2018–19 Ball State Cardinals 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 Ball State Cardinals women's basketball team
The 2018–19 Ball State Cardinals women's basketball team will represent Ball State University during the 2018–19 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Cardinals, led by seventh year head coach Brady Sallee, play their home games at Worthen Arena as members of the West Division of the Mid-American Conference. They seek to qualify for the NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Tournament for the second time and the first time since 2009 but unfortunately they finished the season 8–23, 3–15 in MAC play to finish in last place in the West Division. They lost in the first of the MAC Women's Tournament to Toledo.


2018–19 Baltic Men Volleyball League
The 2018–19 Baltic Men Volleyball League, known as Credit 24 Champions League for sponsorship reasons, was the 14th edition of the highest level of club volleyball in the Baltic states.


2018–19 Baltic Men Volleyball League, Participating teams
The following teams took part in the 2018–19 edition of Baltic Men Volleyball League.


2018–19 Baltic Men Volleyball League, Main Tournament
All participating 11 clubs were playing according to the double round robin system.


2018–19 Baltic Men Volleyball League, Playoffs
The four winners of each series qualified to the Final Four, while the other four teams were eliminated.


2018–19 Bangalore Super Division
The 2018–19 Bangalore Super Division was the eighth season of the Bangalore Super Division which is the third tier of the Indian association football system and the top tier of the Karnataka football system. The season started on 21 October 2018. Ozone F.C. were the defending champions. The league was contested by top 9 teams from 2017–18 season as well as ADE and Bangalore Eagles who were promoted from 2017–18 Bangalore 'A' division. They replaced Jawahar Union and CIL who were relegated to 2019–20 Bangalore 'A' Division. Kickstart FC, Bengaluru United and Bangalore Dream United were direct entry teams, thus bringing total number of teams to 14.


2018–19 Bangalore Super Division
Bengaluru FC 'B' won their first title with a game to spare. At the end of the season, Jawahar Union and CIL were relegated to 'A' Division.


2018–19 Bangladesh Championship League
The 2018-19 Bangladesh Championship League was 7th season of the Bangladesh Championship League since its establishment in 2012. A total of 11 teams will compete in the league. The season started on 10 February 2019 and ended on 24 May 2019.


2018–19 Bangladesh Championship League, Venue
All matches were held at the BSSS Mostafa Kamal Stadium in Dhaka, Bangladesh.


2018–19 Bangladesh Cricket League
The 2018–19 Bangladesh Cricket League was the seventh edition of the Bangladesh Cricket League, a first-class cricket competition. It was held in Bangladesh, starting on 21 November 2018 and concluding on 27 December 2018. South Zone were the defending champions. South Zone retained their title, after they beat North Zone by nine wickets in their final match.


2018–19 Bangladesh Cricket League
Prior to the start of the tournament, a players' draft took place. The third round match between Central Zone and East Zone finished as a draw, under controversial circumstances. The umpires called off the game due to bad light, eight minutes after the scheduled close, with East Zone six runs short of the target to win.


2018–19 Bangladesh Premier League
The 2018–19 BPL season, also known as BPL 6 or UCB BPL 2019 Powered by TVS (for sponsorship reasons), was the sixth season of the  Bangladesh Premier League (BPL), the top level professional Twenty20 cricket franchise league in Bangladesh. The competition was organised by the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB), featuring seven teams from seven cities. Teams are restricted to having four overseas players per side, instead of five in the previous edition of the tournament. Rangpur Riders were the defending champions.


2018–19 Bangladesh Premier League
Originally, the season was scheduled to start on 1 October 2018 and end on 16 November 2018. However, in May 2018, it was reported that the tournament might be moved to January 2019, because of security concerns around the Bangladeshi general election, which took place in December 2018. In July 2018, it was confirmed that the tournament would start in January 2019. For this edition of the tournament, the Decision Review System (DRS) were used for the first time.


2018–19 Bangladesh Premier League
In the final match, Comilla Victorians defeated Dhaka Dynamites by 17 runs to win their second title. In the final match, Tamim Iqbal was awarded the man of the match award, after scoring 141 not out. Rilee Rossouw was the leading run scorer in the tournament with 558 runs. Shakib Al Hasan was the leading wicket taker with 22 wickets and also won the player of the tournament award.


2018–19 Bangladesh Premier League, Draft and squads
By 30 September 2018 the team franchises announced the names of their retained players for the tournament and their icon players. A players' draft was initially scheduled to take place on 25 October 2018. However, the date was moved to 28 October due to a schedule clash with the ODI series between Bangladesh and Zimbabwe.


2018–19 Bangladesh Premier League, Draft and squads
The rest of the players were bought from the Players' Draft, which was held on 28 October 2018. Liton Das and Mustafizur Rahman were new additions to the list while Soumya Sarkar and Sabbir Rahman were excluded from the list. Initially, Steve Smith was barred from playing in the tournament by the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB). However, the BCB overturned its decision, allowing Smith to take part in the competition.


2018–19 Bangladesh Premier League, Venues
A total of 46 matches was played in these venues with the playoffs and final will be held at Dhaka. This season 3 venues will host all matches in 4 phases. In the first phase Dhaka will host 14 matches then Sylhet will host 8 matches in the second phase. Dhaka will again host 6 matches in the third phase while then Chittagong will host 10 matches of fourth phase. Final tournament will return to Dhaka again for playoffs and Final matches.


2018–19 Bangladesh Premier League, League stage
A total of 42 matches were played in the league stage, with 24 matches played in Dhaka, 8 matches in Sylhet and 10 in Chittagong.


2018–19 Bangladesh Premier League (football)
The 2018–19 Bangladesh Premier League (also known as TVS Bangladesh Premier League for sponsorship reason) is the 11th season of the Bangladesh Premier League since its establishment in 2007. A total of 13 football clubs will compete in the league. Dhaka Abahani are the defending champions. Bashundhara Kings and NoFeL Sporting Club entered as the promoted teams from the 2017 Bangladesh Championship League. The league was delayed and was rescheduled to start from 18 January 2019. Six venues will host 2019 Bangladesh Premier League. 2 clubs will be relegated to Bangladesh Championship League.


2018–19 Bangladesh Premier League (football), Rule changes
Bangladesh became the latest member association to adopt AFC's 3+1 rule which will allow clubs to recruit one player of Asian origin in addition to their regular quota of three foreigners.


2018–19 Bangladesh Premier League (football), Rule changes
The Bangladesh Football Federation executive committee decided to embrace the new AFC rule which encourages the mobility of talented Asian players and provides a fillip to the regional game.


2018–19 Bangladesh Premier League (football), Teams
Twelve teams were competed In previous season. This season, thirteen teams competed in the league, – the top eleven teams from the previous season and the two teams promoted from the Championship. The promoted teams were Bashundhara Kings and NoFeL Sporting Club (both the teams are playing BPL for the first time). They replaced Farashganj SC.


2018–19 Bangladesh Premier League (football), Teams, Stadiums and locations
FIFA and the AFC directed the BFF that matches of the professional league would have to organize at least five different venues.


2018–19 Bangladesh Premier League (football), Teams, Stadiums and locations
Primarily, teams have applied for eight venues to the BFF. Abahani Limited, Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club and Mohammedan Sporting Club, choose Bangabandhu National Stadium as their home venue. Arambagh and Saif Sporting Club applied for Mymensingh Stadium, Rahmatganj and Brothers for Birsreshtha Kamlapur Stadium, or Goplaganj Stadium, Sheikh Russel, Muktijoddha, newcomers Bashundhara Kings applied for Nilphamari Stadium, NOFEL for Noakhali, or MA Aziz Stadium in Chittagong, Team BJMC and Chittagong Abahani wanted Rajshahi Stadium as their home venue. After inspecting the facilities of these applied venues, BFF has sanctioned the following six stadiums for clubs:


2018–19 Bangladesh Premier League (football), Results, Positions by round
The following table lists the positions of teams after each week of matches. In order to preserve the chronological evolution, any postponed matches are not included to the round at which they were originally scheduled but added to the full round they were played immediately afterward.


2018–19 Bangladesh Premier League Final
The 2019 Bangladesh Premier League Final was a day/night Twenty20 cricket match played between Comilla Victorians and Dhaka Dynamites on 8 February 2019 at the Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium, Dhaka to determine the winner of the 2018–19 Bangladesh Premier League, a professional Twenty20 cricket league in Bangladesh. It ended as Comilla Victorians defeating Dhaka Dynamites by 17 runs.


2018–19 Bangladesh Premier League Final, Final, Background
The match has been played at Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium. The top two teams Rangpur Riders and Comilla Victorians faced each other in the Qualifier 1 and Comilla Victorians entered directly to final winning the Qualifier 1 while the Rangpur Riders got another chance to make their position in final going through Qualifier 2, played between the former and the winner of the Eliminator, Dhaka Dynamites who defeated Chittagong Vikings in the Eliminator. But Dhaka made it to final defeating Rangpur in the Qualifier 2.


2018–19 Bangladesh Premier League Final, Final, Report
Dhaka winning the toss decided to field first and their decision seemed to have worked when the picked up Evin Lewis so cheaply but Tamim Iqbal then made a partnership of 89 runs with Anamul Haque and in the process he picked up his fifty in 39 balls. Both Anamul Haque and Shamshur Rahman fell in a quick succession while the latter got out on a Golden duck.


2018–19 Bangladesh Premier League Final, Final, Report
Further no damage was done for Comilla, Tamim Iqbal along with the skipper Imrul Kayes made a 100 run partnership for the 4th wicket, in the process Tamim scored his first-ever century in BPL and it was also his highest individual score in  T20 cricket along with that first time any Bangladeshi batsman scored a century in a T20 cricket final.


2018–19 Bangladesh Premier League Final, Final, Report
In the chase Dhaka lost the wicket of Sunil Narine in the second ball of the innings as he got run out without facing any delivery (Platinum Duck). Upul Tharanga and Rony Talukdar made 102 run partnership for the 2nd wicket. After the fall of Tharanga and Talukdars's wicket no batsman could stand up with the bat and wicket kept falling on regular succession and in their full over quota Dhaka could only manage 182 runs losing 9 wickets and subsequently lost the match by 17 runs. As a result Comilla hold their second BPL title.


2018–19 Bangladesh Premier League Final, Final, Summary
Tamim Iqbal was elected Man of the Match for his match winning century (141*) which was highest individual score in T20 cricket. While Shakib Al Hasan was elected Player of the Tournament for his all-round performance. Rilee Rossouw of Rangpur Riders was the most run getter in the tournament while Shakib Al Hasan, the skipper of Dhaka Dynamites was the most wicket taker.


2018–19 Barbados Premier League
The 2018–19 Barbados Premier League was the 73rd season of the Barbados Premier League, the top division football competition in Barbados. The season began on 21 October 2018. The regular season ended on 5 May 2019, which was followed by three-legged final in which Barbados Defence Force defeated Weymouth Wales for their sixth title.


2018–19 Barbados Premier League, Regular season
As with the previous season, the 12 teams were divided into two zones of six teams each. Barbados Soccer Academy, St. Andrew Lions, and Youth Milan were promoted from the previous season of Barbados Division One.


