2019 EuroCup Finals

The 2019 EuroCup Finals will be 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, was 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]

2019 EuroCup Finals
Event2018–19 EuroCup Basketball
Valencia Basket Alba Berlin
2 1
First leg
Valencia Basket Alba Berlin
89 75
Date9 April 2019 (2019-04-09)
VenueFuente de San Luis, Valencia
MVPWill Thomas
Attendance7,911
Second leg
Alba Berlin Valencia Basket
95 92
Date12 April 2019 (2019-04-12)
VenueMercedes-Benz Arena, Berlin
Attendance12,945
Third leg
Valencia Basket Alba Berlin
89 63
Date15 April 2019 (2019-04-15)
VenueFuente de San Luis, Valencia
Attendance8,014

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

Road to the Finals
Further information: 2018–19 EuroCup Basketball

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
Rytas2–075–64 (H)71–56 (A) Quarterfinals Unicaja2–190–91 (H)101–81 (A)79–75 (H)
UNICS2–069–64 (H)79–73 (A) Semifinals MoraBanc Andorra2–0102–97 (H)87–81 (A)

First leg

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:PtsRebAst
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

ValenciaStatistics[3]Alba Berlin
23/36 (63.9%)2-pt field goals16/37 (43.2%)
9/26 (34.6%)3-pt field goals12/24 (50%)
16/20 (80%)Free throws7/12 (58.3%)
16Offensive rebounds9
26Defensive rebounds15
42Total rebounds24
20Assists16
12Turnovers10
4Steals5
1Blocks1
16Fouls21
Starters:PtsRebAst
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 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

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:PtsRebAst
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 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 BerlinStatistics[4]Valencia
22/42 (52.4%)2-pt field goals12/23 (52.2%)
8/27 (29.6%)3-pt field goals14/30 (46.7%)
27/32 (84.4%)Free throws26/31 (83.9%)
15Offensive rebounds10
18Defensive rebounds25
33Total rebounds35
20Assists16
8Turnovers19
7Steals2
1Blocks0
30Fouls30
Starters:PtsRebAst
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

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:PtsRebAst
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

ValenciaStatistics[5]Alba Berlin
19/35 (54.3%)2-pt field goals14/31 (45.2%)
13/25 (52%)3-pt field goals9/29 (31%)
12/19 (63.2%)Free throws8/9 (88.9%)
7Offensive rebounds9
28Defensive rebounds25
35Total rebounds34
25Assists15
10Turnovers16
9Steals5
5Blocks5
19Fouls22


2018–19 EuroCup champions

Valencia Basket
(4th title)
Starters:PtsRebAst
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 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
Pos Player Team Ref
PF
 Will Thomas Valencia Basket
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See also

References
  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
  6. "Will Thomas is MVP of Finals". Eurocupbasketball.com. 16 April 2019.
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