EuroLeague 2018/19

EuroLeague 2018/19
Duration		October 11, 2018 - May 19, 2019
Order of execution		19th season
organizer		ULEB
Number of teams		16
Main round
Main rounds - MVP		Jan Veselý (Fenerbahçe)
Alphonso Ford Trophy		Mike James (AX Armani Olimpia)
Best defender		Edy Tavares (Real Madrid)
Rising Star Trophy		Goga Bitadze (Buducnost VOLI)
Alexander Gomelski Trophy		Dimitrios Itoudis (CSKA Moscow)
Final Four
venue		Vitoria-Gasteiz
master		CSKA Moscow
Runner-up		Anadolu Efes Istanbul
Finals - MVP		Will Clyburn (CSKA Moscow)
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The season 2018/19 was 19 . The season of the EuroLeague (officially Turkish Airlines Euroleague ), the most important competition in European club basketball .

mode

The 2018/19 EuroLeague season was carried out using the same mode as in the previous season . 16 teams took part in the competition. These competed against each other twice in a group, so that each team played 30 games.

The eight best-placed teams qualified for the knockout round, which was played as a play-off in " best-of-five " mode. The four winning teams qualified for the Final Four tournament.

Participating teams

Nine champions and three runners-up from the most important national and supranational leagues took part.

society	National League	Hall	capacity	2017/18 national	License
Real Madrid (TV)	League ACB	WiZink Center	15,000	master	A.
Laboral Kutxa Vitoria	League ACB	Fernando Buesa Arena	15,504	Runner-up	A.
FC Barcelona	League ACB	Palau Blaugrana	07,585	Semifinals	A.
Herbalife Gran Canaria	League ACB	Gran Canaria Arena	11,500	Semifinals	B.
Fenerbahçe	Türkiye Basketbol Ligi	Ülker Sports Arena	13,000	master	A.
Anadolu Efes SK	Türkiye Basketbol Ligi	Sinan Erdem Dome	16,500	Semifinals	A.
Darüşşafaka Tekfen (EC)	Türkiye Basketbol Ligi	Volkswagen Arena	5,240	Quarter finals	B.
Panathinaikos OPAP	A1 Ethniki	OAKA Olympic Indoor Hall	18,800	master	A.
Olympiacos Piraeus	A1 Ethniki	Stadium of Peace and Friendship	11,600	Runner-up	A.
PBK CSKA Moscow	VTB United League	Mega sports arena	13,126	master	A.
BK Khimki	VTB United League	Mytishchi Arena	08,000	Runner-up	B.
FC Bayern Munich	Basketball Bundesliga	Audi Dome	06,700	master	B.
Maccabi Tel Aviv	Ligat ha'Al	Menorah Mivtachim Arena	10,383	master	A.
AX Armani Olimpia	Lega Basket Serie A	Mediolanum Forum	12,700	master	A.
Žalgiris Kaunas	Lietuvos krepšinio lyga	Žalgirio Arena	15,552	master	A.
Buducnost VOLI	ABA league	Sports ski center Morača	6,000	master	B.

• EC: Winner of the EuroCup 2017/18
• TV: Defending champion of the EuroLeague from 2017/18
• Clubs with an A license have permanent right to participate in the EuroLeague, regardless of their performance in the national league.
• The other clubs participate through a B license. This is awarded to the champions of the VTB United League , the Basketball Bundesliga , the ABA League , the Türkiye Basketbol Ligi and the winner of the EuroCup last year. If the national champion already has an A license, the next better club moves up.

