# 2018–19 NBL (Czech Republic) season

The 2018–19 National Basketball League (Czech Republic) season was the 26th season of the Czech NBL. ČEZ Nymburk achieved their 16th consecutive title, this time without losing any game in the whole season.

## Format

Teams in regular season play home and away against every other team in a round-robin tournament, before being split into two groups of six teams for playing again home and away against the teams from the same group.
After the end of the stage after the first split, the six teams from to top group and the two first qualified teams from the bottom group joined the play-offs.
The other four teams would play again home and away against themselves for avoiding the relegation.

## Teams

| Team | City | Venue |
| Armex Děčín | Děčín | ARMEX Sportcentrum |
| ČEZ Nymburk | Nymburk | Sportovní Centrum |
| Dekstone Tuři Svitavy | Svitavy | Na Střelnici |
| egoé Brno | Brno | Hala Míč |
| Geosan Kolín | Kolín | Hala SOU Spojů |
| JIP Pardubice | Pardubice | Sportovní hala Dašická |
| Kingspan Královští sokoli | Hradec Králové | |
| NH Ostrava | Ostrava | Bonver Aréna |
| Opava | Opava | Hala Opava |
| Olomoucko | Prostějov | Sportcentrum - DDM |
| Sluneta | Ústí nad Labem | Sportovni Hala Klise |
| USK Praha | Prague | Hala Folimanka |

## Regular season
### League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | PCT | Qualification |
| 1 | ČEZ Nymburk | 22 | 22 | 0 | 2130 | 1603 | +527 | 1.000 | Qualification to group A1 |
| 2 | Dekstone Tuři Svitavy | 22 | 16 | 6 | 1890 | 1668 | +222 | .727 | Qualification to group A1 |
| 3 | Armex Děčín | 22 | 14 | 8 | 1855 | 1780 | +75 | .636 | Qualification to group A1 |
| 4 | JIP Pardubice | 22 | 13 | 9 | 1885 | 1769 | +116 | .591 | Qualification to group A1 |
| 5 | Olomoucko | 22 | 13 | 9 | 1925 | 1820 | +105 | .591 | Qualification to group A1 |
| 6 | Sluneta | 22 | 13 | 9 | 1815 | 1817 | −2 | .591 | Qualification to group A1 |
| 7 | Opava | 22 | 10 | 12 | 1792 | 1851 | −59 | .455 | Qualification to group A1 |
| 8 | egoé Brno | 22 | 8 | 14 | 1617 | 1744 | −127 | .364 | Qualification to group A1 |
| 9 | Geosan Kolín | 22 | 7 | 15 | 1853 | 1974 | −121 | .318 | Qualification to group A2 |
| 10 | USK Praha | 22 | 7 | 15 | 1637 | 1793 | −156 | .318 | Qualification to group A2 |
| 11 | NH Ostrava | 22 | 6 | 16 | 1773 | 2067 | −294 | .273 | Qualification to group A2 |
| 12 | Kingspan Královští sokoli | 22 | 3 | 19 | 1730 | 2016 | −286 | .136 | Qualification to group A2 |

### Results

| Home \ Away | DEC | CEZ | TUR | BRN | KOL | PAR | KRA | OST | OLO | OPA | SLU | USK |
| Armex Děčín | — | 68–93 | 77–79 | 69–63 | 94–74 | 72–68 | 99–79 | 106–78 | 100–84 | 100–79 | 106–109 | 68–65 |
| ČEZ Nymburk | 106–88 | — | 85–77 | 98–63 | 107–79 | 118–68 | 100–71 | 100–59 | 96–76 | 108–78 | 92–81 | 101–56 |
| Dekstone Tuři Svitavy | 84–69 | 64–68 | — | 73–67 | 104–68 | 85–93 | 102–77 | 106–86 | 85–76 | 96–58 | 66–70 | 85–70 |
| egoé Brno | 77–68 | 70–91 | 73–83 | — | 66–87 | 70–87 | 89–77 | 77–68 | 71–88 | 67–59 | 71–80 | 87–69 |
| Geosan Kolín | 101–105 | 95–116 | 90–95 | 75–80 | — | 97–96 | 104–78 | 101–65 | 90–96 | 80–91 | 90–92 | 79–76 |
| JIP Pardubice | 67–76 | 70–90 | 93–85 | 85–69 | 78–84 | — | 114–93 | 128–71 | 82–70 | 100–55 | 82–67 | 63–68 |
| Kingspan Královští sokoli | 84–90 | 72–108 | 78–90 | 84–79 | 88–74 | 75–85 | — | 88–75 | 52–85 | 64–89 | 73–91 | 87–90 |
| NH Ostrava | 96–101 | 73–94 | 81–92 | 75–81 | 83–80 | 100–92 | 97–83 | — | 81–91 | 108–120 | 92–85 | 90–85 |
| Olomoucko | 88–67 | 77–89 | 65–81 | 86–90 | 111–82 | 99–76 | 88–82 | 95–70 | — | 91–90 | 101–79 | 79–77 |
| Opava | 61–77 | 79–81 | 88–73 | 79–53 | 80–71 | 82–89 | 102–91 | 95–79 | 102–92 | — | 94–79 | 63–74 |
| Sluneta | 76–66 | 80–92 | 56–103 | 86–78 | 86–87 | 79–96 | 77–67 | 97–66 | 89–88 | 93–68 | — | 82–69 |
| USK Praha | 69–89 | 59–97 | 80–82 | 77–76 | 87–65 | 64–73 | 88–87 | 70–80 | 89–99 | 85–80 | 70–81 | — |

