# 2018–19 Prva A liga

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.

## 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 | Qualification to the Super Liga |
| 3 | Ulcinj | 16 | 10 | 6 | 1290 | 1173 | +117 | 26 | Qualification to the Super Liga |
| 4 | Jedinstvo | 16 | 9 | 7 | 1204 | 1261 | −57 | 25 | Qualification to the Super Liga |
| 5 | Ibar | 16 | 8 | 8 | 1219 | 1196 | +23 | 24 | Qualification to the relegation group |
| 6 | Studenski centar | 16 | 6 | 10 | 1155 | 1195 | −40 | 22 | Qualification to the relegation group |
| 7 | Zeta | 16 | 5 | 11 | 1224 | 1370 | −146 | 21 | Qualification to the relegation group |
| 8 | Danilovgrad | 16 | 4 | 12 | 1120 | 1296 | −176 | 20 | Qualification to the relegation group |
| 9 | Primorje | 16 | 3 | 13 | 1191 | 1320 | −129 | 19 | Qualification to the relegation group |

### Results

| Home \ Away | DAN | IBA | JED | LOV | PRI | STU | SUT | ULC | ZET |
| Danilovgrad | — | 50–71 | 78–76 | 66–90 | 80–69 | 77–71 | 75–80 | 62–72 | 86–90 |
| Ibar | 65–70 | — | 97–75 | 59–75 | 92–77 | 78–68 | 78–80 | 86–73 | 76–73 |
| Jedinstvo | 77–72 | 72–62 | — | 64–81 | 84–75 | 79–68 | 78–70 | 67–86 | 86–84 |
| Lovćen | 94–52 | 85–73 | 93–73 | — | 101–58 | 91–76 | 79–71 | 83–75 | 99–60 |
| Primorje | 96–76 | 80–84 | 71–77 | 77–91 | — | 78–70 | 61–79 | 63–73 | 93–80 |
| Studenski centar | 85–67 | 83–78 | 55–68 | 56–73 | 94–65 | — | 61–76 | 74–71 | 74–76 |
| Sutjeska | 91–64 | 81–66 | 93–68 | 73–87 | 69–65 | 58–83 | — | 88–83 | 77–90 |
| Ulcinj | 87–68 | 86–72 | 94–68 | 54–73 | 80–74 | 90–64 | 83–81 | — | 99–63 |
| Zeta | 82–77 | 68–82 | 82–92 | 73–94 | 90–89 | 70–73 | 76–89 | 87–84 | — |

## Super Liga
### League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Budućnost VOLI | 10 | 8 | 2 | 952 | 793 | +159 | 18 | Qualification to the playoffs |
| 2 | Mornar | 10 | 7 | 3 | 907 | 824 | +83 | 17 | Qualification to the playoffs |
| 3 | Sutjeska | 10 | 7 | 3 | 843 | 804 | +39 | 17 | Qualification to the playoffs |
| 4 | Lovćen | 10 | 6 | 4 | 827 | 816 | +11 | 16 | Qualification to the playoffs |
| 5 | Ulcinj | 10 | 2 | 8 | 804 | 873 | −69 | 12 | |
| 6 | Jedinstvo | 10 | 0 | 10 | 737 | 960 | −223 | 10 | |

### Results

| Home \ Away | BUD | MOR | SUT | LOV | ULC | JED |
| Budućnost VOLI | — | 95–98 | 94–84 | 104–78 | 110–63 | 107–66 |
| Mornar | 95–96 | — | 106–87 | 90–77 | 90–74 | 102–80 |
| Sutjeska | 84–74 | 90–84 | — | 103–78 | 76–68 | 79–60 |
| Lovćen | 64–75 | 76–71 | 79–62 | — | 108–88 | 98–71 |
| Ulcinj | 84–92 | 78–85 | 77–79 | 77–80 | — | 99–71 |
| Jedinstvo | 77–105 | 71–86 | 84–99 | 75–89 | 82–96 | — |

## 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 | Qualification to the relegation playoffs |

### Results

| Home \ Away | IBA | PRI | DAN | STU | ZET |
| Ibar | — | 88–80 | 95–80 | 81–68 | 102–57 |
| Primorje | 76–67 | — | 79–83 | 84–71 | 80–67 |
| Danilovgrad | 74–92 | 58–53 | — | 69–75 | 83–62 |
| Studenski centar | 75–104 | 69–77 | 82–70 | — | 73–69 |
| Zeta | 64–72 | 65–87 | 83–68 | 86–81 | — |

## Playoffs

Semifinals will be played in a best-of-three-games format, while the finals in a best-of-five one.
| Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final |
| 1 | Budućnost VOLI | 2 | | | |
| 4 | Lovćen | 0 | | | |
| 4 | Lovćen | 0 | 1 | Budućnost VOLI | 3 |
| | | | 2 | Mornar | 2 |
| 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 |

## Montenegrin clubs in European competitions

| Team | Competition | Progress |
| Budućnost VOLI | EuroLeague | Regular season |
| Mornar | EuroCup | Regular season |