2018–19 Barbados Premier League, Championship final, Third leg
Barbados Defence Force won championship qualified for Caribbean Club Shield.


2018–19 Barnsley F.C. season
The 2018–19 season saw Barnsley playing in the EFL League One. The season covered the period from 1 July 2018 to 30 June 2019.


2018–19 Barnsley F.C. season
On 30 April 2019, it was confirmed that Barnsley F.C was promoted to EFL Championship, will play inthe 2019–20 EFL Championship season.


2018–19 Barnsley F.C. season, Competitions, Pre-season friendlies
Barnsley announced pre-season friendlies against Gainsborough Trinity, York City, Salford City, West Brom Albion and Hull City.


2018–19 Barnsley F.C. season, Competitions, League One, Matches
On 21 June 2018, the EFL League One fixtures for the forthcoming season were announced.


2018–19 Barnsley F.C. season, Competitions, FA Cup
The first round draw was made live on BBC by Dennis Wise and Dion Dublin on 22 October. The draw for the second round was made live on BBC and BT by Mark Schwarzer and Glenn Murray on 12 November. The third round draw was made live on BBC by Ruud Gullit and Paul Ince from Stamford Bridge on 3 December 2018.


2018–19 Barnsley F.C. season, Competitions, EFL Cup
On 15 June 2018, the draw for the first round was made in Vietnam.


2018–19 Barnsley F.C. season, Competitions, EFL Trophy
On 13 July 2018, the initial group stage draw bar the U21 invited clubs was announced. The draw for the second round was made live on Talksport by Leon Britton and Steve Claridge on 16 November.


2018–19 Basketball Bundesliga
The 2018–19 Basketball Bundesliga, known as the easyCredit BBL for sponsorship reasons, was the 53rd season of the Basketball Bundesliga (BBL), the top-tier level of professional club basketball in Germany.


2018–19 Basketball Bundesliga
Bayern Munich defended their title by defeating Alba Berlin in the finals.


2018–19 Basketball Bundesliga
Alba Berlin, runners-up of the season, qualified for the 2019–20 EuroLeague as Bayern Munich was already given a wild card.


2018–19 Basketball Bundesliga, Regular season
In the regular season, teams play against each other two times home-and-away in a round-robin format. The first eight teams advance to the playoffs, while the last two placed teams will be relegated to the ProA for next season.


2018–19 Basketball Bundesliga, Playoffs
All three rounds of the playoffs are played in a best-of-five format, with the higher seeded team playing the first, third and fifth game at home.


2018–19 Basketball Champions League
The 2018–19 Basketball Champions League was the third season of the Basketball Champions League (BCL), a European-wide professional basketball competition for clubs, that was launched by FIBA. The competition began in September 2018, with the qualifying rounds, and concluded in May 2019.


2018–19 Basketball Champions League
The Final Four was held in the Sportpaleis in Antwerp on 3 and 5 May 2019.


2018–19 Basketball Champions League
Virtus Bologna won its first BCL championship. As such, the team qualified for the 2020 FIBA Intercontinental Cup.


2018–19 Basketball Champions League, Eligibility of players
In 2017, FIBA agreed to adopt eligibility rules, forcing the clubs to have at least 5 home-grown players in rosters of 11 or 12 players, or at least four, if the team has got fewer players.


2018–19 Basketball Champions League, Team allocation
A total of 56 teams (19 of which are champions) from 28 countries will participate in the 2018–19 Basketball Champions League. On July 11, 2018, Kalev/Cramo was replaced by Z-Mobile Prishtina. On July 12, 2018, Eskişehir announced their withdrawal from the competition, leaving an open spot in group C that would be occupied by Lietkabelis.


2018–19 Basketball Champions League, Team allocation, Teams
League positions after eventual playoffs of the previous season shown in parentheses (TH: Champions League title holders; FEC: FIBA Europe Cup title holders).


2018–19 Basketball Champions League, Round and draw dates
The schedule of the competition is as follows (all draws are held at the FIBA headquarters in Mies, Switzerland, unless stated otherwise):


2018–19 Basketball Champions League, Qualifying rounds
The first qualifying rounds were held on 20–21 September and 22–24 September 2018. The second round was held on 25–26 September and 27–29 September 2018. The third round was played on 30 September and 2 October 2018. The losers of all the rounds entered the 2018–19 FIBA Europe Cup regular season.


2018–19 Basketball Champions League, Qualifying rounds, Draw
The 24 teams that entered in the first round were divided into four pots. Teams of pot A would play against teams from pot D in games 1 to 6, and pot B teams will face the ones of the pot C. Teams from pots A and B would play the second leg at home.


2018–19 Basketball Champions League, Qualifying rounds, Draw
In the second round, teams from games 7 to 12 would play the first leg at home.


2018–19 Basketball Champions League, Qualifying rounds, First qualifying round
A total of 24 teams will play in the first qualifying round. The first legs were played on 20 and 21 September, while the second legs were played on 22 and 24 September 2018.


2018–19 Basketball Champions League, Qualifying rounds, Second qualifying round
The twelve winners of the first qualifying round will play the second round. The first legs were played on 25 and 26 September, while the second legs were played on 27 and 29 September 2018.


2018–19 Basketball Champions League, Qualifying rounds, Second qualifying round
After the retirement of Eskişehir, the winner of the series between Red October Cantù and Telenet Giants Antwerp joined directly the regular season.


2018–19 Basketball Champions League, Qualifying rounds, Third qualifying round
After the retirement of Eskişehir, a total of 10 teams will play in the third qualifying round: five teams which enter in this round, and five of the six winners of the second qualifying round. Winners of game 13 will directly qualify to the regular season without playing this round. The first legs were played on 1 October, while the second legs were played on 4 October 2018.


2018–19 Basketball Champions League, Regular season
The 32 teams are drawn into four groups of eight, with the restriction that teams from the same country cannot be drawn against each other. In each group, teams play against each other home-and-away, in a round-robin format. The group winners, runners-up, third-placed teams and fourth-placed teams, advance to the round of 16, while the fifth-placed teams and sixth-placed teams enter the 2018–19 FIBA Europe Cup playoffs.


2018–19 Basketball Champions League, Regular season
A total of 32 teams play in the regular season: 26 teams which enter in this stage, and the 6 winners of the third qualifying round. The regular season will start on 9 October 2018 and end 6 February 2019.


2018–19 Basketball Champions League, Regular season, Draw
Teams were divided into two pots according to the club ranking published by the organization. Twelve teams were named seeded teams while the rest would be unseeded teams.


2018–19 Basketball Champions League, Playoffs
The playoffs start on 5 March 2019 and end 3 April 2019.


2018–19 Basketball Champions League, Playoffs
In the playoffs, teams play against each other over two legs on a home-and-away basis, except for the Final Four. In the playoffs draw, the group winners and the runners-up are seeded, and the third-placed teams and the fourth-placed teams are unseeded. The seeded teams are drawn against the unseeded teams, with the seeded teams hosting the second leg. Teams from the same group cannot be drawn against each other.


2018–19 Basketball Champions League, Playoffs, Round of 16
The first legs were played on 6–7 March, and the second legs on 13–14 March 2019.


2018–19 Basketball Champions League, Playoffs, Quarterfinals
The first legs were played on 27–28 March, and the second legs were played on 3–4 April 2019.


2018–19 Basketball Champions League, Final Four
The concluding Final Four tournament will be played on 3–5 May 2019. The drawing of the pairings took place on 10 April 2019. On 5 April, the Sportpaleis in Antwerp, Belgium was announced as the venue of the 2019 Final Four.


2018–19 Basketball Champions League, Awards, Game Day MVP
After each gameday a selection of five players with the highest efficiency ratings is made by the Basketball Champions League. Afterwards, the official website decides which player is crowned Game Day MVP.


2018–19 Basketball Champions League, Prize money
Based on final position, teams received prize money from the BCL.


2018–19 Basketball Champions League Playoffs
The 2018–19 Basketball Champions League Playoffs will begin on 5 March, and will end on 5 May, with the Final, which will decide the champions of the 2018–19 Basketball Champions League. 16 teams compete in the play-offs.


2018–19 Basketball Champions League Playoffs, Format
The playoffs involved the sixteen teams which qualified between the four first teams of each of the four groups in the 2018–19 Basketball Champions League Regular season.


2018–19 Basketball Champions League Playoffs, Format
The group winners will face the fourth qualified teams and the runners-up will play against the third qualified teams. Winners and runners-up will play the second leg at home. In addition, the winners of the matches involving the group winners will play also the second leg of the quarterfinals at home.


2018–19 Basketball Champions League Playoffs, Format
Each tie in the Playoffs, apart from the Final Four games, was played with two legs, with each team playing one leg at home. The team that scored more points on aggregate, over the two legs, advanced to the next round.


2018–19 Basketball Champions League Playoffs, Format
For the round of 16, teams from the same group cannot be drawn against each other.


2018–19 Basketball Champions League Playoffs, Round of 16
The first legs will be played on 5–6 March, and the second legs will be played on 12–13 March 2019.


2018–19 Basketball Champions League Playoffs, Quarterfinals
The first legs will be played on 27 March, and the second legs will be played on 3 April 2019.


2018–19 Basketball Championship of Bosnia and Herzegovina
The 2018–19 Basketball Championship of Bosnia and Herzegovina was the 18th season of this championship, with 11 teams from Bosnia and Herzegovina participating in it. Zrinjski was the defending champion. Široki won its tenth league title.


2018–19 Basketball Championship of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Competition format
Eleven teams would join the regular season, played with as double round-robin tournament. Igokea, participant in the 2018–19 Adriatic League First Division, would not join the competition.


2018–19 Basketball Championship of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Playoffs
Semifinals will be played in a best-of-three games format, while the final in a best-of-five (2-2-1) format.


2018–19 Basketball Cup of Serbia
The 2018–19 Basketball Cup of Serbia is the 13th season of the Serbian 2nd-tier men's cup tournament.


2018–19 Basketball Cup of Serbia
The Cup Finalists, Novi Pazar and Sveti Đorđe, are qualified for the 2019 National Cup tournament held in Niš in February.


2018–19 Basketball League of Serbia
The 2018–19 Basketball League of Serbia (Serbian Cyrillic: Кошаркашка лига Србије 2018–19.) is the 13th season of the Basketball League of Serbia, the highest professional basketball league in Serbia. Also, it's the 75th national championship played by Serbian clubs inclusive of nation's previous incarnations as Yugoslavia and Serbia & Montenegro.


2018–19 Basketball League of Serbia, Playoffs
The playoffs are scheduled to start on June 2, 2019 and end on June 20, 2019.


2018–19 Basketbol Süper Ligi
The 2018–19 Basketbol Süper Ligi was the 53rd season of the Basketbol Süper Ligi, the top-tier level professional club basketball league in Turkey. The season started on 6 October 2018 and ended 21 June 2019.


2018–19 Basketbol Süper Ligi
Anadolu Efes captured its fourteenth title and its first championship in 10 years, after it defeated Fenerbahçe in seven in the finals.


