2018–19 UEFA Nations League C, Format, Seeding
Teams were allocated to League C according to their UEFA national team coefficients after the conclusion of the 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifying group stage on 11 October 2017. Teams were split into four pots (three pots of four teams and one pot of the three lowest teams), ordered based on their UEFA national team coefficient. The group with three teams contained teams only from pots 1, 2, and 3. The seeding pots for the draw were announced on 7 December 2017.


2018–19 UEFA Nations League C, Format, Seeding
The group draw took place at the SwissTech Convention Center in Lausanne, Switzerland on 24 January 2018, 12:00 CET. Due to winter venue restrictions, a group could only contain a maximum of two of the following teams: Norway, Finland, Estonia, Lithuania.


2018–19 UEFA Nations League C, Groups
The fixture list was confirmed by UEFA on 24 January 2018 following the draw.


2018–19 UEFA Nations League C, Groups
Times are CET/CEST, as listed by UEFA (local times, if different, are in parentheses).


2018–19 UEFA Nations League C, Goalscorers
There were 92 goals scored in 42 matches, for an average of 2.19 goals per match.


2018–19 UEFA Nations League C, Overall ranking
The 15 League C teams were ranked 25th to 39th overall in the 2018–19 UEFA Nations League according to the following rules:


2018–19 UEFA Nations League C, Prize money
The prize money to be distributed was announced in March 2018. Each team in League C received a solidarity fee of €750,000. In addition, the four group winners received double this amount with a €750,000 bonus fee. This meant that the maximum amount of solidarity and bonus fees for a team from League C was €1.5 million.


2018–19 UEFA Nations League C, Qualifying play-offs
The seven best teams in League C according to the overall ranking that did not qualify for UEFA Euro 2020 through the qualifying group stage competed in the play-offs, with the winners qualifying for the final tournament.


2018–19 UEFA Nations League D
The 2018–19 UEFA Nations League D was the fourth and lowest division of the 2018–19 edition of the UEFA Nations League, the inaugural season of the international football competition involving the men's national teams of the 55 member associations of UEFA.


2018–19 UEFA Nations League D, Format
League D consisted of the lowest 16 UEFA members ranked from 40–55, who were split into four groups of four. The top two teams of each group, as well as the best ranked third-place team, were promoted to the 2020–21 UEFA Nations League C.


2018–19 UEFA Nations League D, Format
In addition, League D was allocated one of the four remaining UEFA Euro 2020 places. Four teams from League D which had not already qualified for the European Championship finals competed in the play-offs for each division, which were played in October and November 2020. The play-off berths were first allocated to the group winners, and if any of the group winners had already qualified for the European Championship finals, then to the next best ranked team of the division, etc.


2018–19 UEFA Nations League D, Format
If there were fewer than four teams in League D which had not already qualified for the European Championship finals, and League D had no group winner available, the best team in the overall ranking would be selected. The play-offs consisted of two "one-off" semi-finals (best-ranked team vs. fourth best-ranked team and second best-ranked team vs. third best-ranked team, played at home of higher-ranked teams) and one "one-off" final between the two semi-final winners (venue drawn in advance between semi-final 1 and 2).


2018–19 UEFA Nations League D, Format, Seeding
Teams were allocated to League D according to their UEFA national team coefficients after the conclusion of the 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifying group stage on 11 October 2017. Teams were split into four pots of four teams, ordered based on their UEFA national team coefficient. The seeding pots for the draw were announced on 7 December 2017.


2018–19 UEFA Nations League D, Format, Seeding
The group draw took place at the SwissTech Convention Center in Lausanne, Switzerland on 24 January 2018, 12:00 CET. For political reasons, Armenia and Azerbaijan could not be drawn into the same group (due to the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict). Due to excessive travel restrictions, any group could only contain a maximum of one of the following pairs: Andorra and Kazakhstan, Faroe Islands and Kazakhstan, Gibraltar and Kazakhstan, Gibraltar and Azerbaijan.


2018–19 UEFA Nations League D, Groups
The fixture list was confirmed by UEFA on 24 January 2018 following the draw.


2018–19 UEFA Nations League D, Groups
Times are CET/CEST, as listed by UEFA (local times, if different, are in parentheses).


2018–19 UEFA Nations League D, Goalscorers
There were 121 goals scored in 48 matches, for an average of 2.52 goals per match.


2018–19 UEFA Nations League D, Overall ranking
The 16 League D teams were ranked 40th to 55th overall in the 2018–19 UEFA Nations League according to the following rules:


2018–19 UEFA Nations League D, Prize money
The prize money to be distributed was announced in March 2018. Each team in League D received a solidarity fee of €500,000. In addition, the four group winners received double this amount with a €500,000 bonus fee. This meant that the maximum amount of solidarity and bonus fees for a team from League D was €1 million.


2018–19 UEFA Nations League D, Qualifying play-offs
The four best teams in League D according to the overall ranking that did not qualify for UEFA Euro 2020 through the qualifying group stage competed in the play-offs, with the winners qualifying for the final tournament. If there had been fewer than four teams in League D that had not qualified, the remaining slots would have been allocated to teams from another league, according to the overall ranking.


2018–19 UEFA Women's Champions League
The 2018–19 UEFA Women's Champions League was the 18th edition of the European women's club football championship organised by UEFA, and the 10th edition since being rebranded as the UEFA Women's Champions League.


2018–19 UEFA Women's Champions League
The final was held at the Groupama Arena in Budapest, Hungary. This was the first time since the final was played as a single match that a host city for the Women's Champions League final was not automatically assigned by which city won the bid to host the men's Champions League final.


2018–19 UEFA Women's Champions League
Lyon were the defending champions and won the final against Barcelona 4–1, to win their sixth overall and fourth straight title.


2018–19 UEFA Women's Champions League, Association team allocation
A maximum of 68 teams from 55 UEFA member associations were eligible to participate in the 2018–19 UEFA Women's Champions League. The association ranking based on the UEFA league coefficient for women was used to determine the number of participating teams for each association:


2018–19 UEFA Women's Champions League, Association team allocation, Association ranking
For the 2018–19 UEFA Women's Champions League, the associations were allocated places according to their 2017 UEFA league coefficients for women, which took into account their performance in European competitions from 2012–13 to 2016–17.


2018–19 UEFA Women's Champions League, Association team allocation, Association ranking
For the first time Switzerland had two entries, replacing Scotland in the top 12 associations.


2018–19 UEFA Women's Champions League, Association team allocation, Distribution
The format of the competition remained unchanged from previous years, starting from the qualifying round (played as mini-tournaments with four teams in each group), followed by the knockout phase starting from the round of 32 (played as home-and-away two-legged ties except for the one-match final).


2018–19 UEFA Women's Champions League, Association team allocation, Distribution
Unlike the men's Champions League, not every association entered a team, and so the exact number of teams entering in each round (qualifying round and round of 32) could not be determined until the full entry list was known. In general, the title holders, the champions of the top 12 associations, and the runners-up of highest-ranked associations (exact number depending on the number of entries) received a bye to the round of 32. All other teams (runners-up of lowest-ranked associations and champions of associations starting from 13th) entered the qualifying round, with the group winners and a maximum of two best runners-up advancing to the round of 32.


2018–19 UEFA Women's Champions League, Association team allocation, Teams
A total of 60 teams from 48 associations entered the competition, with the entries confirmed by UEFA on 8 June 2018. An association must have an eleven-a-side women's domestic league (or in special circumstances, a women's domestic cup) to enter a team. Among the entrants:


2018–19 UEFA Women's Champions League, Association team allocation, Teams
As KÍ Klaksvík failed to win the Faroe Islands league, their streak of having participated in every edition of the UEFA Women's Cup/Champions League have ended after 17 seasons.


2018–19 UEFA Women's Champions League, Round and draw dates
UEFA has scheduled the competition as follows (all draws were held at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland).


2018–19 UEFA Women's Champions League, Qualifying round
The draw of the qualifying round was held at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland on 22 June 2018, 13:30 CEST. The teams were allocated into four seeding positions based on their UEFA club coefficients at the beginning of the season. They were drawn into groups of four containing one team from each of the four seeding positions. First, the teams which were pre-selected as hosts were drawn from their own designated pot and allocated to their respective group as per their seeding positions. Next, the remaining teams were drawn from their respective pot which were allocated according to their seeding positions.


2018–19 UEFA Women's Champions League, Qualifying round
In each group, teams played against each other in a round-robin mini-tournament at the pre-selected hosts. The group winners and the two runners-up with the best record against the teams finishing first and third in their group advanced to the round of 32 to join the 20 teams which received a bye.


2018–19 UEFA Women's Champions League, Qualifying round
The matches were played on 7, 10 and 13 August 2018.


2018–19 UEFA Women's Champions League, Qualifying round
Teams are ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss), and if tied on points, the following tiebreaking criteria are applied, in the order given, to determine the rankings (Regulations Articles 14.01 and 14.02):


2018–19 UEFA Women's Champions League, Qualifying round
To determine the best runners-up, the results against the teams in fourth place are discarded. The following criteria are applied (Regulations Article 14.03):


2018–19 UEFA Women's Champions League, Qualifying round, Ranking of second-placed teams
To determine the best two second-placed teams from the qualifying round which advanced to the knockout phase, only the results of the second-placed teams against the first and third-placed teams in their group were taken into account, while results against the fourth-placed team not included. As a result, two matches played by each second-placed team counts for the purposes of determining the ranking.


2018–19 UEFA Women's Champions League, Knockout phase
Each tie in the knockout phase, apart from the final, was played over two legs, with each team playing one leg at home. The team that scores more goals on aggregate over the two legs advanced to the next round. If the aggregate score was level, the away goals rule was applied, i.e. the team that scoredmore goals away from home over the two legs advanced. If away goals were also equal, then extra time was played.


2018–19 UEFA Women's Champions League, Knockout phase
The away goals rule was again applied after extra time, i.e. if there were goals scored during extra time and the aggregate score was still level, the visiting team advanced by virtue of more away goals scored. If no goals were scored during extra time, the tie was decided by penalty shoot-out. In the final, which was played as a single match, if the score was level at the end of normal time, extra time was played, followed by penalty shoot-out if the score remained tied.


2018–19 UEFA Women's Champions League, Knockout phase
The mechanism of the draws for each round is as follows:


2018–19 UEFA Women's Champions League, Knockout phase, Round of 32
The draw for the round of 32 was held on 17 August 2018, 14:00 CEST, at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland. The first legs were played on 12 and 13 September, and the second legs on 26 and 27 September 2018.


2018–19 UEFA Women's Champions League, Knockout phase, Round of 16
The draw for the round of 16 was held on 1 October 2018, 13:00 CEST, at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland. The first legs were played on 17 and 18 October, and the second legs on 31 October and 1 November 2018.


