2019 EuroLeague Final Four

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]

2019 EuroLeague Final Four
The official logo was unveiled on 20 February 2019[1]
Season2018–19 EuroLeague
Tournament details
ArenaFernando Buesa Arena
Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain
Dates17–19 May 2019
Final positions
ChampionsRussia CSKA Moscow (8th title)
Runners-upTurkey Anadolu Efes
Third placeSpain Real Madrid
Fourth placeTurkey Fenerbahçe Beko
Awards and statistics
MVPUnited States Will Clyburn
Top scorer(s)Turkey Shane Larkin (59 points)

Venue
Outside view of the Fernando Buesa Arena during the Final Four
Interior view of the Fernando Buesa Arena during the Final Four

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
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
 
SemifinalsChampionship game
 
      
 
17 May
 
 
Turkey Fenerbahçe Beko73
 
19 May
 
Turkey Anadolu Efes92
 
Turkey Anadolu Efes83
 
17 May
 
Russia CSKA Moscow91
 
Russia CSKA Moscow95
 
 
Spain Real Madrid90
 
Third place game
 
 
19 May
 
 
Turkey Fenerbahçe Beko75
 
 
Spain Real Madrid94

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 Turkey 73–92 Turkey 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: Italy Luigi Lamonica, Latvia Oļegs Latiševs, France Mehdi Difallah


Starters:PtsRebAst
PG 35 Turkey Ali Muhammed 4 2 3
SG 1 United States Erick Green 13 0 1
SF 23 Serbia Marko Gudurić 8 2 6
PF 4 Italy Nicolò Melli 9 4 2
C 44 Jordan Ahmet Düverioğlu 0 2 1
Reserves:
PF 5 Turkey Barış Hersek DNP
SG 10 Turkey Melih Mahmutoğlu 5 3 1
SF 12 Serbia Nikola Kalinić 12 3 2
F 13 Turkey Tarık Biberovic 0 0 0
PG 16 Greece Kostas Sloukas 8 3 2
C 24 Czech Republic Jan Veselý 14 2 2
PG 32 Turkey Sinan Güler 0 0 0
Head coach:
Serbia Željko Obradović
Fenerbahçe jersey
Team colours
Fenerbahçe
Anadolu Efes jersey
Team colours
Anadolu Efes

0

FenerbahçeStatisticsA. Efes
21/42 (50%)2-pt field goals17/30 (50.7%)
6/21 (28.6%)3-pt field goals14/32 (43.8%)
13/16 (81.3%)Free throws16/20 (80%)
6Offensive rebounds12
19Defensive rebounds31
25Total rebounds43
20Assists13
5Turnovers10
5Steals5
2Blocks1
24Fouls18
Starters:PtsRebAst
PG 0 Turkey Shane Larkin 30 7 7
SG 22 Serbia Vasilije Micić 25 5 1
SF 44 Croatia Krunoslav Simon 0 1 0
PF 18 France Adrien Moerman 7 5 2
C 42 Armenia Bryant Dunston 9 10 0
Reserves:
G 1 France Rodrigue Beaubois 2 2 2
PG 4 Turkey Doğuş Balbay 0 0 0
PF 12 Australia Brock Motum 9 4 0
C 15 Turkey Sertaç Şanlı DNP
G 19 Turkey Buğrahan Tuncer DNP
C 21 Germany Tibor Pleiß 0 2 1
SF 23 United States James Anderson 10 5 0
Head coach:
Turkey 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 Russia 95–90 Spain 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: Slovenia Matej Boltauzer, Ukraine Borys Ryzhyk, Germany Anne Panther


Starters:PtsRebAst
PG 1 France Nando de Colo 23 4 2
SG 23 Italy Daniel Hackett 3 3 2
SF 21 United States Will Clyburn 18 5 1
PF 41 Russia Nikita Kurbanov 0 2 0
C 44 United States Othello Hunter 8 5 0
Reserves:
F 3 Russia Joel Bolomboy 0 0 0
F 5 United States Alec Peters 3 5 1
G 7 Russia Ivan Ukhov DNP
PG 13 Spain Sergio Rodríguez 23 0 4
PF 20 Russia Andrey Vorontsevich DNP
G 22 United States Cory Higgins 11 3 1
C 42 United States Kyle Hines 6 4 0
Head coach:
Greece Dimitrios Itoudis
CSKA Moscow jersey
Team colours
CSKA Moscow
Real Madrid jersey
Team colours
Real Madrid

0

CSKAStatisticsR.Madrid
17/38 (44.7%)2-pt field goals24/46 (52.2%)
9/18 (50%)3-pt field goals7/24 (29.2%)
34/42 (81%)Free throws21/24 (87.5%)
6Offensive rebounds11
25Defensive rebounds24
31Total rebounds35
11Assists16
8Turnovers8
2Steals4
2Blocks7
22Fouls32
Starters:PtsRebAst
PG 7 Argentina Facundo Campazzo 10 2 6
SG 5 Spain Rudy Fernández 10 2 4
SF 44 Sweden Jeffery Taylor 3 2 1
PF 3 Slovenia Anthony Randolph 12 5 0
C 22 Cape Verde Edy Tavares 6 9 0
Reserves:
SG 1 France Fabien Causeur 18 2 1
PF 9 Spain Felipe Reyes DNP
C 14 Mexico Gustavo Ayón 2 2 1
SG 20 Azerbaijan Jaycee Carroll 5 1 0
PG 23 Spain Sergio Llull 13 2 2
SF 24 Argentina Gabriel Deck 2 2 0
PF 33 United States Trey Thompkins 9 6 1
Head coach:
Spain 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 Turkey 75–94 Spain 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: Slovenia Matej Boltauzer, Portugal Fernando Rocha, France Mehdi Difallah


