The 2018–19 National Basketball League (Czech Republic) season was the 26th season of the Czech NBL. ČEZ Nymburk achieved their 16th consecutive title, this time without losing any game in the whole season.

Kooperativa NBL1
Season2018–19
Duration26 September 2018 – May 2019
Teams12
Finals
ChampionsČEZ Nymburk
16th title
1 Sponsored league name.

Format

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Teams in regular season play home and away against every other team in a round-robin tournament, before being split into two groups of six teams for playing again home and away against the teams from the same group.

After the end of the stage after the first split, the six teams from to top group and the two first qualified teams from the bottom group joined the play-offs.

The other four teams would play again home and away against themselves for avoiding the relegation.

Teams

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Team City Venue
Armex Děčín Děčín ARMEX Sportcentrum
ČEZ Nymburk Nymburk Sportovní Centrum
Dekstone Tuři Svitavy Svitavy Na Střelnici
egoé Brno Brno Hala Míč
Geosan Kolín Kolín Hala SOU Spojů
JIP Pardubice Pardubice Sportovní hala Dašická
Kingspan Královští sokoli Hradec Králové
NH Ostrava Ostrava Bonver Aréna
Opava Opava Hala Opava
Olomoucko Prostějov Sportcentrum - DDM
Sluneta Ústí nad Labem Sportovni Hala Klise
USK Praha Prague Hala Folimanka

Regular season

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League table

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Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD PCT Qualification
1 ČEZ Nymburk 22 22 0 2130 1603 +527 1.000 Qualification to group A1
2 Dekstone Tuři Svitavy 22 16 6 1890 1668 +222 .727
3 Armex Děčín 22 14 8 1855 1780 +75 .636
4 JIP Pardubice 22 13 9 1885 1769 +116 .591
5 Olomoucko 22 13 9 1925 1820 +105 .591
6 Sluneta 22 13 9 1815 1817 −2 .591
7 Opava 22 10 12 1792 1851 −59 .455
8 egoé Brno 22 8 14 1617 1744 −127 .364
9 Geosan Kolín 22 7 15 1853 1974 −121 .318 Qualification to group A2
10 USK Praha 22 7 15 1637 1793 −156 .318
11 NH Ostrava 22 6 16 1773 2067 −294 .273
12 Kingspan Královští sokoli 22 3 19 1730 2016 −286 .136
Source: NBL

Results

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Home \ Away DEC CEZ TUR BRN KOL PAR KRA OST OLO OPA SLU USK
Armex Děčín 68–93 77–79 69–63 94–74 72–68 99–79 106–78 100–84 100–79 106–109 68–65
ČEZ Nymburk 106–88 85–77 98–63 107–79 118–68 100–71 100–59 96–76 108–78 92–81 101–56
Dekstone Tuři Svitavy 84–69 64–68 73–67 104–68 85–93 102–77 106–86 85–76 96–58 66–70 85–70
egoé Brno 77–68 70–91 73–83 66–87 70–87 89–77 77–68 71–88 67–59 71–80 87–69
Geosan Kolín 101–105 95–116 90–95 75–80 97–96 104–78 101–65 90–96 80–91 90–92 79–76
JIP Pardubice 67–76 70–90 93–85 85–69 78–84 114–93 128–71 82–70 100–55 82–67 63–68
Kingspan Královští sokoli 84–90 72–108 78–90 84–79 88–74 75–85 88–75 52–85 64–89 73–91 87–90
NH Ostrava 96–101 73–94 81–92 75–81 83–80 100–92 97–83 81–91 108–120 92–85 90–85
Olomoucko 88–67 77–89 65–81 86–90 111–82 99–76 88–82 95–70 91–90 101–79 79–77
Opava 61–77 79–81 88–73 79–53 80–71 82–89 102–91 95–79 102–92 94–79 63–74
Sluneta 76–66 80–92 56–103 86–78 86–87 79–96 77–67 97–66 89–88 93–68 82–69
USK Praha 69–89 59–97 80–82 77–76 87–65 64–73 88–87 70–80 89–99 85–80 70–81
Source: NBL
Legend: Blue = home team win; Red = away team win.

Second stage

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Group A1

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Standings

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Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1 ČEZ Nymburk 36 36 0 3472 2623 +849 72 Qualification to quarterfinals
2 Dekstone Tuři Svitavy 36 22 14 2989 2874 +115 58
3 Armex Děčín 36 20 16 2886 2915 −29 56
4 Olomoucko 36 20 16 3222 2983 +239 56
5 JIP Pardubice 36 20 16 3002 2875 +127 56
6 Opava 36 19 17 2961 2945 +16 55
7 Sluneta 36 17 19 2888 3005 −117 53 Qualification to round of 16
8 egoé Brno 36 11 25 2592 2935 −343 47
Source: NBL

