2019 EuroCup Finals

2019 EuroCup finals
Event	2018–19 EuroCup Basketball
2	1
First leg
89	75
Date	9 April 2019
Venue	Fuente de San Luis, Valencia
MVP	Will Thomas
Attendance	7,911
Second leg
95	92
Date	12 April 2019
Venue	Mercedes-Benz Arena, Berlin
Attendance	12,945
Third leg
89	63
Date	15 April 2019
Venue	Fuente de San Luis, Valencia
Attendance	8,014
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The 2019 EuroCup finals were the concluding games of the 2018–19 EuroCup season, the 17th season of Europe's secondary club basketball tournament organised by Euroleague Basketball, 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. The first leg played at the Fuente de San Luis arena in Valencia, Spain, on 9 April 2019, the second leg played at the Mercedes-Benz Arena in Berlin, Germany, on 12 April 2019 and the third leg, if necessary, would be played again at the Fuente de San Luis arena in Valencia, Spain, on 15 April 2019, between Spanish side Valencia Basket^[1] and German side Alba Berlin.^[2]

It was the sixth Finals appearance in the competition for Valencia Basket and the second ever final appearance in EuroCup for Alba Berlin. Both teams met previously in the 2010 Finals played in Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain, and Valencia beat the Germans by 67–44.

Valencia Basket has won the series 2-1 and also achieved qualification to the 2019–20 EuroLeague.

Venues[edit]

Valencia	Valencia Berlin 2019 EuroCup Finals (Europe)	Berlin
Fuente de San Luis		Mercedes-Benz Arena
Capacity: 9,000		Capacity: 14,500

Road to the Finals[edit]

Note: In the table, the score of the finalist is given first (H = home; A = away).

Valencia Basket					Round	Alba Berlin
1st place (8–2) (Group C)					Regular season	2nd place (7–3) (Group B)
1st place (6–0) (Group G)					Top 16	1st place (5–1) (Group E)
Opponent	Series	1st leg	2nd leg	3rd leg	Playoffs	Opponent	Series	1st leg	2nd leg	3rd leg
Rytas	2–0	75–64 (H)	71–56 (A)		Quarterfinals	Unicaja	2–1	90–91 (H)	101–81 (A)	79–75 (H)
UNICS	2–0	69–64 (H)	79–73 (A)		Semifinals	MoraBanc Andorra	2–0	102–97 (H)	87–81 (A)

First leg[edit]

9 April 2019	Valencia Basket	89–75 (Series: 1–0)	Alba Berlin	Valencia
20:30	Scoring by quarter: 20–13, 21–25, 30–15, 18–22
	Pts: Thomas 22 Rebs: Dubljević 8 Asts: Van Rossom 7 PIR: Thomas 25	Boxscore	Pts: Siva 17 Rebs: Sikma, Thiemann 5 Asts: Siva 7 PIR: Siva 20	Arena: Fuente de San Luis Attendance: 7,911 Referees: Sreten Radović (CRO), Emin Moğulkoç (TUR), Robert Vyklický (CZE)

Starters:			Pts	Reb	Ast

PG	9	Sam Van Rossom	15	1	7
SG	19	Fernando San Emeterio	11	4	1
SF	30	Joan Sastre	2	2	2
PF	10	Will Thomas	22	6	1
C	13	Mike Tobey	3	6	1
Reserves:
SF	6	Alberto Abalde	2	0	0
PF	7	Louis Labeyrie	7	6	0
SG	8	Antoine Diot	0	2	4
C	14	Bojan Dubljević	9	8	1
SG	17	Rafa Martínez	0	0	0
SG	21	Matt Thomas	16	1	1
PF	42	Aaron Doornekamp	2	4	2
Head coach:
Jaume Ponsarnau

