2018–19 ABL season


The 2018–19 ABL season was the ninth season of competition of the ASEAN Basketball League. The regular season started on 16 November 2018 and ended on 28 March 2019.

Teams

All the teams in 2017–18 season returned for this season. However, the following changes were happened:
  1. Chong Son Kung Fu relocated and rebranded to Macau Black Bears.
  2. Zhuhai Wolf Warriors was the 10th team in the ABL, added after Kung Fu relocated to Macau.

    Venues

TeamCity / RegionArenaCapacity
CLS Knights IndonesiaSurabaya, East JavaGOR Kertajaya Surabaya3,000
Formosa DreamersChanghua, Changhua CountyChanghua Stadium8,000
EasternWan Chai, Hong KongSouthorn Stadium2,000
Macau Black BearsFoshan, GuangdongFoshan International Sports and Cultural Center14,700
Macau Black BearsTaipa, MacauUniversity of Macau Sports Complex
Mono VampireBangkok Metropolitan RegionStadium 29, Nonthaburi5,000
Saigon HeatHo Chi Minh CityCanadian International School Vietnam Arena2,500
San Miguel Alab PilipinasSanta Rosa, LagunaCity of Santa Rosa Multi-Purpose Complex5,700
San Miguel Alab PilipinasMetro ManilaFIloil Flying V Centre, San Juan5,500
San Miguel Alab PilipinasMetro ManilaCaloocan Sports Complex, Caloocan3,000
San Miguel Alab PilipinasLapu-Lapu CityHoops Dome6,000
San Miguel Alab PilipinasLapu-Lapu CityLapu-Lapu Sports Complex
Singapore SlingersSingaporeOCBC Arena, Kallang3,000
Westports Malaysia DragonsKuala LumpurMABA Stadium2,500
Wolf WarriorsZhuhai, GuangdongDoumen Gymnasium,
Wolf WarriorsZhuhai, GuangdongZhuhai Jinan University,
Wolf WarriorsMacauFoshan Shishan Gymnasium
Wolf WarriorsMacauUniversity of Macau Sports Complex

Personnel

Imports

The following is the list of imports, which had played for their respective teams at least once. Each team can register 3 imports. Flags indicate the citizenship/s the player holds.
ClubImport 1Import 2Import 3Former Imports
CLS Knights Indonesia Maxie Esho Doug Herring Jr. Darryl Watkins Montay Brandon
Stephen Hurt
Formosa Dreamers Malcolm Miller Will Artino Tevin Glass
Eastern Marcus Elliott Michael Holyfield O'Darien Bassett Trey Gilder
Eric Ferguson
Samuel Deguara
Macau Black Bears Dewarick Spencer Ryan Watkins Mikh McKinney Anthony Tucker
Mono Vampire Mike Singletary Malcolm White Romeo Travis Marcus Keene
Chris Charles
Jason Brickman
Saigon Heat Kyle Barone Trevon Hughes DeAngelo HamiltonMurphy Burnatowski
San Miguel Alab Pilipinas Renaldo Balkman Peter John Ramos
Singapore Slingers Xavier Alexander John Fields Jerran Youngs
Westports Malaysia Dragons Chris Eversley Winston Shepard Nnanna Egwu Sundiata Gaines
Shaun Bruce
Wolf Warriors Mike Bell Cory Bradford Shawntez Patterson DeShawn Mitchell
Mario Wuysang
Eric Tisby
Eddy Curry
Mike Taylor

Local Heritage

Wolf Warriors Saigon Heat San Miguel Alab Pilipinas Macau Black Bears Mono Vampire
Tse Sit Chun
Corey Cillia
Chris Dierker
Trần Đăng Khoa
Justin Young
Henry Nguyen
Sang Đinh
Stefan Nguyen
Tim Alan Van Waale
Bobby Ray Parks Jr.
Josh Urbiztondo
Lawrence Domingo
Caelan Tiongson
Brandon Rosser
Ethan Alvano
Kane Ma
Nathan Yu
Derek King
Liu Zankun
Luo Yongxuan
Jenning Leung
Freddie Goldstein
Tyler Lamb
Moses Morgan
CLS Knights Indonesia Westports Malaysia Dragons Formosa Dreamers Eastern Singapore Slingers
Brandon Jawato
Wei Long Wong
Jonathan Wong Zhong Han Kenneth Chien

Regular season

Each team will play 26 games throughout the season, 13 at home and 13 away. Each team will play the remaining 4 teams in their group, twice each at home and away. Each team will also play the 5 teams from the other group, once each at home and away. The groupings are as follows:

Results

Playoffs

Bracket

Quarterfinals

The quarterfinals was a best-of-three series, with the higher seeded team hosting Game 1, and if necessary Game 3.

Semifinals

The semifinals was a best-of-three series, with the higher seeded team hosting Game 1, and if necessary Game 3.

Finals

The finals is a best-of-five series, with the higher seeded team hosting Game 1, 2, and 5, if necessary.

Awards

End of season awards

The winners were announced before Game 2 of the 2019 ABL Finals at the OCBC Arena, Singapore.