2018–19 Ukrainian Basketball SuperLeague
# 2018–19 Ukrainian Basketball SuperLeague

The 2018–19 Ukrainian Basketball SuperLeague was the 2018–19 edition of the Ukrainian top-tier basketball championship. Cherkaski Mavpy were the defending champions.

Khimik won its third domestic title, its first one since 2016, after beating Kyiv-Basket in the finals. Khimik's Deon Edwin was named the USL Most Valuable Player this season.

## Teams

Eight teams joined the competition. Budivelnyk and BIPA Odesa were replaced by Kyiv-Basket and Odesa respectively.

On 21 June 2018, the Ukrainian federation announced that Budivelnyk would not participate because of its open debts to its players.

| Team | City | Arena |
| - | - | - |
| Cherkaski Mavpy | Cherkasy | Sportpalace Budivelnyk |
| Dnipro | Dnipro | Sportcomplex Shynnik |
| Khimik | Yuzhne | Sportcomplex Olymp |
| Kyiv-Basket | Kyiv | Kyiv Sports Palace |
| Mykolaiv | Mykolaiv | Sports School Nadiya |
| Odesa | Odesa | Palace of Sports |
| Politekhnik | Kharkiv | |
| Zaporizhzhia | Zaporizhzhia | Palace of Sports ZAB |

## Regular season

### Standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Zaporizhzhia | 28 | 19 | 9 | 2488 | 2387 | +101 | 47 | Qualification to playoffs |
| 2 | Khimik | 28 | 19 | 9 | 2378 | 2263 | +115 | 47 | Qualification to playoffs |
| 3 | Dnipro | 28 | 18 | 10 | 2272 | 2186 | +86 | 46 | Qualification to playoffs |
| 4 | Kyiv-Basket | 28 | 15 | 13 | 2262 | 2177 | +85 | 43 | Qualification to playoffs |
| 5 | Mykolaiv | 28 | 13 | 15 | 2188 | 2227 | −39 | 41 | Qualification to playoffs |
| 6 | Odesa | 28 | 10 | 18 | 2251 | 2336 | −85 | 38 | Qualification to playoffs |
| 7 | Politekhnik | 28 | 9 | 19 | 2175 | 2331 | −156 | 37 | Qualification to playoffs |
| 8 | Cherkaski Mavpy | 28 | 9 | 19 | 2384 | 2491 | −107 | 37 | Qualification to playoffs |

### Results

| Home \ Away | CHE | ODE | DNI | KHI | KYI | MYK | POL | ZAP | CHE | ODE | DNI | KHI | KYI | MYK | POL | ZAP |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Cherkaski Mavpy | — | 110–95 | 89–91 | 96–98 | 77–80 | 101–94 | 71–89 | 88–91 | — | 84–81 | 89–86 | 82–86 | 87–96 | 74–94 | 89–91 | 98–105 |
| Odesa | 76–83 | — | 71–65 | 89–80 | 89–79 | 71–62 | 74–92 | 94–97 | 88–85 | — | 59–72 | 78–84 | 70–76 | 85–93 | 82–76 | 95–88 |
| Dnipro | 97–82 | 90–85 | — | 78–73 | 86–93 | 74–65 | 70–59 | 83–79 | 92–87 | 90–72 | — | 74–75 | 75–65 | 88–82 | 83–68 | 87–83 |
| Khimik | 93–76 | 90–89 | 94–92 | — | 89–75 | 87–81 | 94–82 | 87–95 | 92–89 | 92–78 | 75–76 | — | 72–79 | 77–83 | 87–92 | 74–79 |
| Kyiv-Basket | 75–80 | 84–81 | 78–79 | 60–65 | — | 85–72 | 77–81 | 103–82 | 90–51 | 76–62 | 85–77 | 60–65 | — | 88–72 | 75–76 | 88–83 |
| Mykolaiv | 80–73 | 92–73 | 78–72 | 72–88 | 83–79 | — | 72–65 | 60–57 | 75–83 | 67–82 | 73–80 | 68–80 | 74–72 | — | 94–78 | 79–88 |
| Politekhnik | 94–85 | 76–81 | 65–73 | 61–99 | 68–74 | 75–77 | — | 74–95 | 76–91 | 69–84 | 80–73 | 72–84 | 86–88 | 86–81 | — | 86–90 |
| Zaporizhzhia | 90–93 | 88–80 | 89–79 | 97–101 | 88–82 | 84–81 | 104–77 | — | 96–91 | 96–87 | 93–90 | 93–82 | 92–83 | 82–84 | 84–81 | — |

## Playoffs

Quarterfinals will be played in a best-of-three games format, while semifinals and final in a best-of-five (2–2–1) format.

### Bracket

| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Zaporizhzhia | 2 | | |
| Cherkaski Mavpy | 1 | | |
| Cherkaski Mavpy | 1 | Zaporizhzhia | 1 |
| | | Kyiv-Basket | 3 |
| Kyiv-Basket | 2 | Kyiv-Basket | 3 |
| Mykolaiv | 1 | | | | |
| Mykolaiv | 1 | | | Kyiv-Basket | 0 |
| | | | | Khimik | 3 |
| Khimik | 2 | | | Khimik | 3 |
| Politekhnik | 0 | | | | |
| Politekhnik | 0 | Khimik | 3 | | |
| | | Dnipro | 2 | Third place | Third place |
| Dnipro | 2 | Dnipro | 2 | Third place | Third place |
| Odesa | 1 | | | | |
| Odesa | 1 | | | Zaporizhzhia | 3 |
| | | | | Dnipro | 2 |

### Quarter-finals

| Team 1 | Series | Team 2 | Game 1 | Game 2 | Game 3 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Zaporizhzhia | 2–1 | Cherkaski Mavpy | 105–87 | 91–101 | 81–80 |
| Khimik | 2–0 | Politekhnik | 83–81 | 90–66 | 0 |
| Dnipro | 2–1 | Odesa | 92–82 | 93–101 | 91–81 |
| Kyiv-Basket | 2–1 | Mykolaiv | 82–70 | 94–103 | 83–73 |

### Semi-finals

| Team 1 | Series | Team 2 | Game 1 | Game 2 | Game 3 | Game 4 | Game 5 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Zaporizhzhia | 1–3 | Kyiv-Basket | 86–94 | 95–83 | 92–104 | 81–89 | 0 |
| Khimik | 3–2 | Dnipro | 95–85 | 92–86 | 53–90 | 77–93 | 76–71 |

### Third place series

| Team 1 | Series | Team 2 | Game 1 | Game 2 | Game 3 | Game 4 | Game 5 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Zaporizhzhia | 3–2 | Dnipro | 110–86 | 73–81 | 100–94 | 77–92 | 76–56 |

### Finals

| Team 1 | Series | Team 2 | Game 1 | Game 2 | Game 3 | Game 4 | Game 5 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Khimik | 3–0 | Kyiv-Basket | 88–70 | 92–87 | 79–73 | 0 | 0 |

## Ukrainian clubs in European competitions

| Team | Competition | Progress |
| - | - | - |
| Cherkaski Mavpy | FIBA Europe Cup | Regular season |
| Dnipro | FIBA Europe Cup | Regular season |
