2018–19 FIBA Europe Cup Play-offs

The 2018–19 FIBA Europe Cup play-offs will begin on 6 March and conclude on 24 April and 1 May 2019 with the 2019 FIBA Europe Cup Finals, to decide the champions of the 2018–19 FIBA Europe Cup. A total of 16 teams will compete in the play-offs.

Format

Each tie in the knockout phase, is played over two legs, with each team playing one leg at home.

The draw was made with the only restriction that these lucky losers could not be paired against each other, being decided all the bracket by the luck of the draw in the round of 16.[1]

Qualified teams

Second round group winners and runners-up

The four group winners and second-placed teams from the second round advanced to the play-offs. In case of vacants due to opt-out options of teams transferred from the Basketball Champions League, these places would be filled with the best third-qualified teams.

Group Winners Runners-up Third
I Germany s.Oliver Würzburg Turkey Pınar Karşıyaka Kosovo Z-Mobile Prishtina
J Israel Ironi Nes Ziona Bulgaria Balkan Hungary Alba Fehérvár
K Italy Dinamo Sassari Italy Varese Netherlands Donar
L Russia Avtodor Denmark Bakken Bears Netherlands ZZ Leiden

Standings

Pos Grp Team Pld W L PF PA PD
1 I Germany s.Oliver Würzburg 6 6 0 596 487 +109
2 L Russia Avtodor 6 5 1 576 482 +94
3 K Italy Dinamo Sassari 6 5 1 536 481 +55
4 K Italy Varese 6 4 2 492 446 +46
5 J Israel Ironi Nes Ziona 6 4 2 563 533 +30
6 L Denmark Bakken Bears 6 3 3 586 503 +83
7 K Hungary Alba Fehérvár 6 3 3 489 458 +31
8 I Turkey Pınar Karşıyaka 6 3 3 539 532 +7
9 J Bulgaria Balkan 6 3 3 496 499 −3
10 K Netherlands Donar 6 2 4 447 467 −20
11 K Kosovo Z-Mobile Prishtina 6 2 4 479 536 −57
12 L Netherlands ZZ Leiden 6 2 4 480 562 −82
Source: FIBA Europe Cup

Transfers from Champions League regular season

Eight teams from the 2018–19 Basketball Champions League Regular season transfer to the FIBA Europe Cup. These include the fifth and sixth-placed teams. The clubs from Basketball Champions League Regular Season which had opt-out clauses from playing in the FIBA Europe Cup Play-offs and in the event of them claiming fifth or sixth place, their spot would be filled by the best-ranked third-placed teams from the Second Round. They will be ranked according to the FIBA Europe Cup regulations.

Group Fifth place Sixth place
A Italy Sidigas Scandone Latvia Ventspils
B Israel Hapoel Holon Germany Telekom Baskets Bonn
C Lithuania Lietkabelis France JDA Dijon
D France SIG Strasbourg Belgium Filou Oostende

Standings

Pos Grp Team Pld W L PF PA PD
1 B Israel Hapoel Holon 14 7 7 1145 1117 +28
2 D Belgium Filou Oostende 14 7 7 1071 1119 −48
3 A Latvia Ventspils 14 6 8 1142 1178 −36
4 B Germany Telekom Baskets Bonn 14 6 8 1120 1181 −61
Source: FIBA Europe Cup

Bracket

 
Round of 16Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
                      
 
 
 
 
Israel Hapoel Holon8582167
 
 
 
Bulgaria Balkan8183 164
 
Israel Hapoel Holon9674170
 
 
 
Hungary Alba Fehérvár63101 164
 
Germany Telekom Baskets8569154
 
 
 
Hungary Alba Fehérvár8481 165
 
Israel Hapoel Holon8975164
 
 
 
Italy Dinamo Sassari94105 199
 
Latvia Ventspils7865143
 
 
 
Turkey Pınar Karşıyaka7670 146
 
Turkey Pınar Karşıyaka6883151
 
 
 
Italy Dinamo Sassari8783 170
 
Netherlands ZZ Leiden9368161
 
 
 
Italy Dinamo Sassari9794 191
 
Italy Dinamo Sassari8981 170
 
 
 