2018–19 Basketbol Süper Ligi, Teams, Promotion and relegation
Yeşilgiresun Belediye and Uşak Sportif were relegated after finishing in the last two places during the previous season. Türk Telekom promoted as the champions of the Turkish Basketball First League (TBL). Afyon Belediye promoted as the winners of the play-offs.


2018–19 Basketbol Süper Ligi, Teams, Promotion and relegation
On 12 July 2018, Eskişehir Basket announced its withdrawal from the BSL. On 13 July 2018, it was announced that Bahçeşehir Koleji received the vacant BSL spot.


2018–19 Basketbol Süper Ligi, Teams, Promotion and relegation
On 2 October 2018, Trabzonspor announced its withdrawal from the BSL.


2018–19 Basketligaen
The 2018–19 Basketligaen was the 44th season of the highest professional basketball tier in Denmark. The season started on 25 September 2018 and ended on 13 May 2019. Bakken Bears defended its title. Ryan Evans of the Bears was named the season's Most Valuable Player.


2018–19 Basketligaen, Competition format
Teams were divided into two groups: Pro A, joined by the best five teams in the previous season, and Pro B, by the rest of the team. Each team would play against each other of their same league four times, while only twice with teams from the other side.


2018–19 Basketligaen, Competition format
The five teams of Pro A and the best three of Pro B qualified for playoffs.


2018–19 Basketligaen, Teams
After the end of the season, Hørsholm 79ers resigned to its place in the league. EBAA and Værløse joined the league.


2018–19 Basketligaen, Playoffs
The playoffs were played between the eight teams of the competition, with a best-of-five series in a 1-1-1-1-1 format. The seeded team played games 1, 3 and 5 at home. The Finals will be played in a best-of-seven series and the bronze medal series as a single game.


2018–19 Basketligan season
The 2018–19 Basketligan season was the 26th season of the Basketligan, the top tier basketball league on Sweden. Norrköping Dolphins were the defending champions.


2018–19 Basketligan season, Playoffs, Semifinals
Seeded teams played legs 1, 3, 5 and 7 at home.


2018–19 Basketligan season, Playoffs, Finals
Seeded team played legs 1, 3, 5 and 7 at home.


2018–19 Basketligan season, Relegation playoffs
The ninth qualified and the runner-up of the Superettan played a double-legged playoff for a place in the next Basketligan season.


2018–19 Bataan Risers season
The 2018 Bataan Risers season is the 1st season of the franchise in the Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League (MPBL).


2018–19 Bayamón FC season
The 2018-19 Bayamón FC season, was the nineteenth season since the club's formation.


2018–19 Bayamón FC season, Overview
In January 2018, Marco Vélez was appointed Head Coach following the exit of Delfin Ferreres. Bayamón FC finished runners-up in their preseason Bayamón Cup.


2018–19 Bayamón FC season, Overview
In March 2018, Bayamón FC began playing in the first Puerto Rican Football Federation Preparatory Tournament. They are currently first place and already secured their spot into the semi-finals stage. The team finished the group stage with an unbeaten streak of 9 wins, with Josep Becerra as the tournament top scorer. After beating Metropolitan FA in the semifinals, Bayamón advanced to the finals facing GPS Puerto Rico. Bayamón won the tournament after a 1-0 win against GPS Puerto Rico.


2018–19 Bayamón FC season, Overview
In August 2018, it was announced that Bayamón FC will participate as one of the 10 teams of the new Liga Puerto Rico.


2018–19 Bayer 04 Leverkusen season
The 2018–19 Bayer 04 Leverkusen season is the 115th season in the football club's history and 40th consecutive and overall season in the top flight of German football, the Bundesliga, having been promoted from the 2. Bundesliga Nord in 1979. In addition to the domestic league, Bayer Leverkusen also are participating in this season's editions of the domestic cup, the DFB-Pokal, and the second-tier continental cup, the UEFA Europa League. This is the 61st season for Leverkusen in the BayArena, located in Leverkusen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. The season covers a period from 1 July 2018 to 30 June 2019.


2018–19 Bayer 04 Leverkusen season, Players, Squad information
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2018–19 Bayer 04 Leverkusen season, Players, Players out on loan
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2018–19 Baylor Bears basketball team
The 2018–19 Baylor Bears basketball team represented Baylor University in the 2018–19 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. This was head coach Scott Drew's 16th season at Baylor. The Bears competed in the Big 12 Conference and played their home games at the Ferrell Center in Waco, TX.


2018–19 Baylor Bears basketball team, Previous season
The Bears finished the 2017–18 season 19–15 overall and 8–10 in Big 12 play, finishing in a four-way tie for sixth place. As the No. 6 seed in the Big 12 Tournament, they were defeated by West Virginia in the quarterfinals. 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 Wagner in the first round before losing to Mississippi State in the second round.


2018–19 Baylor Lady Bears basketball team
The 2018–19 Baylor Lady Bears basketball team represented Baylor University in the 2018–19 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. Returning as head coach was Hall of Famer Kim Mulkey for her 19th season. The team played its home games at the Ferrell Center in Waco, Texas and were members of the Big 12 Conference. They finished the season ranked #1 in the nation, with a record of 37–1, 18–0 in Big 12 to win the Big 12 regular season title. They also won the Big 12 Women's Tournament and earned an automatic bid to the NCAA Women's Tournament where they advanced to defeat Notre Dame in the championship game for the third title in team history.


2018–19 Baylor Lady Bears basketball team, Previous season
The Lady Bears finished the season 33–2, 18–0 in Big 12 to win the Big 12 regular season title. They also won the Big 12 Women's Tournament and earned an automatic bid to the NCAA Women's Tournament where they defeated Grambling State and Michigan in the first and second rounds before getting upset by Oregon State in the sweet sixteen.


2018–19 Baylor Lady Bears basketball team, Rankings
^Coaches' Poll did not release a second poll at the same time as the AP.


2018–19 Belarusian Cup
2018–19 Belarusian Cup is the twenty eighth season of the Belarusian annual cup competition. Contrary to the league season, it is conducted in a fall-spring rhythm. It started in May 2018 and concluded with a final match in May 2019. Winners of the Cup will qualified for the first qualifying round of the 2019–20 UEFA Europa League.


2018–19 Belarusian Cup, First Round
In this round 2 amateur clubs were drawn against 2 Second League clubs. The draw was performed on 3 May 2018. The matches were played on 12 and 13 May 2018.


2018–19 Belarusian Cup, First Round
Another 3 amateur clubs and 12 Second League clubs were given a bye to the Second Round. Rukh Brest did not participate.


2018–19 Belarusian Cup, Second Round
In this round 2 winners of the First Round were joined by another 30 clubs. The draw was performed on 3 May 2018. The matches were played on 11 and 13 June 2018.


2018–19 Belarusian Cup, Round of 32
In this round 16 winners of the Second Round were drawn against 16 Premier League clubs.


2018–19 Belarusian Cup, Quarter-finals
The draw was performed on 9 October 2018. The matches were played in March 2019.


2018–19 Belarusian Cup, Semi-finals
The draw was performed on 18 March 2019. The matches were played in April and May 2019.


2018–19 Belarusian Cup, Final
The final was played on 26 May 2019 at Vitebsky Central Sport Complex in Vitebsk.


2018–19 Belarusian Premier League (basketball)
The 2018–19 Belarusian Premier League season is the 27th season of the top tier basketball league in Belarus.


2018–19 Belarusian Premier League (basketball), Competition format
Ten teams joined the regular season, that consisted in a four-legged round-robin competition, later dividing all the teams into two groups. The six teams of the Group A and the two best of the Group B joined the playoffs.


2018–19 Belarusian Premier League (basketball), Playoffs
Quarterfinals will be played in a best-of-three games format and the rest of series in a 2-2-1 format.


2018–19 Belgian Basketball Cup
The 2018–19 Belgian Basketball Cup (Dutch: 2018–19 Beker van België) was the 65th edition of Belgium's national basketball cup tournament. Telenet Giants Antwerp won its third cup title.


2018–19 Belgian Cup
The 2018–19 Belgian Cup was the 64th season of Belgium's annual football cup competition. The competition began on 29 July 2018 and ended with the final in May 2019. The winners of the competition qualify for the 2019–20 UEFA Europa League Group Stage. Standard Liège were the defending champions.


2018–19 Belgian Cup, Competition format
The competition consists of ten rounds. Except for the semi-finals, all rounds are single-match elimination rounds. When tied after 90 minutes in the first three rounds, penalties are taken immediately. In rounds four to seven and the quarterfinals, when tied after 90 minutes first an extra time period of 30 minutes are played, then penalties are taken if still necessary. The semi-finals will be played over two legs, where the team winning on aggregate advances. The final will be played as a single match.


2018–19 Belgian Cup, Competition format
Teams enter the competition in different rounds, based upon their 2018–19 league affiliation. Teams from the fifth-level Belgian Third Amateur Division or lower began in round 1. Belgian Second Amateur Division teams entered in round 2, Belgian First Amateur Division teams entered in round 3, Belgian First Division B teams in round 5 and finally the Belgian First Division A teams enter in round 6.


2018–19 Belgian Cup, First round
This round of matches is scheduled to be played on 28 & 29 July 2018 and includes teams playing in the Belgian Third Amateur Division and Belgian Provincial Leagues. Teams from the Belgian Third Amateur Division were seeded and could not play each other.


2018–19 Belgian Cup, Fifth Round
Some fifth round ties were reversed as amateur teams (tiers 3 and below) automatically received home advantage in case they met the stadium requirements regarding seating, lighting and safety. Amateur teams are allowed to sell their home advantage.


2018–19 Belgian Cup, Sixth Round
The draw for the sixth round was made on 28 August 2018 and included the 16 teams from the Belgian First Division A, which were all seeded and could not meet each other. All non-professional teams (division 3 and below) automatically received home advantage if their stadium had sufficient capacity and floodlight luminosity, which was the case for all teams except Duffel and Mandel United.


2018–19 Belgian Cup, Seventh Round
The draw for the seventh round was made immediately after the last game of the sixth round, between Anderlecht and Union SG, was finished. Six teams outside the top division qualified for this round, with Mandel United from the Belgian Second Amateur Division the lowest still in the competition.


2018–19 Belgian Cup, Seventh Round
The matches will be played on 4, 5 and 6 December 2018.


2018–19 Belgian Cup, Quarter-finals
The draw for the quarter-finals was made on 5 December 2018, with the matches were played on 18 and 19 December 2018. Both Mechelen and Union SG, the two remaining teams from outside the top division managed to qualify for the Semi-finals.


2018–19 Belgian Cup, Semi-finals
The draw for the semi-finals was made on 19 December, after completion of the last matches of the quarter-finals. As the two teams remaining from the 2018–19 Belgian First Division B, Mechelen and Union SG, were drawn against each other, at least one team from outside the top division will play the final, which last happened in the 2001 Belgian Cup Final when Belgian Second Division champions Lommel lost to Westerlo.


2018–19 Belgian Cup, Semi-finals
The matches will be played on 23, 24, 29 and 30 January 2019.


2018–19 Belgian Cup, Final
The final took place on 1 May 2019 at the King Baudouin Stadium in Brussels.


