2018 VBA season
Vietnam Basketball Association | |
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Season | 2018 |
Teams | 6 |
Games played | 52 |
Dates | June 16, 2018 – August 16, 2018 (Regular season) August 21, 2018 – August 26, 2018 (Playoffs) September 4, 2018 – September 9, 2018 (Finals) |
Final positions | |
Top seed | Cantho Catfish |
Champions | Cantho Catfish |
Runners-up | Hanoi Buffaloes |
Semifinalists | Saigon Heat Thang Long Warriors |
Awards | |
MVP | ![]() Cantho Catfish |
Finals MVP | ![]() Cantho Catfish |
Playoffs MVP | ![]() Hanoi Buffaloes |
Domestic MVP | ![]() Cantho Catfish |
Heritage MVP | ![]() Danang Dragons |
← 2017 2019 → |
The 2018 VBA season was the third season of the Vietnam Basketball Association. The regular season began on June 16, 2018 and ended on August 16, 2018. The playoffs began on August 21, 2018 and ended on August 26, 2018. The finals began on September 4, 2018 and ended on September 9, 2018 with Cantho Catfish beating Hanoi Buffaloes in 3 games.
Teams[]
Venues and locations[]
Personnel and sponsorship[]
Team | Head coach | Captain | Kit manufacturer |
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Cantho Catfish | ![]() |
Thang Be Sport | |
Danang Dragons | ![]() |
Thang Be Sport | |
Hanoi Buffaloes | ![]() |
Vincent Nguyen | Alien Sports |
Hochiminh City Wings | ![]() |
Thang Be Sport | |
Saigon Heat | ![]() |
Triệu Hán Minh | Hemero |
Thang Long Warriors | ![]() |
Justin Young | Thang Be Sport |
Managerial changes[]
Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Position in table | Replaced with | Date of appointment |
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Hochiminh City Wings | ![]() |
Contract ended | 4 December 2017 | Pre-season | ![]() |
27 March 2018 |
Thang Long Warriors | ![]() |
Resigned | 2 February 2018 | ![]() |
27 March 2018 | |
Thang Long Warriors | ![]() |
Sacked | 17 June 2018 | 5th | ![]() |
18 June 2018 |
Hochiminh City Wings | ![]() |
Changed to team counselor | 20 July 2018 | 6th | ![]() |
20 July 2018 |
Import players[]
Each team is allowed 2 heritage players and 1 foreign player.
Team | Heritage 1 | Heritage 2 | Foreign |
Cantho Catfish | ![]() |
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Danang Dragons | ![]() |
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Hanoi Buffaloes | ![]() |
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Hochiminh City Wings | ![]() |
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Saigon Heat | ![]() |
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Thang Long Warriors | ![]() |
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Draft[]
Rnd. | Pick | Player | Nationality[n 1] | Team | School / club team |
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1 | 1 | Chris Dierker | ![]() |
Danang Dragons | Madonna University |
1 | 2 | ![]() |
Hochiminh City Wings | UC Santa Cruz | |
1 | 3 | Stefan Nguyen | ![]() |
Hanoi Buffaloes | Danang Dragons |
1 | 4 | ![]() |
Hanoi Buffaloes | ||
1 | 5 | Trần Đăng Khoa | ![]() |
Saigon Heat | Danang Dragons |
1 | 6 | Nguyễn Văn Hùng | ![]() |
Thang Long Warriors | |
2 | 1 | ![]() |
Danang Dragons | Cantho Catfish | |
2 | 2 | ![]() |
Hochiminh City Wings | Cantho Catfish | |
2 | 3 | ![]() |
Hanoi Buffaloes | Saigon Heat | |
2 | 4 | ![]() |
Cantho Catfish | ||
2 | 5 | Lê Ngọc Tú | ![]() |
Saigon Heat | |
2 | 6 | ![]() |
Thang Long Warriors | Hanoi Buffaloes | |
3 | 1 | ![]() |
Danang Dragons | ||
