2018–19 EuroCup Basketball Playoffs

The 2018–19 EuroCup Basketball Playoffs began on 5 March and will end on 12 or 15 April 2019 with the second or third leg, if necessary, of the 2019 EuroCup Finals, to decide the champions of the 2018–19 EuroCup Basketball.[1] Eight teams compete in the playoffs.

Times up to 27 March 2019 are CET (UTC+1), thereafter (finals) times are CEST (UTC+2).

Format

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The playoffs involves the eight teams which qualified as winners and runners-up of each of the four groups in the 2018–19 EuroCup Basketball Top 16.

Each tie in the playoffs, apart from the final, is played with a best-of-three-games format. The team that performed better in the Top 16 will play the games first and third, if necessary, at home.[2]

Qualified teams

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Group Winners
(Seeded in quarterfinals)
Runners-up
(Unseeded in quarterfinals)
E   Alba Berlin   Rytas
F   LDLC ASVEL   Lokomotiv Kuban
G   Valencia Basket   Unicaja
H   UNICS   MoraBanc Andorra

Standings

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Pos Grp Team Pld W L PF PA PD
1 G   Valencia Basket 6 6 0 501 458 +43
2 H   UNICS 6 5 1 507 426 +81
3 E   Alba Berlin 6 5 1 487 451 +36
4 F   LDLC ASVEL 6 5 1 445 411 +34
5 H   MoraBanc Andorra 6 5 1 479 459 +20
6 F   Lokomotiv Kuban 6 4 2 474 423 +51
7 E   Rytas 6 3 3 482 460 +22
8 G   Unicaja 6 3 3 468 485 −17

Bracket

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QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinals
 
                
 
 
 
 
  Valencia Basket7571
 
 
 
  Rytas6456
 
  Valencia Basket6979
 
 
 
  UNICS6473
 
  UNICS865969
 
 
 
  Lokomotiv Kuban666865
 
  Valencia Basket899289
 
 
 
  Alba Berlin759563
 
  Alba Berlin9010179
 
 
 
  Unicaja918175
 
  Alba Berlin10287
 
 
 
  MoraBanc Andorra9781
 
  LDLC ASVEL797980
 
 
  MoraBanc Andorra759882
 

Quarterfinals

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The first legs were played on 5 March, the second legs on 8 March and the third legs, if necessary, on 13 March 2019.

Team 1 Series Team 2 Game 1 Game 2 Game 3
Alba Berlin   2–1   Unicaja 90–91 101–81 79–75
LDLC ASVEL   1–2   MoraBanc Andorra 79–75 79–98 80–82
Valencia Basket   2–0   Rytas 75–64 71–56
UNICS   2–1   Lokomotiv Kuban 86–66 59–68 69–65

First leg

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5 March 2019 UNICS   86–66
(Series: 1–0)
  Lokomotiv Kuban Kazan
17:00 Scoring by quarter: 18–14, 23–24, 25–12, 20–16
Pts: McCollum 32
Rebs: Ejim, Kaimakoglou 7
Asts: Henry 9
PIR: McCollum 37
Boxscore Pts: Kulagin 17
Rebs: McLean 6
Asts: Lacey, McLean 4
PIR: Johnson 15
Arena: Basket Hall
Attendance: 4,096
Referees: Sreten Radović (CRO), Milan Nedović (SLO), Hugues Thépénier (FRA)
5 March 2019 Alba Berlin   90–91
(Series: 0–1)
  Unicaja Berlin
19:00 Scoring by quarter: 29–17, 29–22, 12–27, 20–25
Pts: Siva 14
Rebs: Nnoko 6
Asts: Hermannsson 10
PIR: Hermannsson 17
Boxscore Pts: Lessort 18
Rebs: Lessort 7
Asts: Roberts 7
PIR: Lessort 32
Arena: Max Schmeling Halle
Attendance: 6,322
Referees: Oļegs Latiševs (LAT), Sérgio Silva (POR), Saulius Racys (SWE)
5 March 2019 LDLC ASVEL   79–75
(Series: 1–0)
  MoraBanc Andorra Villeurbanne
20:30 Scoring by quarter: 17–20, 17–22, 30–18, 15–15
Pts: Lombahe-Kahudi 21
Rebs: Kalnietis 7
Asts: Kalnietis 5
PIR: Lombahe-Kahudi 26
Boxscore Pts: Diagne 16
Rebs: Diagne 8
Asts: Ennis, Jelínek 4
PIR: Diagne 29
Arena: Astroballe
Attendance: 5,560
Referees: Spiros Gkontas (GRE), Gytis Vilius (LTU), Michele Rossi (ITA)
5 March 2019 Valencia Basket   75–64
(Series: 1–0)
  Rytas Valencia
20:45 Scoring by quarter: 12–20, 14–10, 22–13, 27–21
Pts: M. Thomas 15
Rebs: Tobey 9
Asts: Van Rossom, Vives 3
PIR: M. Thomas 16
Boxscore Pts: Seeley, Sirvydis 11
Rebs: Echodas 8
Asts: Stipčević 4
PIR: Sirvydis 11
Arena: Fuente de San Luis
Attendance: 7,438
Referees: Christos Christodoulou (GRE), Erşan Kartal (TUR), Marko Juras (SRB)

