2018–19 Macedonian First League

Macedonian First League
Season2018–19
Duration6 October 2018 – May 2019
Teams11
TV partner(s)Macedonian Radio Television
Regular season
Season MVPNorth Macedonia Damjan Stojanovski
PromotedMZT Skopje Aerodrom 2
Akademija FMP
RelegatedShkupi
Finals
ChampionsMZT Skopje Aerodrom
  Runners-upRabotnički
SemifinalistsBlokotehna
Gostivar

The 2018–19 Macedonian First League was the 27th season of the Macedonian First League, with 11 teams participating.

Rabotnički were the defending champions.

Competition format

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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

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

Regular season

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League table

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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[a] 20 0 20 1337 2096 −759 19
  1. ^ One point deducted for economical trouble.

Results

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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

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League table

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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[a] 30 12 18 2253 2281 −28 41
  1. ^ One point docked to Kumanovo 2009.

Results

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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

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League table

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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

Results

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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

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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

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Akademija FMP 114–67 Shkupi 94–67 20–0

References

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  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.
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