2018–19 UEFA Women's Champions League, Knockout phase, Quarter-finals
The draw for the quarter-finals was held on 9 November 2018, 13:00 CET, at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland. The first legs were played on 20 and 21 March, and the second legs on 27 March 2019.


2018–19 UEFA Women's Champions League, Knockout phase, Quarter-finals
During the Chelsea - PSG tie a number of arrests were made by the Metropolitan Police of travelling supporters of PSG who were arrested for possession of illegal drugs, weapons and vandalism. This was after disorder was reported at Waterloo and Wimbledon Train stations and a bus carrying PSG supporters being searched and barred entry to Kingsmeadow Stadium.


2018–19 UEFA Women's Champions League, Knockout phase, Semi-finals
The draw for the semi-finals was held on 9 November 2018, 13:00 CET (after the quarter-final draw), at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland. The first legs were played on 21 April, and the second legs on 28 April 2019.


2018–19 UEFA Women's Champions League, Knockout phase, Final
The final was played on 18 May 2019 at the Groupama Arena in Budapest. The "home" team for the final (for administrative purposes) was determined by an additional draw held after the quarter-final and semi-final draws.


2018–19 UEFA Women's Champions League, Statistics, Squad of the season
The following players were named in the squad of the season:


2018–19 UEFA Women's Champions League knockout phase
The 2018–19 UEFA Women's Champions League knockout phase began on 12 September 2018 and ended on 18 May 2019 with the final at Groupama Arena in Budapest, Hungary, to decide the champions of the 2018–19 UEFA Women's Champions League. A total of 32 teams competed in the knockout phase.


2018–19 UEFA Women's Champions League knockout phase
Times are CET/CEST, as listed by UEFA (local times, if different, are in parentheses).


2018–19 UEFA Women's Champions League knockout phase, Qualified teams
The knockout phase involved 32 teams: 20 teams which received a bye, and the 12 teams which advanced from the qualifying round (ten group winners and two best runners-ups).


2018–19 UEFA Women's Champions League knockout phase, Qualified teams
Below are the 32 teams which participated in the knockout phase (with their 2018 UEFA club coefficients, which take into account their performance in European competitions from 2013–14 to 2017–18 plus 33% of their association coefficient from the same time span).


2018–19 UEFA Women's Champions League knockout phase, Format
Each tie in the knockout phase, apart from the final, was played over two legs, with each team playing one leg at home. The team that scores more goals on aggregate over the two legs advanced to the next round. If the aggregate score was level, the away goals rule was applied, i.e. the team that scoredmore goals away from home over the two legs advanced. If away goals were also equal, then extra time was played.


2018–19 UEFA Women's Champions League knockout phase, Format
The away goals rule was again applied after extra time, i.e. if there were goals scored during extra time and the aggregate score was still level, the visiting team advanced by virtue of more away goals scored. If no goals were scored during extra time, the tie was decided by penalty shoot-out. In the final, which was played as a single match, if the score was level at the end of normal time, extra time was played, followed by penalty shoot-out if the score remained tied.


2018–19 UEFA Women's Champions League knockout phase, Format
The mechanism of the draws for each round is as follows:


2018–19 UEFA Women's Champions League knockout phase, Format
On 17 July 2014, the UEFA emergency panel ruled that Ukrainian and Russian clubs would not be drawn against each other "until further notice" due to the political unrest between the countries.


2018–19 UEFA Women's Champions League knockout phase, Schedule
The schedule of the knockout phase is as follows (all draws are held at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland).


2018–19 UEFA Women's Champions League knockout phase, Round of 32
The draw for the round of 32 was held on 17 August 2018, 14:00 CEST, at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland.


2018–19 UEFA Women's Champions League knockout phase, Round of 32, Overview
The first legs were played on 12 and 13 September, and the second legs on 26 and 27 September 2018.


2018–19 UEFA Women's Champions League knockout phase, Round of 16
The draw for the round of 16 was held on 1 October 2018, 13:00 CEST, at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland.


2018–19 UEFA Women's Champions League knockout phase, Round of 16, Overview
The first legs were played on 17 and 18 October, and the second legs on 31 October and 1 November 2018.


2018–19 UEFA Women's Champions League knockout phase, Quarter-finals
The draw for the quarter-finals was held on 9 November 2018, 13:00 CET, at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland.


2018–19 UEFA Women's Champions League knockout phase, Quarter-finals, Overview
The first legs were played on 20 and 21 March, and the second legs on 27 March 2019.


2018–19 UEFA Women's Champions League knockout phase, Quarter-finals, Overview
During the Chelsea - PSG tie a number of arrests were made by the Metropolitan Police of travelling supporters of PSG who were arrested for possession of illegal drugs, weapons and vandalism. This was after disorder was reported at Waterloo and Wimbledon Train stations and a bus carrying PSG supporters being searched and barred entry to Kingsmeadow Stadium.


2018–19 UEFA Women's Champions League knockout phase, Semi-finals
The draw for the semi-finals was held on 9 November 2018, 13:00 CET (after the quarter-final draw), at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland.


2018–19 UEFA Women's Champions League knockout phase, Semi-finals, Overview
The first legs were played on 21 April, and the second legs on 28 April 2019.


2018–19 UEFA Women's Champions League knockout phase, Final
The final was played on 18 May 2019 at the Groupama Arena in Budapest. The "home" team for the final (for administrative purposes) was determined by an additional draw held after the quarter-final and semi-final draws.


2018–19 UEFA Women's Champions League qualifying round
The 2018–19 UEFA Women's Champions League qualifying round was played between 7 and 13 August 2018. A total of 40 teams competed in the qualifying round to decide 12 of the 32 places in the knockout phase of the 2018–19 UEFA Women's Champions League.


2018–19 UEFA Women's Champions League qualifying round, Draw
The draw of the qualifying round was held at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland on 22 June 2018, 13:30 CEST. The teams were allocated into four seeding positions based on their UEFA club coefficients at the beginning of the season. They were drawn into groups of four containing one team from each of the four seeding positions. First, the teams which were pre-selected as hosts were drawn from their own designated pot and allocated to their respective group as per their seeding positions. Next, the remaining teams were drawn from their respective pot which were allocated according to their seeding positions.


2018–19 UEFA Women's Champions League qualifying round, Draw
Based on the decision taken by the UEFA Emergency Panel at its meeting in Paris on 9 June 2016, teams from Serbia or Bosnia and Herzegovina would not be drawn against teams from Kosovo.


2018–19 UEFA Women's Champions League qualifying round, Draw
Below are the 40 teams which participate in the qualifying round (with their 2018 UEFA club coefficients, which take into account their performance in European competitions from 2013–14 to 2017–18 plus 33% of their association coefficient from the same time span), with the ten teams which are pre-selected as hosts marked by (H).


2018–19 UEFA Women's Champions League qualifying round, Format
In each group, teams played against each other in a round-robin mini-tournament at the pre-selected hosts. The group winners and the two runners-up with the best record against the teams finishing first and third in their group advanced to the round of 32 to join the 20 teams which received a bye.


2018–19 UEFA Women's Champions League qualifying round, Format, Tiebreakers
Teams are ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss), and if tied on points, the following tiebreaking criteria are applied, in the order given, to determine the rankings (Regulations Articles 14.01 and 14.02):


2018–19 UEFA Women's Champions League qualifying round, Format, Tiebreakers
To determine the best runners-up, the results against the teams in fourth place are discarded. The following criteria are applied (Regulations Article 14.03):


2018–19 UEFA Women's Champions League qualifying round, Groups
The matches were played on 7, 10 and 13 August 2018. The schedule of each group was as follows, with two rest days between each matchday (Regulations Article 19.05):


2018–19 UEFA Women's Champions League qualifying round, Groups
Times are CEST (UTC+2), as listed by UEFA (local times, if different, are in parentheses).


2018–19 UEFA Women's Champions League qualifying round, Ranking of second-placed teams
To determine the two best second-placed teams from the qualifying round which advance to the knockout phase, only the results of the second-placed teams against the first and third-placed teams in their group were taken into account, while results against the fourth-placed team were not included. As a result, two matches played by each second-placed team counted for the purposes of determining the ranking.


2018–19 UEFA Youth League
The 2018–19 UEFA Youth League was the sixth season of the UEFA Youth League, a European youth club football competition organised by UEFA.


2018–19 UEFA Youth League
The final was played on 29 April 2019 at the Colovray Stadium in Nyon, Switzerland, between English side Chelsea and Portuguese side Porto. In their first appearance in the final, Porto won 3–1 and secured their first title in the competition, the first ever for a Portuguese team. Barcelona were the defending champions, but were eliminated by Chelsea in the semi-finals, in a rematch of the previous season's final.


2018–19 UEFA Youth League, Teams
A total of 64 teams from at least 32 of the 55 UEFA member associations may enter the tournament. They are split into two sections, each with 32 teams:


2018–19 UEFA Youth League, Squads
Players must be born on or after 1 January 2000, with a maximum of five players born between 1 January 1999 and 31 December 1999 allowed in the 40-player squad, and a maximum of three of these players allowed per each match.


2018–19 UEFA Youth League, Squads
Starting from this season, up to five substitutions are permitted per team in each match.


2018–19 UEFA Youth League, Round and draw dates
The schedule of the competition is as follows (all draws are held at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland, unless stated otherwise).


2018–19 UEFA Youth League, UEFA Champions League Path
For the UEFA Champions League Path, the 32 teams were drawn into eight groups of four. There was no separate draw held, with the group compositions identical to the draw for the 2018–19 UEFA Champions League group stage, which was held on 30 August 2018, 18:00 CEST, at the Grimaldi Forum in Monaco.


2018–19 UEFA Youth League, UEFA Champions League Path
In each group, teams play against each other home-and-away in a round-robin format. The eight group winners advance to the round of 16, while the eight runners-up advance to the play-offs, where they were joined by the eight second round winners from the Domestic Champions Path.


2018–19 UEFA Youth League, UEFA Champions League Path
The matchdays are 18–19 September, 2–3 October, 23–24 October, 6–7 November, 27–28 November, and 11–12 December 2018.


2018–19 UEFA Youth League, UEFA Champions League Path
Teams are ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss), and if tied on points, the following tiebreaking criteria are applied, in the order given, to determine the rankings (Regulations Articles 14.03):


2018–19 UEFA Youth League, Domestic Champions Path
For the Domestic Champions Path, the 32 teams were drawn into two rounds of two-legged home-and-away ties. The draw for both the first round and second round was held on 4 September 2018, 14:00 CEST, at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland. There were no seedings, but the 32 teams were split into groups defined by sporting and geographical criteria prior to the draw.