2018–19 Belgian First Amateur Division
The 2018–19 Belgian First Amateur Division was the third season of the third-tier football league in Belgium, as it was established in 2016. While Tessenderlo won the regular season, Virton became champions by virtue of winning the promotion play-offs. Defending champions Knokke finished last and were relegated together with Aalst and Geel. Oudenaarde was also relegated after losing the play-offs with teams from the Belgian Second Amateur Division.


2018–19 Belgian First Amateur Division, Team information, Team changes, In
Note that no team from the 2017–18 Belgian First Division B was relegated into the 2018–19 Belgian First Amateur Division due to the fact that Lierse went bankrupt.


2018–19 Belgian First Amateur Division, Promotion play-offs
The teams finishing in the top four positions entered the promotion play-offs. The points obtained during the regular season were halved (and rounded up) before the start of the playoff, as a result, Tessenderlo started with 31 points, Deinze with 30 points, Virton with 27 points and Lierse Kempenzonen with 24 points. Deinze was the only team for which the points were rounded up, therefore in case of equal points at the end of the playoffs they will always be ranked below the other teams. Going into the playoffs, only Deinze and Lierse had received a license, meaning that only those two teams are eligible for promotion, although Virton has successfully appealed the decision of not being handed a license and is thus also eligible for promotion.


2018–19 Belgian First Division A
The 2018–19 Belgian First Division A (officially known as Jupiler Pro League) was the 116th season of top-tier football in Belgium.


2018–19 Belgian First Division A, Championship play-offs
The points obtained during the regular season were halved (and rounded up) before the start of the playoff. As a result, the teams started with the following points before the playoff: Genk 32 points, Club Brugge 28, Standard Liège 27, Anderlecht 26, Gent 25 and Antwerp 25. The points of Genk, Standard Liège, Anderlecht and Antwerp were rounded up, therefore in case of any ties on points at the end of the playoffs, the half point will be deducted for these teams.


2018–19 Belgian First Division A, Europa League play-offs
Group A of the play-offs consist of the teams finishing in positions 7, 9, 12 and 14 during the regular season and the first and third placed team in the qualifying positions in the 2018–19 Belgian First Division B. The teams finishing in positions 8, 10, 11, 13 and 15 were joined by the second placed qualifier from the 2018–19 Belgian First Division B in group B.


2018–19 Belgian First Division A, Europa League play-offs, Semi-final
The winners of both play-off groups competed in one match to play the fourth-placed team of the championship play-offs for a spot in the final. This match was played on the field of the highest ranked team in the regular competition. Charleroi advanced to the final to play for a spot in the second qualifying round of the 2019–20 UEFA Europa League.


2018–19 Belgian First Division A, Europa League play-offs, Final
The winner of the Europa League play-off semi-final and the fourth-placed team of the championship play-offs played one match to determine the Europa League play-off winner. Antwerp qualified for the third qualifying round of the 2019–20 UEFA Europa League.


2018–19 Belgian First Division B
The 2018–19 season of the Belgian First Division B began in August 2018 and ended in April 2019. It was the third season of the First Division B following a change in league format from the old Belgian Second Division.


2018–19 Belgian First Division B
The season was impacted by the 2017–19 Belgian football fraud scandal which most notably involved Mechelen, as it was unclear upon completion of the season whether and how any involved clubs would be sanctioned and what the effect would be on the number of promotion and relegation places. As a result, Mechelen won the title and celebrated promotion on 16 March 2019, following a win over Beerschot Wilrijk in the promotion-playoffs, although the verdict on the investigation was still pending.


2018–19 Belgian First Division B
End of May, Mechelen was found guilty and not allowed to be promoted, with runners-up Beerschot Wilrijk taking their spot instead. Mechelen appealed the decision at the Belgian Court for Sportsarbitration, which confirmed the verdict of guilt in July, but also ruled that according to the rules of the Belgian Football FA Mechelen could not be penalized with relegation back to the Belgian First Division A as the violation occurred during a previous season, hence Mechelen was allowed to keep its promotion.


2018–19 Belgian First Division B, League table, Promotion play-offs
The winners of the opening tournament and the closing tournament will meet in a two-legged match to determine the division champion, who will promote to the 2019–20 Belgian First Division A. The team finishing highest in the aggregate table will be allowed to play the second leg at home. In case a single team wins both the opening and the closing tournament, that team will be promoted automatically and no play-offs will be organized.


2018–19 Belgian First Division B, League table, Promotion play-offs
On 9 November 2018, Mechelen won the opening tournament and was therefore assured of playing at least the promotion play-offs. On the final day of the closing tournament, Mechelen only managed a draw away to Lommel, allowing Beerschot Wilrijk to win the closing period. If Mechelen had won they would have assured direct promotion, instead they had to face Beerschot-Wilrijk in the promotion play-offs.


2018–19 Belgian First Division B, League table, Promotion play-offs
The first leg saw both teams having chances, with goalkeeper Michael Verrips making big saves in the first half to deny attempts by Erwin Hoffer and Gertjan De Mets, while in the second half Mechelen failed to take advantage of a red card for Jan Van den Bergh. In the second leg, Beerschot-Wilrijk again saw a player sent off following a vicious tackle by Marius Noubissi already after 32 minutes.


2018–19 Belgian First Division B, League table, Promotion play-offs
Nikola Storm opened the score for Mechelen just after the start of the second half, but ten-men Beerschot-Wilrijk managed the equalizer through penalty kick and looked on its way to promote via the away goals rule, when substitute Clément Tainmont scored a volley just two minutes from time to win the match and send Mechelen back to the highest division after just one season in the Belgian First Division B. With that, Beerschot Wilrijk lost the promotion play-offs for the second consecutive year.


2018–19 Belgian First Division B, League table, Promotion play-offs
Several weeks later, Mechelen was found guilty of match-fixing and not allowed to promote as a result, with Beerschot-Wilrijk taking their spot. Mechelen appealed the decision successfully, as per the rules of the Belgian FA they could no longer be punished for events of more than one year in the past.


2018–19 Belgian First Division B, League table, Relegation play-offs
The four bottom teams in the aggregate table took part in the relegation play-offs in which they keep half of the points they collected during the overall regular season (rounded up). As a result, the teams started with the following points before the playoff: Roeselare 17 points, Lommel 16, OH Leuven 15 and Tubize 12 points. As the points of all teams were rounded up, the half point deduction was not relevant in case of ties.


2018–19 Belgian First Division B, League table, Relegation play-offs
Roeselare started matchday 5 with 2 points, but the game, away against Lommel ended in a 0-1 win for Roeselare, giving them 3 points and tying with Tubize in points. On matchday 6 of 6, coincidentally, Roeselare met Tubize, and defeated them 4-0. As a result, Tubize were relegated to the Belgian First Amateur Division.


2018–19 Belgian First Division B, Season statistics, Team of the season
Upon completion of the regular season a team of the season award was compiled, based upon the results of the team of the week results throughout the season, constructed based on nominations from managers, assistant-managers, journalists and analysts. The results were announced from 22 March 2019, with one player revealed each day.


2018–19 Belgian Second Amateur Division
The 2018–19 Belgian Second Amateur Division is the third season of the division in its current format, placed at the fourth-tier of football in Belgium.


2018–19 Belgian Second Amateur Division
The division consists of three separate leagues, each containing 16 teams. Leagues A and B consist of teams with a license from the Voetbalfederatie Vlaanderen (VFV, the Flemish/Dutch speaking wing of the Belgian FA), while league C contains teams with a license from the Association des Clubs Francophones de Football (ACFF, the French speaking wing of the RBFA). The champions from each of the three leagues will promote to the 2019–20 Belgian First Amateur Division. The fixtures were announced in July 2018.


2018–19 Belgian Second Amateur Division, Promotion play-offs, Promotion play-offs VFV
The teams finishing in second place in the Second Amateur Division A and Second Amateur Division B will take part in a promotion playoff first round together with three period winners from both divisions. These 8 teams from the VFV will play the first round of a promotion-playoff, with two teams qualifying for the Promotion play-offs Final.


2018–19 Belgian Second Amateur Division, Promotion play-offs, Promotion play-offs VFV
In division A, champions Sint-Eloois Winkel and runners-up Mandel United together won all periods. As a result, Mandel United was joined in the play-offs by the next three teams in the standings: Petegem, Gent-Zeehaven and Wijgmaal. In division B, only Hasselt and Bocholt has received a licence, with the two other spots remaining vacant. Overall this meant only six out of eight teams took part, therefore two teams were drawn to receive a bye into the second round: Gent-Zeehaven and Wijgmaal.


2018–19 Belgian Second Amateur Division, Promotion play-offs, Promotion play-offs VFV, VFV Round 1
Bocholt and Ronse qualified for the VFV second round promotion play-offs.


2018–19 Belgian Second Amateur Division, Promotion play-offs, Promotion play-offs ACFF
The team finishing in second place in the Second Amateur Division C will take part in the promotion playoff first round together with three period winners. These 4 teams will play the first round of a promotion-playoff, with the winner qualifying for the Promotion play-offs Final. As champions La Louvière Centre won all three periods, this implied that normally the teams in positions 2 through 5 would take part in the playoffs, however both Hamoir and Rebecq were replaced as they did not receive (or apply for) a licence. Tilleur and La Louvière took their spot instead.


2018–19 Belgian Second Amateur Division, Promotion play-offs, Promotion play-offs ACFF, ACFF Round 1
The two winning teams meet each other in round 2, the losing teams remain in the Belgian Second Amateur Division.


2018–19 Belgian Second Amateur Division, Promotion play-offs, Promotion play-offs Final
The two winners of the Promotion play-offs on the VFV side (Ronse and Wijgmaal) and the winning team from the ACFF Promotion play-offs (Visé) will play a final tournament together with the team that finished in 14th place in the 2018–19 Belgian First Amateur Division (Oudenaarde). The winner of this play-off promotes to (or remains in) the 2019–20 Belgian First Amateur Division. As Oudenaarde is a team from the VFV side, there will be an extra VFV team relegating from the 2018–19 Belgian Second Amateur Division in case a team from the ACFF side (Visé) gets promoted.


2018–19 Belgian Second Amateur Division, Promotion play-offs, Promotion play-offs Final, Final Round 1
Visé won 8–4 on aggregate, Oudenaarde was relegated to the 2019–20 Belgian Second Amateur Division.


2018–19 Belgian Second Amateur Division, Promotion play-offs, Promotion play-offs Final, Final Round 2
2–2 on aggregate. Visé won on away goals and is promoted to the 2019–20 Belgian First Amateur Division.


2018–19 Belgian Second Amateur Division, Relegation play-offs
The number of teams relegating from the Belgian Amateur Second Division in each wing (VFV and ACFF) depends on the number of teams of each wing relegating from the Belgian First Amateur Division.


2018–19 Belgian Second Amateur Division, Relegation play-offs
Upon completion of the 2018–19 Belgian First Amateur Division, with three VFV teams were relegated automatically, it was already known there would be at least one additional VFV team relegating from the 2018–19 Belgian Second Amateur Division. In case Oudenaarde, taking part in the Second Amateur Division Promotion play-offs Final and also from VFV side is also relegated and is replaced by a team from ACFF side, then a second VFV team will be relegated from the 2018–19 Belgian Second Amateur Division. On ACFF side on the other hand, no extra relegations would be necessary and only the three bottom teams in division C would be relegated.


