===
National Basketball Association=== • October 16, 2018 – April 10, 2019:
2018–19 NBA season •
Eastern Conference Winners:
Toronto Raptors •
Western Conference Winners:
Golden State Warriors • Note:
Milwaukee has home court advantage throughout entire playoffs. Golden State has home court advantage throughout conference playoffs. • February 17:
2019 NBA All-Star Game at the
Spectrum Center in
Charlotte, North Carolina •
Team LeBron defeated
Team Giannis, with the score of 178–164. •
MVP:
Kevin Durant ( Golden State Warriors) •
NBA All-Star Celebrity Game: Home Team defeated Away Team, with the score of 82–80. •
Rising Stars Challenge: The team defeated the World team, with the score of 161–141. •
NBA All-Star Weekend Skills Challenge Winner:
Jayson Tatum (
Boston Celtics) •
Three-Point Contest Winner:
Joe Harris (
Brooklyn Nets) •
Slam Dunk Contest Winner:
Hamidou Diallo (
Oklahoma City Thunder) • April 13 – June 13:
2019 NBA playoffs • The Toronto Raptors defeated the Golden State Warriors, 4–2 in games played, to win their first NBA title. • June 20:
2019 NBA draft at the
Barclays Center in
Brooklyn •
#1 pick: Zion Williamson (to the
New Orleans Pelicans from the
Duke Blue Devils) ===
Women's National Basketball Association=== • April 10:
2019 WNBA draft in
New York City at the Nike NYHQ • #1 pick:
Jackie Young to the
Las Vegas Aces, from the
Notre Dame Fighting Irish team. • May 24 – September 8:
2019 WNBA season (Regular) •
Eastern Conference RS winners:
Washington Mystics •
Western Conference RS winners:
Los Angeles Sparks • July 27:
2019 WNBA All-Star Game at
Mandalay Bay Events Center in
Las Vegas • Team
Wilson defeated team
Delle Donne, with the score of 129–126. •
MVP:
Erica Wheeler (
Indiana Fever) • Three Point Contest winner:
Shekinna Stricklen (
Connecticut Sun) • Skills Challenge winner:
Diamond DeShields (
Chicago Sky) • September 11 – October 10:
2019 WNBA Playoffs • The Washington Mystics defeated the Connecticut Sun, 3–2 in games won, to win their first WNBA title. ===
National Collegiate Athletic Association=== • March 19 – April 8:
2019 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament • The
Virginia Cavaliers defeated the
Texas Tech Red Raiders, 85–77 in overtime, to win their first NCAA Division I Men's Basketball title. • March 22 – April 7:
2019 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament • The
Baylor Lady Bears defeated the
Notre Dame Fighting Irish, 82–81, to win their third NCAA Division I Women's Basketball title. ===
FIBA World Cup Events=== • February 15 – 17:
2019 FIBA Intercontinental Cup in
Rio de Janeiro •
AEK Athens defeated
Flamengo, 86–70, to win their first FIBA Intercontinental Cup title. •
San Lorenzo took third place and
Austin Spurs took fourth place. • June 18 – 23:
2019 FIBA 3x3 World Cup in
Amsterdam • Men: The defeated , 18–14, to win their first Men's FIBA 3x3 World Cup title. • took third place. • Women: defeated , 19–13, to win their first Women's FIBA 3x3 World Cup title. • took third place. • June 29 – July 7:
2019 FIBA Under-19 Basketball World Cup in
Heraklion • The defeated , 93–79, to win their seventh FIBA Under-19 Basketball World Cup title. • took third place. • July 20 – 28:
2019 FIBA Under-19 Women's Basketball World Cup in
Bangkok • The defeated , 74–70 in overtime, to win their eighth FIBA Under-19 Women's Basketball World Cup title. • took third place. • August 31 – September 15:
2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup in • defeated , 95–75, to win their second FIBA Basketball World Cup title. • took third place. took fourth place. • Note:
All four teams mentioned above, along with the , , & , have qualified to compete at the 2020 Summer Olympics. ===2019
FIBA 3x3 World Tour=== • April 18 & 19: 3x3 WT #1 in
Doha • Team
Riga Ghetto defeated Team
Liman, 15–14, to win their first World Tour event this year. • June 1 & 2: 3x3 WT #2 in
Chengdu • Team
Novi Sad defeated Team Riga, 21–14, to win their first World Tour event this year. • July 6 & 7: 3x3 WT #3 in
Mexico City • Team Novi Sad defeated Team NY