Results

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Home \ Away DEC CEZ TUR BRN PAR OLO OPA SLU
Armex Děčín 74–94 73–82 62–60 80–69 79–76 78–70 75–76
ČEZ Nymburk 97–53 93–79 95–57 83–77 105–83 112–82 101–79
Dekstone Tuři Svitavy 85–88 69–87 78–66 71–63 96–93 73–97 81–77
egoé Brno 89–70 60–111 77–74 81–80 73–103 80–91 72–81
JIP Pardubice 92–80 64–80 97–77 73–58 91–98 80–74 79–75
Olomoucko 90–71 94–98 106–81 96–66 93–98 113–64 94–74
Opava 70–58 89–90 110–68 91–63 87–77 72–64 87–60
Sluneta 85–90 60–96 78–85 86–73 69–77 95–94 78–84
Source: NBL
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Group A2

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Standings

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Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1 USK Praha 34 15 19 2693 2733 −40 49 Qualification to round of 16
2 Geosan Kolín 34 14 20 2914 3072 −158 48
3 NH Ostrava 34 10 24 2778 3125 −347 44
4 Kingspan Královští sokoli 34 8 26 2748 3060 −312 42 Qualification to relegation group
Source: NBL

Results

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Home \ Away KOL KRA OST USK KOL KRA OST USK
Geosan Kolín 85–76 87–82 82–103 108–104 89–77 83–92
Kingspan Královští sokoli 124–71 93–82 77–67 82–81 97–102 86–94
NH Ostrava 86–106 110–65 78–70 83–88 90–76 72–96
USK Praha 110–99 78–58 95–65 79–82 76–80 96–78
Source: NBL
Legend: Blue = home team win; Red = away team win.

Playoffs

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Seeded teams played at home games 1, 2, 5 and 7, while the third place game where played with a best-of-three format, playing the seeded team the matches 1 and 3 at home, and the finals in a double-legged one.

Bracket

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Round of 16Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
              
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
ČEZ Nymburk4
 
 
 
USK Praha0
 
egoé Brno0
 
 
 
USK Praha2
 
ČEZ Nymburk4
 
 
Olomoucko0
 
 
 
 
 
Olomoucko4
 
 
JIP Pardubice0
 
 
 
 
 
ČEZ Nymburk3
 
 
Armex Děčín0
 
 
 
 
 
Dekstone Tuři Svitavy4
 
 
 
Sluneta1
 
Sluneta2
 
 
 
Geosan Kolín1
 
Dekstone Tuři Svitavy2
 
 
Armex Děčín4 Third place
 
 
  
 
 
Armex Děčín4 Dekstone Tuři Svitavy0
 
 
Opava3 Olomoucko2
 
 
 
 

Round of 16

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Team 1 Series Team 2 Game 1 Game 2 Game 3
Sluneta 2–1 Geosan Kolín 70–80 83–72 0
egoé Brno 0–2 USK Praha 61–78 69–77 0

Quarter-finals

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Team 1 Series Team 2 Game 1 Game 2 Game 3 Game 4 Game 5 Game 6 Game 7
ČEZ Nymburk 4–0 USK Praha 100–78 95–58 88–50 77–92 0 0 0
Dekstone Tuři Svitavy 4–1 Sluneta 95–83 87–76 81–71 91–94 109–71 0 0
Armex Děčín 4–3 Opava 84–79 90–82 68–89 64–73 93–87 74–84 79–62
Olomoucko 4–0 JIP Pardubice 86–81 102–91 93–87 100–91 0 0 0

Semi-finals

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Team 1 Series Team 2 Game 1 Game 2 Game 3 Game 4 Game 5 Game 6 Game 7
ČEZ Nymburk 4–0 Olomoucko 103–80 88–78 85–76 102–67 0 0 0
Dekstone Tuři Svitavy 2–4 Armex Děčín 86–81 84–95 78–59 93–80 73–79 85–88 0

Third place

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Team 1 Series Team 2 Game 1 Game 2 Game 3
Dekstone Tuři Svitavy 0–2 Olomoucko 84–91 88–100 0

Finals

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Team 1 Series Team 2 Game 1 Game 2 Game 3 Game 4 Game 5
ČEZ Nymburk 3–0 Armex Děčín 105–65 76–65 89–60 0 0

Relegation group

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Standings

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Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Relegation KRA GBA HRA
1 Kingspan Královští sokoli 2 1 1 184 175 +9 3 94–82
2 GBA EU 2 1 1 188 192 −4 3 Relegated 106–98
3 Fiobanka Jindřichův Hradec 2 1 1 191 196 −5 3 93–90
Source: NBL

Czech clubs in European competitions

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Team Competition Progress
ČEZ Nymburk Champions League Regular season
Opava Regular season
JIP Pardubice Third qualifying round
FIBA Europe Cup Regular season
Dekstone Tuři Svitavy First qualifying round

Czech clubs in international competitions

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Team Competition Progress
Sluneta Ústí nad Labem Alpe Adria Cup Quarterfinals
USK Praha Quarterfinals
Armex Děčín Regular season
Egoe Brno Regular season

References

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