Germany s.Oliver Würzburg8479 163
 
Netherlands Donar6680146
 
 
 
Belgium Filou Oostende6688 154
 
Belgium Filou Oostende7057127
 
 
 
Italy Varese7372 145
 
Kosovo Z-Mobile Prishtina7784161
 
 
 
Italy Varese80100 180
 
Italy Varese6686152
 
 
 
Germany s.Oliver Würzburg8989 178
 
Denmark Bakken Bears9181172
 
 
 
Israel Ironi Nes Ziona7476 150
 
Denmark Bakken Bears7670146
 
 
 
Germany s.Oliver Würzburg7586 161
 
Russia Avtodor7690166
 
 
Germany s.Oliver Würzburg7994 173
 

Round of 16

The first legs were played on 5–6 March, and the second legs were played on 12–13 March 2019. Team 2 played the second leg at home.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Donar Netherlands 146–154[A] Belgium Filou Oostende 66–66 80–88
Ventspils Latvia 143–146 Turkey Pınar Karşıyaka 78–76 65–70
Telekom Baskets Bonn Germany 154–165 Hungary Alba Fehérvár 85–84 69–81
Bakken Bears Denmark 172–150 Israel Ironi Nes Ziona 91–74 81–76
Avtodor Russia 166–173 Germany s.Oliver Würzburg 76–79 90–94
Hapoel Holon Israel 167–164 Bulgaria Balkan 85–81 82–83
ZZ Leiden Netherlands 161–191 Italy Dinamo Sassari 93–97 68–94
Z-Mobile Prishtina Kosovo 161–180 Italy Varese 77–80 84–100
Notes
  1. ^
    Order of legs reversed after original draw, requested by Donar due to the no availability of their home arena for the second leg.[2]

