2018 FIBA Europe Cup Finals

The 2018 FIBA Europe Cup Finals was the concluding games of the 2017–18 FIBA Europe Cup season. The Finals were played in a two-legged format, with the first leg played on April 25 and the second one on 2 May 2018.

2018 FIBA Europe Cup Finals
Event2017–18 FIBA Europe Cup
Sidigas Scandone Umana Reyer Venezia
Italy Italy
148 158
First leg
Date25 April 2018 (2018-04-25)
VenuePalasport Giacomo Del Mauro, Avellino
RefereesAntonio Conde (ESP), Georgios Poursanidis (GRE), Yener Yılmaz (TUR)
Attendance5,000
Second leg
Date2 May 2018 (2018-05-02)
VenuePalasport Giuseppe Taliercio, Venice
RefereesVicente Bultó (ESP), Saša Maričić (SRB), Panagiotis Anastopoulos (GRE)
Attendance3,510
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For the second consecutive time, two teams from the same country met in the final.

Venue edit

The Palasport Giacomo Del Mauro was the first venue. The Palasport originally had a 3,600 seating capacity. It was expanded to a 5,300 seating capacity in 2008, specifically in order to meet the minimum capacity requirements for EuroLeague games, which require an arena of at least 5,000 seats. In 2008, the arena's usage rights were also entrusted to Air Avellino, for a period of ten years.

The Palasport Giuseppe Taliercio in Venice, the venue for the second leg, opened in 1978.[1] It was used as one of the host arenas of the 1979 EuroBasket. It has most notably been used as the home arena of the Italian basketball club, Reyer Venezia Mestre, of the Lega Basket Serie A. The Italian club Basket Mestre 1958 also used the arena at one time.

Avellino
2018 FIBA Europe Cup Finals (Europe)
Venice
Palasport Del Mauro Palasport Giuseppe Taliercio
Capacity: 5,600 Capacity: 3,509
 
 

Road to the Finals edit

Note: In the table, the score of the finalist is given first (H = home; A = away).

  Sidigas Scandone Round   Reyer Venezia
Basketball Champions League
Group D

Pos Team Pld Pts
1   Beşiktaş Sompo Japan 14 24
2   ČEZ Nymburk 14 24
3   Nanterre 92 14 23
4   Stelmet Enea Zielona Góra 14 20
5   Sidigas Scandone 14 20
6   Oostende 14 20
7   Telekom Baskets Bonn 14 19
8   Aris 14 18
Regular season Basketball Champions League
Group C

Pos Team Pld Pts
1   SIG Strasbourg 14 23
2   Banvit 14 23
3   AEK Athens 14 22
4   medi bayreuth 14 22
5   Movistar Estudiantes 14 22
6   Umana Reyer Venezia 14 22
7   Petrol Olimpija 14 18
8   Rosa Radom 14 16
Opponent Agg. 1st leg 2nd leg Play-offs Opponent Agg. 1st leg 2nd leg
  Tsmoki-Minsk 151–142 70–70 (H) 72–81 (A) Round of 16   Egis Körmend 169–139 83–51 (H) 88–86 (A)
  Juventus 162–145 77–77 (A) 85–68 (H) Quarterfinals   Nizhny Novgorod 176–170 86–76 (H) 94–90 (A)
  Bakken Bears 157–144 75–72 (H) 72–82 (A) Semifinals   Donar 162–155 82–72 (H) 83–80 (A)

First leg edit

25 April 2018 Sidigas Scandone   69–77   Umana Reyer Venezia Avellino, Italy
20:30 (UTC+2) Scoring by quarter: 25–25, 15–23, 15–15, 14–14
Pts: Fesenko 19
Rebs: Leunen 11
Asts: Filloy 6
Eff: Fesenko 24
Boxscore Pts: Daye 14
Rebs: Perić 7
Asts: Haynes 5
Eff: Daye 18
Arena: Palasport Del Mauro
Attendance: 5,000
Referees: Antonio Conde (ESP), Georgios Poursanidis (GRE), Yener Yılmaz (TUR)


Starters: Pts Reb Ast
PG 6   Bruno Fitipaldo 3 0 2
SG 9   Jason Rich 16 4 3
SF 1   Dez Wells 18 2 1
PF 10   Maarty Leunen 5 12 5
C 44   Kyrylo Fesenko 19 7 2
Reserves:
F/C 0   Andrea Zerini 0 1 0
G/F 7   Andrea Bianco DNP
C 9   Shane Lawal 2 8 0
F 11   Thomas Scrubb 2 1 0
G 12   Ariel Filloy 4 2 6
G 24   Lorenzo D'Ercole 0 0 0
G 57   Salvatore Parlato DNP
Head coach:
  Stefano Sacripanti
 
