2018–19 Prva A liga
Basketball league season
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The 2018–19 Prva A Liga, known as Erste košarkaške lige by sponsorship reasons, is the 13th season of the Montenegrin Basketball League, the top tier basketball league on Montenegro. Mornar is the defending champion.
Competition format
Nine of the eleven teams that play the league join the regular season and play a two-round robin competition where the six first qualified teams join the Super Liga with the two 2018–19 ABA League teams (Budućnost Voli and Mornar). The last qualified team would play a relegation playoff against the second qualified of the Prva B.[1]
Teams
| Club | City | Arena |
|---|---|---|
| Budućnost VOLI | Podgorica | Morača |
| Danilovgrad | Danilovgrad | |
| Ibar | Rožaje | Bandžovo Brdo |
| Jedintsvo | Bijelo Polje | |
| Lovćen | Cetinje | |
| Mornar | Bar | Topolica |
| Primorje | Herceg Novi | |
| Studenski centar | Bijelo Polje | |
| Sutjeska | Nikšić | Nikšić Sports Center |
| Ulcinj | Ulcinj | |
| Zeta | Golubovci |
Regular season
League table
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lovćen | 16 | 16 | 0 | 1389 | 1060 | +329 | 32 | Qualification to the Super Liga |
| 2 | Sutjeska | 16 | 11 | 5 | 1256 | 1177 | +79 | 27 | |
| 3 | Ulcinj | 16 | 10 | 6 | 1290 | 1173 | +117 | 26 | |
| 4 | Jedinstvo | 16 | 9 | 7 | 1204 | 1261 | −57 | 25 | |
| 5 | Ibar | 16 | 8 | 8 | 1219 | 1196 | +23 | 24 | Qualification to the relegation group |
| 6 | Studenski centar | 16 | 6 | 10 | 1155 | 1195 | −40 | 22 | |
| 7 | Zeta | 16 | 5 | 11 | 1224 | 1370 | −146 | 21 | |
| 8 | Danilovgrad | 16 | 4 | 12 | 1120 | 1296 | −176 | 20 | |
| 9 | Primorje | 16 | 3 | 13 | 1191 | 1320 | −129 | 19 |
Results
Super Liga
League table
Results
Relegation group
League table
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ibar | 8 | 7 | 1 | 701 | 574 | +127 | 15 | |
| 2 | Primorje | 8 | 5 | 3 | 616 | 568 | +48 | 13 | |
| 3 | Danilovgrad | 8 | 3 | 5 | 585 | 621 | −36 | 11 | |
| 4 | Studenski centar | 8 | 3 | 5 | 594 | 640 | −46 | 11 | Qualification to the relegation playoffs |
| 5 | Zeta | 8 | 2 | 6 | 553 | 646 | −93 | 10 |
Results
Playoffs
Semifinals will be played in a best-of-three-games format, while the finals in a best-of-five one.
| Semifinals | Final | ||||||||
| 1 | Budućnost VOLI | 2 | |||||||
| 4 | Lovćen | 0 | |||||||
| 1 | Budućnost VOLI | 3 | |||||||
| 2 | Mornar | 2 | |||||||
| 2 | Mornar | 2 | |||||||
| 3 | Sutjeska | 1 | |||||||
Semifinals
| Team 1 | Series | Team 2 | Game 1 | Game 2 | Game 3 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Budućnost VOLI | 2–0 | Lovćen | 95–90 | 89–84 | – |
| Mornar | 2–1 | Sutjeska | 88–74 | 73–75 | 83–75 |
Finals
| Team 1 | Series | Team 2 | Game 1 | Game 2 | Game 3 | Game 4 | Game 5 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Budućnost VOLI | 3–2 | Mornar | 102–68 | 84–74 | 68–76 | 76–94 | 76–72 |
Relegation playoffs
Montenegrin clubs in European competitions
| Team | Competition | Progress |
|---|---|---|
| Budućnost VOLI | EuroLeague | Regular season |
| Mornar | EuroCup | Regular season |