2019 Basketball Champions League Final Four
The 2019 Basketball Champions League (BCL) Final Four was the third Basketball Champions League tournament. It was the concluding phase of the 2018–19 Basketball Champions League season.
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| Season | 2018–19 season |
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| Tournament details | |
| Arena | Sportpaleis Antwerp, Belgium |
| Dates | 3–5 May 2018 |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |  Virtus Bologna1st title |
| Runners-up |  Iberostar Tenerife |
| Third place | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Telenet Giants Antwerp |
| Fourth place |  Brose Bamberg |
| Awards and statistics | |
| MVP |  Kevin Punter |
| Top scorer(s) | Kevin Punter (47) |
| Attendance | 65,663 (16,416 per game) |
Venue
The Sportpaleis hosted the final tournament for the first time.
| Antwerp | 2019 Basketball Champions League Final Four (Europe) |
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| Sportpaleis | |
| Capacity: 18,500 | |
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Teams
Road to the Final Four
| Club | Clinched Final Four |
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| Regular season record |
Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | |||||||||
| Iberostar Tenerife | 3 April 2019[1] | 12–2 (1st Group B) |  Promitheas | 136–126 | 57–69 (A) | 79–57 (H) |  Hapoel Jerusalem | 154–139 | 73–75 (A) | 81–64 (H) | |
| Segafredo Virtus Bologna | 3 April 2019[2] | 10–4 (1st Group D) |  Le Mans Sarthe | 155–132 | 74–74 (A) | 81–58 (H) | Nanterre 92 | 148–141 | 75–83 (A) | 73–58 (H) | |
| Brose Bamberg | 3 April 2019[3] | 9–5 (3rd Group C) |  Banvit | 169–164 | 81–79 (H) | 88–85 (A) | AEK | 138–136 | 71–67 (H) | 67–69 (A) | |
| Telenet Giants Antwerp | 3 April 2019[4] | 7–7 (4th Group C) | UCAM Murcia | 152–145 | 75–67 (H) | 77–78 (A) |  Nizhny Novgorod | 149–129 | 83–68 (A) | 66–61 (H) | |
Background
| Team | Domestic competition |
Position (Record)[lower-alpha 1] |
Head coach | Leading scorer[lower-alpha 1] |
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| Telenet Giants Antwerp |
Pro Basketball League | 2nd (24–6) | Roel Moors | Paris Lee (13.7) |
| Segafredo Virtus Bologna |
LBA | 11th (14–15) | Aleksandar Đorđević | Kevin Punter (15.1) |
| Brose Bamberg |
Basketball Bundesliga | 5th (20–11) | Federico Perego | Tyrese Rice (16.6) |
| Iberostar Tenerife |
Liga ACB | 9th (15–15) | Txus Vidorreta | Tim Abromaitis (11.3) |
Telenet Giants Antwerp
Antwerp qualified for its first ever final phase of a European competition and were the second team ever to reach the final four after playing all qualifying rounds, after Riesen Ludwigsburg in 2018. In its domestic Pro Basketball League (PBL), Antwerp was having a terrific year as it was in second position. In 2018–19, Antwerp also won its first Belgian Basketball Cup in history.
Segafredo Virtus Bologna
Bologna qualified for the Champions League as the ninth best team in the Italian Lega Basket Serie A (LBA). In its 2018–19 domestic season, it was in eleventh position as of 16 April 2019. Leading scorer Kevin Punter won the Champions League in 2018, while playing for AEK.
Brose Bamberg
After playing in EuroLeague Basketball competitions for years, Bamberg made its debut in the Champions League. It also won the 2019 BBL-Pokal in the 2018–19 season.
Iberostar Tenerife
Tenerife made its return to the Final Four for the second time, after winning the tournament in 2017.
Bracket
Semifinals
Segafredo Virtus Bologna vs Brose Bamberg
| 3 May 2019 | Segafredo Virtus Bologna |
67–50 | Brose Bamberg |
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| 18:30 | Scoring by quarter: 22–11, 20–17, 11–11, 14–11 | |||
| Pts: Punter 21 Rebs: Moreira 9 Asts: Taylor 5 Eff: Punter 21 |
Boxscore | Pts: Rice 21 Rebs: Alexander 9 Asts: Zisis 2 Eff: Harris 9 |
Arena: Sportpaleis Attendance: 15,500 Referees: Yohan Rosso (FRA), Mārtiņš Kozlovskis (LAT), Oskars Lucis (LAT) |
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Iberostar Tenerife vs Telenet Giants Antwerp
| 3 May 2019 | Iberostar Tenerife |
70–54 | Telenet Giants Antwerp |
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| 21:15 | Scoring by quarter: 12–20, 19–6, 16–16, 23–12 | |||
| Pts: Brussino 17 Rebs: Gillet 6 Asts: San Miguel 8 Eff: Brussino 22 |
Boxscore | Pts: Kalinoski, Tate 13 Rebs: Bako 10 Asts: Lee 4 Eff: Bako 15 |
Arena: Sportpaleis Attendance: 17,289 Referees: Aleksandar Glišić (SRB), Georgios Poursanidis (GRE), Ademir Zurapović (BIH) |
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Third place game
| 5 May 2019 | Brose Bamberg |
58–72 | Telenet Giants Antwerp |
Antwerp, Belgium |
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| 15:00 | Scoring by quarter: 18–15, 8–22, 16–14, 16–21 | |||
| Pts: Olinde 12 Rebs: Rubit 10 Asts: Hickman 5 PIR: Olinde 19 |
Boxscore | Pts: Tate 16 Rebs: Tate 7 Asts: Lee 5 PIR: Tate 20 |
Arena: Sportpaleis Attendance: 16,437 Referees: Aleksandar Glišić (SRB), Sergiy Zashchuk (UKR), Yener Yılmaz (TUR) |
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Final
| 5 May 2019 | Segafredo Virtus Bologna |
73–61 | Iberostar Tenerife |
Antwerp, Belgium |
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| 18:00 | Scoring by quarter: 20–8, 18–16, 20–20, 15–17 | |||
| Pts: Punter 26 Rebs: Punter 7 Asts: Taylor 5 PIR: Punter 29 |
Boxscore | Pts: Abromaitis 18 Rebs: Iverson 9 Asts: Beirán 3 PIR: Abromaitis 21 |
Arena: Sportpaleis Attendance: 16,437 Referees: Yohan Rosso (FRA), Mārtiņš Kozlovskis (LAT), Georgios Poursanidis (GRE) |
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Notes
- As of the start of the Final Four, 3 May 2019
References
- "Quarter-Finals, Gameday 2 Round Up". Championsleague.basketball. 3 April 2019. Retrieved 8 April 2019.
- "Quarter-Finals, Gameday 2 Round Up". Championsleague.basketball. 3 April 2019. Retrieved 8 April 2019.
- "Quarter-Finals, Gameday 2 Round Up". Championsleague.basketball. 3 April 2019. Retrieved 8 April 2019.
- "Quarter-Finals, Gameday 2 Round Up". Championsleague.basketball. 3 April 2019. Retrieved 8 April 2019.
External links
- Basketball Champions League (official website)
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