2018–19 Moldovan National Division (basketball)

2018–19 Moldovan National Division
Season2018–19
Duration11 November 2018 – May 2019
Teams6
Finals
ChampionsDonbasket
  Runners-upTighina

The 2018–19 Moldovan National Division season was the 28th in of the top basketball league in Moldova.

Basco were the defending champions.

Competition format

Six teams joined the regular season, played as a double-legged round-robin tournament. The four best qualified teams joined the playoffs, that would be played in a best-of-five format.

Teams

Locations of the 2018–19 National Division teams
Team City
Admirals Chișinău
Donbasket Dondușeni
Gama-Sind Cahul
Rîbnița Rîbnița
Tighina Bender
USMF Chișinău

Regular season

League table

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1 Donbasket 10 9 1 917 718 +199 19 Qualification to the playoffs
2 Tighina 10 6 4 849 801 +48 16
3 Rîbnița 10 6 4 876 777 +99 16
4 USMF 10 5 5 796 747 +49 15
5 Gama-Sind 10 4 6 730 773 −43 14
6 Admirals 10 0 10 595 947 −352 10
Source: [1]

Results

Home \ Away ADM DON GAM RIB TIG USM
Admirals 65–107 54–92 66–79 80–102 51–76
Donbasket 96–57 74–65 92–80 92–70 84–94
Gama-Sind 79–54 79–94 46–103 74–80 50–80
Rîbnița 113–61 70–89 84–88 72–91 78–71
Tighina 96–42 78–102 88–86 91–99 70–82
USMF 107–65 70–87 62–81 82–98 72–83
Source: [2]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Red = away team win.

Playoffs

All series were played in a best-of-five playoff format (2-2-1).

Bracket

 
Semi-finalsFinals
 
      
 
 
 
 
Donbasket3
 
 
 
USMF0
 
Donbasket3
 
 
 
Tighina0
 
Tighina3
 
 
Rîbnița2
 
Third place
 
 
 
 
 
Rîbnița1
 
 
USMF1

Semi-finals

Team 1 Series Team 2 Game 1 Game 2 Game 3 Game 4 Game 5
Donbasket 3–0 USMF 96–60 99~62 104–71
Tighina 3–2 Rîbnița 81–69 86–70 80–84 74–76 85–81

Fifth place series

Team 1 Series Team 2 Game 1 Game 2 Game 3 Game 4 Game 5
Gama-Sind 3–0 Admirals 72–57 72–36 80–50

Third place series

Team 1 Series Team 2 Game 1 Game 2 Game 3 Game 4 Game 5
Rîbnița 1–1 USMF 94–85 73–97

Finals

Team 1 Series Team 2 Game 1 Game 2 Game 3 Game 4 Game 5
Donbasket 3–0 Tighina 93–76 77–74 87–80

References