The 2019 VBA season was the fourth season of the
Vietnam Basketball Association
The Vietnam Basketball Association ( vi, Giải bóng rổ chuyên nghiệp Việt Nam), often abbreviated as VBA, is a Vietnamese national professional basketball league founded in 2016.
History
The formation of the VBA was announced by charter ...
. 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
The Saigon Heat is a Vietnamese professional basketball team based in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. Since the 2014 season, the Heat's home games are played at the CIS Arena on the campus of the Canadian International School in District 7. Saig ...
beating the
Cantho Catfish
The Cantho Catfish are a Vietnamese professional basketball team based in Cần Thơ, Vietnam. They play in the Vietnam Basketball Association
The Vietnam Basketball Association ( vi, Giải bóng rổ chuyên nghiệp Việt Nam), often abbrevi ...
in 5 games.
Teams
Venues and locations
Personnel and sponsorship
Managerial changes
Drafts
Regular season
Standings
Playoffs
Awards
Yearly awards
*Fans of the year:
Cantho Catfish
The Cantho Catfish are a Vietnamese professional basketball team based in Cần Thơ, Vietnam. They play in the Vietnam Basketball Association
The Vietnam Basketball Association ( vi, Giải bóng rổ chuyên nghiệp Việt Nam), often abbrevi ...
*Assist of the year:
DeAngelo Hamilton DeAngelo may refer to:
Given name
*DeAngelo Collins (born 1982), American basketball player
* DeAngelo Hall (born 1983), American football player
*De'Angelo Henderson (born 1992), American football player
*DeAngelo Malone (born 1999), American foo ...
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Cantho Catfish
The Cantho Catfish are a Vietnamese professional basketball team based in Cần Thơ, Vietnam. They play in the Vietnam Basketball Association
The Vietnam Basketball Association ( vi, Giải bóng rổ chuyên nghiệp Việt Nam), often abbrevi ...
)
*Buzzer beater of the year:
Lê Hiếu Thành Le is a romanization of several rare East Asian surnames and a common Vietnamese surname.
It is a fairly common surname in the United States, ranked 975th during the 1990 census and 368th during the 2000 census. In 2000, it was the eighth-most-co ...
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Cantho Catfish
The Cantho Catfish are a Vietnamese professional basketball team based in Cần Thơ, Vietnam. They play in the Vietnam Basketball Association
The Vietnam Basketball Association ( vi, Giải bóng rổ chuyên nghiệp Việt Nam), often abbrevi ...
)
*Handle of the year:
Nguyễn Phú Hoàng (
Cantho Catfish
The Cantho Catfish are a Vietnamese professional basketball team based in Cần Thơ, Vietnam. They play in the Vietnam Basketball Association
The Vietnam Basketball Association ( vi, Giải bóng rổ chuyên nghiệp Việt Nam), often abbrevi ...
)
*Block of the year:
DeAngelo Hamilton DeAngelo may refer to:
Given name
*DeAngelo Collins (born 1982), American basketball player
* DeAngelo Hall (born 1983), American football player
*De'Angelo Henderson (born 1992), American football player
*DeAngelo Malone (born 1999), American foo ...
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Cantho Catfish
The Cantho Catfish are a Vietnamese professional basketball team based in Cần Thơ, Vietnam. They play in the Vietnam Basketball Association
The Vietnam Basketball Association ( vi, Giải bóng rổ chuyên nghiệp Việt Nam), often abbrevi ...
)
*Dunk of the year:
Tam Dinh
Tam Dinh ( vi, Đinh Thanh Tâm; born April 10, 1990) is a Vietnamese-American professional basketball player for the Hanoi Buffaloes of the VBA and the Saigon Heat of the ASEAN Basketball League.
Pro career Cantho Catfish (2016–2019)
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Cantho Catfish
The Cantho Catfish are a Vietnamese professional basketball team based in Cần Thơ, Vietnam. They play in the Vietnam Basketball Association
The Vietnam Basketball Association ( vi, Giải bóng rổ chuyên nghiệp Việt Nam), often abbrevi ...
)
*Favorite player of the year:
Tam Dinh
Tam Dinh ( vi, Đinh Thanh Tâm; born April 10, 1990) is a Vietnamese-American professional basketball player for the Hanoi Buffaloes of the VBA and the Saigon Heat of the ASEAN Basketball League.
