2018–19 Ukrainian Basketball SuperLeague

Ukrainian Basketball SuperLeague
Season2018–19
Duration5 October 2018 – May 2019
Number of teams8
Regular season
Season MVPDeon Edwin[1]
Finals
ChampionsKhimik (3rd title)
  Runners-upKyiv-Basket
Third placeZaporizhzhia
Fourth placeDnipro

The 2018–19 Ukrainian Basketball SuperLeague was the 2018–19 edition of the Ukrainian top-tier basketball championship. Cherkaski Mavpy were the defending champions.

Khimik won its third domestic title, its first one since 2016, after beating Kyiv-Basket in the finals. Khimik's Deon Edwin was named the USL Most Valuable Player this season.

Teams

2018–19 Ukrainian Basketball SuperLeague is located in Ukraine
Odesa
Odesa
Kyiv-Basket
Kyiv-Basket
Cherkaski Mavpy
Cherkaski Mavpy
Dnipro
Dnipro
Khimik
Khimik
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Location of teams in 2018–19 Basketball SuperLeague

Eight teams joined the competition. Budivelnyk and BIPA Odesa were replaced by Kyiv-Basket and Odesa respectively.[2][3]

On 21 June 2018, the Ukrainian federation announced that Budivelnyk would not participate because of its open debts to its players.[4]

Team City Arena
Cherkaski Mavpy Cherkasy Sportpalace Budivelnyk
Dnipro Dnipro Sportcomplex Shynnik
Khimik Yuzhne Sportcomplex Olymp
Kyiv-Basket Kyiv Kyiv Sports Palace
Mykolaiv Mykolaiv Sports School Nadiya
Odesa Odesa Palace of Sports
Politekhnik Kharkiv
Zaporizhzhia Zaporizhzhia Palace of Sports ZAB

Regular season

Standings

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1 Zaporizhzhia 28 19 9 2488 2387 +101 47 Qualification to playoffs
2 Khimik 28 19 9 2378 2263 +115 47
3 Dnipro 28 18 10 2272 2186 +86 46
4 Kyiv-Basket 28 15 13 2262 2177 +85 43
5 Mykolaiv 28 13 15 2188 2227 −39 41
6 Odesa 28 10 18 2251 2336 −85 38
7 Politekhnik 28 9 19 2175 2331 −156 37
8 Cherkaski Mavpy 28 9 19 2384 2491 −107 37
Source: Flashscore

Results

Home \ Away CHE ODE DNI KHI KYI MYK POL ZAP CHE ODE DNI KHI KYI MYK POL ZAP
Cherkaski Mavpy — 110–95 89–91 96–98 77–80 101–94 71–89 88–91 — 84–81 89–86 82–86 87–96 74–94 89–91 98–105
Odesa 76–83 — 71–65 89–80 89–79 71–62 74–92 94–97 88–85 — 59–72 78–84 70–76 85–93 82–76 95–88
Dnipro 97–82 90–85 — 78–73 86–93 74–65 70–59 83–79 92–87 90–72 — 74–75 75–65 88–82 83–68 87–83
Khimik 93–76 90–89 94–92 — 89–75 87–81 94–82 87–95 92–89 92–78 75–76 — 72–79 77–83 87–92 74–79
Kyiv-Basket 75–80 84–81 78–79 60–65 — 85–72 77–81 103–82 90–51 76–62 85–77 60–65 — 88–72 75–76 88–83
Mykolaiv 80–73 92–73 78–72 72–88 83–79 — 72–65 60–57 75–83 67–82 73–80 68–80 74–72 — 94–78 79–88
Politekhnik 94–85 76–81 65–73 61–99 68–74 75–77 — 74–95 76–91 69–84 80–73 72–84 86–88 86–81 — 86–90
Zaporizhzhia 90–93 88–80 89–79 97–101 88–82 84–81 104–77 — 96–91 96–87 93–90 93–82 92–83 82–84 84–81 —
Source: Flashscore
Legend: Blue = home team win; Red = away team win.

Playoffs

Quarterfinals will be played in a best-of-three games format, while semifinals and final in a best-of-five (2–2–1) format.

Bracket

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
 
 
 
Zaporizhzhia2
 
 
 
Cherkaski Mavpy1
 
Zaporizhzhia1
 
 
 
Kyiv-Basket3
 
Kyiv-Basket2
 
 
 
Mykolaiv1
 
Kyiv-Basket0
 
 
 
Khimik3
 
Khimik2
 
 
 
Politekhnik0
 
Khimik3
 
 
 
Dnipro2 Third place
 
Dnipro2
 
 
 
Odesa1
 
Zaporizhzhia3
 
 
Dnipro2
 

Quarter-finals

Team 1 Series Team 2 Game 1 Game 2 Game 3
Zaporizhzhia 2–1 Cherkaski Mavpy 105–87 91–101 81–80
Khimik 2–0 Politekhnik 83–81 90–66 0
Dnipro 2–1 Odesa 92–82 93–101 91–81
Kyiv-Basket 2–1 Mykolaiv 82–70 94–103 83–73

Semi-finals

Team 1 Series Team 2 Game 1 Game 2 Game 3 Game 4 Game 5
Zaporizhzhia 1–3 Kyiv-Basket 86–94 95–83 92–104 81–89 0
Khimik 3–2 Dnipro 95–85 92–86 53–90 77–93 76–71

Third place series

Team 1 Series Team 2 Game 1 Game 2 Game 3 Game 4 Game 5
Zaporizhzhia 3–2 Dnipro 110–86 73–81 100–94 77–92 76–56

Finals

Team 1 Series Team 2 Game 1 Game 2 Game 3 Game 4 Game 5
Khimik 3–0 Kyiv-Basket 88–70 92–87 79–73 0 0

Ukrainian clubs in European competitions

Team Competition Progress
Cherkaski Mavpy FIBA Europe Cup Regular season
Dnipro Regular season

References

  1. ^ "Deon Edwin, Ukrainian Superleague's CHAMPION and MVP". Interperformances.com. Retrieved 14 August 2019.
  2. ^ "В українській Суперлізі виступатиме 8 клубів" (in Ukrainian). Ukrainian Basketball Federation. Retrieved 20 August 2018.
  3. ^ "Баскетбольний клуб Динамо-Одеса змінив назву".
  4. ^ "Київський "Будівельник" не допустили до участі в Суперлізі". 24 Канал. 18 April 2015. Retrieved 2 May 2019.

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