2018–19 Belgian Second Amateur Division, Relegation play-offs, Relegation play-offs VFV
The teams finishing 14th in divisions A and B played each other in a single match to avoid relegation, with the losing team relegated and the winning team having to await the result of the Second Amateur Division Promotion play-offs Final.


2018–19 Belgian Second Amateur Division, Relegation play-offs, Relegation play-offs VFV
City Pirates were relegated, three weeks later Eppegem was relegated as well as ACFF team Visé got promoted, resulting in an extra team from VFV to be relegated.


2018–19 Belgian Second Amateur Division, Relegation play-offs, Relegation play-offs ACFF
As there is only one division no playoff was organised. However due to the fact that only teams from the VFV side were being relegated from the 2018–19 Belgian First Amateur Division, no extra relegations took place.


2018–19 Belgian Third Amateur Division
The 2018–19 Belgian Third Amateur Division is the third season of the division in its current format, replacing the former Belgian Fourth Division.


2018–19 Belgian Third Amateur Division, Championship matches
Both the two VFV and two ACFF teams winning their leagues can arrange a title match to determine the overall VFV and ACFF champions of the Belgian Third Division. This season, the overall ACFF champion was supposed to be determined over two legs, however Namur forfeited the return match after losing the first leg. On VFV side, Merelbeke and Tienen decided not to play a championship match. There was also no match between the overall VFV and ACFF champions.


2018–19 Belgian Third Amateur Division, Championship matches, Championship match ACFF, Second Leg
Namur did not show up for the return match and lost 1-9 on aggregate. Stockay was crowned overall ACFF champion in the Belgian Third Amateur Division.


2018–19 Belgian Third Amateur Division, Promotion play-offs, Promotion play-offs VFV
The teams finishing in second place in the Third Amateur Division A and Third Amateur Division B will take part in a promotion playoff first round together with three period winners from both divisions. These 8 teams from the VFV will play the first round of a promotion-playoff, with two teams promoting to the 2019–20 Belgian Second Amateur Division. Depending on the number of VFV teams relegating from the 2018–19 Belgian First Amateur Division and possible mergers and bankruptcies, more teams might get promoted.


2018–19 Belgian Third Amateur Division, Promotion play-offs, Promotion play-offs VFV
In Division A, Wetteren (2nd place overall) and Zwevezele (won two periods) qualified directly, while Pepingen-Halle and Wingene were awarded a place based on their league finish. In a similar fashion in Division B, Houtvenne (2nd place overall) and Lyra-Lierse (won one period) were joined by Sint-Lenaarts and Betekom.


2018–19 Belgian Third Amateur Division, Promotion play-offs, Promotion play-offs VFV, VFV Round 1
The four winners will continue into the VFV Round 2 to play for the two extra promotion places.


2018–19 Belgian Third Amateur Division, Promotion play-offs, Promotion play-offs VFV, VFV Round 2
Pepingen-Halle and Zwevezele are promoted to the 2019–20 Belgian Second Amateur Division. Lyra-Lierse and Houtvenne moved to the third place match in case extra promotion places become available.


2018–19 Belgian Third Amateur Division, Promotion play-offs, Promotion play-offs VFV, Third place match
By winning, Houtvenne is first in line to promote in case an extra spot opens up.


2018–19 Belgian Third Amateur Division, Promotion play-offs, Promotion play-offs ACFF
The team finishing in second place in the Third Amateur Division C and Third Amateur Division D will take part in a promotion playoff first round together with three period winners from both divisions. These 8 teams from the ACFF will play the first round of a promotion-playoff, with two teams promoting to the 2019–20 Belgian Second Amateur Division although more places could come up which is why the third round also features a match between the losers of the second round.


2018–19 Belgian Third Amateur Division, Promotion play-offs, Promotion play-offs ACFF
In Division C, CS Braine won two periods with the other being won by champion Namur Fosses. The three remaining spots were taken by third, fourth and fifth placed teams, respectively Aische, Tournai and Léopold Uccle. In Division D, Givry and Verlaine had each managed to win a period. Richelle and Onhaye also qualified as the two highest finishers.


2018–19 Belgian Third Amateur Division, Promotion play-offs, Promotion play-offs ACFF, ACFF Round 1
The four winners moved on to round 2 to contend for promotion, while the losing teams remain in the Belgian Third Amateur Division.


2018–19 Belgian Third Amateur Division, Promotion play-offs, Promotion play-offs ACFF, ACFF Round 2
The two winning teams will be promoted to the 2019–20 Belgian Second Amateur Division, the losing teams will play a match to determine third and fourth place in case extra promotion places would come up.


2018–19 Belgian Third Amateur Division, Promotion play-offs, Promotion play-offs ACFF, ACFF Round 2
Verlaine and Onhaye won promotion to the 2019–20 Belgian Second Amateur Division. A third team will be promoted in case Visé, playing in the 2018–19 Belgian Second Amateur Division Promotion play-offs, wins promotion to the 2019–20 Belgian First Amateur Division. Therefore, Givry and Tournai will play a third-place match.


2018–19 Belgian Third Amateur Division, Promotion play-offs, Promotion play-offs ACFF, Third place match
By winning, Givry was first in line to promote in case an extra available spot. As Visé won promotion to the Belgian First Amateur Division, an extra ACFF team was promoted, resulting in Givry moving up.


2018–19 Belgian Third Amateur Division, Relegation play-offs, ACFF
Due to the results in higher leagues, prior to the match it was certain the winner of this ACFF play-off would avoid relegation. Ganshoren was eventually spared as well.


2018–19 Belgian Third Amateur Division, Relegation play-offs, VFV
At the time of the match, it was yet uncertain whether there would be one or two extra VFV teams relegated from the 2018–19 Belgian Third Amateur Division. Ternesse faced relegation by losing the match, Oostkamp also faced relegation three weeks later as ACFF team Visé got promoted, resulting in an extra team from VFV to be relegated.


2018–19 Belgian Women's Super League
The 2018–19 Belgian Women's Super League season is the 4th edition since its establishment in 2015. Anderlecht are the defending champions.


2018–19 Belgian Women's Super League, League Standings
In the first stage teams play each other four times, for 20 matches each.


2018–19 Belmont Bruins men's basketball team
The 2018–19 Belmont Bruins men's basketball team represented Belmont University during the 2018–19 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Bruins, led by 33rd-year head coach Rick Byrd, played their home games at the Curb Event Center in Nashville, Tennessee as members of the Ohio Valley Conference. They finished the season 27–6, 16–2 in OVC play to finish in a tie for the regular season championship with Murray State. They defeated Austin Peay in the semifinals of the Ohio Valley Tournament before losing to Murray State in the finals. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament, their first ever at-large bid, where they defeated Temple in the First Four before losing in the first round to Maryland.


2018–19 Belmont Bruins men's basketball team
On April 1, 2019, head coach Rick Byrd announced his retirement. He finished at Belmont with a 33-year record of 713–347.


2018–19 Belmont Bruins men's basketball team, Previous season
The Bruins finished the 2017–18 season 24–9, 15–3 in OVC play to finish in second place. They defeated Austin Peay in the semifinals of the OVC Tournament to advance to the championship game where they lost to Murray State. Despite having 24 wins, they did not participate in a postseason tournament.


2018–19 Belmont Bruins women's basketball team
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2018–19 Belmont Bruins women's basketball team
The 2018–19 Belmont Bruins women's basketball team represents Belmont University during the 2018–19 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Bruins, led by second year head coach Bart Brooks, play their home games at the Curb Event Center as members of the Ohio Valley Conference (OVC). They finished the season 26–7, 16–2 in OVC play win the OVC regular season. They won the OVC Women's Tournament by defeating UT Martin and earns an automatic trip to the NCAA Women's Tournament where they lost to South Carolina in the first round.


2018–19 Bemidji State Beavers women's ice hockey season
The Bemidji State Beavers women's ice hockey program represented the Bemidji State University during the 2018-19 NCAA Division I women's ice hockey season.


2018–19 Bengaluru FC season
The 2018–19 season was Bengaluru FC's sixth season as club since its establishment in 2013.


2018–19 Bengaluru FC season, Background, Transfers
At the fag end of 2017–18 Indian Super League season Bengaluru FC extended contract of defender Rahul Bheke till May 2021. He joined captain Sunil Chhetri and winger Udanta Singh, both has contract till the end of 2019–20 season. Defender Juanan extended his stay with Bengaluru FC for two more seasons. First choice goalkeeper Gurpreet Singh Sandhu extended his contract for five more seasons, which will keep him till 2023 with Bengaluru FC. Bengaluru FC's Australian midfielder Erik Paartalu also extended his stay with the club for two more seasons. Defender Nishu Kumar and striker Thongkhosiem Haokip extended their stay in the club for two more seasons.


2018–19 Bengaluru FC season, Background, Transfers
Midfielder Lenny Rodrigues transferred to FC Goa. Midfielder Boithang Haokip extended his stay with Bengaluru FC till the end of 2020 season. Bengaluru FC also extended contract of Spanish midfielder Dimas Delgado for one more season. Defender Harmanjot Khabra extended his stay with Bengaluru FC for three more season. English defender John Johnson ended his five years journey with the club at the end of the season to join ATK. Striker Daniel Lalhlimpuia left the Bengaluru FC after three-year stint with the club. Goalkeeper Lalthuammawia Ralte parted ways with the club as well.


2018–19 Bengaluru FC season, Background, Transfers
Bengaluru FC also released Spanish trio of Toni, Víctor Pérez Alonso, and Daniel Lucas Segovia at the end of the season. Left-back Subhasish Bose transferred to Mumbai City FC. Bengaluru FC also released more inexperienced players at the end of season including Calvin Abhishek, Abhra Mondal, Joyner Lourenco, Zohmingliana Ralte, and Collin Abranches. Midfielder Malsawmzuala left the Bengaluru FC after three-year stint with the club. Midfielder Alwyn George transferred to FC Pune City.


2018–19 Bengaluru FC season, Background, Transfers
On 3 June 2018, Bengaluru announced signing of Indian winger Kean Lewis for one season. Bengaluru FC also re-signed right-back Rino Anto. On 11 June Bengaluru FC announced signing of defenders Gursimrat Singh Gill and Sairuat Kima for two seasons. On 25 June Bengaluru FC announced signing of Bhutanese forward Chencho Gyeltshen on a one-year deal. On 6 July Bengaluru FC announced signing of Spanish winger Xisco Hernández on a one-year deal. On 9 July, Bengaluru FC announced return of goalkeeper Soram Poirei after three years. He signed a one-year deal. After the early end to their AFC Cup campaign, Bengaluru FC signed Spanish center-back Albert Serrán on a one-year deal.


2018–19 Bengaluru FC season, Background, Transfers
At the end of winter transfer window, Bengaluru loaned out Bhutanese striker Chencho Gyeltshen on a loan deal to I-League club NEROCA F.C. and was replaced by Spanish Attacking midfielder Luisma. After qualifying for 2018–19 Indian Super League playoffs, Bengaluru signed Spanish midfielder Álex Barrera on a short-term deal, owing to the injury of Erik Paartalu.