2018–19 UEFA Youth League, Domestic Champions Path
In both rounds, if the aggregate score is tied after full time of the second leg, the away goals rule is used to decide the winner. If still tied, the match is decided by a penalty shoot-out (no extra time is played). The eight second round winners advance to the play-offs, where they are joined by the eight group runners-up from the UEFA Champions League Path (group stage).


2018–19 UEFA Youth League, Domestic Champions Path, First round
The first legs were played on 2, 3 and 4 October 2018, and the second legs on 23 and 24 October 2018.


2018–19 UEFA Youth League, Domestic Champions Path, Second round
The first legs were played on 6 and 7 November 2018, and the second legs were played on 27 and 28 November 2018.


2018–19 UEFA Youth League, Play-offs
The draw for the play-offs was held on 17 December 2018, 14:15 CET (UTC+1), at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland. The eight second round winners from the Domestic Champions Path were drawn against the eight group runners-up from the UEFA Champions League Path, with the teams from the Domestic Champions Path hosting the match. Teams from the same association could not be drawn against each other.


2018–19 UEFA Youth League, Play-offs
Each tie was played over a single match. If the score was tied after full time, the match was decided by a penalty shoot-out (no extra time was played).


2018–19 UEFA Youth League, Play-offs
The play-offs were played on 19 and 20 February 2019. The eight play-off winners advanced to the round of 16, where they were joined by the eight group winners from the UEFA Champions League Path.


2018–19 UEFA Youth League, Knockout phase
The draw for the round of 16 onwards was held on 22 February 2019, 14:00 CET (UTC+1), at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland. The mechanism of the draws for each round was as follows:


2018–19 UEFA Youth League, Knockout phase
Each tie was played over a single match. If the score was tied after full time, the match was decided by a penalty shoot-out (no extra time was played).


2018–19 UEFA Youth League, Knockout phase, Round of 16
The round of 16 matches were played on 6, 12 and 13 March 2019.


2018–19 UEFA Youth League, Knockout phase, Quarter-finals
The quarter-finals were played on 2 and 3 April 2019.


2018–19 UEFA Youth League, Knockout phase, Semi-finals
The semi-finals were played on 26 April 2019 at Colovray Stadium, Nyon.


2018–19 UEFA Youth League, Knockout phase, Final
The final was played on 29 April 2019 at Colovray Stadium, Nyon.


2018–19 UEFA Youth League Domestic Champions Path
The 2018–19 UEFA Youth League Domestic Champions Path began on 2 October and ended on 28 November 2018. A total of 32 teams competed in the Domestic Champions Path to decide 8 of the 24 places in the knockout phase (play-offs and the round of 16 onwards) of the 2018–19 UEFA Youth League.


2018–19 UEFA Youth League Domestic Champions Path
Times are CET/CEST, as listed by UEFA (local times, if different, are in parentheses).


2018–19 UEFA Youth League Domestic Champions Path, Draw
The youth domestic champions of the top 32 associations according to their 2017 UEFA country coefficients enter the Domestic Champions Path. If there is a vacancy (associations with no youth domestic competition, as well as youth domestic champions already included in the UEFA Champions League path), it is first filled by the title holders should they have not yet qualified, and then by the youth domestic champions of the next association in the UEFA ranking.


2018–19 UEFA Youth League Domestic Champions Path, Draw
For the Domestic Champions Path, the 32 teams were drawn into two rounds of two-legged home-and-away ties. The draw for both the first round and second round was held on 4 September 2018, 14:00 CEST, at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland. There were no seedings, but the 32 teams were split into groups defined by sporting and geographical criteria prior to the draw.


2018–19 UEFA Youth League Domestic Champions Path, Format
In both rounds, if the aggregate score is tied after full time of the second leg, the away goals rule is used to decide the winner. If still tied, the match is decided by a penalty shoot-out (no extra time is played). The eight second round winners advance to the play-offs, where they are joined by the eight group runners-up from the UEFA Champions League Path (group stage).


2018–19 UEFA Youth League Domestic Champions Path, First round
The first legs were played on 2, 3 and 4 October 2018, and the second legs on 23 and 24 October 2018.


2018–19 UEFA Youth League Domestic Champions Path, Second round
The first legs were played on 6 and 7 November 2018, and the second legs were played on 27 and 28 November 2018.


2018–19 UEFA Youth League group stage
The 2018–19 UEFA Youth League UEFA Champions League Path (group stage) began on 18 September and concluded on 12 December 2018. A total of 32 teams competed in group stage of the UEFA Champions League Path to decide 16 of the 24 places in the knockout phase (play-offs and the round of 16 onwards) of the 2018–19 UEFA Youth League.


2018–19 UEFA Youth League group stage, Draw
The youth teams of the 32 clubs which qualify for the 2018–19 UEFA Champions League group stage enter the UEFA Champions League Path. If there is a vacancy (youth teams not entering), it is filled by a team defined by UEFA.


2018–19 UEFA Youth League group stage, Draw
For the UEFA Champions League Path, the 32 teams were drawn into eight groups of four. There was no separate draw held, with the group compositions identical to the draw for the 2018–19 UEFA Champions League group stage, which was held on 30 August 2018, 18:00 CEST, at the Grimaldi Forum in Monaco.


2018–19 UEFA Youth League group stage, Format
In each group, teams play against each other home-and-away in a round-robin format. The eight group winners advance to the round of 16, while the eight runners-up advance to the play-offs, where they were joined by the eight second round winners from the Domestic Champions Path.


2018–19 UEFA Youth League group stage, Format, Tiebreakers
Teams are ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss), and if tied on points, the following tiebreaking criteria are applied, in the order given, to determine the rankings (Regulations Articles 14.03):


2018–19 UEFA Youth League group stage, Groups
The matchdays are 18–19 September, 2–3 October, 23–24 October, 6–7 November, 27–28 November, and 11–12 December 2018.


2018–19 UEFA Youth League group stage, Groups
Times are CET/CEST, as listed by UEFA (local times, if different, are in parentheses).


2018–19 UEFA Youth League knockout phase
The 2018–19 UEFA Youth League knockout phase (play-offs and round of 16 onwards) began on 19 February and concluded on 29 April 2019 with the final at Colovray Stadium in Nyon, Switzerland. It decided the champions of the 2018–19 UEFA Youth League. A total of 24 teams competed in the knockout phase (play-offs and round of 16 onwards).


2018–19 UEFA Youth League knockout phase
Times are CET/CEST, as listed by UEFA (local times, if different, are in parentheses).


2018–19 UEFA Youth League knockout phase, Format
The knockout phase (play-offs and round of 16 onwards), played as a single-elimination tournament, involved 24 teams: 16 teams which qualified from the UEFA Champions League Path (eight group winners and eight group runners-up), and eight teams which qualified from the Domestic Champions Path (eight second round winners):


2018–19 UEFA Youth League knockout phase, Format
Each tie was played over a single match. If the score was tied after full time, the match was decided by a penalty shoot-out (no extra time was played).


2018–19 UEFA Youth League knockout phase, Format
On 17 July 2014, the UEFA emergency panel ruled that Ukrainian and Russian clubs would not be drawn against each other "until further notice" due to the political unrest between the countries.


2018–19 UEFA Youth League knockout phase, Schedule
The schedule is as follows (all draws are held at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland).


2018–19 UEFA Youth League knockout phase, Play-offs
The draw for the play-offs was held on 17 December 2018, 14:15 CET (UTC+1), at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland. The eight second round winners from the Domestic Champions Path were drawn against the eight group runners-up from the UEFA Champions League Path, with the teams from the Domestic Champions Path hosting the match. Teams from the same association could not be drawn against each other.


2018–19 UEFA Youth League knockout phase, Play-offs
The play-offs were played on 19 and 20 February 2019. The eight play-off winners advanced to the round of 16, where they were joined by the eight group winners from the UEFA Champions League Path.


2018–19 UEFA Youth League knockout phase, Bracket (round of 16 onwards)
The draw for the round of 16 onwards was held on 22 February 2019, 14:00 CET (UTC+1), at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland. The mechanism of the draws for each round was as follows:


2018–19 UEFA Youth League knockout phase, Round of 16
The round of 16 matches were played on 6, 12 and 13 March 2019.


2018–19 UEFA Youth League knockout phase, Quarter-finals
The quarter-finals were played on 2 and 3 April 2019.


2018–19 UEFA Youth League knockout phase, Semi-finals
The semi-finals were played on 26 April 2019 at Colovray Stadium, Nyon.


2018–19 UEFA Youth League knockout phase, Final
The final was played on 29 April 2019 at Colovray Stadium, Nyon.


2018–19 UIC Flames men's basketball team
The 2018–19 UIC Flames men's basketball team represented the University of Illinois at Chicago in the 2018–19 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Flames, led by fourth-year head coach Steve McClain, played their home games at Credit Union 1 Arena as members of the Horizon League. They finished the season 16–16, 10–8 in Horizon League play to finish in a tie for fourth place. They lost in the quarterfinals of the Horizon League Tournament to Green Bay.


2018–19 UIC Flames men's basketball team, Previous season
The Flames finished the 2017–18 season 20–16, 12–6 in Horizon League play to finish in third place. They lost in the quarterfinals of the Horizon League Tournament to Milwaukee. They were invited to the CollegeInsider.com Tournament where they defeated Saint Francis (PA), Austin Peay, and Liberty to advance to the championship game where they lost to Northern Colorado.


2018–19 UMBC Retrievers men's basketball team
The 2018–19 UMBC Retrievers men's basketball team represented the University of Maryland, Baltimore County in the 2018–19 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. They played their home games at the UMBC Event Center in Catonsville, Maryland, with one game being played at their former home, the Retriever Activities Center, and were led by third-year head coach Ryan Odom. They were members of the America East Conference. They finished the season 21–13, 11–5 in America East play to finish in third place. They defeated Albany and Hartford to advance to the championship game of the America East Tournament where they lost to Vermont. Despite having 21 wins, they did not participate in a postseason tournament.


2018–19 UMBC Retrievers men's basketball team, Previous season
The Retrievers finished the 2017–18 season 25–11, 12–4 in the America East Conference play to finish in second place. In the America East Tournament, they beat UMass Lowell and Hartford to advance to the championship, where they defeated Vermont. As a result, the Retrievers received the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament. As the No. 16 seed in the South region, they defeated the No. 1 overall seed Virginia by 20 points, becoming the first 16th-seeded team to beat a No. 1 seed. The win is considered either the biggest, or second-biggest, upset in NCAA Tournament history depending on seedings or point spreads. The Retrievers lost to Kansas State in the Second Round.


