2019 Basketball Champions League Final Four
# 2019 Basketball Champions League Final Four

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.

## Venue

The Sportpaleis hosted the final tournament for the first time.

| Antwerp | Antwerp2019 Basketball Champions League Final Four (Europe) |
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| Sportpaleis | Antwerp2019 Basketball Champions League Final Four (Europe) |
| Capacity: 18,500 | Antwerp2019 Basketball Champions League Final Four (Europe) |

## Teams

### Road to the Final Four

| Club | Clinched Final Four | Season performance | Season performance | Season performance | Season performance | Season performance | Season performance | Season performance | Season performance | Season performance |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Club | Clinched Final Four | Regular season record | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals |
| Iberostar Tenerife | 3 April 2019 | 12–2 (1st Group B) | Promitheas | 136–126 | 57–69 (A) | 79–57 (H) | Hapoel Jerusalem | 154–139 | 73–75 (A) | 81–64 (H) |
| Segafredo Virtus Bologna | 3 April 2019 | 10–4 (1st Group D) | Le Mans Sarthe | 155–132 | 74–74 (A) | 81–58 (H) | Nanterre 92 | 148–141 | 75–83 (A) | 73–58 (H) |
| Brose Bamberg | 3 April 2019 | 9–5 (3rd Group C) | Banvit | 169–164 | 81–79 (H) | 88–85 (A) | AEK | 138–136 | 71–67 (H) | 67–69 (A) |
| Telenet Giants Antwerp | 3 April 2019 | 7–7 (4th Group C) | UCAM Murcia | 152–145 | 75–67 (H) | 77–78 (A) | Nizhny Novgorod | 149–129 | 83–68 (A) | 66–61 (H) |

### Background

Information :

| Team | Domestic competition | Position (Record) | Head coach | Leading scorer |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Telenet Giants Antwerp | Pro Basketball League | 2nd (24–6) | Roel Moors | Paris Lee (13.7) |
| Segafredo Virtus Bologna | LBA | 11th (14–15) | Aleksandar Đorđević | Kevin Punter (15.1) |
| Brose Bamberg | Basketball Bundesliga | 5th (20–11) | Federico Perego | Tyrese Rice (16.6) |
| Iberostar Tenerife | Liga ACB | 9th (15–15) | Txus Vidorreta | Tim Abromaitis (11.3) |

**Telenet Giants Antwerp**

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.

**Segafredo Virtus Bologna**

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.

**Brose Bamberg**

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.

**Iberostar Tenerife**

Tenerife made its return to the Final Four for the second time, after winning the tournament in 2017.

## Bracket

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - |
| 3 May | 3 May |
| Segafredo Virtus Bologna | 67 |
| Segafredo Virtus Bologna | 67 | 5 May | 5 May |
| Brose Bamberg | 50 | 5 May | 5 May |
| Brose Bamberg | 50 | Segafredo Virtus Bologna | 73 |
| 3 May | 3 May | | Segafredo Virtus Bologna | 73 |
| 3 May | 3 May | Iberostar Tenerife | 61 |
| Iberostar Tenerife | 70 | Iberostar Tenerife | 61 |
| Telenet Antwerp Giants | 54 | | |
| Telenet Antwerp Giants | 54 | Third place game | Third place game |
| | | 5 May | 5 May |
| | | Brose Bamberg | 58 |
| | | Telenet Antwerp Giants | 72 |

