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Basketball league season
Cyprus Basketball Division A
Duration13 October 2018 – May 2019
Teams8
Regular season
RelegatedEKA AEL
Enosis Neon
Finals
ChampionsKeravnos
(7th title)
  Runners-upPetrolina AEK
2017–18 2019–20

The 2018–19 Cyprus Basketball Division A is the 52nd season of the Cyprus Basketball Division A, the top-tier level men's professional basketball league on Cyprus. It started on 13 October 2018.

Competition format

Eight teams joined the regular season, where after a three-legs round-robin tournament, the four first qualified would join the playoffs for the title.

AEL and Omonia promoted from Division 2 while APOP was relegated.

Teams and locations

2018–19 Cyprus Basketball Division A is located in CyprusAELAELAEKAEKApollonApollonAPOELAPOELETHAETHAEnosisEnosisKeravnosKeravnosOmoniaOmoniaclass=notpageimage| Locations of the 2018–19 Cyprus Basketball Division A teams
Team City Venue
APOEL Nicosia Lefkotheo
Apollon Limassol Apollon Arena
EKA AEL Limassol Nicos Solomonides Arena
Enosis Neon Paralimni Avgorou Technical School
ETHA Engomi Eleftheria Indoor Hall
Keravnos Strovolos Costas Papaellinas Arena
Omonia Nicosia Eleftheria Indoor Hall
Petrolina AEK Larnaca Kition Athletic Center

Regular season

League table

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1 Petrolina AEK 21 17 4 1693 1466 +227 38 Qualification to playoffs
2 Keravnos 21 15 6 1684 1528 +156 36
3 APOEL 21 13 8 1611 1533 +78 34
4 ETHA 21 9 12 1556 1602 −46 30
5 Apollon 21 9 12 1589 1667 −78 30
6 Omonia 21 8 13 1442 1589 −147 29
7 EKA AEL (R) 21 7 14 1555 1629 −74 28 Relegation to Division B
8 Enosis Neon (R) 21 6 15 1511 1627 −116 27
Source: CBF
(R) Relegated

Results

Home \ Away APO LIM AEL PAR ETH KER OMO AEK APO LIM AEL PAR ETH KER OMO AEK
APOEL 78–72 84–79 82–75 85–68 78–85 85–65 88–86 57–65 73–62 74–80 80–82
Apollon 76–82 80–73 89–71 74–83 59–93 80–69 85–81 80–86 80–77 68–65 66–83
EKA AEL 55–70 90–87 80–61 70–59 71–74 72–64 80–81 79–87 93–86 79–63
Enosis Neon 67–80 87–91 75–64 83–80 77–78 87–76 75–85 89–91 64–69 56–78
ETHA 60–57 84–73 92–77 73–68 69–70 52–64 67–76 85–74 87–82 86–101
Keravnos 74–87 76–82 67–68 96–77 81–68 88–62 95–100 86–75 84–70 89–92 70–69
Omonia 64–61 60–66 67–64 66–70 85–79 40–77 50–80 88–84 62–69 67–81
Petrolina AEK 66–56 66–56 82–76 71–55 84–64 59–70 83–77 75–67 84–64 93–57 76–59
Source: CBF, CBF
Legend: Blue = home team win; Red = away team win.

Playoffs

Bracket

Semifinals were played in a best-of-three games, while the finals, in a best-of five one with seeded teams playing games 1, 2 and (if necessary) 5 at home.

 SemifinalsFinals
       
  
 
 Petrolina AEK3
  
 ETHA0
 Petrolina AEK1
  
 Keravnos3
 Keravnos3
 
 APOEL2
 

Semifinals

Team 1 Series Team 2 Game 1 Game 2 Game 3 Game 4 Game 5
Petrolina AEK 3–0 ETHA 78–70 96–72 85–68 0 0
Keravnos 3–2 APOEL 95–94 62–73 81–90 74–80 95–83

Finals

Team 1 Series Team 2 Game 1 Game 2 Game 3 Game 4 Game 5
Petrolina AEK 1–3 Keravnos 72–55 81–89 65–79 93-86 0

Cypriot clubs in European competitions

Team Competition Progress
Petrolina AEK Champions League First qualifying round
FIBA Europe Cup Second round
Keravnos Second qualifying round

References

  1. "ΟΙ ΗΜΕΡΟΜΗΝΙΕΣ ΕΝΑΡΞΗΣ ΤΩΝ ΠΡΩΤΑΘΛΗΜΑΤΩΝ ΓΙΑ ΤΗΝ ΣΕΖΟΝ 2018-19" (in Greek). Cyprus Basketball Federation. 9 August 2018. Retrieved 10 August 2018.

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