2019 Italian Basketball Supercup

2019 Zurich Connect Supercoppa

Tournament details
Arena	PalaFlorio Bari, Italy
Dates	21 September 2019–22 September 2019
Final positions
Champions	Banco di Sardegna Sassari (3rd title)
Runners-up	Umana Reyer Venezia
Awards and statistics
MVP	Curtis Jerrells
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The 2019 Italian Basketball Supercup (Italian : Supercoppa di pallacanestro 2018), also known as Zurich Connect Supercoppa 2019 for sponsorship reasons, ^[1] was the 25th edition of the super cup tournament, organized by the Lega Basket Serie A (LBA).

AX Armani Exchange Milano were the defending champions. ^[2]

Banco di Sardegna Sassari went to win his 2nd Supercup by beating Umana Reyer Venezia 83–80 in the Finals. ^[3] Curtis Jerrells was named MVP of the competition. ^[4]

It was played at the PalaFlorio arena in Bari on 21 and 22 September 2019. ^[5]

Participant teams

Qualified for the tournament were Vanoli Cremona and New Basket Brindisi, ^[6] as Italian Cup finalists, Banco di Sardegna Sassari and Umana Reyer Venezia as LBA Playoffs finalist.

Team	Qualified as	Appearances
Vanoli Cremona	Italian Cup champion	2nd
New Basket Brindisi	Italian Cup runner-up	2nd
Banco di Sardegna Sassari	LBA Playoffs runner-up	4th
Umana Reyer Venezia	LBA Playoffs champion	2nd

Bracket

	Semifinals 21 September					Final 22 September
	1	Umana Reyer Venezia	78
	4	New Basket Brindisi	73
						1	Umana Reyer Venezia	80
						2	Banco di Sardegna Sassari	83
	2	Banco di Sardegna Sassari	101
	3	Vanoli Cremona	94

Semifinals

Vanoli Cremona vs. Banco di Sardegna Sassari

Vanoli Cremona v Banco di Sardegna Sassari

21 September 2019	Vanoli Cremona	94–1010(OT)	Banco di Sardegna Sassari	Bari
18:00 (CEST)	Scoring by quarter:21–16, 28–30, 20–20, 18–21, Overtime: 7–14
Eurosport	Pts: Matthew Tiby 25 Rebs: Saunders 6 Asts: Diener 5 PIR: Matthew Tiby, Diener 20	Boxscore	Pts: Evans 18 Rebs: McLean, Evans 9 Asts: Spissu 7 PIR: Evans, Spissu 25	Arena: PalaFlorio

Umana Reyer Venezia vs. Happy Casa Brindisi

Umana Reyer Venezia v New Basket Brindisi

21 September 2019	Umana Reyer Venezia	78–73	New Basket Brindisi	Bari
20:45 (CEST)	Scoring by quarter: 6–19, 17–14, 31–11, 24–29
Eurosport	Pts: Daye 26 Rebs: Bramos, Watt 5 Asts: Daye 4	Boxscore	Pts: Banks 23 Rebs: Radivojević 8 Asts: Martin 3	Arena: PalaFlorio

Final

Banco di Sardegna Sassari vs. Umana Reyer Venezia

Banco di Sardegna Sassari v Umana Reyer Venezia

22 September 2019	Banco di Sardegna Sassari	83–800(OT)	Umana Reyer Venezia	Bari
20:30	Scoring by quarter:22–11, 19–13, 17–24, 11–21, Overtime:14–11
Eurosport	Pts: Jerrells 19 Rebs: Evans 8 Asts:three players 3 PIR: McLean 21	Boxscore	Pts: Chappell 19 Rebs: Bramos, Watt 7 Asts: Chappell, Stone 3 PIR: Chappell 21	Arena: PalaFlorio

Sponsors

Zurich Connect (title sponsor) Panasonic (main sponsor and timekeeper) Fastweb (technology partner) Snaipay (platinum sponsor) IBSA (gold sponsor)

Erreà (technical sponsor) Molten (official ball) Prozis (official nutrition) Airness (official store) Franciacorta (official wine partner)

Viva Ticket (official ticketing provider) Sixtus Italia (official supplier) Wintecare (official supplier) Acqua S.Bernardo (official water) Anthea Risk Management (official broker)

Giorgio Tesi Group (official green partner) Eurosport (official broadcaster) Telenorba (local media partner) Aeroporti di Puglia (official partner)

Source: LBA Archived 2019-09-06 at the Wayback Machine

References

1. "Zurich Connect sarà il Title Sponsor della Supercoppa 2018" [Zurich Connect will be new title sponsor of the 2018 Supercup]. legabasket.it (in Italian). 6 September 2018. Retrieved 6 September 2018.
2. "Gudaitis e Micov regalano a Milano il primo trofeo di stagione, l'Olimpia vince la Supercoppa" [Gudaitis and Micov leads Milano to win its first trophy of the season, Olimpia wins the Supercup]. Sportando.basketball (in Italian). 30 September 2018. Archived from the original on 30 September 2018. Retrieved 30 September 2018.
3. "Zurich Connect Supercoppa" [Zurich Connect Supercup - Banco di Sardegna Sassari wins in Bari]. Sportando.basketball (in Italian). 22 September 2019.
4. "Zurich Connect Supercoppa, Curtis Jerrells è l'mvp" [Zurich Connect Supercup - Curtis Jerrells is the MVP]. Sportando.basketball (in Italian). 22 September 2019.
5. "Il grande basket torna al Sud: a Bari la prossima Supercoppa" [The great basketball comes back to the South: Bari will host the Supercup]. repubblica.it (in Italian). 26 March 2019. Retrieved 21 April 2019.
6. "PosteMobile Final Eight: per la Vanoli Cremona storico trionfo" [PosteMobile Final Eight: Historical first time for Vanoli Cremona]. legabasket.it (in Italian). 17 February 2019. Archived from the original on 28 June 2019. Retrieved 17 February 2019.

External links

• LBA Supercoppa official website