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7DAYS EuroCup1
Season2018–19
Number of teams24
2019–20 →
1 Sponsored name, referring to 7DAYS.

The 2018–19 EuroCup Basketball season, also known as 7DAYS EuroCup for sponsorship reasons, is the 17th season of Europe's secondary level professional club basketball tournament, organised by Euroleague Basketball. It is the 11th season since it was renamed from the ULEB Cup to the EuroCup, and the third season under the title sponsorship name of 7DAYS.

Team allocation

A total of 24 teams participate in the 2018–19 EuroCup Basketball.[1]

Distribution

The table below shows the default access list.[1]

Teams entering in this round Teams advancing from previous round
Regular season
(24 teams)
Top 16
(16 teams)
  • 4 group winners from the regular season
  • 4 group runners-up from the regular season
  • 4 group third-placed teams from the regular season
  • 4 group fourth-placed teams from the regular season
Playoffs
(8 teams)
  • 4 group winners from the Top 16
  • 4 group runners-up from the Top 16

Teams

The labels in the parentheses show how each team qualified for the place of its starting round:[1][2][3]

  • 1st, 2nd, 3rd, etc.: League position after Playoffs
  • WC: Wild card
Regular season
Serbia Crvena zvezda mts (2nd)[Note ABA] France LDLC ASVEL (WC) Italy Fiat Torino (WC) Spain Valencia Basket (5th)
Croatia Cedevita (3rd)[Note ABA] Germany ALBA Berlin (2nd) Lithuania Rytas (2nd) Spain MoraBanc Andorra (6th)[Note ESP]
Montenegro Mornar (4th)[Note ABA] Germany Fraport Skyliners (8th) Poland Arka Gdynia (11th) Spain Unicaja (7th)
Serbia Partizan NIS (WC)[Note ABA] Germany ratiopharm Ulm (WC) Russia Zenit Saint Petersburg (3rd) Turkey Tofaş (2nd)
France Monaco (2nd)[Note FRA] Italy Dolomiti Energia Trento (2nd) Russia UNICS (4th) Turkey Galatasaray (9th)
France Limoges (4th) Italy Germani Brescia Leonessa (4th) Russia Lokomotiv Kuban (5th) Turkey Türk Telekom (WC)
Notes
  1. ^
    ABA League (ABA): Crvena zvezda mts, Cedevita, Mornar and Partizan NIS qualified through the ABA League.
  2. ^
    Spain (ESP): MoraBanc Andorra is a club based in Andorra (which does not qualify for European competitions), but participate in European competitions through one of the berths for Spain (any coefficient points they earn count toward Spain).
  3. ^
    France (FRA): Monaco are a club based in Monaco (which does not qualify for European competitions), but participated in European competitions through one of the berths for France (any coefficient points they earn count toward France).

Round and draw dates

The schedule of the competition is as follows.[4][5]

Phase Round Draw date First leg Second leg Third leg
Regular season Round 1 5 July 2018 2–3 October 2018
Round 2 9–10 October 2018
Round 3 16–17 October 2018
Round 4 23–24 October 2018
Round 5 30–31 October 2018
Round 6 6–7 November 2018
Round 7 13–14 November 2018
Round 8 20–21 November 2018
Round 9 11–12 December 2018
Round 10 18–19 December 2018
Top 16 Round 1 1–2 January 2019
Round 2 8–9 January 2019
Round 3 15–16 January 2019
Round 4 22–23 January 2019
Round 5 29–30 January 2019
Round 6 5–6 February 2019
Playoffs Quarterfinals 5 March 2019 8 March 2019 13 March 2019
Semifinals 19 March 2019 22 March 2019 27 March 2019
Finals 9 April 2019 12 April 2019 15 April 2019

Draw

The draw was held on 5 July 2018 at the Mediapro Auditorium in Barcelona.[5]

