ABL season 2018/19

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The 2018/19 ABL season was the ninth season of the Australian Baseball League (ABL) and the first season since the league was re-established, which is played with eight teams. The season opened on November 15, 2018 and ended on February 2, 2019 with the Brisbane Bandits' fourth consecutive championship title .

Game mode

Along with the addition of two new teams to the Australian Baseball League, the game mode in the play-offs was also changed by introducing a wildcard game for the first time . The regular season consists of a total of 160 games in ten weeks. Each team plays a total of 40 games in the regular season, including 4 home and 4 away games against the other three teams in their own division (24 games in total) and four games against the four teams in the other division (16 games in total). The ABL All-Star-Game is canceled due to the preparations of the players for the Olympic Games 2020 in Tokyo .

Teams

In the 2018/19 ABL season, the Australian Baseball League consisted of eight teams in two divisions: the Southwest Division with Adelaide, Geelong, Melbourne and Perth and the Northeast Division with Brisbane, Canberra, Sydney and Auckland.

society city Stadion capacity
Southwest Division
Adelaide Bite Adelaide Diamond Sports Stadium 5,000
Perth Heat Perth Baseball park 4,000
Geelong Korea Geelong Geelong Baseball Park 5,000
Melbourne Aces Melbourne Melbourne Ballpark 3,900
Northeast Division
Brisbane bandits Brisbane Holloway Field 800
Canberra Cavalry Canberra Narrabundah Ballpark 2,250
Sydney Blue Sox Sydney Blacktown Baseball Stadium 3,000
Auckland Tuatara Auckland North Harbor Stadium 25,000

Bold: Newly founded in 2018.

Regular season

Round 1

Date, time ( CET ) home Erg. Away
November 15, 2018, 9:00 am Brisbane bandits 5-3 Adelaide Bite
November 15, 2018, 9:00 am Sydney Blue Sox 8-1 Geelong Korea
November 16, 2018, 9:00 am Brisbane bandits 3-5 Adelaide Bite
November 16, 2018, 9:00 am Sydney Blue Sox 7-2 Geelong Korea
11/16/2018, 9:05 am Melbourne Aces 2-1 Canberra Cavalry
11/16/2018, 12:05 pm Perth Heat 8-4 Auckland Tuatara
11/17/2018, 5:30 am Brisbane bandits 7-1 Adelaide Bite
11/17/2018, 7:00 am Melbourne Aces 4-1 Canberra Cavalry
11/17/2018, 9:00 am Sydney Blue Sox 4-1 Geelong Korea
11/17/2018, 9:00 am Perth Heat 5-4 Auckland Tuatara
11/17/2018, 9:05 am Melbourne Aces 11-3 Canberra Cavalry
11/17/2018, 9:30 am Brisbane bandits 7-1 Adelaide Bite
11/17/2018, 12:05 pm Pert Heat 11-3 Auckland Tuatara
11/18/2018, 3:00 am Sydney Blue Sox 5-0 Geelong Korea
11/18/2018, 3:00 am Melbourne Aces 4-0 Canberra Cavalry
11/18/2018, 9:05 am Perth Heat 8-2 Auckland Tuatara
Placements after round 1
Pl. Southwest Division Northeast Division
1 Sydney Blue Sox (4-0) Melbourne Aces (4-0)
2 Brisbane Bandits (3-1) Perth Heat (4-0)
3 Auckland Tuatara (0-4) Adelaide Bite (1-3)
4th Canberra Cavalry (0-4) Geelong Korea (0-4)

round 2

Placements after round 2
Pl. Southwest Division Northeast Division
1 Sydney Blue Sox (5-3) Perth Heat (7-1)
2 Brisbane Bandits (4-3) Melbourne Aces (6-2)
3 Canberra Cavalry (3-5) Adelaide Bite (3-5)
4th Auckland Tuatara (2-5) Geelong Korea (1-7)

Round 3

Placements after round 3
Pl. Southwest Division Northeast Division
1 Brisbane Bandits (7-4) Melbourne Aces (9-3)
2 Sydney Blue Sox (6-6) Perth Heat (9-3)
3 Canberra Cavalry (5-7) Adelaide Bite (5-7)
4th Auckland Tuatara (4-7) Geelong Korea (2-10)

Round 4

Placements after round 4
Pl. Southwest Division Northeast Division
1 Brisbane Bandits (10-5) Melbourne Aces (11-5)
2 Sydney Blue Sox (10-6) Perth Heat (11-5)
3 Canberra Cavalry (6-10) Adelaide Bite (9-7)
4th Auckland Tuatara (4-11) Geelong Korea (2-14)