Main round

The main round was played between October 11, 2018 and April 5, 2019. For teams with the same number of wins, it was not the total point ratio that was decisive for the group placements, but only the added result in a direct comparison of the teams with one another.

table

team	Sp	S.	N	P +	P-
01. Fenerbahçe	30th	25th	5	2504	2237
02. CSKA Moscow	30th	24	6th	2590	2397
03. Real Madrid	30th	22nd	8th	2578	2342
04. Anadolu Efes Istanbul	30th	20th	10	2562	2406
05. FC Barcelona	30th	18th	12	2358	2282
06. Panathinaikos Athens	30th	16	14th	2382	2345
07. Laboral Kutxa Vitoria	30th	15th	15th	2449	2378
08. Žalgiris Kaunas	30th	15th	15th	2360	2323
09. Olympiacos Piraeus	30th	15th	15th	2326	2301
10. Maccabi Tel Aviv	30th	14th	16	2376	2346
11. FC Bayern Munich	30th	14th	16	2348	2404
12. AX Armani Olimpia	30th	14th	16	2601	2600
13. BK Khimki	30th	9	21st	2333	2449
14. Herbalife Gran Canaria	30th	8th	22nd	2317	2616
15. Budućnost VOLI	30th	6th	24	2230	2550
16. Darusşafaka Tekfen	30th	5	25th	2238	2576

Crosstab

	Anadolu	Laboral	Munich	Podgorica	Moscow	Khimki	Milan	Barcelona	Fenerbahçe	Herbalife	Tel Aviv	Piraeus	Athens	Madrid	Darusşafaka	Kaunas
Anadolu Efes	*	96 : 85	92 : 77	106 : 68	78: 80	81 : 72	101 : 95	92 : 70	89 : 83	93 : 74	90 : 77	75 : 65	78 : 62	82: 84	82 : 68	79: 93
Laboral Kutxa	92: 102	*	76 : 68	82 : 62	76 : 73	104 : 86	80 : 75	70: 77	72: 74	83 : 66	97 : 73	80: 85	86 : 77	86 : 76	82 : 56	80 : 73
FC Bayern	71: 90	77 : 71	*	93 : 88	79: 93	72 : 65	93 : 87	73 : 71	90 : 86 a.d.	84 : 77	70: 77	62: 72	80 : 79	72: 82	116 : 70	88 : 84
KK Budućnost	84: 91	99 : 84	75: 89	*	93 : 92	90: 98	71: 82	67 : 64	65: 89	75 : 70	68: 78	76: 89	67: 72	73 : 60	75 : 74	60: 72
CSKA Moscow	102 : 84	82 : 78	77 : 70	99 : 69	*	88 : 74	101 : 95	95 : 75	70 : 68	107 : 85	76: 93	69 : 65	77: 78	82 : 78	79 : 75	99 : 97 a.d.
BK Khimki	84: 85	77: 85	60: 71	85 : 69	72: 80	*	88: 90	80: 87	84 : 78 a.d.	87 : 72	71: 76	66: 87	76 : 68	75: 100	85 : 84	74 : 64
AX Armani	81 : 80	93 : 90	78: 80	111 : 94	85: 90	81 : 80	*	85: 90	90: 104	86: 94	87 : 83	66 : 57	83: 95	85: 91	90 : 78	80 : 70
FC Barcelona	80 : 65	77 : 67	83 : 73	95 : 83	76: 84	83 : 74	90 : 80	*	65: 84	93 : 64	74 : 58	60: 69	79 : 68	77 : 70	97 : 65	78 : 72
Fenerbahçe	84 : 66	96 : 87	88 : 84	76 : 67	79 : 75	93 : 85	92 : 85	88 : 82	*	97 : 72	78 : 75	90 : 75	85 : 66	65 : 63	100 : 79	78 : 61
Herbalife	90: 94	71: 84	74: 89	95 : 85	91: 106	70: 99	104: 106 a.d.	87 : 86	64: 82	*	84 : 78	90 : 67	80: 99	67: 75	84 : 64	73 : 66
Maccabi	71: 79	79: 81	95 : 71	81 : 76	86: 89	79 : 63	94 : 92	99 : 83	70: 74	90 : 55	*	65 : 64	84 : 75	66: 87	77 : 58	83: 85
Olympiacos	88 : 81	91 : 87 a.d.	89 : 69	92 : 70	81: 97	71 : 57	75: 99	55: 76	72: 73	98 : 77	88 : 80	*	79 : 65	88 : 83	99 : 74	68: 72
Panathinaikos	88 : 75	72 : 70	77 : 67	87 : 67	96 : 84	94 : 85	83: 86	76 : 70	69: 81	102 : 87	89 : 84	93 : 80	*	73: 74	75 : 67	83: 87 a.d.
real Madrid	92 : 84	97 : 79	91 : 78	89 : 55	88: 93	79 : 74	92 : 89	92 : 65	101 : 86	89 : 76	91 : 79	94 : 78	89 : 68	*	109 : 91	86: 93
Darusşafaka	88: 93	80 : 75	92 : 87	71 : 63	65: 80	91 : 85	92: 98	71: 79	75: 97	71: 75	71: 73	79 : 75	67: 91	82: 86 a.d.	*	71: 75
Žalgiris	58: 79	79: 87	85 : 79	84 : 76	79: 84	83: 84	83 : 78	85: 88 a.d.	75: 82	98 : 64	80 : 73	83 : 75	82 : 69	79: 90	94 : 67	*

