The 2018–19 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague was the 19th season of the modern era of Euroleague Basketball and the eighth under the title sponsorship of the Turkish Airlines. Including the competition's previous incarnation as the FIBA Europe Champions Cup, this was the 62nd season of the premier competition for European men's clubs.
The season started on 11 October 2018 and finished in May 2019 with the 2019 EuroLeague Final Four at Fernando Buesa Arena in Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain. CSKA Moscow won the championship after defeating Anadolu Efes in the championship game.
Team allocation A total of sixteen teams participated. The labels in the parentheses show how each team qualified for the place of its starting round (TH: EuroLeague title holders). Eleven teams were placed as Licensed Clubs, long-term licenses, while five spots were given to Associated Clubs, based on merit. LC: Qualified as a licensed club with a long-term licence 1st, 2nd, etc.: League position after Playoffs EC: EuroCup champion WC: Wild card
Licensed Clubs Associated Clubs Baskonia (LC) Anadolu Efes (LC) Darüşşafaka Tekfen (EC) Bayern Munich (1st) FC Barcelona Lassa (LC) Fenerbahçe Beko (LC) Herbalife Gran Canaria (4th) Budućnost VOLI (1st) Real MadridTH (LC) AX Armani Exchange Milan (LC) Khimki (2nd) Olympiacos (LC) Žalgiris (LC) Panathinaikos OPAP (LC) CSKA Moscow (LC) Maccabi FOX Tel Aviv (LC) Notes
Teams A total of 16 teams from 9 countries contest the league, including 11 sides with a long-term licence from the 2017–18 season, 1 team qualified from the EuroCup and the 4 highest-placed teams from the ABA League, the German Bundesliga, the VTB United League and the Spanish ACB.
Bayern Munich and Budućnost VOLI qualified, after clinching the Bundesliga and ABA League titles respectively. Khimki qualified as runner-up of the VTB United League. Herbalife Gran Canaria qualified as the highest-placed team in the Liga ACB without a long-term EuroLeague licence. Darüşşafaka qualified as the EuroCup champions, after beating Lokomotiv Kuban in the Finals.
Venues and locations Team Home city Arena Capacity Anadolu Efes Istanbul Sinan Erdem Dome AX Armani Exchange Olimpia Milan Mediolanum Forum Barcelona Lassa Barcelona Palau Blaugrana Bayern Munich Munich Audi Dome Budućnost VOLI Podgorica Morača Sports Center CSKA Moscow Moscow Megasport Arena Darüşşafaka Tekfen Istanbul Volkswagen Arena Fenerbahçe Beko Istanbul Ülker Sports Arena Herbalife Gran Canaria Las Palmas Gran Canaria Arena Khimki Khimki Mytishchi Arena Kirolbet Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz Fernando Buesa Arena Maccabi FOX Tel Aviv Tel Aviv Menora Mivtachim ArenaAttendance: 10,383. Olympiacos Piraeus, Athens Peace and Friendship StadiumΈτοιμο το ΣΕΦ για τον τελικό Ολυμπιακός-Ραβένα(pics) . Panathinaikos OPAP Marousi, Athens Olympic Sports Center Athens Real Madrid Madrid WiZink Center Žalgiris Kaunas Žalgirio Arena
Personnel and sponsorship Team Head coach Captain Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor Anadolu Efes Ergin Ataman Doğuş Balbay S by Sportive Anadolu Efes AX Armani Exchange Olimpia Simone Pianigiani Andrea Cinciarini Armani Armani Exchange Barcelona Lassa Svetislav Pešić Ante Tomić Nike Lassa Tyres Bayern Munich Dejan Radonjić Danilo Barthel Adidas BayWa Budućnost VOLI Jasmin Repeša Suad Šehović Spalding VOLI CSKA Moscow Dimitrios Itoudis Kyle Hines Nike Rostelecom Darüşşafaka Tekfen Selçuk Ernak Oğuz Savaş Adidas Tekfen Fenerbahçe Beko Željko Obradović Melih Mahmutoğlu Nike Beko Herbalife Gran Canaria Pedro Martínez Eulis Báez Spalding Herbalife Khimki Rimas Kurtinaitis Sergei Monia Adidas Khimki Group Kirolbet Baskonia Velimir Perasović Tornike Shengelia Kelme Kirolbet Maccabi FOX Tel Aviv Ioannis Sfairopoulos John DiBartolomeo Nike FOX Olympiacos David Blatt Vassilis Spanoulis Nike bwin Panathinaikos OPAP Rick Pitino Nick Calathes Adidas Pame Stoixima Real Madrid Pablo Laso Felipe Reyes Adidas European University Žalgiris Šarūnas Jasikevičius Paulius Jankūnas ŽalgirisShop ORLEN Lietuva