First leg

5 March 2019 Hapoel Holon Israel 85–81 Bulgaria Balkan Holon
18:30 Scoring by quarter: 12–19, 26–26, 15–16, 32–20
Pts: Walden 20
Rebs: Atkins 11
Asts: Reynolds 7
Eff: Walden 20 		Boxscore Pts: Brown 17
Rebs: Gavrilovic 12
Asts: Petkov 7
Eff: Gavrilovic, Hopkins 18 		Arena: Toto Hall
Attendance: 2,300
Referees: Panagiotis Anastopoulos (GRE), Pavel Fuska (SVK), Kerem Baki (TUR)
5 March 2019 Donar Netherlands 66–66 Belgium Filou Oostende Groningen
19:30 Scoring by quarter: 20–17, 15–18, 18–15, 13–16
Pts: Gipson 13
Rebs: Jeter 6
Asts: Jeter, Slagter 3
Eff: Gipson 12 		Boxscore Pts: Đurišić 15
Rebs: Mwema 7
Asts: Fieler 6
Eff: Đurišić, Mwema 16 		Arena: MartiniPlaza
Attendance: 3,040
Referees: Janusz Calik (POL), Steve Bittner (GER), Vladimir Jevtović (SRB)
6 March 2019 Avtodor Russia 76–79 Germany s.Oliver Würzburg Saratov
16:00 Scoring by quarter: 24–23, 15–13, 17–23, 20–20
Pts: Gordon 16
Rebs: Kravish 12
Asts: Gordon 10
Eff: Kravish 22 		Boxscore Pts: Cooks, Oliver 15
Rebs: Olaseni, Wells 8
Asts: Bowlin, Wells 8
Eff: Wells 22 		Arena: Kristall Ice Sports Palace
Attendance: 2,000
Referees: Luka Kardum (CRO), Ilias Kounelles (CYP), Mehmet Karabilecen (TUR)
6 March 2019 Ventspils Latvia 78–76 Turkey Pınar Karşıyaka Ventspils
18:00 Scoring by quarter: 16–17, 24–22, 19–24, 19–13
Pts: Johnson 18
Rebs: Drame 9
Asts: Johnson 6
Eff: Johnson 23 		Boxscore Pts: Karaman 17
Rebs: Marei 8
Asts: Batuk 4
Eff: Marei 20 		Arena: Ventspils Olympic Center
Attendance: 1,650
Referees: Andrei Sharapa (BLR), Marek Kúkelčík (SVK), Geert Jakobs (BEL)
6 March 2019 Bakken Bears Denmark 91–74 Israel Ironi Nes Ziona Aarhus
18:30 Scoring by quarter: 17–22, 22–19, 28–14, 24–19
Pts: Carberry 21
Rebs: Jukić 7
Asts: Darboe 7
Eff: Carberry 20 		Boxscore Pts: Zanna 19
Rebs: Kadir, Browne 7
Asts: Kadir, Browne 4
Eff: Zanna, Browne 15 		Arena: Vejlby-Risskov Hallen
Attendance: 2,200
Referees: Apostolos Kalpakas (SWE), Petr Hrusa (CZE), Gvidas Gedvilas (LTU)
6 March 2019 Telekom Baskets Bonn Germany 85–84 Hungary Alba Fehérvár Bonn
20:00 Scoring by quarter: 24–27, 16–23, 22–24, 23–10
Pts: Birčević 19
Rebs: Webb 7
Asts: DiLeo 8
Eff: Birčević 25 		Boxscore Pts: Heath, Lóránt 21
Rebs: Heath 15
Asts: Zeno 5
Eff: Heath 38 		Arena: Telekom Dome
Attendance: 3,010
Referees: Andris Aunkrogers (LAT), Sebastien Clivaz (SUI), Beniamino Manuel Attard (ITA)
6 March 2019 ZZ Leiden Netherlands 93–97 Italy Dinamo Sassari Leiden
20:00 Scoring by quarter: 13–21, 26–21, 26–34, 28–21
Pts: Watson, Thompson 25
Rebs: De Jong 6
Asts: Watson 7
Eff: Watson 32 		Boxscore Pts: Cooley 21
Rebs: Cooley 10
Asts: McGee 8
Eff: McGee 29 		Arena: Vijf Meihal
Attendance: 3,000
Referees: Nicolas Maestre (FRA), Gatis Saliņš (LAT), Thomas Bissuel (FRA)
6 March 2019 Z-Mobile Prishtina Kosovo 77–80 Italy Varese Pristina
20:30 Scoring by quarter: 12–25, 20–12, 28–15, 17–28
Pts: Berisha 21
Rebs: Ahmed 8
Asts: Berisha 3
Eff: Ahmed, Myles 14 		Boxscore Pts: Archie 22
Rebs: Cain 9
Asts: Moore 6
Eff: Archie 17 		Arena: Palace of Youth and Sports
Attendance: 3,000
Referees: Markos Michaelides (SUI), Kristaps Konstantinovs (LAT), Igor Mitrovski (MKD)

