2018–19 EuroLeague Women

EuroLeague Women
EuroLeague Women
Season	2018–19
Teams	16 (competition proper); 20 (total)
Games played	132
Dates	8–17 October 2018; (qualifying); 24 October 2018 – 14 April 2019; (competition proper)
Final positions
Champions	UMMC Ekaterinburg; (5th title)
Runners-up	Dynamo Kursk
Third place	ZVVZ USK Praha
Fourth place	Sopron Basket
Awards
MVP	Breanna Stewart; (Dynamo Kursk)
Final Four MVP	Brittney Griner; (UMMC Ekaterinburg)
Statistical leaders
Points
Points	Breanna Stewart
Rebounds	Brionna Jones
Assists	Amel Bouderra
	← 2017–18 2019–20 →

The 2018–19 EuroLeague Women was the 61st edition of the European women's club basketball championship organized by FIBA, and the 23rd edition since being rebranded as the EuroLeague Women.

Team allocation[]

A total of 20 teams from 11 countries participated in the 2018–19 EuroLeague Women.^[3]

Teams[]

League positions of the previous season shown in parentheses (TH: EuroLeague Women title holders):

Regular season
Castors Braine (1st)	(3rd)	CCC Polkowice (1st)	Perfumerías Avenida (1st)
USK Praha (1st)	Sopron Basket (1st)	Dynamo Kursk (2nd)	Fenerbahçe (1st)
Tango Bourges Basket (1st)	Famila Schio (1st)	UMMC Ekaterinburg^TH (1st)	Hatay BB (3rd)
Qualifying round
ESBVA-LM (5th)	KSC Szekszárd (2nd)	TTT Riga (1st)	Nadezhda Orenburg (3rd)
Olympiacos (1st)	Reyer Venezia (3rd)	Wisła Can-Pack (4th)	Çukurova Basketbol (4th)

Round and draw dates[]

Schedule[]

Phase	Round	Draw date	Round date
Qualifying round	First leg	5 July 2018	8–10 October 2018
Qualifying round	Second leg		11–17 October 2018
Regular season	Matchday 1		24–25 October 2018
	Matchday 2		31 October – 1 November 2018
	Matchday 3		7 November 2018
	Matchday 4		28–29 November 2018
	Matchday 5		5–6 December 2018
	Matchday 6		12–13 December 2018
	Matchday 7		19–20 December 2018
	Matchday 8		9–10 January 2019
	Matchday 9		16–17 January 2019
	Matchday 10		23–24 January 2019
	Matchday 11		29–31 January 2019
	Matchday 12		6–7 February 2019
	Matchday 13		13–14 February 2019
	Matchday 14		20 February 2019
Quarterfinals	First leg		5 March 2019
Quarterfinals	Second leg		8 March 2019
Final Four	Semifinals		12 April 2019
Final Four	Final		14 April 2019

Draw[]

The draw was held on 5 July 2018 at the FIBA headquarters in Munich, Germany. The 16 teams were drawn into two groups of eight. For the draw, the teams were seeded into eight seeds.^[4]^[5]

Seed 1	Seed 2	Seed 3	Seed 4
UMMC Ekaterinburg Dynamo Kursk	Fenerbahçe ZVVZ USK Praha	Sopron Basket Tango Bourges Basket	Famila Schio Perfumerías Avenida

Seed 5	Seed 6	Seed 7	Seed 8
Hatay BB Castors Braine	CCC Polkowice	Qualifier 1 Qualifier 2	Qualifier 3 Qualifier 4

Qualifying round[]

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Çukurova Basketbol	132–136	Nadezhda Orenburg	58–60	74–76
Olympiacos	110–109	Wisła Can-Pack	63–63	47–46
KSC Szekszárd	132–145	ESBVA-LM	71–68	61–77
TTT Riga	140–112	Reyer Venezia	67–56	73–56

Regular season[]

Bourges Basket

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Location of teams of the 2018–19 Euroleague Women regular season.

Red: Group A;

Green: Group B.

The regular season started on 24 October 2018 and ended on 20 February 2019.

The four top teams of each group qualified for the quarterfinals.

