2018 VBA season

Vietnam Basketball Association
Season2018
DurationJune 16, 2018 – August 16, 2018 (Regular season)
August 21, 2018 – August 26, 2018 (Playoffs)
September 4, 2018 – September 9, 2018 (Finals)
Games played52
Teams6
Regular season
Top seedCantho Catfish
Season MVPUnited States DeAngelo Hamilton
Cantho Catfish
Finals
ChampionsCantho Catfish
  Runners-upHanoi Buffaloes
SemifinalistsSaigon Heat
Thang Long Warriors
Finals MVPUnited States DeAngelo Hamilton
Cantho Catfish
Playoffs MVPUnited States Mike Bell
Hanoi Buffaloes
Awards
Domestic MVPVietnam Nguyễn Phú Hoàng
Cantho Catfish
Heritage MVPUnited States Chris Dierker
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

Team Home city Arena
Cantho Catfish Cần Thơ Da Nang Sports Arena
Danang Dragons Đà Nẵng Quan Khu 5 Sports Arena
Hanoi Buffaloes Hà Nội Bach Khoa Sports Arena
Hochiminh City Wings Ho Chi Minh City Ho Xuan Huong Sports Arena
Saigon Heat Ho Chi Minh City CIS Sports Arena
Thang Long Warriors Hà Nội Su Pham Sports Arena


Personnel and sponsorship

Team Head coach Captain Kit manufacturer
Cantho Catfish United States Kevin Yurkus Lê Hiếu Thành Thang Be Sport
Danang Dragons United States Donte' Hill Horace Nguyen Thang Be Sport
Hanoi Buffaloes United States Todd Purves Vincent Nguyen Alien Sports
Hochiminh City Wings Vietnam Hứa Phong Hảo Nguyễn Huỳnh Hải Thang Be Sport
Saigon Heat United States David Singleton Triệu Hán Minh Hemero
Thang Long Warriors Serbia Predrag Lukic Justin Young Thang Be Sport

Managerial changes

Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Replaced with Date of appointment
Hochiminh City Wings Philippines Ricky Magallanes Contract ended 4 December 2017 Pre-season United States Brian Rowsom 27 March 2018
Thang Long Warriors United States Lee Tao Dana Resigned 2 February 2018 United States Matt Skillman 27 March 2018
Thang Long Warriors United States Matt Skillman Sacked 17 June 2018 5th Serbia Predrag Lukic 18 June 2018
Hochiminh City Wings United States Brian Rowsom Changed to team counselor 20 July 2018 6th Vietnam Hứa Phong Hảo 20 July 2018

Import players

Each team is allowed 2 heritage players and 1 foreign player.

Team Heritage 1 Heritage 2 Foreign
Cantho Catfish United States Tam Dinh United States Sang Dinh United States DeAngelo Hamilton
Danang Dragons United States Chris Dierker United States Horace Nguyen United States Zach Allmon
Hanoi Buffaloes Sweden Stefan Nguyen Netherlands Vincent Nguyen United States Mike Bell
Hochiminh City Wings United States Corey Cilia United States Henry Nguyen United States Quinton Doggett
Saigon Heat United States Khoa Tran United States Tavarion Nix
Thang Long Warriors United States Justin Young Canada Ryan Le United States Jaywuan Hill

Draft

Rnd. Pick Player Nationality[n 1] Team School / club team
1 1 Chris Dierker  United States Danang Dragons Madonna University
1 2 Corey Cilia  United States Hochiminh City Wings UC Santa Cruz
1 3 Stefan Nguyen  Sweden Hanoi Buffaloes Danang Dragons
1 4 Nguyễn Tiến Dương  Vietnam Hanoi Buffaloes
1 5 Trần Đăng Khoa  United States Saigon Heat Danang Dragons
1 6 Nguyễn Văn Hùng  Vietnam Thang Long Warriors
2 1 Lê Văn Đầy  Vietnam Danang Dragons Cantho Catfish
2 2 Dư Minh An  Vietnam Hochiminh City Wings Cantho Catfish
2 3 Huỳnh Khang  Vietnam Hanoi Buffaloes Saigon Heat
2 4 Nguyễn Lê Quốc Cường  Vietnam Cantho Catfish
2 5 Lê Ngọc Tú  Vietnam Saigon Heat
2 6 Đặng Thái Hưng  Vietnam Thang Long Warriors Hanoi Buffaloes
3 1 Đàm Huy Đại  Vietnam Danang Dragons
3 2 Phạm Thanh Tùng  Vietnam Hochiminh City Wings Hanoi Buffaloes
3 3 Huỳnh Thanh Tâm  Vietnam Hanoi Buffaloes Cantho Catfish
3 4 Tăng Minh Trí  Vietnam Cantho Catfish
3 5 Nguyễn Huỳnh Hải  Vietnam Saigon Heat
3 6 Ngô Tuấn Trung  Vietnam 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
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
Updated to match(es) played on 16 August 2018. Source: vba.vn

Playoffs

 
SemifinalsFinals
 
              
 
 
 
 
1 Cantho Catfish 9094
 
 
 
4 Saigon Heat 7087
 
1 Cantho Catfish 809076
 
 
 
3 Hanoi Buffaloes 766871
 
2 Thang Long Warriors 6374
 
 
3 Hanoi Buffaloes 6775
 

Statistics

Team statistics

Awards

Yearly awards

MVP of the Week

For week ending Player Team Ref.
24 June 2018 Chris Dierker (1/1) Danang Dragons 1
1 July 2018 Jaywuan Hill (1/1) Thang Long Warriors 2
8 July 2018 Lê Ngọc Tú (1/1) Hanoi Buffaloes 3
15 July 2018 DeAngelo Hamilton (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 DeAngelo Hamilton (2/2) Cantho Catfish 8
19 August 2018 Khoa Tran (2/2) Saigon Heat 9

References

Footnotes

  1. ^ Nationality indicates the player's national team or representative nationality. If a player has not competed at the international level, then the nationality indicates the national team which the player is eligible to represent according to FIBA rules.