2018–19 FIBA Europe Cup

The draw will take place on the 31 July 2018 in the FIBA headquarters in Munich, Germany. The schedule of the competition is as follows (all draws are held at the FIBA headquarters in Munich, Germany, unless stated otherwise):[3]

The draw for the qualifying rounds was held on 31 July 2018 at the FIBA headquarters in Munich, Germany.

In the qualifying rounds, teams are divided into seeded and unseeded teams based on their club coefficients, and then drawn into two-legged home-and-away ties. Teams from the same country cannot be drawn against each other.

First qualifying round

A total of 10 teams played in the first qualifying round. The first legs were played on 20 and 21 September, and the second legs were played on 26 September 2018.

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Lavrio Megabolt	140–149	Dnipro	82–73	58–76
Kongsberg Miners	153–184	Cherkaski Mavpy	63–83	90–101
Ironi Nes Ziona	172–143	Södertälje Kings	72–67	100–76
Kataja	161–134	Rosa Radom	86–65	75–69
Dekstone Tuři Svitavy	152–197	İstanbul BB	74–99	78–98

Second qualifying round

A total of 16 teams will play in the second qualifying round: 11 teams which enter in this round, and the 5 winners of the first qualifying round. The first legs were played on 3 October, and the second legs will be played on 10 October 2018.

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Cherkaski Mavpy	136–128	Keravnos	75–64	61–64
Dnipro	161–168	Alba Fehérvár	94–78	67–90
ece Bulls Kapfenberg	119–147	ZZ Leiden	62–79	57–68
Kataja	167–163	Rilski Sportist	106–84	61–79
New Heroes Den Bosch	144–152	Balkan	76–86	68–66
Ironi Nes Ziona	179–167	U-BT Cluj-Napoca	91–78	88–89
İstanbul BB	160–128	Luleå	87–50	73–78
Dinamo Sassari	211–158	Benfica	100–66	111–92

Notes

1. ^
   Order of legs reversed after original draw.

Lucky losers table

Three teams would advance as lucky losers of the qualifying rounds, for replacing teams that qualified for the Basketball Champions League regular season and previously confirmed their intention to join the FIBA Europe Cup if they were eliminated in the qualifying rounds. Teams with the smallest point difference in the second qualifying round advanced to the regular season. A draw to determine the groups for the clubs qualified as the best-ranked losing sides will be held in the FIBA Europe office in Munich on 11 October 2018.

Ranked third among the lucky losers, Den Bosch clipped the fourth-ranked Keravnos due to a higher number of points scored, with the teams tied in point differential.[4]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Qualification
1	Rilski Sportist	2	1	1	163	167	−4	Advance to regular season
2	Dnipro	2	1	1	161	168	−7
3	New Heroes Den Bosch	2	1	1	144	152	−8
4	Keravnos	2	1	1	128	136	−8
5	U-BT Cluj-Napoca	2	1	1	167	179	−12
6	ece Bulls Kapfenberg	2	0	2	119	147	−28
7	Luleå	2	1	1	128	160	−32
8	Benfica	2	0	2	158	211	−53

Source: FIBA Europe Cup
Rules for classification: 1) Least point difference; 2) Points for.

Würzburg

Leiden

Sakarya

Oradea

Mons

Balkan

Tsmoki-Minsk

AEK Larnaca

Karsiyaka

Donar

İstanbul BB

Spirou

New Heroes

Avtodor

Nes Ziona

Pardubice

Steaua

Bears

Prishtina

Cherkaski Mavpy

Varese

Alba

Rilski

Porto

Kataja

Aris

Dnipro

Levski

Falco

Szolnoki

Leicester

Dinamo

Location of teams of the 2018–19 FIBA Europe Cup regular season.
Red: Group A; Yellow: Group B; Green: Group C; Dark Green: Group D; Purple: Group E. Pink: Group F; Blue: Group G; Orange: Group H.

