2018–19 EuroLeague Women

The 2018–19 EuroLeague Women was the 61st edition of the European women's club basketball championship organized by FIBA, and the 23rd edition since being rebranded as the EuroLeague Women.

EuroLeague Women
Competition details
Season 2018–19
Teams 16 (competition proper)
20 (total)
Games played 132
Dates 8–17 October 2018
(qualifying)
24 October 2018 – 14 April 2019
(competition proper)
Final positions
Champions UMMC Ekaterinburg
(5th title)
Runners-up Dynamo Kursk
Third place ZVVZ USK Praha
Fourth place Sopron Basket
Awards
MVP Breanna Stewart[1]
(Dynamo Kursk)
Final Four MVP Brittney Griner[2]
(UMMC Ekaterinburg)
Statistical leaders
Points Breanna Stewart
21.0
Rebounds Brionna Jones
10.9
Assists Amel Bouderra
6.9

Team allocation

A total of 20 teams from 11 countries participated in the 2018–19 EuroLeague Women.[3]

Teams

League positions of the previous season shown in parentheses (TH: EuroLeague Women title holders):

Regular season
Castors Braine (1st) Flammes Carolo Basket (3rd) CCC Polkowice (1st) Perfumerías Avenida (1st)
USK Praha (1st) Sopron Basket (1st) Dynamo Kursk (2nd) Fenerbahçe (1st)
Tango Bourges Basket (1st) Famila Schio (1st) UMMC EkaterinburgTH (1st) Hatay BB (3rd)
Qualifying round
ESBVA-LM (5th) KSC Szekszárd (2nd) TTT Riga (1st) Nadezhda Orenburg (3rd)
Olympiacos (1st) Reyer Venezia (3rd) Wisła Can-Pack (4th) Çukurova Basketbol (4th)

Round and draw dates

Schedule

Phase Round Draw date Round date
Qualifying round First leg 5 July 20188–10 October 2018
Second leg11–17 October 2018
Regular season Matchday 124–25 October 2018
Matchday 231 October – 1 November 2018
Matchday 37 November 2018
Matchday 428–29 November 2018
Matchday 55–6 December 2018
Matchday 612–13 December 2018
Matchday 719–20 December 2018
Matchday 89–10 January 2019
Matchday 916–17 January 2019
Matchday 1023–24 January 2019
Matchday 1129–31 January 2019
Matchday 126–7 February 2019
Matchday 1313–14 February 2019
Matchday 1420 February 2019
QuarterfinalsFirst leg5 March 2019
Second leg8 March 2019
Final FourSemifinals12 April 2019
Final14 April 2019

Draw

The draw was held on 5 July 2018 at the FIBA headquarters in Munich, Germany. The 16 teams were drawn into two groups of eight. For the draw, the teams were seeded into eight seeds.[4][5]

Seed 1 Seed 2 Seed 3 Seed 4
UMMC Ekaterinburg
Dynamo Kursk
Fenerbahçe
ZVVZ USK Praha
Sopron Basket
Tango Bourges Basket
Famila Schio
Perfumerías Avenida
Seed 5 Seed 6 Seed 7 Seed 8
Hatay BB
Castors Braine
Flammes Carolo Basket
CCC Polkowice
Qualifier 1
Qualifier 2
Qualifier 3
Qualifier 4

Qualifying round

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Çukurova Basketbol 132–136 Nadezhda Orenburg 58–60 74–76
Olympiacos 110–109 Wisła Can-Pack 63–63 47–46
KSC Szekszárd 132–145 ESBVA-LM 71–68 61–77
TTT Riga 140–112 Reyer Venezia 67–56 73–56

Regular season

Location of teams of the 2018–19 Euroleague Women regular season.
Red: Group A; Green: Group B.

The regular season started on 24 October 2018 and ended on 20 February 2019.

The four top teams of each group qualified for the quarterfinals.