## Second stage
### Group A1
#### Standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | ČEZ Nymburk | 36 | 36 | 0 | 3472 | 2623 | +849 | 72 | Qualification to quarterfinals |
| 2 | Dekstone Tuři Svitavy | 36 | 22 | 14 | 2989 | 2874 | +115 | 58 | Qualification to quarterfinals |
| 3 | Armex Děčín | 36 | 20 | 16 | 2886 | 2915 | −29 | 56 | Qualification to quarterfinals |
| 4 | Olomoucko | 36 | 20 | 16 | 3222 | 2983 | +239 | 56 | Qualification to quarterfinals |
| 5 | JIP Pardubice | 36 | 20 | 16 | 3002 | 2875 | +127 | 56 | Qualification to quarterfinals |
| 6 | Opava | 36 | 19 | 17 | 2961 | 2945 | +16 | 55 | Qualification to quarterfinals |
| 7 | Sluneta | 36 | 17 | 19 | 2888 | 3005 | −117 | 53 | Qualification to round of 16 |
| 8 | egoé Brno | 36 | 11 | 25 | 2592 | 2935 | −343 | 47 | Qualification to round of 16 |

#### Results

| Home \ Away | DEC | CEZ | TUR | BRN | PAR | OLO | OPA | SLU |
| Armex Děčín | — | 74–94 | 73–82 | 62–60 | 80–69 | 79–76 | 78–70 | 75–76 |
| ČEZ Nymburk | 97–53 | — | 93–79 | 95–57 | 83–77 | 105–83 | 112–82 | 101–79 |
| Dekstone Tuři Svitavy | 85–88 | 69–87 | — | 78–66 | 71–63 | 96–93 | 73–97 | 81–77 |
| egoé Brno | 89–70 | 60–111 | 77–74 | — | 81–80 | 73–103 | 80–91 | 72–81 |
| JIP Pardubice | 92–80 | 64–80 | 97–77 | 73–58 | — | 91–98 | 80–74 | 79–75 |
| Olomoucko | 90–71 | 94–98 | 106–81 | 96–66 | 93–98 | — | 113–64 | 94–74 |
| Opava | 70–58 | 89–90 | 110–68 | 91–63 | 87–77 | 72–64 | — | 87–60 |
| Sluneta | 85–90 | 60–96 | 78–85 | 86–73 | 69–77 | 95–94 | 78–84 | — |

### Group A2
#### Standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | USK Praha | 34 | 15 | 19 | 2693 | 2733 | −40 | 49 | Qualification to round of 16 |
| 2 | Geosan Kolín | 34 | 14 | 20 | 2914 | 3072 | −158 | 48 | Qualification to round of 16 |
| 3 | NH Ostrava | 34 | 10 | 24 | 2778 | 3125 | −347 | 44 | |
| 4 | Kingspan Královští sokoli | 34 | 8 | 26 | 2748 | 3060 | −312 | 42 | Qualification to relegation group |

#### Results

| Home \ Away | KOL | KRA | OST | USK | KOL | KRA | OST | USK |
| Geosan Kolín | — | 85–76 | 87–82 | 82–103 | — | 108–104 | 89–77 | 83–92 |
| Kingspan Královští sokoli | 124–71 | — | 93–82 | 77–67 | 82–81 | — | 97–102 | 86–94 |
| NH Ostrava | 86–106 | 110–65 | — | 78–70 | 83–88 | 90–76 | — | 72–96 |
| USK Praha | 110–99 | 78–58 | 95–65 | — | 79–82 | 76–80 | 96–78 | — |

## Playoffs

Seeded teams played at home games 1, 2, 5 and 7, while the third place game where played with a best-of-three format, playing the seeded team the matches 1 and 3 at home, and the finals in a double-legged one.

