2018 FIBA Europe Cup Finals

2018 FIBA Europe Cup Finals
Event2017–18 FIBA Europe Cup
Sidigas Scandone Umana Reyer Venezia
Italy Italy
148 158
First leg
Date25 April 2018 (2018-04-25)
VenuePalasport Giacomo Del Mauro, Avellino
RefereesAntonio Conde (ESP), Georgios Poursanidis (GRE), Yener Yılmaz (TUR)
Attendance5,000
Second leg
Date2 May 2018 (2018-05-02)
VenuePalasport Giuseppe Taliercio, Venice
RefereesVicente Bultó (ESP), Saša Maričić (SRB), Panagiotis Anastopoulos (GRE)
Attendance3,510
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The 2018 FIBA Europe Cup Finals was the concluding games of the 2017–18 FIBA Europe Cup season. The Finals were played in a two-legged format, with the first leg played on April 25 and the second one on 2 May 2018.

For the second consecutive time, two teams from the same country met in the final.

Venue

The Palasport Giacomo Del Mauro was the first venue. The Palasport originally had a 3,600 seating capacity. It was expanded to a 5,300 seating capacity in 2008, specifically in order to meet the minimum capacity requirements for EuroLeague games, which require an arena of at least 5,000 seats. In 2008, the arena's usage rights were also entrusted to Air Avellino, for a period of ten years.

The Palasport Giuseppe Taliercio in Venice, the venue for the second leg, opened in 1978.[1] It was used as one of the host arenas of the 1979 EuroBasket. It has most notably been used as the home arena of the Italian basketball club, Reyer Venezia Mestre, of the Lega Basket Serie A. The Italian club Basket Mestre 1958 also used the arena at one time.

Avellino
2018 FIBA Europe Cup Finals (Europe)
Venice
Palasport Del Mauro Palasport Giuseppe Taliercio
Capacity: 5,600 Capacity: 3,509

Road to the Finals

Note: In the table, the score of the finalist is given first (H = home; A = away).

Italy Sidigas Scandone Round Italy Reyer Venezia
Basketball Champions League
Group D

Regular season Basketball Champions League
Group C

Pos Team Pld Pts
1 France SIG Strasbourg 14 23
2 Turkey Banvit 14 23
3 Greece AEK Athens 14 22
4 Germany medi bayreuth 14 22
5 Spain Movistar Estudiantes 14 22
6 Italy Umana Reyer Venezia 14 22
7 Slovenia Petrol Olimpija 14 18
8 Poland Rosa Radom 14 16
Opponent Agg. 1st leg 2nd leg Play-offs Opponent Agg. 1st leg 2nd leg
Belarus Tsmoki-Minsk 151–142 70–70 (H) 72–81 (A) Round of 16 Hungary Egis Körmend 169–139 83–51 (H) 88–86 (A)
Lithuania Juventus 162–145 77–77 (A) 85–68 (H) Quarterfinals Russia Nizhny Novgorod 176–170 86–76 (H) 94–90 (A)
Denmark Bakken Bears 157–144 75–72 (H) 72–82 (A) Semifinals Netherlands Donar 162–155 82–72 (H) 83–80 (A)

First leg

25 April 2018 Sidigas Scandone Italy 69–77 Italy Umana Reyer Venezia Avellino, Italy
20:30 (UTC+2) Scoring by quarter: 25–25, 15–23, 15–15, 14–14
Pts: Fesenko 19
Rebs: Leunen 11
Asts: Filloy 6
Eff: Fesenko 24
Boxscore Pts: Daye 14
Rebs: Perić 7
Asts: Haynes 5
Eff: Daye 18
Arena: Palasport Del Mauro
Attendance: 5,000
Referees: Antonio Conde (ESP), Georgios Poursanidis (GRE), Yener Yılmaz (TUR)


Starters: Pts Reb Ast
PG 6 Argentina Bruno Fitipaldo 3 0 2
SG 9 United States Jason Rich 16 4 3
SF 1 United States Dez Wells 18 2 1
PF 10 United States Maarty Leunen 5 12 5
C 44 Ukraine Kyrylo Fesenko 19 7 2
Reserves:
F/C 0 Italy Andrea Zerini 0 1 0
G/F 7 Italy Andrea Bianco DNP
C 9 Nigeria Shane Lawal 2 8 0
F 11 Canada Thomas Scrubb 2 1 0
G 12 Italy Ariel Filloy 4 2 6
G 24 Italy Lorenzo D'Ercole 0 0 0
G 57 Italy Salvatore Parlato DNP
Head coach:
Italy Stefano Sacripanti
Scandone jersey
Team colours
Scandone
Reyer jersey
Team colours
Reyer