If teams are level on record at the end of the Regular Season, tiebreakers are applied in the following order:

  1. Head-to-head record
  2. Head-to-head point differential
  3. Head-to-head points scored
  4. Point differential for the entire regular season
  5. Points scored for the entire regular season

Group A

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification EKA USK BOU POL NAD FAM ESB CAS
1 UMMC Ekaterinburg 14 13 1 1155 859 +296 27 Advance to quarterfinals 87–59 70–65 69–54 77–52 77–46 100–75 103–53
2 ZVVZ USK Praha 14 10 4 1119 1005 +114 24 82–73 88–80 78–53 86–90 77–80 84–68 82–63
3 Tango Bourges Basket 14 9 5 1042 940 +102 23 70–74 81–70 76–65 74–59 70–75 83–62 83–55
4 CCC Polkowice 14 7 7 930 913 +17 21[lower-alpha 1] 64–69 74–79 56–73 70–36 67–61 86–66 71–52
5 Nadezhda Orenburg 14 7 7 899 950 51 21[lower-alpha 1] Transfer to EuroCup Women 51–80 78–83 72–65 55–59 67–51 72–49 85–56
6 Famila Schio 14 5 9 912 955 43 19 68–82 50–69 55–66 83–69 82–50 75–81 76–48
7 ESBVA-LM 14 4 10 875 1047 172 18 Eliminated 51–99 62–101 74–78 45–48 49–61 69–50 73–61
8 Castors Braine 14 1 13 840 1103 263 15 69–95 66–81 65–78 71–94 69–71 63–60 49–51
Source: FIBA
Notes:
  1. CCC Polkowice 2–0; Nadezhda Orenburg 0–2

Group B

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification KUR SOP FEN TTT AVE CAR HAT OLY
1 Dynamo Kursk 14 13 1 1046 913 +133 27 Advance to quarterfinals 83–93 64–63 73–70 69–51 83–62 85–71 75–58
2 Sopron Basket 14 8 6 1010 937 +73 22[lower-alpha 1] 58–65 80–84 68–55 66–68 80–52 64–52 85–69
3 Fenerbahçe 14 8 6 1038 981 +57 22[lower-alpha 1] 71–75 69–67 61–62 64–62 84–75 87–74 76–68
4 TTT Riga 14 8 6 1005 911 +94 22[lower-alpha 1] 69–70 71–79 68–64 56–68 93–62 87–36 70–44
5 Perfumerías Avenida 14 7 7 963 969 6 21 Transfer to EuroCup Women 56–58 70–78 88–82 61–82 78–75 65–73 72–48
6 Flammes Carolo Basket 14 5 9 1007 1120 113 19[lower-alpha 2] 62–86 80–74 94–92 100–75 62–75 90–79 73–68
7 Hatay BB 14 5 9 940 1063 123 19[lower-alpha 2] Eliminated 62–87 56–66 50–78 74–77 88–80 74–66 71–55
8 Olympiacos 14 2 12 868 983 115 16 67–73 63–52 54–63 51–70 68–69 79–54 76–80
Source: FIBA
Notes:
  1. Sopron Basket 2–2, +15PD; Fenerbahçe 2–2, +1PD; TTT Riga 2–2, –16PD
  2. Flammes Carolo Basket 1–1, +3PD; Hatay BB 1–1, –3PD

Quarterfinals

Team 1 Series Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg 3rd leg
UMMC Ekaterinburg 2–0 TTT Riga 78–45 77–55
Sopron Basket 2–0 Tango Bourges Basket 66–65 74–64
ZVVZ USK Praha 2–0 Fenerbahçe 76–54 77–65
Dynamo Kursk 2–0 CCC Polkowice 89–53 81–77