If teams are level on record at the end of the Regular Season, tiebreakers are applied in the following order:

Head-to-head record
Head-to-head point differential
Head-to-head points scored
Point differential for the entire regular season
Points scored for the entire regular season

Group A[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification	EKA	USK	BOU	POL	NAD	FAM	ESB	CAS
1	UMMC Ekaterinburg	14	13	1	1155	859	+296	27	Advance to quarterfinals	—	87–59	70–65	69–54	77–52	77–46	100–75	103–53
2	ZVVZ USK Praha	14	10	4	1119	1005	+114	24		82–73	—	88–80	78–53	86–90	77–80	84–68	82–63
3	Tango Bourges Basket	14	9	5	1042	940	+102	23		70–74	81–70	—	76–65	74–59	70–75	83–62	83–55
4	CCC Polkowice	14	7	7	930	913	+17	21^[a]		64–69	74–79	56–73	—	70–36	67–61	86–66	71–52
5	Nadezhda Orenburg	14	7	7	899	950	−51	21^[a]	Transfer to EuroCup Women	51–80	78–83	72–65	55–59	—	67–51	72–49	85–56
6	Famila Schio	14	5	9	912	955	−43	19	Transfer to EuroCup Women	68–82	50–69	55–66	83–69	82–50	—	75–81	76–48
7	ESBVA-LM	14	4	10	875	1047	−172	18	Eliminated	51–99	62–101	74–78	45–48	49–61	69–50	—	73–61
8	Castors Braine	14	1	13	840	1103	−263	15	Eliminated	69–95	66–81	65–78	71–94	69–71	63–60	49–51	—

Source: FIBA
Notes:

^ ^a ^b CCC Polkowice 2–0; Nadezhda Orenburg 0–2

Group B[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification	KUR	SOP	FEN	TTT	AVE		HAT	OLY
1	Dynamo Kursk	14	13	1	1046	913	+133	27	Advance to quarterfinals	—	83–93	64–63	73–70	69–51	83–62	85–71	75–58
2	Sopron Basket	14	8	6	1010	937	+73	22^[a]		58–65	—	80–84	68–55	66–68	80–52	64–52	85–69
3	Fenerbahçe	14	8	6	1038	981	+57	22^[a]		71–75	69–67	—	61–62	64–62	84–75	87–74	76–68
4	TTT Riga	14	8	6	1005	911	+94	22^[a]		69–70	71–79	68–64	—	56–68	93–62	87–36	70–44
5	Perfumerías Avenida	14	7	7	963	969	−6	21	Transfer to EuroCup Women	56–58	70–78	88–82	61–82	—	78–75	65–73	72–48
6		14	5	9	1007	1120	−113	19^[b]	Transfer to EuroCup Women	62–86	80–74	94–92	100–75	62–75	—	90–79	73–68
7	Hatay BB	14	5	9	940	1063	−123	19^[b]	Eliminated	62–87	56–66	50–78	74–77	88–80	74–66	—	71–55
8	Olympiacos	14	2	12	868	983	−115	16	Eliminated	67–73	63–52	54–63	51–70	68–69	79–54	76–80	—

Source: FIBA
Notes:

^ ^a ^b ^c Sopron Basket 2–2, +15PD; Fenerbahçe 2–2, +1PD; TTT Riga 2–2, –16PD
^ ^a ^b Flammes Carolo Basket 1–1, +3PD; Hatay BB 1–1, –3PD

Quarterfinals[]

Team 1	Series	Team 2	Game 1	Game 2
UMMC Ekaterinburg	2–0	TTT Riga	78–45	77–55
Sopron Basket	2–0	Tango Bourges Basket	66–65	74–64
ZVVZ USK Praha	2–0	Fenerbahçe	76–54	77–65
Dynamo Kursk	2–0	CCC Polkowice	89–53	81–77

First leg[]

5 March 2019	UMMC Ekaterinburg	78–45 (Series: 1–0)	TTT Riga	Yekaterinburg
19:00 (UTC+5)	Scoring by quarter: 18–6, 21–7, 16–16, 23–16
	Pts: Vadeeva 23 Rebs: Vadeeva 10 Asts: Vandersloot 10	Boxscore	Pts: 15 Rebs: Brumermane, Vītola 5 Asts: Baško, Peddy 4	Arena: DIVS Sport Hall Attendance: 4 500 Referees: Vasiliki Tsaroucha (GRE), Tamás Benczúr (HUN), Ventsislav Velikov (BUL)

5 March 2019	Dynamo Kursk	89–53 (Series: 1–0)	CCC Polkowice	Kursk
19:00 (UTC+3)	Scoring by quarter: 20–11, 17–14, 29–9, 23–19
	Pts: Stewart 21 Rebs: Howard 11 Asts: Xargay 8	Boxscore	Pts: Thomas 18 Rebs: Fagbenle 9 Asts: Thomas 6	Arena: Sport Concert Complex Attendance: 1500 Referees: Jasmina Juras (SRB), Ivana Ivanović (SRB), Petar Denkovski (MKD)

