2018–19 Premijer liga

Hrvatski telekom Premijer liga
Season2018–19
DurationOctober 6, 2018 – April 20, 2019
(Regular season)
April 23, 2019 – May 30, 2019
(Playoffs)
Teams12
TV partner(s)HRT
Arena Sport
Regular season
Top seedZadar
PromotedDubrava
Sonik-Puntamika
RelegatedBosco
Finals
ChampionsCibona (19th title)
  Runners-upCedevita
SemifinalistsSplit
Zadar
Finals MVPCroatia Damir Markota
Statistical leaders
Points Croatia Hrvoje Vučić (Alkar) 17.6
Rebounds Nigeria Abdul-Malik Abu (Vrijednosnice Osijek) 9.1
Assists Slovakia Mario Ihring (Vrijednosnice Osijek) 6.7
Records
Biggest home winŠibenik 115–62 Hermes Analitica
(March 16, 2019)
Biggest away winBosco 67–107 Cibona
(October 23, 2018)
Highest attendance4,000
Zadar 94–72 Šibenik
(December 18, 2018)
All statistics correct as of May 30, 2019.

The 2018–19 HT Premijer liga was the 28th season of the HT Premijer liga, the highest professional basketball league in Croatia. It started on October 6, 2018 and finished on May 30, 2019.

Format

As in the previous season, all participants in Premijer liga including teams that play ABA League joined the regular season. It was played with a double round-robin format where the eight first qualified teams joined the playoffs, while the penultimate will be play relegation playoffs and last qualified one was relegated.

Current teams

Promotion and relegation

Teams promoted from the First League
Teams relegated to the First League

Locations and team informations

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Location of teams in the 2018–19 HT Premijer liga
Team Coach City Venue Capacity
Adria Oil Škrljevo Croatia Damir Rajković Škrljevo Dvorana Mavrinci 720
Alkar Croatia Srđan Helbich Sinj Sportska dvorana Ivica Glavan Ićo 600
Bosco Croatia Matija Brkljačić Zagreb Sportska dvorana Trnsko 2,500
Cedevita Croatia Dražen Orešković Zagreb Dom sportova 3,100
Cibona Bosnia and Herzegovina Ivan Velić Zagreb Dražen Petrović Hall 5,400
Gorica Croatia Josip Sesar Velika Gorica Dvorana srednjih škola Velika Gorica 1,000
Hermes Analitica Croatia Zvonimir Mravak Zagreb Dražen Petrović Hall 5,400
Split Croatia Ante Grgurević Split Arena Gripe 3,500
Šibenik Croatia Miro Jurić Šibenik Sportska dvorana Baldekin 900
Vrijednosnice Croatia Domagoj Kujundžić Osijek Gradski vrt Hall 3,538
Zabok Croatia Ivan Tomas Zabok Zabok Sports Hall 3,000
Zadar Croatia Ante Nazor Zadar Krešimir Ćosić Hall 7,997
Teams that play in the 2018–19 First Adriatic League

Teams that play in the 2018–19 Second Adriatic League

Teams that play in the 2018-19 Alpe Adria Cup

Coaching changes

Team Outgoing manager Date of vacancy Position in table Replaced with Date of appointment Ref.
Šibenik Croatia Vladimir Anzulović 10 May 2018 Pre-season Croatia Miro Jurić 11 May 2018 [1][2]
Split Croatia Ivica Skelin 28 May 2018 Croatia Vladimir Anzulović 28 May 2018 [3]
Cedevita Slovenia Jure Zdovc 6 June 2018 Croatia Slaven Rimac 8 August 2018 [4][5]
Cibona Croatia Ante Nazor 6 June 2018 Bosnia and Herzegovina Ivan Velić 8 June 2018 [6][7]
Zadar Croatia Aramis Naglić 21 June 2018 Slovenia Aleš Pipan 28 June 2018 [8][9]
Zabok Croatia Ivan Perinčić 25 July 2018 Croatia Ivan Tomas 9 August 2018 [10][11]
Zadar Slovenia Aleš Pipan 23 October 2018 3rd (2–1) Croatia Ante Nazor 24 October 2018 [12][13]
Cedevita Croatia Slaven Rimac 25 October 2018 1st (3–0) Croatia Ivan Kapov 26 October 2018 [14]
Cedevita Croatia Ivan Kapov 21 December 2018 4th (7–4) Croatia Dražen Orešković 21 December 2018 [15]
Bosco Croatia Matija Brkljačić 6 January 2019 12th (1–10) Croatia Ivica Burić 6 January 2019
Vrijednosnice Croatia Vladimir Krstić 9 January 2019 8th (5–6) Croatia Domagoj Kujundžić 11 January 2019
Split Croatia Vladimir Anzulović 5 March 2019 4th (10–5) Croatia Ante Grgurević 5 March 2019
Bosco Croatia Ivica Burić 8 March 2019 12th (1–14) Croatia Matija Brkljačić 8 March 2019

