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2019 Basketball Champions League Final Four

The 2019 Basketball Champions League (BCL) Final Four was the third Basketball Champions League tournament. It was the concluding phase of the 2018–19 Basketball Champions League season.

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

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The Sportpaleis hosted the final tournament for the first time.

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

Teams

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Road to the Final Four

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Main article: 2018–19 Basketball Champions League
Club Clinched
Final Four 		Season performance
Regular season
record 		Round of 16 Quarterfinals
  Iberostar Tenerife 3 April 2019[1] 12–2
(1st Group B)		   Promitheas
136–126
 57–69 (A) 79–57 (H)   Hapoel Jerusalem
154–139
 73–75 (A) 81–64 (H)
  Segafredo Virtus Bologna 3 April 2019[2] 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 Bamberg 3 April 2019[3] 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 Antwerp 3 April 2019[4] 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

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Information
Team Domestic
competition 		Position
(Record)[a] 		Head coach Leading scorer[a]
  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

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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

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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

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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

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

Bracket

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SemifinalsFinal
 
      
 
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

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Segafredo Virtus Bologna vs Brose Bamberg

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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: Pts Reb Ast
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


Bologna Statistics Bamberg
18/48 (37.5%) 2-pt field goals 12/43 (27.9%)
6/18 (33.3%) 3-pt field goals 5/23 (21.7%)
13/20 (65%) Free throws 11/14 (78.6%)
14 Offensive rebounds 16
33 Defensive rebounds 29
47 Total rebounds 45
12 Assists 4
11 Turnovers 16
10 Steals 8
3 Blocks 5
21 Fouls 18
Starters: Pts Reb Ast
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

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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: Pts Reb Ast
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


Tenerife Statistics Antwerp
16/29 (55.2%) 2-pt Field goals 15/33 (45.5%)
9/22 (40.9%) 3-pt field goals 5/22 (22.7%)
11/19 (57.9%) Free throws 9/18 (50%)
10 Offensive rebounds 13
26 Defensive rebounds 20
36 Total rebounds 33
19 Assists 12
14 Turnovers 15
8 Steals 7
3 Blocks 1
20 Fouls 21
Starters: Pts Reb Ast
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

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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: Pts Reb Ast
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

Bamberg Statistics Antwerp
17/40 (42.5%) 2-pt field goals 18/43 (41.9%)
5/21 (23.8%) 3-pt field goals 9/27 (33.3%)
9/14 (64.3%) Free throws 9/16 (56.2%)
11 Offensive rebounds 14
33 Defensive rebounds 27
44 Total rebounds 41
15 Assists 18
12 Turnovers 6
3 Steals 7
3 Blocks 1
21 Fouls 19
Starters: Pts Reb Ast
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

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Main article: 2019 Basketball Champions League 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: Pts Reb Ast
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

Bologna Statistics Tenerife
17/38 (44.7%) 2-pt field goals 13/28 (46.4%)
7/16 (43.8%) 3-pt field goals 5/37 (13.5%)
18/26 (69.2%) Free throws 20/23 (87%)
11 Offensive rebounds 24
21 Defensive rebounds 20
32 Total rebounds 44
10 Assists 11
15 Turnovers 20
8 Steals 6
3 Blocks 1
26 Fouls 29


2018–19 Basketball Champions League champions
 
Segafredo Virtus Bologna
1st title
Starters: Pts Reb Ast
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

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  1. ^ a b As of the start of the Final Four, 3 May 2019

References

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  1. ^ "Quarter-Finals, Gameday 2 Round Up". Championsleague.basketball. 3 April 2019. Retrieved 8 April 2019.
  2. ^ "Quarter-Finals, Gameday 2 Round Up". Championsleague.basketball. 3 April 2019. Retrieved 8 April 2019.
  3. ^ "Quarter-Finals, Gameday 2 Round Up". Championsleague.basketball. 3 April 2019. Retrieved 8 April 2019.
  4. ^ "Quarter-Finals, Gameday 2 Round Up". Championsleague.basketball. 3 April 2019. Retrieved 8 April 2019.
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