2018–19 Basketball League of Serbia

The 2018–19 Basketball League of Serbia (Serbian Cyrillic: Кошаркашка лига Србије 2018–19.) is the 13th season of the Basketball League of Serbia, the highest professional basketball league in Serbia. Also, it's the 75th national championship played by Serbian clubs inclusive of nation's previous incarnations as Yugoslavia and Serbia & Montenegro.

Basketball League of Serbia
Season	2018–19
Teams	18
Dates	October 6, 2018 – March 17, 2019 (First League) April 26, 2019 – May 20, 2019 (Super League) June 2, 2019 – June 2019 (Playoffs)
TV	Arena Sport
Final positions
Champions	Crvena zvezda mts (20th title)
Runners-up	Partizan NIS
Semifinalists	FMP Mega Bemax
Relegated	Spartak Beovuk 72
Awards
MVP	Đukan Đukanović
Finals MVP	Billy Baron
SuperLeague MVP	Goga Bitadze
Records
Winning streak	Crvena zvezda mts 13 games
Losing streak	Beovuk 72 12 games
← 2017–18 2019–20 → All statistics correct as of June 11, 2019.

Teams

Distribution

The following is the access list for this season.

Access list for 2018–19 Serbian League

	Teams entering in this round	Teams advancing from the previous round
First League (14 teams)	12 highest-placed teams from the last season 2 highest-placed teams from the Second League
Super League (12 teams)	4 Adriatic League teams (Crvena zvezda mts, FMP, Mega Bemax, Partizan NIS)	8 highest-placed teams from the First League
Playoffs (4 teams)		2 group winners from the Super League 2 group runners-up from the Super League

Promotion and relegation

Teams promoted from the Second League

• Sloboda
• Novi Pazar

Teams relegated to the Second League

• Sloga
• Kragujevački Radnički

Venues and locations

Belgrade

Mladost

Spartak

Vršac

Vojvodina

Zlatibor

Borac

Tamiš

Mega

Metalac

Dunav

Novi Pazar

Sloboda

Belgrade clubs:

Beovuk 72
Crvena zvezda
Dynamic
FMP
OKK Beograd
Partizan

Location of teams in the 2018–19 season

Team	Home city	Arena	Capacity
Beovuk 72	Belgrade	SC Šumice	2,000
Borac	Čačak	Borac Hall	2,000
Crvena zvezda mts	Belgrade	Aleksandar Nikolić Hall	5,878
Dunav	Stari Banovci	Park Hall
Dynamic VIP PAY	Belgrade	Dynamic Arena	500
FMP	Belgrade	Železnik Hall	3,000
Mega Bemax	Sremska Mitrovica	Mega Factory	700
Metalac	Valjevo	Valjevo Sports Hall	1,500
Mladost	Zemun	Master Sport Center	750
Novi Pazar	Novi Pazar	Pendik Sports Hall	1,600
OKK Beograd	Belgrade	Mega Factory	700
Partizan NIS	Belgrade	Aleksandar Nikolić Hall	5,878
Sloboda	Užice	Veliki Park Hall	2,200
Spartak	Subotica	SC Dudova Šuma	3,000
Tamiš	Pančevo	Strelište Sports Hall	1,100
Vojvodina	Novi Sad	SPC Vojvodina	7,022
Vršac	Vršac	Millennium Center	4,400
Zlatibor	Čajetina	WAI TAI - STC Zlatibor	712

