2019 Basketball Champions League Final Four

The 2019 Basketball Champions League (BCL) Final Four was the third concluding Basketball Champions League Final Four tournament. It was the concluding phase of the 2018–19 Basketball Champions League season, which marked the second season of Basketball Champions League (BCL). The Final Four took place on 3–5 May 2019.[1] The tournament is hosted by the Sportpaleis in Antwerp, Belgium.[2]

2019 Basketball Champions League Final Four
Season2018–19 season
Tournament details
ArenaSportpaleis
Antwerp, Belgium
Dates3–5 May 2018
Final positions
Champions Virtus Bologna
1st title
Runners-up Iberostar Tenerife
Third place Telenet Giants Antwerp
Fourth place Brose Bamberg
Awards and statistics
MVP Kevin Punter
Top scorer(s) Kevin Punter (47)
Attendance65,663
(16,416 per game)

Virtus Bologna won its first ever Champions League title, Iberostar Tenerife were runners-up. Antwerp Giants took the third place over Brose Bamberg.

Draw

The draw for the final four pairings was held on 10 April in Antwerp.

Venue
Antwerp
2019 Basketball Champions League Final Four (Europe)
Sportpaleis
Capacity: 18,500

Teams

Road to the Final Four
Main article: 2018–19 Basketball Champions League
Club Clinched
Final Four		 Season performance
Regular season
record		 Round of 16 Quarterfinals
Iberostar Tenerife3 April 2019[3] 12–2
(1st Group B)		 Promitheas
136–126
57–69 (A)79–57 (H) Hapoel Bank Yahav Jerusalem
154–139
73–75 (A)81–64 (H)
Segafredo Virtus Bologna3 April 2019[4] 10–4
(1st Group D)		 Le Mans Sarthe
155–132
74–74 (A)81–58 (H) Nanterre 92
148–141
75–83 (A)73–58 (H)
Brose Bamberg3 April 2019[5] 9–5
(3rd Group C)		 Banvit
169–164
81–79 (H)88–85 (A) AEK
138–136
71–67 (H)67–69 (A)
Telenet Giants Antwerp3 April 2019[6] 7–7
(4th Group C)		 UCAM Murcia
152–145
75–67 (H)77–78 (A) Nizhny Novgorod
149–129
83–68 (A)66–61 (H)

Background
Information
Team Domestic
competition		 Position
(Record)[lower-alpha 1]		 Head coach Leading scorer[lower-alpha 1]
Telenet Giants Antwerp Pro Basketball League 2nd (24–6) Roel Moors Paris Lee (13.7)
Segafredo Virtus Bologna LBA 11th (14–15) Aleksandar Đorđević Kevin Punter (15.1)
Brose Bamberg Basketball Bundesliga 5th (20–11) Federico Perego Tyrese Rice (16.6)
Iberostar Tenerife Liga ACB 9th (15–15) Txus Vidorreta Tim Abromaitis (11.3)

Telenet Giants Antwerp

Antwerp qualified for its first ever final phase of a European competition and were the second team ever to reach the final four after playing all qualifying rounds, after Riesen Ludwigsburg in 2018. In its domestic Pro Basketball League (PBL), Antwerp was having a terrific year as it was in second position. In 2018–19, Antwerp also won its first Belgian Basketball Cup in history.

Segafredo Virtus Bologna

Bologna qualified for the Champions League as the ninth best team in the Italian Lega Basket Serie A (LBA). In its 2018–19 domestic season, it was in eleventh position as of 16 April 2019. Leading scorer Kevin Punter won the Champions League in 2018, while playing for AEK.

Brose Bamberg

After playing in EuroLeague Basketball competitions for years, Bamberg made its debut in the Champions League. It also won the 2019 BBL-Pokal in the 2018–19 season.

Iberostar Tenerife

Tenerife made its return to the Final Four for the second time, after winning the tournament in 2017.

Bracket
 
Final
 
      
 
3 May
 
 
 Segafredo Virtus Bologna67
 
5 May
 
 Brose Bamberg50
 
 Segafredo Virtus Bologna73
 
3 May
 
 Iberostar Tenerife61
 
 Iberostar Tenerife70
 
 
 Telenet Antwerp Giants54
 
Third place game
 
 
5 May
 
 
 Brose Bamberg58
 
 
 Telenet Antwerp Giants72

Semifinals

Segafredo Virtus Bologna vs Brose Bamberg
3 May 2019 Segafredo Virtus Bologna 67–50 Brose Bamberg Antwerp
18:30 Scoring by quarter: 22–11, 20–17, 11–11, 14–11
Pts: Punter 21
Rebs: Moreira 9
Asts: Taylor 5
Eff: Punter 21		 Boxscore Pts: Rice 21
Rebs: Alexander 9
Asts: Zisis 2
Eff: Harris 9		 Arena: Sportpaleis
Attendance: 15,500
Referees: Yohan Rosso (FRA), Mārtiņš Kozlovskis (LAT), Oskars Lucis (LAT)


