2018 Italian Basketball Cup

2018 Italian Basketball Cup
Tournament details
Arena	Nelson Mandela Forum ; Florence, Italy
Dates	15–18 February 2018
Final positions
Champions	Fiat Torino (1st title)
Runners-up	Germani Basket Brescia
Awards and statistics
MVP	Vander Blue
	← 2017 2019 →

The 2018 Italian Basketball Cup, known as the 2018 PosteMobile Final Eight for sponsorship reasons,^[2] was the 50th edition of Italy's national cup tournament. The competition is managed by the Lega Basket for LBA clubs. The tournament was played from 15 to 18 February 2018 in Florence, at the end of the first half of the 2017–18 LBA season.^[3]

EA7 Emporio Armani Milano were the defending champions.^[4]

Fiat Torino went to win its first Cup ever by beating Germani Basket Brescia 69–67 in the Finals.^[5] Vander Blue was named Finals MVP of the competition.^[6]

Qualification[]

Qualified for the tournament were selected based on their position on the league table at the end of the first half of the 2017–18 LBA regular season.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Qualification
1	Sidigas Avellino	15	12	3	1248	1148	+100	Qualified as seeded teams
2	Germani Basket Brescia	15	11	4	1184	1087	+97
3	EA7 Emporio Armani Milano	15	11	4	1153	1072	+81
4	Umana Reyer Venezia	15	11	4	1227	1185	+42
5	Fiat Torino	15	10	5	1219	1186	+33	Qualified as non-seeded teams
6	Red October Cantù	15	8	7	1290	1285	+5
7	Segafredo Virtus Bologna	15	8	7	1191	1154	+37
8	Vanoli Cremona	15	8	7	1226	1199	+27

Source: LBA

Bracket[]

Quarter-finals 15–16 February			Semifinals 17 February			Final 18 February

1	Sidigas Avellino	82

8	Vanoli Cremona	89
			8	Vanoli Cremona	87

			5	Fiat Torino	92
4	Umana Reyer Venezia	60

5	Fiat Torino	72
						5	Fiat Torino	69

						2	Germani Basket Brescia	67
3	EA7 Emporio Armani Milano	87

6	Red October Cantù	105
			6	Red October Cantù	82

			2	Germani Basket Brescia	87
2	Germani Basket Brescia	97

7	Segafredo Virtus Bologna	83

Quarterfinals[]

Sidigas Avellino vs. Vanoli Cremona[]

15 February 2018 Quarterfinal A	Sidigas Avellino	82–89	Vanoli Cremona	Florence
18:00 (CET)	Scoring by quarter: 22–18, 18–14, 13–19, 21–23
Eurosport RAI	Pts: Rich 30 Rebs: Fesenko 19 Asts: Leunen 5 PIR: Rich 34	Boxscore	Pts: D. Diener 19 Rebs: Sims 9 Asts: T. Diener 8 PIR: Johnson-Odom 19	Arena: Nelson Mandela Forum Referees: Tolga Sahin, Gabriele Bettini, Dario Morelli

Starters:			Pts	Reb	Ast

PG	12	Ariel Filloy	6	5	1
SG	24	Lorenzo D'Ercole	12	4	0
SG	25	Jason Rich	30	4	3
PF	10	Maarty Leunen	2	6	5
C	44	Kyrylo Fesenko	19	19	1
Reserves:
F/C	0	Andrea Zerini	0	1	0
G/F	1	Dez Wells	2	1	0
PG	6	Bruno Fitipaldo	5	0	0
SF	11	Thomas Scrubb	2	0	0
C	55	Hamady N'Diaye	4	2	0
G	57	Salvatore Parlato	DNP
Head coach:
Stefano Sacripanti

Sidigas Avellino

Vanoli Cremona

Starters:			Pts	Reb	Ast

PG	10	Michele Ruzzier	5	1	1
SG	20	Darius Johnson-Odom	18	5	2
SF	2	Simone Fontecchio	5	7	0
PF	1	Kelvin Martin	11	6	1
C	14	Henry Sims	16	9	0
Reserves:
PF	6	Giulio Gazzotti	DNP
PG	7	Travis Diener	0	3	8
F	8	Giampaolo Ricci	12	4	0
G	11		DNP
SG	16	Drake Diener	19	4	1
F	23	Landon Milbourne	3	2	1
Head coach:
Romeo Sacchetti

