2018–19 Armenia Basketball League A
2018–19 Armenia Basketball League A | |
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Season | 2018–19 |
Duration | 7 October 2018 – May 2019 |
Number of teams | 6 |
Finals | |
Champions | Aragats (1st title) |
Runners-up | Urartu Vivaro |
← 2017–18 2019–20 → |
The 2018–19 Armenia Basketball League A is the second season of the basketball first division of Armenia.
Artsakh are the defending champions.
Competition format
The regular season consists in a double-legged round-robin tournament where the six teams qualify for the playoffs.
Teams
![2018–19 Armenia Basketball League A is located in Armenia](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/56/Armenia_adm_location_map.svg/300px-Armenia_adm_location_map.svg.png)
![Artk](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/8px-Red_pog.svg.png)
![Yerevan teams: Aragats Artsakh Erebuni FIMA](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/8px-Red_pog.svg.png)
Aragats
Artsakh
Erebuni
FIMA
![Urartu](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/8px-Red_pog.svg.png)
Six teams will take part in the competition after the withdrawal of 3 teams -Engineer, Shirak and Grand Sport-, and the admission of 2 teams -Aragats and Erebuni-.[1]
Two teams were relocated: Urartu Vivaro from Yerevan to Vanadzor and Artsakh from Stepanakert to Yerevan.
Club | Place | Arena |
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Aragats | Yerevan | Mika Sports Arena |
Artik Man Holding | Artik | Artik Sports School |
Artsakh | Yerevan | Mika Sports Arena |
Erebuni | Yerevan | Mika Sports Arena |
FIMA | Yerevan | Mika Sports Arena |
Urartu Vivaro | Vanadzor | Armenia Sports Arena |
Regular season
League table
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Aragats | 20 | 14 | 6 | 1833 | 1631 | +202 | 34 | Qualification to the semifinals |
2 | Urartu Vivaro | 20 | 12 | 8 | 1663 | 1638 | +25 | 32 | |
3 | Artsakh | 20 | 11 | 9 | 1858 | 1834 | +24 | 31 | Qualification to the quarterfinals |
4 | Artik Man Holding[a] | 20 | 12 | 8 | 1570 | 1497 | +73 | 30 | |
5 | FIMA | 20 | 6 | 14 | 1553 | 1712 | −159 | 26 | |
6 | Erebuni | 20 | 4 | 16 | 1499 | 1664 | −165 | 24 |
Notes:
- ^ Two points docked.
Results
Home \ Away | ARA | ART | ARS | ERE | FIM | URA | ARA | ART | ARS | ERE | FIM | URA |
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Aragats | — | 81–73 | 114–73 | 85–80 | 98–79 | 84–64 | — | 20–0[a] | 97–103 | 117–96 | 90–94 | 100–76 |
Artik Man Holding | 92–96 | — | 97–91 | 89–73 | 99–79 | 80–85 | 80–74 | — | 87–85 | 100–76 | 109–67 | 74–71 |
Artsakh | 122–104 | 82–97 | — | 91–83 | 77–88 | 85–91 | 116–109 | 102–82 | — | 80–67 | 115–93 | 107–102 |
Erebuni | 73–98 | 80–83 | 94–91 | — | 87–80 | 72–73 | 59–77 | 73–86 | 84–95 | — | [b] | 79–77 |
FIMA | 97–103 | 68–89 | 88–73 | 102–91 | — | 95–98 | 76–101 | 20–0[c] | 96–109 | 103–97 | — | 86–105 |
Urartu Vivaro | 99–91 | 81–73 | 77–80 | 59–70 | 64–58 | — | 79–94 | 93–80 | 84–81 | 78–65 | 107–84 | — |
Legend: Blue = home team win; Red = away team win.
Playoffs
The playoffs are played in a best-of-seven format, with the series starting 1–1 or 2–0 depending on the head-to-head games in the regular season. The other five matches are played as 1-1-1-1-1.
Final will be played in a best-of-nine format with the same format as in the previous series.
Bracket
Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
Aragats | 4 | |||||||||
Artik Man Holding | 1 | |||||||||
Artik Man Holding | 4 | |||||||||
FIMA | 1 | |||||||||
Aragats | 5 | |||||||||
Urartu Vivaro | 1 | |||||||||
Urartu Vivaro | 4 | |||||||||
Artsakh | 3 | |||||||||
Artsakh | 4 | |||||||||
Erebuni | 0 | |||||||||
Quarter-finals
Team 1 | Series | Team 2 | Game 1 | Game 2 | Game 3 | Game 4 | Game 5 | Game 6 |
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Artik Man Holding | 4–1 | FIMA | 1–1 | 123–84 | 121–96 | 20–0 | 0 | 0 |
Artsakh | 4–0 | Erebuni | 2–0 | 92–62 | 83–74 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Semi-finals
Team 1 | Series | Team 2 | Game 1 | Game 2 | Game 3 | Game 4 | Game 5 | Game 6 |
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Aragats | 4–1 | Artik Man Holding | 1–1 | 107–101 | 86–74 | 92–90 | 0 | 0 |
Urartu Vivaro | 4–3 | Artsakh | 1–1 | 97–105 | 77–81 | 80–74 | 71–68 | 85–80 |
Finals
Team 1 | Series | Team 2 | Game 1 | Game 2 | Game 3 | Game 4 | Game 5 | Game 6 | Game 7 |
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Aragats | 5–1 | Urartu Vivaro | 2–0 | 83–79 | 89–93 | 103–61 | 97–87 | 0 | 0 |
Final standings
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L |
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1 | Aragats | 27 | 20 | 7 |
2 | Urartu Vivaro | 29 | 16 | 13 |
3 | Artsakh | 27 | 15 | 12 |
4 | Artik Man Holding | 26 | 15 | 11 |
5 | FIMA | 23 | 6 | 17 |
6 | Erebuni | 22 | 4 | 18 |
References
- ^ "Ա լիգայի կանոնավոր առաջնությանը կմասնակցեն 8 թիմեր" (in Armenian). Armenian Basketball Federation. 23 August 2018. Retrieved 23 August 2018.
External links
- Armenian basketball at Eurobasket.com
- League A at Facebook
- Basketball Federation of Armenia at Facebook