2019 EuroLeague Final Four

2019 EuroLeague Final Four
	The official logo was unveiled on 20 February 2019
Season	2018–19 EuroLeague
Tournament details
Arena	Fernando Buesa Arena ; Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain
Dates	17–19 May 2019
Final positions
Champions	CSKA Moscow (8th title)
Runners-up	Anadolu Efes
Third place	Real Madrid
Fourth place	Fenerbahçe Beko
Awards and statistics
MVP	Will Clyburn
Top scorer(s)	Shane Larkin (59 points)
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The 2019 EuroLeague Final Four was the concluding EuroLeague Final Four tournament of the 2018–19 EuroLeague season, the 62nd season of Europe's premier club basketball tournament, and the 19th season since it was first organised by Euroleague Basketball. It was the 32nd Final Four of the modern EuroLeague Final Four era (1988–present), and the 34th time overall that the competition has concluded with a final four format. The Final Four was played at the Fernando Buesa Arena in Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain, on 17 and 19 May 2019.^[2]^[3]

Venue

On May 15, 2018, Euroleague Basketball announced that the Final Four will be held in the Fernando Buesa Arena in Vitoria-Gasteiz. It was the first time ever the event would be hosted in Vitoria. The arena hosted the 1996 FIBA Saporta Cup Final, in which local Saski Baskonia won the title and also hosted the 2010 EuroCup Finals.^[4]

The Final Eight of the Copa del Rey (Spanish Cup) was played four times at Buesa Arena (2000, 2002, 2008 and 2013).^[5]

On 9 April 2012, at the game of Caja Laboral against Real Madrid, Fernando Buesa Arena registered the record of attendance in a basketball game of the Spanish Liga ACB with 15,504 spectators.^[6]

Vitoria-Gasteiz	Vitoria-Gasteiz 2019 EuroLeague Final Four (Europe)
Fernando Buesa Arena
Capacity: 15,716

Background

Real Madrid

Real Madrid failed to defend the title after finishing the regular season in the third position, with a 22–8 record, and being the first qualified team by beating Panathinaikos OPAP 3–0 in the playoffs. This was their seventh Final Four in the last nine editions and the third consecutive.

Coach Pablo Laso could have won his third title in his sixth Final Four appearance.

Bracket

Semifinals		Championship game

17 May

Fenerbahçe Beko	73
		19 May
Anadolu Efes	92
		Anadolu Efes	83
17 May
		CSKA Moscow	91
CSKA Moscow	95

Real Madrid	90
		Third place game

		19 May

		Fenerbahçe Beko	75

		Real Madrid	94

Semifinals

Semifinal A

Turkish champions Fenerbahçe Beko returned to the Final Four to make it their fifth straight appearance. Led by head coach Željko Obradović, the all-time record holder for most EuroLeague championships won by a head coach, it defeated Žalgiris Kaunas 3–1 in the play-offs, to clinch a semi-final spot.

Anadolu Efes qualified for its first Final Four since 2001, this being their third appearance in total, after finishing the regular season in the 16 th (last) place the previous year. The club beat Barcelona Lassa 3–2 in the play-offs.

Larkin set a new EuroLeague Final Four record for Performance Index Rating with 43.^[7]

17 May 2019	Fenerbahçe Beko	73–92	Anadolu Efes	Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain
18:00 (CEST)	Scoring by quarter: 20–19, 20–26, 17–23, 16–24
	Pts: Veselý 14 Rebs: Melli 4 Asts: Gudurić 6 PIR: Kalinić 15	Boxscore	Pts: Larkin 30 Rebs: Dunston 10 Asts: Larkin 7 PIR: Larkin 43	Arena: Fernando Buesa Arena Attendance: 13,470 Referees: Luigi Lamonica, Oļegs Latiševs, Mehdi Difallah

Starters:			Pts	Reb	Ast

PG	35	Ali Muhammed	4	2	3
SG	1	Erick Green	13	0	1
SF	23	Marko Gudurić	8	2	6
PF	4	Nicolò Melli	9	4	2
C	44	Ahmet Düverioğlu	0	2	1
Reserves:
PF	5	Barış Hersek	DNP
SG	10	Melih Mahmutoğlu	5	3	1
SF	12	Nikola Kalinić	12	3	2
F	13	Tarık Biberovic	0	0	0
PG	16	Kostas Sloukas	8	3	2
C	24	Jan Veselý	14	2	2
PG	32	Sinan Güler	0	0	0
Head coach:
Željko Obradović