Managerial changes
Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Replaced with Date of appointment Herbalife Gran Canaria Luis Casimiro End of contract Pre-season Salva Maldonado Darüşşafaka David Blatt End of contract Ahmet Çakı Olympiacos Ioannis Sfairopoulos Mutual consent David Blatt Kirolbet Baskonia Pedro Martinez Sacked 16 November 2018 11th (2–5) Velimir Perasović 16 November 2018 Maccabi FOX Tel Aviv Neven Spahija Sacked 18 November 2018 14th (1–6) Ioannis Sfairopoulos 18 November 2018 Herbalife Gran Canaria Salva Maldonado Sacked 5 December 2018 13th (3–7) Víctor García 5 December 2018 Darüşşafaka Tekfen Ahmet Çakı Sacked 11 December 2018 16th (1–10) Selçuk Ernak 12 December 2018 Panathinaikos OPAP Xavi Pascual Sacked 20 December 2018 10th (6–7) Rick Pitino 26 December 2018 Budućnost VOLI Aleksandar Džikić Sacked 29 December 2018 15th (3–12) Jasmin Repeša 30 December 2018 Khimki Georgios Bartzokas Sacked 21 January 2019 13th (7–12) Rimas Kurtinaitis 21 January 2019 Herbalife Gran Canaria Víctor García Sacked 11 March 2019 14th (6–19) Pedro Martínez 11 March 2019
Regular season
In the regular season, teams played against each other home and away in a round-robin format. The top eight teams advanced to the playoffs and the bottom eight teams were eliminated.
League table
Results
Playoffs
Playoffs series are best-of-five. The first team to win three games wins the series. A 2–2–1 format is used – teams with home-court advantage play games 1, 2, and 5 at home, while their opponents host games 3 and 4. Games 4 and 5 are only played if necessary. The four victorious teams advance to the Final Four.
Series
Final Four
The Final Four, held over a single weekend, is the last phase of the season. The four remaining teams play a single knockout round on Friday evening, with the two winners advancing to the championship game. Sunday starts with the third-place game, followed by the championship game. The Final Four was played at the Fernando Buesa Arena in Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain on 17 and 19 May 2019.
Attendances Average home attendances
Top 10 Round Game Home team Visitor Attendance 1Playoffs 3 Panathinaikos OPAP Real Madrid 18,182 2Regular Season 29 Panathinaikos OPAP Real Madrid 18,003 3Regular Season 6 Panathinaikos OPAP Olympiacos 17,345 4Regular Season 27 Panathinaikos OPAP Kirolbet Baskonia 16,513 5Regular Season 15 Panathinaikos OPAP CSKA Moscow 15,733 6Playoffs 3 Žalgiris Fenerbahçe Beko 15,517 7Playoffs 5 Anadolu Efes Barcelona Lassa 15,249 8Regular Season 16 Žalgiris CSKA Moscow 15,205 9Regular Season 28 Žalgiris Darüşşafaka Tekfen 15,178 10Playoffs 4 Žalgiris Fenerbahçe Beko 15,177 Panathinaikos game against Olympiacos was played with only 17,345 seats available for security reasons
Awards EuroLeague MVP Jan Veselý ( Fenerbahçe Beko)
EuroLeague Final Four MVP Will Clyburn ( CSKA Moscow)
All-EuroLeague Teams Pos.First Team Second Team G Nick Calathes Panathinaikos Mike James Olimpia MilanoG Kostas Sloukas Fenerbahçe Nando de Colo CSKA MoscowF Will Clyburn CSKA Moscow Vasilije Micić Anadolu EfesF Brandon Davies Žalgiris Vincent Poirier Kirolbet BaskoniaC Jan Veselý Fenerbahçe Edy Tavares Real Madrid
Alphonso Ford Top Scorer Trophy Mike James ( AX Armani Exchange Olimpia Milan)
Best Defender Edy Tavares ( Real Madrid)