Valencia Basket

Alba Berlin
0

0

Valencia	Statistics^[3]	Alba Berlin
	Statistics^[3]
23/36 (63.9%)	2-pt field goals	16/37 (43.2%)
9/26 (34.6%)	3-pt field goals	12/24 (50%)
16/20 (80%)	Free throws	7/12 (58.3%)
16	Offensive rebounds	9
26	Defensive rebounds	15
42	Total rebounds	24
20	Assists	16
12	Turnovers	10
4	Steals	5
1	Blocks	1
16	Fouls	21

Starters:			Pts	Reb	Ast

PG	3	Peyton Siva	17	1	7
SG	15	Martin Hermannsson	16	0	2
SF	31	Rokas Giedraitis	9	2	3
PF	43	Luke Sikma	7	5	3
C	42	Dennis Clifford	4	0	0
Reserves:
G	1	Joshiko Saibu	0	1	0
SF	5	Niels Giffey	7	2	0
PF	10	Tim Schneider	0	2	0
SF	22	Franz Wagner (basketball)	2	0	0
G	25	Kenneth Ogbe	1	1	0
PF	32	Johannes Thiemann	8	5	1
C	35	Landry Nnoko	4	3	0
Head coach:
Aíto García Reneses

Second leg[edit]

12 April 2019	Alba Berlin	95–920(OT) (Series: 1–1)	Valencia Basket	Berlin
20:00	Scoring by quarter: 23–21, 19–18, 20–20, 21–24, Overtime: 12–9
	Pts: Giedraitis 17 Rebs: Sikma 6 Asts: Hermannsson, Siva 6 PIR: Sikma 20	Boxscore	Pts: Van Rossom 22 Rebs: Labeyrie 5 Asts: Thomas 5 PIR: San Emeterio, Van Rossom 21	Arena: Mercedes-Benz Arena Attendance: 12,945 Referees: Ilija Belošević (SRB), Elias Koromilas (GRE), Gytis Vilius (LTU)

Starters:			Pts	Reb	Ast

PG	3	Peyton Siva	14	2	6
SG	15	Martin Hermannsson	14	4	6
SF	31	Rokas Giedraitis	17	2	1
PF	43	Luke Sikma	15	6	4
C	42	Dennis Clifford	5	4	0
Reserves:
G	1	Joshiko Saibu	2	1	1
SF	5	Niels Giffey	11	2	1
PF	10	Tim Schneider	0	3	0
SF	22	Franz Wagner (basketball)	6	0	0
G	25	Kenneth Ogbe	DNP
PF	32	Johannes Thiemann	7	2	1
C	35	Landry Nnoko	4	3	0
Head coach:
Aíto García Reneses

Alba Berlin
0

Valencia Basket

0

Alba Berlin	Statistics^[4]	Valencia
	Statistics^[4]
22/42 (52.4%)	2-pt field goals	12/23 (52.2%)
8/27 (29.6%)	3-pt field goals	14/30 (46.7%)
27/32 (84.4%)	Free throws	26/31 (83.9%)
15	Offensive rebounds	10
18	Defensive rebounds	25
33	Total rebounds	35
20	Assists	16
8	Turnovers	19
7	Steals	2
1	Blocks	0
30	Fouls	30

Starters:			Pts	Reb	Ast

PG	9	Sam Van Rossom	22	3	3
SG	19	Fernando San Emeterio	16	4	2
SF	30	Joan Sastre	6	3	1
PF	10	Will Thomas	15	4	5
C	13	Mike Tobey	3	0	0
Reserves:
SF	6	Alberto Abalde	4	2	0
PF	7	Louis Labeyrie	5	5	0
SG	8	Antoine Diot	2	1	1
C	14	Bojan Dubljević	9	4	1
SG	17	Rafa Martínez	DNP
SG	21	Matt Thomas	5	2	2
PF	42	Aaron Doornekamp	5	3	1
Head coach:
Jaume Ponsarnau

Third leg[edit]