Fenerbahçe

Anadolu Efes

0

Fenerbahçe	Statistics	A. Efes
	Statistics
21/42 (50%)	2-pt field goals	17/30 (50.7%)
6/21 (28.6%)	3-pt field goals	14/32 (43.8%)
13/16 (81.3%)	Free throws	16/20 (80%)
6	Offensive rebounds	12
19	Defensive rebounds	31
25	Total rebounds	43
20	Assists	13
5	Turnovers	10
5	Steals	5
2	Blocks	1
24	Fouls	18

Starters:			Pts	Reb	Ast

PG	0	Shane Larkin	30	7	7
SG	22	Vasilije Micić	25	5	1
SF	44	Krunoslav Simon	0	1	0
PF	18	Adrien Moerman	7	5	2
C	42	Bryant Dunston	9	10	0
Reserves:
G	1	Rodrigue Beaubois	2	2	2
PG	4	Doğuş Balbay	0	0	0
PF	12	Brock Motum	9	4	0
C	15	Sertaç Şanlı	DNP
G	19	Buğrahan Tuncer	DNP
C	21	Tibor Pleiß	0	2	1
SF	23	James Anderson	10	5	0
Head coach:
Ergin Ataman

Semifinal B

Russian champions CSKA Moscow returned to the Final Four to make it their eighth consecutive Final Four appearance. The club beat Kirolbet Baskonia 3–1 in the play-offs.

Defending Euroleague and spanish champions Real Madrid would play its third consecutive Final Four appearance. The match would be a re-match of the 2018 Semifinal A, which Real Madrid won on their way to their 10th title. Real Madrid beat Panathinaikos OPAP 3–0 in the play-offs.

17 May 2019	CSKA Moscow	95–90	Real Madrid	Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain
21:00 (CEST)	Scoring by quarter: 18–22, 25–23, 22–28, 30–17
	Pts: De Colo, Rodríguez 23 Rebs: three players 5 Asts: Rodríguez 4 PIR: De Colo 27	Boxscore	Pts: Causeur 18 Rebs: Tavares 9 Asts: Campazzo 6 PIR: Causeur 17	Arena: Fernando Buesa Arena Attendance: 13,199 Referees: Matej Boltauzer, Borys Ryzhyk, Anne Panther

Starters:			Pts	Reb	Ast

PG	1	Nando de Colo	23	4	2
SG	23	Daniel Hackett	3	3	2
SF	21	Will Clyburn	18	5	1
PF	41	Nikita Kurbanov	0	2	0
C	44	Othello Hunter	8	5	0
Reserves:
F	3	Joel Bolomboy	0	0	0
F	5	Alec Peters	3	5	1
G	7	Ivan Ukhov	DNP
PG	13	Sergio Rodríguez	23	0	4
PF	20	Andrey Vorontsevich	DNP
G	22	Cory Higgins	11	3	1
C	42	Kyle Hines	6	4	0
Head coach:
Dimitrios Itoudis

CSKA Moscow

Real Madrid

0

CSKA	Statistics	R.Madrid
	Statistics
17/38 (44.7%)	2-pt field goals	24/46 (52.2%)
9/18 (50%)	3-pt field goals	7/24 (29.2%)
34/42 (81%)	Free throws	21/24 (87.5%)
6	Offensive rebounds	11
25	Defensive rebounds	24
31	Total rebounds	35
11	Assists	16
8	Turnovers	8
2	Steals	4
2	Blocks	7
22	Fouls	32

Starters:			Pts	Reb	Ast

PG	7	Facundo Campazzo	10	2	6
SG	5	Rudy Fernández	10	2	4
SF	44	Jeffery Taylor	3	2	1
PF	3	Anthony Randolph	12	5	0
C	22	Edy Tavares	6	9	0
Reserves:
SG	1	Fabien Causeur	18	2	1
PF	9	Felipe Reyes	DNP
C	14	Gustavo Ayón	2	2	1
SG	20	Jaycee Carroll	5	1	0
PG	23	Sergio Llull	13	2	2
SF	24	Gabriel Deck	2	2	0
PF	33	Trey Thompkins	9	6	1
Head coach:
Pablo Laso