Quarter finals

In the “ best of five ” mode , the remaining eight teams competed against each other in up to five team encounters. The first of the main round met eighth, the second on the seventh, the third on the sixth and the fourth on the main fifth.

The four teams that won these duels qualified for the Final Four tournament. The games took place from April 16 to May 1, 2019.

pairing			1st game	2nd game	3rd game	4th game	5th game
Fenerbahçe	-	Žalgiris Kaunas	76 : 43	80: 82	66 : 57	99 : 82
CSKA Moscow	-	Laboral Kutxa Vitoria	94 : 68	68: 78	84 : 77	92 : 83
real Madrid	-	Panathinaikos Athens	75 : 72	78 : 63	89 : 82
Anadolu Efes Istanbul	-	FC Barcelona	75 : 68	72: 74	102 : 68	72: 82	80 : 71

Final Four

Fernando Buesa Arena

In a tournament that was held from May 17 to 19, 2019 in the Fernando Buesa Arena in Vitoria-Gasteiz , Spain , two teams each competed in semi-finals. The winners qualified for the final, from which the winner of the EuroLeague emerged.

Semifinals

The semi-finals took place on May 17, 2019.

pairing			Result
Fenerbahçe	-	Anadolu Efes Istanbul	73: 92
CSKA Moscow	-	real Madrid	95 : 90

3rd place match

The game for 3rd place took place on May 19, 2019.

pairing			Result
Fenerbahçe	-	real Madrid	75: 94

final

The final took place on May 19, 2019.

pairing	Anadolu Efes Istanbul - CSKA Moscow
Result	83: 91
date	19th May 2019
Stadion	Fernando Buesa Arena , Vitoria-Gasteiz
spectator	13,420
referee	Robert Lottermoser, Luigi Lamonica, Oļegs Latiševs
Anadolu Efes Istanbul	James Anderson 7, Doğuş Balbay , Rodrigue Beaubois 3, Bryant Dunston 13, Shane Larkin 29, Vasilije Micić 10, Adrien Moerman 2, Brock Motum 4, Tibor Pleiß , Sertaç Şanlı , Krunoslav Simon 15, as well as without final appearance : Buğrahan Tuncer Trainer : Ergin Ataman
CSKA Moscow	Joel Bolomboy , Will Clyburn 20, Nando de Colo 15, Daniel Hackett 7, Cory Higgins 20, Kyle Hines 9, Othello Hunter 7, Nikita Kurbanow 7, Alec Peters , Sergio Rodríguez 6, Iwan Uchow , and without the final : Andrei Woronzewitsch Trainer : Dimitrios Itoudis

Web links

• Official website (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Modus ( English ) Euroleague Ventures SA. Retrieved April 1, 2019.