2018–19 UMBC Retrievers women's basketball team
The 2018–19 UMBC Retrievers women's basketball team represents the University of Maryland, Baltimore County during the 2018–19 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Retrievers, initially led by seventeenth year head coach Phil Stern, play their home games at UMBC Event Center and are members of the America East Conference.


2018–19 UMBC Retrievers women's basketball team
On February 22, 2019, Stern, who had been on administrative leave since December 13, 2018, announced his resignation from UMBC. Assistant coach Carlee Cassidy-Dewey served as interim head coach during Stern's initial leave, and continued in that role following his resignation.


2018–19 UMBC Retrievers women's basketball team, Media
All non-televised home games and conference road games will stream on either ESPN3 or AmericaEast.tv. Most road games will stream on the opponents website. Select games will be broadcast on the radio on WQLL-1370 AM.


2018–19 UMKC Kangaroos men's basketball team
The 2018–19 UMKC Kangaroos men's basketball team represented the University of Missouri–Kansas City during the 2018–19 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Kangaroos, led by sixth-year head coach Kareem Richardson, played their home games at the Swinney Recreation Center and Municipal Auditorium as members of the Western Athletic Conference. They finished the season 11–21, 6-10 in WAC play to finish in a tie for seventh place. They lost in the quarterfinals of the WAC Tournament to Utah Valley.


2018–19 UMKC Kangaroos men's basketball team
This was the team's final season as the UMKC Kangaroos. On July 1, 2019, the athletic department announced its rebranding as the Kansas City Roos. The university name did not change.


2018–19 UMKC Kangaroos men's basketball team, Previous season
The Kangaroos finished the 2017–18 season 10–22, 5–9 in WAC play to finish in a tie for sixth place. They lost in the quarterfinals of the WAC Tournament to Grand Canyon.


2018–19 UMass Lowell River Hawks men's basketball team
The 2018–19 UMass Lowell River Hawks men's basketball team represented the University of Massachusetts Lowell in the 2018–19 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The River Hawks split their home games between the Costello Athletic Center and the Tsongas Center, both of which are located in Lowell, Massachusetts, and they were led by sixth-year head coach Pat Duquette. They were members of the America East Conference. They finished the season 15–17, 7–9 in America East play to finish in a tie for fifth place. They lost in the quarterfinals of the America East Tournament to Hartford.


2018–19 UMass Lowell River Hawks men's basketball team, Previous season
The River Hawks finished the 2017–18 season 12–18, 6–10 in the America East Conference play to finish in a tie for sixth place. In the America East Tournament, they were defeated by UMBC in the quarterfinals.


2018–19 UMass Lowell River Hawks women's basketball team
The 2018–19 UMass Lowell River Hawks women's basketball team will represent the University of Massachusetts Lowell during the 2018–19 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The River Hawks are led by first year head coach Tom Garrick and will once again play most their home games in the Costello Athletic Center while select games will be played in the Tsongas Center at UMass Lowell and were members of the America East Conference. They finished the season 7–22, 3–13 in America East play to finish in a tie last place. Due to a tie breaker loss to New Hampshire and UMBC they failed to qualify for the America East Women's Tournament.


2018–19 UMass Lowell River Hawks women's basketball team, Media
All non-televised home games and conference road games will stream on either ESPN3 or AmericaEast.tv. Most road games will stream on the opponents website.


2018–19 UMass Minutemen basketball team
The 2018–19 UMass Minutemen basketball team represented the University of Massachusetts Amherst during the 2018–19 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Minutemen were led by second-year head coach Matt McCall and played their home games at the William D. Mullins Memorial Center in Amherst, Massachusetts as members of the Atlantic 10 Conference.


2018–19 UMass Minutemen basketball team, Previous season
The Minutemen finished the 2017–18 season 13–20, 5–13 in A-10 play to finish in 13th place. They beat La Salle in the first round of the A-10 Tournament before losing in the second round to George Mason.


2018–19 UMass Minutewomen basketball team
The 2018–19 UMass Minutewomen basketball team represents the University of Massachusetts Amherst  during the 2018–19 college basketball season. The Minutewomen, led by third year head coach Tory Verdi, were members of the Atlantic 10 Conference and play their home games at the William D. Mullins Memorial Center. They finished the season 16–16, 7–9 in A-10 play to finish in a 3 way tie for eighth place. They advanced to the quarterfinals of the A-10 Women's Tournament where they lost Duquesne.


2018–19 UMass Minutewomen basketball team, Media
All non-televised Minutewomen home games and conference road games stream on the A-10 Digital Network. WMUA carries Minutewomen games with Mike Knittle on the call.


2018–19 UNC Asheville Bulldogs men's basketball team
The 2018–19 UNC Asheville Bulldogs men's basketball team represented the University of North Carolina at Asheville during the 2018–19 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Bulldogs, led by first-year head coach Mike Morrell, played their home games at Kimmel Arena as members of the Big South Conference.


2018–19 UNC Asheville Bulldogs men's basketball team, Previous season
The Bulldogs finished the season 21–13, 13–5 in Big South play to win the Big South regular season championship. They defeated Charleston Southern in the quarterfinals of the Big South Tournament before being upset in the semifinals by Liberty. As a regular season conference champion who failed to win their conference tournament, they received an automatic bid to the National Invitation Tournament where they lost in the first round to USC.


2018–19 UNC Asheville Bulldogs men's basketball team, Previous season
On March 24, 2018, head coach Nick McDevitt accepted the head coaching job at Middle Tennessee. He finished at UNC Asheville with a five-year record of 98–65.


2018–19 UNC Asheville Bulldogs men's basketball team, Schedule and results
* Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time


2018–19 UNC Greensboro Spartans men's basketball team
The 2018–19 UNC Greensboro Spartans men's basketball team represented the University of North Carolina at Greensboro during the 2018–19 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Spartans finished the season 29–7, 15–3 in SoCon play, and were the SoCon regular season runners-up. They defeated Samford and Furman before falling to regular season champion Wofford in the title game of the SoCon Tournament. They received an at-large bid to the National Invitation Tournament where they beat Campbell in the First Round before losing to eventual tournament runners-up Lipscomb.


2018–19 UNC Greensboro Spartans men's basketball team, Previous season
The Spartans finished the 2017–18 season 27–8, 15–3 in SoCon play, and were the SoCon regular season champions. They defeated The Citadel, Wofford, and East Tennessee State to become champions of the SoCon Tournament. They received the SoCon's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament where they lost in the First Round to Gonzaga.


2018–19 UNC Wilmington Seahawks men's basketball team
The 2018–19 UNC Wilmington Seahawks men's basketball team represented the University of North Carolina at Wilmington during the 2018–19 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Seahawks, led by second-year head coach C. B. McGrath, played their home games at the Trask Coliseum as members of the Colonial Athletic Association.


2018–19 UNC Wilmington Seahawks men's basketball team, Previous season
The Seahawks finished the 2017–18 season 11–21, 7–11 in CAA play to finish in sixth place. They defeated Hofstra in the quarterfinals of the CAA Tournament before losing in the semifinals to Northeastern.


2018–19 UNC Wilmington Seahawks women's basketball team
The 2018–19 UNC Wilmington Seahawks women's basketball team represents the University of North Carolina Wilmington during the 2018–19 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Seahawks, led by second year head coach Karen Barefoot, play their home games at the Trask Coliseum and were members of the Colonial Athletic Association (CAA). They finished the season 18–12, 11–7 CAA play to finish in a 3 way tie for third place. They lost in the quarterfinals of the CAA Women's Tournament to Northeastern.


2018–19 UNLV Lady Rebels basketball team
The 2018–19 UNLV Lady Rebels basketball team will represent the University of Nevada, Las Vegas during the 2018–19 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Lady Rebels, led by eleventh year head coach Kathy Olivier. They play their home games at the Cox Pavilion, attached to the Thomas & Mack Center on UNLV's main campus in Paradise, Nevada. They were a member of the Mountain West Conference. They finished the season 12–18, 10–8 in Mountain West play to finish in a tie for fifth place. They lost in the quarterfinals Mountain West Women's Tournament to Fresno State.


2018–19 UNLV Runnin' Rebels basketball team
The 2018–19 UNLV Runnin' Rebels basketball team represented the University of Nevada, Las Vegas during the 2018–19 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Runnin' Rebels were led by third-year head coach Marvin Menzies and played their home games at the Thomas & Mack Center in Paradise, Nevada as members of the Mountain West Conference. They finished the season 17–14, 11–7 in Mountain West play to finish in a tie for fourth place. They lost in the quarterfinals of the Mountain West Tournament to San Diego State.


2018–19 UNLV Runnin' Rebels basketball team
On March 15, head coach Marvin Menzies was fired. He finished at UNLV with a three-year record of 48–48.


2018–19 UNLV Runnin' Rebels basketball team
On March 27, UNLV hired South Dakota State head coach T. J. Otzelberger as their next head coach.


2018–19 UNLV Runnin' Rebels basketball team, Previous season
The Runnin' Rebels finished the 2017–18 season 20–13, 8–10 in Mountain West play to finish in a tie for seventh place. They defeated Air Force in the first round of the Mountain West Tournament before losing in the quarterfinals to Nevada. Despite having 20 wins, they did not participate in a postseason tournament after declining an invite to the CBI Tournament.


2018–19 US SuperTour
The 2018–19 US SuperTour was a season of the US SuperTour, a Continental Cup season in cross-country skiing for men and women. The season began on 1 December 2018 in West Yellowstone, Montana and concluded with on 30 March 2019 in Presque Isle, Maine.


2018–19 USA Team Handball rankings
This is the second season a team handball ranking for the women's clubs and the men's college exist and the third for men's clubs.


2018–19 USA Team Handball rankings, Collegiate Top 5
The record at the college ranking is only against other college teams.


2018–19 USC Trojans men's basketball team
The 2018–19 USC Trojans men's basketball team represented the University of Southern California during the 2018–19 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. Led by sixth-year head coach Andy Enfield, they played their home games at the Galen Center in Los Angeles, California as members of the Pac-12 Conference.


2018–19 USC Trojans men's basketball team, Previous season
The Trojans finished the season 24–12, 12–6 in Pac-12 play to finish in second place. As the No. 2 seed in the Pac-12 Tournament, they defeated Oregon State in the quarterfinals and Oregon in the semifinals before losing to Arizona in the championship game. They were one of the last four teams not selected for the NCAA Tournament and as a result earned a No. 1 seed in the National Invitation Tournament, where they defeated UNC Asheville in the first round before losing to Western Kentucky in the second round.


2018–19 USC Trojans women's basketball team
The 2018–19 USC Trojans women's basketball team represents the University of Southern California during the 2018–19 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Trojans, led by second year head coach, 7th overall Mark Trakh, play their home games at the Galen Center and were members of the Pac-12 Conference. They finished the season 17–13, 7–11 in Pac-12 play to finish in a tie for eighth place. They lost in the first round of the Pac-12 Women's Basketball Tournament to Arizona.