Second leg

12 March 2019 Balkan Bulgaria 83–82
(164–167 agg.) 		Israel Hapoel Holon Botevgrad
18:30 Scoring by quarter: 24–23, 20–27, 14–13, 25–19
Pts: Hopkins 20
Rebs: Hopkins 15
Asts: three players 5
Eff: Hopkins 35 		Boxscore Pts: Atkins 20
Rebs: Walden, Jones 6
Asts: Pnini 7
Eff: Atkins 24 		Arena: Arena Botevgrad
Referees: Marek Cmikiewicz (POL), Carsten Straube (GER), Goran Šljivić (AUT)
13 March 2019 Alba Fehérvár Hungary 81–69
(165–154 agg.) 		Germany Telekom Baskets Bonn Székesfehérvár
18:00 Scoring by quarter: 24–15, 13–19, 22–18, 22–17
Pts: Cabezas 19
Rebs: Filipovity 7
Asts: Cabezas 5
Eff: Filipovity 23 		Boxscore Pts: Jackson 14
Rebs: Bartolo 7
Asts: Jackson 5
Eff: Jackson 22 		Arena: Alba Regia Sportcsarnok
Referees: Tanel Suslov (EST), Luka Kardum (CRO), Martin Vulić (CRO)
13 March 2019 Pınar Karşıyaka Turkey 70–65
(146–143 agg.) 		Latvia Ventspils İzmir
18:30 Scoring by quarter: 17–14, 19–17, 17–9, 17–25
Pts: Marei 23
Rebs: Marei 17
Asts: Henry, Batuk 5
Eff: Marei 34 		Boxscore Pts: Johnson 16
Rebs: Berzins, Gulbis 6
Asts: Johnson 9
Eff: Johnson 19 		Arena: Karşıyaka Arena
Referees: Siniša Herceg (CRO), Saša Maričić (SRB), Radomir Vojinović (MNE)
13 March 2019 Filou Oostende Belgium 88–80
(154–146 agg.) 		Netherlands Donar Ostend
19:00 Scoring by quarter: 28–21, 15–20, 23–23, 22–16
Pts: three players 15
Rebs: Mwema 6
Asts: Fieler 5
Eff: Williams, Fieler 15 		Boxscore Pts: Jeter 17
Rebs: Koenis 8
Asts: three players 3
Eff: Koenis 16 		Arena: Sleuyter Arena
Referees: Apostolos Kalpakas (SWE), Petr Hrůša (CZE), Andrei Sharapa (BLR)
13 March 2019 Ironi Nes Ziona Israel 76–81
(150–172 agg.) 		Denmark Bakken Bears Ness Ziona
19:00 Scoring by quarter: 21–20, 19–11, 11–20, 25–30
Pts: Gutt, Cook 19
Rebs: Gutt 13
Asts: Browne 6
Eff: Gutt 27 		Boxscore Pts: Evans 13
Rebs: Diouf 11
Asts: Jukić, Carberry 5
Eff: Diouf 19 		Arena: Lev Hamoshava
Referees: Zafer Yılmaz (TUR), Alexey Davydov (RUS), Ventsislav Velikov (BUL)
13 March 2019 s.Oliver Würzburg Germany 94–90
(173–166 agg.) 		Russia Avtodor Würzburg
19:00 Scoring by quarter: 12–23, 29–25, 31–24, 22–18
Pts: Richter 16
Rebs: Morrison 10
Asts: Cooks 8
Eff: Oliver, Morrison 18 		Boxscore Pts: Golden 24
Rebs: Savović 12
Asts: Ireland 8
Eff: Golden 27 		Arena: s.Oliver Arena
Referees: Markos Michaelides (SUI), Vilius Mačiulaitis (LTU), Valerio Grigioni (ITA)
13 March 2019 Dinamo Sassari Italy 94–68
(191–161 agg.) 		Netherlands ZZ Leiden Sassari
20:30 Scoring by quarter: 25–22, 17–17, 20–12, 32–17
Pts: Thomas 40
Rebs: Thomas 16
Asts: Smith 6
Eff: Thomas 54 		Boxscore Pts: Thompson 21
Rebs: Thompson 11
Asts: Watson 8
Eff: Thompson 26 		Arena: Roberta Serradimigni
Referees: Marek Maliszewski (POL), Ivor Matějek (CZE), Charalampos Karakatsounis (GRE)
13 March 2019 Varese Italy 100–84
(180–161 agg.) 		Kosovo Z-Mobile Prishtina Varese
20:30 Scoring by quarter: 33–21, 23–19, 21–19, 23–25
Pts: Avramović 18
Rebs: Cain 9
Asts: Avramović 7
Eff: Avramović 23 		Boxscore Pts: Berisha 24
Rebs: Ahmed 7
Asts: Myles, Berisha 4
Eff: Myles 19 		Arena: Enerxenia Arena
Referees: Dariusz Zapolski (POL), Zdenko Tomašovič (SVK), Sebastien Clivaz (SUI)

Quarterfinals

The first legs were played on 20 March, and the second legs were played on 27 March 2019. Team 2 played the second leg at home.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Filou Oostende Belgium 127–145 Italy Varese 70–73 57–72
Pınar Karşıyaka Turkey 151–170 Italy Dinamo Sassari 68–87 83–83
Hapoel Holon Israel 170–164 Hungary Alba Fehérvár 96–63 74–101
Bakken Bears Denmark 146–161 Germany s.Oliver Würzburg 76–75 70–86

