2019 Basketball Champions League Final
# 2019 Basketball Champions League Final

2019 Basketball Champions League Final was the concluding game of the 2018–19 Basketball Champions League season, the 3rd season of FIBA's premier basketball league in Europe. The final and the Final Four were played in the Sportpaleis in Antwerp, Belgium. The game was held 5 May 2019.

Virtus Bologna from Italy won its first BCL title and its first European title in ten years. Canarias played in its second final and finished second.

## Background

### Virtus Bologna

Virtus' 2018–19 season began with the appointment of Alessandro Dalla Salda as new club's CEO and the hire of Stefano Sacripanti as new head coach. Aradori and Filippo Baldi Rossi were confirmed and the club signed, among others, Tony Taylor, Kevin Punter, Amath M'Baye and Brian Qvale, to participate in the Basketball Champions League, which was Virtus's first European competition after ten years. The team reached a record of seven wins in the first seven games of the continental competition, which had never been achieved before. In March 2019, the team signed Mario Chalmers, two-time NBA champion with the Miami Heat.

### Canarias

Canarias, playing as Iberostar Tenerife for sponsorship reasons, had another successful BCL season.

## Venue

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

## Road to the final

| Virtus Bologna | Virtus Bologna | Virtus Bologna | Virtus Bologna | Round | Canarias | Canarias | Canarias | Canarias |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Opponent | Result | Result | Result | | Opponent | Result | Result | Result |
| Group D winners Pos Teamvte Pld Pts 1 Segafredo Virtus Bologna 14 24 2 Beşiktaş Sompo Japan 14 23 3 Neptūnas 14 22 4 Promitheas 14 22 5 SIG Strasbourg 14 22 6 Filou Oostende 14 21 7 medi Bayreuth 14 19 8 Petrol Olimpija 14 15 Source: Basketball Champions League | Group D winners Pos Teamvte Pld Pts 1 Segafredo Virtus Bologna 14 24 2 Beşiktaş Sompo Japan 14 23 3 Neptūnas 14 22 4 Promitheas 14 22 5 SIG Strasbourg 14 22 6 Filou Oostende 14 21 7 medi Bayreuth 14 19 8 Petrol Olimpija 14 15 Source: Basketball Champions League | Group D winners Pos Teamvte Pld Pts 1 Segafredo Virtus Bologna 14 24 2 Beşiktaş Sompo Japan 14 23 3 Neptūnas 14 22 4 Promitheas 14 22 5 SIG Strasbourg 14 22 6 Filou Oostende 14 21 7 medi Bayreuth 14 19 8 Petrol Olimpija 14 15 Source: Basketball Champions League | Group D winners Pos Teamvte Pld Pts 1 Segafredo Virtus Bologna 14 24 2 Beşiktaş Sompo Japan 14 23 3 Neptūnas 14 22 4 Promitheas 14 22 5 SIG Strasbourg 14 22 6 Filou Oostende 14 21 7 medi Bayreuth 14 19 8 Petrol Olimpija 14 15 Source: Basketball Champions League | Regular season | Group B winners Pos Teamvte Pld Pts 1 Iberostar Tenerife 14 26 2 Umana Reyer Venezia 14 24 3 Nanterre 92 14 22 4 PAOK 14 22 5 Hapoel Holon 14 21 6 Telekom Baskets Bonn 14 20 7 Fribourg Olympic 14 17 8 Opava 14 16 Source: Basketball Champions League | Group B winners Pos Teamvte Pld Pts 1 Iberostar Tenerife 14 26 2 Umana Reyer Venezia 14 24 3 Nanterre 92 14 22 4 PAOK 14 22 5 Hapoel Holon 14 21 6 Telekom Baskets Bonn 14 20 7 Fribourg Olympic 14 17 8 Opava 14 16 Source: Basketball Champions League | Group B winners Pos Teamvte Pld Pts 1 Iberostar Tenerife 14 26 2 Umana Reyer Venezia 14 24 3 Nanterre 92 14 22 4 PAOK 14 22 5 Hapoel Holon 14 21 6 Telekom Baskets Bonn 14 20 7 Fribourg Olympic 14 17 8 Opava 14 16 Source: Basketball Champions League | Group B winners Pos Teamvte Pld Pts 1 Iberostar Tenerife 14 26 2 Umana Reyer Venezia 14 24 3 Nanterre 92 14 22 4 PAOK 14 22 5 Hapoel Holon 14 21 6 Telekom Baskets Bonn 14 20 7 Fribourg Olympic 14 17 8 Opava 14 16 Source: Basketball Champions League |
| Opponent | Agg. | 1st leg | 2nd leg | Playoffs | Opponent | Agg. | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Le Mans | 136–126 | 74–74 (A) | 81–58 (H) | Round of 16 | Promitheas | 136–126 | 57–69 (A) | 79–57 (H) |
| Nanterre | 148–141 | 75–83 (A) | 73–85 (H) | Quarter-finals | Hapoel Jerusalem | 154–139 | 73–75 (A) | 81–64 (H) |
| Bamberg | 67–50 | 67–50 | 67–50 | Semi-finals | Antwerp Giants | 70–54 | 70–54 | 70–54 |

## Game details

| 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 ||||||