Regular season

League table

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Zadar 22 18 4 1895 1704 +191 40 Advance to the playoffs
2 Cibona 22 17 5 2009 1675 +334 39
3 Split 22 14 8 1840 1702 +138 36
4 Cedevita 22 13 9 1805 1729 +76 35
5 Vrijednosnice 22 12 10 1805 1858 −53 34
6 Gorica 22 11 11 1891 1795 +96 33
7 Zabok 22 11 11 1740 1749 −9 33
8 Šibenik 22 10 12 1839 1812 +27 32
9 Adria Oil Škrljevo 22 10 12 1801 1824 −23 32
10 Alkar 22 7 15 1717 2018 −301 29
11 Hermes Analitica (O) 22 7 15 1893 2091 −198 29 Qualification to the relegation playoffs
12 Bosco (R) 22 2 20 1689 1967 −278 24 Relegation to First League
Source: [16]
(O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated

Results

Home \ Away ADR ALK BOS CED CIB GOR HER SPL SIB VRI ZAB ZAD
Adria Oil Škrljevo — 93–62 96–82 79–61 66–86 82–79 79–84 74–89 83–78 79–66 63–66 87–88
Alkar 73–79 — 86–80 79–96 89–101 85–64 96–82 79–95 91–86 82–78 84–82 62–103
Bosco 88–93 78–87 — 73–53 67–107 73–96 92–103 77–79 74–87 66–71 81–94 88–101
Cedevita 86–79 103–75 93–76 — 99–84 71–66 83–79 79–78 100–103 82–59 80–77 73–77
Cibona 101–92 100–55 94–64 94–73 — 77–83 132–77 99–84 92–87 89–71 88–68 76–55
Gorica 91–82 104–79 98–68 75–92 83–76 — 98–99 97–87 86–87 117–76 82–69 77–85
Hermes Analitica 96–99 92–86 76–82 93–103 90–102 90–109 — 71–90 88–86 97–103 99–78 95–79
Split 87–77 97–49 94–70 61–77 70–67 79–86 86–76 — 81–65 93–84 82–64 75–76
Šibenik 100–84 88–79 81–68 96–88 72–86 86–79 115–62 83–76 — 65–72 72–73 70–73
Vrijednosnice 97–79 121–91 93–84 83–78 78–108 82–80 79–77 75–78 104–95 — 87–75 88–69
Zabok 78–81 97–77 97–79 74–72 73–74 73–61 96–84 86–91 79–65 84–69 — 91–88
Zadar 86–75 99–71 88–79 69–63 79–76 97–80 118–83 91–88 94–72 90–69 90–66 —
Source: Eurobasket.com
Legend: Blue = home team win; Red = away team win.

Playoffs

Quarterfinals and semifinals will be played in a best-of-three-games format, while the finals in a best-of-five one.

Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
         
1 Zadar 2
8 Šibenik 0
1 Zadar 2
4 Cedevita 3
4 Cedevita 2
5 Vrijednosnice 0
4 Cedevita 0
2 Cibona 4
2 Cibona 2
7 Zabok 0
2 Cibona 3
3 Split 0
3 Split 2
6 Gorica 1

Quarterfinals

Team 1 Series Team 2 Game 1 Game 2 Game 3
Zadar 2–0 Šibenik 82–73 86–66 –
Cibona 2–0 Zabok 76–66 85–79 –
Split 2–1 Gorica 102–71 80–89 73–65
Cedevita 2–0 Vrijednosnice 104–86 102–80 –

Semifinals

Team 1 Series Team 2 Game 1 Game 2 Game 3 Game 4 Game 5
Zadar 2–3 Cedevita 67–75 (OT) 57–96 85–83 84–78 71–72
Cibona 3–0 Split 89–82 88–66 83–78 – –

Finals

Team 1 Series Team 2 Game 1 Game 2 Game 3 Game 4 Game 5 Game 6 Game 7
Cedevita 0–4 Cibona 84–88 82–90 65–76 98–100 – – –

Relegation playoffs

As of the 2018–19 season, team who lost the 2018–19 First League final and the 11th placed team of the 2018–19 Premijer liga season will play in the Qualifiers for a spot in the 2019–20 Premijer liga season.

Teams

Results

Team 1 Series Team 2 Game 1 Game 2 Game 3
Hermes Analitica 2–0 Dubrava 85–82 83–72 –

Croatian clubs in European competitions

Team Competition Progress
Cedevita EuroCup Top 16

See also

References

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