2019 Basketball Champions League Final

2019 Basketball Champions League Final was the concluding game of the 2018–19 Basketball Champions League season, the 3rd season of FIBA's premier basketball league in Europe. The final and the Final Four were played in the Sportpaleis in Antwerp, Belgium. The game was held 5 May 2019.[1]

2019 Basketball Champions League Final
Virtus Bologna celebrating after winning the final
Event2018–19 Basketball Champions League
Virtus Bologna Canarias
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Date5 May 2019
VenueSportpaleis, Antwerp, Belgium
Coaches
MVPKevin Punter
Referees
  • Yohan Rosso (France)
  • Mārtiņš Kozlovskis (Latvia)
  • Georgios Poursanidis (Greece)
Attendance16,437

Virtus Bologna from Italy won its first BCL title and its first European title in ten years. Canarias played in its second final and finished second.[1]

Background

Virtus Bologna

Virtus' 2018–19 season began with the appointment of Alessandro Dalla Salda as new club's CEO and the hire of Stefano Sacripanti as new head coach. Aradori and Filippo Baldi Rossi were confirmed and the club signed, among others, Tony Taylor, Kevin Punter, Amath M'Baye and Brian Qvale, to participate in the Basketball Champions League, which was Virtus's first European competition after ten years. The team reached a record of seven wins in the first seven games of the continental competition, which had never been achieved before.[2] In March 2019, the team signed Mario Chalmers, two-time NBA champion with the Miami Heat.[3][4]

Canarias

Canarias, playing as Iberostar Tenerife for sponsorship reasons, had another successful BCL season.

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

Road to the final
Virtus Bologna Round Canarias
Opponent Result Opponent Result
Group D winners
Pos Team Pld Pts
1 Segafredo Virtus Bologna 14 24
2 Beşiktaş Sompo Japan 14 23
3 Neptūnas 14 22
4 Promitheas 14 22
5 SIG Strasbourg 14 22
6 Filou Oostende 14 21
7 medi Bayreuth 14 19
8 Petrol Olimpija 14 15
Source: Basketball Champions League
 Regular season Group B winners
Pos Team Pld Pts
1 Iberostar Tenerife 14 26
2 Umana Reyer Venezia 14 24
3 Nanterre 92 14 22
4 PAOK 14 22
5 Hapoel Unet Holon 14 21
6 Telekom Baskets Bonn 14 20
7 Fribourg Olympic 14 17
8 Opava 14 16
Source: Basketball Champions League
Opponent Agg. 1st leg 2nd leg Playoffs Opponent Agg. 1st leg 2nd leg
Le Mans 136–126 74–74 (A) 81–58 (H) Round of 16 Promitheas 136–126 57–69 (A) 79–57 (H)
Nanterre 148–141 75–83 (A) 73–85 (H) Quarter-finals Hapoel Jerusalem 154–139 73–75 (A) 81–64 (H)
Bamberg 67–50 Semi-finals Antwerp Giants 70–54

Game details
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

References
  1. "Bologna dazzle on way to 2019 Basketball Champions League crown". Basketball Champions League. 5 May 2019. Retrieved 21 July 2020.
  2. La Virtus Bologna supera anche Strasburgo ed è imbattuta! Colpo di Avellino che sbanca Le Mans
  3. Basket, la Virtus chiama Chalmers, due titoli Nba a Miami insieme a LeBron
  4. "Virtus Bologna announces signing of Mario Chalmers". Sportando.Basketball. March 3, 2019. Retrieved March 6, 2019.
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