 
 
 
Scandone
 
 
 
 
Reyer

0

Scandone Statistics[2] Reyer
28/60 (47%) 2-pt field goals 30/63 (48%)
4/20 (20%) 3-pt field goals 10/23 (43.5%)
9/17 (52.9%) Free throws 7/9 (77.8%)
14 Offensive rebounds 8
26 Defensive rebounds 22
40 Total rebounds 30
19 Assists 18
14 Turnovers 8
5 Steals 6
4 Blocks 4
16 Fouls 23
Starters: Pts Reb Ast
PG 0   MarQuez Haynes 2 2 5
SG 30   Bruno Cerella 10 0 1
SG 7   Stefano Tonut 5 0 2
PF 9   Austin Daye 14 4 1
C 50   Mitchell Watt 13 3 0
Reserves:
F 2   Hrvoje Perić 6 7 2
G 3   Dominique Johnson 6 7 2
G/F 6   Michael Bramos 5 4 1
G 11   Michael Jenkins 5 2 1
F/C 14   Tomas Ress DNP
C 19   Paul Biligha 4 1 1
Head coach:
  Walter De Raffaele

Second leg edit

2 May 2018 Umana Reyer Venezia   81–79
(158–148 agg.)
  Sidigas Scandone Venice, Italy
20:00 (UTC+2) Scoring by quarter: 15–13, 26–19, 22–29, 18–18
Pts: Haynes, Perić 16
Rebs: Biligha 5
Asts: Haynes 3
Eff: Daye, Perić 14
Boxscore Pts: Rich 32
Rebs: Fesenko 15
Asts: Rich 5
Eff: Fesenko 33
Arena: Palasport Giuseppe Taliercio
Attendance: 3,510
Referees: Vicente Bultó (ESP), Saša Maričić (SRB), Panagiotis Anastopoulos (GRE)


Starters: Pts Reb Ast
PG 0   MarQuez Haynes 16 1 3
SG 30   Bruno Cerella 7 0 0
SG 7   Stefano Tonut 0 1 0
PF 9   Austin Daye 15 4 2
C 50   Mitchell Watt 8 3 2
Reserves:
F 2   Hrvoje Perić 16 2 2
G 3   Dominique Johnson 0 3 1
G/F 6   Michael Bramos 4 2 1
G 11   Michael Jenkins 3 1 0
F/C 14   Tomas Ress DNP
C 19   Paul Biligha 4 5 0
Head coach:
  Walter De Raffaele
 
 
 
 
Reyer
 
 
 
 
Scandone

0

Reyer Statistics[3] Scandone
24/44 (54.5%) 2-pt field goals 23/41 (56.1%)
7/21 (33.3%) 3-pt field goals 5/20 (25%)
12/17 (70.6%) Free throws 18/24 (75%)
7 Offensive rebounds 16
21 Defensive rebounds 30
28 Total rebounds 46
13 Assists 14
3 Turnovers 12
4 Steals 1
3 Blocks 2
23 Fouls 20
Starters: Pts Reb Ast
PG 12   Ariel Filloy 5 7 2
SG 9   Jason Rich 32 1 5
SF 1   Dez Wells 0 1 1
PF 10   Maarty Leunen 5 4 3
C 44   Kyrylo Fesenko 21 15 2
Reserves:
F/C 0   Andrea Zerini 1 0 0
G 6   Bruno Fitipaldo 3 2 0
G/F 7   Michele Fucci DNP
C 9   Shane Lawal 2 8 1
F 11   Thomas Scrubb 2 4 0
G 24   Lorenzo D'Ercole 8 1 0
G 57   Salvatore Parlato DNP
Head coach:
  Stefano Sacripanti

References edit

  1. ^ "Palasport Taliercio". Archived from the original on 2017-05-01. Retrieved 2018-04-26.
  2. ^ "Sidigas Scandone Avellino vs Umana Reyer Venezia". Fiba.basketball. 25 April 2018. Retrieved 26 April 2018.
  3. ^ "Umana Reyer Venezia vs Sidigas Scandone Avellino". Fiba.basketball. 2 May 2018. Retrieved 3 May 2018.

See also edit