Umana Reyer Venezia vs. Fiat Torino[]

15 February 2018 Quarterfinal B	Umana Reyer Venezia	60–72	Fiat Torino	Florence
20:45 (CET)	Scoring by quarter: 4–21, 25–23, 17–16, 14–12
Eurosport RAI	Pts: Watt 19 Rebs: Watt 11 Asts: four players 2 PIR: Watt 17	Boxscore	Pts: Garrett 17 Rebs: Boungou Colo 8 Asts: five players 2 PIR: Boungou Colo 15	Arena: Nelson Mandela Forum Referees: Maurizio Biggi, Gianluca Sardella, Evangelista Caiazza

Starters:			Pts	Reb	Ast

PG	0	MarQuez Haynes	9	2	2
SG	6	Michael Bramos	8	4	2
SF	7	Stefano Tonut	1	3	2
PF	2	Hrvoje Perić	8	8	0
C	50	Mitchell Watt	19	11	0
Reserves:
SG	3	Dominique Johnson	3	1	0
F	9	Austin Daye	6	8	1
PG	10	Andrea De Nicolao	6	1	2
F/C	13		DNP
F/C	14	Tomas Ress	0	1	0
C	19	Paul Biligha	0	1	0
G/F	30	Bruno Cerella	0	0	0
Head coach:
Walter De Raffaele

Umana Reyer Venezia

Fiat Torino

Starters:			Pts	Reb	Ast

PG	2	Diante Garrett	17	3	1
SG	21		8	3	1
SF	17	Deron Washington	11	7	2
PF	16	Nobel Boungou Colo	9	8	2
C	32	Trevor Mbakwe	8	5	1
Reserves:
PG	1	Vander Blue	4	0	2
G/F	6	Sasha Vujačić	2	3	2
PG	8	Giuseppe Poeta	4	2	2
F/C	22	Valerio Mazzola	9	7	0
PG	23	Mohamed Touré	DNP
G	24		DNP
G	25		DNP
Head coach:

EA7 Emporio Armani Milano vs. Red October Cantù[]

16 February 2018 Quarterfinal C	EA7 Emporio Armani Milano	87–105	Red October Cantù	Florence
18:00 (CET)	Scoring by quarter: 18–28, 20–29, 25–23, 24–25
Eurosport RAI	Pts: Goudelock 23 Rebs: three players 7 Asts: Theodore 6 PIR: Theodore 23	Boxscore	Pts: Smith 23 Rebs: Christian Burns 12 Asts: Smith 8 PIR: Smith 34	Arena: Nelson Mandela Forum Referees: Saverio Lanzarini, Luca Weidmann, Alessandro Vicino

Starters:			Pts	Reb	Ast

PG	25	Jordan Theodore	16	7	6
SG	0	Andrew Goudelock	23	1	2
SF	5	Vladimir Micov	7	7	2
PF	19	Mindaugas Kuzminskas	10	3	0
C	22	Marco Cusin	4	7	1
Reserves:
G	6		DNP
PF	7	Davide Pascolo	6	3	0
PG	20	Andrea Cinciarini	9	0	1
SF	23	Awudu Abass	3	2	2
SG	45	Dairis Bertāns	6	1	0
PG	55	Curtis Jerrells	0	2	0
C	77	Artūras Gudaitis	3	4	0
Head coach:
Simone Pianigiani

EA7 Emporio Armani Milano

Red October Cantù

Starters:			Pts	Reb	Ast

PG	2	Jaime Smith	23	0	8
SG	21	Jeremy Chappell	19	4	3
SF	5	David Cournooh	12	4	3
PF	23	Christian Burns	14	12	3
C	25	Charles Thomas	16	2	0
Reserves:
C	4		DNP
G	8		12	3	1
G	10		0	0	0
C	15	Andrea Crosariol	DNP
F	19		9	4	1
F	20		0	0	0
Head coach:

