2019 in basketball

International tournaments

National senior team tournaments

3X3 championships

Other international championships

FIBA youth championships

Professional club seasons

FIBA Intercontinental Cup

Champion	Runner-up	Result	Playoff format
AEK Athens	Flamengo	86–70	Single-game final

Continental seasons

Men

Women

Regional seasons

Men

Women

Domestic league seasons

Men

Women

College seasons

Men's

Women's

Deaths

• January 1 — Larry Weinberg, 92, American NBA owner.
• January 3 — Bob Burrow, 84, American college All-American and NBA player.
• January 6 — Ben Coleman, 57, American NBA player.
• January 11 — Gus Ganakas, 92, American college coach.
• January 11 — Jumping Johnny Wilson, 91, American player.
• January 19 — Ken Warzynski, 70, American college player.
• January 20 — Jimmy Rayl, 77, American college All-American and ABA player.
• January 26 — Dale Barnstable, 93, two-time college national champion at Kentucky.
• February 3 — Irv Brown, 83, college basketball referee and announcer.
• February 14 — Clinton Wheeler, 59, American NBA player.
• February 20 — Joe Gibbon, 83, All-American college player.
• February 23 — Carl Meinhold, 92, American BAA player.
• February 28 — Jim Fritsche, 87, American NBA player.
• March 9 — Alberto Bucci, 70, Italian coach
• March 10 — Alekos Spanoudakis, 90, Greek player.
• March 12 — Tom Meyer, 96, American NBL player.
• March 19 — Thanasis Giannakopoulos, 88, Greek executive.
• March 23 — Jacques Dessemme, 93, French Olympic player.
• March 25 — Paul Dawkins, 61, American-Turkish player.
• March 25 — Cal Ramsey, 81, American NBA player.
• April 4 — Myer Skoog, 92, American NBA player.
• April 14 — John MacLeod, 81, American college and NBA coach.
• April 18 — Ken Buehler, 99, American NBL player.
• April 22 — Andy O'Donnell, 94, American NBA player.
• April 23 — Johnny Neumann, 68, American ABA and NBA player.
• April 24 — Zoran Marojević, Serbian Olympic silver medalist.
• April 25 — John Havlicek, 79, American Hall of Fame NBA player
• May 3 — George Hanna, 90, Iraqi Olympic player.
• May 3 — Andy Jick, 66, American public address announcer.
• May 4 — Jumpin Jackie Jackson, 79, American player.
• May 7 — Arnaldo Taurisano, 85, Italian coach.
• May 15 — Rob Babcock, 66, American NBA executive.
• May 22 — Tony Gennari, 76, Italian player.
• May 23 — Wilfredo Peláez, 88, Uruguayan Olympic bronze medalist.
• May 25 — Rod Bramblett, 53, American college announcer.
• June 4 — Billy Gabor, 97, American NBA player.
• June 11 — Yvan Delsarte, 90, Belgian Olympic player.
• June 13 — Jiří Pospíšil, 68, Czech Olympic player.
• June 16 — Kelly Coleman, 80, American player.
• June 23 — Žarko Varajić, 67, Serbian Olympic silver medalist.
• June 25 — Tony Barone, 72, American college and NBA coach.
• June 27 — Vukica Mitić, 65, Serbian Olympic Bronze medalist.
• June 28 — Borislav Džaković, 71, Serbian-Bosnian coach.
• July 5 — Lewis Lloyd, 60, American NBA player.
• July 6 — Charles Hardnett, 80, American NBA player.
• July 22 — Nikos Milas, 91, Greek player, coach and Olympian.
• July 22 — Wayne See, 95, American NBA player.
• July 24 — Cathy Inglese, 60, American college coach
• July 28 — Howard Nathan, American NBA player.
• July 28 — Harrison Wilson Jr., 94, American college coach.
• July 29 — Max Falkenstien, 95, American college radio broadcaster.
• August 10 — Cándido Sibilio, 60, Spanish player and Olympian.
• August 12 — Jim Marsh, 73, American NBA player and broadcaster.
• August 13 — Vladimír Ptáček, 64, Czech Olympic player.
• August 16 — Penka Stoyanova, 69, Bulgarian Olympic silver and bronze medalist.
• August 19 — Mike Leaf, 58, American college coach.
• August 20 — Kelsey Weems, 51, American player.
• August 22 — Tom Nissalke, 87, American NBA and ABA coach.
• August 25 — Jerry Rook, 75, American ABA player.
• September 2 — Rainer Pethran, 68, German Olympic player.
• September 5 — Bob Rule, 75, American NBA player.
• September 9 — Fred McLeod, 67, American NBA television and radio broadcaster.
• September 22 — Courtney Cox Cole, 48, American college player.
• September 22 — Andre Emmett, 37, American NBA player.
• September 22 — Nat Frazier, 84, American college and WBL coach.
• September 23 — Gordon C. Stauffer, 89, American college coach.
• September 24 — Mel Utley, 66, American college player
• September 27 — Gene Melchiorre, 92, American college All-American.
• September 28 — Bill Ridley, 91, All-American college player.
• September 29 — Glen Smith, 90, All-American college player.
• October 7 — Ed Kalafat, 86, American NBA player.
• October 16 — Ed Beck, 83, American college national champion at Kentucky.
• October 28 — Al Bianchi, 87, American NBA player and coach.
• October 28 — Ron Dunlap, 72, American player.
• October 29 — Claude Constantino, 80, Senegalese Olympic player.
• October 30 — Paul Crosby, 30, American college player.
• November 2 — Bohumil Tomášek, 83, Czech Olympic player.
• November 4 — Eli Pasquale, 59, Canadian Olympic player.
• November 7 — Frank Saul, 95, American NBA player.
• November 14 — Anthony Grundy, 40, American NBA player.
• November 14 — Charles Moir, 88, American college coach.
• November 18 — Doug Smart, 82, All-American college player.
• November 19 — Bob Hallberg, 75, American college coach.
• November 20 — Wataru Misaka, 95, American NBA player, national college champion at Utah.
• December 5 — Ji Zhe, 33, Chinese player.
• December 13 — Carl Scheer, 82, American ABA, NBA and CBA executive.
• December 29 — LaDell Andersen, 90, American college and ABA coach.