The draw for the regular season was held on 31 July 2018 at the FIBA headquarters in Munich, Germany.

The 32 teams are drawn into eight groups of four, a maximum of two clubs from the same country can be in the same group. In each group, teams play against each other home-and-away in a round-robin format. The group winners and runners-up advance to the second round, while the third-placed teams and fourth-placed teams are eliminated.

The following 10 teams chose the option of ending their continental adventure if they were eliminated from the Champions League qualifying rounds and therefore refuse to participate in the FIBA Europe Cup:

A total of 32 teams play in the regular season: the six teams directly qualified, the eight winners of the second qualifying round, the 15 of 23 losers of the 2018–19 Champions League qualifying rounds and three lucky losers of the second qualifying round.

Depending on the number of teams mentioned above that were eliminated from the Basketball Champions League qualifying rounds and with the aim to complete the 32 places in the regular season, the number of the defeated teams in the second qualifying round of the FIBA Europe Cup that advanced to the regular season were determined by the point difference recorded at the end of their pairings. In their draw, the first qualifying round was used for tie-breaking. In the draw persists, the next criteria was the performance of clubs in the last three seasons at the European competitions.[5]

The match-days are on 17 October, 24 October, 31 October, 7 November, 14 November and 21 November 2018.

Turkish side Sakarya Büyükşehir and British side Leicester Riders played in their first European campaigns ever.

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification		WÜR	LEI	SAK	ORA
1	s.Oliver Würzburg	6	4	2	464	436	+28	10	Advance to second round		—	87–61	69–79	91–82
2	ZZ Leiden	6	4	2	460	463	−3	10			65–75	—	99–97	90–76
3	Sakarya Büyükşehir	6	3	3	480	451	+29	9			80–60	56–69	—	84–68
4	Oradea	6	1	5	453	507	−54	7			69–82	72–76	86–84	—

Source: FIBA Europe Cup

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification		BAL	LAR	TSM	BEL
1	Balkan	6	4	2	480	452	+28	10	Advance to second round		—	77–78	95–81	78–66
2	Petrolina AEK Larnaca	6	4	2	449	460	−11	10			68–79	—	82–77	63–62
3	Tsmoki-Minsk	6	3	3	497	493	+4	9			84–73	87–75	—	89–82
4	Belfius Mons-Hainaut	6	1	5	449	470	−21	7			75–78	78–83	86–79	—

Source: FIBA Europe Cup

Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification		DON	KAR	SPI	IBB
1	Donar	6	5	1	473	440	+33	11	Advance to second round		—	89–83	76–73	90–81
2	Pınar Karşıyaka	6	4	2	490	437	+53	10			64–69	—	90–72	86–75
3	Spirou	6	3	3	486	423	+63	9			92–64	77–86	—	92–45
4	İstanbul BB	6	0	6	365	514	−149	6			47–85	55–81	62–80	—

Source: FIBA Europe Cup

Group D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification		AVT	IRO	BOS	PAR
1	Avtodor	6	5	1	578	521	+57	11	Advance to second round		—	75–64	89–79	129–91
2	Ironi Nes Ziona	6	4	2	561	509	+52	10			104–86	—	91–85	111–77
3	New Heroes Den Bosch	6	3	3	518	486	+32	9			93–97	102–87	—	91–58
4	JIP Pardubice	6	0	6	464	605	−141	6			90–102	84–104	64–68	—

Source: FIBA Europe Cup

Group E

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification		BAK	PRI	CHE	STE
1	Bakken Bears	6	6	0	633	454	+179	12	Advance to second round		—	108–84	121–89	100–64
2	Z-Mobile Prishtina	6	4	2	506	513	−7	10			77–100	—	92–82	74–69
3	Cherkaski Mavpy	6	1	5	481	562	−81	7			77–106	73–92	—	90–64
4	Steaua CSM EximBank	6	1	5	428	519	−91	7			63–98	81–87	87–70	—

