2018–19 Armenia Basketball League A
Season2018–19
Duration7 October 2018 – May 2019
Number of teams6
Finals
ChampionsAragats
(1st title)
  Runners-upUrartu Vivaro

The 2018–19 Armenia Basketball League A is the second season of the basketball first division of Armenia.

Artsakh are the defending champions.

Competition format

The regular season consists in a double-legged round-robin tournament where the six teams qualify for the playoffs.

Teams

Location of teams in 2018–19 League A

Six teams will take part in the competition after the withdrawal of 3 teams -Engineer, Shirak and Grand Sport-, and the admission of 2 teams -Aragats and Erebuni-.[1]

Two teams were relocated: Urartu Vivaro from Yerevan to Vanadzor and Artsakh from Stepanakert to Yerevan.

Club Place Arena
AragatsYerevanMika Sports Arena
Artik Man HoldingArtikArtik Sports School
ArtsakhYerevanMika Sports Arena
ErebuniYerevanMika Sports Arena
FIMAYerevanMika Sports Arena
Urartu VivaroVanadzorArmenia Sports Arena

Regular season

League table

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1 Aragats 20 14 6 1833 1631 +202 34 Qualification to the semifinals
2 Urartu Vivaro 20 12 8 1663 1638 +25 32
3 Artsakh 20 11 9 1858 1834 +24 31 Qualification to the quarterfinals
4 Artik Man Holding[lower-alpha 1] 20 12 8 1570 1497 +73 30
5 FIMA 20 6 14 1553 1712 −159 26
6 Erebuni 20 4 16 1499 1664 −165 24
Source: Basketball Federation of Armenia
Notes:
  1. ↑ Two points docked.

Results

Home \ Away ARA ART ARS ERE FIM URA ARA ART ARS ERE FIM URA
Aragats — 81–73 114–73 85–80 98–79 84–64 — 20–0[lower-alpha 1] 97–103 117–96 90–94 100–76
Artik Man Holding 92–96 — 97–91 89–73 99–79 80–85 80–74 — 87–85 100–76 109–67 74–71
Artsakh 122–104 82–97 — 91–83 77–88 85–91 116–109 102–82 — 80–67 115–93 107–102
Erebuni 73–98 80–83 94–91 — 87–80 72–73 59–77 73–86 84–95 — [lower-alpha 2] 79–77
FIMA 97–103 68–89 88–73 102–91 — 95–98 76–101 20–0[lower-alpha 3] 96–109 103–97 — 86–105
Urartu Vivaro 99–91 81–73 77–80 59–70 64–58 — 79–94 93–80 84–81 78–65 107–84 —
Source: Basketball Federation of Armenia
Legend: Blue = home team win; Red = away team win.
  1. ↑ Game conceded to Aragats as Artik did not present to the match.
  2. ↑ Game was not played. It counted as a loss for both teams.
  3. ↑ Game conceded to FIMA as Artik did not present to the match.

Playoffs

The playoffs are played in a best-of-seven format, with the series starting 1–1 or 2–0 depending on the head-to-head games in the regular season. The other five matches are played as 1-1-1-1-1.

Final will be played in a best-of-nine format with the same format as in the previous series.

Bracket

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Aragats4
 
 
 
Artik Man Holding1
 
Artik Man Holding4
 
 
 
FIMA1
 
Aragats5
 
 
Urartu Vivaro1
 
 
 
 
 
Urartu Vivaro4
 
 
 
Artsakh3
 
Artsakh4
 
 
Erebuni0
 

Quarter-finals

Team 1 Series Team 2 Game 1 Game 2 Game 3Game 4Game 5Game 6
Artik Man Holding 4–1 FIMA 1–1 123–84 121–9620–000
Artsakh 4–0 Erebuni 2–0 92–62 83–74000

Semi-finals

Team 1 Series Team 2 Game 1 Game 2 Game 3Game 4Game 5Game 6
Aragats 4–1 Artik Man Holding 1–1 107–101 86–7492–9000
Urartu Vivaro 4–3 Artsakh 1–1 97–105 77–8180–7471–6885–80

Finals

Team 1 Series Team 2 Game 1 Game 2 Game 3Game 4Game 5Game 6Game 7
Aragats 5–1 Urartu Vivaro 2–0 83–79 89–93103–6197–8700

Final standings

Pos Team Pld W L
1 Aragats 27 20 7
2 Urartu Vivaro 29 16 13
3 Artsakh 27 15 12
4 Artik Man Holding 26 15 11
5 FIMA 23 6 17
6 Erebuni 22 4 18
Source:

References

  1. ↑ "Ա լիգայի կանոնավոր առաջնությանը կմասնակցեն 8 թիմեր" (in Armenian). Armenian Basketball Federation. 23 August 2018. Retrieved 23 August 2018.
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