2018–19 USC Upstate Spartans men's basketball team
The 2018–19 USC Upstate Spartans men's basketball team represented the University of South Carolina Upstate during the 2018–19 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Spartans, led by first-year head coach Dave Dickerson, played their home games at the G. B. Hodge Center in Spartanburg, South Carolina as first-year members of the Big South Conference.


2018–19 USC Upstate Spartans men's basketball team, Previous season
The Spartans finished the 2017–18 season 7–25, 2–12 in ASUN play to finish in last place. They lost in the quarterfinals of the ASUN Tournament to Florida Gulf Coast.


2018–19 USC Upstate Spartans men's basketball team, Previous season
After the season, USC Upstate fired head coach Kyle Perry on March 1, less than five months after being named full-time head coach of the Spartans. On March 30, the school hired former Tulane head coach Dave Dickerson for the job.


2018–19 USC Upstate Spartans men's basketball team, Previous season
This season marked the final season for USC Upstate as members of the Atlantic Sun Conference, as the school announced on November 15, 2017 that they will be moving to the Big South Conference for the 2018–19 season.


2018–19 USC Upstate Spartans men's basketball team, Schedule and results
* Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time


2018–19 USC Upstate Spartans men's basketball team, Schedule and results
Despite both being members of the Big South, their meeting with Gardner–Webb on November 28 will be considered a non-conference game. The game was scheduled prior to USC Upstate joining the conference. Their meeting on January 12 will be a conference game.


2018–19 USHL season
The 2018–19 USHL season was the 40th season of the United States Hockey League as an all-junior league. The regular season ran from September 27, 2018, to April 13, 2019. The Tri-City Storm were awarded the Anderson Cup as regular season champions for accumulating 95 points over 62 games. The season concluded with the Sioux Falls Stampede defeating the Chicago Steel in the Clark Cup Final series 3–0 on May 17, 2019.


2018–19 USHL season, League changes
After serving as the interim commissioner since November 2017, Tom Garrity was named the ninth commissioner in league history. He replaced Bob Fallen who had served as commissioner since 2014. On April 5, 2018, the league announced the annual Fall Classic in partnership with the National Hockey League would count towards the regular season standings, with all member clubs playing two games between September 27 and 30 at the UPMC Lemieux Sports Complex in Pittsburgh.


2018–19 USHL season, Regular season, Western Conference
x = clinched playoff berth; y = clinched conference title; z = clinched regular season title


2018–19 USM Alger season
In the 2018–19 season, USM Alger competed in the Ligue 1 for the 41st season, as well as the Confederation Cup, Club Championship, and the Algerian Cup. It was their 24th consecutive season in the top flight of Algerian football.


2018–19 USM Alger season, Season summary
With the end of the 2017–18 season USM Alger started looking for a new coach and the squad saw the departure of many players, most notably Ayoub Abdellaoui, who joined the Swiss club FC Sion. and striker Oussama Darfalou, who joined Dutch club Vitesse. finally, after a month of research, the team contracted with French technical Thierry Froger to be the new coach.


2018–19 USM Alger season, Season summary
This season USM Alger is competing on four fronts Ligue 1, Algerian Cup, Confederation Cup and Arab Club Champions Cup, The first goals was to win the Confederation Cup, but they are eliminated in the quarter-finals against the Egyptian club Al-Masry. Then in the Arab Club Champions Cup was the ambition to win, especially that the value of financial prizes exceed 15 million dollars. more than the CAF Champions League, but the march of The Reds and Blacks stopped in the second round against the Sudanese Al-Merrikh 4–3 on aggregate. then moved USM Alger's attention to the Ligue 1 Leader in the standings, the USMA counts 33 units and ensures at the same time to finish first at the end of the first phase of the championship Followed by JS Kabylie.


2018–19 USM Alger season, Season summary
The season was tough on all counts and I took my responsibilities to the end. Now it's time for me to pull out and officially announce it: I will not be the CEO of USMA next year.


2018–19 USM Alger season, Season summary
After the outbreak of protests in Algeria and the arrest of club owner Ali Haddad on corruption charges. affected the results of USM Alger where he was defeated in three consecutive games, all Darby matches against Paradou AC, MC Alger and CR Belouizdad to shrink the difference to one point from the runner-up four games before the end of the season. On April 30, 2019 The board of the SSPA USMA met and noted the vacancy of the post of president of the company since the incarceration of Ali Haddad there is nearly a month.


2018–19 USM Alger season, Season summary
It was Boualem Chendri who was unanimously elected to succeed him while ETRHB Haddad remains the majority shareholder of the club. On May 26, 2019 And after the victory outside the home against CS Constantine 3–1 achieved the eighth Ligue 1 title, one point behind JS Kabylie. immediately after the end of the game Abdelhakim Serrar announced his resignation from his office.


2018–19 USM Alger season, Squad information, Playing statistics
Appearances (Apps.) numbers are for appearances in competitive games only including sub appearancesRed card numbers denote: Numbers in parentheses represent red cards overturned for wrongful dismissal.


2018–19 USM Alger season, Squad information, Goalscorers
Includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted alphabetically by surname when total goals are equal.


2018–19 USM Alger season, Squad list
Players and squad numbers last updated on 26 May 2019.Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2018–19 USM Bel Abbès season
In the 2018–19 season, USM Bel-Abbès competed in the Ligue 1 for the 24th season, as well as the Confederation Cup, and the Algerian Cup.


2018–19 USM Bel Abbès season, Squad list
As of August 11, 2018. Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2018–19 UT Arlington Mavericks men's basketball team
The 2018–19 UT Arlington Mavericks men's basketball team represented the University of Texas at Arlington during the 2018–19 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Mavericks, led by first-year head coach Chris Ogden, played their home games at the College Park Center as members of the Sun Belt Conference. They finished the season 17–16, 12–6 in Sun Belt play to finish a three-way tie for second place. As the No. 2 seed in the Sun Belt Tournament, they defeated Georgia Southern in the semifinals before losing to Georgia State in the championship.


2018–19 UT Arlington Mavericks men's basketball team, Previous season
The Mavericks finished the 2017–18 season 21–13, 10–8 in Sun Belt play to finish in fourth place. They defeated Appalachian State and Louisiana to advance to the championship game of the Sun Belt Tournament where they lost to Georgia State. Despite having 21 wins, they did not participate in a postseason tournament.


2018–19 UT Arlington Mavericks men's basketball team, Previous season
On March 26, 2018, head coach Scott Cross was fired after 12 seasons at UT Arlington, along with his entire staff, with UTA's Athletic Director citing a change in the program's leadership. On April 6, the school hired former Texas Tech assistant Chris Ogden as head coach.


2018–19 UT Arlington Mavericks women's basketball team
The 2018–19 UT Arlington Mavericks women's basketball team represents the University of Texas at Arlington in the 2018–19 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Mavericks, led by sixth year head coach Krista Gerlich, play their home games at the College Park Center and were members of the Sun Belt Conference. They finished the season 24–8, 15–3 in Sun Belt play to share the Sun Belt regular season title with Little Rock. They lost in the semifinals of the Sun Belt Women's Tournament to South Alabama. They received an automatic bid to the WNIT where they defeated Stephen F. Austin in the first round before losing to TCU in the second round.


2018–19 UT Martin Skyhawks men's basketball team
The 2018–19 UT Martin Skyhawks men's basketball team represented the University of Tennessee at Martin during the 2018–19 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Skyhawks, led by third-year head coach Anthony Stewart, played their home games at Skyhawk Arena as members of the Ohio Valley Conference. They finished the season 12–19, 6–12 in OVC play to finish in a four-way tie for seventh place. As the No. 7 seed in the OVC Tournament they defeated Eastern Illinois in the first round before losing in the quarterfinals to Jacksonville State.


2018–19 UT Martin Skyhawks men's basketball team, Previous season
The Skyhawks finished the 2017–18 season 10–21, 5–13 in OVC play to finish in a three-way tie for ninth place. They failed to qualify for the OVC Tournament.


2018–19 UTEP Miners men's basketball team
The 2018–19 UTEP Miners basketball team represented the University of Texas at El Paso during the 2018–19 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Miners, led by first year head coach Rodney Terry, played their home games at the Don Haskins Center as members of Conference USA. UTEP finished the season 8–21, 3–15 in C-USA play to finish in last place. They failed to qualify for the C-USA Tournament. UTEP averaged 4,677 fans per game.


2018–19 UTEP Miners men's basketball team, Previous season
The Miners finished the 2017–18 season 11–20, 6–12 in C-USA play to finish in a tie for 11th place. They lost in the first round of the C-USA Tournament to UTSA.


2018–19 UTEP Miners men's basketball team, Previous season
Following a loss to Lamar on November 27, 2017 that saw the Miners drop to 1–5 on the season, head coach Tim Floyd announced that he was retiring effective immediately. The school had previously announced a new athletic director, Jim Senter, a week prior, but Floyd said that had nothing to do with his decision. Assistant Phil Johnson was named interim head coach of the Miners the next day. Following the season, it was announced that Johnson would not return.


2018–19 UTEP Miners men's basketball team, Previous season
On March 12, 2018, the school hired Fresno State head coach Rodney Terry as the new head coach of the Miners.


2018–19 UTEP Miners women's basketball team
The 2018–19 UTEP Miners women's basketball team represents the University of Texas at El Paso during the 2018–19 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Miners, led by second year head coach Kevin Baker, play their home games at Don Haskins Center and were members of Conference USA. They finished the season 9–22, 5–11 in C-USA play to finish in eleventh place. They advanced to the quarterfinals of the C-USA Women's Tournament where they lost to Middle Tennessee.


2018–19 UTSA Roadrunners men's basketball team
The 2018–19 UTSA Roadrunners men's basketball team represented the University of Texas at San Antonio during the 2018–19 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Roadrunners, led by third-year head coach Steve Henson, played their home games at the Convocation Center as members of Conference USA.


2018–19 UTSA Roadrunners men's basketball team, Previous season
The Roadrunners finished the 2017–18 season 20–15, 11–7 in C-USA play to finish in fifth place. They defeated UTEP in the first round of the C-USA Tournament before losing in the quarterfinals to Marshall. They were invited to the CollegeInsider.com Tournament where they defeated Lamar in the first round and received a second round bye before losing in the quarterfinals to Sam Houston State.


