The 2019 VBA season was the fourth season of the Vietnam Basketball Association. The regular season began on 1 June 2019 and ended on 18 August 2019. The playoffs began on 24 August 2019 and ended on 31 August 2019. The finals began on 7 September 2019 and ended on 17 September 2019 with the Saigon Heat beating the Cantho Catfish in 5 games.

Vietnam Basketball Association
Season2019
Duration1 June 2019 – 18 August 2019 (Regular season)
24 August 2019 – 31 August 2019 (Playoffs)
7 September 2019 - 17 September 2019 (Finals)
Games played55
Teams6
Regular season
Top seedCantho Catfish
Season MVPUnited States Tam Dinh
(Cantho Catfish)
Finals
ChampionsSaigon Heat
  Runners-upCantho Catfish
SemifinalistsHochiminh City Wings
Thang Long Warriors
Finals MVPUnited States Tavarion Nix
(Saigon Heat)
Awards
Domestic MVPVietnam Dư Minh An
(Saigon Heat)
Heritage MVPNetherlands Vincent Nguyen
(Hochiminh City Wings)
2018
2020

Teams

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Venues and locations

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Team Home city Arena
Cantho Catfish Cần Thơ Da Nang Sports Arena
Danang Dragons Đà Nẵng Quan Khu 5 Sports Arena
Hanoi Buffaloes Hà Nội Bach Khoa Sports Arena
Hochiminh City Wings Ho Chi Minh City Ho Xuan Huong Sports Arena
Saigon Heat Ho Chi Minh City CIS Sports Arena
Thang Long Warriors Hà Nội Su Pham Sports Arena


Personnel and sponsorship

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Team Head coach Captain Kit manufacturer
Cantho Catfish   Jordan Collins Lê Hiếu Thành Hemero
Danang Dragons   Phan Thanh Cảnh Horace Nguyen
Hanoi Buffaloes   Lee Tao Dana Henry Nguyen
Hochiminh City Wings   Predrag Lukic Phạm Thanh Tùng Hemero
Saigon Heat   David Singleton Tavarion Nix
Thang Long Warriors   Matt Juranek Justin Young

Managerial changes

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Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Replaced with Date of appointment
Thang Long Warriors   Predrag Lukic Resigned 11 November 2018 Pre-season   Matt Juranek 22 March 2019
Hochiminh City Wings vacant   Predrag Lukic 24 November 2018
Cantho Catfish   Kevin Yurkus Resigned 7 January 2019   Jordan Collins 18 February 2019
Danang Dragons   Donte Hill Fired 7 January 2019   Phan Thanh Cảnh 23 March 2019
Hanoi Buffaloes   Todd Purves Resigned 7 July 2019 5   Lee Tao Dana 10 July 2019

Drafts

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Rnd. Pick Player Nationality[n 1] Team School / club team
1 1 Michael Soy   Canada Hochiminh City Wings
1 2 Nguyễn Văn Hùng   Vietnam Danang Dragons Hanoi Buffaloes
1 3 Richard Nguyen   United States Saigon Heat
1 4 Đỗ Xuân Nam   Vietnam Hanoi Buffaloes Thang Long Warriors
1 5 Nguyễn Thành Đạt   Vietnam Thang Long Warriors Hanoi Buffaloes
1 6 Võ Huy Hoàn   Vietnam Hochiminh City Wings Saigon Heat
2 1 Lai Xương Thành   Vietnam Hanoi Buffaloes Hochiminh City Wings
2 2 Austin Ly   Canada Danang Dragons
2 3 Phạm Đức Kiên   Vietnam Saigon Heat Hanoi Buffaloes
2 4 Tô Quang Trung   Vietnam Hanoi Buffaloes Thang Long Warriors
2 5 Nguyễn Tiến Dương   Vietnam Thang Long Warriors Hanoi Buffaloes
2 6 Tăng Minh Trí   Vietnam Cantho Catfish Cantho Catfish
3 1 Bùi Quốc Tân   Vietnam Cantho Catfish Saigon Heat
3 2 Đàm Huy Đại   Vietnam Danang Dragons Danang Dragons
3 3 Huỳnh Vĩnh Quang   Vietnam Saigon Heat Saigon Heat
3 4 Bùi Thái Hà   Vietnam Hanoi Buffaloes Thang Long Warriors
3 5 Bạch Công Trung   Vietnam Thang Long Warriors Hanoi Buffaloes
3 6 Nguyễn Vũ Bình Nguyên   Vietnam Cantho Catfish Cantho Catfish

Regular season

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Standings

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Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD PCT GB Qualification CTC SGH HCM TLW HNB DND
1 Cantho Catfish 15 9 6 1269 1217 +52 .600 Advance to Playoffs 84–83
92-75
67–89
80-74
71–86 70–64 107–92
2 Saigon Heat 15 9 6 1136 1062 +74 .600 77–90 71–67
65-79
88–54
69-52
87–81 78–52
88-74
3 Hochiminh City Wings 15 8 7 1088 1114 −26 .533 1 80–75 84–76 79–77 (OT)
60-74
67–98
69-85
69–75
4 Thang Long Warriors 15 7 8 1060 1058 +2 .467 2 83–81
76-85
56–64 62–66 64–61
72-78
80–51
5 Hanoi Buffaloes 15 7 8 1134 1126 +8 .467 2 73–76
99-131
70–84
65-61
78–63 64–71 71–82
76-57
6 Danang Dragons 15 5 10 1055 1169 −114 .333 4 87–86
79-74
62–70 60–67
71-75
75–70
66-83
72–75
Updated to match(es) played on 18 August 2019. Source: vba.vn

Playoffs

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SemifinalsFinals
 
              
 
 
 
 
1 Cantho Catfish 738781
 
 
 
4 Thang Long Warriors 818279
 
1 Cantho Catfish 7874744968
 
 
 
2 Saigon Heat 7584686669
 
2 Saigon Heat 6674
 
 
3 Hochiminh City Wings 4571
 

Awards

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Yearly awards

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MVP of the Week

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For week ending Player Team Ref.
9 June 2019 Vincent Nguyen (1/1) Hochiminh City Wings 1
16 June 2019 Wayne Martin (1/1) Hochiminh City Wings 2
23 June 2019 Mike Bell (1/2) Hanoi Buffaloes 3
30 June 2019 Anthony January (1/1) Danang Dragons 4
7 July 2019 Michael Soy (1/1) Hochiminh City Wings 5
14 July 2019 Tam Dinh (1/2) Cantho Catfish 6
21 July 2019 Tam Dinh (2/2) Cantho Catfish 7
28 July 2019 Mike Bell (2/2) Hanoi Buffaloes 8
4 August 2019 Jaywuan Hill (1/1) Thang Long Warriors 9
11 August 2019 Tavarion Nix (1/2) Saigon Heat 10
18 August 2019 Tavarion Nix (2/2) Saigon Heat 11

References

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Footnotes

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  1. ^ Nationality indicates the player's national team or representative nationality. If a player has not competed at the international level, then the nationality indicates the national team which the player is eligible to represent according to FIBA rules.
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