2019 EuroCup Finals

2019 EuroCup finals

Event	2018–19 EuroCup Basketball
Valencia Basket Alba Berlin 2 1
First leg
Valencia Basket Alba Berlin 89 75
Date	9 April 2019 (2019-04-09)
Venue	Fuente de San Luis, Valencia
MVP	Will Thomas
Attendance	7,911
Second leg
Alba Berlin Valencia Basket 95 92
Date	12 April 2019 (2019-04-12)
Venue	Mercedes-Benz Arena, Berlin
Attendance	12,945
Third leg
Valencia Basket Alba Berlin 89 63
Date	15 April 2019 (2019-04-15)
Venue	Fuente de San Luis, Valencia
Attendance	8,014
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The 2019 EuroCup finals were 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, would 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]

It was 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.

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

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
Rytas	2–0	75–64 (H)	71–56 (A)		Quarterfinals	Unicaja	2–1	90–91 (H)	101–81 (A)	79–75 (H)
UNICS	2–0	69–64 (H)	79–73 (A)		Semifinals	MoraBanc Andorra	2–0	102–97 (H)	87–81 (A)

Valencia Basket v Alba Berlin

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: Pts Reb Ast 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 Valencia Statistics[3] Alba Berlin 23/36 (63.9%) 2-pt field goals 16/37 (43.2%) 9/26 (34.6%) 3-pt field goals 12/24 (50%) 16/20 (80%) Free throws 7/12 (58.3%) 16 Offensive rebounds 9 26 Defensive rebounds 15 42 Total rebounds 24 20 Assists 16 12 Turnovers 10 4 Steals 5 1 Blocks 1 16 Fouls 21

Starters: Pts Reb Ast 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 (basketball) 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

Alba Berlin v Valencia Basket

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: Pts Reb Ast 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 (basketball) 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 Berlin Statistics[4] Valencia 22/42 (52.4%) 2-pt field goals 12/23 (52.2%) 8/27 (29.6%) 3-pt field goals 14/30 (46.7%) 27/32 (84.4%) Free throws 26/31 (83.9%) 15 Offensive rebounds 10 18 Defensive rebounds 25 33 Total rebounds 35 20 Assists 16 8 Turnovers 19 7 Steals 2 1 Blocks 0 30 Fouls 30

Starters: Pts Reb Ast 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

Valencia Basket v Alba Berlin

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: Pts Reb Ast 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 Valencia Statistics[5] Alba Berlin 19/35 (54.3%) 2-pt field goals 14/31 (45.2%) 13/25 (52%) 3-pt field goals 9/29 (31%) 12/19 (63.2%) Free throws 8/9 (88.9%) 7 Offensive rebounds 9 28 Defensive rebounds 25 35 Total rebounds 34 25 Assists 15 10 Turnovers 16 9 Steals 5 5 Blocks 5 19 Fouls 22 2018–19 EuroCup champions Valencia Basket (4th title)

Starters: Pts Reb Ast 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 (basketball) 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

Pos	Player	Team	Ref
PF	Will Thomas	Valencia Basket	[6]

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