Second leg

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8 March 2019 Rytas   56–71
(Series: 0–2)
  Valencia Basket Vilnius
18:00 Scoring by quarter: 14–20, 25–13, 9–24, 8–14
Pts: Echodas 11
Rebs: Butkevičius 6
Asts: Butkevičius, Stipčević 6
PIR: Butkevičius 18
Boxscore Pts: Tobey 18
Rebs: Tobey 7
Asts: Van Rossom 5
PIR: Tobey 22
Arena: Siemens Arena
Attendance: 6,539
Referees: Ilija Belošević (SRB), Matej Boltauzer (SLO), Amit Balak (ISR)
8 March 2019 Lokomotiv Kuban   68–59
(Series: 1–1)
  UNICS Krasnodar
18:00 Scoring by quarter: 13–13, 15–7, 11–19, 29–20
Pts: Kulagin 26
Rebs: Wright 7
Asts: Khvostov, Lacey 4
PIR: Kulagin 23
Boxscore Pts: McCollum 19
Rebs: Henry 7
Asts: Henry 6
PIR: McCollum 16
Arena: Basket Hall
Attendance: 3,543
Referees: Emin Moğulkoç (TUR), Mehdi Difallah (FRA), Eduard Udyanskyy (GBR)
8 March 2019 Unicaja   81–101
(Series: 1–1)
  Alba Berlin Málaga
20:45 Scoring by quarter: 26–23, 17–28, 23–21, 15–29
Pts: Shermadini 15
Rebs: Lessort, Wiltjer 5
Asts: Roberts 9
PIR: Roberts 20
Boxscore Pts: Giedraitis 23
Rebs: Sikma, Siva 6
Asts: Hermannsson 9
PIR: Giedraitis 23
Arena: Martín Carpena
Attendance: 9,650
Referees: Saša Pukl (SLO), Petros Papapetrou (GRE), Uroš Nikolić (SRB)
8 March 2019 MoraBanc Andorra   98–79
(Series: 1–1)
  LDLC ASVEL Andorra la Vella
20:45 Scoring by quarter: 19–22, 28–19, 27–14, 24–24
Pts: Luz 17
Rebs: Ennis, Vitali 6
Asts: Albicy 7
PIR: Ennis 23
Boxscore Pts: Maledon 16
Rebs: Bilan 8
Asts: Maledon 5
PIR: Bilan 16
Arena: Poliesportiu d'Andorra
Attendance: 4,080
Referees: Jakub Zamojski (POL), Robert Vyklický (CZE), Josip Radojković (CRO)

Third leg

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13 March 2019 UNICS   69–65
(Series: 2–1)
  Lokomotiv Kuban Kazan
17:00 Scoring by quarter: 10–16, 27–13, 10–17, 22–19
Pts: Kaimakoglou 14
Rebs: McCollum 5
Asts: Henry 5
PIR: Kaimakoglou, Smith 14
Boxscore Pts: Kulagin 16
Rebs: Johnson 12
Asts: Khvostov 4
PIR: Johnson 27
Arena: Basket Hall
Attendance: 3,543 (tentative)
Referees: Damir Javor (SLO), Amit Balak (ISR), Sinan İşgüder (TUR)
13 March 2019 Alba Berlin   79–75
(Series: 2–1)
  Unicaja Berlin
19:00 Scoring by quarter: 23–21, 13–18, 26–25, 17–11
Pts: Siva 15
Rebs: Sikma 7
Asts: Siva 10
PIR: Siva 16
Boxscore Pts: Lessort 18
Rebs: Suárez 7
Asts: Boatright 5
PIR: Lessort 29
Arena: Mercedes-Benz Arena
Attendance: 7,039 (tentative)
Referees: Ilija Belošević (SRB), Sašo Petek (SLO), Josip Radojković (CRO)
13 March 2019 LDLC ASVEL   80–82
(Series: 1–2)
  MoraBanc Andorra Villeurbanne
20:30 Scoring by quarter: 22–19, 17–29, 22–19, 19–15
Pts: Bilan 19
Rebs: Bilan 8
Asts: Kalnietis 7
PIR: Bilan 22
Boxscore Pts: Ennis, Jordan 14
Rebs: Diagne 5
Asts: Ennis 7
PIR: Jelínek 15
Arena: Astroballe
Attendance: 4,732 (tentative)
Referees: Christos Christodoulou (GRE), Aare Halliko (EST), Renaud Geller (BEL)

Semifinals

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The first legs were played on 19 March, the second legs on 22 March.

