# 2018–19 Basketball League of Serbia

The 2018–19 Basketball League of Serbia (Serbian Cyrillic: Кошаркашка лига Србије 2018–19.) is the 13th season of the Basketball League of Serbia, the highest professional basketball league in Serbia. Also, it's the 75th national championship played by Serbian clubs inclusive of nation's previous incarnations as Yugoslavia and Serbia & Montenegro.

## Teams
### Distribution

The following is the access list for this season.
Access list for 2018–19 Serbian League :
| | Teams entering in this round | Teams advancing from the previous round |
| First League (14 teams) | 12 highest-placed teams from the last season 2 highest-placed teams from the Second League | |
| Super League (12 teams) | 4 Adriatic League teams (Crvena zvezda mts, FMP, Mega Bemax, Partizan NIS) | 8 highest-placed teams from the First League |
| Playoffs (4 teams) | | 2 group winners from the Super League 2 group runners-up from the Super League |

### Promotion and relegation
#### Teams promoted from the Second League

* Sloboda
* Novi Pazar

#### Teams relegated to the Second League

* Sloga
* Kragujevački Radnički

### Venues and locations

| Team | Home city | Arena | Capacity |
| Beovuk 72 | Belgrade | SC Šumice | 2,000 |
| Borac | Čačak | Borac Hall | 2,000 |
| Crvena zvezda mts | Belgrade | Aleksandar Nikolić Hall | 5,878 |
| Dunav | Stari Banovci | Park Hall | |
| Dynamic VIP PAY | Belgrade | Dynamic Arena | 500 |
| FMP | Belgrade | Železnik Hall | 3,000 |
| Mega Bemax | Sremska Mitrovica | Mega Factory | 700 |
| Metalac | Valjevo | Valjevo Sports Hall | 1,500 |
| Mladost | Zemun | Master Sport Center | 750 |
| Novi Pazar | Novi Pazar | Pendik Sports Hall | 1,600 |
| OKK Beograd | Belgrade | Mega Factory | 700 |
| Partizan NIS | Belgrade | Aleksandar Nikolić Hall | 5,878 |
| Sloboda | Užice | Veliki Park Hall | 2,200 |
| Spartak | Subotica | SC Dudova Šuma | 3,000 |
| Tamiš | Pančevo | Strelište Sports Hall | 1,100 |
| Vojvodina | Novi Sad | SPC Vojvodina | 7,022 |
| Vršac | Vršac | Millennium Center | 4,400 |
| Zlatibor | Čajetina | WAI TAI - STC Zlatibor | 712 |
* Teams that play in the 2018–19 First Adriatic League
* Teams that play in the 2018–19 Second Adriatic League

### Personnel and sponsorship

| Team | Head coach | Captain | Kit manufacturer | Shirt sponsor |
| Beovuk 72 | Rajko Mirković | Stefan Živanović | — | — |
| Borac | Jovica Arsić | Marko Marinović | — | P.S. Fashion |
| Crvena zvezda mts | Milan Tomić | Branko Lazić | Nike | mts |
| Dunav | Mitar Ašćerić | Aleksandar Miljković | Cvetex | Best Shop Group |
| Dynamic VIP PAY | Miro Alilović | Vuk Vulikić | NAAI | VIP PAY |
| FMP | Vladimir Jovanović | Radoš Šešlija | Champion | FMP |
| Mega Bemax | Dejan Milojević | Stefan Fundić | Adidas | Bemax |
| Metalac | Mihailo Poček | Aleksandar Vasić | — | — |
| Mladost | Marko Barać | Aleksa Novaković | — | — |
| Novi Pazar | Oliver Popović | Nenad Slavković | Cvetex | Barbosa |
| OKK Beograd | Branislav Vićentić | Đorđe Simeunović | Adidas | — |
| Partizan NIS | Andrea Trinchieri | Novica Veličković | Under Armour | NIS, mts |
| Sloboda | Vladimir Lučić | Nikola Otašević | Ardu | Grad Užice, TV Lav |
| Spartak | Slobodan Bjalica | Miloš Nikolić | — | — |
| Tamiš | Bojan Jovičić | Dušan Knežević | unit-sport | Grad Pančevo |
| Vojvodina | Filip Socek | Dušan Prica | Peak | Roda |
| Vršac | Darko Kostić | Miloš Savović | Spirit | Villager |
| Zlatibor | Strajin Nedović | Radenko Smolović | Ardu | Dino park |

