2019 Nepal Basketball League season

2019 Nepal Basketball League
LeagueNepal Basketball League
SportBasketball
Duration20 April 2019 - 21 June 2019
Number of games65
Number of teams8
Season championsThe Times International Club (1st title)
  Runners-upNepal Army Club
Season MVPNepal Sadish Pradhan (Times)
Seasons
2020 →

The 2019 Nepal Basketball League also known as Kwiks Basketball League for sponsorship reasons, was the second season of Nepal Basketball League. The league began on 20 April 2019.[1]

A total of eight teams took part in the league which ran for 55 days, making it the biggest and longest basketball tournament of the country.[2]

The Times International Club secured their first title after defeating Nepal Army Club in the final.[3]

Teams

Team Court City
Budhanilkantha Municipality Basketball Club Golfutar Basketball Court Budanilkantha
Golden Gate International Club Golden Gate International College Kathmandu
Kirtipur Basketball Club Naya Bazaar Club Kirtipur
Nepal Police Club National Police Academy Kathmandu
Royal Basketball Club Royal Basketball Academy Lalitpur
South Siders Basketball Club St Xavier's College Kathmandu
The Times International Club The Times International College Kathmandu
Tribhuwan Army Club Army Officer's Club Kathmandu

Regular season

League table

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Qualification or relegation
1 Tribhuwan Army Club (Q) 14 13 1 1217 989 +228 Qualification to playoffs
2 The Times International Club (Q) 14 12 2 1122 930 +192
3 Golden Gate International Club (Q) 14 8 6 1143 1085 +58
4 Nepal Police Club (Q) 14 7 7 1088 1039 +49
5 Budhanilkantha Municipality 14 7 7 975 994 −19
6 Royal Basketball Club 14 5 9 1016 1093 −77
7 AMK Kirtipur 14 3 11 919 1103 −184
8 South Siders 14 1 13 880 1127 −247
Source: NBL
(Q) Qualified for the phase indicated

Results

Home \ Away BMBC GGIC KBC NPC RBC SSBC TAC TTIC
Budhanilkantha Municipality — 72–85 70–56 78–76 98–68 85–59 64–79 66–81
Golden Gate International College 98–79 — 86–52 70–79 103–84 104–65 69–104 58–72
AMK Kirtipur 74–90 67–89 — 60–84 61–72 74–71 77–89 58–66
Nepal Police Club 68–74 96–82 86–88 — 109–68 78–58 81–89 70–63
Royal Basketball Club 20–0 100–105 61–63 75–59 — 85–74 85–97 69–80
South Siders 66–76 62–83 66–59 63–74 62–70 — 71–92 65–77
Tribhuwan Army Club 86–46 75–61 78–58 75–67 98–90 92–51 — 67–66
The Times International College 83–77 78–55 95–72 96–61 84–69 78–47 103–96 —
Source: NBL
Legend: Blue = home team win; Red = away team win.

Playoffs

PreliminaryPreliminaryFinal
1Tribhuwan Army Club2Q1WTribhuwan Army Club71
2The Times International Club1Q2WThe Times International Club88
Q1LThe Times International Club2
EWNepal Police Club0
3Golden Gate International Club0
4Nepal Police Club2

(1) Tribhuwan Army Club vs. (2) The Times International Club

16 June 2019
19:00 NST
Tribhuwan Army Club 79–65 The Times International Club
Scoring by quarter: 26-13, 22-20, 9-17, 22-15
Army leads series, 1-0
NSC Covered Hall , Kathmandu
17 June 2019
19:00 NST
The Times International Club 81–57 Tribhuwan Army Club
Scoring by quarter: 18-13, 22-14, 20-12, 21-18
Series tied, 1-1
NSC Covered Hall , Kathmandu
18 June 2019
19:00 NST
Tribhuwan Army Club 69–61 The Times International Club
Scoring by quarter: 18-12, 13-18, 15-15, 23-16
Army wins series, 2-1
NSC Covered Hall , Kathmandu

