The 2018–19
Slovak Basketball League
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season will be the 27th season of the top-tier
basketball
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competition in
Slovakia
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.
Levickí Patrioti are the defending champions.
Competition format
Ten teams joined the regular season, consisted in playing against each other four times home-and-away in double a
round-robin format. The eight first qualified teams advance to the playoffs.
Teams
After the resignation of
Košice
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, runner-up of the previous season, to continue playing in the league,
Lučenec, champion of the 1.Liga, replaced them.
Also,
VŠEMvs Karlovka Bratislava resigned to the league thus reducing the number of teams to nine.
Regular season
League table
Results
Playoffs
Seeded teams played games 1, 3, 5 and 7 at home. Quarterfinals were played in a best-of-five games format while semifinals and final with a best-of-seven one.
Bracket
Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
Finals
Slovak clubs in European competitions
References
External links
Slovak Extraliga official website
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Slovak
Basketball
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Slovak Extraliga (basketball)