The 2018–19 FIBA Europe Cup was the fourth season of the FIBA Europe Cup, a European professional basketball competition for clubs, that was launched by FIBA. The competition began on 20 September 2018, with the qualifying rounds, and concluded on 1 May 2019.
FIBA Europe Cup | |||||||||||||
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Season | 2018–19 | ||||||||||||
Dates | 20 September – 10 October 2018 (qualifying rounds) 17 October 2018 – 1 May 2019 (competition proper) | ||||||||||||
Number of games | 200 | ||||||||||||
Number of teams | 32 (regular season) | ||||||||||||
Finals | |||||||||||||
Champions | ![]() | ||||||||||||
Runners-up | ![]() | ||||||||||||
Semifinalists | ![]() ![]() | ||||||||||||
Statistical leaders | |||||||||||||
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Records | |||||||||||||
Biggest home win | s.Oliver Würzburg 118–71 Szolnoki Olaj (9 January 2019) | ||||||||||||
Biggest away win | Istanbul BBSK 47–85 Donar Groningen (7 November 2018) | ||||||||||||
Highest scoring | Bakken Bears 124–125 Avtodor Saratov (6 February 2019) |
Dinamo Sassari won its first European title after beating s.Oliver Würzburg in the 2019 FIBA Europe Cup Finals.[1]
Team allocation
editTeams
editThe labels in the parentheses show how each team qualified for the place of its starting round:[2][3]
- 1st, 2nd, 3rd, etc.: League position after eventual Playoffs
- CL: Transferred from Champions League
- RS: Fifth-placed and sixth-placed teams from regular season
- QR: Losers from qualifying rounds
Round and draw dates
editThe draw will take place on the 31 July 2018 in the FIBA headquarters in Munich, Germany. The schedule of the competition is as follows (all draws are held at the FIBA headquarters in Munich, Germany, unless stated otherwise):[3]
Phase | Round | Draw date | First leg | Second leg |
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Qualifying rounds | First qualifying round | 31 July 2018 | 20–21 September 2018 | 26 September 2018 |
Second qualifying round | 3 October 2018 | 9–10 October 2018 | ||
Regular season | Matchday 1 | 17 October 2018 | ||
Matchday 2 | 23–24 October 2018 | |||
Matchday 3 | 30–31 October 2018 | |||
Matchday 4 | 6–7 November 2018 | |||
Matchday 5 | 13–14 November 2018 | |||
Matchday 6 | 20–21 November 2018 | |||
Second round | Matchday 1 | 12 December 2018 | ||
Matchday 2 | 19 December 2018 | |||
Matchday 3 | 9 January 2019 | |||
Matchday 4 | 22–23 January 2019 | |||
Matchday 5 | 29–30 January 2019 | |||
Matchday 6 | 5–6 February 2019 | |||
Play-offs | Round of 16 | 7 February 2019 | 5–6 March 2019 | 12–13 March 2019 |
Quarter-finals | 20 March 2019 | 27 March 2019 | ||
Semi-finals | 10 April 2019 | 17 April 2019 | ||
Finals | 24 April 2019 | 1 May 2019 |
Qualifying rounds
editThe draw for the qualifying rounds was held on 31 July 2018 at the FIBA headquarters in Munich, Germany.
In the qualifying rounds, teams are divided into seeded and unseeded teams based on their club coefficients, and then drawn into two-legged home-and-away ties. Teams from the same country cannot be drawn against each other.
First qualifying round
editA total of 10 teams played in the first qualifying round. The first legs were played on 20 and 21 September, and the second legs were played on 26 September 2018.
Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Lavrio Megabolt | 140–149 | Dnipro | 82–73 | 58–76 |
Kongsberg Miners | 153–184 | Cherkaski Mavpy | 63–83 | 90–101 |
Ironi Nes Ziona | 172–143 | Södertälje Kings | 72–67 | 100–76 |
Kataja | 161–134 | Rosa Radom | 86–65 | 75–69 |
Dekstone Tuři Svitavy | 152–197 | İstanbul BB | 74–99 | 78–98 |
Second qualifying round
editA total of 16 teams will play in the second qualifying round: 11 teams which enter in this round, and the 5 winners of the first qualifying round. The first legs were played on 3 October, and the second legs will be played on 10 October 2018.
Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Cherkaski Mavpy | 136–128 | Keravnos | 75–64 | 61–64 |
Dnipro | 161–168 | Alba Fehérvár | 94–78 | 67–90 |
ece Bulls Kapfenberg | 119–147 | ZZ Leiden | 62–79 | 57–68 |
Kataja | 167–163 | Rilski Sportist | 106–84 | 61–79 |
New Heroes Den Bosch | 144–152 | Balkan | 76–86 | 68–66 |
Ironi Nes Ziona | 179–167 | U-BT Cluj-Napoca | 91–78 | 88–89 |
İstanbul BB | 160–128 | Luleå | 87–50 | 73–78 |
Dinamo Sassari | 211–158 | Benfica | 100–66 | 111–92 |
- Notes
- ^ Order of legs reversed after original draw.
Lucky losers table
editThree teams would advance as lucky losers of the qualifying rounds, for replacing teams that qualified for the Basketball Champions League regular season and previously confirmed their intention to join the FIBA Europe Cup if they were eliminated in the qualifying rounds. Teams with the smallest point difference in the second qualifying round advanced to the regular season. A draw to determine the groups for the clubs qualified as the best-ranked losing sides will be held in the FIBA Europe office in Munich on 11 October 2018.
Ranked third among the lucky losers, Den Bosch clipped the fourth-ranked Keravnos due to a higher number of points scored, with the teams tied in point differential.[4]
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Qualification |
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1 | Rilski Sportist | 2 | 1 | 1 | 163 | 167 | −4 | Advance to regular season |
2 | Dnipro | 2 | 1 | 1 | 161 | 168 | −7 | |
3 | New Heroes Den Bosch | 2 | 1 | 1 | 144 | 152 | −8 | |
4 | Keravnos | 2 | 1 | 1 | 128 | 136 | −8 | |
5 | U-BT Cluj-Napoca | 2 | 1 | 1 | 167 | 179 | −12 | |
6 | ece Bulls Kapfenberg | 2 | 0 | 2 | 119 | 147 | −28 | |
7 | Luleå | 2 | 1 | 1 | 128 | 160 | −32 | |
8 | Benfica | 2 | 0 | 2 | 158 | 211 | −53 |
Rules for classification: 1) Least point difference; 2) Points for.
Regular season
editThe draw for the regular season was held on 31 July 2018 at the FIBA headquarters in Munich, Germany.
The 32 teams are drawn into eight groups of four, a maximum of two clubs from the same country can be in the same group. In each group, teams play against each other home-and-away in a round-robin format. The group winners and runners-up advance to the second round, while the third-placed teams and fourth-placed teams are eliminated.
The following 10 teams chose the option of ending their continental adventure if they were eliminated from the Champions League qualifying rounds and therefore refuse to participate in the FIBA Europe Cup:
- Opt-out clause teams
- Strikethrough teams were eliminated from the Basketball Champions League qualifying rounds and refused to participate in the FIBA Europe Cup.
- Teams marked in italics advanced to the Basketball Champions League regular season.
A total of 32 teams play in the regular season: the six teams directly qualified, the eight winners of the second qualifying round, the 15 of 23 losers of the 2018–19 Champions League qualifying rounds and three lucky losers of the second qualifying round.
Depending on the number of teams mentioned above that were eliminated from the Basketball Champions League qualifying rounds and with the aim to complete the 32 places in the regular season, the number of the defeated teams in the second qualifying round of the FIBA Europe Cup that advanced to the regular season were determined by the point difference recorded at the end of their pairings. In their draw, the first qualifying round was used for tie-breaking. In the draw persists, the next criterion was the performance of clubs in the last three seasons at the European competitions.[5]
The match-days are on 17 October, 24 October, 31 October, 7 November, 14 November and 21 November 2018.
Turkish side Sakarya Büyükşehir and British side Leicester Riders played in their first European campaigns ever.