### Coaching changes

| Round | Team | Outgoing coach | Date(s) of change | Incoming coach |
| Off-season | OKK Beograd | Darko Kostić | June 2018 | Branislav Vićentić |
| Off-season | Beovuk 72 | Slobodan Srezoski | June 2018 | Rajko Mirković |
| Off-season | Novi Pazar | Boško Đokić | 21 June 2018 | Oliver Popović |
| Off-season | Dynamic VIP PAY | Miroslav Nikolić | 4 July 2018 | Vladimir Đokić |
| Off-season | Crvena zvezda mts | Milenko Topić | 13 July 2018 | Milan Tomić |
| Off-season | Mladost Zemun | Branko Maksimović | July 2018 | Marko Barać |
| Off-season | Spartak Subotica | Dragoljub Vidačić | August 2018 | Slobodan Ljubotina |
| Off-season | Vršac | Mihajlo Mitić | 24 August 2018 | Branko Maksimović |
| ABA | Partizan | Nenad Čanak | 26–31 October 2018 | Andrea Trinchieri |
| 15th | Vršac | Branko Maksimović | 4 January 2019 | Darko Kostić |
| 16th | Spartak Subotica | Slobodan Ljubotina | 18 January 2019 | Slobodan Bjelica |
| 23rd | Zlatibor | Vanja Guša | February 2019 | Strajin Nedović |
| Mid-season | Dynamic VIP PAY | Vladimir Đokić | 10 April 2019 | Miro Alilović |

## First League
### League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Borac | 26 | 22 | 4 | 2301 | 1910 | +391 | 48 | Qualification to the Super League and the 2019–20 ABA 2 |
| 2 | Novi Pazar | 26 | 20 | 6 | 2266 | 2052 | +214 | 46 | Qualification to the Super League and the 2019–20 ABA 2 |
| 3 | Dynamic VIP PAY | 26 | 20 | 6 | 2234 | 1928 | +306 | 46 | Qualification to the Super League and the 2019–20 ABA 2 |
| 4 | OKK Beograd | 26 | 17 | 9 | 2245 | 2117 | +128 | 43 | Qualification to the Super League |
| 5 | Zlatibor | 26 | 15 | 11 | 2039 | 1953 | +86 | 41 | Qualification to the Super League |
| 6 | Tamiš | 26 | 12 | 14 | 2184 | 2128 | +56 | 38 | Qualification to the Super League |
| 7 | Sloboda | 26 | 12 | 14 | 2311 | 2291 | +20 | 38 | Qualification to the Super League |
| 8 | Dunav | 26 | 11 | 15 | 2072 | 2221 | −149 | 37 | Qualification to the Super League |
| 9 | Vršac | 26 | 11 | 15 | 2186 | 2283 | −97 | 37 | |
| 10 | Vojvodina | 26 | 11 | 15 | 2299 | 2442 | −143 | 37 | |
| 11 | Mladost | 26 | 11 | 15 | 2117 | 2179 | −62 | 37 | |
| 12 | Metalac | 26 | 10 | 16 | 2128 | 2217 | −89 | 36 | |
| 13 | Spartak | 26 | 7 | 19 | 1965 | 2220 | −255 | 33 | Relegation to Second League |
| 14 | Beovuk 72 | 26 | 3 | 23 | 2004 | 2410 | −406 | 29 | Relegation to Second League |

### Positions by round

* First place & advance to the Super League
* Advance to the Super League
* Relegated
| Team ╲ Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 |
| Borac | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Novi Pazar | 6 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 |
| Dynamic VIP PAY | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| OKK Beograd | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| Zlatibor | 4 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| Tamiš | 5 | 9 | 11 | 11 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 |
| Sloboda | 11 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 7 |
| Dunav | 14 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 10 | 7 | 10 | 5 | 10 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 12 | 8 |
| Vršac | 8 | 11 | 8 | 10 | 9 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 9 |
| Vojvodina | 9 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 10 |
| Mladost | 12 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 11 |
| Metalac | 10 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 11 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 12 | 11 | 12 |
| Spartak | 7 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 |
| Beovuk 72 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 |

