The 2018–19
Armenia Basketball League A is the second season of the
basketball
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first division of
Armenia
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.
Artsakh are the defending champions.
Competition format
The regular season consists in a double-legged
round-robin tournament
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where the six teams qualify for the playoffs.
Teams
Six teams will take part in the competition after the withdrawal of 3 teams -
Engineer
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,
Shirak and
Grand Sport-, and the admission of 2 teams -
Aragats
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The Ara ...
and
Erebuni-.
Two teams were relocated:
Urartu Vivaro from
Yerevan
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to
Vanadzor
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and
Artsakh from
Stepanakert
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to
Yerevan
Yerevan ( , , ; ; sometimes spelled Erevan) is the capital and largest city of Armenia, as well as one of the world's List of oldest continuously inhabited cities, oldest continuously inhabited cities. Situated along the Hrazdan River, Yerev ...
.
Regular season
League table
Results
Playoffs
The playoffs are played in a best-of-seven format, with the series starting 1–1 or 2–0 depending on the head-to-head games in the regular season. The other five matches are played as 1-1-1-1-1.
Final will be played in a best-of-nine format with the same format as in the previous series.
Bracket
Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
Finals
Final standings
References
External links
Armenian basketball at Eurobasket.comLeague A at FacebookBasketball Federation of Armenia at Facebook
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Armenian
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