2018–19 BLNO season

The 2018–19 BLNO is the 19th season of the Basketball League of Norway since its establishment. It started on 22 September 2018.

BLNO
Duration	22 September 2018 – 2019
Teams	10
Finals
Champions	Kongsberg Miners (2nd title)
Runners-up	Gimle
← 2017–18 2019–20 →

Kongsberg Miners are the defending champions.

Format

The ten participating teams first played the regular season, that consisted in a round-robin schedule containing three rounds with every team playing each opponent at least once home and once away for a total of 27 matches.

At the end of the regular season, the top eight teams qualified for the playoffs.

Teams

Ammerud

Asker

Bærum

Centrum

Frøya

Fyllingen

Gimle

Kongsberg

Nidaros

Tromsø

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Locations of the teams in 2018–19 BLNO

Team	City	Arena
Ammerud	Oslo	Apallokka
Asker Aliens	Asker	Vollenhallen
Bærum	Bærum	Rykkinnhallen
Centrum Tigers	Oslo	Vulkanhallen
Frøya	Bergen	Frøya Idrettspark
Fyllingen	Bergen	Framohallen
Gimle	Bergen	Gimlehallen
Kongsberg Miners	Kongsberg	Kongsberghallen
Nidaros Jets	Trondheim	Husebyhallen
Tromsø Storm	Tromsø	Tromsøhallen

Regular season

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Kongsberg Miners	27	24	3	2559	2112	+447	48	Qualification to playoffs
2	Gimle	27	22	5	2451	1986	+465	44
3	Bærum	27	21	6	2377	2066	+311	42
4	Frøya	27	17	10	2375	2211	+164	34
5	Fyllingen	27	13	14	2420	2447	−27	26
6	Tromsø Storm	27	12	15	2275	2421	−146	24
7	Ammerud	27	9	18	2064	2419	−355	18
8	Centrum Tigers	27	8	19	2143	2381	−238	16
9	Nidaros Jets	27	6	21	2208	2471	−263	12
10	Asker Aliens	27	3	24	2061	2419	−358	6

Source: BLNO

Results

Home \ Away	AMM	ASK	BAE	CEN	FRO	FYL	GIM	KON	NID	TRO	AMM	ASK	BAE	CEN	FRO	FYL	GIM	KON	NID	TRO
Ammerud	—	76–70	84–92	71–68	60–90	98–95	82–90	70–105	78–82	84–96	—	83–78	—	79–91	—	—	—	75–107	77–70	—
Asker Aliens	82–87	—	63–87	74–80	63–81	68–82	55–91	85–105	97–91	71–83	—	—	67–87	—	91–102	103–92	86–94	58–73	—	—
Bærum	97–46	92–85	—	82–69	79–72	80–81	87–82	92–66	68–54	107–92	104–80	—	—	92–75	92–63	—	—	—	114–89	103–81
Centrum Tigers	91–101	90–62	81–98	—	81–89	89–78	77–93	62–98	82–94	82–84	—	95–85	—	—	—	78–102	65–100	82–97	—	—
Frøya	99–78	99–76	67–73	97–58	—	83–79	69–73	80–97	93–75	101–95	101–76	—	—	93–83	—	—	—	—	108–69	96–87
Fyllingen	77–58	96–87	80–77	93–61	123–93	—	69–85	80–90	99–88	102–87	89–101	—	83–104	—	73–90	—	70–100	—	—	89–101
Gimle	84–44	98–75	96–72	91–69	86–97	97–81	—	93–81	90–57	98–64	107–84	—	79–89	—	99–78	—	—	—	115–73	74–94
Kongsberg Miners	104–52	100–57	85–76	82–71	98–94	128–98	63–67	—	110–90	95–75	—	—	90–67	—	90–83	118–100	81–80	—	—	105–81
Nidaros Jets	101–98	77–83	56–76	89–94	96–88	83–97	70–89	90–94	—	76–85	—	111–89	—	80–81	—	88–95	—	80–100	—	—
Tromsø Storm	76–86	69–63	100–90	98–92	63–69	111–117	58–100	74–95	94–90	—	73–56	98–90	—	79–101	—	—	—	—	77–89	—

Source: BLNO
Legend: Blue = home team win; Red = away team win.

Playoffs

Playoffs were played in a best-of-three games format.

Bracket

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	Kongsberg Miners	2
	Centrum Tigers	0
					Kongsberg Miners	2
					Frøya	0
	Frøya	2
	Fyllingen	1
									Kongsberg Miners	2
									Gimle	1
	Gimle	2
	Ammerud	0
					Gimle	2
					Bærum	0
	Bærum	2
	Tromsø Storm	1

Quarter-finals

Team 1	Series	Team 2	Game 1	Game 2	Game 3
Kongsberg Miners	2–0	Centrum Tigers	103–79	80–93	0
Gimle	2–0	Ammerud	117–63	85–65	0
Bærum	2–1	Tromsø Storm	85–76	70–82	85–74
Frøya	2–1	Fyllingen	94–78	89–97	106–104

Semi-finals

Team 1	Series	Team 2	Game 1	Game 2	Game 3
Kongsberg Miners	2–0	Frøya	94–86	98–94	0
Gimle	2–0	Bærum	78–64	88–75	0

Finals

Team 1	Series	Team 2	Game 1	Game 2	Game 3
Kongsberg Miners	2–1	Gimle	83–86	76–81	72–68

Norwegian clubs in European competitions

Norwegian clubs came back to European competitions sixteen years after their last participation.

Team	Competition	Progress
Kongsberg Miners	FIBA Europe Cup	First qualifying round

External links

• Official Norwegian Basketball Federation website