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2019 BBL Playoffs

German basketball postseason

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionFeb 14, 2026
Entity authorityQ65069732 ↗
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The 2019 BBL Playoffs were the concluding postseason of the 2018–19 Basketball Bundesliga season. The Playoffs started on 18 May and ended 23 June 2019.

Bracket

All times are local (UTC+2).

Quarterfinals

The quarterfinals were played in a best of five format from 18 to 28 May 2019.

Bayern Munich vs Basketball Löwen Braunschweig

EWE Baskets Oldenburg vs Telekom Baskets Bonn

Alba Berlin vs ratiopharm Ulm

Rasta Vechta vs Brose Bamberg

Semifinals

The semifinals were played in a best of five format from 2 to 9 June 2019.

Bayern Munich vs Rasta Vechta

EWE Baskets Oldenburg vs Alba Berlin

Finals

The finals were played in a best of five format from 16 to 23 June 2019.

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