2018–19 Basketligaen
# 2018–19 Basketligaen

The 2018–19 Basketligaen was the 44th season of the highest professional basketball tier in Denmark. The season started on 25 September 2018 and ended on 13 May 2019. Bakken Bears defended its title. Ryan Evans of the Bears was named the season's Most Valuable Player.

## Competition format

Teams were divided into two groups: Pro A, joined by the best five teams in the previous season, and Pro B, by the rest of the team. Each team would play against each other of their same league four times, while only twice with teams from the other side.

The five teams of Pro A and the best three of Pro B qualified for playoffs.

## Teams

After the end of the season, Hørsholm 79ers resigned to its place in the league. EBAA and Værløse joined the league.

| Team | City | Arena | Capacity |
| - | - | - | - |
| Bakken Bears | Aarhus | Vejlby-Risskov Hallen | 2,050 |
| BMS Herlev Wolfpack | Copenhagen | Ballerup Super Arena | 6,500 |
| EBAA | Aarhus | Vejlby-Risskov Hallen | 2,050 |
| Horsens IC | Horsens | Forum Horsens | 3,300 |
| Randers Cimbria | Randers | Arena Randers | 3,000 |
| Stevnsgade SuperMen | Copenhagen | Nørrebrohallen | 600 |
| Svendborg Rabbits | Svendborg | Svendborg Idrætscenter | 1,922 |
| Team FOG Næstved | Næstved | Næstved Hallen | 3,500 |
| Værløse | Værløse | Søndersøhallen | |

## Regular season

### Pro A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Bakken Bears | 24 | 22 | 2 | 2444 | 1948 | +496 | 44 | Qualification to playoffs |
| 2 | Horsens | 24 | 18 | 6 | 2256 | 1954 | +302 | 36 | Qualification to playoffs |
| 3 | Team FOG Næstved | 24 | 14 | 10 | 2191 | 1969 | +222 | 28 | Qualification to playoffs |
| 4 | Svendborg Rabbits | 24 | 13 | 11 | 1979 | 1979 | 0 | 26 | Qualification to playoffs |
| 5 | Randers Cimbria | 24 | 13 | 11 | 2160 | 2185 | −25 | 26 | Qualification to playoffs |

### Pro B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | EBAA | 22 | 8 | 14 | 1668 | 1847 | −179 | 16 | Qualification to playoffs |
| 2 | BMS Herlev Wolfpack | 22 | 7 | 15 | 1787 | 2015 | −228 | 14 | Qualification to playoffs |
| 3 | Værløse | 22 | 7 | 15 | 1720 | 1906 | −186 | 14 | Qualification to playoffs |
| 4 | Stevnsgade SuperMen | 22 | 2 | 20 | 1567 | 1969 | −402 | 4 | |

### Results

| Home \ Away | BAK | WOL | HIC | EBA | RAN | SVE | STE | FOG | VAE | BAK | WOL | HIC | EBA | RAN | SVE | STE | FOG | VAE |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bakken Bears | — | 109–72 | 101–78 | 119–83 | 109–74 | 87–78 | 102–78 | 109–89 | 113–74 | — | — | 110–98 | — | 108–95 | 97–78 | — | 110–86 | — |
| BMS Herlev Wolfpack | 80–124 | — | 76–124 | 86–99 | 78–107 | 66–88 | 95–83 | 83–100 | 95–86 | — | — | — | 70–72 | — | — | 97–79 | — | 84–74 |
| Horsens | 94–101 | 83–54 | — | 95–64 | 106–90 | 105–78 | 106–70 | 90–92 | 85–65 | 86–75 | — | — | — | 93–106 | 102–80 | — | 80–75 | — |
| EBAA | 75–89 | 56–88 | 64–82 | — | 56–82 | 71–93 | 78–64 | 75–87 | 64–67 | — | 88–69 | — | — | — | — | 80–64 | — | 81–63 |
| Randers Cimbria | 107–103 | 98–91 | 81–95 | 101–90 | — | 76–96 | 94–69 | 85–81 | 114–85 | 85–115 | — | 94–103 | — | — | 82–91 | — | 85–104 | — |
| Svendborg Rabbits | 70–100 | 90–76 | 64–106 | 99–89 | 69–72 | — | 81–62 | 84–75 | 85–73 | 78–81 | — | 75–86 | — | 73–77 | — | — | 88–80 | — |
| Stevnsgade SuperMen | 57–118 | 95–97 | 74–98 | 79–92 | 71–88 | 52–75 | — | 62–111 | 60–67 | — | 73–67 | — | 78–83 | — | — | — | — | 71–79 |
| Team FOG Næstved | 67–79 | 108–70 | 101–84 | 101–71 | 103–90 | 89–94 | 84–65 | — | 97–61 | 88–93 | — | 70–76 | — | 113–91 | 95–74 | — | — | — |
| Værløse | 78–90 | 93–84 | 94–101 | 68–64 | 83–86 | 80–98 | 78–63 | 70–95 | — | — | 84–109 | — | 99–73 | — | — | 88–60 | — | — |

