Tournament details | |
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Arena | Nelson Mandela Forum Florence, Italy |
Dates | 14–17 February 2019 [1] |
Final positions | |
Champions | Vanoli Cremona (1st title) |
Runners-up | New Basket Brindisi |
Awards and statistics | |
MVP | Drew Crawford |
The 2019 Italian Basketball Cup , known as the 2018 PosteMobile Final Eight for sponsorship reasons, [2] was the 51st edition of Italy's national cup tournament. The competition is managed by the Lega Basket for LBA clubs. The tournament was played from 14 to 17 February 2019 in Florence, at the end of the first half of the 2018–19 LBA season. [3]
Fiat Torino were the defending champions. [4]
Vanoli Cremona went to win its first Cup ever by beating New Basket Brindisi 83–74 in the Finals. [5] Drew Crawford was named Panasonic MVP of the competition. [6]
Qualified for the tournament were selected based on their position on the league table at the end of the first half of the 2018–19 LBA regular season.
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Qualification |
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1 | AX Armani Exchange Milano | 15 | 14 | 1 | 1359 | 1196 | +163 | Qualified as seeded teams |
2 | Sidigas Avellino | 15 | 11 | 4 | 1251 | 1225 | +26 | |
3 | Umana Reyer Venezia | 15 | 10 | 5 | 1218 | 1061 | +157 | |
4 | Vanoli Cremona | 15 | 10 | 5 | 1333 | 1254 | +79 | |
5 | Openjobmetis Varese | 15 | 9 | 6 | 1167 | 1104 | +63 | Qualified as non-seeded teams |
6 | Banco di Sardegna Sassari | 15 | 8 | 7 | 1345 | 1257 | +88 | |
7 | New Basket Brindisi | 15 | 8 | 7 | 1175 | 1144 | +31 | |
8 | Segafredo Virtus Bologna | 15 | 8 | 7 | 1222 | 1238 | −16 |
Quarter-finals 14–15 February | Semifinals 16 February | Final 17 February | ||||||||||||
1 | AX Armani Exchange Milano | 84 | ||||||||||||
8 | Segafredo Virtus Bologna | 86 | ||||||||||||
8 | Segafredo Virtus Bologna | 91 | ||||||||||||
4 | Vanoli Cremona | 102 | ||||||||||||
4 | Vanoli Cremona | 82 | ||||||||||||
5 | Openjobmetis Varese | 73 | ||||||||||||
4 | Vanoli Cremona | 83 | ||||||||||||
7 | New Basket Brindisi | 74 | ||||||||||||
3 | Umana Reyer Venezia | 88 | ||||||||||||
6 | Banco di Sardegna Sassari | 89 | ||||||||||||
6 | Banco di Sardegna Sassari | 86 | ||||||||||||
7 | New Basket Brindisi | 87 | ||||||||||||
2 | Sidigas Avellino | 92 | ||||||||||||
7 | New Basket Brindisi | 95 |
14 February 2018 Quarterfinal A | Vanoli Cremona | 82–73 | Openjobmetis Varese | Florence |
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18:00 (CET) | Scoring by quarter:19–15, 25–25, 16–12, 22–21 | |||
Eurosport RAI | Pts: Crawford 22 Rebs: Mathiang 11 Asts: Diener 9 PIR: Saunders 28 | Boxscore | Pts: Avramović, Scrubb 15 Rebs: Cain 12 Asts: Avramović, Tambone 3 PIR: Cain 22 | Arena: Nelson Mandela Forum Referees: Tolga Sahin, Maurizio Biggi, Valerio Grigioni |
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14 February 2018 Quarterfinal B | AX Armani Exchange Milano | 84–86 | Segafredo Virtus Bologna | Florence |
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21:00 (CET) | Scoring by quarter:22–17, 14–24, 18–22, 30–23 | |||
Eurosport RAI | Pts: Nunnally 19 Rebs: Brooks 13 Asts: James 5 PIR: Brooks 28 | Boxscore | Pts: Taylor 23 Rebs: Moreira 10 Asts:six players 1 PIR: Taylor, M'Baye 19 | Arena: Nelson Mandela Forum Referees: Manuel Mazzoni, Alessandro Martolini, Denny Borgioni |
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15 February 2018 Quarterfinal C | Umana Reyer Venezia | 88–89 | Banco di Sardegna Sassari | Florence |
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18:00 (CET) | Scoring by quarter:29–20, 28–21, 18–25, 13–23 | |||
Eurosport RAI | Pts: Tonut 20 Rebs: Watt 6 Asts: Haynes 8 PIR: Watt 22 | Boxscore | Pts: Pierre 24 Rebs: Pierre 9 Asts: Spissu, McGee 2 PIR: Pierre 30 | Arena: Nelson Mandela Forum Referees: Roberto Begnis, Beniamino Manuel Attard, Mark Bartoli |
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15 February 2018 Quarterfinal D | Sidigas Avellino | 92–95 | New Basket Brindisi | Florence |
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20:45 (CET) | Scoring by quarter: 12–28, 28–19, 40–22, 12–26 | |||
Eurosport RAI | Pts: Sykes 23 Rebs: Green 11 Asts: Green 8 PIR: Green 36 | Boxscore | Pts: Banks 26 Rebs: Brown, Moraschini 7 Asts: Banks 6 PIR: Banks 40 | Arena: Nelson Mandela Forum Referees: Massimiliano Filippini, Alessandro Vicino, Guido Giovannetti |
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16 February 2018 Semifinal A | Vanoli Cremona | 102–91 | Segafredo Virtus Bologna | Florence |
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18:00 (CET) | Scoring by quarter:21–20, 38–24, 16–24, 27–23 | |||
Eurosport RAI | Pts: Diener 26 Rebs: Mathiang 10 Asts: Saunders 5 PIR: Mathiang 31 | Boxscore | Pts: Aradori 26 Rebs: M'Baye 7 Asts: Aradori 3 PIR: Aradori 27 | Arena: Nelson Mandela Forum |
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16 February 2018 Semifinal A | Banco di Sardegna Sassari | 86–87 | New Basket Brindisi | Florence |
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20:45 (CET) | Scoring by quarter: 28–32, 18–22, 14–20, 26–13 | |||
Eurosport RAI | Pts: Carter 18 Rebs: Cooley 12 Asts: Polonara 3 PIR: Cooley 21 | Boxscore | Pts: Brown 20 Rebs: Chappell 9 Asts: Banks 4 PIR: Gaffney 20 | Arena: Nelson Mandela Forum Referees: Saverio Lanzarini, Luca Weidmann, Christian Borgo |
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17 February 2019 | Vanoli Cremona | 83–74 | New Basket Brindisi | Florence |
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18:00 | Scoring by quarter:23–18, 22–19, 17–14, 21–23 | |||
Eurosport RAI | Pts: Crawford, Saunders 18 Rebs: Ricci, Saunders 9 Asts: Diener 6 PIR: Saunders 26 | Boxscore | Pts: Brown 21 Rebs: Brown 8 Asts: Brown 3 PIR: Brown 25 | Arena: Nelson Mandela Forum Attendance: 6,278 Referees: Tolga Sahin, Michele Rossi, Maurizio Biggi |
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2019 Italian Cup champions |
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