First leg

5 March 2019 UMMC Ekaterinburg 7845
(Series: 1–0)
TTT Riga Yekaterinburg
19:00 (UTC+5) Scoring by quarter: 18–6, 21–7, 16–16, 23–16
Pts: Vadeeva 23
Rebs: Vadeeva 10
Asts: Vandersloot 10
Boxscore Pts: Kūlīte 15
Rebs: Brumermane, Vītola 5
Asts: Baško, Peddy 4
Arena: DIVS Sport Hall
Attendance: 4 500
Referees: Vasiliki Tsaroucha (GRE), Tamás Benczúr (HUN), Ventsislav Velikov (BUL)
5 March 2019 Dynamo Kursk 8953
(Series: 1–0)
CCC Polkowice Kursk
19:00 (UTC+3) Scoring by quarter: 20–11, 17–14, 29–9, 23–19
Pts: Stewart 21
Rebs: Howard 11
Asts: Xargay 8
Boxscore Pts: Thomas 18
Rebs: Fagbenle 9
Asts: Thomas 6
Arena: Sport Concert Complex
Attendance: 1500
Referees: Jasmina Juras (SRB), Ivana Ivanović (SRB), Petar Denkovski (MKD)
5 March 2019 Sopron Basket 6665
(Series: 1–0)
Tango Bourges Basket Sopron
18:00 (UTC+1) Scoring by quarter: 25–23, 15–17, 14–11, 12–14
Pts: Turner 22
Rebs: Casas, Dupree 6
Asts: Dupree 5
Boxscore Pts: Johannès 24
Rebs: Ouviña, Raincock-Ekunwe 6
Asts: Johannès, Michel 3
Arena: Aréna Sopron
Attendance: 1500
Referees: Özlem Yalman (TUR), Goran Sljivic (AUT), Bojan Jovanić (BIH)
5 March 2019 ZVVZ USK Praha 7654
(Series: 1–0)
Fenerbahçe Prague
19:00 (UTC+1) Scoring by quarter: 24–14, 17–13, 23–9, 12–18
Pts: Elhotová 15
Rebs: Harrison 13
Asts: Thomas 6
Boxscore Pts: Hartley 15
Rebs: Verameyenka 9
Asts: three players 2
Arena: Královka Arena
Attendance: 1562
Referees: Aleksandar Milojević (MKD), Mila Čavara (BIH), Christoph Rohacky (AUT)

Second leg

8 March 2019 Fenerbahçe 6577
(Series: 0–2)
ZVVZ USK Praha Istanbul
19:30 (UTC+3) Scoring by quarter: 12–27, 23–21, 13–20, 17–9
Pts: Plum 17
Rebs: Stokes 12
Asts: Vardarlı 4
Boxscore Pts: Ayayi 25
Rebs: Thomas 10
Asts: Thomas 8
Arena: Metro Energy Sports Hall
Attendance: 478
Referees: Zoran Mitrovski (MKD), Sergiy Chaykovsky (UKR), Vladimir Tsekov (BUL)
8 March 2019 TTT Riga 5577
(Series: 0–2)
UMMC Ekaterinburg Riga
19:00 (UTC+2) Scoring by quarter: 9–20, 19–23, 19–20, 8–14
Pts: Baško 13
Rebs: Vītola 8
Asts: Peddy 5
Boxscore Pts: Meesseman 27
Rebs: Torrens 16
Asts: Vandersloot 9
Arena: Olympic Sports Centre
Attendance: 850
Referees: Marek Maliszewski (POL), Zdravko Rutešić (MNE), Svetlana Stoyona (BUL)
8 March 2019 CCC Polkowice 7781
(Series: 0–2)
Dynamo Kursk Polkowice
19:00 (UTC+1) Scoring by quarter: 18–6, 21–27, 21–23, 17–25
Pts: Thomas 24
Rebs: Fagbenle 8
Asts: Thomas 5
Boxscore Pts: Stewart 28
Rebs: Stewart 9
Asts: Prince 4
Arena: City Sports Hall
Attendance: 700
Referees: Ciprian Stoica (ROM), Jelena Tomić (CRO), Blaž Zupančič (SLO)
9 March 2019 Tango Bourges Basket 6474
(Series: 0–2)
Sopron Basket Bourges
20:00 (UTC+1) Scoring by quarter: 18–19, 11–15, 16–17, 19–23
Pts: Ouviña 12
Rebs: Raincock-Ekunwe 7
Asts: Raincock-Ekunwe 5
Boxscore Pts: Jovanović 18
Rebs: Crvendakić 11
Asts: Casas 9
Arena: Palais des sports du Prado
Attendance: 4 480
Referees: Vilius Mačiulaitis (LTU), Andrada Csender (ROM), Paulo Marques (POR)

