# 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.

## 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

* Bosco
* Gorica

#### Teams relegated to the First League

* Jazine Arbanasi
* Kaštela
* Zagreb

### Locations and team informations

| Team | Coach | City | Venue | Capacity |
| Adria Oil Škrljevo | Damir Rajković | Škrljevo | Dvorana Mavrinci | 720 |
| Alkar | Srđan Helbich | Sinj | Sportska dvorana Ivica Glavan Ićo | 600 |
| Bosco | Matija Brkljačić | Zagreb | Sportska dvorana Trnsko | 2,500 |
| Cedevita | Dražen Orešković | Zagreb | Dom sportova | 3,100 |
| Cibona | Ivan Velić | Zagreb | Dražen Petrović Hall | 5,400 |
| Gorica | Josip Sesar | Velika Gorica | Dvorana srednjih škola Velika Gorica | 1,000 |
| Hermes Analitica | Zvonimir Mravak | Zagreb | Dražen Petrović Hall | 5,400 |
| Split | Ante Grgurević | Split | Arena Gripe | 3,500 |
| Šibenik | Miro Jurić | Šibenik | Sportska dvorana Baldekin | 900 |
| Vrijednosnice | Domagoj Kujundžić | Osijek | Gradski vrt Hall | 3,538 |
| Zabok | Ivan Tomas | Zabok | Zabok Sports Hall | 3,000 |
| Zadar | 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

| Team | Outgoing manager | Date of vacancy | Position in table | Replaced with | Date of appointment |
| Šibenik | Vladimir Anzulović | 10 May 2018 | Pre-season | Miro Jurić | 11 May 2018 |
| Split | Ivica Skelin | 28 May 2018 | Pre-season | Vladimir Anzulović | 28 May 2018 |
| Cedevita | Jure Zdovc | 6 June 2018 | Pre-season | Slaven Rimac | 8 August 2018 |
| Cibona | Ante Nazor | 6 June 2018 | Pre-season | Ivan Velić | 8 June 2018 |
| Zadar | Aramis Naglić | 21 June 2018 | Pre-season | Aleš Pipan | 28 June 2018 |
| Zabok | Ivan Perinčić | 25 July 2018 | Pre-season | Ivan Tomas | 9 August 2018 |
| Zadar | Aleš Pipan | 23 October 2018 | 3rd (2–1) | Ante Nazor | 24 October 2018 |
| Cedevita | Slaven Rimac | 25 October 2018 | 1st (3–0) | Ivan Kapov | 26 October 2018 |
| Cedevita | Ivan Kapov | 21 December 2018 | 4th (7–4) | Dražen Orešković | 21 December 2018 |
| Bosco | Matija Brkljačić | 6 January 2019 | 12th (1–10) | Ivica Burić | 6 January 2019 |
| Vrijednosnice | Vladimir Krstić | 9 January 2019 | 8th (5–6) | Domagoj Kujundžić | 11 January 2019 |
| Split | Vladimir Anzulović | 5 March 2019 | 4th (10–5) | Ante Grgurević | 5 March 2019 |
| Bosco | Ivica Burić | 8 March 2019 | 12th (1–14) | Matija Brkljačić | 8 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 | Advance to the playoffs |
| 3 | Split | 22 | 14 | 8 | 1840 | 1702 | +138 | 36 | Advance to the playoffs |
| 4 | Cedevita | 22 | 13 | 9 | 1805 | 1729 | +76 | 35 | Advance to the playoffs |
| 5 | Vrijednosnice | 22 | 12 | 10 | 1805 | 1858 | −53 | 34 | Advance to the playoffs |
| 6 | Gorica | 22 | 11 | 11 | 1891 | 1795 | +96 | 33 | Advance to the playoffs |
| 7 | Zabok | 22 | 11 | 11 | 1740 | 1749 | −9 | 33 | Advance to the playoffs |
| 8 | Šibenik | 22 | 10 | 12 | 1839 | 1812 | +27 | 32 | Advance to the playoffs |
| 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 |

### 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 | — |

## Playoffs

Quarterfinals and semifinals will be played in a best-of-three-games format, while the finals in a best-of-five one.
| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final |
| 1 | Zadar | 2 | | | | | | |
| 8 | Šibenik | 0 | | | | | | |
| 8 | Šibenik | 0 | 1 | Zadar | 2 | | | |
| | | | 4 | Cedevita | 3 | | | |
| 4 | Cedevita | 2 | 4 | Cedevita | 3 | | | |
| 5 | Vrijednosnice | 0 | | | | | | |
| 5 | Vrijednosnice | 0 | | | | 4 | Cedevita | 0 |
| | | | | | | 2 | Cibona | 4 |
| 2 | Cibona | 2 | | | | | | | 2 | Cibona | 4 |
| 7 | Zabok | 0 | | | | | | |
| 7 | Zabok | 0 | 2 | Cibona | 3 | | | |
| | | | 3 | Split | 0 | | | |
| 3 | Split | 2 | 3 | Split | 0 | | | |
| 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 3 | Game 4 | Game 5 |
| Zadar | 2–3 | Cedevita | 67–75 (OT) | 57–96 | 85–83 | 84–78 | 71–72 |
| Cibona | 3–0 | Split | 89–82 | 88–66 | 83–78 | – | – |

### Finals

| Team 1 | Series | Team 2 | Game 1 | Game 2 | Game 3 | Game 4 | Game 5 | Game 6 | Game 7 |
| Cedevita | 0–4 | Cibona | 84–88 | 82–90 | 65–76 | 98–100 | – | – | – |

## 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

* 11th Premijer liga team: Hermes Analitica
* 2nd First League team: Dubrava

### 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

| Team | Competition | Progress |
| Cedevita | EuroCup | Top 16 |