Third place game

Fenerbahçe and Real Madrid faced off in a re-match of the 2018 championship game. Facundo Campazzo set an all-time record for assists in a Final Four game, with 15. He surpassed Terrell McIntyre's record from 2008.^[8]

19 May 2019	Fenerbahçe Beko	75–94	Real Madrid	Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain
17:30 (CEST)	Scoring by quarter: 16–24, 24–14, 23–31, 12–25
	Pts: Sloukas 17 Rebs: Düverioğlu 9 Asts: Sloukas 6 PIR: Sloukas 18	Boxscore	Pts: Ayón 23 Rebs: Ayón 11 Asts: Campazzo 15 PIR: Ayón 36	Arena: Fernando Buesa Arena Attendance: 12,866 Referees: Matej Boltauzer, Fernando Rocha, Mehdi Difallah

Starters:			Pts	Reb	Ast

PG	32	Sinan Güler	4	0	2
SG	1	Erick Green	4	0	0
SF	23	Marko Gudurić	11	1	2
PF	12	Nikola Kalinić	8	3	0
C	44	Ahmet Düverioğlu	4	9	2
Reserves:
PF	4	Nicolò Melli	7	5	0
PF	5	Barış Hersek	DNP
SG	10	Melih Mahmutoğlu	14	2	3
F	13	Tarık Biberovic	0	0	0
PG	16	Kostas Sloukas	17	1	6
SF	18	Egehan Arna	0	1	0
C	24	Jan Veselý	6	0	0
Head coach:
Željko Obradović

Fenerbahçe

Real Madrid

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Fenerbahçe	Statistics	R.Madrid
	Statistics
16/32 (50%)	2-pt field goals	23/35 (65.7%)
10/27 (37%)	3-pt field goals	11/21 (52.4%)
13/15 (86.7%)	Free throws	15/19 (78.9%)
5	Offensive rebounds	6
18	Defensive rebounds	28
23	Total rebounds	34
15	Assists	30
11	Turnovers	7
7	Steals	12
2	Blocks	4
22	Fouls	19

Starters:			Pts	Reb	Ast

PG	7	Facundo Campazzo	12	3	15
SG	20	Jaycee Carroll	8	0	0
SF	5	Rudy Fernández	6	2	5
PF	9	Felipe Reyes	6	2	0
C	14	Gustavo Ayón	23	11	3
Reserves:
SG	1	Fabien Causeur	13	2	2
SF	16	Santiago Yusta	2	0	0
C	22	Edy Tavares	2	4	1
PG	23	Sergio Llull	4	2	1
SF	24	Gabriel Deck	3	3	0
SG	25	Klemen Prepelič	3	0	1
PF	33	Trey Thompkins	12	5	2
Head coach:
Pablo Laso

Championship game

The seven-time EuroLeague champions CSKA Moscow advanced to the championship game for the seventh time and first since 2016 EuroLeague Final Four. Anadolu Efes advance to the Final Four Championship Game for the first time in their history, having finished third in both previous Euroleague Final Four participations. Remarkable was that in the previous season, Efes finished sixteenth and last in the EuroLeague.

Shane Larkin broke the record for most points scored in a Final Four, with 59 total.^[9]

19 May 2019	Anadolu Efes	83–91	CSKA Moscow	Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain
20:30 (CEST)	Scoring by quarter: 20–29, 22–15, 20–24, 21–23
	Pts: Larkin 29 Rebs: Dunston, Simon 10 Asts: Micić 5 PIR: Larkin 24	Boxscore	Pts: Higgins, Clyburn 20 Rebs: Three players 5 Asts: Hackett 5 PIR: Higgins 23	Arena: Fernando Buesa Arena Attendance: 13,420 Referees: Robert Lottermoser, Luigi Lamonica, Oļegs Latiševs

