2018–19 BIBL season

2018–19 BIBL
2018–19 BIBL
Season	2018–19
Dates	16 October 2018 – 7 April 2019
Games played	88
Teams	7
TV partner(s)	sportmedia.tv ; YouTube ; RTSH
Finals
Champions	Blokotehna (1st title)
Runners-up	Teuta
	← 2017–18 2019–20 →

The 2018–19 BIBL season is the 11th edition of Balkan International Basketball League (BIBL). The competition started on 16 October 2018.^[1]

Competition format

Originally eight teams joined the competition, but Prishtina 2019 withdrew its participation in January due to the commitment in the FIBA Europe Cup.^[2]

The remaining seven teams play a round robin tournament where each team faced the others in home and away games. The top four teams qualify directly for the Final Four.^[3]

Regular season

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	BER	BLO	ACA	TEU	KOZ	BAS	BAR
1	Beroe	12	11	1	1156	925	+231	23	Advance to Final Four	—	91–81	92–78	108–65	69–62	133–80	100–69
2	Blokotehna	12	9	3	1029	905	+124	21		100–104	—	89–74	90–62	89–85	96–70	85–72
3	Academic Bultex 99	12	8	4	1067	910	+157	20		86–95	82–77	—	89–73	88–57	109–59	81–67
4	Teuta	12	8	4	953	977	−24	20		87–85	61–70	89–86	—	79–70	88–64	73–71
5	Kožuv	12	3	9	918	984	−66	15		85–94	57–77	86–91	85–94	—	90–74	83–76
6	Bashkimi	12	2	10	889	1162	−273	14		77–107	77–92	65–105	83–101	80–76	—	85–84
7	Barsy Atyrau	12	1	11	859	1008	−149	13		60–78	70–83	61–102	76–81	73–82	81–75	—

Source: BIBL

Final Four

The BIBL Final Four is the final stage of the competition that follows the regular season. Will be played in a single knock-out match on April 6, 2019 and April 7, 2019 in Tirana, at the Feti Borova Sport Hall in the Tirana Olympic Park.^[4]

Semifinals		Final

6 April

Blokotehna	79
		7 April
Academic Bultex 99	74
		Blokotehna	82
6 April
		Teuta	68
Beroe	68

Teuta	80
		Third place

		7 April

		Academic Bultex 99	86

		Beroe	57

Semifinals

6 April 2019
17:00

Report

Blokotehna	79–74	Academic Bultex 99
Scoring by quarter: 16−19, 25−21, 21−17, 17−17
Pts: Mladenović 22 Rebs: Đumić 9 Asts: Nikolić 5		Pts: Bachev, Vitković 16 Rebs: Vujović 9 Asts: Bachev 5

Feti Borova Sport Hall, Tirana
Attendance: 120
Referees: Haris Bijedić, Gentian Çiçi, Stelios Symeonides

6 April 2019
19:30

Report

Beroe	68–80	Teuta
Scoring by quarter: 20−20, 18−15, 22−12, 8−23
Pts: Frankamp 26 Rebs: Yanev 8 Asts: Frankamp 5		Pts: Wilson 20 Rebs: Hysenagolli 10 Asts: Wilson 9

Feti Borova Sport Hall, Tirana
Attendance: 430
Referees: Ognjen Jokić, Aleksandar Milojevik, Diamantis Lortos

Third place

7 April 2019
16:00

Report

Academic Bultex 99	86–57	Beroe
Scoring by quarter: 17−20, 30−14, 17−15, 22−8
Pts: Gruev 21 Rebs: Vujović, Olisemeka 9 Asts: Franklin, Gruev 4		Pts: Coggins 13 Rebs: Jennings 11 Asts: Frankamp, Miller 4

Feti Borova Sport Hall, Tirana
Attendance: 100
Referees: Aleksandar Milojevik, Gentian Çiçi, Diamantis Lortos

Final

7 April 2019
18:30

Report

Blokotehna	82–68	Teuta
Scoring by quarter: 25−9, 17−21, 28−15, 12−23
Pts: Penn 31 Rebs: Đumić 10 Asts: Mladenović 8		Pts: Hamati 18 Rebs: Hysenagolli 10 Asts: Brown 5