2018–19_Basketball_Bundesliga
2018–19 Basketball Bundesliga
Professional basketball club in Germany
The 2018–19 Basketball Bundesliga, known as the easyCredit BBL for sponsorship reasons, was the 53rd season of the Basketball Bundesliga (BBL), the top-tier level of professional club basketball in Germany.
Basketball Bundesliga | ||||||||||
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Season | 2018–19 | |||||||||
Dates | 28 September 2018 – June 2019 | |||||||||
Number of games | 306 | |||||||||
Number of teams | 18 | |||||||||
Regular season | ||||||||||
EuroLeague | Bayern Munich Alba Berlin | |||||||||
Season MVP | Will Cummings | |||||||||
Relegated | Eisbären Bremerhaven Science City Jena | |||||||||
Finals | ||||||||||
Champions | Bayern Munich (5th title) | |||||||||
Runners-up | Alba Berlin | |||||||||
Semifinalists | EWE Baskets Oldenburg Rasta Vechta | |||||||||
Finals MVP | Nihad Đedović | |||||||||
Statistical leaders | ||||||||||
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Records | ||||||||||
Total attendance | 1,281,826 | |||||||||
Average attendance | 4,189 | |||||||||
Seasons | ||||||||||
← 2017–18 2019–20 → |
Bayern Munich defended their title by defeating Alba Berlin in the finals.[1]
Alba Berlin, runners-up of the season, qualified for the 2019–20 EuroLeague as Bayern Munich was already given a wild card.
Team changes
Promoted from 2017–18 ProA | Relegated from 2017–18 Basketball Bundesliga |
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Crailsheim Merlins Rasta Vechta[2] | Rockets[3] Tigers Tübingen[4] |
Arenas and locations
Team | City | Arena | Capacity |
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Alba Berlin | Berlin | Mercedes-Benz Arena | 14,500 |
Brose Bamberg | Bamberg | Brose Arena | 6,150 |
Crailsheim Merlins | Crailsheim | Arena Hohenlohe | 3,000 |
medi Bayreuth | Bayreuth | Oberfrankenhalle | 4,000 |
Telekom Baskets Bonn | Bonn | Telekom Dome | 6,000 |
Löwen Braunschweig | Braunschweig | Volkswagen Halle | 6,600 |
Eisbären Bremerhaven | Bremerhaven | Bremerhaven Stadthalle | 4,050 |
Fraport Skyliners | Frankfurt | Fraport Arena | 5,002 |
Gießen 46ers | Gießen | Sporthalle Gießen-Ost | 4,003 |
BG Göttingen | Göttingen | Sparkassen Arena | 3,447 |
Science City Jena | Jena | Sparkassen-Arena | 3,000 |
MHP Riesen Ludwigsburg | Ludwigsburg | MHP-Arena | 5,300 |
Mitteldeutscher BC | Weißenfels | Stadthalle Weißenfels | 3,000 |
Bayern Munich | Munich | Audi Dome | 6,700 |
EWE Baskets Oldenburg | Oldenburg | Große EWE Arena | 6,069 |
Rasta Vechta | Vechta | Rasta Dome | 3,140 |
ratiopharm Ulm | Ulm | Arena Ulm/Neu-Ulm | 6,000 |
s.Oliver Würzburg | Würzburg | s.Oliver Arena | 3,140 |
Personnel and sponsorship
Team | Head coach | Kit manufacturer | Shirt sponsor |
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Alba Berlin | Aíto García Reneses | Adidas | ALBA SE |
Bayern Munich | Dejan Radonjić | Adidas | BayWa |
BG Göttingen | Johan Roijakkers | Nike | Satorius |
Brose Bamberg | Federico Perego | Macron | Brose |
Crailsheim Merlins | Tuomas Iisalo | – | Hakro |
Eisbären Bremerhaven | Arne Woltmann | Owayo | BLG Logistics |
EWE Baskets Oldenburg | Mladen Drijenčić | Owayo | EWE |
Fraport Skyliners | Gordon Herbert | Peak | Fraport |
Gießen 46ers | Ingo Freyer | K1x | Rovema |
Löwen Braunschweig | Frank Menz | Spalding | hey car |
medi Bayreuth | Raoul Korner | K1x | Medi |
MHP Riesen Ludwigsburg | John Patrick | Macron | Mieschke Hofmann und Partner |
Mitteldeutscher BC | Silvano Poropat | K1x | Puraglobe |
Rasta Vechta | Pedro Calles | Spalding | Rasta |
ratiopharm Ulm | Thorsten Leibenath | Nike | Ratiopharm |
s.Oliver Würzburg | Denis Wucherer | K1x | s.Oliver |
Science City Jena | Marius Linartas | Spalding | Science City |
Telekom Baskets Bonn | Predrag Krunić | Spalding | Deutsche Telekom |
Managerial changes
Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Position in table | Replaced with | Date of appointment |
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Mitteldeutscher BC | Igor Jovović | End of contract | 1 June 2018 | Pre-season | Aleksandar Šćepanović | 14 June 2018[5] |
Brose Bamberg | Luca Banchi | 15 June 2018[6] | Ainars Bagatskis | 30 June 2018 |
In the regular season, teams play against each other two times home-and-away in a round-robin format. The first eight teams advance to the playoffs, while the last two placed teams will be relegated to the ProA for next season.