2018–19 UTSA Roadrunners women's basketball team
The 2018–19 UTSA Roadrunners women's basketball team represents the University of Texas at San Antonio during the 2018–19 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Roadrunners, led by second year head coach Kristen Holt, play their home games at the Convocation Center and were members of Conference USA. They finished the season 7–21, 2–14 in Conference USA play to finish in a 3 way tie for twelfth place. Due to a tie breaker loss to Florida Atlantic and FIU they failed to qualify for the Conference USA Women's Tournament.


2018–19 Udinese Calcio season
The 2018–19 season was Udinese Calcio's 39th season in Serie A and their 24th consecutive season in the top-flight. The club competed in Serie A, finishing 12th, and the Coppa Italia, where they were eliminated in the third round.


2018–19 Udinese Calcio season
Spanish coach Julio Velázquez was appointed to manage the club on 7 June, replacing former Juventus player and Croatia international Igor Tudor, who left the club after only one month in charge. However, Velázquez would be sacked 13 November 2018 and replaced by former Crotone manager Davide Nicola.


2018–19 Uganda Premier League
The 2018–19 Uganda Premier League was the 52nd season of the Uganda Premier League, the top-tier football league in Uganda. The season started on 28 September 2018.


2018–19 Uganda Premier League
KCCA FC won the championship with two games left to play in the home and away season, after drawing 1–1 with Ndejje University.


2018–19 Uganda Premier League, Participating teams
UPDF, Proline FC and Masavu FC Entebbe were relegated from the 2017–18 Uganda Premier League. They were replaced by Nyamityobora FC, who won the Rwenzori group of the 2017–18 FUFA Big League, Ndejje University, and Paidha Black Angels, who won the promotion playoff. All three promoted teams would be relegated this season.


2018–19 Uganda Premier League, Participating teams
Some of the Kampala clubs may on occasions also play home matches at the Mandela National Stadium.


2018–19 Ukrainian Amateur Cup
The 2018–19 Ukrainian Amateur Cup season was scheduled to start on August 22, 2018.


2018–19 Ukrainian Amateur Cup
The cup holders FC LNZ-Lebedyn were defeated by FC Dnipro in quarterfinals.


2018–19 Ukrainian Amateur Cup, Participated clubs
In bold are clubs that are active at the same season AAFU championship (parallel round-robin competition).


2018–19 Ukrainian Amateur Cup, Competition schedule, Preliminary round
First games will be played on 22 August and seconds on 29 August.


2018–19 Ukrainian Amateur Cup, Competition schedule, Preliminary round
First games will be played on 22 August and seconds on 5 September.


2018–19 Ukrainian Amateur Cup, Competition schedule, Preliminary round
First games will be played on 29 August and seconds on 5 September.


2018–19 Ukrainian Amateur Cup, Competition schedule, Preliminary round
Twenty two other teams will join 10 winners of the preliminary round.


2018–19 Ukrainian Amateur Cup, Competition schedule, Round of 32
First games will be played on 12 September and seconds on 19 September. The draw results were announced on 6 September 2018.


2018–19 Ukrainian Amateur Cup, Competition schedule, Round of 16
First games will be played on 3 October and seconds on 10 October.


2018–19 Ukrainian Amateur Cup, Competition schedule, Quarterfinals
First games will be played on 24 October and seconds on 31 October.


2018–19 Ukrainian Amateur Cup, Competition schedule, Semifinals
First games will be played on 24 April 2019 and seconds on 1 May 2019.


2018–19 Ukrainian Amateur Cup, Competition schedule, Final
First games will be played on 18 May 2019 and seconds on 8 June 2019.


2018–19 Ukrainian Basketball SuperLeague
The 2018–19 Ukrainian Basketball SuperLeague was the 2018–19 edition of the Ukrainian top-tier basketball championship. Cherkaski Mavpy were the defending champions.


2018–19 Ukrainian Basketball SuperLeague
Khimik won its third domestic title, its first one since 2016, after beating Kyiv-Basket in the finals. Khimik's Deon Edwin was named the USL Most Valuable Player this season.


2018–19 Ukrainian Basketball SuperLeague, Teams
Eight teams joined the competition. Budivelnyk and BIPA Odessa were replaced by Kyiv-Basket and Odesa respectively.


2018–19 Ukrainian Basketball SuperLeague, Teams
On 21 June 2018, the Ukrainian federation announced that Budivelnyk would not participate because of its open debts to its players.


2018–19 Ukrainian Basketball SuperLeague, Playoffs
Quarterfinals will be played in a best-of-three games format, while semifinals and final in a best-of-five (2–2–1) format.


2018–19 Ukrainian Cup
The 2018–19 Ukrainian Cup  was the 28th annual season of Ukraine's football knockout competition. The competition started on 18 July 2018 and concluded on 15 May 2019.


2018–19 Ukrainian Cup
All competition rounds consist of a single game with a home field advantage granted to a team from lower league. Qualification for the competition is granted to all professional clubs and finalists of the Ukrainian Amateur Cup as long as those clubs will be able to pass the season's attestation (licensing).


2018–19 Ukrainian Cup
FC Shakhtar Donetsk is the defending winner for the last two seasons. The Donetsk club has reached the competition finals in the last eight years winning six of them. There were around 300 clubs over the history of competition.


2018–19 Ukrainian Cup, Competition schedule, First Preliminary round (1/64)
In this round sixteen clubs from the Second League and both finalists of the 2017–18 Ukrainian Amateur Cup played. The draw for this round was held on 10 July 2018 at the House of Football in Kyiv. The round matches were played on 18 July 2018.


2018–19 Ukrainian Cup, Competition schedule, Second Preliminary round (1/32)
In this round all the 16 clubs will enter from the First League, two other recently relegated clubs of the Second League, nine winners of the previous round and one team which received a bye. The draw for this round was held 20 July 2018 at the House of Football in Kyiv. The round matches were played on 22 August 2018.


2018–19 Ukrainian Cup, Competition schedule, Third Preliminary round (1/16)
In this round lower placed 6 clubs from the Premier League will enter along with 14 winners of the previous round including 7 clubs from the First League and 7 clubs from the Second League. The draw for this round was held 31 August 2018 at the House of Football in Kyiv. The round matches were played on 26 September 2018.


2018–19 Ukrainian Cup, Competition schedule, Round of 16 (⅛)
In this round the other 6 clubs from the Premier League will enter along with 10 winners of the previous round including 4 more clubs from the Premier League, 2 clubs from the First League and 4 clubs from the Second League. The draw for this round was held 28 September 2018 at the House of Football in Kyiv. The round matches was played on 31 October 2018.


2018–19 Ukrainian Cup, Competition schedule, Quarterfinals (¼)
In this round advanced 6 representatives from the Premier League and 2 teams from the First League. The draw for this round was held on 2 November 2018 at the House of Football in Kyiv. The round matches will be played on 3 April 2019. Due to the 2019 Ukrainian presidential election, quarterfinal games of tournament were changed to 7 April 2019.


2018–19 Ukrainian Cup, Competition schedule, Semifinals (½)
In this round advanced 2 representatives from the Premier League and 2 teams from the First League. The draw for this round was held on 8 April 2019 at the House of Football in Kyiv. The round matches were originally expected to be played on 24 April 2019, but due to the 2019 Ukrainian presidential election, were scheduled to 17 April 2019.


2018–19 Ukrainian Cup, Bracket
The following is the bracket which the Ukrainian Cup resembled. Numbers in parentheses next to the match score represent the results of a penalty shoot-out.


2018–19 Ukrainian First League
The 2018–19 Ukrainian First League is the 28th since its establishment. The competition began on 21 July 2018 with the match between Prykarpattia Ivano-Frankivsk and Balkany Zorya. The competition was in recess for a winter break which started after the completion of Round 18 on 18 November 2018. The competition resumed on 24 March 2019 and expected to end 25 May 2019.


2018–19 Ukrainian First League, Format
The format of the league was approved at the PFL Conference on 27 June 2018. In some aspects it was similar to previous, but it was adopted in two versions in case if there will be decision to expand the Ukrainian Premier League back to 16 clubs for 2019–20 season.


2018–19 Ukrainian First League, Format
As in the previous season the season winner will earn direct promotion to the top division, while two runners-up (2nd and 3rd places) will contest additional promotion berths through play-off games with weaker club of the UPL (10th and 11th places). At the same time in case of the UPL possible expansion the first four teams will earn promotion with the fifth team qualifying for play-off games with the UPL wooden spoon team. In regards to relegation it was decided that the last three teams will be relegated to the Second League, but in case of the UPL possible expansion only two teams will be relegated.


2018–19 Ukrainian First League, Format
In mid-July 2018, due to withdrawal of FC Naftovyk-Ukrnafta Okhtyrka and FC Stal Kamianske (FC Feniks Bucha), the PFL adopted 16 teams league format.


2018–19 Ukrainian First League, Format
On 15 November 2018, in interview to Sport Arena the president of the PFL Ukraine Serhiy Makarov stated that teams that will place 16th and 15th places will be replaced with both winners of Druha Liha groups winners, while 13th and 14th place will contest their relegation with Druha Liha groups runners-up. If there will be an expansion of the UPL to 16 teams, the exchange between Persha and Druha leagues changes as well.


2018–19 Ukrainian First League, Format
The first and second places in each groups of Druha Liha will be promoted, while third places will play-off the other two promotional berths with the 15th and the 16th places of Persha Liha. The president pointed that with withdrawal of Kobra (Helios) and with expansion of the UPL, one of the third placed clubs in Druha Liha will be promoted to Persha Liha without play-offs.


2018–19 Ukrainian First League, Teams, Promoted teams
The following teams have been promoted from the 2017–18 Ukrainian Second League:


2018–19 Ukrainian First League, Teams, Relegated teams
The following teams have been relegated from the 2017–18 Ukrainian Premier League:


2018–19 Ukrainian First League, Stadiums
The following stadiums are considered home grounds for the teams in the competition.


2018–19 Ukrainian First League, Post season play-offs, Relegation play-offs
The drawing for relegation playoff took place on 20 May 2019.


2018–19 Ukrainian First League, Post season play-offs, Second leg
Ahrobiznes Volochysk won 4–1 on aggregate and has preserved its berth for the 2019–20 Ukrainian First League. Metalurh Zaporizhia has kept its berth for the 2019–20 Ukrainian Second League, but later gained promotion due to withdrawal of Arsenal-Kyiv from professional ranks.


2018–19 Ukrainian First League, Post season play-offs, Second leg
Cherkashchyna-Akademiya won 7–1 on aggregate and was promoted to the 2019–20 Ukrainian First League. PFC Sumy was relegated to the 2019–20 Ukrainian Second League. Later following the PFL Conference PFC Sumy were excluded from professional competitions.


2018–19 Ukrainian First League Reserves
The 2018–19 Ukrainian First League U–19 Championship is the 3rd season of the Ukrainian Junior Under 19 Championship in First League. The competition involved participation of several junior teams of the Professional Football League of Ukraine as well as some other football academies.