## Semifinals

### Segafredo Virtus Bologna vs Brose Bamberg

| Starters: | Starters: | Starters: | Pts | Reb | Ast |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| PG | 7 | Tony Taylor | 5 | 3 | 5 |
| SG | 0 | Kevin Punter | 21 | 8 | 2 |
| SF | 1 | Kelvin Martin | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| PF | 24 | Amath M'Baye | 9 | 2 | 0 |
| C | 2 | Yanick Moreira | 5 | 9 | 1 |
| Reserves: | Reserves: | Reserves: | | | |
| PG | 6 | Alessandro Pajola | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| F/C | 8 | Filippo Baldi Rossi | 5 | 3 | 0 |
| PG | 9 | Alessandro Cappelletti | DNP | DNP | DNP |
| C | 11 | Dejan Kravić | 8 | 6 | 0 |
| G | 15 | Mario Chalmers | 5 | 3 | 2 |
| G/F | 21 | Pietro Aradori | 9 | 2 | 0 |
| G | 25 | David Cournooh | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Head coach: ||||||
| Aleksandar Đorđević ||||||
| Bologna | Bamberg |
| Bologna | Statistics | Bamberg |
| 18/48 (37.5%) | 2-pt field goals | 12/43 (27.9%) |
| 6/18 (33.3%) | 3-pt field goals | 5/23 (21.7%) |
| 13/20 (65%) | Free throws | 11/14 (78.6%) |
| 14 | Offensive rebounds | 16 |
| 33 | Defensive rebounds | 29 |
| 47 | Total rebounds | 45 |
| 12 | Assists | 4 |
| 11 | Turnovers | 16 |
| 10 | Steals | 8 |
| 3 | Blocks | 5 |
| 21 | Fouls | 18 |
| Starters: | Starters: | Starters: | Pts | Reb | Ast |
| PG | 4 | Tyrese Rice | 21 | 3 | 2 |
| SG | 6 | Nikos Zisis | 4 | 3 | 2 |
| SF | 33 | Patrick Heckmann | 2 | 8 | 1 |
| PF | 16 | Louis Olinde | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| C | 22 | Cliff Alexander | 3 | 9 | 0 |
| Reserves: | Reserves: | Reserves: | | | |
| G | 2 | Ricky Hickman | 4 | 3 | 2 |
| G | 9 | Maurice Stuckey | DNP | DNP | DNP |
| PG | 13 | Daniel Schmidt | DNP | DNP | DNP |
| G/F | 20 | Elias Harris | 9 | 5 | 1 |
| PF | 21 | Augustine Rubit | 5 | 7 | 0 |
| SG | 44 | Bryce Taylor | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| SG | 98 | Arnoldas Kulboka | DNP | DNP | DNP |
| Head coach: ||||||
| Federico Perego ||||||

### Iberostar Tenerife vs Telenet Giants Antwerp

| Starters: | Starters: | Starters: | Pts | Reb | Ast |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| PG | 00 | Rodrigo San Miguel | 4 | 0 | 8 |
| SG | 5 | Nicolás Richotti | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| SF | 9 | Nicolás Brussino | 17 | 4 | 3 |
| PF | 21 | Tim Abromaitis | 5 | 5 | 1 |
| C | 4 | Colton Iverson | 5 | 5 | 1 |
| Reserves: | Reserves: | Reserves: | | | |
| SG | 1 | Lucca Staiger | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| C | 7 | Mamadou Niang | 7 | 3 | 1 |
| PG | 10 | Ferrán Bassas | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| C | 11 | Sebastian Saiz | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| PF | 31 | Pierre-Antoine Gillet | 11 | 6 | 0 |
| SF | 33 | Javier Beirán | 14 | 4 | 2 |
| PG | 34 | Davin White | 3 | 0 | 2 |
| Head coach: ||||||
| Txus Vidorreta ||||||
| Tenerife | Antwerp |
| Tenerife | Statistics | Antwerp |
| 16/29 (55.2%) | 2-pt Field goals | 15/33 (45.5%) |
| 9/22 (40.9%) | 3-pt field goals | 5/22 (22.7%) |
| 11/19 (57.9%) | Free throws | 9/18 (50%) |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 13 |
| 26 | Defensive rebounds | 20 |
| 36 | Total rebounds | 33 |
| 19 | Assists | 12 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 15 |
| 8 | Steals | 7 |
| 3 | Blocks | 1 |
| 20 | Fouls | 21 |
| Starters: | Starters: | Starters: | Pts | Reb | Ast |
| PG | 5 | Paris Lee | 4 | 3 | 4 |
| SG | 11 | Victor Sanders | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| SF | 24 | Tyler Kalinoski | 13 | 1 | 1 |
| PF | 13 | Yoeri Schoepen | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| C | 21 | Ismaël Bako | 7 | 10 | 2 |
| Reserves: | Reserves: | Reserves: | | | |
| SG | 7 | Dennis Donkor | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| SF | 8 | Jae'Sean Tate | 13 | 4 | 1 |
| PF | 10 | Hans Vanwijn | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| PG | 20 | Thomas Akyazili | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| PF | 23 | Dave Dudzinski | 7 | 1 | 1 |
| C | 31 | Trevor Thompson | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| C | 33 | Moses Kingsley | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Head coach: ||||||
| Roel Moors ||||||