League table
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
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1 | Bayern Munich | 34 | 31 | 3 | 3019 | 2598 | +421 | 62 | Qualification for playoffs |
2 | EWE Baskets Oldenburg | 34 | 28 | 6 | 3157 | 2782 | +375 | 56 | |
3 | Alba Berlin | 34 | 27 | 7 | 3125 | 2742 | +383 | 54 | |
4 | Rasta Vechta | 34 | 24 | 10 | 2978 | 2809 | +169 | 48 | |
5 | Brose Bamberg | 34 | 22 | 12 | 3010 | 2880 | +130 | 44 | |
6 | ratiopharm Ulm | 34 | 20 | 14 | 2975 | 2896 | +79 | 40 | |
7 | Telekom Baskets Bonn | 34 | 18 | 16 | 2932 | 2955 | −23 | 36 | |
8 | Basketball Löwen Braunschweig | 34 | 17 | 17 | 2890 | 2853 | +37 | 34[lower-alpha 1] | |
9 | s.Oliver Würzburg | 34 | 17 | 17 | 2773 | 2822 | −49 | 34[lower-alpha 1] | |
10 | MHP Riesen Ludwigsburg | 34 | 16 | 18 | 2880 | 2899 | −19 | 32[lower-alpha 2] | |
11 | Skyliners Frankfurt | 34 | 16 | 18 | 2688 | 2794 | −106 | 32[lower-alpha 2] | |
12 | Medi Bayreuth | 34 | 14 | 20 | 2897 | 2978 | −81 | 28 | |
13 | Gießen 46ers | 34 | 13 | 21 | 3065 | 3192 | −127 | 26 | |
14 | BG Göttingen | 34 | 11 | 23 | 2699 | 2828 | −129 | 22 | |
15 | Mitteldeutscher BC | 34 | 10 | 24 | 2879 | 3053 | −174 | 20 | |
16 | Crailsheim Merlins | 34 | 9 | 25 | 2829 | 3091 | −262 | 18 | |
17 | Eisbären Bremerhaven (R) | 34 | 8 | 26 | 2746 | 2969 | −223 | 16 | Relegation to ProA |
18 | Science City Jena (R) | 34 | 5 | 29 | 2640 | 3039 | −399 | 10 |
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head points difference; 4) head-to-head number of points scored.
(R) Relegated
Notes:
Results
Home \ Away | BAM | BAY | BER | BON | BRA | BRE | CRA | FRA | GIE | GOT | JEN | LUD | MBC | MUN | OLD | ULM | VEC | WUR |
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Brose Bamberg | — | 84–94 | 66–69 | 77–70 | 93–88 | 100–74 | 101–92 | 74–73 | 109–101 (OT) |
100–77 | 99–67 | 93–91 (OT) |
88–73 | 75–80 | 86–93 | 103–94 | 67–85 | 97–65 |
Medi Bayreuth | 79–90 | — | 80–79 | 84–78 (OT) |
78–77 | 113–85 | 102–85 | 72–76 | 95–80 | 75–78 | 103–78 | 81–109 | 95–92 | 90–93 | 70–90 | 79–88 | 81–86 | 84–99 |
Alba Berlin | 92–88 | 86–68 | — | 110–98 | 82–74 | 107–104 (OT) |
115–76 | 87–74 | 108–96 | 95–68 | 112–55 | 86–80 | 92–84 | 75–85 | 78–94 | 92–81 | 104–67 | 108–69 |
Telekom Baskets Bonn | 92–81 | 94–84 | 81–93 | — | 75–69 | 108–75 | 89–87 | 60–71 | 97–105 | 76–68 | 93–87 | 86–62 | 105–98 | 102–98 | 78–98 | 78–76 | 87–92 (OT) |
91–86 |
Basketball Löwen Braunschweig | 92–66 | 100–85 | 83–79 | 86–92 | — | 83–81 | 98–84 | 95–77 | 105–101 | 90–76 | 90–66 | 100–99 (OT) |
75–63 | 61–87 | 64–100 | 82–77 | 85–88 | 87–78 |
Eisbären Bremerhaven | 88–93 | 83–75 | 86–94 | 88–67 | 69–87 | — | 93–80 | 78–80 | 92–101 | 108–90 (OT) |
76–74 | 81–75 | 76–81 | 72–89 | 83–88 | 78–88 | 77–84 | 85–87 |
Crailsheim Merlins | 77–93 | 97–90 | 69–105 | 87–88 | 99–94 (OT) |
86–80 | — | 69–77 | 90–92 | 63–88 | 101–78 | 85–94 | 70–89 | 71–96 | 99–87 | 79–82 | 68–70 | 69–87 |
Skyliners Frankfurt | 86–79 | 81–91 | 86–99 | 83–79 | 82–77 | 84–77 | 77–91 | — | 82–81 | 64–72 | 83–69 | 94–96 | 93–88 | 87–91 (2 OT) |
75–74 | 63–91 | 80–100 | 77–91 |
Gießen 46ers | 90–97 | 90–95 | 96–101 | 92–99 | 99–97 | 87–89 | 114–115 | 91–90 | — | 85–104 | 89–83 | 93–98 | 91–84 | 76–99 | 97–88 | 99–90 | 83–84 | 84–101 |
