2018–19 Slovak Basketball League

The 2018–19 Slovak Basketball League season will be the 27th season of the top-tier basketball competition in Slovakia. Levickí Patrioti are the defending champions.

Extraliga

Competition details
Season	2018–19
Teams	9
Dates	6 October 2018 – 1 June 2019
Final positions
Champions	Inter Bratislava (5th title)
Runners-up	Prievidza
Third place	Levicki Patrioti
Fourth place	Iskra Svit
← 2017–18 2019–20 →

Competition format

Ten teams joined the regular season, consisted in playing against each other four times home-and-away in double a round-robin format. The eight first qualified teams advance to the playoffs.

Teams

Handlová

Inter

Lučenec

Levickí

Prievidza

Komárno

Spišská NV

Iskra Svit

Žilina

Location of teams in 2018–19 Slovak Extraliga

After the resignation of Košice, runner-up of the previous season, to continue playing in the league, Lučenec, champion of the 1.Liga, replaced them.[1] Also, VŠEMvs Karlovka Bratislava resigned to the league thus reducing the number of teams to nine.

Team	City	Arena
04 AC LB Spišská Nová Ves	Spišská Nová Ves
Handlová	Handlová	Športová Hala
Inter Bratislava	Bratislava	Hant Aréna
Iskra Svit	Svit	Iskra Aréna
Lučenec	Lučenec
Levickí Patrioti	Levice	Športová Hala Levice
PP & TV Raj Žilina	Žilina
Prievidza	Prievidza	Niké Aréna
Rieker Com Therm Komárno	Komárno	Mestská športová hala

Regular season

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	PCT	Qualification or relegation
1	Inter Bratislava	32	28	4	2706	2139	+567	.875	Qualification to playoffs
2	Levickí Patrioti	32	22	10	2633	2438	+195	.688
3	Prievidza	32	19	13	2504	2339	+165	.594
4	Iskra Svit	32	19	13	2634	2545	+89	.594
5	PP & TV Raj Žilina	32	15	17	2559	2640	−81	.469
6	Rieker Com Therm Komárno	32	13	19	2641	2625	+16	.406
7	Handlová	32	13	19	2504	2700	−196	.406
8	04 AC LB Spišská Nová Ves	32	9	23	2615	2897	−282	.281
9	Lučenec	32	6	26	2364	2837	−473	.188

Source: Basket.sk

Results

Home \ Away	SPI	HAN	INT	SVI	LEV	LUC	ZIL	PRI	KOM	SPI	HAN	INT	SVI	LEV	LUC	ZIL	PRI	KOM
04 AC LB Spišská Nová Ves	—	79–93	65–91	74–109	78–84	89–65	88–101	80–73	91–85	—	89–75	64–86	93–99	94–99	86–104	96–83	87–79	105–100
Handlová	88–84	—	60–85	70–67	72–77	74–84	86–83	77–82	82–68	88–76	—	66–89	98–92	76–92	97–80	96–81	74–76	113–110
Inter Bratislava	105–66	98–50	—	69–58	79–72	92–50	104–71	70–67	86–62	87–73	105–49	—	73–68	84–82	109–73	95–60	79–66	63–69
Iskra Svit	97–72	85–81	79–88	—	80–79	91–85	94–72	79–62	84–71	90–67	78–74	72–85	—	80–83	107–83	87–73	63–74	90–86
Levickí Patrioti	91–68	68–57	87–69	83–64	—	97–71	84–76	87–86	93–65	95–76	90–87	66–72	94–85	—	98–64	84–65	55–75	81–78
Lučenec	76–89	72–77	82–88	88–92	75–93	—	57–66	59–96	59–71	90–85	78–83	57–89	82–78	91–77	—	79–90	91–88	76–86
PP & TV Raj Žilina	99–91	92–77	72–67	93–73	98–91	79–56	—	73–83	93–73	96–88	89–94	69–91	67–73	61–66	84–67	—	89–76	109–100
Prievidza	71–82	97–68	56–69	72–82	74–67	86–74	64–58	—	86–62	98–63	77–67	64–84	95–76	68–56	92–66	85–71	—	83–71
Rieker Com Therm Komárno	95–92	88–83	74–73	76–83	83–95	109–70	73–81	86–76	—	105–76	89–72	70–82	74–79	87–67	99–62	102–65	74–77	—

Source: Basket.sk
Legend: Blue = home team win; Red = away team win.

Playoffs

Seeded teams played games 1, 3, 5 and 7 at home. Quarterfinals were played in a best-of-five games format while semifinals and final with a best-of-seven one.

Bracket

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	Inter Bratislava	3
	04 AC LB Spišská Nová Ves	0
					Inter Bratislava	4
					Iskra Svit	0
	Iskra Svit	3
	PP & TV Raj Žilina	1
									Inter Bratislava	4
									Prievidza	0
	Levickí Patrioti	3
	Handlová	2
					Levickí Patrioti	2
					Prievidza	4
	Prievidza	3
	Rieker Com Therm Komárno	2

Quarter-finals

Team 1	Series	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg	3rd leg	4th leg	5th leg
Inter Bratislava	3–0	04 AC LB Spišská Nová Ves	109–65	102–69	115–76	0	0
Levickí Patrioti	3–2	Handlová	81–59	83–88	73–59	87–98	82–65
Prievidza	3–2	Rieker Com Therm Komárno	81–61	77–86	96–74	{68–72	103–81
Iskra Svit	3–1	PP & TV Raj Žilina	87–67	79–91	81–73	91–81	0

Semi-finals

Team 1	Series	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg	3rd leg	4th leg	5th leg	6th leg	7th leg
Inter Bratislava	4–0	Iskra Svit	93–91	95–74	114–48	85–63	0	0	0
Levickí Patrioti	2–4	Prievidza	62–69	62–68	80–69	64–76	82–75	64–68	0

Finals

Team 1	Series	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg	3rd leg	4th leg	5th leg	6th leg	7th leg
Inter Bratislava	4–0	Prievidza	87–54	83–77	102–73	84–69	0	0	0

Slovak clubs in European competitions

Team	Competition	Progress
Levicki Patrioti	Alpe Adria Cup	Semifinals

References

1. "Liga naďalej s desiatimi účastníkmi, Lučenec namiesto Košíc" [League continues with ten participants, Lučenec instead of Košice] (in Slovak). Basket.sk. 18 June 2018. Retrieved 23 June 2018.

External links

• Slovak Extraliga official website