2018–19 Moldovan National Division (basketball)

The 2018–19 Moldovan National Division season, is the 28th season of the top basketball league in Moldova.

2018–19 Moldovan National Division
Competition details
Season 2018–19
Teams 6
Dates 11 November 2018 – May 2019
Final positions
Champions Donbasket
Runners-up Tighina

Basco are the defending champions.

Competition format

Six teams joined the regular season, played as a double-legged round-robin tournament. The four best qualified teams joined the playoffs, that would be played in a best-of-five format.

Teams
Gama-Sind
Rîbnița
Admirals
USMF
Tighina
Donbasket
Locations of the 2018–19 National Division teams
TeamCity
AdmiralsChișinău
DonbasketDondușeni
Gama-SindCahul
RîbnițaRîbnița
TighinaBender
USMFChișinău

Regular season

League table
Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1 Donbasket 10 9 1 917 718 +199 19 Qualification to the playoffs
2 Tighina 10 6 4 849 801 +48 16
3 Rîbnița 10 6 4 876 777 +99 16
4 USMF 10 5 5 796 747 +49 15
5 Gama-Sind 10 4 6 730 773 −43 14
6 Admirals 10 0 10 595 947 −352 10
Source: [1]

Results
Home \ Away ADM DON GAM RIB TIG USM
Admirals — 65–107 54–92 66–79 80–102 51–76
Donbasket 96–57 — 74–65 92–80 92–70 84–94
Gama-Sind 79–54 79–94 — 46–103 74–80 50–80
Rîbnița 113–61 70–89 84–88 — 72–91 78–71
Tighina 96–42 78–102 88–86 91–99 — 70–82
USMF 107–65 70–87 62–81 82–98 72–83 —
Source: [2]
Colours: Blue = home team win; Red = away team win.

Playoffs

All series were played in a best-of-five playoff format (2-2-1).

Bracket
 
Semi-finalsFinals
 
      
 
 
 
 
Donbasket3
 
 
 
USMF0
 
Donbasket3
 
 
 
Tighina0
 
Tighina3
 
 
Rîbnița2
 
Third place
 
 
 
 
 
Rîbnița1
 
 
USMF1

Semi-finals
Team 1 Series Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg 3rd leg4th leg5th leg
Donbasket 3–0 USMF 96–60 99~62 104–7100
Tighina 3–2 Rîbnița 81–69 86–70 80–8474–7685–81

Fifth place series
Team 1 Series Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg 3rd leg4th leg5th leg
Gama-Sind 3–0 Admirals 72–57 72–36 80–5000

Third place series
Team 1 Series Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg 3rd leg4th leg5th leg
Rîbnița 1–1 USMF 94–85 73–97 000

Finals
Team 1 Series Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg 3rd leg4th leg5th leg
Donbasket 3–0 Tighina 93–76 77–74 87–8000

References
  1. League table at Moldovan Basketball Federation
  2. League table at Moldovan Basketball Federation
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