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
Event	2018–19 Basketball Champions League
Virtus Bologna Canarias 73 61
Date	5 May 2019
Venue	Sportpaleis, Antwerp, Belgium
Coaches	Aleksandar Đorđević Txus Vidorreta
MVP	Kevin Punter
Referees	Yohan Rosso (France) Mārtiņš Kozlovskis (Latvia) Georgios Poursanidis (Greece)
Attendance	16,437

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	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

Segafredo Virtus Bologna v Iberostar Tenerife

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 0 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

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.