First leg

20 March 2019 Hapoel Holon Israel 96–63 Hungary Alba Fehérvár Holon
18:00 Scoring by quarter: 18–23, 30–18, 20–13, 28–11
Pts: Jones 22
Rebs: Atkins 7
Asts: Pnini 9
Eff: Atkins 26 		Boxscore Pts: Lóránt 22
Rebs: Lóránt 9
Asts: four players 3
Eff: Lóránt 28 		Arena: Toto Hall
Referees: Sergiy Zashchuk (UKR), Charalampos Karakatsounis (GRE), Steve Bittner (GER)
20 March 2019 Pınar Karşıyaka Turkey 68–87 Italy Dinamo Sassari İzmir
18:30 Scoring by quarter: 14–16, 15–20, 23–30, 16–21
Pts: Henry 19
Rebs: Karaman, Marei 7
Asts: Henry 5
Eff: Henry 21 		Boxscore Pts: Cooley 26
Rebs: Cooley 11
Asts: Smith 6
Eff: Cooley 32 		Arena: Karşıyaka Arena
Referees: Panagiotis Anastopoulos (GRE), Zdravko Rutešić (MNE), Martin Horozov (BUL)
20 March 2019 Bakken Bears Denmark 76–75 Germany s.Oliver Würzburg Aarhus
18:30 Scoring by quarter: 19–17, 21–29, 24–17, 12–12
Pts: Carberry 15
Rebs: Evans 10
Asts: Darboe, Carberry 4
Eff: Carberry 20 		Boxscore Pts: Oliver 17
Rebs: Olaseni 13
Asts: Wells 5
Eff: Oliver 23 		Arena: Vejlby-Risskov Hallen
Referees: Oskars Lucis (LAT), Haris Bijedić (BIH), Mart Uuehendrik (EST)
20 March 2019 Filou Oostende Belgium 70–73 Italy Varese Ostend
19:00 Scoring by quarter: 17–21, 16–22, 17–11, 20–19
Pts: Fieler 20
Rebs: Fieler 9
Asts: Fieler 4
Eff: Fieler 26 		Boxscore Pts: Avramović 22
Rebs: Cain 7
Asts: Moore 4
Eff: Avramović, Scrubb 17 		Arena: Sleuyter Arena
Referees: Georgios Poursanidis (GRE), Vilius Mačiulaitis (LTU), Ventsislav Velikov (BUL)

Second leg

26 March 2019 Alba Fehérvár Hungary 101–74(OT)
(164–170 agg.) 		Israel Hapoel Holon Székesfehérvár
18:00 Scoring by quarter: 18–13, 24–20, 23–20, 31–10, Overtime: 5–11
Pts: Freeman 19
Rebs: Heath 7
Asts: three players 5
Eff: Heath 27 		Boxscore Pts: Walden 24
Rebs: three players 5
Asts: Walden 8
Eff: Walden 30 		Arena: Alba Regia Sportcsarnok
Referees: Siniša Herceg (CRO), Markos Michaelides (SUI), Kristaps Konstantinovs (LAT)
27 March 2019 s.Oliver Würzburg Germany 86–70
(161–146 agg.) 		Denmark Bakken Bears Würzburg
19:00 Scoring by quarter: 23–27, 24–9, 25–19, 14–15
Pts: Hulls 19
Rebs: Cooks, Oliver 9
Asts: Hulls, Wells 5
Eff: Hulls 24 		Boxscore Pts: Ongwae, Diouf 15
Rebs: Ongwae, Carberry 6
Asts: Carberry 5
Eff: Ongwae, Carberry 17 		Arena: s.Oliver Arena
Referees: Srđan Dožai (CRO), Saša Maričić (SRB), Kerem Baki (TUR)
27 March 2019 Varese Italy 72–57
(145–127 agg.) 		Belgium Filou Oostende Varese
20:30 Scoring by quarter: 18–15, 10–9, 27–14, 17–19
Pts: Avramović 19
Rebs: Cain 9
Asts: Cain, Avramović 4
Eff: Moore 18 		Boxscore Pts: Schwartz 12
Rebs: Mwema 11
Asts: Lambrecht 2
Eff: Schwartz 13 		Arena: Enerxenia Arena
Referees: Yener Yılmaz (TUR), Alexey Davydov (RUS), Ivor Matějek (CZE)
27 March 2019 Dinamo Sassari Italy 83–83
(170–151 agg.) 		Turkey Pınar Karşıyaka Sassari
20:30 Scoring by quarter: 12–23, 16–29, 22–17, 33–14
Pts: Spissu, Polonara 14
Rebs: Cooley 9
Asts: Pierre 4
Eff: Polonara, Pierre 17 		Boxscore Pts: Henry 24
Rebs: Marei 15
Asts: Henry 5
Eff: Henry 22 		Arena: Roberta Serradimigni
Referees: Marek Ćmikiewicz (POL), Zdenko Tomašovič (SVK), Dariusz Zapolski (POL)