Harlem, 21–11, to win their second World Tour event this year. • July 20 & 21: 3x3 WT #4 in
Saskatoon • Team
Piran defeated Team
Vrbas, 21–14, to win their first World Tour event this year. • August 3 & 4: 3x3 WT #5 in
Prague • Team Riga Ghetto defeated Team
Princeton, 21–12, to win their second World Tour event this year. • August 23 & 24: 3x3 WT #6 in
Lausanne • Team NY Harlem defeated Team Princeton, 21–15, to win their first World Tour event this year. • August 27 & 28: 3x3 WT #7 in
Debrecen • Team Liman defeated Team Riga Ghetto, 21–18, to win their first World Tour event this year. • September 7 & 8: 3x3 WT #8 in
Montreal • Team
Šakiai Gulbelė defeated Team
Edmonton, 21–14, to win their first World Tour event this year. • September 21 & 22: 3x3 WT #9 in
Los Angeles • Team Princeton defeated Team Liman, 16–11, to win their first World Tour event this year. • October 12 & 13: 3x3 WT #10 in
Nanjing • Team Edmonton defeated Team Šakiai Gulbelė, 21–17, to win their first World Tour event this year. • October 18 & 19: 3x3 WT #11 in
Jeddah • Team Riga Ghetto defeated Team Liman, 21–18, to win their third World Tour event this year. • November 2 & 3: 3x3 WT #12 (final) in
Utsunomiya • Team Novi Sad defeated Team Princeton, 21–17, to win their third World Tour event this year. ===
FIBA Europe=== ;National teams • June 27 – July 7:
FIBA Women's EuroBasket 2019 in & • defeated , 88–66, to win their second consecutive and fourth overall FIBA Women's EuroBasket title. • took third place. took fourth place. took fifth place. took sixth place. • Note:
All teams mentioned above have qualified to compete at the 2020 FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament. • July 5 – 14:
2019 FIBA U18 Women's European Championship Division B in
Skopje • defeated , 63–56, to win their first FIBA U18 Women's European Championship Division B title. • took third place. • July 6 – 14
2019 FIBA U18 Women's European Championship in
Sarajevo • defeated , 70–62, to win their second FIBA U18 Women's European Championship title. • took third place. • July 12 – 21: 2019 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship
Division B in
Matosinhos • defeated the , 73–57, to win their first FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship Division B title. • took third place. • July 13 – 21:
2019 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship in
Tel Aviv • defeated , 92–84, to win their second consecutive FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship title. • took third place. • July 14 – 21: 2019 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship
Division C in
Tirana • defeated , 78–50, to win their second FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship Division C title. • took third place.Division C • July 16 – 21: 2019 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship for Women
Division C in
Chișinău • defeated , 75–38, to win their third FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship for Women Division C title. • took third place. • July 26 – August 4: 2019 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship
Division B in
Oradea • defeated , 81–79, to win their first FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship Division B title. • The took third place. • July 27 – August 4:
2019 FIBA U18 European Championship in
Volos • defeated , 57–53, to win their fourth FIBA U18 European Championship title. • took third place. • July 28 – August 4: 2019 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship
Division C in
Andorra la Vella • defeated , 67–59, to win their second FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship Division C title. • took third place. • July 30 – August 4: 2019 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship for Women
Division C in
Andorra la Vella • defeated , 79–73, to win their second FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship for Women Division C title. • took third place. • August 3 – 11:
2019 FIBA U20 Women's European Championship in