## Playoffs

The playoffs were played between the eight teams of the competition, with a best-of-five series in a 1-1-1-1-1 format. The seeded team played games 1, 3 and 5 at home. The Finals will be played in a best-of-seven series and the bronze medal series as a single game.

### Bracket

| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Finals | Finals |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bakken Bears | 3 | | |
| Værløse | 0 | | |
| Værløse | 0 | Bakken Bears | 3 |
| | | Randers Cimbria | 1 |
| Svendborg Rabbits | 2 | Randers Cimbria | 1 |
| Randers Cimbria | 3 | | | | |
| Randers Cimbria | 3 | | | Bakken Bears | 4 |
| | | | | Horsens | 0 |
| Horsens | 3 | | | Horsens | 0 |
| BMS Herlev Wolfpack | 0 | | | | |
| BMS Herlev Wolfpack | 0 | Horsens | 3 | | |
| | | Team FOG Næstved | 0 | Third place game | Third place game |
| Team FOG Næstved | 3 | Team FOG Næstved | 0 | Third place game | Third place game |
| EBAA | 0 | | | | |
| EBAA | 0 | | | Team FOG Næstved | 101 |
| | | | | Randers Cimbria | 92 |

### Quarterfinals

| Team 1 | Series | Team 2 | Game 1 | Game 2 | Game 3 | Game 4 | Game 5 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bakken Bears | 3–0 | Værløse | 107–81 | 98–87 | 90–71 | 0 | 0 |
| Horsens | 3–0 | BMS Herlev Wolfpack | 112–67 | 99–75 | 91–64 | 0 | 0 |
| Team FOG Næstved | 3–0 | EBAA | 89–65 | 93–64 | 101–66 | 0 | 0 |
| Svendborg Rabbits | 2–3 | Randers Cimbria | 81–65 | 88–95 | 74–83 | 86–82 | 73–79 |

### Semifinals

| Team 1 | Series | Team 2 | Game 1 | Game 2 | Game 3 | Game 4 | Game 5 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bakken Bears | 3–1 | Randers Cimbria | 95–85 | 92–99 | 99–84 | 92–87 | 0 |
| Horsens | 3–0 | Team FOG Næstved | 89–78 | 93–81 | 109–66 | 0 | 0 |

### Third place game

| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| - | - | - |
| Team FOG Næstved | 101–92 | Randers Cimbria |

### Finals

| Team 1 | Series | Team 2 | Game 1 | Game 2 | Game 3 | Game 4 | Game 5 | Game 6 | Game 7 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bakken Bears | 4–0 | Horsens | 91–86 | 83–76 | 91–62 | 91–76 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

## Danish clubs in European competitions

| Team | Competition | Result |
| - | - | - |
| Bakken Bears | Champions League | Second qualifying round |
| Bakken Bears | FIBA Europe Cup | Round of 16 |