Semifinals

The first legs were played on 10 April, and the second legs were played on 17 April 2019. Team 2 played the second leg at home.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Varese Italy 152–178 Germany s.Oliver Würzburg 66–89 86–89
Hapoel Holon Israel 164–199 Italy Dinamo Sassari 89–94 75–105

First leg

10 April 2019 Hapoel Holon Israel 89–94 Italy Dinamo Sassari Holon
18:45 Scoring by quarter: 25–22, 22–26, 25–20, 17–26
Pts: Walden 26
Rebs: Atkins 9
Asts: Reynolds 8
Eff: Walden 32 		Boxscore Pts: Thomas 21
Rebs: Thomas 7
Asts: Smith 9
Eff: Thomas 24 		Arena: Toto Hall
Referees: Yohan Rosso (FRA), Fernando Calatrava (ESP), Wojciech Liszka (POL)
10 April 2019 Varese Italy 66–89 Germany s.Oliver Würzburg Varese
20:30 Scoring by quarter: 21–23, 12–23, 18–22, 15–21
Pts: Cain 15
Rebs: Cain 9
Asts: Moore 4
Eff: Cain 26 		Boxscore Pts: Hulls 19
Rebs: Morrison 8
Asts: Hulls 5
Eff: Hulls 24 		Arena: Enerxenia Arena
Referees: Sergiy Zashchuk (UKR), Radomir Vojinović (MNE), Michal Proc (POL)

Second leg

17 April 2019 s.Oliver Würzburg Germany 89–86
(178–152 agg.) 		Italy Varese Würzburg
19:00 Scoring by quarter: 30–11, 16–21, 29–27, 14–27
Pts: Hulls, Wells 13
Rebs: Cooks 9
Asts: Hulls 5
Eff: Cooks 19 		Boxscore Pts: Scrubb 29
Rebs: Cain 9
Asts: Tambone 6
Eff: Scrubb 28 		Arena: s.Oliver Arena
Referees: Marius Ciulin (ROU), Janusz Calik (POL), Boris Krejič (SLO)
17 April 2019 Dinamo Sassari Italy 105–75
(199–164 agg.) 		Israel Hapoel Holon Sassari
20:30 Scoring by quarter: 28–18, 34–20, 26–23, 17–14
Pts: Polonara 17
Rebs: Thomas 12
Asts: Smith 10
Eff: Polonara 23 		Boxscore Pts: Walden 19
Rebs: Simhon 10
Asts: Walden, Reynolds 4
Eff: Walden 16 		Arena: Roberta Serradimigni
Referees: Georgios Poursanidis (GRE), Gentian Cici (ALB), Oskars Lucis (LAT)

Final

Main article: 2019 FIBA Europe Cup Finals

The first legs will be played on 24 April, and the second legs will be played on 1 May 2019. Team 2 plays the second leg at home.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Dinamo Sassari Italy 170–163 Germany s.Oliver Würzburg 89–84 81–79

References

  1. ^ "FIBA Europe Cup Round of 16 pairings drawn". FIBA. 7 February 2019. Retrieved 7 February 2019.
  2. ^ "Europe Cup tegen Oostende op 5 en 13 maart" (in Dutch). Donar.nl. Retrieved 13 February 2019.