2018–19 BLNO season

BLNO
Duration	22 September 2018 – 2019
Number of teams	10
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The 2018–19 BLNO is the 19th season of the Basketball League of Norway since its establishment. It started on 22 September 2018.

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	Gimle	5	5	0	445	317	+128	10	Qualification to playoffs
2	Fyllingen	5	5	0	441	381	+60	10
3	Bærum	5	4	1	422	315	+107	8
4	Frøya	4	3	1	317	277	+40	6
5	Kongsberg Miners	2	2	0	202	114	+88	4
6	Tromsø Storm	5	2	3	395	429	−34	4
7	Nidaros Jets	4	0	4	284	362	−78	0
8	Centrum Tigers	4	0	4	277	350	−73	0
9	Asker Aliens	3	0	3	186	260	−74	0	Qualification to relegation playoffs
10	Ammerud	5	0	5	300	464	−164	0

Updated to match(es) played on 9 October 2018. Source: BLNO

Results

Rounds 1 to 18

Home \ Away	AMM	ASK	BAE	CEN	FRO	FYL	GIM	KON	NID	TRO
Ammerud	—				60–90					84–96
Asker Aliens		—	63–87			68–82	55–91
Bærum	97–46		—	82–69		80–81
Centrum Tigers				—	81–89		77–93	62–98
Frøya					—		69–73
Fyllingen	77–58					—			99–88	102–87
Gimle	84–44						—		90–57	98–64
Kongsberg Miners	104–52				98–94			—
Nidaros Jets			56–76			83–97			—	76–85
Tromsø Storm					63–69					—

Updated to match(es) played on 13 October 2018. Source: BLNO
Legend: Blue = home team win; Red = away team win.

Rounds 19 to 27

Home \ Away	AMM	ASK	BAE	CEN	FRO	FYL	GIM	KON	NID	TRO
Ammerud	—
Asker Aliens		—
Bærum			—
Centrum Tigers				—
Frøya					—
Fyllingen						—
Gimle							—
Kongsberg Miners								—
Nidaros Jets									—
Tromsø Storm										—

First match(es) will be played: 22 September 2018. Source: BLNO
Legend: Blue = home team win; Red = away team win.

Playoffs

Playoffs will be played in a best-of-three games format.

Bracket

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final

Quarter-finals

Team 1	Series	Team 2	Game 1	Game 2	Game 3
	–		0	0	0
	–		0	0	0
	–		0	0	0
	–		0	0	0

Semi-finals

Team 1	Series	Team 2	Game 1	Game 2	Game 3
	–		0	0	0
	–		0	0	0

Finals

Team 1	Series	Team 2	Game 1	Game 2	Game 3
	–		0	0	0

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