Germani Basket Brescia vs. Segafredo Virtus Bologna[]

16 February 2018 Quarterfinal D	Germani Basket Brescia	97–83	Segafredo Virtus Bologna	Florence
20:45 (CET)	Scoring by quarter: 26–17, 20–20, 22–19, 29–27
Eurosport RAI	Pts: Moore 22 Rebs: Vitali 7 Asts: Vitali 6 PIR: Moore 25	Boxscore	Pts: 17 Rebs: Slaughter 7 Asts: Umeh 5 PIR: 18	Arena: Nelson Mandela Forum Referees: Carmelo Lo Guzzo, Lorenzo Baldini, Mark Bartoli

Starters:			Pts	Reb	Ast

PG	7	Luca Vitali	20	7	6
SG	2	Lee Moore	22	3	2
SF	34	David Moss	6	2	3
PF	8	Marcus Landry	8	2	0
C	4	Dario Hunt	8	4	0
Reserves:
G	5		DNP
C	10	Benjamin Ortner	2	4	0
PG	26	Andrea Traini	10	1	0
G	31	Michele Vitali	17	2	2
F	41		4	4	2
Head coach:

Germani Basket Brescia

Segafredo Virtus Bologna

Starters:			Pts	Reb	Ast

PG	20	Oliver Lafayette	14	0	2
SG	3	Michael Umeh	11	2	5
SF	0	Alessandro Gentile	11	3	3
PF	8	Filippo Baldi Rossi	5	4	0
C	44	Marcus Slaughter	9	7	2
Reserves:
PG	6	Alessandro Pajola	2	0	0
F	13	Klaudio Ndoja	12	3	0
PG	22	Stefano Gentile	2	3	4
C	23		DNP
C	25		17	4	0
Head coach:
Alessandro Ramagli

Semifinals[]

Vanoli Cremona vs. Fiat Torino[]

17 February 2018 Semifinal A	Vanoli Cremona	87–920(OT)	Fiat Torino	Florence
18:00 (CET)	Scoring by quarter: 22–12, 18–28, 21–15, 19–25, Overtime: 7–12
Eurosport RAI	Pts: Fontecchio 16 Rebs: Sims 7 Asts: Johnson-Odom, Ruzzier 3 PIR: Diener 12	Boxscore	Pts: Garrett 18 Rebs: Washington 13 Asts: Poeta 3 PIR: Washington 24	Arena: Nelson Mandela Forum Referees: Carmelo Paternico', Alessandro Martolini, Beniamino Manuel Attard

Starters:			Pts	Reb	Ast

PG	10	Michele Ruzzier	4	2	3
SG	20	Darius Johnson-Odom	14	1	3
SF	2	Simone Fontecchio	16	2	0
PF	1	Kelvin Martin	7	4	2
C	14	Henry Sims	9	7	0
Reserves:
PF	6	Giulio Gazzotti	DNP
PG	7	Travis Diener	6	5	1
F	8	Giampaolo Ricci	9	6	0
G	11		0	2	1
SG	16	Drake Diener	11	2	2
F	23	Landon Milbourne	11	5	1
Head coach:
Romeo Sacchetti

Vanoli Cremona

Fiat Torino

Starters:			Pts	Reb	Ast

PG	2	Diante Garrett	18	6	2
SG	21		3	3	0
SF	17	Deron Washington	13	13	1
PF	16	Nobel Boungou Colo	7	8	1
C	32	Trevor Mbakwe	3	3	0
Reserves:
PG	1	Vander Blue	17	1	1
G/F	6	Sasha Vujačić	15	7	0
PG	8	Giuseppe Poeta	9	0	3
F/C	22	Valerio Mazzola	7	5	0
PG	23	Mohamed Touré	DNP
G	24		DNP
G	25		DNP
Head coach:

Red October Cantù vs. Germani Basket Brescia[]

