2018–19 Albanian Basketball League

The 2018–19 Albanian Basketball League, is the 53rd season of the top professional basketball league in Albania.

Albanian Basketball League
Competition details
Season 2018–19
Teams 6
Dates 7 October 2018 – May 2019
TV Telesport
TVSH
Final positions
Champions Goga (1st title)
Runners-up Teuta
Relegated Kamza

Competition format

The six clubs played a four-legged round robin tournament where the four first qualified teams would advance to the playoffs.

The fifth qualified team faced the runner-up of the second division in a best-of-three games playoff for avoiding relegation, and the last qualified team was directly relegated.

Clubs and arenas
Goga
Tirana
Vllaznia
Locations of the 2018–19 Albanian Superliga teams
Club Location Founded Colours Arena Capacity Head Coach
Goga Durrës
2015
 Ramazan Njala Sports Palace
1,000
Kamza Kamëz
1962
         
 Bathore Sports Hall
500
 Adem Muhametaj
Partizani Tirana
1946
 Asllan Rusi Sports Palace
3,000
 E.Ismeti
Teuta Durrës
1925
         
 Ramazan Njala Sports Palace
1,000
 Miodrag Baletic
Tirana Tirana
1946
         
 Farie Hoti Sports Palace
3,000
 Bujar Shehu
Vllaznia Shkodër
1919
         
 Qazim Dërvishi Sports Palace
1,200
 Bledar Gjeçaj

Regular season

League table
Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Goga 20 18 2 1856 1565 +291 38 Qualification to playoffs
2 Teuta 20 15 5 1757 1488 +269 35
3 Partizani 20 10 10 1639 1536 +103 30
4 Tirana 20 8 12 1568 1656 −88 28
5 Vllaznia 20 5 15 1569 1811 −242 25 Relegation playoffs
6 Kamza (R) 20 4 16 1531 1855 −324 24 Relegation to First Division
Source: FSHB
(R) Relegated.

Results
Home \ Away GOG KAM PAR TEU TIR VLL GOG KAM PAR TEU TIR VLL
Goga — 117–90 102–89 80–76 102–75 131–86 — 104–93 84–71 87–81 84–71 107–77
Kamza 73–82 — 58–100 78–116 86–82 85–80 75–92 — 46–94 85–100 82–95 108–92
Partizani 68–74 85–66 — 65–62 75–53 82–75 79–90 93–84 — 79–92 63–66 86–89
Teuta 90–80 111–76 74–78 — 95–66 101–46 71–83 81–70 85–81 — 75–74 99–77
Tirana 87–83 76–74 92–83 69–98 — 113–79 75–98 89–59 80–91 70–83 — 97–86
Vllaznia 62–87 70–75 74–96 56–78 78–70 — 76–90 105–69 91–80 88–89 82–68 —
Source: FSHB
Legend: Blue = home team win; Red = away team win.

Playoffs

The semi-finals were played in a best-of-three playoff format and the finals in a best-of-five playoff format (1-1-1-1-1).

Bracket
 
Semi-finalsFinals
 
      
 
 
 
 
Goga2
 
 
 
Tirana1
 
Goga3
 
 
 
Teuta2
 
Teuta2
 
 
Partizani0
 

Semi-finals
Team 1 Series Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg 3rd leg
Goga 2–1 Tirana 81–74 75–82 100–65
Teuta 2–0 Partizani 83–60 69–63

Finals
Team 1 Series Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg 3rd leg4th leg5th leg
Goga 3–2 Teuta 84–88 73–72 79–7070–8181–60

Relegation playoffs

Vllaznia played legs 1 and 3 at home.

Team 1 Series Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg 3rd leg
Vllaznia 2–0 Invaders 91–56 107–75 0

Albanian clubs in European competitions
TeamCompetitionProgress
TeutaBalkan LeagueRunner-up
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