Source: FIBA Europe Cup

Group F

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification		VAR	ALB	RIL	POR
1	Varese	6	5	1	522	432	+90	11	Advance to second round		—	91–66	86–59	84–75
2	Alba Fehérvár	6	5	1	507	493	+14	11			85–77	—	84–80	72–70
3	Rilski Sportist	6	1	5	470	536	−66	7			76–95	83–104	—	81–88
4	Porto	6	1	5	475	513	−38	7			71–89	92–96	79–91	—

Source: FIBA Europe Cup

Group G

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification		LEV	KAT	ARI	DNI
1	Levski Lukoil	6	5	1	520	465	+55	11	Advance to second round		—	94–86	77–66	83–65
2	Kataja	6	3	3	497	510	−13	9			95–102	—	88–86	84–77
3	Aris	6	3	3	444	432	+12	9			81–76	70–79	—	86–61
4	Dnipro	6	1	5	407	461	−54	7			72–88	81–65	51–55	—

Source: FIBA Europe Cup

Group H

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification		SZO	SAS	FAL	LEI
1	Szolnoki Olaj	6	5	1	509	474	+35	11	Advance to second round		—	87–74	79–76	82–79
2	Dinamo Sassari	6	5	1	553	448	+105	11			98–94	—	104–69	95–60
3	Falco Vulcano	6	2	4	446	507	−61	8			66–83	60–92	—	80–65
4	Leicester Riders	6	0	6	447	526	−79	6			81–84	78–90	84–95	—

Source: FIBA Europe Cup

In each group, teams play against each other home-and-away in a round-robin format. The group winners and runners-up advance to the round of 16, while the third-placed teams and fourth-placed teams are eliminated.

A total of 16 teams play in the second round: the eight group winners and the eight runners-up of the regular season. The match-days will be on 12 December 2018, 19 December, 9 January, 23 January, 30 January and 6 February 2019.

Group I

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification		WÜR	KAR	PRI	SZO
1	s.Oliver Würzburg	6	6	0	596	487	+109	12	Advance to round of 16		—	104–91	95–77	118–71
2	Pınar Karşıyaka	6	3	3	539	532	+7	9			87–96	—	107–85	102–95
3	Z-Mobile Prishtina	6	2	4	479	536	−57	8			78–91	82–78	—	81–76
4	Szolnoki Olaj	6	1	5	484	543	−59	7			83–92	70–74	89–76	—

Source: FIBA Europe Cup

Group J

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification		IRO	BAL	ALB	LEV
1	Ironi Nes Ziona	6	4	2	563	533	+30	10	Advance to round of 16		—	100–73	70–93	109–96
2	Balkan	6	3	3	496	499	−3	9			102–90	—	88–82	81–57
3	Alba Fehérvár	6	3	3	489	458	+31	9			80–96	65–64	—	89–56
4	Levski Lukoil	6	2	4	487	545	−58	8			89–98	105–88	84–80	—

Source: FIBA Europe Cup

Group K

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification		SAS	VAR	DON	LAR
1	Dinamo Sassari	6	5	1	536	481	+55	11	Advance to round of 16		—	87–90	97–74	93–81
2	Varese	6	4	2	492	446	+46	10			69–79	—	77–80	109–74
3	Donar	6	2	4	447	467	−20	8			78–84	67–73	—	70–80
4	Petrolina AEK Larnaca	6	1	5	439	520	−81	7			89–96	59–74	56–78	—

Source: FIBA Europe Cup

Group L

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification		AVT	BAK	LEI	KAT
1	Avtodor	6	5	1	576	482	+94	11	Advance to round of 16		—	71–60	105–81	98–57
2	Bakken Bears	6	3	3	586	503	+83	9			124–125	—	111–71	102–58
3	ZZ Leiden	6	2	4	480	562	−82	8			72–97	89–85	—	87–72
4	Kataja	6	2	4	456	551	−95	8			88–80	89–104	92–80	—

Source: FIBA Europe Cup

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