### Bracket

| Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| | | ČEZ Nymburk | 4 | | |
| | | USK Praha | 0 | | |
| egoé Brno | 0 | USK Praha | 0 | | |
| USK Praha | 2 | | | | |
| USK Praha | 2 | | | ČEZ Nymburk | 4 |
| | | | | Olomoucko | 0 |
| | | Olomoucko | 4 | | |
| | | JIP Pardubice | 0 | | |
| | | | | | | ČEZ Nymburk | 3 |
| | | | | | | Armex Děčín | 0 |
| | | Dekstone Tuři Svitavy | 4 | | | | |
| | | Sluneta | 1 | | | | |
| Sluneta | 2 | Sluneta | 1 | | | | |
| Geosan Kolín | 1 | | | | | | |
| Geosan Kolín | 1 | | | Dekstone Tuři Svitavy | 2 | | |
| | | | | Armex Děčín | 4 | Third place | Third place |
| | | Armex Děčín | 4 | | | Dekstone Tuři Svitavy | 0 |
| | | Opava | 3 | | | Olomoucko | 2 |

### Round of 16

| Team 1 | Series | Team 2 | Game 1 | Game 2 | Game 3 |
| Sluneta | 2–1 | Geosan Kolín | 70–80 | 83–72 | 0 |
| egoé Brno | 0–2 | USK Praha | 61–78 | 69–77 | 0 |

### Quarter-finals

| Team 1 | Series | Team 2 | Game 1 | Game 2 | Game 3 | Game 4 | Game 5 | Game 6 | Game 7 |
| ČEZ Nymburk | 4–0 | USK Praha | 100–78 | 95–58 | 88–50 | 77–92 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dekstone Tuři Svitavy | 4–1 | Sluneta | 95–83 | 87–76 | 81–71 | 91–94 | 109–71 | 0 | 0 |
| Armex Děčín | 4–3 | Opava | 84–79 | 90–82 | 68–89 | 64–73 | 93–87 | 74–84 | 79–62 |
| Olomoucko | 4–0 | JIP Pardubice | 86–81 | 102–91 | 93–87 | 100–91 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

### Semi-finals

| Team 1 | Series | Team 2 | Game 1 | Game 2 | Game 3 | Game 4 | Game 5 | Game 6 | Game 7 |
| ČEZ Nymburk | 4–0 | Olomoucko | 103–80 | 88–78 | 85–76 | 102–67 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dekstone Tuři Svitavy | 2–4 | Armex Děčín | 86–81 | 84–95 | 78–59 | 93–80 | 73–79 | 85–88 | 0 |

### Third place

| Team 1 | Series | Team 2 | Game 1 | Game 2 | Game 3 |
| Dekstone Tuři Svitavy | 0–2 | Olomoucko | 84–91 | 88–100 | 0 |

### Finals

| Team 1 | Series | Team 2 | Game 1 | Game 2 | Game 3 | Game 4 | Game 5 |
| ČEZ Nymburk | 3–0 | Armex Děčín | 105–65 | 76–65 | 89–60 | 0 | 0 |

## Relegation group
### Standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Relegation | KRA | GBA | HRA |
| 1 | Kingspan Královští sokoli | 2 | 1 | 1 | 184 | 175 | +9 | 3 | | — | 94–82 | — |
| 2 | GBA EU | 2 | 1 | 1 | 188 | 192 | −4 | 3 | Relegated | — | — | 106–98 |
| 3 | Fiobanka Jindřichův Hradec | 2 | 1 | 1 | 191 | 196 | −5 | 3 | Relegated | 93–90 | — | — |

## Czech clubs in European competitions

| Team | Competition | Progress |
| ČEZ Nymburk | Champions League | Regular season |
| Opava | Champions League | Regular season |
| JIP Pardubice | Champions League | Third qualifying round |
| JIP Pardubice | FIBA Europe Cup | Regular season |
| Dekstone Tuři Svitavy | FIBA Europe Cup | First qualifying round |

## Czech clubs in international competitions

| Team | Competition | Progress |
| Sluneta Ústí nad Labem | Alpe Adria Cup | Quarterfinals |
| USK Praha | Alpe Adria Cup | Quarterfinals |
| Armex Děčín | Alpe Adria Cup | Regular season |
| Egoe Brno | Alpe Adria Cup | Regular season |