2018–19 EuroCup Basketball

7DAYS EuroCup1
Competition details
Season 2018–19
Teams 24
2019–20 →
1 Sponsored name, referring to 7DAYS.

The 2018–19 EuroCup Basketball season, also known as 7DAYS EuroCup for sponsorship reasons, is the 17th season of Europe's secondary level professional club basketball tournament, organised by Euroleague Basketball. It is the 11th season since it was renamed from the ULEB Cup to the EuroCup, and the third season under the title sponsorship name of 7DAYS.

Team allocation

A total of 24 teams participate in the 2018–19 EuroCup Basketball.[1]

Distribution

The table below shows the default access list.[1]

Teams entering in this round Teams advancing from previous round
Regular season
(24 teams)
Top 16
(16 teams)
  • 4 group winners from the regular season
  • 4 group runners-up from the regular season
  • 4 group third-placed teams from the regular season
  • 4 group fourth-placed teams from the regular season
Playoffs
(8 teams)
  • 4 group winners from the Top 16
  • 4 group runners-up from the Top 16

Teams

The labels in the parentheses show how each team qualified for the place of its starting round:[1][2][3]

  • 1st, 2nd, 3rd, etc.: League position after Playoffs
  • WC: Wild card
Regular season
Serbia Crvena zvezda mts (2nd)[Note ABA] France LDLC ASVEL (WC) Italy Fiat Torino (WC) Spain Valencia Basket (5th)
Croatia Cedevita (3rd)[Note ABA] Germany ALBA Berlin (2nd) Lithuania Rytas (2nd) Spain MoraBanc Andorra (6th)[Note ESP]
Montenegro Mornar (4th)[Note ABA] Germany Fraport Skyliners (8th) Poland Arka Gdynia (11th) Spain Unicaja (7th)
Serbia Partizan NIS (WC)[Note ABA] Germany ratiopharm Ulm (WC) Russia Zenit Saint Petersburg (3rd) Turkey Tofaş (2nd)
France Monaco (2nd)[Note FRA] Italy Dolomiti Energia Trento (2nd) Russia UNICS (4th) Turkey Galatasaray (9th)
France Limoges (4th) Italy Germani Brescia Leonessa (4th) Russia Lokomotiv Kuban (5th) Turkey Türk Telekom (WC)
Notes
  1. ^ ABA League (ABA): Crvena zvezda mts, Cedevita, Mornar and Partizan NIS qualified through the ABA League.
  2. ^ Spain (ESP): MoraBanc Andorra is a club based in Andorra (which does not qualify for European competitions), but participate in European competitions through one of the berths for Spain (any coefficient points they earn count toward Spain).
  3. ^ France (FRA): Monaco are a club based in Monaco (which does not qualify for European competitions), but participated in European competitions through one of the berths for France (any coefficient points they earn count toward France).

Round and draw dates

The schedule of the competition is as follows.[4][5]

Phase Round Draw date First leg Second leg Third leg
Regular season Round 1 5 July 2018 2–3 October 2018
Round 2 9–10 October 2018
Round 3 16–17 October 2018
Round 4 23–24 October 2018
Round 5 30–31 October 2018
Round 6 6–7 November 2018
Round 7 13–14 November 2018
Round 8 20–21 November 2018
Round 9 11–12 December 2018
Round 10 18–19 December 2018
Top 16 Round 1 1–2 January 2019
Round 2 8–9 January 2019
Round 3 15–16 January 2019
Round 4 22–23 January 2019
Round 5 29–30 January 2019
Round 6 5–6 February 2019
Playoffs Quarterfinals 5 March 2019 8 March 2019 13 March 2019
Semifinals 19 March 2019 22 March 2019 27 March 2019
Finals 9 April 2019 12 April 2019 15 April 2019

Draw

The draw was held on 5 July 2018 at the Mediapro Auditorium in Barcelona.[5]

The 24 teams were drawn into four groups of six, with the restriction that teams from the same country could not be drawn against each other. For this purpose, Adriatic League worked as only one country. For the draw, the teams were seeded into six pots, in accordance with the Club Ranking, based on their performance in European competitions during a three-year period and the lowest possible position that any club from that league can occupy in the draw is calculated by adding the results of the worst performing team from each league.[5]

Pot 1
Team Pts
Russia Lokomotiv Kuban 138
Serbia Crvena zvezda mts 134
Spain Unicaja 123
Spain Valencia Basket 120
Pot 2
Team Pts
Turkey Galatasaray 112
Russia UNICS 109
Russia Zenit Saint Petersburg 96
Croatia Cedevita 81
Pot 3
Team Pts
Italy Dolomiti Energia Trento 76†
Italy Fiat Torino 76†
Italy Germani Brescia Leonessa 76†
Germany ALBA Berlin 75
Pot 4
Team Pts
Turkey Tofaş 71†
Turkey Türk Telekom 71†
Lithuania Rytas 59
Germany ratiopharm Ulm 53
Pot 5
Team Pts
France Limoges 51
Spain MoraBanc Andorra 50†
Germany Fraport Skyliners 44
Serbia Partizan NIS 33†
Pot 6
Team Pts
Montenegro Mornar 33†
Poland Arka Gdynia 31†
France LDLC ASVEL 28
France Monaco 24†
Notes

^† Indicates teams with points applying the minimum for the league they play.