The 24 teams were drawn into four groups of six, with the restriction that teams from the same country could not be drawn against each other. For this purpose, Adriatic League worked as only one country. For the draw, the teams were seeded into six pots, in accordance with the Club Ranking, based on their performance in European competitions during a three-year period and the lowest possible position that any club from that league can occupy in the draw is calculated by adding the results of the worst performing team from each league.[5]

Pot 1
Team Pts
Russia Lokomotiv Kuban 138
Serbia Crvena zvezda mts 134
Spain Unicaja 123
Spain Valencia Basket 120
Pot 2
Team Pts
Turkey Galatasaray 112
Russia UNICS 109
Russia Zenit Saint Petersburg 96
Croatia Cedevita 81
Pot 3
Team Pts
Italy Dolomiti Energia Trento 76†
Italy Fiat Torino 76†
Italy Germani Brescia Leonessa 76†
Germany ALBA Berlin 75
Pot 4
Team Pts
Turkey Tofaş 71†
Turkey Türk Telekom 71†
Lithuania Rytas 59
Germany ratiopharm Ulm 53
Pot 5
Team Pts
France Limoges 51
Spain MoraBanc Andorra 50†
Germany Fraport Skyliners 44
Serbia Partizan NIS 33†
Pot 6
Team Pts
Montenegro Mornar 33†
Poland Arka Gdynia 31†
France LDLC ASVEL 28
France Monaco 24†
Notes
^† Indicates teams with points applying the minimum for the league they play.

The fixtures were decided after the draw, using a computer draw not shown to public, with the following match sequence:[5]

Note: Positions for scheduling do not use the seeding pots, e.g., Team 1 is not necessarily the team from Pot 1 in the draw.

Round Matches
Round 1 6 v 3, 4 v 2, 5 v 1
Round 2 1 v 6, 2 v 5, 3 v 4
Round 3 6 v 4, 5 v 3, 1 v 2
Round 4 6 v 2, 3 v 1, 4 v 5
Round 5 5 v 6, 1 v 4, 2 v 3
Round Matches
Round 6 1 v 5, 2 v 4, 3 v 6
Round 7 4 v 3, 5 v 2, 6 v 1
Round 8 2 v 1, 3 v 5, 4 v 6
Round 9 5 v 4, 1 v 3, 2 v 6
Round 10 3 v 2, 4 v 1, 6 v 5

There were scheduling restrictions: for example, teams from the same city in general are not scheduled to play at home on the same round (to avoid them playing at home on the same day or on consecutive days, due to logistics and crowd control).[5]

Regular season

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Location of teams of the 2018–19 EuroCup regular season.
Red: Group A; Green: Group B; Blue: Group C; Yellow: Group D.

In each group, teams play against each other home-and-away in a round-robin format. The group winners, runners-up, third-placed teams and fourth-placed teams will advance to the Top 16, while the fifth-placed teams and sixth-placed teams will be eliminated. The rounds are 2–3 October, 9–10 October, 16–17 October, 23–24 October, 30–31 October, 6–7 November, 13–14 November, 20–21 November, 11–12 December, and 18–19 December 2018.

Group A

Pos Team
 Pld W L PF PA PD Qualification MON AND CZV ULM BRE GAL
1 France Monaco 10 7 3 796 757 +39 Advance to Top 16 — 81–73 63–66 84–81 80–86 76–71
2 Spain MoraBanc Andorra 10 6 4 852 834 +18 87–80 — 91–80 103–95 110–91 95–87
3 Serbia Crvena zvezda mts 10 6 4 825 768 +57 75–91 85–79 — 88–73 103–67 87–57
4 Germany ratiopharm Ulm 10 5 5 824 827 −3 65–75 88–80 95–80 — 83–82 103–92
5 Italy Germani Brescia Leonessa 10 3 7 780 842 −62 68–80 73–79 69–61 80–97 — 88–65
6 Turkey Galatasaray 10 3 7 761 810 −49 85–86 84–73 83–100 77–69 84–76 —
Source: EuroCup Basketball
Rules for classification: All points scored in extra period(s) were not counted in the standings, nor for any tie-break situation.