15 April 2019	Valencia Basket	89–63 (Series: 2–1)	Alba Berlin	Valencia
20:30	Scoring by quarter: 17–18, 29–15, 17–11, 26–19
	Pts: M. Thomas 19 Rebs: Dubljević 8 Asts: Antoine Diot 7te PIR: Dubljević 27	Boxscore	Pts: Giedraitis 19 Rebs: Sikma 8 Asts: Sikma, Siva 4 PIR: Giedraitis 15	Arena: Fuente de San Luis Attendance: 8,014 Referees: Fernando Rocha (POR), Petri Mantyla (FIN), Milan Nedović (SLO)

Starters:			Pts	Reb	Ast

PG	9	Sam Van Rossom	0	1	4
SG	16	Guillem Vives	0	0	1
SF	19	Fernando San Emeterio	18	2	2
PF	10	Will Thomas	15	3	2
C	13	Mike Tobey	1	4	1
Reserves:
SF	6	Alberto Abalde	3	0	0
PF	7	Louis Labeyrie	4	7	2
SG	8	Antoine Diot	2	5	7
C	14	Bojan Dubljević	18	8	3
SG	21	Matt Thomas	19	1	3
SF	30	Joan Sastre	5	0	0
PF	42	Aaron Doornekamp	4	1	0
Head coach:
Jaume Ponsarnau

Valencia Basket

Alba Berlin
0

0

Valencia	Statistics^[5]	Alba Berlin
	Statistics^[5]
19/35 (54.3%)	2-pt field goals	14/31 (45.2%)
13/25 (52%)	3-pt field goals	9/29 (31%)
12/19 (63.2%)	Free throws	8/9 (88.9%)
7	Offensive rebounds	9
28	Defensive rebounds	25
35	Total rebounds	34
25	Assists	15
10	Turnovers	16
9	Steals	5
5	Blocks	5
19	Fouls	22

2018–19 EuroCup champions
Valencia Basket (4th title)

Starters:			Pts	Reb	Ast

PG	3	Peyton Siva	14	3	4
SG	15	Martin Hermannsson	5	0	2
SF	31	Rokas Giedraitis	19	2	0
PF	43	Luke Sikma	0	8	4
C	42	Dennis Clifford	6	1	0
Reserves:
G	1	Joshiko Saibu	0	0	0
SF	5	Niels Giffey	2	5	3
PF	10	Tim Schneider	2	4	2
SF	22	Franz Wagner (basketball)	0	2	0
G	25	Kenneth Ogbe	0	1	0
PF	32	Johannes Thiemann	6	2	0
C	35	Landry Nnoko	9	4	0
Head coach:
Aíto García Reneses

Finals MVP[edit]

Pos	Player	Team	Ref
PF	Will Thomas	Valencia Basket	^[6]

References[edit]

^ "Valencia downs UNICS to reach sixth EuroCup Finals!". Eurocup Basketball. 22 March 2019. Retrieved 23 March 2019.
^ "ALBA wins in Andorra, reaches Finals". Eurocup Basketball. 22 March 2019. Retrieved 23 March 2019.
^ Boxscore
^ Boxscore
^ Boxscore
^ "Will Thomas is MVP of Finals". Eurocupbasketball.com. 16 April 2019. Archived from the original on 16 April 2019.

External links[edit]

Official website

[1] "Valencia downs UNICS to reach sixth EuroCup Finals!". Eurocup Basketball. 22 March 2019. Retrieved 23 March 2019.

[2] "ALBA wins in Andorra, reaches Finals". Eurocup Basketball. 22 March 2019. Retrieved 23 March 2019.

[3] Boxscore

[4] Boxscore

[5] Boxscore

[mvp-6] "Will Thomas is MVP of Finals". Eurocupbasketball.com. 16 April 2019. Archived from the original on 16 April 2019.

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Venues[edit]

Road to the Finals[edit]

First leg[edit]

Second leg[edit]

Third leg[edit]

Finals MVP[edit]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

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