2018–19 BLNO season

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

BLNO
Teams10
Dates22 September 2018 – 2019
Final positions
ChampionsKongsberg Miners
(2nd title)
Runners-upGimle

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
Locations of the teams in 2018–19 BLNO
TeamCityArena
AmmerudOsloApallokka
Asker AliensAskerVollenhallen
BærumBærumRykkinnhallen
Centrum TigersOsloVulkanhallen
FrøyaBergenFrøya Idrettspark
FyllingenBergenFramohallen
GimleBergenGimlehallen
Kongsberg MinersKongsbergKongsberghallen
Nidaros JetsTrondheimHusebyhallen
Tromsø StormTromsøTromsøhallen

Regular season

Standings
Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1 Kongsberg Miners 27 24 3 2559 2112 +447 48 Qualification to playoffs
2 Gimle 27 22 5 2451 1986 +465 44
3 Bærum 27 21 6 2377 2066 +311 42
4 Frøya 27 17 10 2375 2211 +164 34
5 Fyllingen 27 13 14 2420 2447 −27 26
6 Tromsø Storm 27 12 15 2275 2421 −146 24
7 Ammerud 27 9 18 2064 2419 −355 18
8 Centrum Tigers 27 8 19 2143 2381 −238 16
9 Nidaros Jets 27 6 21 2208 2471 −263 12
10 Asker Aliens 27 3 24 2061 2419 −358 6
Source: BLNO

Results
Home \ Away AMM ASK BAE CEN FRO FYL GIM KON NID TRO AMM ASK BAE CEN FRO FYL GIM KON NID TRO
Ammerud — 76–70 84–92 71–68 60–90 98–95 82–90 70–105 78–82 84–96 — 83–78 — 79–91 — — — 75–107 77–70 —
Asker Aliens 82–87 — 63–87 74–80 63–81 68–82 55–91 85–105 97–91 71–83 — — 67–87 — 91–102 103–92 86–94 58–73 — —
Bærum 97–46 92–85 — 82–69 79–72 80–81 87–82 92–66 68–54 107–92 104–80 — — 92–75 92–63 — — — 114–89 103–81
Centrum Tigers 91–101 90–62 81–98 — 81–89 89–78 77–93 62–98 82–94 82–84 — 95–85 — — — 78–102 65–100 82–97 — —
Frøya 99–78 99–76 67–73 97–58 — 83–79 69–73 80–97 93–75 101–95 101–76 — — 93–83 — — — — 108–69 96–87
Fyllingen 77–58 96–87 80–77 93–61 123–93 — 69–85 80–90 99–88 102–87 89–101 — 83–104 — 73–90 — 70–100 — — 89–101
Gimle 84–44 98–75 96–72 91–69 86–97 97–81 — 93–81 90–57 98–64 107–84 — 79–89 — 99–78 — — — 115–73 74–94
Kongsberg Miners 104–52 100–57 85–76 82–71 98–94 128–98 63–67 — 110–90 95–75 — — 90–67 — 90–83 118–100 81–80 — — 105–81
Nidaros Jets 101–98 77–83 56–76 89–94 96–88 83–97 70–89 90–94 — 76–85 — 111–89 — 80–81 — 88–95 — 80–100 — —
Tromsø Storm 76–86 69–63 100–90 98–92 63–69 111–117 58–100 74–95 94–90 — 73–56 98–90 — 79–101 — — — — 77–89 —
Source: BLNO
Legend: Blue = home team win; Red = away team win.

Playoffs

Playoffs were played in a best-of-three games format.

Bracket
 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
 
 
 
Kongsberg Miners2
 
 
 
Centrum Tigers0
 
Kongsberg Miners2
 
 
 
Frøya0
 
Frøya2
 
 
 
Fyllingen1
 
Kongsberg Miners2
 
 
 
Gimle1
 
Gimle2
 
 
 
Ammerud0
 
Gimle2
 
 
 
Bærum0
 
Bærum2
 
 
Tromsø Storm1
 

Quarter-finals
Team 1 Series Team 2 Game 1 Game 2 Game 3
Kongsberg Miners 2–0 Centrum Tigers 103–79 80–93 0
Gimle 2–0 Ammerud 117–63 85–65 0
Bærum 2–1 Tromsø Storm 85–76 70–82 85–74
Frøya 2–1 Fyllingen 94–78 89–97 106–104

Semi-finals
Team 1 Series Team 2 Game 1 Game 2 Game 3
Kongsberg Miners 2–0 Frøya 94–86 98–94 0
Gimle 2–0 Bærum 78–64 88–75 0

Finals
Team 1 Series Team 2 Game 1 Game 2 Game 3
Kongsberg Miners 2–1 Gimle 83–86 76–81 72–68

Norwegian clubs in European competitions

Norwegian clubs came back to European competitions sixteen years after their last participation.

TeamCompetitionProgress
Kongsberg MinersFIBA Europe CupFirst qualifying round

References
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