Tourney Name: | Basketball Champions League Final Four |
Year: | 2019 |
City: | Antwerp |
Country: | Belgium |
Arena: | Sportpaleis |
Season: | 2018–19 season |
Dates: | 3–5 May 2018 |
Champion: | Virtus Bologna 1st title |
Second: | Iberostar Tenerife |
Third: | Telenet Giants Antwerp |
Fourth: | Brose Bamberg |
Top Scorer: | Kevin Punter (47) |
Mvp: | Kevin Punter |
Mvp Link: | Basketball Champions League Final Four MVP |
Attendance: | 65,663 (16,416 per game) |
Prevseason: | 2018 |
Nextseason: | 2020 |
The 2019 Basketball Champions League (BCL) Final Four was the third Basketball Champions League tournament. It was the concluding phase of the 2018–19 Basketball Champions League season.
The Sportpaleis hosted the final tournament for the first time.
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See main article: article and 2018–19 Basketball Champions League.
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Iberostar Tenerife | 3 April 2019[1] | 12–2 (1st Group B) | bgcolor=#fcc | 57–69 (A) | bgcolor=#cfc | 79–57 (H) | bgcolor=#fcc | 73–75 (A) | bgcolor=#cfc | 81–64 (H) | ||||
Segafredo Virtus Bologna | 3 April 2019[2] | 10–4 (1st Group D) | bgcolor=#ffc | 74–74 (A) | bgcolor=#cfc | 81–58 (H) | bgcolor=#fcc | 75–83 (A) | bgcolor=#cfc | 73–58 (H) | ||||
Brose Bamberg | 3 April 2019[3] | 9–5 (3rd Group C) | bgcolor=#cfc | 81–79 (H) | bgcolor=#cfc | 88–85 (A) | bgcolor=#cfc | 71–67 (H) | bgcolor=#fcc | 67–69 (A) | ||||
Telenet Giants Antwerp | 3 April 2019[4] | 7–7 (4th Group C) | bgcolor=#cfc | 75–67 (H) | bgcolor=#fcc | 77–78 (A) | bgcolor=#cfc | 83–68 (A) | bgcolor=#cfc | 66–61 (H) | ||||
Pro Basketball League | 2nd (24–6) | Roel Moors | Paris Lee (13.7) | ||
LBA | 11th (14–15) | Aleksandar Đorđević | Kevin Punter (15.1) | ||
Basketball Bundesliga | 5th (20–11) | Federico Perego | Tyrese Rice (16.6) | ||
Liga ACB | 9th (15–15) | Txus Vidorreta | Tim Abromaitis (11.3) |
Antwerp qualified for its first ever final phase of a European competition and were the second team ever to reach the final four after playing all qualifying rounds, after Riesen Ludwigsburg in 2018. In its domestic Pro Basketball League (PBL), Antwerp was having a terrific year as it was in second position. In 2018–19, Antwerp also won its first Belgian Basketball Cup in history.
Bologna qualified for the Champions League as the ninth best team in the Italian Lega Basket Serie A (LBA). In its 2018–19 domestic season, it was in eleventh position as of 16 April 2019. Leading scorer Kevin Punter won the Champions League in 2018, while playing for AEK.
After playing in EuroLeague Basketball competitions for years, Bamberg made its debut in the Champions League. It also won the 2019 BBL-Pokal in the 2018–19 season.
Tenerife made its return to the Final Four for the second time, after winning the tournament in 2017.
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