2018–19 Ukrainian First League Reserves
Direct administration of the competition belonged to the Youth Football League of Ukraine. The tournament was conducted in cooperation between both Youth Football League and Professional Football League.


2018–19 Ukrainian Football Amateur League
The 2018–19 Ukrainian Football Amateur League season will be the 23rd since it replaced the competition of physical culture clubs.


2018–19 Ukrainian Football Amateur League
On 23 June 2018, the AAFU at its website published information about the upcoming its conference where AAFU plans to adopt its decision about the upcoming season including championship and cup competitions. The AAFU also provided a preliminary list of clubs that expressed their interest in the 2018-19 competitions. The format of the upcoming season was adopted at a conference on 29 June 2018.


2018–19 Ukrainian Football Amateur League, Teams, Debut
List of teams that are debuting this season in the league.


2018–19 Ukrainian Football Amateur League, Teams, Debut
FC Uzhhorod, Avanhard Bziv, FC Kryvyi Rih, Motor Zaporizhia, LNZ-Lebedyn, Kobra Ostroh, FC Halych, Ahron Velyki Hayi, Chaika Vyshhorod, Alians Lypova Dolyna, Ahrodim Bakhmach, Skoruk Tomakivka, Peremoha Dnipro, Kobra Kharkiv,


2018–19 Ukrainian Football Amateur League, Teams, Withdrawn teams
List of clubs that took part in last year competition, but chose not to participate in 2018–19 season:


2018–19 Ukrainian Football Amateur League, Play-offs
The first couple of stages (quarterfinals and semifinals) will be conducted home and away, the final will take place on a neutral field. The quarterfinals games are scheduled for 8 and 12 June 2019.


2018–19 Ukrainian Football Amateur League, Play-offs, Semifinals
The draw for the semifinal round took place on 13 June 2019. Games are scheduled for 17 and 23 June 2019.


2018–19 Ukrainian Premier League
The 2018–19 Ukrainian Premier League season is the 28th top level football club competitions since the fall of the Soviet Union and the eleventh since the establishment of the Ukrainian Premier League.


2018–19 Ukrainian Premier League
The tournament started on 21 July 2018 with the competition set to end on 25 May 2019. The league took its winter intermission after Round 18 on 8 December 2018 and resumed its competition of the Championship with Round 19 on 16 February 2019. The first stage ended with Round 22 games on 17 March 2019. The draw for the second stage was announced for 5 March 2019.


2018–19 Ukrainian Premier League, Teams, Shuffled teams
On completion of the 2017–18 Ukrainian Premier League season, Veres Rivne, who had moved their operations to Lviv during the season announced the merging with FC Lviv who competed in the 2017–18 Ukrainian Second League and retain their name. This is the first time of such "swap" that has occurred with a team from the Ukrainian Premier League. Its certification the club passed on 5 June 2018. Along with that the FFU certification committee is consulting with the UEFA in regards of the "clubs swap".


2018–19 Ukrainian Premier League, Teams, Shuffled teams
On 6 June 2018, it was announced that it is too early speculate composition of the league for the next season as the UEFA will make its final decision by allowing or not participation of FC Lviv. It is possible that some of already relegated clubs might be given a second chance if UEFA will insist on impossibility of the Lviv-Veres team swap. On 12 June 2018, Ukrainian Premier League updated its website removing any mentioning of NK Veres Rivne ever competing in the league and its record being awarded to FC Lviv.


2018–19 Ukrainian Premier League, Teams, Shuffled teams
Few days later the league recovered the Veres' record. More to the story, in interview to "Tribuna" a head of the FFU Attestation Committee Viktor Bezsmernyi explained that it was Veres that received certificate for the 2018–19 Ukrainian Premier League and then the club changed its name. At same time the old-new president of Veres Khakhlyov demonstrated the club's certificate for the 2018–19 Ukrainian Second League.


2018–19 Ukrainian Premier League, Teams, Withdrawn teams
On 22 June 2018, the UPL published an official announcement about situation with FC Poltava, and while shocked with the club's decision the league is confirming that the club is withdrawing and that the league will be seeking its replacement. Following withdrawal of FC Poltava, a crisis has seemed to ripen in the league as there is no other team can replace Poltava due to financing or infrastructure issues. Based on the voting conducted among the UPL members, on 26 June 2018, the league picked FC Chornomorets Odesa for the Poltava's replacement and submitted its selection for approval by the FFU Executive Committee. On 3 July 2018, Chornomorets was officially approved by FFU as 2018–19 Ukrainian Premier League participant.


2018–19 Ukrainian Premier League, Teams, Stadiums
Three teams play their matches outside of home towns. The minimum threshold for the stadium's capacity in the UPL is 5,000 (Article 10, paragraph 7.2).


2018–19 Ukrainian Premier League, First stage, First stage results
Teams play each other twice on a home and away basis, before the league split into two groups – the top six and the bottom six.


2018–19 Ukrainian Premier League, First stage, First stage positions by round
The following table represents the teams position after each round in the competition played chronologically.


2018–19 Ukrainian Premier League, Relegation play-offs
Teams that placed 10th and 11th in the 2018–19 Ukrainian Premier League play two-leg play-off with the second and third teams of the 2018–19 Ukrainian First League. The draw for play-offs took place on 24 May 2019 and the games will be played on 4 and 8 June 2019.


2018–19 Ukrainian Premier League, Relegation play-offs, Second leg
Kolos Kovalivka won 2–0 on aggregate and were promoted to the 2019–20 Ukrainian Premier League. Chornomorets Odesa were relegated to the 2019–20 Ukrainian First League


2018–19 Ukrainian Premier League, Relegation play-offs, Second leg
Karpaty Lviv won 3–0 on aggregate and retained their spot in the 2019–20 Ukrainian Premier League. Volyn Lutsk remained in the 2019–20 Ukrainian First League


2018–19 Ukrainian Premier League, Relegation play-offs, Second leg
Due to fan violence at the game and attack on referee, the original score 1–3 was scratched and replaced with technical score 0–3 loss to Volyn and win for Karpaty. Additionally, the Lutsk department of police started criminal proceedings on the fact of intentional damage to property during the game by the Karpaty fans.


2018–19 Ukrainian Premier League, Awards, The 2018 Coach of the Year award
The best coaches were identified by the All-Ukrainian Football Coaches Association.


2018–19 Ukrainian Premier League Under-21 and Under-19
The 2018–19 Ukrainian Premier League Reserves and Under 19 season are competitions between the reserves of Ukrainian Premier League Clubs and the Under 19s.


2018–19 Ukrainian Second League
The 2018–19 Ukrainian Second League was the 28th since its establishment. The competition started on 21 July 2018 with the match between Myr and FC Nikopol.


2018–19 Ukrainian Second League
The competition entered in recess for a winter break which started after the completion of Round 17 on 11 November 2018 and resumed on 31 March 2019. The season competitions were scheduled to be completed on 1 June 2019 (later ending on 25 May 2019 due to reduction of participants) culminating with a two legged play-off for promotion held between the two second place from both groups and the 13th and 14th placed teams from the 2018–19 Ukrainian First League on 29 May and 2 June 2019.


2018–19 Ukrainian Second League, Format
The PFL composition of the league was approved at the PFL Conference on 27 June 2017, yet the final composition with the competition regulations will be approved later by the FFU Executive Committee.


2018–19 Ukrainian Second League, Format
The competition is conducted in a triple round robin format. The PFL reinstated direct promotion and relegation between the Second League and the Ukrainian Amateur Football Championship. Some other administrative changes will be introduced for the season in Second League, such as names on jerseys, the PFL emblem, others. In addition, the FFU approved a list of stadiums for each league.


2018–19 Ukrainian Second League, Format
Each winner of group earns a direct promotion, while each runner will contest additional promotion with 13/14thth places of the First League. In case of the Ukrainian Premier League expansion for the next season, winners and second placed teams will get direct promotion, while in play-off will participate third placed teams.


2018–19 Ukrainian Second League, Format
One team from each group with the worst record will be relegated. Those two teams will be swapped with four teams from the Ukrainian Amateur Football Championship.


2018–19 Ukrainian Second League, Teams, Promoted teams
The final composition of the league was adopted at the PFL Conference on 27 June 2018. In the midst of the previous season some several amateur teams expressed their intention to play in Druha Liha. The following teams have been admitted from the 2017–18 Ukrainian Football Amateur League:


2018–19 Ukrainian Second League, Teams, Relegated teams
There were two teams relegated from the 2017–18 Ukrainian First League:


2018–19 Ukrainian Second League, Teams, Location map
The following map displays the location of teams. Group A teams marked in red. Group B teams marked in green.


2018–19 Ukrainian Second League, Post season play-offs
The second places of each group will play-off for the third promotion for the First League. Later with withdrawal of several clubs, the format changed (see 2018–19 Ukrainian First League#Format). The second place runners-up will play with the Persha Liha thirteenth and fourteenth places, yet with expansion of the UPL those teams will receive direct promotion and the third placed teams will be contesting promotion in play-offs.


2018–19 Ukrainian Second League, Post season play-offs, Championship game
On 7 May 2019 it was announced that the final game between group winners of the Second League will take place in Kropyvnytskyi.


2018–19 Ukrainian Second League, Post season play-offs, Championship game
Kremin Kremenchuk are crowned Champions of the Ukrainian Second League for the 2018–19 season


2018–19 Under 20 Elite League
The 2018–19 Under 20 Elite League (sometimes referred to as the European Elite League) was an age-restricted association football tournament for national Under-20 teams. It was the second edition of the Under 20 Elite League.


2018–19 United Counties League
The 2018–19 United Counties League season (known as the 2018–19 Future Lions United Counties League for sponsorship reasons) was the 112th in the history of the United Counties League, a football competition in England.


2018–19 United Counties League
The provisional club allocations for steps 5 and 6 were announced by the FA on 25 May. The constitution is subject to ratification by the league at its AGM on 16 June.


2018–19 United Counties League, Premier Division
The Premier Division featured 18 clubs which competed in the division last season, along with two new clubs:


2018–19 United Counties League, Division One
Division One featured 14 clubs which competed in the division last season, along with six new clubs.


2018–19 United States national rugby sevens team season
The United States national rugby sevens team got off to a strong start in the 2018–19 World Rugby Sevens Series. The team reached the finals in Dubai, South Africa, New Zealand, and Australia, the first time the U.S. had reached four consecutive finals and was ranked joint first in the overall Series after the first four legs. In the fifth leg, the U.S. won beating Samoa 27–0. This was the U.S.’s second straight USA Sevens win, giving them sole possession of first place in the Sevens World Series.