### Results

| Home \ Away | BOR | NPZ | DYN | OKK | ZLA | TAM | SLO | DUN | VRS | VOJ | MLA | MET | SPA | BEO |
| Borac | — | 84–72 | 88–82 | 83–52 | 86–78 | 86–64 | 98–66 | 94–85 | 102–83 | 101–60 | 72–61 | 88–71 | 101–74 | 103–66 |
| Novi Pazar | 77–68 | — | 83–71 | 104–79 | 83–77 | 88–75 | 98–99 | 91–78 | 101–98 | 103–95 | 92–67 | 77–71 | 103–73 | 93–72 |
| Dynamic VIP PAY | 61–50 | 80–72 | — | 95–84 | 95–94 | 72–95 | 96–87 | 95–62 | 79–62 | 99–87 | 100–75 | 85–87 | 85–57 | 72–81 |
| OKK Beograd | 91–81 | 87–81 | 70–84 | — | 83–75 | 86–72 | 93–101 | 84–77 | 103–92 | 95–78 | 81–82 | 90–75 | 88–66 | 80–77 |
| Zlatibor | 64–86 | 100–86 | 75–71 | 50–62 | — | 72–69 | 100–79 | 80–66 | 87–71 | 93–64 | 79–68 | 89–91 | 67–56 | 50–62 |
| Tamiš | 66–83 | 79–84 | 74–86 | 71–82 | 83–91 | — | 83–82 | 99–77 | 83–89 | 97–80 | 80–71 | 84–75 | 91–77 | 108–75 |
| Sloboda | 82–93 | 77–78 | 88–80 | 88–90 | 82–84 | 88–95 | — | 105–79 | 88–77 | 99–89 | 92–86 | 96–91 | 92–94 | 93–84 |
| Dunav | 87–104 | 81–73 | 72–82 | 66–105 | 79–74 | 83–82 | 79–78 | — | 87–91 | 101–95 | 79–73 | 95–67 | 79–70 | 91–87 |
| Vršac | 88–107 | 77–89 | 79–96 | 95–83 | 90–82 | 68–100 | 87–86 | 68–69 | — | 103–87 | 82–77 | 80–73 | 88–87 | 85–78 |
| Vojvodina | 87–96 | 72–96 | 70–85 | 97–91 | 95–86 | 77–95 | 94–86 | 89–75 | 118–113 | — | 114–109 | 101–98 | 114–103 | 94–91 |
| Mladost | 77–88 | 67–95 | 68–87 | 82–89 | 83–91 | 80–73 | 89–83 | 77–95 | 99–92 | 90–74 | — | 77–71 | 87–78 | 95–56 |
| Metalac | 81–70 | 71–81 | 68–111 | 87–91 | 80–72 | 87–106 | 80–100 | 82–73 | 80–66 | 92–81 | 94–98 | — | 98–102 | 91–63 |
| Spartak | 74–77 | 73–75 | 70–90 | 96–89 | 86–94 | 90–87 | 86–91 | 84–66 | 72–68 | 68–87 | 70–99 | 66–86 | — | 99–90 |
| Beovuk 72 | 61–112 | 81–91 | 60–95 | 62–117 | 79–85 | 99–103 | 88–103 | 92–91 | 70–94 | 77–100 | 72–80 | 75–81 | 102–80 | — |

## Super League
### Qualified teams

| First Adriatic League | First League |
| Crvena zvezda mts FMP Mega Bemax Partizan NIS | Borac Dynamic VIP PAY Novi Pazar OKK Beograd Zlatibor Tamiš Sloboda Dunav |

