2018 Nepal Basketball League season

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2018 Nepal Basketball League
LeagueNepal Basketball League
SportBasketball
Duration17 February 2018 - 31 March 2018
Number of games60
Number of teams8
Season championsGolden Gate International College
  Runners-upNepal Army Club
Seasons

2018 Nepal Basketball League also known as Kwiks Basketball League for sponsorship reasons, was the first season of Nepal Basketball League. The league began on 17 February 2018 and ended on 31 March 2018.[1]

Golden Gate International College were crowned the first champions after beating Nepal Army Club 97-96 in the final.[2]

Teams[edit]

Team Head Coach Court City
Bishal Milan Kendra Abhishek KC Bishal Milan Kendra Kathmandu
Golden Gate International College Bipeen Kapali Golden Gate International College Kathmandu
Himalayan Hounds Raju Acharya Shankar Dev Campus Kathmandu
ANK Kirtipur Rabindra Maharjan Naya Bazaar Club Kirtipur
Nepal Army Club Yaman Gurung Army Officer's Club Kathmandu
South Siders Ashish KC St. Xavier's College Kathmandu
Team Budhanilkantha Upendra Rawat Golfutar Youth Club Budhanilkantha
Xavier International College Nirupesh Shrestha Xavier International College Kathmandu

Regular season[edit]

League table[edit]

Teams P W L PCT GB Home Road
Nepal Army Club 14 13 1 0.929 0 7-0 6-1
Golden Gate International College 14 10 4 0.714 3 5-2 5-2
Bishal Milan Kendra 14 9 5 0.643 4 5-2 4-3
Himalayan Hounds 14 8 6 0.571 5 3-4 5-2
AMK Kirtipur 14 7 7 0.500 6 4-3 3-4
South Siders 14 4 10 0.286 9 3-4 1-6
Team Budhanilkantha 14 3 11 0.214 10 1-6 2-5
Xavier International College 14 2 12 0.143 11 1-6 1-6
  • Top 4 teams qualified for the playoffs

Results[edit]

Home \ Away BMK BNK GGIC HOU KIR NAC SID XIC
Bishal Milan Kendra — 80–65 70–63 57–68 68–57 92–111 70–61 84–77
Team Budhanilkantha 69–88 — 76–92 75–79 67–75 84–89 59–56 73–82
Golden Gate International College 82–88 89–52 — 73–78 81–65 90–85 80–66 75–59
Himalayan Hounds 57–61 78–60 50–94 — 57–73 50–71 60–56 88–57
ANK Kirtipur 60–51 71–75 56–66 84–83 — 64–111 47–45 64–57
Nepal Army Club 87–73 89–76 88–50 83–58 84–61 — 80–72 92–59
South Siders 69–66 66–67 63–76 59–65 67–57 68–86 — 73–67
Xavier International College 75–77 63–56 56–71 59–64 83–85 73–93 57–69 —
Source: Arko Network
Legend: Blue = home team win; Red = away team win.

Playoffs[edit]

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
28 March
 
 
Nepal Army Club105
 
31 March
 
Himalayan Hounds79
 
Nepal Army Club96
 
28 March
 
Golden Gate97
 
Golden Gate113
 
 
Bishal Milan Kendra79
 
Third place
 
 
31 March
 
 
Bishal Milan Kendra80
 
 
Himalayan Hounds70

Semi-finals[edit]

28 March 2018
9:00 NST
Nepal Army Club 105–79 Himalayan Hounds
Scoring by quarter: 29 - 11, 19 - 17, 28 - 23, 29 - 28
Pts: Sadhish Pradhan 23
Rebs: Ashish Basnet 6
Asts: Ashish Basnet 1		 Pts: Mabindra Bhandari 22
Rebs: Mabindra Bhandari 12
Asts: Saurav Shrestha 2
Army Officer's Club , Kathmandu
28 March 2018
16:00 NST
Golden Gate International College 113–79 Bishal Milan Kendra
Scoring by quarter: 29 - 20, 32 - 11, 29 - 29, 23 - 19
Pts: Bipendra Maharjan 37
Rebs: Anish Shahi Thakuri 18
Asts: Bipenra Maharjan 9		 Pts: Bibek Shrestha 17
Rebs: Bibek Shrestha 19
Asts: Bikash Gurung 6
Golden Gate International College , Kathmandu

Third place[edit]

31 March 2018
11:00 NST
Bishal Milan Kendra 80–70 Himalayan Houndds
Scoring by quarter: 18-18, 20-21, 20-14, 22-19
Pts: Bikash Gurung 30
Rebs: Bimal Jung Karki 10
Asts: Sashwat Bikram Singh 2		 Pts: Bijay Burja 26
Rebs: Manish KC 18
Asts: Mabindra Bhandari 3
NSC Covered Hall, Kathmandu

Final[edit]

31 March 2018
14:00 NST
Nepal Army Club 96–97 Golden Gate International College
Scoring by quarter: 21-21, 23-33, 20-20, 32-23
Pts: Binod Maharjan 19
Rebs: Binod Maharjan 13
Asts: Rabin Khatri 8		 Pts: Rajiv Joshi 20
NSC Covered Hall, Kathmandu

Statistics[edit]

Individual statistic leaders[edit]

Category Player Team Statistic
Points per game Bikash Gurung Bishal Milan Kendra 24.2
Rebounds per game Anish Shahi Thakuri Golden Gate 13.4
Assists per game Rabin Khatri Nepal Army Club 7.8
Steals per game Sandesh Tamang Bishal Milan Kendra 4.80
Blocks per game Diveshwar Shah AMK Kirtipur 2.30
Turnovers per game Saurav Shrestha Himalayan Hounds 4.50
Fouls per game Subrat Raj Upadhyay South Siders 3.60
Saugat Deep Singh Team Budhanilkantha
FG% Ajay Manandhar Nepal Army Club 79.07%
Double-doubles Bibek Shrestha Bishal Milan Kendra 10
Triple-doubles Binod Maharjan Nepal Army Club 1

[3]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "KWIKS Basketball league to kick off from February 17". The Himalayan Times. 2018-02-16. Retrieved 2018-03-31.
  2. ^ "KBL: GoldenGate beat Army in a nail-biting finale". The Himalayan Times. 2018-03-31. Retrieved 2018-03-31.
  3. ^ "KBL 2019 Statistics". Arko Network. Archived from the original on 2018-04-12. Retrieved 2019-03-31.
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