The fixtures were decided after the draw, using a computer draw not shown to public, with the following match sequence:[5]

Note: Positions for scheduling do not use the seeding pots, e.g., Team 1 is not necessarily the team from Pot 1 in the draw.

Round Matches
Round 1 6 v 3, 4 v 2, 5 v 1
Round 2 1 v 6, 2 v 5, 3 v 4
Round 3 6 v 4, 5 v 3, 1 v 2
Round 4 6 v 2, 3 v 1, 4 v 5
Round 5 5 v 6, 1 v 4, 2 v 3
Round Matches
Round 6 1 v 5, 2 v 4, 3 v 6
Round 7 4 v 3, 5 v 2, 6 v 1
Round 8 2 v 1, 3 v 5, 4 v 6
Round 9 5 v 4, 1 v 3, 2 v 6
Round 10 3 v 2, 4 v 1, 6 v 5

There were scheduling restrictions: for example, teams from the same city in general are not scheduled to play at home on the same round (to avoid them playing at home on the same day or on consecutive days, due to logistics and crowd control).[5]

Regular season

Location of teams of the 2018–19 EuroCup regular season.
Red: Group A; Green: Group B; Blue: Group C; Yellow: Group D.

In each group, teams play against each other home-and-away in a round-robin format. The group winners, runners-up, third-placed teams and fourth-placed teams will advance to the Top 16, while the fifth-placed teams and sixth-placed teams will be eliminated. The rounds are 2–3 October, 9–10 October, 16–17 October, 23–24 October, 30–31 October, 6–7 November, 13–14 November, 20–21 November, 11–12 December, and 18–19 December 2018.

Group A

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Qualification CZV GAL MON AND ULM BRE
1 Serbia Crvena zvezda mts 2 2 0 154 136 +18 Advance to Top 16 — 31 Oct 14 Nov 17 Oct 88–73 12 Dec
2 Turkey Galatasaray 2 1 1 162 151 +11 19 Dec — 24 Oct 84–73 14 Nov 17 Oct
3 France Monaco 2 1 1 143 134 +9 63–66 12 Dec — 31 Oct 21 Nov 7 Nov
4 Spain MoraBanc Andorra 2 1 1 183 175 +8 21 Nov 7 Nov 19 Dec — 24 Oct 110–91
5 Germany ratiopharm Ulm 2 1 1 151 166 −15 7 Nov 103–92 17 Oct 12 Dec — 31 Oct
6 Italy Germani Brescia Leonessa 2 0 2 159 190 −31 24 Oct 21 Nov 68–80 14 Nov 19 Dec —
Updated to match(es) played on 10 October 2018. Source: EuroCup Basketball
Rules for classification: All points scored in extra period(s) will not be counted in the standings, nor for any tie-break situation.

Group B

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Qualification LOK ALB TOF LIM CED ARK
1 Russia Lokomotiv Kuban 2 2 0 162 137 +25 Advance to Top 16 — 31 Oct 17 Oct 82–64 12 Dec 7 Nov
2 Germany ALBA Berlin 2 1 1 180 166 +14 19 Dec — 107–91 21 Nov 14 Nov 24 Oct
3 Turkey Tofaş 2 1 1 187 186 +1 21 Nov 7 Nov — 12 Dec 31 Oct 96–79
4 France Limoges 2 1 1 146 150 −4 14 Nov 17 Oct 24 Oct — 82–68 19 Dec
5 Croatia Cedevita 2 1 1 143 155 −12 24 Oct 75–73 19 Dec 7 Nov — 21 Nov
6 Poland Arka Gdynia 2 0 2 152 176 −24 73–80 12 Dec 14 Nov 31 Oct 17 Oct —
Updated to match(es) played on 10 October 2018. Source: EuroCup Basketball
Rules for classification: All points scored in extra period(s) will not be counted in the standings, nor for any tie-break situation.

Group C

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Qualification VBC ZEN PAR TRE ASV TTA
1 Spain Valencia Basket 2 2 0 156 129 +27 Advance to Top 16 — 12 Dec 17 Oct 31 Oct 84–62 14 Nov
2 Russia Zenit Saint Petersburg 2 1 1 173 169 +4 24 Oct — 14 Nov 21 Nov 19 Dec 91–80
3 Serbia Partizan NIS 2 1 1 162 164 −2 21 Nov 89–82 — 7 Nov 24 Oct 19 Dec
4 Italy Dolomiti Energia Trento 2 1 1 143 148 −5 19 Dec 17 Oct 82–73 — 14 Nov 24 Oct
5 France LDLC ASVEL 2 1 1 137 145 −8 7 Nov 31 Oct 12 Dec 75–61 — 17 Oct
6 Turkey Türk Telekom 2 0 2 147 163 −16 67–72 7 Nov 31 Oct 12 Dec 21 Nov —
Updated to match(es) played on 10 October 2018. Source: EuroCup Basketball
Rules for classification: All points scored in extra period(s) will not be counted in the standings, nor for any tie-break situation.