Klatovy • defeated , 70–67, to win their first FIBA U20 Women's European Championship title. • took third place. • August 3 – 11: 2019 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship for Women
Division B in
Pristina • defeated , 80–75, to win their first FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship for Women Division B title. • took third place. • August 8 – 17: 2019 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship
Division B in
Podgorica • defeated the , 71–58, to win their second FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship Division B title. • took third place. • August 9 – 17:
2019 FIBA U16 European Championship in
Udine • defeated , 70–61, to win their fifth FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship title. • took third place. • August 15 – 24: 2019 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship for Women
Division B in
Sofia • defeated , 71–56, to win their first IBA Europe Under-16 Championship for Women Division B title. • took third place. • August 22 – 30:
2019 FIBA U16 Women's European Championship in Skopje • defeated , 73–66, to win their sixth FIBA U16 Women's European Championship title. • took third place. • August 30 – September 1:
2019 FIBA 3x3 Europe Cup in
Debrecen • Men: defeated , 21–18, to win their second consecutive Men's FIBA 3x3 Europe Cup title. • took third place. • Women: defeated , 14–12, to win their second consecutive Women's FIBA 3x3 Europe Cup title. • took third place. • September 6 – 8: 2019 FIBA 3x3 Under-18 Europe Cup in
Tbilisi • Men: defeated , 21–14, in the final. took third place. • Women: defeated , 17–16, in the final. took third place. ;Club teams • September 20, 2018 – May 1:
2018–19 FIBA Europe Cup •
Dinamo Sassari defeated
s.Oliver Würzburg, 170–163 on aggregate, to win their first FIBA Europe Cup title. • September 20, 2018 – May 5:
2018–19 Basketball Champions League •
Segafredo Virtus Bologna defeated
Iberostar Tenerife, 73–61, to win their first Basketball Champions League title. •
Telenet Antwerp Giants took third place. • October 3, 2018 – April 15:
2018–19 EuroCup Basketball •
Valencia Basket defeated
Alba Berlin, 2–1 in games played, to win their fourth EuroCup Basketball title. • October 8, 2018 – April 10:
2018–19 EuroCup Women •
Nadezhda Orenburg defeated
Lattes Montpellier, 146–132 on aggregate, to win their first EuroCup Women title. • October 9, 2018 – April 14:
2018–19 EuroLeague Women •
UMMC Ekaterinburg defeated fellow Russian team,
Dynamo Kursk, 91–67, to win their second consecutive and fifth overall EuroLeague Women title. •
ZVVZ USK Praha took third place. • October 11, 2018 – May 19:
2018–19 EuroLeague •
CSKA Moscow defeated
Anadolu Efes, 91–83, to win their eighth EuroLeague title. •
Real Madrid took third place. ;League events • September 25, 2018 – April 15:
2018–19 Alpe Adria Cup •
Egis Körmend defeated
Adria Oil Škrljevo, 159–147 on aggregate, to win their first Alpe Adria Cup title. • September 27, 2018 – March 10:
2018–19 Baltic Women's Basketball League • In the final,
TTT Riga defeated
Aistes LSU Kaunas, 76–62, to win their 1st Baltic Women's Basketball League. •
Kibirkstis Vilnius took third place and
Tallinn University Women took fourth place. • September 27, 2018 – April 8:
2018–19 ABA League Second Division •
Sixt Primorska defeated
MZT Skopje Aerodrom, 3–0 in legs played, to win their first ABA League Second Division title. • September 28, 2018 – April 6:
2018–19 Latvian–Estonian Basketball League (debut event) •
BK Ventspils defeated fellow Latvian team,
BK VEF Rīga, 102–80, to win the inaugural Latvian–Estonian Basketball League title. •
BC Kalev took third place. • September 28, 2018 – April 22:
2018–19 ABA League First Division •
Crvena zvezda mts defeated
Budućnost VOLI, 3–2 in legs played, to win their fourth ABA League First Division title. • October 3, 2018 – March 17:
2018–19 EWBL •
TTT Riga defeated Tsmoki-Minsk, 73–63, to win their second EWBL title. • Rostov-Don took third place. • October 3, 2018 – March 24:
2018–19 WABA League •
Beroe defeated
Budućnost Bemax, 65–64, to win their first WABA League title. •