(3) Golden Gate International Club vs. (4) Nepal Police Club

16 June 2019
17:00 NST
Golden Gate International Club 72–78 Nepal Police Club
Scoring by quarter: 22-20, 22-21, 12-13, 16-24
Police leads series, 1-0
NSC Covered Hall , Kathmandu
17 June 2019
17:00 NST
Nepal Police Club 90–65 Golden Gate International Club
Scoring by quarter: 13-21, 24-9, 33-8, 20-27
Police wins series, 2-0
NSC Covered Hall , Kathmandu

(2) The Times International Club vs. (4) Nepal Police Club

19 June 2019
19:00 NST
The Times International Club 81–69 Nepal Police Club
Scoring by quarter: 24-12, 14-24, 19-13, 24-20
Times leads series, 1-0
NSC Covered Hall , Kathmandu
20 June 2019
19:00 NST
Nepal Police Club 54–72 The Times International Club
Scoring by quarter: 14-12, 7-17, 24-24, 18-9
Times wins series, 2-0
NSC Covered Hall , Kathmandu

Final: (1) Tribhuwan Army Club vs. (2) The Times International Club

21 June 2019
19:00 NST
Tribhuwan Army Club 71–88 The Times International Club
Scoring by quarter: 12-19, 12-21, 26-27, 21-21
NSC Covered Hall , Kathmandu

Season statistics

Regular season

Category Player Team Statistic
Points per game Saurav Shrestha Budhanilkantha Municipality 22.1
Rebounds per game Bikram Joshi The Times International 11.8
Assists per game Rabin Khatri Nepal Army Club 4.5
Steals per game Nikesh Rakhal Magar Royal Basketball Club 1.9
Blocks per game Bikram Joshi The Times International 1.7
Turnovers per game Saurav Shrestha Budhanilkantha Municipality 3.5
Fouls per game Bimal Karki Nepal Police Club 0.9

Women's Nepal Basketball League

2019 Women's Nepal Basketball League
LeagueWomen's Nepal Basketball League
SportBasketball
Duration1 April 2019 - 22 June 2019
Number of games13
Number of teams4
Season championsNepal Police Club (1st title)
  Runners-upSamriddhi Gorillas
Season MVPNepal Anusha Malla (Police)
Seasons
2020 →

The 2019 Women's Nepal Basketball League was the first season of the Women's Nepal Basketball League. Four teams took part in the inaugural season which began on 1 June.[4]

Nepal Police Club became the inaugural champions after defeating Samridhhi Gorilas in the final.[5]

Teams

Regular season

League table

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Qualification or relegation
1 Samriddhi Gorilla (Q) 6 5 1 283 261 +22 Qualification to Final
2 Nepal Police Club (Q) 6 3 3 367 318 +49
3 ISO Kite 6 3 3 358 375 −17
4 Saipal Academy 6 1 5 319 373 −54
Source: NBL
(Q) Qualified for the phase indicated

Results

Home \ Away ISO NPC SAI GOR
ISO Kite — 64–62 72–60 44–54
Nepal Police Club 76–63 — 71–58 46–49
Saipal Academy 63–72 45–77 — 22–40
Samriddhi Gorilla 60–43 39–35 41–71 —
Source: NBL
Legend: Blue = home team win; Red = away team win.

Final

21 June 2019
12:00 NST
Samriddhi Gorillas 52–65 Nepal Police Club
Scoring by quarter: 12-8, 17-14, 13-22, 10-21
NSC Covered Hall , Kathmandu

See also

References

  1. ^ "Basketball League". The Himalayan Times. 2018-02-16. Retrieved 2019-04-02.
  2. ^ "क्वीक्स नेपाल बास्केटबल लिगको प्ले अफ समिकरण पूरा". hamrokhelkud.com. 2018-02-16. Archived from the original on 2019-06-05. Retrieved 2019-06-05.
  3. ^ "Times, Police win Nepal Basketball League". kathmandupost.com. Retrieved 2019-12-31.
  4. ^ "Nepal\'s first ever women\'s basketball league from Saturday". kathmandupost.com. Retrieved 2019-12-31.
  5. ^ "Times, Police win Nepal Basketball League". kathmandupost.com. Retrieved 2019-12-31.