2018–19 Basketball Bundesliga

Professional basketball club in Germany
Basketball Bundesliga
Season2018–19
Dates28 September 2018 – June 2019
Number of games306
Number of teams18
Regular season
EuroLeagueBayern Munich
Alba Berlin
Season MVPUnited States Will Cummings
RelegatedEisbären Bremerhaven
Science City Jena
Finals
ChampionsBayern Munich (5th title)
  Runners-upAlba Berlin
SemifinalistsEWE Baskets Oldenburg
Rasta Vechta
Finals MVPBosnia and Herzegovina Nihad Đedović
Statistical leaders
Points United States Will Cummings 20.5
Rebounds United States John Bryant 10.2
Assists United States T.J. Bray 7.9
Records
Total attendance1,281,826
Average attendance4,189
Seasons
← 2017–18
2019–20 →

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.

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.

Teams

Team changes

Promoted from 2017–18 ProA Relegated from
2017–18 Basketball Bundesliga
Crailsheim Merlins
Rasta Vechta[2]		 Rockets[3]
Tigers Tübingen[4]

Arenas and locations

Team City Arena Capacity
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
Alba Berlin Spain Aíto García Reneses Adidas ALBA SE
Bayern Munich Montenegro Dejan Radonjić Adidas BayWa
BG Göttingen Netherlands Johan Roijakkers Nike Satorius
Brose Bamberg Italy Federico Perego Macron Brose
Crailsheim Merlins Finland Tuomas Iisalo – Hakro
Eisbären Bremerhaven Germany Arne Woltmann Owayo BLG Logistics
EWE Baskets Oldenburg Germany Mladen Drijenčić Owayo EWE
Fraport Skyliners Canada Gordon Herbert Peak Fraport
Gießen 46ers Germany Ingo Freyer K1x Rovema
Löwen Braunschweig Germany Frank Menz Spalding hey car
medi Bayreuth Austria Raoul Korner K1x Medi
MHP Riesen Ludwigsburg United States John Patrick Macron Mieschke Hofmann und Partner
Mitteldeutscher BC Croatia Silvano Poropat K1x Puraglobe
Rasta Vechta Spain Pedro Calles Spalding Rasta
ratiopharm Ulm Germany Thorsten Leibenath Nike Ratiopharm
s.Oliver Würzburg Germany Denis Wucherer K1x s.Oliver
Science City Jena Lithuania Marius Linartas Spalding Science City
Telekom Baskets Bonn Bosnia and Herzegovina Predrag Krunić Spalding Deutsche Telekom

Managerial changes

Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Replaced with Date of appointment
Mitteldeutscher BC Serbia Igor Jovović End of contract 1 June 2018 Pre-season Croatia Aleksandar Šćepanović 14 June 2018[5]
Brose Bamberg Italy Luca Banchi 15 June 2018[6] Latvia Ainars Bagatskis 30 June 2018

Regular season

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
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[a]
9 s.Oliver Würzburg 34 17 17 2773 2822 −49 34[a]
10 MHP Riesen Ludwigsburg 34 16 18 2880 2899 −19 32[b]
11 Skyliners Frankfurt 34 16 18 2688 2794 −106 32[b]
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
Source: BBL
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:
  1. ^ a b Braunschweig 165–149 Würzburg
  2. ^ a b Ludwigsburg 170–170 Frankfurt

Results

Home \ Away BAM BAY BER BON BRA BRE CRA FRA GIE GOT JEN LUD MBC MUN OLD ULM VEC WUR
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 —
Source: BBL
Legend: Blue = home team win; Red = away team win.

Playoffs

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

Awards and statistics

Major award winners

Award Player Club
Most Valuable Player[7] United States Will Cummings EWE Baskets Oldenburg
Finals MVP Bosnia and Herzegovina Nihad Đedović[1] Bayern Munich
Top Scorer United States Will Cummings EWE Baskets Oldenburg
Best Offensive Player[8] United States John Bryant Gießen 46ers
Best Defender[9] Cuba Yorman Polas Bartolo Telekom Baskets Bonn
Most Effective Player United States John Bryant Gießen 46ers
Best German Young Player[10] Germany Franz Wagner Alba Berlin
Coach of the Year[11] Spain Pedro Calles Rasta Vechta

Statistical leaders

Category Player Club Average
Points United States Will Cummings EWE Baskets Oldenburg 20.5
Rebounds United States John Bryant Gießen 46ers 10.2
Assists United States T.J. Bray Rasta Vechta 7.9
Steals Montenegro Javonte Green ratiopharm Ulm 2.3
Blocks United States Keith Benson Eisbären Bremerhaven 1.2
Efficiency United States John Bryant Gießen 46ers 25.7

German clubs in European competitions

Team Competition Progress
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

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "München, Macht, Meister: Bayern besiegt Berlin 93:88 nach Verlängerung und feiert Deutsche Meisterschaft". easycredit-bbl.de. 23 June 2019.
  2. ^ Rasta Vechta macht Aufstieg perfekt!
  3. ^ Eisbären bleiben erstklassig: Bremerhaven schlägt Gießen 87:74 / Erfurt ist neben Tübingen zweiter Absteiger
  4. ^ "64:91 verloren: Walter Tigers endgültig abgestiegen". Archived from the original on 2018-07-26. Retrieved 2019-09-10.
  5. ^ "Aleksandar Scepanovic neuer Trainer des MBC".
  6. ^ "Bamberg, Luca Banchi non sarà più l'allenatore: Gli scenari". 5 June 2018.
  7. ^ "Will Cummings ist der "Most Valuable Player" der Saison 2018/2019". easycredit-bbl.de. 12 May 2019.
  8. ^ "Nächster Award für Big John: John Bryant erhält Auszeichnung als "Bester Offensivspieler"". easycredit-bbl.de. 5 May 2019.
  9. ^ "Defensiv-Bollwerk: Yorman Polas Bartolo verteidigt Award als "Bester Verteidiger"". easycredit-bbl.de. 12 May 2019.
  10. ^ "17-Jähriger gewinnt den Titel: Franz Wagner ist "Bester deutscher Nachwuchsspieler U22"". easycredit-bbl.de. 8 May 2019.
  11. ^ "Senkrechtstarter Pedro Calles wird als Trainer des Jahres ausgezeichnet". easycredit-bbl.de. 12 May 2019.

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