Group B

Pos Team
 Pld W L PF PA PD Qualification LOK ALB CED LIM TOF ARK
1 Russia Lokomotiv Kuban 10 9 1 847 757 +90 Advance to Top 16 — 75–83 80–76 82–64 95–72 96–72
2 Germany Alba Berlin 10 7 3 883 835 +48 82–92 — 102–109 84–76 107–91 82–68
3 Croatia Cedevita 10 5 5 853 831 +22 81–85 75–73 — 91–71 92–96 94–87
4 France Limoges CSP 10 4 6 818 846 −28 64–72 93–102 82–68 — 89–81 103–87
5 Turkey Tofaş 10 4 6 891 908 −17 99–105 101–106 94–89 92–98 — 96–79
6 Poland Asseco Arka Gdynia 10 1 9 755 870 −115 73–80 64–76 61–78 87–78 77–87 —
Source: EuroCup Basketball
Rules for classification: All points scored in extra period(s) were not counted in the standings, nor for any tie-break situation.

Group C

Pos Team
 Pld W L PF PA PD Qualification VBC ASV PAR ZEN TTA TRE
1 Spain Valencia Basket 10 8 2 846 759 +87 Advance to Top 16 — 84–62 79–71 97–89 101–83 87–66
2 France LDLC ASVEL 10 7 3 781 732 +49 73–69 — 75–78 89–68 84–63 75–61
3 Serbia Partizan NIS 10 4 6 756 771 −15 61–69 78–89 — 89–82 87–72 76–71
4 Russia Zenit Saint Petersburg 10 4 6 840 823 +17 104–93 81–84 75–71 — 91–80 99–102
5 Turkey Türk Telekom 10 4 6 766 819 −53 67–72 78–83 77–72 81–75 — 84–77
6 Italy Dolomiti Energia Trento 10 3 7 745 830 −85 83–95 79–77 82–73 60–93 77–81 —
Source: EuroCup Basketball
Rules for classification: All points scored in extra period(s) were not counted in the standings, nor for any tie-break situation.

Group D

Pos Team
 Pld W L PF PA PD Qualification UNK UNI FSK RYT MOR TOR
1 Russia UNICS 10 9 1 846 750 +96 Advance to Top 16 — 87–84 83–80 86–73 90–73 92–78
2 Spain Unicaja 10 8 2 897 788 +109 82–80 — 91–64 95–76 111–76 89–68
3 Germany Fraport Skyliners 10 6 4 767 762 +5 65–72 78–84 — 65–63 98–75 88–85
4 Lithuania Rytas 10 5 5 769 776 −7 81–87 80–72 61–70 — 71–67 86–79
5 Montenegro Mornar Bar 10 2 8 772 905 −133 74–97 85–96 83–87 69–92 — 86–83
6 Italy Fiat Torino 10 0 10 800 870 −70 72–82 104–105 75–85 96–101 80–84 —
Source: EuroCup Basketball
Rules for classification: All points scored in extra period(s) were not counted in the standings, nor for any tie-break situation.

Top 16

In each group, teams will play against each other home-and-away in a round-robin format. The group winners and runners-up will advance to the Playoffs, while the third-placed teams and fourth-placed teams will be eliminated. The rounds are 1–2 January, 8–9 January, 15–16 January, 22–23 January, 29–30 January, and 5–6 February 2019.

Group E

Pos Team
 Pld W L PF PA PD Qualification ALB RYT MON PAR
1 Germany Alba Berlin 6 5 1 487 451 +36 Advance to quarterfinals — 87–85 83–74 97–74
2 Lithuania Rytas 6 3 3 482 460 +22 86–94 — 90–68 80–74
3 France Monaco 6 2 4 418 457 −39 61–75 75–70 — 68–71
4 Serbia Partizan NIS 6 2 4 442 461 −19 78–66 77–78 68–72 —
Source: EuroCup Basketball
Rules for classification: All points scored in extra period(s) were not counted in the standings, nor for any tie-break situation.