2018–19 United States national rugby sevens team season
The U.S. remained in first place for several more tournaments, but consecutive semifinal losses to Fiji in the last two tournaments in London and Paris meant that Fiji won the Series with the U.S. finishing second. The U.S. overall had its best season ever — the second-place finish beating their previous best of fifth. Additionally, qualifying for five consecutive tournament finals as well as reaching the semifinals in all ten tournaments were U.S. records. Carlin Isles scored 52 tries, ranked first overall among all players.


2018–19 United States national rugby sevens team season, Standings
The following shows the standings for the 2018–19 series for the 15 core teams. The top four finish by the U.S. qualified the team for the 2020 Olympics.


2018–19 United States national rugby sevens team season, U.S. vs Fiji
Fiji and the U.S. were the top two teams at the end of the Series and during the final rounds of the Series. The teams met during seven of the ten Series tournaments. All their matchups were during the knockout rounds; they never met during pool play. The U.S. won the first matchup, and Fiji winning all of the other six matches.


2018–19 United States national rugby sevens team season, Player season statistics
The following table shows the leading players for the U.S. at the conclusion of the 2018–19 World Rugby Sevens Series. Carlin Isles led all players on the Series with 52 tries and 48 clean breaks. Madison Hughes ranked second in the Series with 299 points. Ben Pinkelman ranked third with 191 carries. Stephen Tomasin ranked fifth with 101 tackles.


2018–19 United States national rugby sevens team season, Player and coach Series awards
Three U.S. players made the seven-man World Series Dream Team:


2018–19 United States national rugby sevens team season, Player and coach Series awards
2018–19 Coach of the World Series: Mike Friday, U.S. head coach.


2018–19 United States national rugby sevens team season, 2019 USA Sevens
The United States won the 2019 USA Sevens by beating Samoa 27–0 in the final. This was the first second time that the United States won its home tournament (2018 was the first). USA's Ben Pinkelman was named Player of the Final.


2018–19 United States network television schedule
The 2018–19 network television schedule for the five major English-language commercial broadcast networks in the United States covers the prime time hours from September 2018 to August 2019. The schedule is followed by a list per network of returning series, new series, and series canceled after the 2017–18 season.


2018–19 United States network television schedule
NBC was the first to announce its fall schedule on May 13, 2018, followed by Fox on May 14, ABC on May 15, CBS on May 16, and The CW on May 17, 2018.


2018–19 United States network television schedule
On May 29, 2018, ABC removed Roseanne from its Tuesday lineup due to a controversial statement made by Roseanne Barr on Twitter about Valerie Jarrett, and replaced it with The Conners on June 21 for the fall.


2018–19 United States network television schedule
PBS is not included, as member television stations have local flexibility over most of their schedules and broadcast times for network shows may vary. Ion Television and MyNetworkTV are also not included since both networks' schedules comprise syndicated reruns. The CW does not air network programming on Saturday nights.


2018–19 United States network television schedule
Beginning with this season, The CW returned to programming a Sunday evening schedule for the first time since the 2008–09 season as of October 7 (the network commenced its regular Sunday schedule the following week, on October 14); programming airs on that night from 8 p.m. to 10 p.m. ET/PT, making it the only broadcast television network to not program the Sunday 7 p.m. ET/PT hour since that hour was given to the broadcast networks through the implementation of a 1975 amendment to the since-repealed Prime Time Access Rule (PTAR).


2018–19 United States network television schedule
All times are U.S. Eastern and Pacific Time (except for some live sports or events). Subtract one hour for Central, Mountain, Alaska, and Hawaii-Aleutian times.


2018–19 United States network television schedule
Each of the 30 highest-rated shows is listed with its rank and rating as determined by Nielsen Media Research.


2018–19 United States network television schedule (daytime)
The 2018–19 daytime network television schedule for four of the five major English-language commercial broadcast networks in the United States covers the daytime hours from September 2018 to August 2019. The schedule is followed by a list per network of returning series, and any series canceled after the 2017–18 season.


2018–19 United States network television schedule (daytime)
Affiliates fill time periods not occupied by network programs with local or syndicated programming. PBS – which offers daytime programming through a children's program block, PBS Kids – is not included, as its member television stations have local flexibility over most of their schedules and broadcast times for network shows may vary. Fox does not offer daytime network programming nor network news on weekdays; as such, schedules are only included for Saturdays and Sundays. Also not included are MyNetworkTV (as the programming service also does not offer daytime programs of any kind), and Ion Television (as its schedule is composed mainly of syndicated reruns).


2018–19 United States network television schedule (late night)
These are the late night schedules for the four United States broadcast networks that offer programming during this time period, starting September, 2018. All times are Eastern or Pacific. Affiliates will fill non-network schedule with local, syndicated, or paid programming. Affiliates also have the option to preempt or delay network programming at their discretion.


2018–19 Utah Jazz season
The 2018–19 Utah Jazz season was the 45th season of the franchise in the National Basketball Association (NBA), and the 40th season of the franchise in Salt Lake City. On March 28, the Jazz qualified the playoffs for the third straight season. The Jazz had the second best team defensive rating in the NBA.


2018–19 Utah Jazz season
In the playoffs, the Jazz lost to the Houston Rockets in the First Round in five games.


2018–19 Utah Jazz season, Player statistics, Regular season
After all games. ‡Waived during the season†Traded during the season≠Acquired during the season


2018–19 Utah State Aggies men's basketball team
The 2018–19 Utah State Aggies men's basketball team represented Utah State University in the 2018–19 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Aggies, led by first-year head coach Craig Smith, played their home games at the Smith Spectrum in Logan, Utah as members of the Mountain West Conference. The Aggies shared the regular-season Mountain West title with Nevada, and defeated New Mexico, Fresno State, and San Diego State to win the Mountain West Tournament to earn the Mountain West's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament for their first appearance since 2011. They lost in the First Round of the NCAA Tournament to Washington.


2018–19 Utah State Aggies men's basketball team, Previous season
The Aggies finished the 2017–18 season 17–17 overall and 8–10 in conference play, finishing tied for 7th. In the Mountain West Conference Tournament, they defeated Colorado State in the first round and Boise State in the quarterfinals before losing to New Mexico in the semi-finals.


2018–19 Utah State Aggies men's basketball team, Previous season
On March 11, 2018, head coach Tim Duryea was fired after three seasons. He finished at Utah State with a three-year record of 47–49. On March 25, reports indicated that the school had hired South Dakota head coach Craig Smith as head coach, which was confirmed the next day.


2018–19 Utah State Aggies women's basketball team
The 2018–19 Utah State Aggies women's basketball team represents Utah State University in the 2018–19 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Aggies were led by seventh year head coach Jerry Finkbeiner. The Aggies played their home games at the Smith Spectrum and were members of the Mountain West Conference. They finished the season 17–16, 10–8 in Mountain West play to finish in a tie for fifth place. They advanced to the quarterfinals of the Mountain West Women's Tournament where they lost to Wyoming. They revived an invitation to the WBI where they defeated UC Riverside before losing to North Texas in the quarterfinals


2018–19 Utah Utes men's basketball team
The 2018–19 Utah Runnin' Utes men's basketball team represented the University of Utah during the 2018–19 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The team, led by eighth-year head coach Larry Krystkowiak, played their home games at the Jon M. Huntsman Center in Salt Lake City, Utah as members of the Pac-12 Conference. They finished the season 17–14, 11–7 in Pac-12 play to finish in third place. They lost in the quarterfinals of the Pac-12 Tournament to Oregon.


2018–19 Utah Utes men's basketball team, Previous season
The Utes finished the 2017–18 season 23–12, 11–7 in Pac-12 play to finish in a three-way tie for third place. They lost in the quarterfinals of the Pac-12 Tournament to Oregon. They were invited to the National Invitation Tournament where they defeated UC Davis, LSU, Saint Mary's, and Western Kentucky to advance to the championship game. In the NIT championship, they were routed by Penn State, losing 82–66.


2018–19 Utah Utes women's basketball team
The 2018–19 Utah Utes women's basketball team represents the University of Utah during the 2018–19 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Utes, led by fourth year head coach Lynne Roberts, play their home games at the Jon M. Huntsman Center and are members of the Pac-12 Conference. They finished the season 20–10, 9–9 in Pac-12 play to finish in a tie for sixth place. They lost in the first round of the Pac-12 Women's Tournament to Washington. They would have clinched the automatic berth to the 2019 Women's National Invitation Tournament, but they declined to participate despite having 20 wins.


2018–19 Utah Valley Wolverines men's basketball team
The 2018–19 Utah Valley Wolverines men's basketball team represented Utah Valley University in the 2018–19 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Wolverines, led by fourth-year head coach Mark Pope, played their home games at the UCCU Center in Orem, Utah as members of the Western Athletic Conference. They finished the season 25–10, 12–4 in WAC play to finish in second place. They defeated UMKC in the quarterfinals of the WAC Tournament before losing in the semifinals to Grand Canyon. They were invited to the College Basketball Invitational where they defeated Cal State Northridge in the first round before losing in the quarterfinals to South Florida.


2018–19 Utah Valley Wolverines men's basketball team, Previous season
The Wolverines finished the 2017–18 season 23–11, 10–4 in WAC play to finish in second place. They defeated Cal State Bakersfield in the quarterfinals of the WAC Tournament before losing in the semifinals to Grand Canyon. They were invited to the College Basketball Invitational where they defeated Eastern Washington in the first round before losing in the quarterfinals to San Francisco.


2018–19 V-League (South Korea)
The 2018–19 V-League season is the 15th season of the V-League, the highest professional volleyball league in South Korea. The season started on 13 October 2018 and is scheduled to finish in April 2019. Incheon Korean Air Jumbos are the defending champions in the men's league and Gyeongbuk Gimcheon Hi-pass the defending female champions.


2018–19 V-League (South Korea), Season standing procedure
Match won 3–0 or 3–1: 3 match points for the winner, 0 match points for the loserMatch won 3–2: 2 match points for the winner, 1 match point for the loser


2018–19 V.League Division 1 Men's
The Volleyball 2018–19 V.League Division 1 Men's will be the 25th tournament year and the 1st top level men's tournament of the newly branded and reorganized V.League (Japan). It will be held from October 26, 2018 – April 14, 2019.


2018–19 V.League Division 1 Men's, Clubs, Foreign players
The total number of foreign players is restricted to one per club. Player from Asian Volleyball Confederation (AVC) nations are exempt from these restrictions.


2018–19 V.League Division 1 Men's, Stadiums
Park Arena KomakiKanaoka Park GymnasiumMatsumoto City GymnasiumOta City General GymnasiumFukui Prefectural GymnasiumKure City General Gymnasium