2018–19 Greek Basketball Cup
2018–19 Greek Cup | |
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Season | 2018–19 |
Duration | 15 September 2018 – 17 February 2019 |
Teams | 62 |
Regular season | |
Season MVP | Nick Calathes |
Finals | |
Champions | Panathinaikos OPAP (19th title) |
Runners-up | PAOK |
← 2017–18 2019–20 → |
The 2018–19 Greek Basketball Cup was the 44th edition of Greece's top-tier level professional national domestic basketball cup competition. The previous winners of the cup were AEK.[1][2][3][4] The cup competition started on 15 September 2018 and ended on 17 February 2019. Panathinaikos won the competition.[5][6]
Format
[edit]The top six placed teams from the top-tier level Greek Basket League's 2016–17 season, gained an automatic bye to the 2017–18 Greek Cup quarterfinals. While the eight lower placed teams from the 2016–17 Greek Basket League season; along with all of the teams from the 2nd-tier level Greek A2 Basket League's 2017–18 season, and the 3rd-tier level Greek B Basket League's 2017–18 season, played in preliminary rounds, competing for the other two quarterfinals places. The quarterfinals and onward rounds were played under a single elimination format.
Preliminary rounds
[edit]Phase 1
[edit]Round 1
[edit]Saturday 2018–09–15
Score |
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52 – 76 |
89 – 78 |
81 – 68 |
71 – 53 |
79 – 74 |
72 – 64 |
76 – 71 |
64 – 60 |
63 – 71 |
71 – 64 |
76 – 60 |
68 – 45 |
60 – 72 |
52 – 59 |
70 – 74 |
64 – 61 |
Round 2
[edit]Wednesday 2018–09–19
Score |
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69 – 72 |
76 – 73 |
20 – 0 |
62 – 72 |
55 – 63 |
74 – 83 |
67 - 74 |
74 – 104 |
60 – 71 |
70 – 58 |
48 – 74 |
66 – 98 |
63 – 75 |
82 – 74 |
71 – 74 |
83 – 72 |
Note: Aiolos Trikalon decided to forfeit their game against Faiakas Kerkyras.
Round 3
[edit]Saturday 22 or Sunday 2018–09–23
Score |
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68 – 75 |
71 – 61 |
81 – 82 |
70 – 69 |
74 – 63 |
78 – 74 |
96 – 86 |
67 – 65 |
Phase 2
[edit]Round 1
[edit]Wednesday 2018–09–26
Σκορ |
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80 – 84 |
88 – 75 |
106 – 104 |
90 – 72 |
Round 2
[edit]Score |
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90 – 69 |
85 – 78 |
Final rounds
[edit]Quarterfinals 3 November 2018 | Semifinals 13 February 2019 | Final 17 February 2019 | ||||||||
Kymi | 74 | |||||||||
Peristeri | 73 | |||||||||
Kymi | 61 | |||||||||
PAOK | 72 | |||||||||
PAOK | 82 | |||||||||
AEK | 80 | |||||||||
PAOK | 73 | |||||||||
Panathinaikos OPAP | 79 | |||||||||
Olympiacos | 84 | |||||||||
Kolossos H Hotels | 53 | |||||||||
Panathinaikos OPAP | 20 | |||||||||
Olympiacos | 0 | |||||||||
Promitheas | 68 | |||||||||
Panathinaikos OPAP | 76 | |||||||||
Note: Olympiacos decided to forfeit their semifinals game versus Panathinaikos at halftime, over reffing disputes.[7]
Greek Basketball Cup Finals |
44th Final |
17 February 2019 – Heraklion Indoor Sports Arena
Panathinaikos – PAOK 79–73 (46–36), Quarters: 29–15, 46–36, 59–58, 79–73. Referees: Papapetrou, Karakatsounis, Tsarouchas |
Panathinaikos (Pitino): Calathes 19, Langford 17, Gist 14, Thomas 12, Papapetrou 10, Antetokounmpo 5, Mitoglou 2, Payne, Kilpatrick, Lekavičius, Vougioukas, Papagiannis |
PAOK (Papatheodorou): Hatcher 23, Goss 15, Margaritis 13, Garrett 10, Jones 9, Zaras 3, Jefferson, Tepić, Chrysikopoulos, Koniaris, Tsochlas, Schizas |
Awards
[edit]Finals Most Valuable Player
[edit]Player | Team |
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Nick Calathes[8] | Panathinaikos |
Finals Top Scorer
[edit]Player | Team |
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Will Hatcher | PAOK |
References
[edit]- ^ Σταύρου, Χάρης (2018). "Βασίλισσα ξανά και Κυπελλούχος Ελλάδας για το 2018 η ΑΕΚ". sport24.gr (in Greek). Online. Retrieved 11 September 2022.
- ^ Μελάγιες, Κωνσταντίνος (2018). "Ολυμπιακός - ΑΕΚ 83-88 (pics & vid)". gazzetta.gr (in Greek). Online. Retrieved 11 September 2022.
- ^ Georgakopoulos, George (2018). "AEK breaks Greek duopoly to win the Cup". ekathimerini.com. Online. Retrieved 11 September 2022.
- ^ "Στατιστικά Κυπέλλου Ανδρών". basket.gr (in Greek). Online. Retrieved 18 April 2021.
- ^ Ρήγας, Δημήτρης (2019). "ΠΑΟΚ - Παναθηναϊκός 73-79: Κυπελλούχοι Ελλάδας οι πράσινοι". sport24.gr (in Greek). Online. Retrieved 11 September 2022.
- ^ Ρήγας, Δημήτρης (2019). "Κύπελλο Ελλάδας: Πολυνίκης του θεσμού ο Παναθηναϊκός με 19 κατακτήσεις". sport24.gr (in Greek). Online. Retrieved 11 September 2022.
- ^ Stroggylakis, Antonis (2019). "Olympiacos decided to forfeit the semifinal Greek Cup game against Panathinaikos in protest for the refs". eurohoops.net. Online. Retrieved 16 February 2023.
- ^ "MVP του τελικού ο Καλάθης". sdna.gr (in Greek). Online. Retrieved 16 February 2023.
Στον Νικ Καλάθη κατέληξε το βραβείο του πολυτιμότερου παίκτη του φετινού τελικού Κυπέλλου.
External links
[edit]- Official Hellenic Basketball Federation Site (in Greek)
- Official Greek Basket League Site (in Greek)
- Official Greek Basket League English website (in English)