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.
For the second consecutive time, two teams from the same country met in the final.
Venue 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. 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 Venice Palasport Del Mauro Palasport Giuseppe Taliercio Capacity: 5,600 Capacity: 3,509
Road to the Finals
Note: In the table, the score of the finalist is given first (H = home; A = away). Sidigas ScandoneRound Reyer Venezia Basketball Champions LeagueGroup D Regular season Basketball Champions LeagueGroup C OpponentAgg.1st leg2nd legPlay-offsOpponent Agg.1st leg2nd 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
Scandone Statistics Reyer 24/40 (60%) 2-pt field goals 20/40 (50%) 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 Team captains (C): Maarty Leunen (Sidigas Scandone) and Tomas Ress (Reyer Venezia)
Second leg
Reyer Statistics 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 Team captains (C): Tomas Ress (Reyer Venezia) and Maarty Leunen (Sidigas Scandone)
References
See also 2018 EuroLeague Final Four 2018 EuroCup Finals 2018 Basketball Champions League Final Four