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

Personnel and sponsorship

Team	Head coach	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor
Beovuk 72	Rajko Mirković	Stefan Živanović	—	—
Borac	Jovica Arsić	Marko Marinović	—	P.S. Fashion
Crvena zvezda mts	Milan Tomić	Branko Lazić	Nike	mts
Dunav	Mitar Ašćerić	Aleksandar Miljković	Cvetex	Best Shop Group
Dynamic VIP PAY	Miro Alilović	Vuk Vulikić	NAAI	VIP PAY
FMP	Vladimir Jovanović	Radoš Šešlija	Champion	FMP
Mega Bemax	Dejan Milojević	Stefan Fundić	Adidas	Bemax
Metalac	Mihailo Poček	Aleksandar Vasić	—	—
Mladost	Marko Barać	Aleksa Novaković	—	—
Novi Pazar	Oliver Popović	Nenad Slavković	Cvetex	Barbosa
OKK Beograd	Branislav Vićentić	Đorđe Simeunović	Adidas	—
Partizan NIS	Andrea Trinchieri	Novica Veličković	Under Armour	NIS, mts
Sloboda	Vladimir Lučić	Nikola Otašević	Ardu	Grad Užice, TV Lav
Spartak	Slobodan Bjalica	Miloš Nikolić	—	—
Tamiš	Bojan Jovičić	Dušan Knežević	unit-sport	Grad Pančevo
Vojvodina	Filip Socek	Dušan Prica	Peak	Roda
Vršac	Darko Kostić	Miloš Savović	Spirit	Villager
Zlatibor	Strajin Nedović	Radenko Smolović	Ardu	Dino park

Coaching changes

Round	Team	Outgoing coach	Date(s) of change	Incoming coach	Ref.
Off-season	OKK Beograd	Darko Kostić	June 2018	Branislav Vićentić
	Beovuk 72	Slobodan Srezoski	June 2018	Rajko Mirković
	Novi Pazar	Boško Đokić	21 June 2018	Oliver Popović	[1]
	Dynamic VIP PAY	Miroslav Nikolić	4 July 2018	Vladimir Đokić	[2][3]
	Crvena zvezda mts	Milenko Topić	13 July 2018	Milan Tomić	[4][5]
	Mladost Zemun	Branko Maksimović	July 2018	Marko Barać
	Spartak Subotica	Dragoljub Vidačić	August 2018	Slobodan Ljubotina
	Vršac	Mihajlo Mitić	24 August 2018	Branko Maksimović	[6]
ABA	Partizan	Nenad Čanak	26-31 October 2018	Andrea Trinchieri	[7][8]
15th	Vršac	Branko Maksimović	4 January 2019	Darko Kostić	[9]
16th	Spartak Subotica	Slobodan Ljubotina	18 January 2019	Slobodan Bjelica	[10]
23rd	Zlatibor	Vanja Guša	February 2019	Strajin Nedović	[11]
Mid-season	Dynamic VIP PAY	Vladimir Đokić	10 April 2019	Miro Alilović	[12]

First League

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Borac	26	22	4	2301	1910	+391	48	Qualification to the Super League and the 2019–20 ABA 2
2	Novi Pazar	26	20	6	2266	2052	+214	46
3	Dynamic VIP PAY	26	20	6	2234	1928	+306	46
4	OKK Beograd	26	17	9	2245	2117	+128	43	Qualification to the Super League
5	Zlatibor	26	15	11	2039	1953	+86	41
6	Tamiš	26	12	14	2184	2128	+56	38
7	Sloboda	26	12	14	2311	2291	+20	38
8	Dunav	26	11	15	2072	2221	−149	37
9	Vršac	26	11	15	2186	2283	−97	37
10	Vojvodina	26	11	15	2299	2442	−143	37
11	Mladost	26	11	15	2117	2179	−62	37
12	Metalac	26	10	16	2128	2217	−89	36
13	Spartak	26	7	19	1965	2220	−255	33	Relegation to Second League
14	Beovuk 72	26	3	23	2004	2410	−406	29

Source: Basketball League of Serbia

Positions by round

	First place & advance to the Super League
	Advance to the Super League
	Relegated