Group A
editPos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification | WÜR | LEI | SAK | ORA | |
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1 | s.Oliver Würzburg | 6 | 4 | 2 | 464 | 436 | +28 | 10 | Advance to second round | — | 87–61 | 69–79 | 91–82 | |
2 | ZZ Leiden | 6 | 4 | 2 | 460 | 463 | −3 | 10 | 65–75 | — | 99–97 | 90–76 | ||
3 | Sakarya Büyükşehir | 6 | 3 | 3 | 480 | 451 | +29 | 9 | 80–60 | 56–69 | — | 84–68 | ||
4 | Oradea | 6 | 1 | 5 | 453 | 507 | −54 | 7 | 69–82 | 72–76 | 86–84 | — |
Group B
editPos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification | BAL | LAR | TSM | BEL | |
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1 | Balkan | 6 | 4 | 2 | 480 | 452 | +28 | 10 | Advance to second round | — | 77–78 | 95–81 | 78–66 | |
2 | Petrolina AEK Larnaca | 6 | 4 | 2 | 449 | 460 | −11 | 10 | 68–79 | — | 82–77 | 63–62 | ||
3 | Tsmoki-Minsk | 6 | 3 | 3 | 497 | 493 | +4 | 9 | 84–73 | 87–75 | — | 89–82 | ||
4 | Belfius Mons-Hainaut | 6 | 1 | 5 | 449 | 470 | −21 | 7 | 75–78 | 78–83 | 86–79 | — |
Group C
editPos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification | DON | KAR | SPI | IBB | |
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1 | Donar | 6 | 5 | 1 | 473 | 440 | +33 | 11 | Advance to second round | — | 89–83 | 76–73 | 90–81 | |
2 | Pınar Karşıyaka | 6 | 4 | 2 | 490 | 437 | +53 | 10 | 64–69 | — | 90–72 | 86–75 | ||
3 | Spirou | 6 | 3 | 3 | 486 | 423 | +63 | 9 | 92–64 | 77–86 | — | 92–45 | ||
4 | İstanbul BB | 6 | 0 | 6 | 365 | 514 | −149 | 6 | 47–85 | 55–81 | 62–80 | — |
Group D
editPos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification | AVT | INZ | BOS | PAR | |
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1 | Avtodor | 6 | 5 | 1 | 578 | 521 | +57 | 11 | Advance to second round | — | 75–64 | 89–79 | 129–91 | |
2 | Ironi Nes Ziona | 6 | 4 | 2 | 561 | 509 | +52 | 10 | 104–86 | — | 91–85 | 111–77 | ||
3 | New Heroes Den Bosch | 6 | 3 | 3 | 518 | 486 | +32 | 9 | 93–97 | 102–87 | — | 91–58 | ||
4 | JIP Pardubice | 6 | 0 | 6 | 464 | 605 | −141 | 6 | 90–102 | 84–104 | 64–68 | — |
Group E
editPos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification | BAK | PRI | CHE | STE | |
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1 | Bakken Bears | 6 | 6 | 0 | 633 | 454 | +179 | 12 | Advance to second round | — | 108–84 | 121–89 | 100–64 | |
2 | Z-Mobile Prishtina | 6 | 4 | 2 | 506 | 513 | −7 | 10 | 77–100 | — | 92–82 | 74–69 | ||
3 | Cherkaski Mavpy | 6 | 1 | 5 | 481 | 562 | −81 | 7 | 77–106 | 73–92 | — | 90–64 | ||
4 | Steaua CSM EximBank | 6 | 1 | 5 | 428 | 519 | −91 | 7 | 63–98 | 81–87 | 87–70 | — |
Group F
editPos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification | VAR | ALB | RIL | POR | |
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1 | Varese | 6 | 5 | 1 | 522 | 432 | +90 | 11 | Advance to second round | — | 91–66 | 86–59 | 84–75 | |
2 | Alba Fehérvár | 6 | 5 | 1 | 507 | 493 | +14 | 11 | 85–77 | — | 84–80 | 72–70 | ||
3 | Rilski Sportist | 6 | 1 | 5 | 470 | 536 | −66 | 7 | 76–95 | 83–104 | — | 81–88 | ||
4 | Porto | 6 | 1 | 5 | 475 | 513 | −38 | 7 | 71–89 | 92–96 | 79–91 | — |
Group G
editPos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification | LEV | KAT | ARI | DNI | |
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1 | Levski Lukoil | 6 | 5 | 1 | 520 | 465 | +55 | 11 | Advance to second round | — | 94–86 | 77–66 | 83–65 | |
2 | Kataja | 6 | 3 | 3 | 497 | 510 | −13 | 9 | 95–102 | — | 88–86 | 84–77 | ||
3 | Aris | 6 | 3 | 3 | 444 | 432 | +12 | 9 | 81–76 | 70–79 | — | 86–61 | ||
4 | Dnipro | 6 | 1 | 5 | 407 | 461 | −54 | 7 | 72–88 | 81–65 | 51–55 | — |
Group H
editPos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification | SZO | SAS | FAL | LEI | |
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1 | Szolnoki Olaj | 6 | 5 | 1 | 509 | 474 | +35 | 11 | Advance to second round | — | 87–74 | 79–76 | 82–79 | |
2 | Dinamo Sassari | 6 | 5 | 1 | 553 | 448 | +105 | 11 | 98–94 | — | 104–69 | 95–60 | ||
3 | Falco Vulcano | 6 | 2 | 4 | 446 | 507 | −61 | 8 | 66–83 | 60–92 | — | 80–65 | ||
4 | Leicester Riders | 6 | 0 | 6 | 447 | 526 | −79 | 6 | 81–84 | 78–90 | 84–95 | — |
Second round
editIn each group, teams play against each other home-and-away in a round-robin format. The group winners and runners-up advance to the round of 16, while the third-placed teams and fourth-placed teams are eliminated.
