2018–19 Macedonian First League

The 2018–19 Macedonian First League will be the 27th season of the Macedonian First League, with 11 teams participating in it.

Macedonian First League
Season2018–19
Teams11
Dates6 October 2018 – May 2019
TVMacedonian Radio Television
Final positions
ChampionsMZT Skopje Aerodrom
Runners-upRabotnički
SemifinalistsBlokotehna
Gostivar
PromotedMZT Skopje Aerodrom 2
Akademija FMP
RelegatedShkupi
Awards
MVP Damjan Stojanovski

Rabotnički will be the defending champions.

Competition format

The eleven teams that compose the league played a double-legged round robin tournament.[1]

The two last qualified teams will join the relegation playoffs with the two best teams from the Second League.

Teams
Location of teams in the 2018–19 Macedonian First League

Eleven teams joined the league as Vodnjanska was not admitted in the league.

Vardar replaced Karpoš Sokoli and Strumica, relegated from the previous season.

Team Home City Arena Coach
AV Ohrid Ohrid Biljanini Izvori Petar Čočoroski
Blokotehna Gevgelija Sportska Sala Blokotehna Marjan Ilievski
Feni Industries Kavadarci Jasmin Ljupčo Malinkov
Gostivar Gostivar Mladost Gostivar Marjan Srbinovski
Kožuv Gevgelija 26-ti April Pavle Nikolov
Kumanovo 2009 Kumanovo Sports Hall Kumanovo Aleksandar Petrović
MZT Skopje Aerodrom Skopje Jane Sandanski Arena Gjorgji Kočov
Pelister Bitola Sports Hall Mladost Petar Sozovski
Rabotnički Skopje Gradski Park Marin Dokuzovski
Shkupi Skopje Šaban Trstena Enver Miftari
Vardar Skopje Kale Darko Radulović
Teams that play in the 2018–19 Second Adriatic League
Teams that play in the 2018–19 BIBL

Regular season

League table
Pos Team Pld W L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Rabotnički 20 18 2 1811 1405 +406 38 Qualification to the Super League
2 MZT Skopje Aerodrom 20 17 3 1817 1520 +297 37
3 Blokotehna 20 15 5 1681 1451 +230 35
4 Gostivar 20 14 6 1756 1498 +258 34
5 Kožuv 20 12 8 1605 1521 +84 32
6 Kumanovo 2009 20 11 9 1616 1504 +112 31
7 Feni Industries 20 10 10 1675 1615 +60 30 Qualification to the relegation group
8 AV Ohrid 20 5 15 1468 1698 −230 25
9 Vardar 20 4 16 1516 1719 −203 24
10 Pelister 20 4 16 1425 1680 −255 24
11 Shkupi[lower-alpha 1] 20 0 20 1337 2096 −759 19
Source: Macedonian Basketball Federation
Notes:
  1. One point deducted for economical trouble.

Results
Home \ Away RAB MZT BLO GOS KOZ KUM FEN OHR VAR PEL SHK
Rabotnički — 70–74 94–77 89–78 102–75 88–79 92–87 96–54 84–61 95–56 96–58
MZT Skopje Aerodrom 88–90 — 97–90 97–81 80–91 76–70 97–90 88–61 102–67 118–71 103–63
Blokotehna 75–61 81–78 — 68–84 76–67 81–69 77–70 77–68 98–76 97–69 128–47
Gostivar 61–85 61–74 98–86 — 70–69 81–78 94–70 89–94 99–66 118–60 115–62
Kožuv 73–84 79–89 64–76 73–78 — 56–50 74–63 92–81 91–82 73–68 118–71
Kumanovo 2009 70–82 72–76 86–65 75–63 73–79 — 74–86 77–69 73–65 87–75 120–90
Feni Industries 66–72 95–103 66–76 80–90 82–63 82–88 — 86–81 99–78 86–68 101–78
AV Ohrid 44–94 80–83 71–82 55–92 60–74 67–94 86–101 — 83–80 69–77 96–73
Vardar 89–107 72–102 67–88 80–82 70–91 77–85 70–80 76–68 — 65–63 118–59
Pelister 63–110 71–83 66–81 69–97 79–82 67–87 86–90 77–80 98–80 — 122–82
Shkupi 77–120 65–109 53–102 68–125 87–121 79–109 68–95 90–101 67–77 0–20 —
Source: Macedonian Basketball Federation
Legend: Blue = home team win; Red = away team win.

Super League

League table
Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1 MZT Skopje Aerodrom 30 25 5 2695 2312 +383 55 Qualification to playoffs
2 Rabotnički 30 24 6 2628 2159 +469 54
3 Blokotehna 30 22 8 2514 2225 +289 52
4 Gostivar 30 21 9 2606 2339 +267 51
5 Kožuv 30 13 17 2138 2311 −173 43
6 Kumanovo 2009[lower-alpha 1] 30 12 18 2253 2281 −28 41
Source: Macedonian Basketball Federation
Notes:
  1. One point docked to Kumanovo 2009.

Results
Home \ Away MZT RAB BLO GOS KOZ KUM
MZT Skopje Aerodrom — 85–63 86–76 95–91 89–88 92–57
Rabotnički 88–84 — 63–82 99–70 88–56 97–71
Blokotehna 75–90 90–89 — 94–98 87–78 78–55
Gostivar 98–82 80–70 66–78 — 84–72 86–84
Kožuv 76–88 79–85 84–93 86–89 — 20–0
Kumanovo 2009 80–87 57–75 65–80 81–88 87–74 —
Source: Macedonian Basketball Federation
Legend: Blue = home team win; Red = away team win.

Relegation group

League table
Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1 Feni Industries 28 18 10 2363 2106 +257 46
2 Vardar 28 9 19 2116 2329 −213 37
3 Pelister 28 9 19 2042 2320 −278 37
4 AV Ohrid 28 7 21 2069 2345 −276 35
5 Shkupi 28 0 28 1961 2838 −877 27 Qualification to relegation playoffs
Source: Macedonian Basketball Federation

Results
Home \ Away FEN VAR PEL OHR SHK
Feni Industries — 88–58 74–48 85–63 87–58
Vardar 58–73 — 86–83 78–70 86–69
Pelister 64–103 81–74 — 87–73 82–79
AV Ohrid 55–79 70–73 62–79 — 102–77
Shkupi 87–99 76–87 89–93 89–106 —
Source: Macedonian Basketball Federation
Legend: Blue = home team win; Red = away team win.

Playoffs

Playoffs will be played with a best-of-five games format, where the seeded team played games 1, 2 and 5 at home.

 
SemifinalsFinals
 
              
 
 
 
 
1 MZT Skopje Aerodrom87928700
 
 
 
4 Gostivar68867700
 
1 MZT Skopje Aerodrom80698500
 
 
 
2 Rabotnički44607800
 
2 Rabotnički8758917988
 
 
3 Blokotehna7985739378
 

Relegation playoffs
Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Akademija FMP 114–67 Shkupi 94–67 20–0

References
  1. "Единаесет клуба, еден трофеј: старт на новата сезона во ПЛМ!" [Prva Liga will have eleven teams for the 2018/2019 season] (in Macedonian). 5 October 2018.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.