3 | 2 | ![]() |
Hochiminh City Wings | Hanoi Buffaloes | |
3 | 3 | ![]() |
Hanoi Buffaloes | Cantho Catfish | |
3 | 4 | ![]() |
Cantho Catfish | ||
3 | 5 | ![]() |
Saigon Heat | ||
3 | 6 | Ngô Tuấn Trung | ![]() |
Thang Long Warriors | Hochiminh City Wings |
Regular season[]
Standings[]
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | PCT | GB | Qualification | CTC | TLW | HNB | SGH | DND | HCM | |
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1 | Cantho Catfish | 15 | 13 | 2 | 1286 | 1155 | +131 | .867 | — | Advance to Playoffs | — | 69–67 69-80 |
82–74 | 86–78 | 88–78 90-77 |
79–71 88-84 | |
2 | Thang Long Warriors | 15 | 10 | 5 | 1154 | 1058 | +96 | .667 | 3 | 74–77 | — | 69–75 | 69–57 83-84 |
70–76 93-79 |
82–71 92-69 | ||
3 | Hanoi Buffaloes | 15 | 9 | 6 | 1172 | 1126 | +46 | .600 | 4 | 77–92 69-86 |
62–63 67-71 (OT) |
— | 82–96 | 86–76 | 85–67 | ||
4 | Saigon Heat | 15 | 9 | 6 | 1250 | 1189 | +61 | .600 | 4 | 89–74 80-91 |
62–73 | 65–72 71-77 |
— | 102–90 | 86–77 | ||
5 | Danang Dragons | 15 | 3 | 12 | 1184 | 1319 | −135 | .200 | 10 | 80–111 | 69–78 | 71–82 84-91 |
69–83 78-91 |
— | 79–72 | ||
6 | Hochiminh City Wings | 15 | 1 | 14 | 1147 | 1342 | −195 | .067 | 12 | 77–104 | 72–90 | 62–88 75-85 |
89–106 79-100 |
75–77 107-101 |
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Updated to match(es) played on 16 August 2018. Source: vba.vn
Playoffs[]
Semifinals | Finals | |||||||||||||
1 Cantho Catfish | 90 | 94 | ||||||||||||
4 Saigon Heat | 70 | 87 | ||||||||||||
1 Cantho Catfish | 80 | 90 | 76 | |||||||||||
3 Hanoi Buffaloes | 76 | 68 | 71 | |||||||||||
2 Thang Long Warriors | 63 | 74 | ||||||||||||
3 Hanoi Buffaloes | 67 | 75 | ||||||||||||
Statistics[]
Team statistics[]
- Points per game: Cantho Catfish (85.80)
- Field goal %: Cantho Catfish, Hanoi Buffaloes, Saigon Heat (44%)
- 3-point field goal %: Hochiminh City Wings (35%)
- Rebounds per game: Thang Long Warriors (40.35)
- Assists per game: Cantho Catfish (17.65)
- Steals per game: Thang Long Warriors (12.41)
- Blocks per game: Cantho Catfish (3.85)
- Turnovers per game: Hanoi Buffaloes (18.25)
Awards[]
Yearly awards[]
- Fans of the year: Cantho Catfish
- Local referee of the year:
- Young player of the year: (Saigon Heat)
- Sixth man of the year: (Thang Long Warriors)
- Sportsmanship award: Henry Nguyen (Hochiminh City Wings)
- Defensive player of the year: Mike Bell (Hanoi Buffaloes)
- Most favorite player of the year: Vincent Nguyen (Hanoi Buffaloes)
- Local player of the year: Nguyễn Phú Hoàng (Cantho Catfish)
- Heritage player of the year: Chris Dierker (Danang Dragons)
- Most valuable player of the year: (Cantho Catfish)
- Coach of the year: Kevin Yurkus (Cantho Catfish)
MVP of the Week[]
For week ending | Player | Team | Ref. |
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24 June 2018 | Chris Dierker (1/1) | Danang Dragons | 1 |
1 July 2018 | (1/1) | Thang Long Warriors | 2 |
8 July 2018 | Lê Ngọc Tú (1/1) | Hanoi Buffaloes | 3 |
15 July 2018 | (1/2) | Cantho Catfish | 4 |
22 July 2018 | Mike Bell (1/1) | Hanoi Buffaloes | 5 |
29 July 2018 | Khoa Tran (1/2) | Saigon Heat | 6 |
5 August 2018 | Justin Young (1/1) | Thang Long Warriors | 7 |
12 August 2018 | (2/2) | Cantho Catfish | 8 |
19 August 2018 | Khoa Tran (2/2) | Saigon Heat | 9 |
References[]
Footnotes[]
External links[]
Categories:
- Vietnam Basketball Association seasons
- 2018–19 in Vietnamese basketball
- 2018–19 in Asian basketball leagues