2018–19 Bengaluru FC season, Pre-season and friendlies
Bengaluru FC started their pre-season on 14 July 2018 at the Bangalore Football Stadium, with a trip to Bellary in the first leg and Spain in the second leg before facing Altyn Asyr of Turkmenistan in AFC Cup Inter-zone play-off semi-finals on 22 August at the Sree Kanteerava Stadium. In the first friendly, Bengaluru played Atlético Saguntino and suffered a close defeat 2–1, with Dimas Delgado scoring the only goal. Playing against UAE Pro-League team Shabab Al-Ahli, Bengaluru suffered another defeat 5–1. Bengaluru's pre-season tour ended winless as they suffered 1–0 and 3–0 defeat to Villarreal B and Barcelona B, respectively.


2018–19 Bengaluru FC season, Pre-season and friendlies
After the exit in AFC Cup, Bengaluru FC played a friendly against MEG and won 7–0 with Sunil Chhetri and Miku scoring braces. Bengaluru FC played friendlies with I-League side, Chennai City F.C. winning the first 5–0 and losing the second 1–2. Bengaluru FC next played friendly with I-League side, Gokulam Kerala F.C. and won the match 4–1.


2018–19 Bengaluru FC season, Competitions, Indian Super League, Summary
Bengaluru kicked off their campaign against defending champions Chennaiyin on 30 September 2018. Bengaluru FC started the game in a 4–2–3–1 with new signings Albert Serrán and Xisco Hernández making their ISL debut for the club. Miku broke the deadlock in the 41st minute to earn the lead for the home team. Bengaluru continued to attack in the second half, but none of the team could score the goal and Bengaluru registered the first win of the 2018–19 season.


2018–19 Bengaluru FC season, Competitions, Indian Super League, Summary
Playing against Jamshedpur FC on 7 October, Nishu Kumar got the lead for Bengaluru at the stroke of half time with a long-range effort. Bengaluru paid for the missed chances as the substitute Gourav Mukhi scored an equalizer in the 81st minute. Bengaluru restored the lead in 87th minute when Sunil Chhetri scored goal from Harmanjot Khabra's lobbed pass. However, Bengaluru failed to secure all 3 points when Sergio Cidoncha scored the equalizer in the last minute and the game ended 2–2.


2018–19 Bengaluru FC season, Competitions, Indian Super League, Summary
After returning from the international break, Bengaluru played the first away game of the season against FC Pune City on 22 October. Sunil Chhetri scored twice in the first half and Miku scored another goal to wrap up a dominant 3–0 win. Playing the next away game against ATK, Bengaluru were trailing the home team when Komal Thatal scored in 15th minute. Bengaluru equalized just before the half-time when Miku converted the free-kick at the edge of the penalty box. In the second half, Erik Paartalu scored the second goal that proved decisive and Bengaluru won the game.


2018–19 Bengaluru FC season, Competitions, Indian Super League, Summary
Before heading to the international break, Bengaluru FC played southern rivals, Kerala Blasters on 5 November. Sunil Chhetri scored the goal in 17th minute from Miku's pass, but Kerala Blasters equalized in 30th minute when Nishu Kumar was adjudged to have fouled Sahal Samad inside the penalty box and Stojanovič converted the penalty. Both teams continued the quest to find the winner in the second half. Bengaluru FC took the lead in 80th minute when Naveen Kumar could not prevent Nikola Krčmarević's own goal and Bengaluru returned to the top of the table with 2–1 victory.


2018–19 Bengaluru FC season, Competitions, Indian Super League, Summary
Bengaluru faced FC Goa on 22 November. Miku and Erik Paartalu were ruled out because of injuries and Chencho Gyeltshen made his first start for Bengaluru. The visitors took the lead in the 34th minute as Rahul Bheke's backheel flick off Xisco Hernandez' week shot at goal found the net. Both sides were reduced to 10-men when Mohamed Ali and Dimas Delgado were sent off in the second half. Goa equalized when Coro's square pass found Brandon Fernandes in front of the goal and the forward's shot took a deflection on its way into the net.


2018–19 Bengaluru FC season, Competitions, Indian Super League, Summary
Just as Goa felt they were back in the match, Sunil Chhetri restored the visitors' lead in the 77th minute from Udanta Singh's cross. Playing against Delhi Dynamos FC on 26 November, Bengaluru played without Miku and Dimas Delgado and Erik Paartalu was not named in the starting lineup after recovering from toe injury. With key players missing, Bengaluru failed to stop Delhi from creating chances and were wasteful in the chances of their own. However, Delhi remained goalless as they could not finish chances they created.


2018–19 Bengaluru FC season, Competitions, Indian Super League, Summary
The deadlock was broken in the dying minutes when Udanta jumped onto a loose ball and launched a low shot from outside the box. The ball took a deflection before hitting the frame of the goal and crossing the line and Bengaluru regained the top position on the table with 1–0 win.


2018–19 Bengaluru FC season, Competitions, AFC Cup
Bengaluru FC advanced to the inter-zone play-off semi-finals during 2017–18 season. The draw for the Inter-zone play-off semi-finals was held on 23 May 2018. Bengaluru FC were pitted against central Asian zone champions Turkmenistani club Altyn Asyr. Bengaluru played the first leg at home on 22 August 2018. Bengaluru were trailing by 3 goals in the game, but managed to score two goals before the end of the game. Bengaluru further suffered 2–0 defeat in the away leg and bowed out of the AFC Cup with 2–5 aggregate loss.


2018–19 Bengaluru FC season, Competitions, Super Cup
As one of the top six teams in 2018–19 Indian Super League, Bengaluru FC qualified for the main round in 2019 Indian Super Cup. Bengaluru FC were scheduled to play the I-League side, Mohun Bagan A.C. in Round of 16 match. However, Mohun Bagan withdrew from the tournament and Bengaluru got a walkover and advanced to the quarter-finals and faced 2018–19 I-League champions Chennai City F.C..


2018–19 Bengaluru FC season, Coaching Staff, Management
Albert Roca, after a successful stint of two years, parted ways with Bengaluru FC at the end of the previous season and the assistant coach Carles Cuadrat succeeded him as the head coach.


2018–19 Bengaluru FC season, Awards, Player of the Month award
Awarded monthly to the player that was chosen by fan voting


2018–19 Bengaluru FC season, Awards, ISL Player of the Month award
Awarded monthly to the player that was chosen by fan voting


2018–19 Benin Premier League
The 2018–19 Benin Premier League is the 41st season of the Benin Premier League, the top-tier football league in Benin. The season started on 27 October 2018.


2018–19 Bermudian Premier Division
The 2018–19 Bermudian Premier Division is the 56th season of the Bermudian Premier Division, the top division football competition in Bermuda. The season began on 15 September 2018.


2018–19 Bermudian Premier Division, Teams
Ten teams compete in the league – the top eight teams from the previous season, and two teams promoted from the Bermuda First Division. The new teams this season are BAA Wanderers and Paget Lions, who replace Flanagan's Onions and YMSC Bluebirds.


2018–19 Bethune–Cookman Wildcats men's basketball team
The 2018–19 Bethune–Cookman Wildcats men's basketball team represented Bethune-Cookman University in the 2018–19 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. Led by second year head coach Ryan Ridder, they played their home games at Moore Gymnasium in Daytona Beach, Florida as members of the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference. They finished the season 14–17 overall, 9–7 in MEAC play, finishing in a tie for fifth place. The team received a No. 5 seed in the MEAC Tournament, where they were defeated 71–80 in the quarterfinals by No. 5 seed Howard.


2018–19 Bethune–Cookman Wildcats men's basketball team, Previous season
The Wildcats finished the 2017–18 season 18–14, 12–4 in MEAC play, finishing in a three-way tie for first. Due to tie-breaking procedures, they received the No. 2 seed in the MEAC Tournament, where they lost to Morgan State in the quarterfinals.


2018–19 Bethune–Cookman Wildcats women's basketball team
The 2018–19 Bethune–Cookman Wildcats women's basketball team represents Bethune–Cookman University during the 2018–19 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Wildcats, led by ninth year head coach Vanessa Blair-Lewis, play their home games at the Moore Gymnasium, as members of the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference. They finished the season 21–11, 11–5 in MEAC play to finish in third place. They won the MEAC Women's Tournament and earn their first automatic bid of the NCAA Women's Tournament in school history, where they lost to Notre Dame in the first round.


2018–19 Beşiktaş J.K. season
The 2018–19 Beşiktaş J.K. season was the club's 115th year since its foundation, 97th season of competitive football and the club's 60th season contesting the Süper Lig, the top division of Turkish football. The 2018–19 season lasted from 1 July 2018 to 30 June 2019.


2018–19 Beşiktaş J.K. season
On 19 April 2018, Beşiktaş' Turkish Cup match against Fenerbahçe was abandoned after manager Beşiktaş Şenol Güneş was struck on the head with an object. As a result, the Turkish Football Federation ordered the remaining 32 minutes to be played behind closed doors. However, Beşiktaş refused to travel to the match after an appeal failed. As a result, Beşiktaş was banned from competing in the 2018–19 Turkish Cup.


2018–19 Beşiktaş J.K. season, Squad, Out on loan
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2018–19 Biathlon IBU Cup
The 2018–19 Biathlon IBU Cup was a multi-race tournament over a season of biathlon, organised by the International Biathlon Union. IBU Cup is the second-rank competition in biathlon after the Biathlon World Cup. The season started on 26 November 2018 in Idre, Sweden and ended on 16 March 2019 in Martell-Val Martello, Italy. The defending overall champions from the 2017–18 Biathlon IBU Cup were Vetle Sjåstad Christiansen from Norway and Karolin Horchler from Germany.


2018–19 Biathlon IBU Cup, Calendar
Below is the IBU Cup calendar for the 2018–19 season.


2018–19 Biathlon World Cup
The 2018–19 Biathlon World Cup (BWC) was a multi-race series over a season of biathlon, organised by the International Biathlon Union. The season started on 2 December 2018 in Pokljuka, Slovenia and ended on 24 March 2019 in Oslo Holmenkollen, Norway. The defending overall champions from the 2017–18 Biathlon World Cup were Martin Fourcade of France and Kaisa Mäkäräinen of Finland.


2018–19 Biathlon World Cup, Calendar
Below is the IBU World Cup calendar for the 2018–19 season.


2018–19 Biathlon World Cup, Retirements
The following notable biathletes retired during or after the 2018–19 season:


2018–19 Biathlon World Cup – Individual Men
The 2018–19 Biathlon World Cup – Individual Men started on Thursday 6 December, 2018 in Pokljuka and finished on Wednesday 13 March, 2019 in Östersund. The defending titlist was Johannes Thingnes Bø of Norway.


2018–19 Biathlon World Cup – Individual Men
The small crystal globe winner for the category was Johannes Thingnes Bø of Norway.