Final four

 
Semifinals
12 April
Final
14 April
 
      
 
 
 
 
UMMC Ekaterinburg81
 
 
 
Sopron Basket59
 
UMMC Ekaterinburg91
 
 
 
Dynamo Kursk67
 
ZVVZ USK Praha67
 
 
Dynamo Kursk84
 
Third place
 
 
 
 
 
Sopron Basket53
 
 
ZVVZ USK Praha64

Semifinals

12 April 2019 ZVVZ USK Praha 6784 Dynamo Kursk Sopron
17:00 (UTC+2) Scoring by quarter: 17–19, 21–24, 9–24, 20–17
Pts: Ayayi 18
Rebs: three players 9
Asts: Ayayi, Elhotová 3
Boxscore Pts: Stewart 32
Rebs: Howard 10
Asts: three players 3
Arena: Aréna Sopron
Referees: Jasmina Juras (SRB), Boris Krejič (SLO), Vasiliki Tsaroucha (GRE)
12 April 2019 UMMC Ekaterinburg 8159 Sopron Basket Sopron
20:00 (UTC+2) Scoring by quarter: 17–24, 25–15, 18–7, 21–13
Pts: Griner 19
Rebs: Griner, Vandersloot 8
Asts: Vandersloot 5
Boxscore Pts: Turner 15
Rebs: Zahui 8
Asts: Casas 3
Arena: Aréna Sopron
Referees: Gentian Cici (ALB), Özlem Yalman (TUR), Dariusz Zapolski (POL)

Third place game

14 April 2019 Sopron Basket 5364 ZVVZ USK Praha Sopron
17:30 (UTC+2) Scoring by quarter: 15–16, 16–22, 15–10, 7–16
Pts: Crvendakić, Turner 12
Rebs: Crvendakić 8
Asts: Turner 5
Boxscore Pts: Ayayi 14
Rebs: Thomas 15
Asts: Ayayi 5
Arena: Aréna Sopron
Referees: Jasmina Juras (SRB), Gentian Cici (ALB), Andrada Csender (ROU)

Final

14 April 2019 UMMC Ekaterinburg 9167 Dynamo Kursk Sopron
20:30 (UTC+2) Scoring by quarter: 21–17, 27–16, 24–16, 19–19
Pts: Vandersloot 18
Rebs: Griner 10
Asts: Vandersloot 7
Boxscore Pts: Howard 20
Rebs: Howard 5
Asts: Prince 5
Arena: Aréna Sopron
Referees: Özlem Yalman (TUR), Boris Krejič (SLO), Vasiliki Tsaroucha (GRE)


2018–19 EuroLeague Women Champions

UMMC Ekaterinburg
Fifth title

References

  1. "All you need to know about the Semi-Finals - who will make the title game?". FIBA. 11 April 2019. Retrieved 17 April 2019.
  2. "MVP Griner gets it done for UMMC". FIBA. 14 April 2019. Retrieved 15 April 2019.
  3. "EuroLeague Women field revealed, ahead of 2018-19 Draw". FIBA.basketball. 29 June 2018. Retrieved 10 July 2018.
  4. "FIBA release seedings ahead of EuroLeague Women and EuroCup Women draws". FIBA.basketball. 4 July 2018. Retrieved 10 July 2018.
  5. "EuroLeague Women 2018-19 Qualifiers and Regular Season groups drawn". FIBA.basketball. 5 July 2018. Retrieved 10 July 2018.
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