Group F

Pos Team
 Pld W L PF PA PD Qualification ASV LOK ULM FSK
1 France LDLC ASVEL 6 5 1 445 411 +34 Advance to quarterfinals — 72–61 93–89 75–52
2 Russia Lokomotiv Kuban 6 4 2 474 423 +51 65–67 — 88–76 84–58
3 Germany ratiopharm Ulm 6 3 3 485 464 +21 86–68 81–84 — 70–63
4 Germany Fraport Skyliners 6 0 6 368 474 −106 58–70 69–92 68–83 —
Source: EuroCup Basketball
Rules for classification: All points scored in extra period(s) were not counted in the standings, nor for any tie-break situation.

Group G

Pos Team
 Pld W L PF PA PD Qualification VBC UNI CZV LIM
1 Spain Valencia Basket 6 6 0 501 458 +43 Advance to quarterfinals — 85–74 92–76 91–84
2 Spain Unicaja 6 3 3 468 485 −17 69–72 — 79–74 79–72
3 Serbia Crvena zvezda mts 6 2 4 490 485 +5 81–82 105–89 — 83–71
4 France Limoges CSP 6 1 5 450 481 −31 74–79 77–78 72–71 —
Source: EuroCup Basketball
Rules for classification: All points scored in extra period(s) were not counted in the standings, nor for any tie-break situation.

Group H

Pos Team
 Pld W L PF PA PD Qualification UNK AND ZEN CED
1 Russia UNICS 6 5 1 507 426 +81 Advance to quarterfinals — 72–53 68–67 105–70
2 Spain MoraBanc Andorra 6 5 1 479 459 +20 86–80 — 86–74 87–81
3 Russia Zenit Saint Petersburg 6 2 4 456 475 −19 67–82 71–80 — 98–84
4 Croatia Cedevita 6 0 6 474 556 −82 83–100 81–87 75–79 —
Source: EuroCup Basketball
Rules for classification: All points scored in extra period(s) were not counted in the standings, nor for any tie-break situation.

Playoffs

In the playoffs, teams will play against each other must win two games to win the series. Thus, if one team wins two games before all three games have been played, the game that remains is omitted. The team that finished in the higher Top 16 place will play the first and the third (if it is necessary) legs of the series at home. The playoffs involves the eight teams which qualified as winners and runners-up of each of the four groups in the Top 16.

Awards

MVP of the Round

Regular Season
Round Player Team Performance Index Rating Ref.
1 Senegal Maurice Ndour Russia UNICS 41 [6]
2 Cameroon Kenny Kadji Turkey Tofaş 34 [7]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c "EuroCup Board meets in Istanbul ahead of 7DAYS EuroCup Finals Game 2". Euroleague Basketball. 13 April 2018. Retrieved 13 April 2018.
  2. ^ "EuroCup Board looks ahead to the 2018-19 season". Euroleague Basketball. 14 June 2018. Retrieved 14 June 2018.
  3. ^ "ECA Board reviews commercial strategy, approves 2018-19 competitions team list". Euroleague Basketball. 19 June 2018. Retrieved 19 June 2018.
  4. ^ "Euroleague Basketball and ULEB agree on 2018-19 EuroCup calendar". Euroleague Basketball. 1 June 2018. Retrieved 1 July 2018.
  5. ^ a b c d e "7DAYS EuroCup draw set to take place on July 5". EuroCup Basketball. 3 June 2018. Retrieved 3 July 2018.
  6. ^ "7DAYS EuroCup Round 1 MVP: Maurice Ndour, UNICS Kazan". EuroCup Basketball. 5 October 2018. Retrieved 13 October 2018.
  7. ^ "7DAYS EuroCup Round 2 MVP: Kenny Kadji, Tofas Bursa". EuroCup Basketball. 11 October 2018. Retrieved 13 October 2018.
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