Round 5

Placements after round 5
Pl. Southwest Division Northeast Division
1 Sydney Blue Sox (13-7) Perth Heat (14-6)
2 Brisbane Bandits (11-8) Melbourne Aces (12-8)
3 Canberra Cavalry (9-11) Adelaide Bite (10-10)
4th Auckland Tuatara (6-13) Geelong Korea (4-16)

Round 6

Rankings after round 6
Pl. Southwest Division Northeast Division
1 Sydney Blue Sox (17-7) Perth Heat (14-10)
2 Brisbane Bandits (14-9) Adelaide Bite (13-11)
3 Canberra Cavalry (13-11) Melbourne Aces (13-11)
4th Auckland Tuatara (7-16) Geelong Korea (4-20)

Round 7

Rankings after round 7
Pl. Southwest Division Northeast Division
1 Sydney Blue Sox (20-8) Perth Heat (17-11)
2 Brisbane Bandits (15-12) Melbourne Aces (16-12)
3 Canberra Cavalry (15-13) Adelaide Bite (14-14)
4th Auckland Tuatara (9-18) Geelong Korea (5-16)

Round 8

Rankings after round 8
Pl. Southwest Division Northeast Division
1 Sydney Blue Sox (20-12) Perth Heat (19-13)
2 Brisbane Bandits (19-13) Melbourne Aces (18-14)
3 Canberra Cavalry (19-13) Adelaide Bite (17-15)
4th Auckland Tuatara (10-22) Geelong Korea (6-26)

Round 9

Rankings after round 9
Pl. Southwest Division Northeast Division
1 Sydney Blue Sox (23-13) Melbourne Aces (22-14)
2 Brisbane Bandits (21-15) Perth Heat (22-14)
3 Canberra Cavalry (21-15) Adelaide Bite (17-19)
4th Auckland Tuatara (11-25) Geelong Korea (7-29)

Round 10

Rankings after round 10
Pl. Southwest Division Northeast Division
1 Brisbane Bandits (25-15) Perth Heat (24-16)
2 Sydney Blue Sox (25-15) Melbourne Aces (23-17)
3 Canberra Cavalry (23-17) Adelaide Bite (19-21)
4th Auckland Tuatara (14-26) Geelong Korea (7-33)

Play-offs

Wild card game

  Wild card
4th  Melbourne Aces 0
5  Canberra Cavalry 5

Finals

  Semi-finals (Best-of-3) Final (Best-of-3)
                 
1 Brisbane bandits 2    
WC Canberra Cavalry 1  
SF1 Brisbane bandits 2
  SF2 Perth Heat 0
2 Perth Heat 2
3 Sydney Blue Sox 1  

spectator

ABL 2018/19 audience figures
team spectator

total

spectator

per game

Adelaide Bite 10,654 533
Auckland Tuatara 7.151 376
Brisbane bandits 15,808 832
Canberra Cavalry 22,488 1,184
Geelong Korea 6,687 352
Melbourne Aces 11,939 663
Perth Heat 20,557 1,082
Sydney Blue Sox 17,212 906
total 112,496 741

TV broadcast

The 2018/19 ABL season was partially broadcast by Fox Sports Australia . The station showed 40 games of the season in Australia. In Taiwan at least 40 games were broadcast on Eleven Sports Taiwan , in South Korea on MBC Sports Korea and in New Zealand on Sky Sport New Zealand . In addition, games on their own are YouTube channel of the Australian Baseball League ABL.tv available.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ ABL 2018/2019 schedule released | Australian Baseball League News | The Official Site of the Australian Baseball League. Accessed October 4, 2018 .
  2. ↑ Wildcard Game added to 2019 playoffs | Australian Baseball League News | The Official Site of the Australian Baseball League. Retrieved October 14, 2018 .
  3. ↑ ABL structure confirmed | Australian Baseball League News | The Official Site of the Australian Baseball League. Retrieved October 20, 2018 .
  4. ↑ ABL 2018/2019 schedule released | Australian Baseball League News | The Official Site of the Australian Baseball League. Retrieved November 2, 2018 .
  5. ↑ ABL structure confirmed | Australian Baseball League News | The Official Site of the Australian Baseball League. Accessed August 27, 2018 (English).
  6. ↑ Lloyd Rothwell: New Look ABL Increases Attendance for 2018/19 | Stage Journey. Retrieved January 26, 2019 (American English).
  7. ↑ ABL returns to FOX Sports | Australian Baseball League News | The Official Site of the Australian Baseball League. Accessed October 4, 2018 .
  8. ↑ Historic TV deal secured | Australian Baseball League News. Retrieved November 2, 2018 .
  9. ↑ ABL returns to FOX Sports | Australian Baseball League News | The Official Site of the Australian Baseball League. Accessed October 4, 2018 .