Rising Star Goga Bitadze ( Budućnost VOLI) Coach of the Year Dimitrios Itoudis ( CSKA Moscow)Coach of the Year: Dimitris Itoudis, CSKA Moscow
MVP of the Round
Regular season RoundPlayerTeam 1 Jan Veselý Fenerbahçe Beko 34 2 Nikola Milutinov Olympiacos 33 Anthony Randolph Real Madrid 3 Scottie Wilbekin Maccabi FOX Tel Aviv 30 Rodrigue Beaubois Anadolu Efes 4 Nando de Colo CSKA Moscow 27 5 Gustavo Ayón Real Madrid 30 6 Cory Higgins CSKA Moscow 28 7 Eulis Báez Herbalife Gran Canaria 32 8 Alexey Shved Khimki 30 9 Alexey Shved (2) Khimki 32 10 Zach LeDay Olympiacos 42 11 Gustavo Ayón (2) Real Madrid 34 12 Derrick Williams Bayern Munich 35 13 Nikola Milutinov (2) Olympiacos 36 14 Vassilis Spanoulis Olympiacos 31 15 Johnny O'Bryant III Maccabi FOX Tel Aviv 44 16 Nikola Milutinov (3) Olympiacos 41 17 Kostas Papanikolaou Olympiacos 31 18 Marcelo Huertas Kirolbet Baskonia 29 19 Will Clyburn CSKA Moscow 27 20 Angelo Caloiaro Maccabi FOX Tel Aviv 33 21 Nando de Colo (2) CSKA Moscow 38 22 Krunoslav Simon Anadolu Efes 34 23 Brandon Davies Žalgiris 34 24 Ante Tomić Barcelona Lassa 28 25 Shane Larkin Anadolu Efes 43 26 Mike James AX Armani Exchange Olimpia Milan 31 27 Micheal Eric Darüşşafaka Tekfen 33 28 Nick Calathes Panathinaikos OPAP 39 29 Toney Douglas Darüşşafaka Tekfen 37 30 Brandon Davies (2) Žalgiris 34
Playoffs GamePlayerTeam 1 Vasilije Micić Anadolu Efes 30 2 Vincent Poirier Kirolbet Baskonia 32 3 Shane Larkin (2) Anadolu Efes 34 4 Nando de Colo (3) CSKA Moscow 35 5 Shane Larkin (3) Anadolu Efes 19
MVP of the Month
MonthWeekPlayerTeam 2018October 1–4 Edy Tavares Real Madrid November 5–10 Vasilije Micić Anadolu Efes December 11–15 Jan Veselý Fenerbahçe Beko 2019January 16–20 Alex Tyus Maccabi FOX Tel Aviv February 21–24 Mike James AX Armani Exchange Olimpia March 25–29 Nick Calathes Panathinaikos OPAP April 30–PO5 Facundo Campazzo Real Madrid
Statistics Individual statistics Rating RankNameTeamGamesRatingPIR1. Mike James AX Armani Exchange Olimpia3060720.232. Nikola Milutinov Olympiacos2856120.043. Artūras Gudaitis AX Armani Exchange Olimpia2139218.67 Source: EuroLeague
Points RankNameTeamGamesPointsPPG1. Mike James AX Armani Exchange Olimpia 3059519.832. Cory Higgins CSKA Moscow3247614.883. Nando de Colo CSKA Moscow3450114.74 Source: EuroLeague
Rebounds RankNameTeamGamesReboundsRPG1. Vincent Poirier Kirolbet Baskonia342828.292. Nikola Milutinov Olympiacos282217.893. Artūras Gudaitis AX Armani Exchange Olimpia211507.14 Source: EuroLeague
Assists RankNameTeamGamesAssistsAPG1. Nick Calathes Panathinaikos OPAP332868.672. Mike James AX Armani Exchange Olimpia301916.373. Vasilije Micić Anadolu Efes372045.51 Source: EuroLeague
Other statistics CategoryPlayer Team Games Average Steals Nick Calathes Panathinaikos OPAP Blocks Edy Tavares Real Madrid Turnovers Nick Calathes Panathinaikos OPAP Fouls drawn Tornike Shengelia Kirolbet Baskonia Minutes Mike James AX Armani Exchange Olimpia FT % Jaycee Carroll Real Madrid 2-Point % Edy Tavares Real Madrid 3-Point % Dairis Bertāns AX Armani Exchange Olimpia
Individual game highs CategoryPlayer Team Statistic Rating Johnny O'Bryant III Maccabi FOX Tel Aviv Points Shane Larkin Anadolu Efes Rebounds Nikola Milutinov Olympiacos Assists Nick Calathes Panathinaikos OPAP Steals Dee Bost Khimki 6 Nikita Kurbanov CSKA Moscow Blocks Tarik Black Maccabi FOX Tel Aviv
Team statistics CategoryTeam Average Rating Real Madrid Points AX Armani Exchange Olimpia Points Allowed Fenerbahçe Beko Rebounds Real Madrid Assists Real Madrid Steals Khimki Blocks Darüşşafaka Tekfen Turnovers Darüşşafaka Tekfen FT % Anadolu Efes 2-Point % Fenerbahçe Beko 3-Point % Fenerbahçe Beko
See also 2018–19 EuroCup Basketball 2018–19 Basketball Champions League 2018–19 FIBA Europe Cup
References
External links Official website