Team ╲ Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26
Borac	3	4	3	3	1	1	1	3	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Novi Pazar	6	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	2	2	2	3	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2
Dynamic VIP PAY	2	1	1	1	2	2	2	1	4	4	3	3	2	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3
OKK Beograd	1	2	2	2	3	3	3	2	1	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Zlatibor	4	6	7	8	8	10	7	9	7	6	6	6	6	5	5	5	7	7	7	7	7	6	5	5	5	5
Tamiš	5	9	11	11	7	9	6	6	6	5	5	5	5	6	6	6	6	6	6	5	5	5	6	6	6	6
Sloboda	11	5	6	7	11	8	5	8	5	8	7	7	7	7	7	7	5	5	5	6	6	7	7	7	9	7
Dunav	14	14	13	13	10	7	10	5	10	11	8	8	10	10	10	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	12	8
Vršac	8	11	8	10	9	12	11	11	11	9	11	11	9	9	8	8	9	11	9	10	10	9	10	9	7	9
Vojvodina	9	8	5	5	5	5	8	7	8	7	9	9	8	8	9	9	10	8	10	11	11	11	11	10	10	10
Mladost	12	7	9	9	12	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	13	11	11	10	8	10	8	8	9	10	8	8	8	11
Metalac	10	12	12	12	13	13	13	14	14	13	13	13	11	13	12	11	11	9	11	9	8	8	9	12	11	12
Spartak	7	10	10	6	6	6	9	10	9	10	10	10	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13
Beovuk 72	13	13	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14

Source: Basketball League of Serbia

Results

Home \ Away	BOR	NPZ	DYN	OKK	ZLA	TAM	SLO	DUN	VRS	VOJ	MLA	MET	SPA	BEO
Borac	—	84–72	88–82	83–52	86–78	86–64	98–66	94–85	102–83	101–60	72–61	88–71	101–74	103–66
Novi Pazar	77–68	—	83–71	104–79	83–77	88–75	98–99	91–78	101–98	103–95	92–67	77–71	103–73	93–72
Dynamic VIP PAY	61–50	80–72	—	95–84	95–94	72–95	96–87	95–62	79–62	99–87	100–75	85–87	85–57	72–81
OKK Beograd	91–81	87–81	70–84	—	83–75	86–72	93–101	84–77	103–92	95–78	81–82	90–75	88–66	80–77
Zlatibor	64–86	100–86	75–71	50–62	—	72–69	100–79	80–66	87–71	93–64	79–68	89–91	67–56	50–62
Tamiš	66–83	79–84	74–86	71–82	83–91	—	83–82	99–77	83–89	97–80	80–71	84–75	91–77	108–75
Sloboda	82–93	77–78	88–80	88–90	82–84	88–95	—	105–79	88–77	99–89	92–86	96–91	92–94	93–84
Dunav	87–104	81–73	72–82	66–105	79–74	83–82	79–78	—	87–91	101–95	79–73	95–67	79–70	91–87
Vršac	88–107	77–89	79–96	95–83	90–82	68–100	87–86	68–69	—	103–87	82–77	80–73	88–87	85–78
Vojvodina	87–96	72–96	70–85	97–91	95–86	77–95	94–86	89–75	118–113	—	114–109	101–98	114–103	94–91
Mladost	77–88	67–95	68–87	82–89	83–91	80–73	89–83	77–95	99–92	90–74	—	77–71	87–78	95–56
Metalac	81–70	71–81	68–111	87–91	80–72	87–106	80–100	82–73	80–66	92–81	94–98	—	98–102	91–63
Spartak	74–77	73–75	70–90	96–89	86–94	90–87	86–91	84–66	72–68	68–87	70–99	66–86	—	99–90
Beovuk 72	61–112	81–91	60–95	62–117	79–85	99–103	88–103	92–91	70–94	77–100	72–80	75–81	102–80	—

Updated to match(es) played on March 17, 2019. Source: Basketball League of Serbia
Legend: Blue = home team win; Red = away team win.

