2018–19 Slovak Basketball League

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.

Extraliga
Season2018–19
Duration6 October 2018 – 1 June 2019
Number of teams9
Finals
ChampionsInter Bratislava
(5th title)
  Runners-upPrievidza
Third place Levicki Patrioti
Fourth place Iskra Svit

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
Location of teams in 2018–19 Slovak Extraliga

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.

TeamCityArena
04 AC LB Spišská Nová VesSpišská Nová Ves
HandlováHandlováŠportová Hala
Inter BratislavaBratislavaHant Aréna
Iskra SvitSvitIskra Aréna
LučenecLučenec
Levickí PatriotiLeviceŠportová Hala Levice
PP & TV Raj ŽilinaŽilina
PrievidzaPrievidzaNiké Aréna
Rieker Com Therm KomárnoKomárnoMestská 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
Source: Basket.sk

Results
Home \ Away SPI HAN INT SVI LEV LUC ZIL PRI KOM SPI HAN INT SVI LEV LUC ZIL PRI KOM
04 AC LB Spišská Nová Ves — 79–93 65–91 74–109 78–84 89–65 88–101 80–73 91–85 — 89–75 64–86 93–99 94–99 86–104 96–83 87–79 105–100
Handlová 88–84 — 60–85 70–67 72–77 74–84 86–83 77–82 82–68 88–76 — 66–89 98–92 76–92 97–80 96–81 74–76 113–110
Inter Bratislava 105–66 98–50 — 69–58 79–72 92–50 104–71 70–67 86–62 87–73 105–49 — 73–68 84–82 109–73 95–60 79–66 63–69
Iskra Svit 97–72 85–81 79–88 — 80–79 91–85 94–72 79–62 84–71 90–67 78–74 72–85 — 80–83 107–83 87–73 63–74 90–86
Levickí Patrioti 91–68 68–57 87–69 83–64 — 97–71 84–76 87–86 93–65 95–76 90–87 66–72 94–85 — 98–64 84–65 55–75 81–78
Lučenec 76–89 72–77 82–88 88–92 75–93 — 57–66 59–96 59–71 90–85 78–83 57–89 82–78 91–77 — 79–90 91–88 76–86
PP & TV Raj Žilina 99–91 92–77 72–67 93–73 98–91 79–56 — 73–83 93–73 96–88 89–94 69–91 67–73 61–66 84–67 — 89–76 109–100
Prievidza 71–82 97–68 56–69 72–82 74–67 86–74 64–58 — 86–62 98–63 77–67 64–84 95–76 68–56 92–66 85–71 — 83–71
Rieker Com Therm Komárno 95–92 88–83 74–73 76–83 83–95 109–70 73–81 86–76 — 105–76 89–72 70–82 74–79 87–67 99–62 102–65 74–77 —
Source: Basket.sk
Legend: Blue = home team win; Red = away team win.

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-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
 
 
 
Inter Bratislava3
 
 
 
04 AC LB Spišská Nová Ves0
 
Inter Bratislava4
 
 
 
Iskra Svit0
 
Iskra Svit3
 
 
 
PP & TV Raj Žilina1
 
Inter Bratislava4
 
 
 
Prievidza0
 
Levickí Patrioti3
 
 
 
Handlová2
 
Levickí Patrioti2
 
 
 
Prievidza4
 
Prievidza3
 
 
Rieker Com Therm Komárno2
 

Quarter-finals
Team 1 Series Team 2 Game 1 Game 2 Game 3Game 4Game 5
Inter Bratislava 3–0 04 AC LB Spišská Nová Ves 109–65 102–69 115–7600
Levickí Patrioti 3–2 Handlová 81–59 83–88 73–5987–9882–65
Prievidza 3–2 Rieker Com Therm Komárno 81–61 77–86 96–74{68–72103–81
Iskra Svit 3–1 PP & TV Raj Žilina 87–67 79–91 81–7391–810

Semi-finals
Team 1 Series Team 2 Game 1 Game 2 Game 3Game 4Game 5Game 6Game 7
Inter Bratislava 4–0 Iskra Svit 93–91 95–74 114–4885–63000
Levickí Patrioti 2–4 Prievidza 62–69 62–68 80–6964–7682–7564–680

Finals
Team 1 Series Team 2 Game 1 Game 2 Game 3Game 4Game 5Game 6Game 7
Inter Bratislava 4–0 Prievidza 87–54 83–77 102–7384–69000

Slovak clubs in European competitions
TeamCompetitionProgress
Levicki PatriotiAlpe Adria CupSemifinals

References
  1. "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.
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