2018–19 Moldovan National Division (basketball)

The 2018–19 Moldovan National Division season was the 28th in of the top basketball league in Moldova.

2018–19 Moldovan National Division
Season	2018–19
Duration	11 November 2018 – May 2019
Teams	6
Finals
Champions	Donbasket
Runners-up	Tighina
← 2017–18 2019–20 →

Basco were the defending champions.

Competition format

Six teams joined the regular season, played as a double-legged round-robin tournament. The four best qualified teams joined the playoffs, that would be played in a best-of-five format.

Teams

Gama-Sind

Rîbnița

Admirals

USMF

Tighina

Donbasket

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Locations of the 2018–19 National Division teams

Team	City
Admirals	Chișinău
Donbasket	Dondușeni
Gama-Sind	Cahul
Rîbnița	Rîbnița
Tighina	Bender
USMF	Chișinău

Regular season

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Donbasket	10	9	1	917	718	+199	19	Qualification to the playoffs
2	Tighina	10	6	4	849	801	+48	16
3	Rîbnița	10	6	4	876	777	+99	16
4	USMF	10	5	5	796	747	+49	15
5	Gama-Sind	10	4	6	730	773	−43	14
6	Admirals	10	0	10	595	947	−352	10

Source:

Results

Home \ Away	ADM	DON	GAM	RIB	TIG	USM
Admirals	—	65–107	54–92	66–79	80–102	51–76
Donbasket	96–57	—	74–65	92–80	92–70	84–94
Gama-Sind	79–54	79–94	—	46–103	74–80	50–80
Rîbnița	113–61	70–89	84–88	—	72–91	78–71
Tighina	96–42	78–102	88–86	91–99	—	70–82
USMF	107–65	70–87	62–81	82–98	72–83	—

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

Playoffs

All series were played in a best-of-five playoff format (2-2-1).

Bracket

	Semi-finals				Finals
	Donbasket	3
	USMF	0
					Donbasket	3
					Tighina	0
	Tighina	3
	Rîbnița	2
					Third place
					Rîbnița	1
					USMF	1

Semi-finals

Team 1	Series	Team 2	Game 1	Game 2	Game 3	Game 4	Game 5
Donbasket	3–0	USMF	96–60	99~62	104–71	0	0
Tighina	3–2	Rîbnița	81–69	86–70	80–84	74–76	85–81

Fifth place series

Team 1	Series	Team 2	Game 1	Game 2	Game 3	Game 4	Game 5
Gama-Sind	3–0	Admirals	72–57	72–36	80–50	0	0

Third place series

Team 1	Series	Team 2	Game 1	Game 2	Game 3	Game 4	Game 5
Rîbnița	1–1	USMF	94–85	73–97	0	0	0

Finals

Team 1	Series	Team 2	Game 1	Game 2	Game 3	Game 4	Game 5
Donbasket	3–0	Tighina	93–76	77–74	87–80	0	0

External links

• Moldovan Basketball Federation
• Moldovan league on Eurobasket