2018–19 Premijer liga

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.

Hrvatski telekom Premijer liga
Season2018–19
DurationOctober 6, 2018 – April 20, 2019
(Regular season)
April 23, 2019 – May 30, 2019
(Playoffs)
Number of 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.

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
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
TeamOutgoing managerDate of vacancyPosition in tableReplaced withDate of appointmentRef.
ŠibenikCroatia Vladimir Anzulović10 May 2018Pre-seasonCroatia Miro Jurić11 May 2018[1][2]
SplitCroatia Ivica Skelin28 May 2018Croatia Vladimir Anzulović28 May 2018[3]
CedevitaSlovenia Jure Zdovc6 June 2018Croatia Slaven Rimac8 August 2018[4][5]
CibonaCroatia Ante Nazor6 June 2018Bosnia and Herzegovina Ivan Velić8 June 2018[6][7]
ZadarCroatia Aramis Naglić21 June 2018Slovenia Aleš Pipan28 June 2018[8][9]
ZabokCroatia Ivan Perinčić25 July 2018Croatia Ivan Tomas9 August 2018[10][11]
ZadarSlovenia Aleš Pipan23 October 20183rd (2–1)Croatia Ante Nazor24 October 2018[12][13]
CedevitaCroatia Slaven Rimac25 October 20181st (3–0)Croatia Ivan Kapov26 October 2018[14]
CedevitaCroatia Ivan Kapov21 December 20184th (7–4)Croatia Dražen Orešković21 December 2018[15]
BoscoCroatia Matija Brkljačić6 January 201912th (1–10)Croatia Ivica Burić6 January 2019
VrijednosniceCroatia Vladimir Krstić9 January 20198th (5–6)Croatia Domagoj Kujundžić11 January 2019
SplitCroatia Vladimir Anzulović5 March 20194th (10–5)Croatia Ante Grgurević5 March 2019
BoscoCroatia Ivica Burić8 March 201912th (1–14)Croatia Matija Brkljačić8 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 3Game 4Game 5
Zadar 2–3 Cedevita 67–75 (OT) 57–96 85–8384–7871–72
Cibona 3–0 Split 89–82 88–66 83–78––

Finals
Team 1 Series Team 2 Game 1 Game 2 Game 3Game 4Game 5Game 6Game 7
Cedevita 0–4 Cibona 84–88 82–90 65–7698–100–––

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
TeamCompetitionProgress
CedevitaEuroCupTop 16

See also

References
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  2. "Ekspresno pronađen Anzulovićev nasljednik: Miro Jurić novi trener GKK Šibenika". sibenski.slobodnadalmacija.hr. Retrieved 21 August 2018.
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  4. "Jure Zdovc više nije trener KK Cedevite". www.kkcedevita.hr. Retrieved 21 August 2018.
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  15. "Dražen Orešković preuzima B "vitamine"". basketball.hr. Retrieved 6 March 2019.
  16. Tablica klubova. Croatian Basketball Federation.
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