2018 FIBA Europe Cup Finals

2018 FIBA Europe Cup Finals
Event	2017–18 FIBA Europe Cup
148	158
First leg
69	77
Date	25 April 2018
Venue	Palasport Giacomo Del Mauro, Avellino
Referees	Antonio Conde (ESP), Georgios Poursanidis (GRE), Yener Yılmaz (TUR)
Attendance	5,000
Second leg
81	79
Date	2 May 2018
Venue	Palasport Giuseppe Taliercio, Venice
Referees	Vicente Bultó (ESP), Saša Maričić (SRB), Panagiotis Anastopoulos (GRE)
Attendance	3,510

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.^[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	Avellino Venice 2018 FIBA Europe Cup Finals (Europe)	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 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

Source: Basketball Champions League

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

Source: Basketball Champions League

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

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
	Statistics^[2]
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

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