Starters:			Pts	Reb	Ast

PG	0	Shane Larkin	29	1	2
SG	22	Vasilije Micić	10	0	5
SF	23	James Anderson	7	0	0
PF	18	Adrien Moerman	2	3	0
C	42	Bryant Dunston	13	10	2
Reserves:
G	1	Rodrigue Beaubois	3	0	0
PG	4	Doğuş Balbay	0	0	0
PF	12	Brock Motum	4	3	0
C	15	Sertaç Şanlı	0	0	0
G	19	Buğrahan Tuncer	DNP
C	21	Tibor Pleiß	0	1	0
SF	44	Krunoslav Simon	15	10	2
Head coach:
Ergin Ataman

Anadolu Efes

CSKA Moscow

0

A. Efes	Statistics	CSKA
	Statistics
15/40 (37.5%)	2-pt field goals	17/32 (53.1%)
11/30 (36.7%)	3-pt field goals	14/22 (63.6%)
20/22 (90.9%)	Free throws	15/18 (83.3%)
19	Offensive rebounds	8
17	Defensive rebounds	27
36	Total rebounds	35
12	Assists	18
9	Turnovers	11
4	Steals	3
2	Blocks	2
22	Fouls	22

2018–19 EuroLeague champions
CSKA Moscow 8th title

Starters:			Pts	Reb	Ast

PG	1	Nando de Colo	15	4	4
SG	23	Daniel Hackett	7	3	5
SF	21	Will Clyburn	20	5	2
PF	41	Nikita Kurbanov	7	5	3
C	44	Othello Hunter	7	1	0
Reserves:
F	3	Joel Bolomboy	0	2	0
F	5	Alec Peters	0	0	0
G	7	Ivan Ukhov	0	0	0
PG	13	Sergio Rodríguez	6	2	0
PF	20	Andrey Vorontsevich	DNP
G	22	Cory Higgins	20	3	2
C	42	Kyle Hines	9	5	2
Head coach:
Dimitrios Itoudis

References

^ "2019 Final Four logo unveiled in Vitoria-Gasteiz". EuroLeague.net. 20 February 2019. Retrieved 20 February 2019.
^ "Vitoria-Gasteiz to host the 2019 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague Final Four". 15 May 2017.
^ "Final Four general public tickets are now sold out!" (Press release). Euroleague Basketball. 6 November 2018. Retrieved 2 December 2018.
^ Eurocupbasketball.com - An arena that grows with basketball's popularity.
^ Eurocup'96 Archived 2008-06-06 at the Wayback Machine
^ "¡15.504 espectadores! El Buesa Arena establece un nuevo récord de asistencia". Archived from the original on 2012-04-13. Retrieved 2019-05-29.
^ "Larkin smashes Final Four PIR record". Welcome to EUROLEAGUE BASKETBALL. Retrieved 17 May 2019.
^ "2019 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague Final Four records review". Welcome to EUROLEAGUE BASKETBALL. Retrieved 3 June 2019.
^ "2019 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague Final Four records review". Welcome to EUROLEAGUE BASKETBALL. Retrieved 3 June 2019.

External links

Official website

[1] "2019 Final Four logo unveiled in Vitoria-Gasteiz". EuroLeague.net. 20 February 2019. Retrieved 20 February 2019.

[VG-2] "Vitoria-Gasteiz to host the 2019 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague Final Four". 15 May 2017.

[3] "Final Four general public tickets are now sold out!" (Press release). Euroleague Basketball. 6 November 2018. Retrieved 2 December 2018.

[An_arena-4] Eurocupbasketball.com - An arena that grows with basketball's popularity.

[Eurocup'96-5] Eurocup'96 Archived 2008-06-06 at the Wayback Machine

[6] "¡15.504 espectadores! El Buesa Arena establece un nuevo récord de asistencia". Archived from the original on 2012-04-13. Retrieved 2019-05-29.

[7] "Larkin smashes Final Four PIR record". Welcome to EUROLEAGUE BASKETBALL. Retrieved 17 May 2019.

[8] "2019 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague Final Four records review". Welcome to EUROLEAGUE BASKETBALL. Retrieved 3 June 2019.

[9] "2019 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague Final Four records review". Welcome to EUROLEAGUE BASKETBALL. Retrieved 3 June 2019.

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