2018–19 Finnish Basketball Cup

The 2018–19 of the Finnish Basketball Cup is at its 33rd edition.

2018–19 Finnish Basketball Cup
Season	2018–19
Games played	27
Teams	16
TV partner(s)	Elisa Viihde
Finals
Champions	Salon Vilpas (1st title)
← 2013 2019-20 → All statistics correct as of 8 January 2019.

The competition was interrupted in 2013 and resumed for the season 2018–19. The Opening match was played on 30 October 2018.

Format

Every Finnish basketball team from any league could join voluntarily the Finnish Basketball Cup. The competition is structured in single game play-off series, with the exception that the teams that lose at the first and second round have a second chance to qualify by playing an additional play-out round.

Teams

Lepi

EBT

Koripojat

JBA

Kipinä

KTP

Lahti

LoKoKo

Kisapojat

Tarmo

Pyrintö

Akatemia

Raiders

Roosters

Vilpas

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Location of teams in the 2018–19 Finnish Basketball Cup

Team	City	Tier	Affiliation
BC Lepi	Nokia	Over 35 Championship	BC Nokia
Espoo Basket Team	Espoo	I Division B
Forssan Koripojat	Forssa	I Division A
Jyväskylä Basketball Academy	Jyväskylä	I Division A
Koiviston Kipinä	Äänekoski	II Division South East Area
KTP Basket	Kotka	Korisliiga
Lahti Basketball	Lahti	I Division A
LoKoKo Bisons	Loimaa	I Division A
Munkkiniemen Kisapojat	Helsinki	I Division B
Porvoon Tarmo	Porvoo	I Division A
Pyrintö Akatemia	Tampere	I Division A	Tampereen Pyrintö
Tampereen Pyrintö	Tampere	Korisliiga
Raiders Basket	Järvenpää	I Division B
Roosters	Nokia	III Division Western Area	BC Nokia
Räppäkäpälät	Porvoo	II Division Southern Area	Porvoon Tarmo
Salon Vilpas	Salo	Korisliiga

First round

In the first round all the teams qualify to the second round, no matter what the result is. But the winners from the first round play against each other in a single game play-off format, while the losers go in a play-out round.

10 November 2018 17:00

[1]

Porvoon Tarmo

99–80

Roosters

9 November 2018 19:30

[2]

BC Lepi

98–71

Espoo Basket Team

10 November 2018 14:30

[3]

Räppäkäpälät

118–80

Pyrintö Akatemia

2 November 2018 18:30

[4]

Tampereen Pyrintö

98–84

LoKoKo Bisons

10 November 2018 12:30

[5]

Koiviston Kipinä

83–104

Raiders Basket

21 November 2018 18:30

[6]

Lahti Basketball

86–82

KTP Basket

8 November 2018 19:00

[7]

Munkkiniemen Kisapojat

80–120

Salon Vilpas

30 October 2018 18:30

[8]

Jyväskylä Basketball Academy

81–89

Forssan Koripojat

Second round

The second round play-offs are played amongst the teams that won in the first round. The winning teams go directly to the fourth round, while the losing teams play an extra third round with the chance to qualify to the fourth round.

The play-outs are played amongst the teams that lost the first play off round. The losing teams are out from the competition, while the winning teams play in the additional round against the losing team from the play-offs of the second round, with a chance to qualify to the fourth round.

Play off

20 December 2018 19:30

[9]

Porvoon Tarmo

65–119

BC Lepi

2 December 2018 14:30

[10]

Räppäkäpälät

88–136

Tampereen Pyrintö

4 December 2018 19:00

[11]

Raiders Basket

99–94

Lahti Basketball

4 December 2018 18:30

[12]

Forssan Koripojat

84–109

Salon Vilpas

Play out

15 December 2018 18:30

[13]

Roosters

92–75

Espoo Basket Team

4 December 2018 18:30

[14]

LoKoKo Bisons

85–70

Pyrintö Akatemia

8 January 2019 18:30

[15]

KTP Basket

138–90

Koiviston Kipinä

4 December 2018 18:30

[16]

Jyväskylä Basketball Academy

82–106

Munkkiniemen Kisapojat

Third round

In the third round the teams who won the play-outs play against the teams that lost the second round of play-offs. The winners will qualify to the fourth round and will play against the teams that won the second round of play-offs

9 January 2019 19:00

[17]

Munkkiniemen Kisapojat

120–47

Porvoon Tarmo

15 January 2019 18:30

[18]

KTP Basket

108–85

Räppäkäpälät

9 January 2019 18:30

[19]

LoKoKo Bisons

76–80

Lahti Basketball

20 January 2019 17:00

[20]

Forssan Koripojat

103–83

Roosters

Bracket

The final stage is played in single match quarters, semifinals and final.

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	6 February 2019
	Raiders Basket	64
					5 March 2019
	Munkkiniemen Kisapojat	68
					Munkkiniemen Kisapojat	89
	22 February 2019
					Tampereen Pyrintö	99
	Tampereen Pyrintö	115
									16 March 2019
	Forssan Koripojat	90
									Tampereen Pyrintö	93
	29 January 2019
									Salon Vilpas	106
	Lahti Basketball	102
					5 March 2019
	BC Lepi	83
					Lahti Basketball	79
	6 February 2019
					Salon Vilpas	104
	Salon Vilpas	98
	KTP Basket	86

Final

Tampereen Pyrintö v Salon Vilpas

16 March 2019 Final	Tampereen Pyrintö	93–106	Salon Vilpas	Tampere
19:00 (EET)	Scoring by quarter: 26–27, 21–25, 23–29, 23–25
Elisa Viihde	Pts: Osku Heinonen 20 Rebs: Kenneth Manigault 8 Asts: Kenneth Manigault 6	Boxscore	Pts: Jack Gibbs 31 Rebs: Juho Nenonen 9 Asts: Teemu Rannikko 5	Arena: Pyynikin Palloiluhalli

Starters: Pts Reb Ast G 2 Jaylon Tate 19 3 5 F 3 Kenneth Manigault 19 8 6 F 10 Osku Heinonen 20 4 2 C 65 Kevin Johnson Jr. 10 8 0 F 93 Joonas Cavén 9 0 0 Reserves: G 9 Lassi Kilpinen 3 0 1 F 11 Ville Haapoja 3 2 0 G 13 Tuomas Flinck 0 0 0 F 40 Justus Kilpinen 10 1 3 Head coach: Sami Toiviainen

Tampereen Pyrintö Salon Vilpas Pyrintö Statistics Vilpas 26/46 (57%) 2 point field goals 22/42 (52%) 9/21 (43%) 3 point field goals 12/23 (52%) 14/16 (88.0%) Free throws 26/29 (90%) 29 Rebounds 36 17 Assists 22 Game rules Game played under FIBA rules. 2018-2019 Finnish Cup Winners Salon Vilpas 1st title

Starters: Pts Reb Ast F 7 Juho Nenonen 17 9 4 F 8 Antonio Ballard 25 9 2 G 9 Teemu Rannikko 5 0 5 F 10 Brandon Taylor 8 4 0 G 15 Jack Gibbs 31 2 2 Reserves: F 4 Mikko Koivisto 9 3 3 F 5 Henri Kantonen 6 4 4 G 11 Leevi-Matias Taimela DNP G 12 Aatu Kivimäki 0 0 1 F 21 Riku Laine 5 0 1 Head coach: Joonas Iisalo