A total of 16 teams play in the second round: the eight group winners and the eight runners-up of the regular season. The match-days will be on 12 December 2018, 19 December, 9 January, 23 January, 30 January and 6 February 2019.
Group I
editPos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification | WÜR | KAR | PRI | SZO | |
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1 | s.Oliver Würzburg | 6 | 6 | 0 | 596 | 487 | +109 | 12 | Advance to round of 16 | — | 104–91 | 95–77 | 118–71 | |
2 | Pınar Karşıyaka | 6 | 3 | 3 | 539 | 532 | +7 | 9 | 87–96 | — | 107–85 | 102–95 | ||
3 | Z-Mobile Prishtina | 6 | 2 | 4 | 479 | 536 | −57 | 8 | 78–91 | 82–78 | — | 81–76 | ||
4 | Szolnoki Olaj | 6 | 1 | 5 | 484 | 543 | −59 | 7 | 83–92 | 70–74 | 89–76 | — |
Group J
editPos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification | INZ | BAL | ALB | LEV | |
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1 | Ironi Nes Ziona | 6 | 4 | 2 | 563 | 533 | +30 | 10 | Advance to round of 16 | — | 100–73 | 70–93 | 109–96 | |
2 | Balkan | 6 | 3 | 3 | 496 | 499 | −3 | 9 | 102–90 | — | 88–82 | 81–57 | ||
3 | Alba Fehérvár | 6 | 3 | 3 | 489 | 458 | +31 | 9 | 80–96 | 65–64 | — | 89–56 | ||
4 | Levski Lukoil | 6 | 2 | 4 | 487 | 545 | −58 | 8 | 89–98 | 105–88 | 84–80 | — |
Group K
editPos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification | SAS | VAR | DON | LAR | |
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1 | Dinamo Sassari | 6 | 5 | 1 | 536 | 481 | +55 | 11 | Advance to round of 16 | — | 87–90 | 97–74 | 93–81 | |
2 | Varese | 6 | 4 | 2 | 492 | 446 | +46 | 10 | 69–79 | — | 77–80 | 109–74 | ||
3 | Donar | 6 | 2 | 4 | 447 | 467 | −20 | 8 | 78–84 | 67–73 | — | 70–80 | ||
4 | Petrolina AEK Larnaca | 6 | 1 | 5 | 439 | 520 | −81 | 7 | 89–96 | 59–74 | 56–78 | — |
Group L
editPos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification | AVT | BAK | LEI | KAT | |
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1 | Avtodor | 6 | 5 | 1 | 576 | 482 | +94 | 11 | Advance to round of 16 | — | 71–60 | 105–81 | 98–57 | |
2 | Bakken Bears | 6 | 3 | 3 | 586 | 503 | +83 | 9 | 124–125 | — | 111–71 | 102–58 | ||
3 | ZZ Leiden | 6 | 2 | 4 | 480 | 562 | −82 | 8 | 72–97 | 89–85 | — | 87–72 | ||
4 | Kataja | 6 | 2 | 4 | 456 | 551 | −95 | 8 | 88–80 | 89–104 | 92–80 | — |
Play-offs
editBracket
editRound of 16 | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | |||||||||||||||||||
Hapoel Holon | 85 | 82 | 167 | |||||||||||||||||||
Balkan | 81 | 83 | 164 | |||||||||||||||||||
Hapoel Holon | 96 | 74 | 170 | |||||||||||||||||||
Alba Fehérvár | 63 | 101 | 164 | |||||||||||||||||||
Telekom Baskets | 85 | 69 | 154 | |||||||||||||||||||
Alba Fehérvár | 84 | 81 | 165 | |||||||||||||||||||
Hapoel Holon | 89 | 75 | 164 | |||||||||||||||||||
Dinamo Sassari | 94 | 105 | 199 | |||||||||||||||||||
Ventspils | 78 | 65 | 143 | |||||||||||||||||||
Pınar Karşıyaka | 76 | 70 | 146 | |||||||||||||||||||