2018–19 Biathlon World Cup – Individual Men, Competition format
The 20 kilometres (12 mi) individual race is the oldest biathlon event; the distance is skied over five laps. The biathlete shoots four times at any shooting lane, in the order of prone, standing, prone, standing, totalling 20 targets. For each missed target a fixed penalty time, usually one minute, is added to the skiing time of the biathlete. Competitors' starts are staggered, normally by 30 seconds.


2018–19 Biathlon World Cup – Individual Women
The 2018–19 Biathlon World Cup – Individual Women started on 6 December 2018 in Pokljuka and finished on 12 March 2019 in Östersund. It was won by Lisa Vittozzi of Italy.


2018–19 Biathlon World Cup – Individual Women, Competition format
The individual race is the oldest biathlon event; the distance is skied over five laps. The biathlete shoots four times at any shooting lane, in the order of prone, standing, prone, standing, totalling 20 targets. Competitors' starts are staggered, normally by 30 seconds. The distance skied is usually 15 kilometres (9.3 mi) with a fixed penalty time of one minute per missed target that is added to the skiing time of the biathlete. In the "Short Individual" the distance is 12.5 kilometres (7.8 mi) with a penalty time of 45 seconds per missed target.


2018–19 Biathlon World Cup – Mass start Men
The 2018–19 Biathlon World Cup – Mass start Men started on Sunday 23 December, 2018 in Nové Město and finished on Sunday 24 March, 2019 in Oslo Holmenkollen. The defending titlist was Martin Fourcade of France.


2018–19 Biathlon World Cup – Mass start Men
The small crystal globe winner for the category was Johannes Thingnes Bø of Norway.


2018–19 Biathlon World Cup – Mass start Men, Competition format
In the mass start, all biathletes start at the same time and the first across the finish line wins.


2018–19 Biathlon World Cup – Mass start Men, Competition format
In this 15 kilometres (9.3 mi) competition, the distance is skied over five laps; there are four bouts of shooting (two prone and two standing, in that order) with the first shooting bout being at the lane corresponding to the competitor's bib number (bib #10 shoots at lane #10 regardless of position in race), with the rest of the shooting bouts being on a first-come, first-served basis (if a competitor arrives at the lane in fifth place, they shoot at lane 5).


2018–19 Biathlon World Cup – Mass start Men, Competition format
As in the sprint and pursuit, competitors must ski one 150 metres (490 ft) penalty loop for each miss. Here again, to avoid unwanted congestion, World Cup Mass starts are held with only the 30 top ranking athletes on the start line (half that of the pursuit) as here all contestants start simultaneously.


2018–19 Biathlon World Cup – Mass start Women
The 2018–19 Biathlon World Cup – Mass start Women started on 23 December 2018 in Nové Město and finished on 24 March 2019 in Holmenkollen. It was won by Hanna Öberg of Sweden, with the defending titlist, Kaisa Mäkäräinen of Finland, finishing 21st.


2018–19 Biathlon World Cup – Mass start Women, Competition format
In the mass start, all biathletes start at the same time and the first across the finish line wins.


2018–19 Biathlon World Cup – Mass start Women, Competition format
In this 12.5 kilometres (7.8 mi) competition, the distance is skied over five laps; there are four bouts of shooting (two prone and two standing, in that order) with the first shooting bout being at the lane corresponding to the competitor's bib number (bib #10 shoots at lane #10 regardless of position in race), with the rest of the shooting bouts being on a first-come, first-served basis (if a competitor arrives at the lane in fifth place, they shoot at lane 5).


2018–19 Biathlon World Cup – Mass start Women, Competition format
As in the sprint and pursuit, competitors must ski one 150 metres (490 ft) penalty loop for each miss. Here again, to avoid unwanted congestion, World Cup Mass starts are held with only the 30 top ranking athletes on the start line (half that of the pursuit) as here all contestants start simultaneously.


2018–19 Biathlon World Cup – Mixed Relay
The 2018–19 Biathlon World Cup – Mixed Relay started on Sunday 2 December, 2018 in Pokljuka and finished on Thursday 14 March, 2019 in Östersund. The defending team was Germany.


2018–19 Biathlon World Cup – Mixed Relay, Competition format
The relay teams consist of four biathletes. Legs 1 and 2 are skied by the women, and legs 3 and 4 by the men. The women's legs are 6 kilometres (3.7 mi) and men's legs are 7.5 kilometres (4.7 mi). Every athlete's leg is skied over three laps, with two shooting rounds: one prone and one standing. For every round of five targets there are eight bullets available, though the last three can only be single-loaded manually from the spare round holders or from bullets deposited by the athlete into trays or onto the mat at the firing line.


2018–19 Biathlon World Cup – Mixed Relay, Competition format
If after eight bullets there are still standing targets, one 150 metres (490 ft) penalty loop must be taken for each remaining target. The first-leg participants all start at the same time, and as in cross-country skiing relays, every athlete of a team must touch the team's next-leg participant to perform a valid changeover.


2018–19 Biathlon World Cup – Mixed Relay, Competition format
On the first shooting stage of the first leg, the participant must shoot in the lane corresponding to their bib number (bib #10 shoots at lane #10 regardless of their position in the race), then for the remainder of the relay, the athletes shoot at the lane corresponding to the position they arrived (arrive at the range in 5th place, shoot at lane five).


2018–19 Biathlon World Cup – Mixed Relay, Competition format
The single mixed relay involves one male and one female biathlete each completing two legs consisting of one prone and one standing shoot. The female biathletes all start the race at the same time and complete one 6 kilometres (3.7 mi) leg before exchanging with their male counterparts who complete one 7.5 kilometres (4.7 mi) leg before exchanging again with the female skier who after completing another leg switches again with the male biathlete who completes the race. The rules regarding shooting are the same as in the regular mixed relay.


2018–19 Biathlon World Cup – Nation Women
The Nation's Cup Score Women in the 2018–19 Biathlon World Cup was won by Norway, with defending titlist Germany reaching second place. Each nation's score comprises the points earned by its three best placed athletes in every Sprint and Individual competition, the points earned in the Women's Relay competitions, and half of the points earned in the Mixed Relay competitions.


2018–19 Biathlon World Cup – Overall Men
In the men's 2018–19 Biathlon World Cup total score, for each participating athlete the points earned in all Individual, Sprint, Pursuit and Mass start competitions held during the season are added up with the two lowest scores subtracted at the end of the season to give that athlete's final score. This includes the results from the Biathlon World Championships 2019 (held between the World Cup stages in Salt Lake City and Oslo).


2018–19 Biathlon World Cup – Overall Men, Standings
In each event places 1 to 40 (1 to 30 in a Mass start) are awarded points, a victory being worth 60 points. The full point system is shown in the table on the right. In a Mass start event only 30 athletes are allowed to participate and the points awarded for ranks 22 to 30 differ from the system used in other events. Equal placings (ties) give an equal number of points.


2018–19 Biathlon World Cup – Overall Men, Standings
An athlete's total World Cup Score is the sum of all World Cup points earned in the season, minus the points from 2 events in which the athletes got their worst scores. Ties in this score are broken by comparing the tied athletes' number of victories. If this number is the same for the athletes in question, the number of second places is compared, and so on. If a tie cannot be broken by this procedure, it remains a tie.


2018–19 Biathlon World Cup – Overall Women
In the women's 2018–19 Biathlon World Cup total score, for each participating athlete the points earned in all Individual, Sprint, Pursuit and Mass start competitions held during the season are added up with the two lowest scores subtracted at the end of the season to give that athlete's final score. This includes the results from the Biathlon World Championships 2019 (held between the World Cup stages in Salt Lake City and Oslo).


2018–19 Biathlon World Cup – Overall Women, Standings
In each event places 1 to 40 (1 to 30 in a Mass start) are awarded points, a victory being worth 60 points. The full point system is shown in the table on the right. In a Mass start event only 30 athletes are allowed to participate and the points awarded for ranks 22 to 30 differ from the system used in other events. Equal placings (ties) give an equal number of points.


2018–19 Biathlon World Cup – Overall Women, Standings
An athlete's total World Cup Score is the sum of all World Cup points earned in the season, minus the points from 2 events in which the athlete got their worst scores. Ties in this score are broken by comparing the tied athletes' number of victories. If this number is the same for the athletes in question, the number of second places is compared, and so on. If a tie cannot be broken by this procedure, it remains a tie.


2018–19 Biathlon World Cup – Pursuit Men
The 2018–19 Biathlon World Cup – Pursuit Men started on Sunday 9 December, 2018 in Pokljuka and finished on Saturday 23 March, 2019 in Oslo Holmenkollen. The defending titlist was Martin Fourcade of France.


2018–19 Biathlon World Cup – Pursuit Men
The small crystal globe winner for the category was Johannes Thingnes Bø of Norway.


2018–19 Biathlon World Cup – Pursuit Men, Competition format
The 12.5 kilometres (7.8 mi) pursuit race is skied over five laps. The biathlete shoots four times at any shooting lane, in the order of prone, prone, standing, standing, totalling 20 targets. For each missed target a biathlete has to run a 150 metres (490 ft) penalty loop. Competitors' starts are staggered, according to the result of the previous sprint race.


2018–19 Biathlon World Cup – Pursuit Women
The 2018–19 Biathlon World Cup – Pursuit Women started on Sunday 9 December 2018 in Pokljuka and finished on Saturday 23 March 2019 in Holmenkollen. It was won by Dorothea Wierer of Italy, with the defending titlist, Anastasiya Kuzmina of Slovakia, finishing third.


2018–19 Biathlon World Cup – Pursuit Women, Competition format
The 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) pursuit race is skied over five laps. The biathlete shoots four times at any shooting lane, in the order of prone, prone, standing, standing, totalling 20 targets. For each missed target a biathlete has to run a 150 metres (490 ft) penalty loop. Competitors' starts are staggered, according to the result of the previous sprint race.


2018–19 Biathlon World Cup – Relay Men
The 2018–19 Biathlon World Cup – Relay Men started on Sunday 16 December, 2018 in Hochfilzen and finished on Saturday 16 March, 2019 in Östersund. The defending team was Norway.


2018–19 Biathlon World Cup – Relay Men, Competition format
The relay teams consist of four biathletes. Every athlete's leg is skied over three 2.5 kilometres (1.6 mi) laps for a total of 7.5 kilometres (4.7 mi), with two shooting rounds: one prone and one standing. For every round of five targets there are eight bullets available, though the last three can only be single-loaded manually from the spare round holders or from bullets deposited by the athlete into trays or onto the mat at the firing line.


2018–19 Biathlon World Cup – Relay Men, Competition format
If after eight bullets there are still standing targets, one 150 metres (490 ft) penalty loop must be taken for each remaining target. The first-leg participants start all at the same time, and as in cross-country skiing relays, every athlete of a team must touch the team's next-leg participant to perform a valid changeover.


2018–19 Biathlon World Cup – Relay Men, Competition format
On the first shooting stage of the first leg, the participant must shoot in the lane corresponding to their bib number (bib #10 shoots at lane #10 regardless of their position in the race), then for the remainder of the relay, the athletes shoot at the lane corresponding to the position they arrived (arrive at the range in 5th place, shoot at lane five).


