2018–19 Finnish Basketball Cup

2018–19 Finnish Basketball Cup
Season2018–19
Number of games27
Number of teams16
TV partner(s)Elisa Viihde
Finals
ChampionsSalon Vilpas
(1st title)
← 2013
2019-20 →
All statistics correct as of 8 January 2019.

The 2018–19 of the Finnish Basketball Cup is at its 33rd edition.

The competition was interrupted in 2013 and resumed for the season 2018–19. The Opening match was played on 30 October 2018.[1]

Format

Every Finnish basketball team from any league could join voluntarily the Finnish Basketball Cup.[2] The competition is structured in single game play-off series, with the exception that the teams that lose at the first and second round have a second chance to qualify by playing an additional play-out round.[3]

Teams

2018–19 Finnish Basketball Cup is located in Finland
EBT
EBT
Koripojat
Koripojat
JBA
JBA
Kipinä
Kipinä
Lahti
Lahti
LoKoKo
LoKoKo
Kisapojat
Kisapojat
Tarmo
Tarmo
Raiders
Raiders
Location of teams in the 2018–19 Finnish Basketball Cup
Team City Tier Affiliation
BC Lepi Nokia Over 35 Championship BC Nokia
Espoo Basket Team Espoo I Division B
Forssan Koripojat Forssa I Division A
Jyväskylä Basketball Academy Jyväskylä I Division A
Koiviston Kipinä Äänekoski II Division South East Area
KTP Basket Kotka Korisliiga
Lahti Basketball Lahti I Division A
LoKoKo Bisons Loimaa I Division A
Munkkiniemen Kisapojat Helsinki I Division B
Porvoon Tarmo Porvoo I Division A
Pyrintö Akatemia Tampere I Division A Tampereen Pyrintö
Tampereen Pyrintö Tampere Korisliiga
Raiders Basket Järvenpää I Division B
Roosters Nokia III Division Western Area BC Nokia
Räppäkäpälät Porvoo II Division Southern Area Porvoon Tarmo
Salon Vilpas Salo Korisliiga

First round

In the first round all the teams qualify to the second round, no matter what the result is. But the winners from the first round play against each other in a single game play-off format, while the losers go in a play-out round.

10 November 2018
17:00
Porvoon Tarmo 99–80 Roosters
9 November 2018
19:30
BC Lepi 98–71 Espoo Basket Team
10 November 2018
14:30
Räppäkäpälät 118–80 Pyrintö Akatemia
2 November 2018
18:30
Tampereen Pyrintö 98–84 LoKoKo Bisons
10 November 2018
12:30
Koiviston Kipinä 83–104 Raiders Basket
21 November 2018
18:30
Lahti Basketball 86–82 KTP Basket
8 November 2018
19:00
Munkkiniemen Kisapojat 80–120 Salon Vilpas
30 October 2018
18:30
Jyväskylä Basketball Academy 81–89 Forssan Koripojat

Second round

The second round play-offs are played amongst the teams that won in the first round. The winning teams go directly to the fourth round, while the losing teams play an extra third round with the chance to qualify to the fourth round.

The play-outs are played amongst the teams that lost the first play off round. The losing teams are out from the competition, while the winning teams play in the additional round against the losing team from the play-offs of the second round, with a chance to qualify to the fourth round.

Play off

20 December 2018
19:30
Porvoon Tarmo 65–119 BC Lepi
2 December 2018
14:30
Räppäkäpälät 88–136 Tampereen Pyrintö
4 December 2018
19:00
Raiders Basket 99–94 Lahti Basketball
4 December 2018
18:30
Forssan Koripojat 84–109 Salon Vilpas

Play out

15 December 2018
18:30
Roosters 92–75 Espoo Basket Team
4 December 2018
18:30
LoKoKo Bisons 85–70 Pyrintö Akatemia
8 January 2019
18:30
KTP Basket 138–90 Koiviston Kipinä
4 December 2018
18:30
Jyväskylä Basketball Academy 82–106 Munkkiniemen Kisapojat

Third round

In the third round the teams who won the play-outs play against the teams that lost the second round of play-offs. The winners will qualify to the fourth round and will play against the teams that won the second round of play-offs

9 January 2019
19:00
Munkkiniemen Kisapojat 120–47 Porvoon Tarmo
15 January 2019
18:30
KTP Basket 108–85 Räppäkäpälät
9 January 2019
18:30
LoKoKo Bisons 76–80 Lahti Basketball
20 January 2019
17:00
Forssan Koripojat 103–83 Roosters

Bracket

The final stage is played in single match quarters, semifinals and final.[4]

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
6 February 2019
 
 
Raiders Basket 64
 
5 March 2019
 
Munkkiniemen Kisapojat 68
 
Munkkiniemen Kisapojat 89
 
22 February 2019
 
Tampereen Pyrintö 99
 
Tampereen Pyrintö 115
 
16 March 2019
 
Forssan Koripojat 90
 
Tampereen Pyrintö 93
 
29 January 2019
 
Salon Vilpas 106
 
Lahti Basketball 102
 
5 March 2019
 
BC Lepi 83
 
Lahti Basketball 79
 
6 February 2019
 
Salon Vilpas 104
 
Salon Vilpas 98
 
 
KTP Basket 86
 

Final

16 March 2019
Final
Tampereen Pyrintö 93–106 Salon Vilpas Tampere
19:00 (EET) Scoring by quarter: 26–27, 21–25, 23–29, 23–25
Elisa Viihde Pts: Osku Heinonen 20
Rebs: Kenneth Manigault 8
Asts: Kenneth Manigault 6
Boxscore Pts: Jack Gibbs 31
Rebs: Juho Nenonen 9
Asts: Teemu Rannikko 5
Arena: Pyynikin Palloiluhalli



Starters: Pts Reb Ast
G 2 United States Jaylon Tate 19 3 5
F 3 United States Kenneth Manigault 19 8 6
F 10 Finland Osku Heinonen 20 4 2
C 65 United States Kevin Johnson Jr. 10 8 0
F 93 Finland Joonas Cavén 9 0 0
Reserves:
G 9 Finland Lassi Kilpinen 3 0 1
F 11 Finland Ville Haapoja 3 2 0
G 13 Finland Tuomas Flinck 0 0 0
F 40 Finland Justus Kilpinen 10 1 3
Head coach:
Finland Sami Toiviainen


Pyrintö Statistics Vilpas
26/46 (57%) 2 point field goals 22/42 (52%)
9/21 (43%) 3 point field goals 12/23 (52%)
14/16 (88.0%) Free throws 26/29 (90%)
29 Rebounds 36
17 Assists 22


Game rules
Game played under FIBA rules.
2018-2019 Finnish Cup Winners

Salon Vilpas
1st title
Starters: Pts Reb Ast
F 7 Finland Juho Nenonen 17 9 4
F 8 United States Antonio Ballard 25 9 2
G 9 Finland Teemu Rannikko 5 0 5
F 10 United States Brandon Taylor 8 4 0
G 15 United States Jack Gibbs 31 2 2
Reserves:
F 4 Finland Mikko Koivisto 9 3 3
F 5 Finland Henri Kantonen 6 4 4
G 11 Finland Leevi-Matias Taimela DNP
G 12 Finland Aatu Kivimäki 0 0 1
F 21 Finland Riku Laine 5 0 1
Head coach:
Finland Joonas Iisalo

References