2019 Basketball Champions League Final
 Virtus Bologna celebrating after winning the final | |||||||||||
| Event | 2018–19 Basketball Champions League | ||||||||||
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| Date | 5 May 2019 | ||||||||||
| Venue | Sportpaleis, Antwerp, Belgium | ||||||||||
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| MVP | Kevin Punter | ||||||||||
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| Attendance | 16,437 | ||||||||||
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]
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[edit]
Virtus Bologna[edit]
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[edit]
Canarias, playing as Iberostar Tenerife for sponsorship reasons, had another successful BCL season.
Venue[edit]
| Antwerp | 2019 Basketball Champions League Final (Europe) |
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| Sportpaleis | |
| Capacity: 18,500 | |
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Road to the final[edit]
 Virtus Bologna
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Round |  Canarias
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Group D winners
Source: Basketball Champions League
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Regular season | Group B winners
Source: Basketball Champions League
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| Opponent | Agg. | 1st leg | 2nd leg | Playoffs | Opponent | Agg. | 1st leg | 2nd leg | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
 Le Mans
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136–126 | 74–74 (A) | 81–58 (H) | Round of 16 |  Promitheas
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136–126 | 57–69 (A) | 79–57 (H) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nanterre
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148–141 | 75–83 (A) | 73–85 (H) | Quarter-finals |  Hapoel Jerusalem
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154–139 | 73–75 (A) | 81–64 (H) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
 Bamberg
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67–50 | Semi-finals |  Antwerp Giants
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70–54 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Game details[edit]
| 5 May 2019 | Segafredo Virtus Bologna
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73–61 | Iberostar Tenerife
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Antwerp, Belgium |
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| 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) |
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References[edit]
- ^ a b "Bologna dazzle on way to 2019 Basketball Champions League crown". Basketball Champions League. 5 May 2019. Retrieved 21 July 2020.
- ^ La Virtus Bologna supera anche Strasburgo ed è imbattuta! Colpo di Avellino che sbanca Le Mans
- ^ Basket, la Virtus chiama Chalmers, due titoli Nba a Miami insieme a LeBron
- ^ "Virtus Bologna announces signing of Mario Chalmers". Sportando.Basketball. March 3, 2019. Retrieved March 6, 2019.