## Third place game

| Starters: | Starters: | Starters: | Pts | Reb | Ast |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| PG | 4 | Tyrese Rice | 8 | 0 | 3 |
| SG | 13 | Daniel Schmidt | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| SF | 33 | Patrick Heckmann | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| PF | 16 | Louis Olinde | 12 | 6 | 2 |
| C | 22 | Cliff Alexander | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| Reserves: | Reserves: | Reserves: | | | |
| G | 2 | Ricky Hickman | 4 | 3 | 5 |
| SG | 6 | Nikos Zisis | 6 | 1 | 0 |
| G | 9 | Maurice Stuckey | 4 | 1 | 1 |
| G/F | 20 | Elias Harris | 6 | 5 | 0 |
| PF | 21 | Augustine Rubit | 8 | 10 | 1 |
| SG | 44 | Bryce Taylor | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| SG | 98 | Arnoldas Kulboka | 10 | 2 | 0 |
| Head coach: ||||||
| Federico Perego ||||||
| Bamberg | Antwerp |
| Bamberg | Statistics | Antwerp |
| 17/40 (42.5%) | 2-pt field goals | 18/43 (41.9%) |
| 5/21 (23.8%) | 3-pt field goals | 9/27 (33.3%) |
| 9/14 (64.3%) | Free throws | 9/16 (56.2%) |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 14 |
| 33 | Defensive rebounds | 27 |
| 44 | Total rebounds | 41 |
| 15 | Assists | 18 |
| 12 | Turnovers | 6 |
| 3 | Steals | 7 |
| 3 | Blocks | 1 |
| 21 | Fouls | 19 |
| Starters: | Starters: | Starters: | Pts | Reb | Ast |
| PG | 5 | Paris Lee | 3 | 3 | 5 |
| SG | 11 | Victor Sanders | 8 | 2 | 0 |
| SF | 24 | Tyler Kalinoski | 10 | 2 | 0 |
| PF | 13 | Yoeri Schoepen | 2 | 4 | 1 |
| C | 21 | Ismaël Bako | 5 | 2 | 2 |
| Reserves: | Reserves: | Reserves: | | | |
| SG | 7 | Dennis Donkor | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| SF | 8 | Jae'Sean Tate | 16 | 7 | 3 |
| PF | 10 | Hans Vanwijn | 9 | 5 | 2 |
| PG | 20 | Thomas Akyazili | 8 | 2 | 3 |
| PF | 23 | Dave Dudzinski | 4 | 3 | 2 |
| C | 31 | Trevor Thompson | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| C | 33 | Moses Kingsley | 7 | 5 | 0 |
| Head coach: ||||||
| Roel Moors ||||||

## Final

| Starters: | Starters: | Starters: | Pts | Reb | Ast |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| PG | 7 | Tony Taylor | 4 | 3 | 5 |
| SG | 0 | Kevin Punter | 26 | 7 | 1 |
| SF | 1 | Kelvin Martin | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| PF | 24 | Amath M'Baye | 16 | 3 | 0 |
| C | 2 | Yanick Moreira | 4 | 4 | 0 |
| Reserves: | Reserves: | Reserves: | | | |
| PG | 6 | Alessandro Pajola | DNP | DNP | DNP |
| F/C | 8 | Filippo Baldi Rossi | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| PG | 9 | Alessandro Cappelletti | DNP | DNP | DNP |
| C | 11 | Dejan Kravić | 4 | 5 | 0 |
| G | 15 | Mario Chalmers | 8 | 2 | 2 |
| G/F | 21 | Pietro Aradori | 9 | 1 | 1 |
| G | 25 | David Cournooh | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Head coach: ||||||
| Aleksandar Đorđević ||||||
| Bologna | Tenerife |
| Bologna | Statistics | Tenerife |
| 17/38 (44.7%) | 2-pt field goals | 13/28 (46.4%) |
| 7/16 (43.8%) | 3-pt field goals | 5/37 (13.5%) |
| 18/26 (69.2%) | Free throws | 20/23 (87%) |
| 11 | Offensive rebounds | 24 |
| 21 | Defensive rebounds | 20 |
| 32 | Total rebounds | 44 |
| 10 | Assists | 11 |
| 15 | Turnovers | 20 |
| 8 | Steals | 6 |
| 3 | Blocks | 1 |
| 26 | Fouls | 29 |

* 2018–19 Basketball Champions League champions
* Segafredo Virtus Bologna 1st title

| Starters: | Starters: | Starters: | Pts | Reb | Ast |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| PG | 00 | Rodrigo San Miguel | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| SG | 1 | Lucca Staiger | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| SF | 9 | Nicolás Brussino | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| PF | 21 | Tim Abromaitis | 18 | 8 | 2 |
| C | 4 | Colton Iverson | 11 | 9 | 0 |
| Reserves: | Reserves: | Reserves: | | | |
| SG | 5 | Nicolás Richotti | DNP | DNP | DNP |
| C | 7 | Mamadou Niang | 2 | 4 | 1 |
| PG | 10 | Ferrán Bassas | 5 | 2 | 2 |
| C | 11 | Sebastian Saiz | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| PF | 31 | Pierre-Antoine Gillet | 3 | 2 | 2 |
| SF | 33 | Javier Beirán | 9 | 7 | 3 |
| PG | 34 | Davin White | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Head coach: ||||||
| Txus Vidorreta ||||||
