2019 Basketball Champions League Final

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2019 Basketball Champions League Final
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Virtus Bologna celebrating after winning the final
Event2018–19 Basketball Champions League
Virtus Bologna Canarias
Italy Spain
73 61
Date5 May 2019
VenueSportpaleis, Antwerp, Belgium
Coaches
MVPKevin Punter
Referees
  • Yohan Rosso (France)
  • Mārtiņš Kozlovskis (Latvia)
  • Georgios Poursanidis (Greece)
Attendance16,437
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2019 Basketball Champions League Final was the concluding game of the 2018–19 Basketball Champions League season, the 3rd season of FIBA's premier basketball league in Europe. The final and the Final Four were played in the Sportpaleis in Antwerp, Belgium. The game was held 5 May 2019.[1]

Virtus Bologna from Italy won its first BCL title and its first European title in ten years. Canarias played in its second final and finished second.[1]

Background[]

Virtus Bologna[]

Virtus' 2018–19 season began with the appointment of Alessandro Dalla Salda as new club's CEO and the hire of Stefano Sacripanti as new head coach. Aradori and Filippo Baldi Rossi were confirmed and the club signed, among others, Tony Taylor, Kevin Punter, Amath M'Baye and Brian Qvale, to participate in the Basketball Champions League, which was Virtus's first European competition after ten years. The team reached a record of seven wins in the first seven games of the continental competition, which had never been achieved before.[2] In March 2019, the team signed Mario Chalmers, two-time NBA champion with the Miami Heat.[3][4]

Canarias[]

Canarias, playing as Iberostar Tenerife for sponsorship reasons, had another successful BCL season.

Venue[]

Antwerp
2019 Basketball Champions League Final (Europe)
Sportpaleis
Capacity: 18,500
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Road to the final[]

Italy Virtus Bologna Round Spain Canarias
Opponent Result Opponent Result
Group D winners
Pos Team
 Pld Pts
1 Italy Segafredo Virtus Bologna 14 24
2 Turkey Beşiktaş Sompo Japan 14 23
3 Lithuania Neptūnas 14 22
4 Greece Promitheas 14 22
5 France SIG Strasbourg 14 22
6 Belgium Filou Oostende 14 21
7 Germany medi Bayreuth 14 19
8 Slovenia Petrol Olimpija 14 15
Source: Basketball Champions League
 Regular season Group B winners
Pos Team
 Pld Pts
1 Spain Iberostar Tenerife 14 26
2 Italy Umana Reyer Venezia 14 24
3 France Nanterre 92 14 22
4 Greece PAOK 14 22
5 Israel Hapoel Holon 14 21
6 Germany Telekom Baskets Bonn 14 20
7 Switzerland Fribourg Olympic 14 17
8 Czech Republic Opava 14 16
Source: Basketball Champions League
Opponent Agg. 1st leg 2nd leg Playoffs Opponent Agg. 1st leg 2nd leg
France Le Mans 136–126 74–74 (A) 81–58 (H) Round of 16 Greece Promitheas 136–126 57–69 (A) 79–57 (H)
France Nanterre 148–141 75–83 (A) 73–85 (H) Quarter-finals Israel Hapoel Jerusalem 154–139 73–75 (A) 81–64 (H)
Germany Bamberg 67–50 Semi-finals Belgium Antwerp Giants 70–54

Game details[]

5 May 2019 Segafredo Virtus Bologna Italy 73–61 Spain Iberostar Tenerife Antwerp, Belgium
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)


Starters: Pts Reb Ast
PG 7 United States Tony Taylor 4 3 5
SG 0 United States Kevin Punter 26 7 1
SF 1 United States Kelvin Martin 2 2 1
PF 24 France Amath M'Baye 16 3 0
C 2 Angola Yanick Moreira 4 4 0
Reserves:
PG 6 Italy Alessandro Pajola DNP
F/C 8 Italy Filippo Baldi Rossi 0 2 0
PG 9 Italy DNP
C 11 Serbia Dejan Kravić 4 5 0
G 15 United States Mario Chalmers 8 2 2
G/F 21 Italy Pietro Aradori 9 1 1
G 25 Italy David Cournooh 0 1 0
Head coach:
Serbia Aleksandar Đorđević
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Bologna jersey
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Team colours
Bologna
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Tenerife jersey
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Team colours
Tenerife

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Bologna Statistics Tenerife
17/38 (44.7%) 2-pt field goals 13/28 (46.4%)
7/16 (43.8%) 3-pt field goals 5/37 (13.5%)
18/26 (69.2%) Free throws 20/23 (87%)
11 Offensive rebounds 24
21 Defensive rebounds 20
32 Total rebounds 44
10 Assists 11
15 Turnovers 20
8 Steals 6
3 Blocks 1
26 Fouls 29


2018–19 Basketball Champions League champions
Italy
Segafredo Virtus Bologna
1st title
Starters: Pts Reb Ast
PG 00 Spain Rodrigo San Miguel 3 2 1
SG 1 Germany Lucca Staiger 3 1 0
SF 9 Argentina Nicolás Brussino 2 1 0
PF 21 United States Tim Abromaitis 18 8 2
C 4 United States Colton Iverson 11 9 0
Reserves:
SG 5 Argentina Nicolás Richotti DNP
C 7 Senegal Mamadou Niang 2 4 1
PG 10 Spain Ferrán Bassas 5 2 2
C 11 Spain Sebastian Saiz 1 2 0
PF 31 Belgium Pierre-Antoine Gillet 3 2 2
SF 33 Spain Javier Beirán 9 7 3
PG 34 United States Davin White 4 0 0
Head coach:
Spain Txus Vidorreta

References[]

  1. ^ a b "Bologna dazzle on way to 2019 Basketball Champions League crown". Basketball Champions League. 5 May 2019. Retrieved 21 July 2020.
  2. ^ La Virtus Bologna supera anche Strasburgo ed è imbattuta! Colpo di Avellino che sbanca Le Mans
  3. ^ Basket, la Virtus chiama Chalmers, due titoli Nba a Miami insieme a LeBron
  4. ^ "Virtus Bologna announces signing of Mario Chalmers". Sportando.Basketball. March 3, 2019. Retrieved March 6, 2019.
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