The 2019 Basketball Champions League (BCL) Final Four was the third Basketball Champions League tournament. It was the concluding phase of the 2018–19 Basketball Champions League season.
Venue The Sportpaleis hosted the final tournament for the first time. Antwerp Sportpaleis Capacity: 18,500
Teams Road to the Final Four
Club Clinched Final Four Season performance Regular seasonrecord Round of 16 Quarterfinals Iberostar Tenerife 3 April 2019 12–2(1st Group B) Promitheas 57–69 (A) 79–57 (H) Hapoel Jerusalem 73–75 (A) 81–64 (H) Segafredo Virtus Bologna 3 April 2019 10–4(1st Group D) Le Mans Sarthe 74–74 (A) 81–58 (H) Nanterre 92 75–83 (A) 73–58 (H) Brose Bamberg 3 April 2019 9–5(3rd Group C) Banvit 81–79 (H) 88–85 (A) AEK 71–67 (H) 67–69 (A) Telenet Giants Antwerp 3 April 2019 7–7(4th Group C) UCAM Murcia 75–67 (H) 77–78 (A) Nizhny Novgorod 83–68 (A) 66–61 (H)
Background +InformationTeamDomestic competitionPosition (Record)Head coachLeading scorer Telenet Giants Antwerp Pro Basketball League 2nd (24–6) Roel Moors Paris Lee (13.7) Segafredo Virtus Bologna LBA 11th (14–15) Aleksandar Đorđević Kevin Punter (15.1) Brose Bamberg Basketball Bundesliga 5th (20–11) Federico Perego Tyrese Rice (16.6) Iberostar Tenerife Liga ACB 9th (15–15) Txus Vidorreta Tim Abromaitis (11.3)
Telenet Giants Antwerp Antwerp qualified for its first ever final phase of a European competition and were the second team ever to reach the final four after playing all qualifying rounds, after Riesen Ludwigsburg in 2018. In its domestic Pro Basketball League (PBL), Antwerp was having a terrific year as it was in second position. In 2018–19, Antwerp also won its first Belgian Basketball Cup in history.
Segafredo Virtus Bologna Bologna qualified for the Champions League as the ninth best team in the Italian Lega Basket Serie A (LBA). In its 2018–19 domestic season, it was in eleventh position as of 16 April 2019. Leading scorer Kevin Punter won the Champions League in 2018, while playing for AEK.
Brose Bamberg After playing in EuroLeague Basketball competitions for years, Bamberg made its debut in the Champions League. It also won the 2019 BBL-Pokal in the 2018–19 season.
Iberostar Tenerife Tenerife made its return to the Final Four for the second time, after winning the tournament in 2017.
Bracket
Semifinals Segafredo Virtus Bologna vs Brose Bamberg
Bologna Statistics Bamberg 18/48 (37.5%) 2-pt field goals 12/43 (27.9%) 6/18 (33.3%) 3-pt field goals 5/23 (21.7%) 13/20 (65%) Free throws 11/14 (78.6%) 14 Offensive rebounds 16 33 Defensive rebounds 29 47 Total rebounds 45 12 Assists 4 11 Turnovers 16 10 Steals 8 3 Blocks 5 21 Fouls 18
Iberostar Tenerife vs Telenet Giants Antwerp
Tenerife Statistics Antwerp 16/29 (55.2%) 2-pt Field goals 15/33 (45.5%) 9/22 (40.9%) 3-pt field goals 5/22 (22.7%) 11/19 (57.9%) Free throws 9/18 (50%) 10 Offensive rebounds 13 26 Defensive rebounds 20 36 Total rebounds 33 19 Assists 12 14 Turnovers 15 8 Steals 7 3 Blocks 1 20 Fouls 21
Third place game
Bamberg StatisticsAntwerp 17/40 (42.5%) 2-pt field goals 18/43 (41.9%) 5/21 (23.8%) 3-pt field goals 9/27 (33.3%) 9/14 (64.3%) Free throws 9/16 (56.2%) 11 Offensive rebounds 14 33 Defensive rebounds 27 44 Total rebounds 41 15 Assists 18 12 Turnovers 6 3 Steals 7 3 Blocks 1 21 Fouls 19
Final
Bologna StatisticsTenerife 17/38 (44.7%) 2-pt field goals 13/28 (46.4%) 7/16 (43.8%) 3-pt field goals 5/37 (13.5%) 18/26 (69.2%) Free throws 20/23 (87%) 11 Offensive rebounds 24 21 Defensive rebounds 20 32 Total rebounds 44 10 Assists 11 15 Turnovers 20 8 Steals 6 3 Blocks 1 26 Fouls 29
2018–19 Basketball Champions League champions Segafredo Virtus Bologna1st title
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References
External links Basketball Champions League (official website)