2018–19 Basketball Championship of Bosnia and Herzegovina

The 2018–19 Basketball Championship of Bosnia and Herzegovina was the 18th season of this championship, with 11 teams from Bosnia and Herzegovina participating in it. Zrinjski was the defending champion. Široki won its tenth league title.

Prvenstvo BiH

Competition details
Season	2018–19
Teams	11
Dates	21 October 2018 – May 2018
Final positions
Champions	Široki (10th title)
Runners-up	Spars Ziraat Bank
Semifinalists	Zrinjski Sloboda
Relegated	Gradina Student Mostar Bosna Royal
Statistical leaders
Points	Milivoje Božović 18.5
Rebounds	Milivoje Božović 11.3
Assists	Koča Jovović 6.3
Records
Biggest home win	Spars Ziraat Bank 107–47 Gradina (21 October 2018)
Biggest away win	Bosna Royal 52–131 Spars Ziraat Bank (16 March 2019)
← 2017–18 2019–20 →

Competition format

Eleven teams would join the regular season, played with as double round-robin tournament.[1] Igokea, participant in the 2018–19 Adriatic League First Division, would not join the competition.

Teams and locations

Bosna
Spars

Bratunac

Gradina

Kakanj

Mladost

Sloboda

Široki

Vogošća

Zrinjski
Stundent

Locations of the 2018–19 Basketball Championship of Bosnia and Herzegovina teams

Team	City	Venue
Bosna Royal	Sarajevo	Mirza Delibašić Hall
Bratunac	Bratunac	SD Bratunac
Gradina	Srebrenik	JU SRC Srebrenik
Kakanj	Kakanj	JU KSC Kakanj
Mladost	Mrkonjić Grad	Arena Komercijalne Banke
Spars Ziraat Bank	Sarajevo	SD Novo Sarajevo
Sloboda	Tuzla	SKPC Mejdan
Student Mostar	Mostar	SD Bijeli Brijeg
Široki	Široki Brijeg	GSD Pecara
Vogošća	Vogošća	SD Amel Bečković
Zrinjski	Mostar	SD Bijeli Brijeg

Teams that play in the 2018–19 Adriatic League Second Division

Regular season

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Široki	20	17	3	1744	1465	+279	37	Qualification to the group for the title
2	Spars Ziraat Bank	20	16	4	1657	1305	+352	36
3	Zrinjski	20	16	4	1717	1577	+140	36
4	Sloboda	20	13	7	1668	1555	+113	33
5	Mladost	20	11	9	1615	1579	+36	31
6	Vogošća	20	10	10	1593	1553	+40	30
7	Kakanj	20	9	11	1496	1542	−46	29	Qualification to relegation group
8	Bratunac	20	7	13	1612	1664	−52	27
9	Student Mostar	20	6	14	1587	1733	−146	26
10	Gradina[lower-alpha 1]	20	4	16	1401	1713	−312	24	Retired
11	Bosna Royal	20	1	19	1507	1911	−404	21	Qualification to relegation group

Source: Basketball Federation of BiH
Notes:

1. Gradina retired after the end of the regular season.[2]

Results

Home \ Away	SIR	SPA	ZRI	SLO	MLA	VOG	KAK	BRA	STU	GRA	BOS
Široki	—	66–75	95–79	92–70	93–74	70–54	72–60	86–80	102–68	85–77	105–73
Spars Ziraat Bank	63–74	—	67–63	68–62	94–60	74–63	76–60	84–75	98–62	107–47	100–68
Zrinjski	95–87	60–63	—	84–82	88–77	92–77	100–71	82–73	88–85	86–65	101–83
Sloboda	78–79	85–84	79–81	—	75–73	90–76	85–70	110–83	97–70	82–72	83–73
Mladost	65–83	78–72	92–77	90–86	—	82–79	78–63	84–75	93–64	87–69	101–82
Vogošća	73–76	73–79	73–85	83–78	70–63	—	85–75	85–70	87–78	92–64	108–75
Kakanj	92–81	83–78	69–86	73–80	82–78	67–79	—	81–71	65–60	96–67	82–67
Bratunac	63–84	77–81	79–83	73–81	82–74	79–84	86–82	—	102–93	82–66	93–80
Student Mostar	85–95	52–87	90–92	72–85	89–84	100–83	75–64	95–86	—	80–83	97–100
Gradina	63–119	51–76	75–91	70–77	76–81	83–77	70–86	86–95	68–78	—	78–65
Bosna Royal	78–100	52–131	95–104	89–103	80–101	73–95	66–75	63–88	74–92	71–74	—

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

Group for the title

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Široki	30	25	5	2551	2198	+353	55	Advance to playoffs
2	Spars Ziraat Bank	30	23	7	2452	2026	+426	53
3	Zrinjski	30	23	7	2554	2302	+252	53
4	Sloboda	30	17	13	2428	2411	+17	47
5	Vogošća	30	14	16	2332	2365	−33	44
6	Mladost	30	11	19	2369	2424	−55	41

Source: Basketball Federation of BiH

Results

Home \ Away	SIR	SPA	ZRI	SLO	VOG	MLA
Široki	—	59–72	72–101	101–80	91–76	79–71
Spars Ziraat Bank	69–83	—	91–76	59–72	90–56	80–66
Zrinjski	77–63	72–79	—	89–65	98–69	88–79
Sloboda	76–82	105–104	72–101	—	56–80	80–75
Vogošća	56–72	68–77	80–77	74–80	—	97–89
Mladost	81–86	68–90	71–85	72–77	82–83	—

Source: Basketball Federation of BiH
Legend: Blue = home team win; Red = away team win.

Relegation group

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Relegation
1	Bratunac	26	12	14	2127	2124	+3	38
2	Kakanj	26	12	14	2010	2044	−34	38
3	Student Mostar	26	10	16	2113	2207	−94	36	Relegated
4	Bosna Royal	26	1	25	1973	2494	−521	27

Source: Basketball Federation of BiH

Results

Home \ Away	BRA	KAK	STU	BOS
Bratunac	—	103–92	71–79	91–75
Kakanj	67–74	—	86–82	92–70
Student Mostar	69–75	92–80	—	105–82
Bosna Royal	78–101	81–97	80–99	—

Source: Basketball Federation of BiH
Legend: Blue = home team win; Red = away team win.

Playoffs

Semifinals will be played in a best-of-three games format, while the final in a best-of-five (2-2-1) format.

Bracket

	Semi-finals				Final
	Široki	2
	Sloboda	1
					Široki	3
					Spars Ziraat Bank	2
	Spars Ziraat Bank	2
	Zrinjski	1

Source: Basketball Federation of BiH

Semi-finals

Team 1	Series	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg	3rd leg
Široki	2–1	Sloboda	104–90	72–82	76–72
Spars Ziraat Bank	2–1	Zrinjski	88–81	65–70	79–71

Finals

Team 1	Series	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg	3rd leg	4th leg	5th leg
Široki	3–2	Spars Ziraat Bank	77–66	63–70	80–84	75–59	82–69

References

1. "Obavljeno izvlačenje takmičarskih brojeva Prvenstva BiH za muškarce sezona 2018/2019". Basket.ba. 2 October 2018. Retrieved 3 October 2018.
2. "Izvučeni takmičarski brojevi za nastavak sezone: Zrinjski i Sloboda u prvom kolu Lige za prvaka" [Drawn competition numbers for the rest of the season: Zrinjski and Sloboda in the first round of the League for championship]. Basketball Federation of BiH. 18 March 2019. Retrieved 21 March 2019.

External links

• Official website