Starters:PtsRebAst
PG 7 Tony Taylor 5 3 5
SG 0 Kevin Punter 21 8 2
SF 1 Kelvin Martin 2 3 1
PF 24 Amath M'Baye 9 2 0
C 2 Yanick Moreira 5 9 1
Reserves:
PG 6 Alessandro Pajola 0 0 0
F/C 8 Filippo Baldi Rossi 5 3 0
PG 9 Alessandro Cappelletti DNP
C 11 Dejan Kravić 8 6 0
G 15 Mario Chalmers 5 3 2
G/F 21 Pietro Aradori 9 2 0
G 25 David Cournooh 1 1 0
Head coach:
Aleksandar Đorđević
Bologna
Bamberg


0

BolognaStatisticsBamberg
18/48 (37.5%)2-pt field goals12/43 (27.9%)
6/18 (33.3%)3-pt field goals5/23 (21.7%)
13/20 (65%)Free throws11/14 (78.6%)
14Offensive rebounds16
33Defensive rebounds29
47Total rebounds45
12Assists4
11Turnovers16
10Steals8
3Blocks5
21Fouls18
Starters:PtsRebAst
PG 4 Tyrese Rice 21 3 2
SG 6 Nikos Zisis 4 3 2
SF 33 Patrick Heckmann 2 8 1
PF 16 Louis Olinde 0 5 0
C 22 Cliff Alexander 3 9 0
Reserves:
G 2 Ricky Hickman 4 3 2
G 9 Maurice Stuckey DNP
PG 13 Daniel Schmidt DNP
G/F 20 Elias Harris 9 5 1
PF 21 Augustine Rubit 5 7 0
SG 44 Bryce Taylor 2 1 0
SG 98 Arnoldas Kulboka DNP
Head coach:
Federico Perego

Iberostar Tenerife vs Telenet Giants Antwerp
3 May 2019 Iberostar Tenerife 70–54 Telenet Giants Antwerp Antwerp
21:15 Scoring by quarter: 12–20, 19–6, 16–16, 23–12
Pts: Brussino 17
Rebs: Gillet 6
Asts: San Miguel 8
Eff: Brussino 22		 Boxscore Pts: Kalinoski, Tate 13
Rebs: Bako 10
Asts: Lee 4
Eff: Bako 15		 Arena: Sportpaleis
Attendance: 17,289
Referees: Aleksandar Glišić (SRB), Georgios Poursanidis (GRE), Ademir Zurapović (BIH)


Starters:PtsRebAst
PG 00 Rodrigo San Miguel 4 0 8
SG 5 Nicolás Richotti 0 1 0
SF 9 Nicolás Brussino 17 4 3
PF 21 Tim Abromaitis 5 5 1
C 4 Colton Iverson 5 5 1
Reserves:
SG 1 Lucca Staiger 0 0 0
C 7 Mamadou Niang 7 3 1
PG 10 Ferrán Bassas 2 0 1
C 11 Sebastian Saiz 2 0 0
PF 31 Pierre-Antoine Gillet 11 6 0
SF 33 Javier Beirán 14 4 2
PG 34 Davin White 3 0 2
Head coach:
Txus Vidorreta
Tenerife
Antwerp


0

TenerifeStatisticsAntwerp
16/29 (55.2%)2-pt Field goals15/33 (45.5%)
9/22 (40.9%)3-pt field goals5/22 (22.7%)
11/19 (57.9%)Free throws9/18 (50%)
10Offensive rebounds13
26Defensive rebounds20
36Total rebounds33
19Assists12
14Turnovers15
8Steals7
3Blocks1
20Fouls21
Starters:PtsRebAst
PG 5 Paris Lee 4 3 4
SG 11 Victor Sanders 2 0 2
SF 24 Tyler Kalinoski 13 1 1
PF 13 Yoeri Schoepen 3 1 0
C 21 Ismaël Bako 7 10 2
Reserves:
SG 7 Dennis Donkor 0 0 0
SF 8 Jae'Sean Tate 13 4 1
PF 10 Hans Vanwijn 0 4 1
PG 20 Thomas Akyazili 1 1 0
PF 23 Dave Dudzinski 7 1 1
C 31 Trevor Thompson 4 1 0
C 33 Moses Kingsley 0 0 0
Head coach:
Roel Moors