17 February 2018 Semifinal B	Red October Cantù	82–870(OT)	Germani Basket Brescia	Florence
20:45 (CET)	Scoring by quarter: 18–20, 21–23, 17–20, 20–13, Overtime: 6–11
Eurosport RAI	Pts: Thomas 20 Rebs: Burns 14 Asts: Smith, Chappell 4 PIR: Chappell 20	Boxscore	Pts: Vitali 19 Rebs: Hunt 11 Asts: Vitali 4 PIR: Vitali 30	Arena: Nelson Mandela Forum Referees: Enrico Sabetta, Michele Rossi, Emanuele Aronne

Starters:			Pts	Reb	Ast

PG	2	Jaime Smith	19	0	4
SG	21	Jeremy Chappell	17	13	4
SF	5	David Cournooh	4	3	0
PF	23	Christian Burns	11	14	2
C	25	Charles Thomas	20	4	2
Reserves:
C	4		DNP
G	8		11	5	0
G	10		0	0	0
C	15	Andrea Crosariol	DNP
F	19		0	1	0
F	20		0	0	1
Head coach:

Red October Cantù

Germani Basket Brescia

Starters:			Pts	Reb	Ast

PG	7	Luca Vitali	19	9	4
SG	2	Lee Moore	15	9	3
SF	34	David Moss	5	1	2
PF	8	Marcus Landry	17	5	2
C	4	Dario Hunt	9	11	1
Reserves:
G	5		DNP
C	10	Benjamin Ortner	4	4	0
PG	26	Andrea Traini	3	1	2
G	31	Michele Vitali	10	5	1
F	41		5	2	2
Head coach:

Final[]

In the final game Sasha Vujačić’s layup in the dying seconds lifted Fiat Torino to a 69-67 victory over Germani Basket Brescia for the club’s first Italian Cup. After a series of threes in the closing seconds left the game tied, Brescia had the ball for what appeared to be the final possession, however Marcus Landry and Luca Vitali each missed from downtown, Deron Washington picked up the loose ball and started a fast break that Vujacic finished with the winning layup. Diante Garrett paced Fiat with 16 points, Nobel Boungou Colo and Vander Blue added 11 points apiece and Washington scored 10 for the winners. Landry paced Brescia with 22 points and 9 rebounds and Michele Vitali added 14 points in defeat.^[7]

Fiat Torino vs. Germani Basket Brescia[]

18 February 2018 Final	Fiat Torino	69–67	Germani Basket Brescia	Florence
18:00 (CET)	Scoring by quarter: 11–14, 17–17, 25–25, 16–11
Eurosport RAI	Pts: Garrett 16 Rebs: Mazzola 11 Asts: Poeta 4 PIR: Mazzola 17	Boxscore	Pts: Landry 22 Rebs: Landry 9 Asts: Vitali 10 PIR: Landry 20	Arena: Nelson Mandela Forum Referees: Saverio Lanzarini, Carmelo Lo Guzzo, Lorenzo Baldini

Starters:			Pts	Reb	Ast

PG	2	Diante Garrett	16	4	2
SG	1	Vander Blue	11	2	1
SF	17	Deron Washington	10	7	3
PF	16	Nobel Boungou Colo	11	2	0
C	32	Trevor Mbakwe	1	5	1
Reserves:
G/F	6	Sasha Vujačić	7	4	1
PG	8	Giuseppe Poeta	7	2	4
SG	21		0	0	1
F/C	22	Valerio Mazzola	6	11	0
PG	23	Mohamed Touré	DNP
G	24		DNP
G	25		DNP
Head coach:

Fiat Torino

Germani Basket Brescia

Italian Cup MVP: Vander Blue
Game rules: Game played under FIBA rules.