Pınar Karşıyaka | 68 | 83 | 151 | |||||||||||||||||||
Dinamo Sassari | 87 | 83 | 170 | |||||||||||||||||||
ZZ Leiden | 93 | 68 | 161 | |||||||||||||||||||
Dinamo Sassari | 97 | 94 | 191 | |||||||||||||||||||
Dinamo Sassari | 89 | 81 | 170 | |||||||||||||||||||
s.Oliver Würzburg | 84 | 79 | 163 | |||||||||||||||||||
Donar | 66 | 80 | 146 | |||||||||||||||||||
Filou Oostende | 66 | 88 | 154 | |||||||||||||||||||
Filou Oostende | 70 | 57 | 127 | |||||||||||||||||||
Varese | 73 | 72 | 145 | |||||||||||||||||||
Z-Mobile Prishtina | 77 | 84 | 161 | |||||||||||||||||||
Varese | 80 | 100 | 180 | |||||||||||||||||||
Varese | 66 | 86 | 152 | |||||||||||||||||||
s.Oliver Würzburg | 89 | 89 | 178 | |||||||||||||||||||
Bakken Bears | 91 | 81 | 172 | |||||||||||||||||||
Ironi Nes Ziona | 74 | 76 | 150 | |||||||||||||||||||
Bakken Bears | 76 | 70 | 146 | |||||||||||||||||||
s.Oliver Würzburg | 75 | 86 | 161 | |||||||||||||||||||
Avtodor | 76 | 90 | 166 | |||||||||||||||||||
s.Oliver Würzburg | 79 | 94 | 173 | |||||||||||||||||||
Round of 16
editThe first legs were played on 5–6 March, and the second legs on 12–13 March 2019.
Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Donar | 146–154[A] | Filou Oostende | 66–66 | 80–88 |
Ventspils | 143–146 | Pınar Karşıyaka | 78–76 | 65–70 |
Telekom Baskets Bonn | 154–165 | Alba Fehérvár | 85–84 | 69–81 |
Bakken Bears | 172–150 | Ironi Nes Ziona | 91–74 | 81–76 |
Avtodor | 166–173 | s.Oliver Würzburg | 76–79 | 90–94 |
Hapoel Holon | 167–164 | Balkan | 85–81 | 82–83 |
ZZ Leiden | 161–191 | Dinamo Sassari | 93–97 | 68–94 |
Z-Mobile Prishtina | 161–180 | Varese | 77–80 | 84–100 |
Quarter-finals
editThe first legs were played on 20–21 March, and the second legs on 27–28 March 2019.
Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Filou Oostende | 127–145 | Varese | 70–73 | 57–72 |
Pınar Karşıyaka | 151–170 | Dinamo Sassari | 68–87 | 83–83 |
Hapoel Holon | 170–164 | Alba Fehérvár | 96–63 | 74–101 |
Bakken Bears | 146–161 | s.Oliver Würzburg | 76–75 | 70–86 |
Semi-finals
editThe first legs were played on 10 April, and the second legs were played on 17 April 2019.
Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Varese | 152–178 | s.Oliver Würzburg | 66–89 | 86–89 |
Hapoel Holon | 164–199 | Dinamo Sassari | 89–94 | 75–105 |
Finals
editThe first leg will be played on 24 April, and the second leg will be played on 1 May 2019.
Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Dinamo Sassari | 170–163 | s.Oliver Würzburg | 89–84 | 81–79 |
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Dinamo Sassari win maiden FIBA Europe Cup title". FIBA.basketball. Retrieved 2 May 2019.
- ^ "27 teams register for 2018/19 FIBA Europe Cup". FIBA.basketball. 20 July 2018. Retrieved 20 July 2018.
- ^ a b "2018–19 FIBA Europe Cup regulations" (PDF). FIBA.basketball. Retrieved 4 July 2018.
- ^ "Nine more teams from Qualification Round 2 complete Regular Season field".
- ^ "Live updates".