Third place game
5 May 2019 Brose Bamberg 58–72 Telenet Giants Antwerp Antwerp, Belgium
15:00 Scoring by quarter: 18–15, 8–22, 16–14, 16–21
Pts: Olinde 12
Rebs: Rubit 10
Asts: Hickman 5
PIR: Olinde 19		 Boxscore Pts: Tate 16
Rebs: Tate 7
Asts: Lee 5
PIR: Tate 20		 Arena: Sportpaleis
Attendance: 16,437
Referees: Aleksandar Glišić (SRB), Sergiy Zashchuk (UKR), Yener Yılmaz (TUR)


Starters:PtsRebAst
PG 4 Tyrese Rice 8 0 3
SG 13 Daniel Schmidt 0 2 3
SF 33 Patrick Heckmann 0 0 0
PF 16 Louis Olinde 12 6 2
C 22 Cliff Alexander 0 9 0
Reserves:
G 2 Ricky Hickman 4 3 5
SG 6 Nikos Zisis 6 1 0
G 9 Maurice Stuckey 4 1 1
G/F 20 Elias Harris 6 5 0
PF 21 Augustine Rubit 8 10 1
SG 44 Bryce Taylor 0 1 0
SG 98 Arnoldas Kulboka 10 2 0
Head coach:
Federico Perego
Bamberg
Antwerp

0

BambergStatisticsAntwerp
17/40 (42.5%)2-pt field goals18/43 (41.9%)
5/21 (23.8%)3-pt field goals9/27 (33.3%)
9/14 (64.3%)Free throws9/16 (56.2%)
11Offensive rebounds14
33Defensive rebounds27
44Total rebounds41
15Assists18
12Turnovers6
3Steals7
3Blocks1
21Fouls19
Starters:PtsRebAst
PG 5 Paris Lee 3 3 5
SG 11 Victor Sanders 8 2 0
SF 24 Tyler Kalinoski 10 2 0
PF 13 Yoeri Schoepen 2 4 1
C 21 Ismaël Bako 5 2 2
Reserves:
SG 7 Dennis Donkor 0 0 0
SF 8 Jae'Sean Tate 16 7 3
PF 10 Hans Vanwijn 9 5 2
PG 20 Thomas Akyazili 8 2 3
PF 23 Dave Dudzinski 4 3 2
C 31 Trevor Thompson 0 0 0
C 33 Moses Kingsley 7 5 0
Head coach:
Roel Moors

Final
5 May 2019 Segafredo Virtus Bologna 73–61 Iberostar Tenerife Antwerp, Belgium
18:00 Scoring by quarter: 20–8, 18–16, 20–20, 15–17
Pts: Punter 26
Rebs: Punter 7
Asts: Taylor 5
PIR: Punter 29		 Boxscore Pts: Abromaitis 18
Rebs: Iverson 9
Asts: Beirán 3
PIR: Abromaitis 21		 Arena: Sportpaleis
Attendance: 16,437
Referees: Yohan Rosso (FRA), Mārtiņš Kozlovskis (LAT), Georgios Poursanidis (GRE)


Starters:PtsRebAst
PG 7 Tony Taylor 4 3 5
SG 0 Kevin Punter 26 7 1
SF 1 Kelvin Martin 2 2 1
PF 24 Amath M'Baye 16 3 0
C 2 Yanick Moreira 4 4 0
Reserves:
PG 6 Alessandro Pajola DNP
F/C 8 Filippo Baldi Rossi 0 2 0
PG 9 Alessandro Cappelletti DNP
C 11 Dejan Kravić 4 5 0
G 15 Mario Chalmers 8 2 2
G/F 21 Pietro Aradori 9 1 1
G 25 David Cournooh 0 1 0
Head coach:
Aleksandar Đorđević
Bologna
Tenerife

0

BolognaStatisticsTenerife
17/38 (44.7%)2-pt field goals13/28 (46.4%)
7/16 (43.8%)3-pt field goals5/37 (13.5%)
18/26 (69.2%)Free throws20/23 (87%)
11Offensive rebounds24
21Defensive rebounds20
32Total rebounds44
10Assists11
15Turnovers20
8Steals6
3Blocks1
26Fouls29


2018–19 Basketball Champions League champions

Segafredo Virtus Bologna
1st title
Starters:PtsRebAst
PG 00 Rodrigo San Miguel 3 2 1
SG 1 Lucca Staiger 3 1 0
SF 9 Nicolás Brussino 2 1 0
PF 21 Tim Abromaitis 18 8 2
C 4 Colton Iverson 11 9 0
Reserves:
SG 5 Nicolás Richotti DNP
C 7 Mamadou Niang 2 4 1
PG 10 Ferrán Bassas 5 2 2
C 11 Sebastian Saiz 1 2 0
PF 31 Pierre-Antoine Gillet 3 2 2
SF 33 Javier Beirán 9 7 3
PG 34 Davin White 4 0 0
Head coach:
Txus Vidorreta

Notes
  1. As of the start of the Final Four, 3 May 2019

References
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