Group D

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Qualification UNK UNI RYT MOR FSK TOR
1 Russia UNICS 2 2 0 183 147 +36 Advance to Top 16 — 12 Dec 86–73 7 Nov 31 Oct 17 Oct
2 Spain Unicaja 2 1 1 163 144 +19 24 Oct — 7 Nov 21 Nov 91–64 19 Dec
3 Lithuania Rytas 2 1 1 153 158 −5 14 Nov 80–72 — 19 Dec 17 Oct 24 Oct
4 Montenegro Mornar 2 1 1 158 177 −19 74–97 17 Oct 31 Oct — 12 Dec 14 Nov
5 Germany Fraport Skyliners 2 1 1 139 166 −27 19 Dec 14 Nov 21 Nov 24 Oct — 88–85
6 Italy Fiat Torino 2 0 2 155 159 −4 21 Nov 31 Oct 12 Dec 80–84 7 Nov —
Updated to match(es) played on 10 October 2018. Source: EuroCup Basketball
Rules for classification: All points scored in extra period(s) will not be counted in the standings, nor for any tie-break situation.

Top 16

In each group, teams will play against each other home-and-away in a round-robin format. The group winners and runners-up will advance to the Playoffs, while the third-placed teams and fourth-placed teams will be eliminated. The rounds are 1–2 January, 8–9 January, 15–16 January, 22–23 January, 29–30 January, and 5–6 February 2019.

Group E

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Qualification TBD TBD TBD TBD
1 TBD 0 0 0 0 0 0 Advance to quarterfinals —
2 TBD 0 0 0 0 0 0 —
3 TBD 0 0 0 0 0 0 —
4 TBD 0 0 0 0 0 0 —
First match(es) will be played on 2 January 2019. Source: EuroCup Basketball
Rules for classification: All points scored in extra period(s) will not be counted in the standings, nor for any tie-break situation.

Group F

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Qualification TBD TBD TBD TBD
1 TBD 0 0 0 0 0 0 Advance to quarterfinals —
2 TBD 0 0 0 0 0 0 —
3 TBD 0 0 0 0 0 0 —
4 TBD 0 0 0 0 0 0 —
First match(es) will be played on 2 January 2019. Source: EuroCup Basketball
Rules for classification: All points scored in extra period(s) will not be counted in the standings, nor for any tie-break situation.

Group G

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Qualification TBD TBD TBD TBD
1 TBD 0 0 0 0 0 0 Advance to quarterfinals —
2 TBD 0 0 0 0 0 0 —
3 TBD 0 0 0 0 0 0 —
4 TBD 0 0 0 0 0 0 —
First match(es) will be played on 2 January 2019. Source: EuroCup Basketball
Rules for classification: All points scored in extra period(s) will not be counted in the standings, nor for any tie-break situation.

Group H

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Qualification TBD TBD TBD TBD
1 TBD 0 0 0 0 0 0 Advance to quarterfinals —
2 TBD 0 0 0 0 0 0 —
3 TBD 0 0 0 0 0 0 —
4 TBD 0 0 0 0 0 0 —
First match(es) will be played on 2 January 2019. Source: EuroCup Basketball
Rules for classification: All points scored in extra period(s) will not be counted in the standings, nor for any tie-break situation.

Playoffs

In the playoffs, teams will play against each other must win two games to win the series. Thus, if one team wins two games before all three games have been played, the game that remains is omitted. The team that finished in the higher Top 16 place will play the first and the third (if it is necessary) legs of the series at home. The playoffs involves the eight teams which qualified as winners and runners-up of each of the four groups in the Top 16.

Awards

MVP of the Round

Regular Season
Round Player Team PIR Ref.
1Senegal Maurice NdourRussia UNICS41[6]
2Cameroon Kenny KadjiTurkey Tofaş34[7]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 "EuroCup Board meets in Istanbul ahead of 7DAYS EuroCup Finals Game 2". Euroleague Basketball. 13 April 2018. Retrieved 13 April 2018.
  2. ↑ "EuroCup Board looks ahead to the 2018-19 season". Euroleague Basketball. 14 June 2018. Retrieved 14 June 2018.
  3. ↑ "ECA Board reviews commercial strategy, approves 2018-19 competitions team list". Euroleague Basketball. 19 June 2018. Retrieved 19 June 2018.
  4. ↑ "Euroleague Basketball and ULEB agree on 2018-19 EuroCup calendar". Euroleague Basketball. 1 June 2018. Retrieved 1 July 2018.
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 "7DAYS EuroCup draw set to take place on July 5". EuroCup Basketball. 3 June 2018. Retrieved 3 July 2018.
  6. ↑ "7DAYS EuroCup Round 1 MVP: Maurice Ndour, UNICS Kazan". EuroCup Basketball. 5 October 2018. Retrieved 13 October 2018.
  7. ↑ "7DAYS EuroCup Round 2 MVP: Kenny Kadji, Tofas Bursa". EuroCup Basketball. 11 October 2018. Retrieved 13 October 2018.
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