2018–19 Finnish Basketball Cup Explained

Updated:8 January 2019
Prevseason:2013
Nextseason:2019-20
2018–19 Finnish Basketball Cup
Season:2018–19
Teams:16
Games:27
Winners:Salon Vilpas
(1st title)
Runners-Up:Tampereen Pyrintö
Tv:Elisa Viihde

The 2018–19 of the Finnish Basketball Cup is at its 33rd edition.

The competition was interrupted in 2013 and resumed for the season 2018–19. The Opening match was played on 30 October 2018.[1]

Format

Every Finnish basketball team from any league could join voluntarily the Finnish Basketball Cup.[2] The competition is structured in single game play-off series, with the exception that the teams that lose at the first and second round have a second chance to qualify by playing an additional play-out round.[3]

Teams

TeamCityTierAffiliation
BC Lepi Over 35 Championship BC Nokia
Espoo Basket Team I Division B
Forssan Koripojat I Division A
Jyväskylä Basketball Academy I Division A
Koiviston Kipinä II Division South East Area
KTP Basket
Lahti Basketball I Division A
LoKoKo Bisons I Division A
Munkkiniemen Kisapojat I Division B
Porvoon Tarmo I Division A
Pyrintö Akatemia I Division A Tampereen Pyrintö
Tampereen Pyrintö
Raiders Basket I Division B
Roosters III Division Western Area BC Nokia
Räppäkäpälät II Division Southern Area Porvoon Tarmo
Salon Vilpas

First round

In the first round all the teams qualify to the second round, no matter what the result is. But the winners from the first round play against each other in a single game play-off format, while the losers go in a play-out round.

Second round

The second round play-offs are played amongst the teams that won in the first round. The winning teams go directly to the fourth round, while the losing teams play an extra third round with the chance to qualify to the fourth round.

The play-outs are played amongst the teams that lost the first play off round. The losing teams are out from the competition, while the winning teams play in the additional round against the losing team from the play-offs of the second round, with a chance to qualify to the fourth round.

Play out

Third round

In the third round the teams who won the play-outs play against the teams that lost the second round of play-offs. The winners will qualify to the fourth round and will play against the teams that won the second round of play-offs

Bracket

The final stage is played in single match quarters, semifinals and final.[4]

Final


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Pyrintö Statistics Vilpas
26/46 (57%) 2 point field goals 22/42 (52%)
9/21 (43%) 3 point field goals 12/23 (52%)
14/16 (88.0%) Free throws 26/29 (90%)
29 Rebounds 36
17 Assists 22

Game rules
  • Game played under FIBA rules.
  • Notes and References

    1. Web site: 2018-19 Finnish Basketball Cup games. finnish.
    2. Web site: 2018-19 Finnish Basketball Cup regulation. finnish.
    3. Web site: 2018-19 Finnish Basketball Cup format. finnish.
    4. Web site: 2018-19 Finnish Cup Bracket System. finnish.