0

Scandone Statistics[2] Reyer
28/60 (47%) 2-pt field goals 30/63 (48%)
4/20 (20%) 3-pt field goals 10/23 (43.5%)
9/17 (52.9%) Free throws 7/9 (77.8%)
14 Offensive rebounds 8
26 Defensive rebounds 22
40 Total rebounds 30
19 Assists 18
14 Turnovers 8
5 Steals 6
4 Blocks 4
16 Fouls 23
Starters: Pts Reb Ast
PG 0 Georgia (country) MarQuez Haynes 2 2 5
SG 30 Italy Bruno Cerella 10 0 1
SG 7 Italy Stefano Tonut 5 0 2
PF 9 United States Austin Daye 14 4 1
C 50 United States Mitchell Watt 13 3 0
Reserves:
F 2 Croatia Hrvoje Perić 6 7 2
G 3 United States Dominique Johnson 6 7 2
G/F 6 Greece Michael Bramos 5 4 1
G 11 United States Michael Jenkins 5 2 1
F/C 14 United States Tomas Ress DNP
C 19 Italy Paul Biligha 4 1 1
Head coach:
Italy Walter De Raffaele

Second leg

2 May 2018 Umana Reyer Venezia Italy 81–79
(158–148 agg.)
Italy Sidigas Scandone Venice, Italy
20:00 (UTC+2) Scoring by quarter: 15–13, 26–19, 22–29, 18–18
Pts: Haynes, Perić 16
Rebs: Biligha 5
Asts: Haynes 3
Eff: Daye, Perić 14
Boxscore Pts: Rich 32
Rebs: Fesenko 15
Asts: Rich 5
Eff: Fesenko 33
Arena: Palasport Giuseppe Taliercio
Attendance: 3,510
Referees: Vicente Bultó (ESP), Saša Maričić (SRB), Panagiotis Anastopoulos (GRE)


Starters: Pts Reb Ast
PG 0 Georgia (country) MarQuez Haynes 16 1 3
SG 30 Italy Bruno Cerella 7 0 0
SG 7 Italy Stefano Tonut 0 1 0
PF 9 United States Austin Daye 15 4 2
C 50 United States Mitchell Watt 8 3 2
Reserves:
F 2 Croatia Hrvoje Perić 16 2 2
G 3 United States Dominique Johnson 0 3 1
G/F 6 Greece Michael Bramos 4 2 1
G 11 United States Michael Jenkins 3 1 0
F/C 14 United States Tomas Ress DNP
C 19 Italy Paul Biligha 4 5 0
Head coach:
Italy Walter De Raffaele
Reyer jersey
Team colours
Reyer
Scandone jersey
Team colours
Scandone

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Reyer Statistics[3] Scandone
24/44 (54.5%) 2-pt field goals 23/41 (56.1%)
7/21 (33.3%) 3-pt field goals 5/20 (25%)
12/17 (70.6%) Free throws 18/24 (75%)
7 Offensive rebounds 16
21 Defensive rebounds 30
28 Total rebounds 46
13 Assists 14
3 Turnovers 12
4 Steals 1
3 Blocks 2
23 Fouls 20
Starters: Pts Reb Ast
PG 12 Italy Ariel Filloy 5 7 2
SG 9 United States Jason Rich 32 1 5
SF 1 United States Dez Wells 0 1 1
PF 10 United States Maarty Leunen 5 4 3
C 44 Ukraine Kyrylo Fesenko 21 15 2
Reserves:
F/C 0 Italy Andrea Zerini 1 0 0
G 6 Argentina Bruno Fitipaldo 3 2 0
G/F 7 Italy Michele Fucci DNP
C 9 Nigeria Shane Lawal 2 8 1
F 11 Canada Thomas Scrubb 2 4 0
G 24 Italy Lorenzo D'Ercole 8 1 0
G 57 Italy Salvatore Parlato DNP
Head coach:
Italy Stefano Sacripanti

References

  1. ^ "Palasport Taliercio". Archived from the original on 2017-05-01. Retrieved 2018-04-26.
  2. ^ "Sidigas Scandone Avellino vs Umana Reyer Venezia". Fiba.basketball. 25 April 2018. Retrieved 26 April 2018.
  3. ^ "Umana Reyer Venezia vs Sidigas Scandone Avellino". Fiba.basketball. 2 May 2018. Retrieved 3 May 2018.

See also