Team 1 Series Team 2 Game 1 Game 2 Game 3
Alba Berlin   2–0   MoraBanc Andorra 102–97 87–81
Valencia Basket   2–0   UNICS 69–64 79–73

First leg

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19 March 2019 Valencia Basket   69–64
(Series: 1–0)
  UNICS Valencia
18:30 Scoring by quarter: 11–10, 17–20, 16–18, 25–16
Pts: Tobey, San Emeterio 14
Rebs: Dubljević 8
Asts: Vives 4
PIR: Tobey 19
Boxscore Pts: McCollum 16
Rebs: Ndour 9
Asts: Henry 5
PIR: three players 12
Arena: Fuente de San Luis
Attendance: 7,170 (tentative)
Referees: Jakub Zamojski (POL), Sašo Petek (SLO), Michele Rossi (ITA)
19 March 2019 Alba Berlin   102–97
(Series: 1–0)
  MoraBanc Andorra Berlin
20:00 Scoring by quarter: 29–21, 30–22, 26–30, 17–24
Pts: Sikma 20
Rebs: Sikma 7
Asts: Siva 9
PIR: Siva 32
Boxscore Pts: Jelínek 16
Rebs: Upshaw 10
Asts: Albicy 12
PIR: Albicy, Jordan 18
Arena: Mercedes-Benz Arena
Attendance: 9,111 (tentative)
Referees: Milivoje Jovčić (SRB), Miloš Koljenšić (MNE), Nick Van Den Broeck (BEL)

Second leg

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22 March 2019 UNICS   73–79
(Series: 0–2)
  Valencia Basket Kazan
17:00 Scoring by quarter: 16–23, 20–16, 16–17, 21–23
Pts: McCollum 13
Rebs: Morgan 7
Asts: McCollum 5
PIR: Ndour 18
Boxscore Pts: Van Rossom, M. Thomas 15
Rebs: W. Thomas 7
Asts: three players 3
PIR: Van Rossom 19
Arena: Basket Hall
Attendance: 6,193 (tentative)
Referees: Saša Pukl (SLO), Seffi Shemmes (ISR), Uroš Nikolić (SRB)
22 March 2019 MoraBanc Andorra   81–87
(Series: 0–2)
  Alba Berlin Andorra la Vella
20:15 Scoring by quarter: 23–25, 19–26, 20–22, 19–14
Pts: Albicy 20
Rebs: Jordan 7
Asts: Albicy 6
PIR: Jordan 23
Boxscore Pts: Siva 21
Rebs: Giffey, Thiemann 6
Asts: Sikma, Siva 3
PIR: Giedraitis 16
Arena: Poliesportiu d'Andorra
Attendance: 3,690 (tentative)
Referees: Luigi Lamonica (ITA), Elias Koromilas (GRE), Marcin Kowalski (POL)

Finals

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The first leg will be played on 9 April, the second leg on 12 April, and the third leg on 15 April 2019, if necessary.

Team 1 Series Team 2 Game 1 Game 2 Game 3
Valencia Basket   2–1   Alba Berlin 89–75 92–95 89–63

First leg

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9 April 2019 Valencia Basket   89–75
(Series: 1–0)
  Alba Berlin Valencia
20:30 Scoring by quarter: 20–13, 21–25, 30–15, 18–22
Pts: Thomas 22
Rebs: Dubljević 8
Asts: Van Rossom 7
PIR: Thomas 25
Boxscore Pts: Siva 17
Rebs: Sikma, Thiemann 5
Asts: Siva 7
PIR: Siva 20
Arena: Fuente de San Luis
Attendance: 7,911
Referees: Sreten Radović (CRO), Emin Moğulkoç (TUR), Robert Vyklický (CZE)

Second leg

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12 April 2019 Alba Berlin   95–920(OT)
(Series: 1–1)
  Valencia Basket Berlin
20:00 Scoring by quarter: 23–21, 19–18, 20–20, 21–24Overtime: 12–9
Pts: Giedraitis 17
Rebs: Sikma 6
Asts: Hermannsson, Siva 6
PIR: Sikma 20
Boxscore Pts: Van Rossom 22
Rebs: Labeyrie 5
Asts: Thomas 5
PIR: San Emeterio, Van Rossom 21
Arena: Mercedes-Benz Arena
Attendance: 12,945
Referees: Ilija Belošević (SRB), Elias Koromilas (GRE), Gytis Vilius (LTU)

Third leg

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15 April 2019 Valencia Basket   89–63
(Series: 2–1)
  Alba Berlin Valencia
20:30 Scoring by quarter: 17–18, 29–15, 17–11, 26–19
Pts: M. Thomas 19
Rebs: Dubljević 8
Asts: Antoine Diot 7te
PIR: Dubljević 27
Boxscore Pts: Giedraitis 19
Rebs: Sikma 8
Asts: Sikma, Siva 4
PIR: Giedraitis 15
Arena: Fuente de San Luis
Attendance: 8,014
Referees: Fernando Rocha (POR), Petri Mantyla (FIN), Milan Nedović (SLO)

References

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  1. ^ "Euroleague Basketball and ULEB agree on 2018-19 EuroCup calendar". Euroleague Basketball. 1 June 2018. Retrieved 1 July 2018.
  2. ^ "7DAYS EuroCup draw set to take place on July 5". EuroCup Basketball. 3 June 2018. Archived from the original on July 3, 2018. Retrieved 3 July 2018.
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