5 March 2019	Sopron Basket	66–65 (Series: 1–0)	Tango Bourges Basket	Sopron
18:00 (UTC+1)	Scoring by quarter: 25–23, 15–17, 14–11, 12–14
	Pts: Turner 22 Rebs: Casas, Dupree 6 Asts: Dupree 5	Boxscore	Pts: Johannès 24 Rebs: Ouviña, Raincock-Ekunwe 6 Asts: Johannès, Michel 3	Arena: Aréna Sopron Attendance: 1500 Referees: Özlem Yalman (TUR), Goran Sljivic (AUT), Bojan Jovanić (BIH)

5 March 2019	ZVVZ USK Praha	76–54 (Series: 1–0)	Fenerbahçe	Prague
19:00 (UTC+1)	Scoring by quarter: 24–14, 17–13, 23–9, 12–18
	Pts: Elhotová 15 Rebs: Harrison 13 Asts: Thomas 6	Boxscore	Pts: Hartley 15 Rebs: Verameyenka 9 Asts: three players 2	Arena: Královka Arena Attendance: 1562 Referees: Aleksandar Milojević (MKD), Mila Čavara (BIH), Christoph Rohacky (AUT)

Second leg[]

8 March 2019	Fenerbahçe	65–77 (Series: 0–2)	ZVVZ USK Praha	Istanbul
19:30 (UTC+3)	Scoring by quarter: 12–27, 23–21, 13–20, 17–9
	Pts: Plum 17 Rebs: Stokes 12 Asts: Vardarlı 4	Boxscore	Pts: Ayayi 25 Rebs: Thomas 10 Asts: Thomas 8	Arena: Metro Energy Sports Hall Attendance: 478 Referees: Zoran Mitrovski (MKD), Sergiy Chaykovsky (UKR), Vladimir Tsekov (BUL)

8 March 2019	TTT Riga	55–77 (Series: 0–2)	UMMC Ekaterinburg	Riga
19:00 (UTC+2)	Scoring by quarter: 9–20, 19–23, 19–20, 8–14
	Pts: Baško 13 Rebs: Vītola 8 Asts: Peddy 5	Boxscore	Pts: Meesseman 27 Rebs: Torrens 16 Asts: Vandersloot 9	Arena: Olympic Sports Centre Attendance: 850 Referees: Marek Maliszewski (POL), Zdravko Rutešić (MNE), Svetlana Stoyona (BUL)

8 March 2019	CCC Polkowice	77–81 (Series: 0–2)	Dynamo Kursk	Polkowice
19:00 (UTC+1)	Scoring by quarter: 18–6, 21–27, 21–23, 17–25
	Pts: Thomas 24 Rebs: Fagbenle 8 Asts: Thomas 5	Boxscore	Pts: Stewart 28 Rebs: Stewart 9 Asts: Prince 4	Arena: City Sports Hall Attendance: 700 Referees: Ciprian Stoica (ROM), Jelena Tomić (CRO), Blaž Zupančič (SLO)

9 March 2019	Tango Bourges Basket	64–74 (Series: 0–2)	Sopron Basket	Bourges
20:00 (UTC+1)	Scoring by quarter: 18–19, 11–15, 16–17, 19–23
	Pts: Ouviña 12 Rebs: Raincock-Ekunwe 7 Asts: Raincock-Ekunwe 5	Boxscore	Pts: Jovanović 18 Rebs: Crvendakić 11 Asts: Casas 9	Arena: Palais des sports du Prado Attendance: 4 480 Referees: Vilius Mačiulaitis (LTU), Andrada Csender (ROM), Paulo Marques (POR)

Final four[]

Semifinals 12 April		Final 14 April



UMMC Ekaterinburg	81

Sopron Basket	59
		UMMC Ekaterinburg	91

		Dynamo Kursk	67
ZVVZ USK Praha	67

Dynamo Kursk	84
		Third place



		Sopron Basket	53

		ZVVZ USK Praha	64

Semifinals[]

12 April 2019	ZVVZ USK Praha	67–84	Dynamo Kursk	Sopron
17:00 (UTC+2)	Scoring by quarter: 17–19, 21–24, 9–24, 20–17
	Pts: Ayayi 18 Rebs: three players 9 Asts: Ayayi, Elhotová 3	Boxscore	Pts: Stewart 32 Rebs: Howard 10 Asts: three players 3	Arena: Aréna Sopron Referees: Jasmina Juras (SRB), Boris Krejič (SLO), Vasiliki Tsaroucha (GRE)

