2019 Basketball Champions League Final Four

2019 Basketball Champions League Final Four
Season	2018–19 season
Tournament details
Arena	Sportpaleis ; Antwerp, Belgium
Dates	3–5 May 2018
Final positions
Champions	Virtus Bologna; 1st title
Runners-up	Iberostar Tenerife
Third place	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)
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The 2019 Basketball Champions League (BCL) Final Four was the third concluding Basketball Champions League Final Four tournament. It was the concluding phase of the 2018–19 Basketball Champions League season, which marked the second season of Basketball Champions League (BCL). The Final Four took place on 3–5 May 2019.^[1] The tournament is hosted by the Sportpaleis in Antwerp, Belgium.^[2]

Virtus Bologna won its first ever Champions League title, Iberostar Tenerife were runners-up. Antwerp Giants took the third place over Brose Bamberg.

Draw[]

The draw for the final four pairings was held on 10 April in Antwerp.

Venue[]

Antwerp	Antwerp 2019 Basketball Champions League Final Four (Europe)
Sportpaleis
Capacity: 18,500

Teams[]

Road to the Final Four[]

Club	Clinched Final Four	Season performance
Club	Clinched Final Four	Regular season record	Round of 16				Quarterfinals
Iberostar Tenerife	3 April 2019^[3]	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^[4]	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^[5]	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^[6]	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[]

Information
Team	Domestic competition	Position (Record)^[a]	Head coach	Leading scorer^[a]
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 v		Final

3 May

Segafredo Virtus Bologna	67
		5 May
Brose Bamberg	50
		Segafredo Virtus Bologna	73
3 May
		Iberostar Tenerife	61
Iberostar Tenerife	70

Telenet Antwerp Giants	54
		Third place game

		5 May

		Brose Bamberg	58

		Telenet Antwerp Giants	72

Semifinals[]

Segafredo Virtus Bologna vs Brose Bamberg[]

3 May 2019	Segafredo Virtus Bologna	67–50	Brose Bamberg	Antwerp
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)

Starters:			Pts	Reb	Ast

PG	7	Tony Taylor	5	3	5
SG	0	Kevin Punter	21	8	2
SF	1	Kelvin Martin	2	3	1
PF	24	Amath M'Baye	9	2	0
C	2	Yanick Moreira	5	9	1
Reserves:
PG	6	Alessandro Pajola	0	0	0
F/C	8	Filippo Baldi Rossi	5	3	0
PG	9		DNP
C	11	Dejan Kravić	8	6	0
G	15	Mario Chalmers	5	3	2
G/F	21	Pietro Aradori	9	2	0
G	25	David Cournooh	1	1	0
Head coach:
Aleksandar Đorđević

Bologna

Bamberg

0

Bologna	Statistics	Bamberg
	Statistics
18/48 (37.5%)	2-pt field goals	12/43 (27.9%)
6/18 (33.3%)	3-pt field goals	5/23 (21.7%)
13/20 (65%)	Free throws	11/14 (78.6%)
14	Offensive rebounds	16
33	Defensive rebounds	29
47	Total rebounds	45
12	Assists	4
11	Turnovers	16
10	Steals	8
3	Blocks	5
21	Fouls	18

Starters:			Pts	Reb	Ast

PG	4	Tyrese Rice	21	3	2
SG	6	Nikos Zisis	4	3	2
SF	33	Patrick Heckmann	2	8	1
PF	16	Louis Olinde	0	5	0
C	22	Cliff Alexander	3	9	0
Reserves:
G	2	Ricky Hickman	4	3	2
G	9	Maurice Stuckey	DNP
PG	13		DNP
G/F	20	Elias Harris	9	5	1
PF	21	Augustine Rubit	5	7	0
SG	44	Bryce Taylor	2	1	0
SG	98	Arnoldas Kulboka	DNP
Head coach:
Federico Perego

Iberostar Tenerife vs Telenet Giants Antwerp[]

3 May 2019	Iberostar Tenerife	70–54	Telenet Giants Antwerp	Antwerp
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)

Starters:			Pts	Reb	Ast

PG	00	Rodrigo San Miguel	4	0	8
SG	5	Nicolás Richotti	0	1	0
SF	9	Nicolás Brussino	17	4	3
PF	21	Tim Abromaitis	5	5	1
C	4	Colton Iverson	5	5	1
Reserves:
SG	1	Lucca Staiger	0	0	0
C	7	Mamadou Niang	7	3	1
PG	10	Ferrán Bassas	2	0	1
C	11	Sebastian Saiz	2	0	0
PF	31	Pierre-Antoine Gillet	11	6	0
SF	33	Javier Beirán	14	4	2
PG	34	Davin White	3	0	2
Head coach:
Txus Vidorreta

Tenerife

Antwerp

0

Tenerife	Statistics	Antwerp
	Statistics
16/29 (55.2%)	2-pt Field goals	15/33 (45.5%)
9/22 (40.9%)	3-pt field goals	5/22 (22.7%)
11/19 (57.9%)	Free throws	9/18 (50%)
10	Offensive rebounds	13
26	Defensive rebounds	20
36	Total rebounds	33
19	Assists	12
14	Turnovers	15
8	Steals	7
3	Blocks	1
20	Fouls	21