Pro career Cantho Catfish (2016–2019)
In 201 ...
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Cantho Catfish
The Cantho Catfish are a Vietnamese professional basketball team based in Cần Thơ, Vietnam. They play in the Vietnam Basketball Association
The Vietnam Basketball Association ( vi, Giải bóng rổ chuyên nghiệp Việt Nam), often abbrevi ...
)
*Rookie of the year:
Trương Thái Nam (
Hochiminh City Wings
The Ho Chi Minh City Wings are a Vietnamese professional basketball team based in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. They play in the Vietnam Basketball Association
The Vietnam Basketball Association ( vi, Giải bóng rổ chuyên nghiệp Việt Nam), ...
)
*Most improved player of the year:
Sơn Minh Tâm (
Danang Dragons
The Danang Dragons are a Vietnamese professional basketball team based in Danang, Vietnam. They play in the Vietnam Basketball Association
The Vietnam Basketball Association ( vi, Giải bóng rổ chuyên nghiệp Việt Nam), often abbreviate ...
)
*Sportsmanship of the year:
Nguyễn Văn Hùng (
Danang Dragons
The Danang Dragons are a Vietnamese professional basketball team based in Danang, Vietnam. They play in the Vietnam Basketball Association
The Vietnam Basketball Association ( vi, Giải bóng rổ chuyên nghiệp Việt Nam), often abbreviate ...
)
*Sixth man of the year:
Hồng Gia Lân (
Thang Long Warriors)
*Defensive player of the year:
Mike Bell (
Hanoi Buffaloes
The Hanoi Buffaloes are a Vietnamese professional basketball team based in Hanoi, Vietnam. Hanoi Buffaloes represents Hanoi, the capital city of Vietnam, play in the Vietnam Basketball Association
The Vietnam Basketball Association ( vi, Giải ...
)
*Local referee of the year:
Triệu Chí Thành
Triệu is a Vietnamese surname, it is the equivalent of the Mandarin Chinese surname Zhao (趙). Trieu is the anglicized variation of the surname Triệu.
Notable people with the surname Triệu
* Triệu Thị Trinh or Lady Triệu: a female Vi ...
*Coach of the year:
Predrag Lukic
Predrag ( sr-cyr, Предраг) is a Slavic masculine given name, predominantly borne by ethnic Slavs, derived from ''pre-'' ("very, much") and ''-drag'' ("dear, beloved"), both common in Slavic dithematic names. It roughly means "very beloved" ...
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Hochiminh City Wings
The Ho Chi Minh City Wings are a Vietnamese professional basketball team based in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. They play in the Vietnam Basketball Association
The Vietnam Basketball Association ( vi, Giải bóng rổ chuyên nghiệp Việt Nam), ...
)
*Local player of the year:
Dư Minh An (
Saigon Heat
The Saigon Heat is a Vietnamese professional basketball team based in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. Since the 2014 season, the Heat's home games are played at the CIS Arena on the campus of the Canadian International School in District 7. Saig ...
)
*Heritage of the year:
Vincent Nguyen
Vincent Nguyen (born Nguyễn Mạnh Hiếu on May 8, 1966) is an auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Toronto. On November 6, 2009 Nguyen was appointed by Pope Benedict XVI as one of two new Auxiliary Bishops for the Archdiocese of Toronto al ...
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Hochiminh City Wings
The Ho Chi Minh City Wings are a Vietnamese professional basketball team based in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. They play in the Vietnam Basketball Association
The Vietnam Basketball Association ( vi, Giải bóng rổ chuyên nghiệp Việt Nam), ...
)
*Most valuable player of the year:
Tam Dinh
Tam Dinh ( vi, Đinh Thanh Tâm; born April 10, 1990) is a Vietnamese-American professional basketball player for the Hanoi Buffaloes of the VBA and the Saigon Heat of the ASEAN Basketball League.
Pro career Cantho Catfish (2016–2019)
In 201 ...
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Cantho Catfish
The Cantho Catfish are a Vietnamese professional basketball team based in Cần Thơ, Vietnam. They play in the Vietnam Basketball Association
The Vietnam Basketball Association ( vi, Giải bóng rổ chuyên nghiệp Việt Nam), often abbrevi ...
)
MVP of the Week
References
Footnotes
External links
Official website
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Vietnam Basketball Association seasons
2019–20 in Vietnamese basketball
2019–20 in Asian basketball leagues