2018 Italian Cup Winners
Fiat Torino 1st title

Starters:			Pts	Reb	Ast

PG	7	Luca Vitali	5	6	10
SG	2	Lee Moore	2	5	0
SF	34	David Moss	2	5	2
PF	8	Marcus Landry	22	9	1
C	4	Dario Hunt	6	6	0
Reserves:
G	5		DNP
C	10	Benjamin Ortner	4	0	1
SG	16	Giovanni Veronesi	DNP
C	20		DNP
PG	26	Andrea Traini	0	2	1
G	31	Michele Vitali	14	3	2
F	41		12	2	2
Head coach:

Sponsors[]

PosteMobile (title sponsor)
Panasonic (main sponsor)
Fastweb (technology partner)

Molten (official ball)
(official partner)
Prozis (official nutrition partner)

Frecciarossa (official train)
Timex Group (timing partner)
Erreà (technical sponsor)

Eurosport (official broadcaster)
Rai Sport (official broadcaster)
Radio Italia (official radio)

Anthea
Comune di Firenze
ACF Fiorentina^[8]

Source:^[9]

References[]

^ PosteMobile Final Eight 2018 - Programma
^ "Presentato l'accordo di sponsorizzazione tra LBA e PosteMobile" [The sponsorship agreement between LBA and PosteMobile has been presented]. Legabasket.it (in Italian). 22 December 2016. Retrieved 22 December 2016.
^ "Final Eight 2018: ufficializzata Firenze come sede dell'evento 15-18 febbraio" [2018 Final Eight: Florence will host the tournament 15–18 February]. Sportando.com (in Italian). 25 September 2017. Retrieved 25 September 2017.
^ "National cups roundup: February 19, 2017". euroleague.net. 19 February 2017. Retrieved 19 February 2017.
^ "Basket, Final Eight: Torino-Brescia 69-67. Storica prima dell'Auxilium" [Basketball, Final Eight: Torino-Brescia 69-67. Historical first time for Auxilium]. gazzetta.it (in Italian). 18 February 2018. Retrieved 18 February 2018.
^ "Vander Blue è l'MVP delle Final Eight di Firenze" [Vander Blue named MVP of the Final Eight in Florence]. Sportando.com (in Italian). 18 February 2018.^{[permanent dead link]}
^ "National cups roundup: February 18, 2018". euroleague.net. 18 February 2018. Retrieved 19 February 2018.
^ "La Fiorentina partner della PosteMobile Final Eight" [ACF Fiorentina official partner of PosteMobile Final Eight]. Sportando.com (in Italian). 5 February 2018.
^ PosteMobile Final Eight, Partners

External links[]

LBA Final Eight official website

[1] PosteMobile Final Eight 2018 - Programma

[2] "Presentato l'accordo di sponsorizzazione tra LBA e PosteMobile" [The sponsorship agreement between LBA and PosteMobile has been presented]. Legabasket.it (in Italian). 22 December 2016. Retrieved 22 December 2016.

[3] "Final Eight 2018: ufficializzata Firenze come sede dell'evento 15-18 febbraio" [2018 Final Eight: Florence will host the tournament 15–18 February]. Sportando.com (in Italian). 25 September 2017. Retrieved 25 September 2017.

[4] "National cups roundup: February 19, 2017". euroleague.net. 19 February 2017. Retrieved 19 February 2017.

[5] "Basket, Final Eight: Torino-Brescia 69-67. Storica prima dell'Auxilium" [Basketball, Final Eight: Torino-Brescia 69-67. Historical first time for Auxilium]. gazzetta.it (in Italian). 18 February 2018. Retrieved 18 February 2018.

[6] "Vander Blue è l'MVP delle Final Eight di Firenze" [Vander Blue named MVP of the Final Eight in Florence]. Sportando.com (in Italian). 18 February 2018.^{[permanent dead link]}

[7] "National cups roundup: February 18, 2018". euroleague.net. 18 February 2018. Retrieved 19 February 2018.

[8] "La Fiorentina partner della PosteMobile Final Eight" [ACF Fiorentina official partner of PosteMobile Final Eight]. Sportando.com (in Italian). 5 February 2018.

[9] PosteMobile Final Eight, Partners

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Tournament details
Arena	Nelson Mandela Forum Florence, Italy
Dates	15–18 February 2018^[1]
Final positions
Champions	Fiat Torino (1st title)
Runners-up	Germani Basket Brescia
Awards and statistics
MVP	Vander Blue
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