12 April 2019	UMMC Ekaterinburg	81–59	Sopron Basket	Sopron
20:00 (UTC+2)	Scoring by quarter: 17–24, 25–15, 18–7, 21–13
	Pts: Griner 19 Rebs: Griner, Vandersloot 8 Asts: Vandersloot 5	Boxscore	Pts: Turner 15 Rebs: Zahui 8 Asts: Casas 3	Arena: Aréna Sopron Referees: Gentian Cici (ALB), Özlem Yalman (TUR), Dariusz Zapolski (POL)

Third place game[]

14 April 2019	Sopron Basket	53–64	ZVVZ USK Praha	Sopron
17:30 (UTC+2)	Scoring by quarter: 15–16, 16–22, 15–10, 7–16
	Pts: Crvendakić, Turner 12 Rebs: Crvendakić 8 Asts: Turner 5	Boxscore	Pts: Ayayi 14 Rebs: Thomas 15 Asts: Ayayi 5	Arena: Aréna Sopron Referees: Jasmina Juras (SRB), Gentian Cici (ALB), Andrada Csender (ROU)

Final[]

14 April 2019	UMMC Ekaterinburg	91–67	Dynamo Kursk	Sopron
20:30 (UTC+2)	Scoring by quarter: 21–17, 27–16, 24–16, 19–19
	Pts: Vandersloot 18 Rebs: Griner 10 Asts: Vandersloot 7	Boxscore	Pts: Howard 20 Rebs: Howard 5 Asts: Prince 5	Arena: Aréna Sopron Referees: Özlem Yalman (TUR), Boris Krejič (SLO), Vasiliki Tsaroucha (GRE)

2018–19 EuroLeague Women Champions
UMMC Ekaterinburg Fifth title

Awards[]

This year the regular season awards decided by fan vote.^[6]

Individual leaders[]

Stats includes postseason games and are sorted on average per game.

Points per game[]

Rank	Name	Team	Games	Points	PPG
1	Breanna Stewart	Dynamo Kursk	18	378	21.0
2	Haley Peters		14	246	17.6
3	Alyssa Thomas	ZVVZ USK Praha	18	305	16.9
4	Kelsey Plum	Fenerbahçe Istanbul	16	256	16.0
5	Allie Quigley	Famila Schio	10	157	15.7

Rebounds per game[]

Rank	Name	Team	Games	Rebounds	RPG
1	Brionna Jones	Nadezhda Orenburg	16	175	10.9
2	Alyssa Thomas	ZVVZ USK Praha	18	188	10.4
3		Castors Braine	13	133	10.2
4	Courtney Paris	Hatay BB	9	90	10.0
5	Lykendra Johnson	Olympiacos	16	154	9.6

Assists per game[]

Rank	Name	Team	Games	Assists	APG
1	Amel Bouderra		14	96	6.9
2		Nadezhda Orenburg	15	93	6.2
2	Francesca Dotto	Famila Schio	11	68	6.2
4	Silvia Dominguez	Perfumerías Avenida	14	83	5.9
5	Courtney Vandersloot	UMMC Ekaterinburg	18	105	5.8

Other statistics[]

Category	Player	Team	Games	Average
Steals	Alyssa Thomas	ZVVZ USK Praha	18	2.8
Blocks	Brittney Griner	UMMC Ekaterinburg	17	2.1
Turnovers		Nadezhda Orenburg	15	4.1
Fouls committed	Lynetta Kizer	CCC Polkowice	9	3.3
Minutes	Yvonne Turner	Sopron Basket	18	36:06
FG%	Courtney Paris	Hatay BB	9	58.5%
2P%	Nayo Raincock-Ekunwe	Tango Bourges Basket	9	67.8%
3P%	Kaleena Mosqueda-Lewis		13	54.1%
FT%	Kelsey Plum	Fenerbahçe Istanbul	16	93.2%
Efficiency	Alyssa Thomas	ZVVZ USK Praha	18	22.7

Individual game highs[]

Category	Player	Team	Statistic
Points	Breanna Stewart	Dynamo Kursk	33
Offensive Rebounds	Natasha Howard	Dynamo Kursk	9
Total Rebounds	Alyssa Thomas	ZVVZ USK Praha	17
Total Rebounds		Castors Braine	17
Assists	Amel Bouderra		14
Blocks	Ruth Hamblin	Castors Braine	6
Three pointers made	Kaleena Mosqueda-Lewis		7
Three pointers made	Karlie Samuelson	Castors Braine	7
Free throws made	Styliani Kaltsidou	CCC Polkowice	10
Free throws made	Kelsey Plum	Fenerbahçe Istanbul	10
Efficiency	Tina Charles	Dynamo Kursk	41.0

Team leaders[]