2018–19 Ukrainian Basketball SuperLeague

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Ukrainian Basketball SuperLeague
Season2018–19
Duration5 October 2018 – May 2019
Teams8
Regular season
Season MVPDeon Edwin[1]
Finals
ChampionsKhimik (3rd title)
  Runners-upKyiv-Basket
Third placeZaporizhzhia
Fourth placeDnipro

The 2018–19 Ukrainian Basketball SuperLeague was the 2018–19 edition of the Ukrainian top-tier basketball championship. Cherkaski Mavpy were the defending champions.

Khimik won its third domestic title, its first one since 2016, after beating Kyiv-Basket in the finals. Khimik's Deon Edwin was named the USL Most Valuable Player this season.

Teams

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Eight teams joined the competition. Budivelnyk and BIPA Odesa were replaced by Kyiv-Basket and Odesa respectively.[2][3]

On 21 June 2018, the Ukrainian federation announced that Budivelnyk would not participate because of its open debts to its players.[4]

Team City Arena
Cherkaski Mavpy Cherkasy Sportpalace Budivelnyk
Dnipro Dnipro Sportcomplex Shynnik
Khimik Yuzhne Sportcomplex Olymp
Kyiv-Basket Kyiv Kyiv Sports Palace
Mykolaiv Mykolaiv Sports School Nadiya
Odesa Odesa Palace of Sports
Politekhnik Kharkiv
Zaporizhzhia Zaporizhzhia Palace of Sports ZAB

Regular season

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Standings

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Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1 Zaporizhzhia 28 19 9 2488 2387 +101 47 Qualification to playoffs
2 Khimik 28 19 9 2378 2263 +115 47
3 Dnipro 28 18 10 2272 2186 +86 46
4 Kyiv-Basket 28 15 13 2262 2177 +85 43
5 Mykolaiv 28 13 15 2188 2227 −39 41
6 Odesa 28 10 18 2251 2336 −85 38
7 Politekhnik 28 9 19 2175 2331 −156 37
8 Cherkaski Mavpy 28 9 19 2384 2491 −107 37
Source: Flashscore

Results

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Home \ Away CHE ODE DNI KHI KYI MYK POL ZAP CHE ODE DNI KHI KYI MYK POL ZAP
Cherkaski Mavpy 110–95 89–91 96–98 77–80 101–94 71–89 88–91 84–81 89–86 82–86 87–96 74–94 89–91 98–105
Odesa 76–83 71–65 89–80 89–79 71–62 74–92 94–97 88–85 59–72 78–84 70–76 85–93 82–76 95–88
Dnipro 97–82 90–85 78–73 86–93 74–65 70–59 83–79 92–87 90–72 74–75 75–65 88–82 83–68 87–83
Khimik 93–76 90–89 94–92 89–75 87–81 94–82 87–95 92–89 92–78 75–76 72–79 77–83 87–92 74–79
Kyiv-Basket 75–80 84–81 78–79 60–65 85–72 77–81 103–82 90–51 76–62 85–77 60–65 88–72 75–76 88–83
Mykolaiv 80–73 92–73 78–72 72–88 83–79 72–65 60–57 75–83 67–82 73–80 68–80 74–72 94–78 79–88
Politekhnik 94–85 76–81 65–73 61–99 68–74 75–77 74–95 76–91 69–84 80–73 72–84 86–88 86–81 86–90
Zaporizhzhia 90–93 88–80 89–79 97–101 88–82 84–81 104–77 96–91 96–87 93–90 93–82 92–83 82–84 84–81
Source: Flashscore
Legend: Blue = home team win; Red = away team win.

Playoffs

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Quarterfinals will be played in a best-of-three games format, while semifinals and final in a best-of-five (2–2–1) format.

Bracket

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Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
 
 
 
Zaporizhzhia2
 
 
 
Cherkaski Mavpy1
 
Zaporizhzhia1
 
 
 
Kyiv-Basket3
 
Kyiv-Basket2
 
 
 
Mykolaiv1
 
Kyiv-Basket0
 
 
 
Khimik3
 
Khimik2
 
 
 
Politekhnik0
 
Khimik3
 
 
 
Dnipro2 Third place
 
Dnipro2
 
 
 
Odesa1
 
Zaporizhzhia3
 
 
Dnipro2
 

Quarter-finals

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Team 1 Series Team 2 Game 1 Game 2 Game 3
Zaporizhzhia 2–1 Cherkaski Mavpy 105–87 91–101 81–80
Khimik 2–0 Politekhnik 83–81 90–66 0
Dnipro 2–1 Odesa 92–82 93–101 91–81
Kyiv-Basket 2–1 Mykolaiv 82–70 94–103 83–73

Semi-finals

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Team 1 Series Team 2 Game 1 Game 2 Game 3 Game 4 Game 5
Zaporizhzhia 1–3 Kyiv-Basket 86–94 95–83 92–104 81–89 0
Khimik 3–2 Dnipro 95–85 92–86 53–90 77–93 76–71

Third place series

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Team 1 Series Team 2 Game 1 Game 2 Game 3 Game 4 Game 5
Zaporizhzhia 3–2 Dnipro 110–86 73–81 100–94 77–92 76–56

Finals

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Team 1 Series Team 2 Game 1 Game 2 Game 3 Game 4 Game 5
Khimik 3–0 Kyiv-Basket 88–70 92–87 79–73 0 0

Ukrainian clubs in European competitions

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Team Competition Progress
Cherkaski Mavpy FIBA Europe Cup Regular season
Dnipro Regular season

References

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  1. ^ "Deon Edwin, Ukrainian Superleague's CHAMPION and MVP". Interperformances.com. Retrieved 14 August 2019.
  2. ^ "В українській Суперлізі виступатиме 8 клубів" (in Ukrainian). Ukrainian Basketball Federation. Retrieved 20 August 2018.
  3. ^ "Баскетбольний клуб Динамо-Одеса змінив назву".
  4. ^ "Київський "Будівельник" не допустили до участі в Суперлізі". 24 Канал. 18 April 2015. Retrieved 2 May 2019.
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