Starters:PtsRebAst
PG 32 Turkey Sinan Güler 4 0 2
SG 1 United States Erick Green 4 0 0
SF 23 Serbia Marko Gudurić 11 1 2
PF 12 Serbia Nikola Kalinić 8 3 0
C 44 Jordan Ahmet Düverioğlu 4 9 2
Reserves:
PF 4 Italy Nicolò Melli 7 5 0
PF 5 Turkey Barış Hersek DNP
SG 10 Turkey Melih Mahmutoğlu 14 2 3
F 13 Turkey Tarık Biberovic 0 0 0
PG 16 Greece Kostas Sloukas 17 1 6
SF 18 Turkey Egehan Arna 0 1 0
C 24 Czech Republic Jan Veselý 6 0 0
Head coach:
Serbia Željko Obradović
Fenerbahçe jersey
Team colours
Fenerbahçe
Real Madrid jersey
Team colours
Real Madrid

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FenerbahçeStatisticsR.Madrid
16/32 (50%)2-pt field goals23/35 (65.7%)
10/27 (37%)3-pt field goals11/21 (52.4%)
13/15 (86.7%)Free throws15/19 (78.9%)
5Offensive rebounds6
18Defensive rebounds28
23Total rebounds34
15Assists30
11Turnovers7
7Steals12
2Blocks4
22Fouls19
Starters:PtsRebAst
PG 7 Argentina Facundo Campazzo 12 3 15
SG 20 Azerbaijan Jaycee Carroll 8 0 0
SF 5 Spain Rudy Fernández 6 2 5
PF 9 Spain Felipe Reyes 6 2 0
C 14 Mexico Gustavo Ayón 23 11 3
Reserves:
SG 1 France Fabien Causeur 13 2 2
SF 16 Spain Santiago Yusta 2 0 0
C 22 Cape Verde Edy Tavares 2 4 1
PG 23 Spain Sergio Llull 4 2 1
SF 24 Argentina Gabriel Deck 3 3 0
SG 25 Slovenia Klemen Prepelič 3 0 1
PF 33 United States Trey Thompkins 12 5 2
Head coach:
Spain 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 Turkey 83–91 Russia 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: Germany Robert Lottermoser, Italy Luigi Lamonica, Latvia Oļegs Latiševs


Starters:PtsRebAst
PG 0 Turkey Shane Larkin 29 1 2
SG 22 Serbia Vasilije Micić 10 0 5
SF 23 United States James Anderson 7 0 0
PF 18 France Adrien Moerman 2 3 0
C 42 Armenia Bryant Dunston 13 10 2
Reserves:
G 1 France Rodrigue Beaubois 3 0 0
PG 4 Turkey Doğuş Balbay 0 0 0
PF 12 Australia Brock Motum 4 3 0
C 15 Turkey Sertaç Şanlı 0 0 0
G 19 Turkey Buğrahan Tuncer DNP
C 21 Germany Tibor Pleiß 0 1 0
SF 44 Croatia Krunoslav Simon 15 10 2
Head coach:
Turkey Ergin Ataman
Anadolu Efes jersey
Team colours
Anadolu Efes
CSKA Moscow jersey
Team colours
CSKA Moscow

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A. EfesStatisticsCSKA
15/40 (37.5%)2-pt field goals17/32 (53.1%)
11/30 (36.7%)3-pt field goals14/22 (63.6%)
20/22 (90.9%)Free throws15/18 (83.3%)
19Offensive rebounds8
17Defensive rebounds27
36Total rebounds35
12Assists18
9Turnovers11
4Steals3
2Blocks2
22Fouls22


2018–19 EuroLeague champions
Russia
CSKA Moscow
8th title
Starters:PtsRebAst
PG 1 France Nando de Colo 15 4 4
SG 23 Italy Daniel Hackett 7 3 5
SF 21 United States Will Clyburn 20 5 2
PF 41 Russia Nikita Kurbanov 7 5 3
C 44 United States Othello Hunter 7 1 0
Reserves:
F 3 Russia Joel Bolomboy 0 2 0
F 5 United States Alec Peters 0 0 0
G 7 Russia Ivan Ukhov 0 0 0
PG 13 Spain Sergio Rodríguez 6 2 0
PF 20 Russia Andrey Vorontsevich DNP
G 22 United States Cory Higgins 20 3 2
C 42 United States Kyle Hines 9 5 2
Head coach:
Greece Dimitrios Itoudis

References
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  4. Eurocupbasketball.com - An arena that grows with basketball's popularity.
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