BG Göttingen | 77–78 | 80–89 | 91–85 | 79–86 | 76–80 | 85–79 | 93–80 | 70–81 | 95–98 | — | 81–88 | 86–80 | 78–92 | 71–84 | 79–96 | 76–82 | 79–82 | 91–87 |
Science City Jena | 85–90 | 89–96 | 77–81 | 82–70 | 85–83 | 87–98 (OT) |
88–91 | 72–78 | 61–81 | 92–93 | — | 89–91 (OT) |
81–64 | 66–82 | 80–83 | 80–85 | 76–89 | 78–82 |
MHP Riesen Ludwigsburg | 96–95 | 100–82 | 79–80 | 78–83 | 94–104 | 75–58 | 82–70 | 83–76 | 83–68 | 62–52 | 86–74 | — | 93–86 | 75–91 | 67–85 | 92–98 | 102–98 | 75–80 |
Mitteldeutscher BC | 89–96 | 108–90 | 91–102 | 80–78 | 84–81 | 90–87 | 82–87 | 89–95 (OT) |
86–83 | 63–105 | 109–92 | 77–76 | — | 66–81 | 74–89 | 81–94 | 100–106 (OT) |
84–97 |
Bayern Munich | 85–78 | 101–95 (OT) |
83–81 | 102–91 | 84–73 | 91–80 | 99–79 | 80–71 | 94–79 | 80–68 | 103–71 | 92–74 | 92–67 | — | 95–74 | 95–72 | 79–66 | 87–69 |
EWE Baskets Oldenburg | 100–89 | 90–81 | 84–93 | 109–95 | 103–89 | 99–76 | 87–79 | 91–69 | 117–85 | 86–70 | 103–62 | 100–71 | 118–115 (OT) |
83–82 | — | 103–99 (2OT) |
81–62 | 109–93 |
ratiopharm Ulm | 91–100 | 92–69 | 74–92 | 95–86 | 93–84 | 78–69 | 99–87 | 82–72 | 91–92 | 86–74 | 90–97 | 82–91 | 105–94 | 77–83 | 69–82 | — | 98–94 | 95–94 (OT) |
Rasta Vechta | 95–101 (OT) |
67–83 | 80–69 | 112–117 (2OT) |
87–79 | 85–64 | 95–92 | 83–88 (OT) |
92–81 | 82–60 | 104–66 | 112–92 | 89–79 | 93–75 | 100–85 | 80–81 | — | 75–65 |
s.Oliver Würzburg | 80–84 | 73–69 | 75–94 | 80–75 | 71–78 | 80–71 | 87–75 | 72–63 | 81–85 | 88–71 | 80–65 | 82–79 | 84–77 | 70–81 | 78–88 | 77–99 | 88–92 | — |
Legend: Blue = home team win; Red = away team win.
All three rounds of the playoffs are played in a best-of-five format, with the higher seeded team playing the first, third and fifth game at home.
Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Finals | ||||||||||||
1 | Bayern Munich | 3 | ||||||||||||
8 | Löwen Braunschweig | 0 | ||||||||||||
1 | Bayern Munich | 3 | ||||||||||||
4 | Rasta Vechta | 0 | ||||||||||||
4 | Rasta Vechta | 3 | ||||||||||||
5 | Brose Bamberg | 1 | ||||||||||||
1 | Bayern Munich | 3 | ||||||||||||
3 | Alba Berlin | 0 | ||||||||||||
2 | EWE Baskets Oldenburg | 3 | ||||||||||||
7 | Telekom Baskets Bonn | 0 | ||||||||||||
2 | EWE Baskets Oldenburg | 0 | ||||||||||||
3 | Alba Berlin | 3 | ||||||||||||
3 | Alba Berlin | 3 | ||||||||||||
6 | ratiopharm Ulm | 0 |
Major award winners
Statistical leaders
Category | Player | Club | Average |
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Points | Will Cummings | EWE Baskets Oldenburg | 20.5 |
Rebounds | John Bryant | Gießen 46ers | 10.2 |
Assists | T.J. Bray | Rasta Vechta | 7.9 |
Steals | Javonte Green | ratiopharm Ulm | 2.3 |
Blocks | Keith Benson | Eisbären Bremerhaven | 1.2 |
Efficiency | John Bryant | Gießen 46ers | 25.7 |
Team | Competition | Progress |
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Bayern Munich | EuroLeague | 11th qualified |
ALBA Berlin | EuroCup | Runners-up |
Fraport Skyliners | Top 16 | |
ratiopharm Ulm | Top 16 | |
Brose Bamberg | Champions League | Fourth place |
medi Bayreuth | Regular season | |
MHP Riesen Ludwigsburg | Regular season | |
Telekom Baskets Bonn | Regular season | |
FIBA Europe Cup | Round of 16 | |
s.Oliver Würzburg | Runners-up |
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