2018–19 Greek Basketball Cup
The 2018–19 Greek Basketball Cup was the 44th edition of Greece's top-tier level professional national domestic basketball cup competition. The previous winners of the cup were AEK. The cup competition started on 15 September 2018, and ended 17 February 2019. Panathinaikos won the competition.
Competition details | |||
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Season | 2018–19 | ||
Teams | 62 | ||
Dates | 15 September 2018 – 17 February 2019 | ||
Final positions | |||
Champions | Panathinaikos OPAP (19th title) | ||
Runners-up | PAOK | ||
Awards | |||
MVP |
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← 2017–18 2019–20 → |
The tournament was marred by the decision of Olympiacos to forfeit their semifinals game versus Panathinaikos at halftime, over reffing disputes.[1]
Format
The top six placed teams from the top-tier level Greek Basket League's 2016–17 season, gained an automatic bye to the 2017–18 Greek Cup quarterfinals. While the eight lower placed teams from the 2016–17 Greek Basket League season; along with all of the teams from the 2nd-tier level Greek A2 Basket League's 2017–18 season, and the 3rd-tier level Greek B Basket League's 2017–18 season, played in preliminary rounds, competing for the other two quarterfinals places. The quarterfinals and onward rounds were played under a single elimination format.
Preliminary rounds
Phase 1
Round 1
Saturday 2018–09–15
Score |
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52 – 76 |
89 – 78 |
81 – 68 |
71 – 53 |
79 – 74 |
72 – 64 |
76 – 71 |
64 – 60 |
63 – 71 |
71 – 64 |
76 – 60 |
68 – 45 |
60 – 72 |
52 – 59 |
70 – 74 |
64 – 61 |
Round 2
Wednesday 2018–09–19
Score |
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69 – 72 |
76 – 73 |
20 – 0 |
62 – 72 |
55 – 63 |
74 – 83 |
67 - 74 |
74 – 104 |
60 – 71 |
70 – 58 |
48 – 74 |
66 – 98 |
63 – 75 |
82 – 74 |
71 – 74 |
83 – 72 |
Note: Aiolos Trikalon decided to forfeit their game against Faiakas Kerkyras.
Round 3
Saturday 22 or Sunday 2018–09–23
Score |
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68 – 75 |
71 – 61 |
81 – 82 |
70 – 69 |
74 – 63 |
78 – 74 |
96 – 86 |
67 – 65 |
Phase 2
Round 1
Wednesday 2018–09–26
Σκορ |
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80 – 84 |
88 – 75 |
106 – 104 |
90 – 72 |
Round 2
Score |
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90 – 69 |
85 – 78 |
Final rounds
A.S. Diagoras Dryopideon and A.O. Pagrati reached the Round of 16, after winning the preliminary rounds.
Quarterfinals 3 October 2018 | Semifinals 3 November 2018 | Final 17 February 2019 | ||||||||
Kymi | 74 | |||||||||
Peristeri | 73 | |||||||||
Kymi | 61 | |||||||||
PAOK | 72 | |||||||||
PAOK | 82 | |||||||||
AEK | 80 | |||||||||
PAOK | 73 | |||||||||
Panathinaikos OPAP | 79 | |||||||||
Olympiacos | 84 | |||||||||
Kolossos H Hotels | 53 | |||||||||
Panathinaikos OPAP | 20 | |||||||||
Olympiacos | 0 | |||||||||
Promitheas | 68 | |||||||||
Panathinaikos OPAP | 76 | |||||||||
Note: Olympiacos decided to forfeit their semifinals game versus Panathinaikos at halftime, over reffing disputes.[2]
Greek Basketball Cup Finals |
44th Final |
17 February 2019 – Heraklion Indoor Sports Arena
Panathinaikos – PAOK 79–73 (46–36), Quarters: 29–15, 46–36, 59–58, 79–73. Referees: Papapetrou, Karakatsounis, Tsarouchas |
Panathinaikos (Pitino): Calathes 19, Langford 17, Gist 14, Thomas 12, Papapetrou 10, Antetokounmpo 5, Mitoglou 2, Payne, Kilpatrick, Lekavičius, Vougioukas, Papagiannis |
PAOK (Papatheodorou): Hatcher 23, Goss 15, Margaritis 13, Garrett 10, Jones 9, Zaras 3, Jefferson, Tepić, Chrysikopoulos, Koniaris, Tsochlas, Schizas |
Awards
Finals Most Valuable Player
Player | Team |
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Panathinaikos |
Finals Top Scorer
Player | Team |
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PAOK |
References
- Olympiacos decided to forfeit the semifinal Greek Cup game against Panathinaikos in protest for the refs.
- Olympiacos decided to forfeit the semifinal Greek Cup game against Panathinaikos in protest for the refs.
- sdna media (February 17, 2019). "MVP του τελικού ο Καλάθης". sdna.gr. Retrieved February 17, 2019.
External links
- Official Hellenic Basketball Federation Site (in Greek)
- Officcial Greek Basket League Site (in Greek)
- Official Greek Basket League English website (in English)