Super League

Qualified teams

First Adriatic League	First League
Crvena zvezda mts FMP Mega Bemax Partizan NIS	Borac Dynamic VIP PAY Novi Pazar OKK Beograd Zlatibor Tamiš Sloboda Dunav

Standings and results

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification		CZV	FMP	BOR	ZLA	OKK	DUN
1	Crvena zvezda mts	10	10	0	854	630	+224	20	Qualification to the Playoffs		—	82–65	86–58	83–57	82–50	101–60
2	FMP	10	8	2	824	688	+136	18			62–77	—	89–69	96–50	97–87	89–47
3	Borac	10	6	4	776	799	−23	16			67–77	59–73	—	70–63	89–81	107–94
4	Zlatibor	10	3	7	728	803	−75	13			68–82	61–74	74–80	—	74–87	86–66
5	OKK Beograd	10	2	8	807	884	−77	12			78–93	89–100	90–97	76–89	—	88–92
6	Dunav	10	1	9	723	908	−185	11			65–91	67–79	72–80	89–106	71–81	—

Source: Basketball League of Serbia

Positions by round

	First place & advance to the Playoffs
	Advance to the Playoffs

Team ╲ Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
Crvena zvezda mts	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
FMP	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
Borac	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3
Zlatibor	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	4
OKK Beograd	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	5
Dunav	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6

Source: Basketball League of Serbia

Standings and results

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification		PAR	MEG	DYN	NPZ	TAM	SLO
1	Partizan NIS	10	10	0	894	656	+238	20	Qualification to the Playoffs		—	102–69	96–58	93–67	84–80	85–49
2	Mega Bemax	10	7	3	969	837	+132	17			81–90	—	125–98	97–95	102–64	96–66
3	Dynamic VIP PAY	10	5	5	807	908	−101	15			62–91	102–98	—	116–113	77–76	85–79
4	Novi Pazar	10	4	6	864	867	−3	14			66–81	88–71	73–80	—	92–84	81–90
5	Tamiš	10	2	8	745	880	−135	12			62–88	69–121	72–64	72–89	—	90–77
6	Sloboda	10	2	8	753	884	−131	12			62–84	80–105	81–82	83–100	86–76	—

Source: Basketball League of Serbia

Positions by round

	First place & advance to the Playoffs
	Advance to the Playoffs

Team ╲ Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
Partizan NIS	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Mega Bemax	6	5	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
Dynamic VIP PAY	4	2	6	5	4	3	3	3	3	3
Novi Pazar	5	6	5	6	6	4	4	4	4	4
Tamiš	3	3	4	3	3	5	5	5	5	5
Sloboda	2	4	3	4	5	6	6	6	6	6

Source: Basketball League of Serbia

Playoffs

The playoffs are scheduled to start on June 2, 2019 and end on June 20, 2019.[13]

Bracket

	Semifinals				Finals
	2–4 June
	Crvena zvezda mts	2
					10–17 June
	Mega Bemax	0
					Crvena zvezda mts	3
	3–7 June
					Partizan NIS	1
	Partizan NIS	2
	FMP	1

Semifinals

Team 1	Series	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg	3rd leg
Crvena zvezda mts	2–0	Mega Bemax	83–72	96–91	—
Partizan NIS	2–1	FMP	93–75	85–88	97–59

Finals

Team 1	Series	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg	3rd leg	4th leg	5th leg
Crvena zvezda mts	3–1	Partizan NIS	98–94	72–73	96–90	76–75	—

2018–19 Basketball League of Serbia Champions
Crvena zvezda mts 20th title

Clubs in European competitions

Team	Competition	Progress
Crvena zvezda mts	EuroCup	Top 16
Partizan NIS		Top 16

See also

• 2018–19 Second Men's League of Serbia (basketball)
• 2018–19 Radivoj Korać Cup
• 2018–19 ABA League First Division
• 2018–19 ABA League Second Division
• 2018–19 Women's Basketball League of Serbia

Teams

• 2018–19 KK Crvena zvezda season
• 2018–19 KK Partizan season

References

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External links

• Official website
• League at srbijasport.net