2018–19 Albanian Basketball Superleague

The 2018–19 Albanian Basketball Superleague, is the 53rd season of the top professional basketball league in Albania.

Albanian Basketball Superleague
Season	2018–19
Duration	7 October 2018 – May 2019
Number of teams	6
TV partner(s)	Telesport TVSH
Regular season
Relegated	Kamza
Finals
Champions	Goga (1st title)
Runners-up	Teuta
← 2017–18 2019–20 →

Competition format

The six clubs played a four-legged round robin tournament where the four first qualified teams would advance to the playoffs.

The fifth qualified team faced the runner-up of the second division in a best-of-three games playoff for avoiding relegation, and the last qualified team was directly relegated.

Clubs and arenas

Goga

Kamza

Partizani

Teuta

Tirana

Vllaznia

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Locations of the 2018–19 Albanian Superliga teams

Club	Location	Founded	Colours	Arena	Capacity	Head Coach
Goga	Durrës	2015		Ramazan Njala Sports Palace	1,000
Kamza	Kamëz	1962		Bathore Sports Hall	500	Adem Muhametaj
Partizani	Tirana	1946		Asllan Rusi Sports Palace	3,000	E.Ismeti
Teuta	Durrës	1925		Ramazan Njala Sports Palace	1,000	Miodrag Baletic
Tirana	Tirana	1946		Farie Hoti Sports Palace	3,000	Bujar Shehu
Vllaznia	Shkodër	1919		Qazim Dërvishi Sports Palace	1,200	Bledar Gjeçaj

Regular season

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Goga	20	18	2	1856	1565	+291	38	Qualification to playoffs
2	Teuta	20	15	5	1757	1488	+269	35
3	Partizani	20	10	10	1639	1536	+103	30
4	Tirana	20	8	12	1568	1656	−88	28
5	Vllaznia	20	5	15	1569	1811	−242	25	Relegation playoffs
6	Kamza (R)	20	4	16	1531	1855	−324	24	Relegation to First Division

Source: FSHB
(R) Relegated

Results

Home \ Away	GOG	KAM	PAR	TEU	TIR	VLL	GOG	KAM	PAR	TEU	TIR	VLL
Goga	—	117–90	102–89	80–76	102–75	131–86	—	104–93	84–71	87–81	84–71	107–77
Kamza	73–82	—	58–100	78–116	86–82	85–80	75–92	—	46–94	85–100	82–95	108–92
Partizani	68–74	85–66	—	65–62	75–53	82–75	79–90	93–84	—	79–92	63–66	86–89
Teuta	90–80	111–76	74–78	—	95–66	101–46	71–83	81–70	85–81	—	75–74	99–77
Tirana	87–83	76–74	92–83	69–98	—	113–79	75–98	89–59	80–91	70–83	—	97–86
Vllaznia	62–87	70–75	74–96	56–78	78–70	—	76–90	105–69	91–80	88–89	82–68	—

Source: FSHB
Legend: Blue = home team win; Red = away team win.

Playoffs

The semi-finals were played in a best-of-three playoff format and the finals in a best-of-five playoff format (1-1-1-1-1).

Bracket

	Semi-finals				Finals
	Goga	2
	Tirana	1
					Goga	3
					Teuta	2
	Teuta	2
	Partizani	0

Semi-finals

Team 1	Series	Team 2	Game 1	Game 2	Game 3
Goga	2–1	Tirana	81–74	75–82	100–65
Teuta	2–0	Partizani	83–60	69–63

Finals

Team 1	Series	Team 2	Game 1	Game 2	Game 3	Game 4	Game 5
Goga	3–2	Teuta	84–88	73–72	79–70	70–81	81–60

Relegation playoffs

Vllaznia played legs 1 and 3 at home.

Team 1	Series	Team 2	Game 1	Game 2	Game 3
Vllaznia	2–0	Invaders	91–56	107–75	0

Albanian clubs in European competitions

Team	Competition	Progress
Teuta	Balkan League	Runner-up

External links

• Albanian Basketball Federation site