### Group A
#### Standings and results

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification | CZV | FMP | BOR | ZLA | OKK | DUN |
| 1 | Crvena zvezda mts | 10 | 10 | 0 | 854 | 630 | +224 | 20 | Qualification to the Playoffs | — | 82–65 | 86–58 | 83–57 | 82–50 | 101–60 |
| 2 | FMP | 10 | 8 | 2 | 824 | 688 | +136 | 18 | Qualification to the Playoffs | 62–77 | — | 89–69 | 96–50 | 97–87 | 89–47 |
| 3 | Borac | 10 | 6 | 4 | 776 | 799 | −23 | 16 | | 67–77 | 59–73 | — | 70–63 | 89–81 | 107–94 |
| 4 | Zlatibor | 10 | 3 | 7 | 728 | 803 | −75 | 13 | | 68–82 | 61–74 | 74–80 | — | 74–87 | 86–66 |
| 5 | OKK Beograd | 10 | 2 | 8 | 807 | 884 | −77 | 12 | | 78–93 | 89–100 | 90–97 | 76–89 | — | 88–92 |
| 6 | Dunav | 10 | 1 | 9 | 723 | 908 | −185 | 11 | | 65–91 | 67–79 | 72–80 | 89–106 | 71–81 | — |

#### Positions by round

* First place & advance to the Playoffs
* Advance to the Playoffs
| Team ╲ Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 |
| Crvena zvezda mts | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| FMP | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Borac | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| Zlatibor | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 4 |
| OKK Beograd | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 5 |
| Dunav | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 |

### Group B
#### Standings and results

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification | PAR | MEG | DYN | NPZ | TAM | SLO |
| 1 | Partizan NIS | 10 | 10 | 0 | 894 | 656 | +238 | 20 | Qualification to the Playoffs | — | 102–69 | 96–58 | 93–67 | 84–80 | 85–49 |
| 2 | Mega Bemax | 10 | 7 | 3 | 969 | 837 | +132 | 17 | Qualification to the Playoffs | 81–90 | — | 125–98 | 97–95 | 102–64 | 96–66 |
| 3 | Dynamic VIP PAY | 10 | 5 | 5 | 807 | 908 | −101 | 15 | | 62–91 | 102–98 | — | 116–113 | 77–76 | 85–79 |
| 4 | Novi Pazar | 10 | 4 | 6 | 864 | 867 | −3 | 14 | | 66–81 | 88–71 | 73–80 | — | 92–84 | 81–90 |
| 5 | Tamiš | 10 | 2 | 8 | 745 | 880 | −135 | 12 | | 62–88 | 69–121 | 72–64 | 72–89 | — | 90–77 |
| 6 | Sloboda | 10 | 2 | 8 | 753 | 884 | −131 | 12 | | 62–84 | 80–105 | 81–82 | 83–100 | 86–76 | — |

#### Positions by round

* First place & advance to the Playoffs
* Advance to the Playoffs
| Team ╲ Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 |
| Partizan NIS | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Mega Bemax | 6 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Dynamic VIP PAY | 4 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| Novi Pazar | 5 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| Tamiš | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| Sloboda | 2 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 |

## Playoffs

The playoffs are scheduled to start on June 2, 2019, and end on June 20, 2019.

### Bracket

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Finals | Finals |
| 2–4 June | 2–4 June |
| Crvena zvezda mts | 2 |
| Crvena zvezda mts | 2 | 10–17 June | 10–17 June |
| Mega Bemax | 0 | 10–17 June | 10–17 June |
| Mega Bemax | 0 | Crvena zvezda mts | 3 |
| 3–7 June | 3–7 June | | Crvena zvezda mts | 3 |
| 3–7 June | 3–7 June | Partizan NIS | 1 |
| Partizan NIS | 2 | Partizan NIS | 1 |
| FMP | 1 | | |

### Semifinals

| Team 1 | Series | Team 2 | Game 1 | Game 2 | Game 3 |
| Crvena zvezda mts | 2–0 | Mega Bemax | 83–72 | 96–91 | — |
| Partizan NIS | 2–1 | FMP | 93–75 | 85–88 | 97–59 |

### Finals

| Team 1 | Series | Team 2 | Game 1 | Game 2 | Game 3 | Game 4 | Game 5 |
| Crvena zvezda mts | 3–1 | Partizan NIS | 98–94 | 72–73 | 96–90 | 76–75 | — |
* 2018–19 Basketball League of Serbia Champions
* Crvena zvezda mts 20th title

## Clubs in European competitions

| Team | Competition | Progress |
| Crvena zvezda mts | EuroCup | Top 16 |
| Partizan NIS | EuroCup | Top 16 |