Starters:			Pts	Reb	Ast

PG	5	Paris Lee	4	3	4
SG	11	Victor Sanders	2	0	2
SF	24	Tyler Kalinoski	13	1	1
PF	13		3	1	0
C	21	Ismaël Bako	7	10	2
Reserves:
SG	7		0	0	0
SF	8	Jae'Sean Tate	13	4	1
PF	10	Hans Vanwijn	0	4	1
PG	20		1	1	0
PF	23		7	1	1
C	31	Trevor Thompson	4	1	0
C	33	Moses Kingsley	0	0	0
Head coach:
Roel Moors

Third place game[]

5 May 2019	Brose Bamberg	58–72	Telenet Giants Antwerp	Antwerp, Belgium
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)

Starters:			Pts	Reb	Ast

PG	4	Tyrese Rice	8	0	3
SG	13		0	2	3
SF	33	Patrick Heckmann	0	0	0
PF	16	Louis Olinde	12	6	2
C	22	Cliff Alexander	0	9	0
Reserves:
G	2	Ricky Hickman	4	3	5
SG	6	Nikos Zisis	6	1	0
G	9	Maurice Stuckey	4	1	1
G/F	20	Elias Harris	6	5	0
PF	21	Augustine Rubit	8	10	1
SG	44	Bryce Taylor	0	1	0
SG	98	Arnoldas Kulboka	10	2	0
Head coach:
Federico Perego

Bamberg

Antwerp

0

Bamberg	Statistics	Antwerp
	Statistics
17/40 (42.5%)	2-pt field goals	18/43 (41.9%)
5/21 (23.8%)	3-pt field goals	9/27 (33.3%)
9/14 (64.3%)	Free throws	9/16 (56.2%)
11	Offensive rebounds	14
33	Defensive rebounds	27
44	Total rebounds	41
15	Assists	18
12	Turnovers	6
3	Steals	7
3	Blocks	1
21	Fouls	19

Starters:			Pts	Reb	Ast

PG	5	Paris Lee	3	3	5
SG	11	Victor Sanders	8	2	0
SF	24	Tyler Kalinoski	10	2	0
PF	13		2	4	1
C	21	Ismaël Bako	5	2	2
Reserves:
SG	7		0	0	0
SF	8	Jae'Sean Tate	16	7	3
PF	10	Hans Vanwijn	9	5	2
PG	20		8	2	3
PF	23		4	3	2
C	31	Trevor Thompson	0	0	0
C	33	Moses Kingsley	7	5	0
Head coach:
Roel Moors

Final[]

5 May 2019	Segafredo Virtus Bologna	73–61	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	Tony Taylor	4	3	5
SG	0	Kevin Punter	26	7	1
SF	1	Kelvin Martin	2	2	1
PF	24	Amath M'Baye	16	3	0
C	2	Yanick Moreira	4	4	0
Reserves:
PG	6	Alessandro Pajola	DNP
F/C	8	Filippo Baldi Rossi	0	2	0
PG	9		DNP
C	11	Dejan Kravić	4	5	0
G	15	Mario Chalmers	8	2	2
G/F	21	Pietro Aradori	9	1	1
G	25	David Cournooh	0	1	0
Head coach:
Aleksandar Đorđević

Bologna

Tenerife

0

Bologna	Statistics	Tenerife
	Statistics
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
Segafredo Virtus Bologna 1st title

Starters:			Pts	Reb	Ast

PG	00	Rodrigo San Miguel	3	2	1
SG	1	Lucca Staiger	3	1	0
SF	9	Nicolás Brussino	2	1	0
PF	21	Tim Abromaitis	18	8	2
C	4	Colton Iverson	11	9	0
Reserves:
SG	5	Nicolás Richotti	DNP
C	7	Mamadou Niang	2	4	1
PG	10	Ferrán Bassas	5	2	2
C	11	Sebastian Saiz	1	2	0
PF	31	Pierre-Antoine Gillet	3	2	2
SF	33	Javier Beirán	9	7	3
PG	34	Davin White	4	0	0
Head coach:
Txus Vidorreta

Notes[]

^ ^a ^b As of the start of the Final Four, 3 May 2019

References[]

^ "Competition system". Championsleague.basketball. Retrieved 14 March 2019.
^ [1]
^ "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)

[asof-7] As of the start of the Final Four, 3 May 2019

[1] "Competition system". Championsleague.basketball. Retrieved 14 March 2019.

[2] [1]

[3] "Quarter-Finals, Gameday 2 Round Up". Championsleague.basketball. 3 April 2019. Retrieved 8 April 2019.

[4] "Quarter-Finals, Gameday 2 Round Up". Championsleague.basketball. 3 April 2019. Retrieved 8 April 2019.

[5] "Quarter-Finals, Gameday 2 Round Up". Championsleague.basketball. 3 April 2019. Retrieved 8 April 2019.

[6] "Quarter-Finals, Gameday 2 Round Up". Championsleague.basketball. 3 April 2019. Retrieved 8 April 2019.

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