamo2
 
TSU Hyundai1
 
 
 
Dinamo3
 
Kutaisi2
 
 
 
Delta3
 
Mgzavrebi3
 
 
 
Batumi2
 
Mgzavrebi0
 
 
 
Delta3 Third place
 
Delta3
 
 
 
Olimpi0
 
Mgzavrebi75
 
 
Dinamo65
 

Quarter-finals
Team 1 Series Team 2 Game 1 Game 2 Game 3Game 4Game 5
Kutaisi 3–1 MIA Academy Titebi 93–87 96–95 96–10193–870
Mgzavrebi 3–2 Batumi 88–90 75–64 82–8877–9497–76
Delta 3–0 Olimpi 69–60 74–69 81–7100
TSU Hyundai 1–3 Dinamo 78–85 87–73 72–9074–780

Semi-finals
Team 1 Series Team 2 Game 1 Game 2 Game 3Game 4Game 5
Kutaisi 3–2 Dinamo 68–60 76–84 76–5663–7178–74
Mgzavrebi 0–3 Delta 76–90 67–75 75–9800

Third place match
Team 1  Score  Team 2
Mgzavrebi 75–65 Dinamo

Finals
Team 1 Series Team 2 Game 1 Game 2 Game 3Game 4Game 5
Kutaisi 2–3 Delta 83–90 82–70 83–7475–8678–82

Relegation playoffs

The winner of the playoffs between the ninth qualified and the runner-up of the A-League will join the next Superleague season with Vera, champion of the second-tiered league.

Team 1 Series Team 2 Game 1 Game 2 Game 3Game 4Game 5
Cactus 3–2 CIU 75–66 0 069–7490–69

Georgian clubs in European competitions
TeamCompetitionProgress
DinamoChampions LeagueFirst qualifying round

References
  1. Georgian Basketball Federation
  2. Georgian Basketball Federation
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