2018–19 Biathlon World Cup – Relay Women
The 2018–19 Biathlon World Cup – Relay Women started on 16 December 2018 in Hochfilzen and finish on 16 March 2019 at the Biathlon World Championships in Östersund. Norway won; Germany unsuccessfully defended its title.


2018–19 Biathlon World Cup – Relay Women, Competition format
The relay teams consist of four biathletes. Every athlete's leg is skied over three 2 kilometres (1.2 mi) laps for a total of 6 kilometres (3.7 mi), with two shooting rounds: one prone and one standing. For every round of five targets there are eight bullets available, though the last three can only be single-loaded manually from the spare round holders or from bullets deposited by the athlete into trays or onto the mat at the firing line.


2018–19 Biathlon World Cup – Relay Women, Competition format
If after eight bullets there are still standing targets, one 150 metres (490 ft) penalty loop must be taken for each remaining target. The first-leg participants start all at the same time, and as in cross-country skiing relays, every athlete of a team must touch the team's next-leg participant to perform a valid changeover.


2018–19 Biathlon World Cup – Relay Women, Competition format
On the first shooting stage of the first leg, the participant must shoot in the lane corresponding to their bib number (bib #10 shoots at lane #10 regardless of their position in the race), then for the remainder of the relay, the athletes shoot at the lane corresponding to the position they arrived (arrive at the range in 5th place, shoot at lane five).


2018–19 Biathlon World Cup – Sprint Men
The 2018–19 Biathlon World Cup – Sprint Men started on Friday 7 December, 2018 in Pokljuka and finished on Friday 22 March, 2019 in Oslo Holmenkollen. The defending titlist was Martin Fourcade of France.


2018–19 Biathlon World Cup – Sprint Men
The small crystal globe winner for the category was Johannes Thingnes Bø of Norway.


2018–19 Biathlon World Cup – Sprint Men, Competition format
The 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) sprint race is the third oldest biathlon event; the distance is skied over three laps. The biathlete shoots two times at any shooting lane, first prone, then standing, totalling 10 targets. For each missed target the biathlete has to complete a penalty lap of around 150 metres (490 ft). Competitors' starts are staggered, normally by 30 seconds.


2018–19 Biathlon World Cup – Sprint Women
The 2018–19 Biathlon World Cup – Sprint Women started on 8 December 2018 in Pokljuka and finished on 21 March 2019 in Oslo. It was won by the defending titlist, Anastasiya Kuzmina of Slovakia.


2018–19 Biathlon World Cup – Sprint Women, Competition format
The 7.5 kilometres (4.7 mi) sprint race is the third oldest biathlon event; the distance is skied over three laps. The biathlete shoots two times at any shooting lane, first prone, then standing, totalling 10 targets. For each missed target the biathlete has to complete a penalty lap of around 150 metres (490 ft). Competitors' starts are staggered, normally by 30 seconds.


2018–19 Biathlon World Cup – Stage 1
The 2018–19 Biathlon World Cup – Stage 1 was the opening event of the season and was held in Pokljuka, Slovenia, from 2–9 December 2018.


2018–19 Biathlon World Cup – Stage 2
The 2018–19 Biathlon World Cup – Stage 2 was the second event of the season and was held in Hochfilzen, Austria, from 13 to 16 December 2018.


2018–19 Biathlon World Cup – Stage 3
The 2018–19 Biathlon World Cup – Stage 3 was the third event of the season and was held in Nové Město, Czech Republic, from 20–23 December 2018.


2018–19 Biathlon World Cup – Stage 4
The 2018–19 Biathlon World Cup – Stage 4 was the fourth event of the season and was held in Oberhof, Germany, from 10–13 January 2019.


2018–19 Biathlon World Cup – Stage 5
The 2018–19 Biathlon World Cup – Stage 5 was the fifth event of the season and was held in Ruhpolding, Germany, from 17–20 January 2019.


2018–19 Biathlon World Cup – Stage 6
The 2018–19 Biathlon World Cup – Stage 6 was the sixth event of the season and was held in Antholz-Anterselva, Italy, from 24–27 January 2019.


2018–19 Biathlon World Cup – Stage 7
The 2018–19 Biathlon World Cup – Stage 7 was the seventh event of the season and was held in Canmore, Canada, from 7–10 February 2019.


2018–19 Biathlon World Cup – Stage 8
The 2018–19 Biathlon World Cup – Stage 8 was the eighth event of the season and was held in Salt Lake City, United States, from 14–17 February 2019.


2018–19 Biathlon World Cup – Stage 9
The 2018–19 Biathlon World Cup – Stage 9 was the 9th and final event of the season and was held in Oslo, Holmenkollen, Norway, from 21–24 March 2019.


2018–19 Big 12 Conference men's basketball season
The 2018–19 Big 12 men's basketball season began with practices in October 2018, followed by the start of the 2018–19 NCAA Division I men's basketball season in November. Regular season conference play began in December 2018 and concluded in March 2018. Kansas State and Texas Tech won a share of the regular season Big 12 Championship, ending the streak of 14 consecutive conference titles for Kansas.


2018–19 Big 12 Conference men's basketball season
The Big 12 Tournament was held from March 13 through 16 at the Sprint Center in Kansas City, Missouri. Iowa State defeated Kansas in the Big 12 Tournament championship game to receive the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament.


2018–19 Big 12 Conference men's basketball season
Baylor, Iowa State, Kansas, Kansas State, Oklahoma, and Texas Tech each received invitations to the NCAA Tournament. Texas Tech advanced to the NCAA championship game where they lost to Virginia.


2018–19 Big 12 Conference men's basketball season, Coaches, Coaching changes
There were no head coaching changes following the 2017–18 Big 12 Conference men's basketball season.


2018–19 Big 12 Conference men's basketball season, Coaches, Head coaches
Note: Stats are through the beginning of the season. All stats and records are from time at current school only.


2018–19 Big 12 Conference men's basketball season, Honors and awards, All-Americans
To earn "consensus" status, a player must win honors from a majority of the following teams: the Associated Press, the USBWA, Sporting News, and the National Association of Basketball Coaches.


2018–19 Big Bash League season
The 2018–19 Big Bash League season or BBL|08 was the eighth season of the KFC Big Bash League, the professional men's Twenty20 domestic cricket competition in Australia. The tournament started on 19 December 2018. Adelaide Strikers were the defending champions. The competition was extended to a full home and away season for the first time, with each team to play each other twice at both a home venue and away venue. This consists of 56 regular season matches, two semi-final fixtures and the final. For this season of the tournament, the toss was replaced by a bat flip, with "roofs and flats" used instead of heads or tails.


2018–19 Big Bash League season
The season saw Cameron Bancroft's return to professional cricket, following his involvement in the ball-tampering scandal in March 2018.


2018–19 Big Bash League season
The title was won by Melbourne Renegades, who defeated Melbourne Stars at the Marvel Stadium.


2018–19 Big Bash League season, TV audience
This was the first BBL season featuring the new cricket broadcasting rights deal made between Cricket Australia, Fox Sports Australia and Seven Network. Fox Sports broadcast all 59 matches from the BBL season on their new Fox Cricket channel, with 16 of those broadcast exclusively. Channel Seven will be broadcasting 43 matches, including all finals fixtures. For these 43 matches Channel Seven were the “Host Broadcaster” and did the toss and player of the match.


2018–19 Big East Conference men's basketball season
The 2018–19 Big East Conference men's basketball season began with practices in October 2018, followed by the start of the 2018–19 NCAA Division I men's basketball season in November. This season marked the 40th year in the conference's history, but the sixth as a non-football conference, which officially formed on July 1, 2013. Conference play began in December 2018.


2018–19 Big East Conference men's basketball season
The 2019 Big East Men's Basketball Tournament was held at Madison Square Garden in New York from March 13 through March 17, 2019. Villanova defeated  Seton Hall to win the tournament championship and receive the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament.


2018–19 Big East Conference men's basketball season
Four Big East schools received bids to the NCAA Tournament (Marquette, Seton Hall, St. John's, and Villanova). Villanova was the only team to make it out the Round of 64 before losing to Purdue in the Round of 32.


2018–19 Big East Conference men's basketball season
Five Big East schools received bids to the National Invitation Tournament (Creighton, Xavier, Georgetown, Providence, and Butler) with only Creighton and Xavier advancing past the 1st Round, with the Bluejays making to the Quarterfinals before losing to TCU.


2018–19 Big East Conference men's basketball season
Marquette guard Markus Howard was named the Big East Player of the Year after leading the Big East in scoring with 25.0 PPG. Georgetown freshman guard James Akinjo was named Big East Freshman of the Year. Villanova head coach Jay Wright was named Big East coach of the year for the sixth time.


2018–19 Big East Conference men's basketball season, Head coaches, Coaching changes
On March 27, 2018, Chris Mack was hired as the new head coach of Louisville, leaving Xavier after nine seasons. Four days later, longtime assistant coach Travis Steele was named the new head coach of the Musketeers.


2018–19 Big East Conference men's basketball season, Preseason, Preseason poll
Prior to the season, the Big East conducted a poll of Big East coaches, coaches do not place their own team on their ballots.


2018–19 Big East Conference men's basketball season, Regular season, Conference matrix
This table summarizes the head-to-head results between teams in conference play.


2018–19 Big East Conference men's basketball season, Regular season, Player of the week
Throughout the season, the Big East Conference named a player of the week and a freshman of the week each Monday.


2018–19 Big East Conference men's basketball season, Honors and awards, All-Americans
To earn "consensus" status, a player must win honors based on a point system computed from the four different all-America teams. The point system consists of three points for first team, two points for second team and one point for third team. No honorable mention or fourth team or lower are used in the computation. The top five totals plus ties are first team and the next five plus ties are second team.


2018–19 Big East Conference men's basketball season, Honors and awards, Big East Awards
Markus Howard† – MarquetteMyles Powell† – Seton HallPhil Booth† – VillanovaEric Paschall† – VillanovaShamorie Ponds – St. John'sJessie Govan – Georgetown


2018–19 Big East Conference men's basketball season, Honors and awards, Big East Awards
Kamar Baldwin – ButlerMax Strus – DePaulSam Hauser – MarquetteAlpha Diallo – ProvidenceNaji Marshall – Xavier


2018–19 Big East Conference men's basketball season, Honors and awards, Big East Awards
Marcus Zegarowski† – CreightonJames Akinjo† – GeorgetownJosh LeBlanc – GeorgetownMac McClung – GeorgetownJoey Hauser – MarquetteSaddiq Bey - Villanova


2018–19 Big South Conference men's basketball season
The 2018–19 Big South Conference men's basketball season began with practices in October 2018, followed by the start of the 2018–19 NCAA Division I men's basketball season in November. Conference play began in January 2019 and concluded in February 2019. The season marked the 35th season of Big South Conference basketball.


2018–19 Big South Conference men's basketball season
On December 21, 2018, Campbell's Chris Clemons became the all-time leading scorer in Big South history. He passed VMI guard Reggie Williams' 2,556 career point total in a game against Austin Peay.


2018–19 Big South Conference men's basketball season, Preseason, Conference realignment
During the 2018 offseason, one school left the Big South and two joined.