Cinkarna Celje took third place. • October 16, 2018 – April 7:
2018–19 BIBL •
KK Blokotehna defeated
Teuta, 82–68, to win their first BIBL title. •
Academic Bultex 99 took third place. • November 29, 2018 – April 7:
2018–19 Junior ABA League •
Cibona U19 defeated
Crvena zvezda U19, 73–68, to win their first Junior ABA League title. •
Igokea U19 took third place. ===
FIBA Americas=== ;National teams • June 3 – 9:
2019 FIBA Under-16 Americas Championship in
Belém • The defeated , 94–77, to win their sixth consecutive FIBA Under-16 Americas Championship title. • The took third place. took fourth place. • Note:
All teams mentioned above have qualified to compete at the 2020 FIBA Under-17 Basketball World Cup. • June 16 – 22:
2019 FIBA Under-16 Women's Americas Championship in
Puerto Aysén • The defeated , 87–37, to win their second consecutive and fifth overall FIBA Under-16 Women's Americas Championship title. • took third place. took fourth place. • Note: ''All teams mentioned above have qualified to compete at the
2020 FIBA Under-17 Women's Basketball World Cup.'' • September 22 – 29:
2019 FIBA Women's AmeriCup in
San Juan • The defeated , 67–46, to win their third FIBA Women's AmeriCup title. • took third place. • Note:
The first eight teams have qualified to compete at the Americas 2020 Olympic pre-qualifying tournaments. ;Club teams • January 18 – March 31:
2019 FIBA Americas League •
San Lorenzo defeated
Guaros, 64–61, to win their second consecutive FIBA Americas League title. ===
FIBA Asia=== ;National teams • May 24 – 26:
2019 FIBA 3x3 Asia Cup in
Changsha • Men: defeated , 21–9, to win their second consecutive FIBA 3x3 Asia Cup title. • took third place. • Women: defeated , 20–9, to win their second FIBA 3x3 Asia Cup title. • took third place. • September 24 – 29:
2019 FIBA Women's Asia Cup in
Bengaluru • defeated , 71–68, to win their fourth consecutive and fifth overall FIBA Women's Asia Cup title. • took third place. • Note:
All eight teams in this tournament has qualified to compete at the Asia/Oceania 2020 Olympic pre-qualifying tournaments. • October 22 – 28:
2019 FIBA Under-16 Women's Asian Championship • TBA:
2019 FIBA Under-16 Asian Championship ;Club teams • November 16, 2018 – May 15, 2019:
2018–19 ABL season •
BTN CLS Knights Indonesia defeated
Singapore Slingers, 3–2 in a 5-leg final, to win their first ASEAN Basketball League title. • February 19 – 24: SEABA Club Championship for men and women in
Surabaya • Men: West Bandits Jakarta defeated Mahameru Surabaya, 90–61. • Women:
Surabaya Fever defeated
Shoot It Dragons, 68–66. • September 24 – 29:
2019 FIBA Asia Champions Cup in
Bangkok •
Alvark Tokyo defeated
Al Riyadi Beirut, 98–74, to win their first FIBA Asia Champions Cup title. •
Palayesh Naft Abadan BC took third place. ===
FIBA Africa=== ;National teams • July 5 – 14:
2019 FIBA Under-16 African Championship in
Praia • defeated , 66–57, to win their fourth FIBA Under-16 African Championship title. • took third place. • Note:
Egypt and Mali both qualified to compete at the 2020 FIBA Under-17 Basketball World Cup. • July 28 – August 3:
2019 FIBA Under-16 Women's African Championship in
Kigali • defeated , 84–48, to win their sixth FIBA Under-16 Women's African Championship title. • took third place. • August 9 – 18:
2019 Women's Afrobasket in
Dakar • defeated , 60–55, to win their second consecutive and fourth overall Women's Afrobasket title. • took third place. ;Club teams • February 8 – May 26:
2018–19 Africa Basketball League •
Primeiro de Agosto defeated
AS Salé, 83–71, to win their ninth Africa Basketball League title. •
Smouha SC took third place. • TBA for November: 2019 FIBA Africa Women's Clubs Champions Cup ===
FIBA Oceania=== • August 19 – 24: 2019 FIBA Oceania Under-17 Championship for
Men &
Women in /
Nouméa • Men: defeated , 85–56, to win their sixth consecutive FIBA Oceania Under-17 Championship title. • took third place. • Women: defeated , 88–41, in the final. • took third place. ==
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