2018–19 Basketligaen

Basketligaen
Basketligaen
Season	2018–19
Duration	25 September 2018 – 13 May 2019
Teams	9
Regular season
Season MVP	Ryan Evans
Finals
Champions	Bakken Bears (17th title)
Runners-up	Horsens IC
Third place	Team FOG Næstved
Fourth place	Randers Cimbria
	← 2017–18 2019–20 →

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

EBBA

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

Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Finals



Bakken Bears	3

Værløse	0
		Bakken Bears	3

		Randers Cimbria	1
Svendborg Rabbits	2

Randers Cimbria	3
				Bakken Bears	4

				Horsens	0
Horsens	3

BMS Herlev Wolfpack	0
		Horsens	3

		Team FOG Næstved	0	Third place game
Team FOG Næstved	3

EBAA	0
				Team FOG Næstved	101

				Randers Cimbria	92

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
Horsens	3–0	BMS Herlev Wolfpack	112–67	99–75	91–64
Team FOG Næstved	3–0	EBAA	89–65	93–64	101–66
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
Horsens	3–0	Team FOG Næstved	89–78	93–81	109–66

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

Danish clubs in European competitions

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

References

^ "Basketligaen 2018/19" (in Danish). Basketligan. Archived from the original on 24 July 2018. Retrieved 18 July 2018.
^ "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.
^ "Idrætshallen". Svendborg Idrætscenter. 4 December 2015. Retrieved 15 April 2020.

External links

Official Basketligaen website

[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.

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