Professional basketball club in Germany
Basketball league season
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
Location of teams in 2018–19 Basketball Bundesliga
Team changes
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
Managerial changes
Team
Outgoing manager
Manner of departure
Date of vacancy
Position in table
Replaced with
Date of appointment
Mitteldeutscher BC
Igor Jovović
End of contract
1 June 2018
Pre-season
Aleksandar Šćepanović
14 June 2018[ 5]
Brose Bamberg
Luca Banchi
15 June 2018[ 6]
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
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:
^ a b Braunschweig 165–149 Würzburg
^ a b Ludwigsburg 170–170 Frankfurt
Results
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.
Awards and statistics
Major award winners
Statistical leaders
German clubs in European competitions
See also
References
External links
Seasons Playoffs 2024–25 clubs Awards Other articles
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19 in European men's basketball
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