2019_Italian_Basketball_Cup

2019 Italian Basketball Cup
Tournament details
Arena	Nelson Mandela Forum ; Florence, Italy
Dates	14–17 February 2019
Final positions
Champions	Vanoli Cremona (1st title)
Runners-up	New Basket Brindisi
Awards and statistics
MVP	Drew Crawford
	← 2018 2020 →

2019 Italian Basketball Cup

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The 2019 Italian Basketball Cup, known as the 2018 PosteMobile Final Eight for sponsorship reasons,^[2] was the 43rd edition of Italy's national cup tournament. The competition is managed by the Lega Basket for LBA clubs. The tournament was played from 14 to 17 February 2019 in Florence, at the end of the first half of the 2018–19 LBA season.^[3]

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Fiat Torino were the defending champions.^[4]

Vanoli Cremona went to win its first Cup ever by beating New Basket Brindisi 83–74 in the Finals.^[5] Drew Crawford was named Panasonic MVP of the competition.^[6]

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Qualification
1	AX Armani Exchange Milano	15	14	1	1359	1196	+163	Qualified as seeded teams
2	Sidigas Avellino	15	11	4	1251	1225	+26
3	Umana Reyer Venezia	15	10	5	1218	1061	+157
4	Vanoli Cremona	15	10	5	1333	1254	+79
5	Openjobmetis Varese	15	9	6	1167	1104	+63	Qualified as non-seeded teams
6	Banco di Sardegna Sassari	15	8	7	1345	1257	+88
7	New Basket Brindisi	15	8	7	1175	1144	+31
8	Segafredo Virtus Bologna	15	8	7	1222	1238	−16

Quarter-finals 14–15 February			Semifinals 16 February			Final 17 February

1	AX Armani Exchange Milano	84

8	Segafredo Virtus Bologna	86
			8	Segafredo Virtus Bologna	91

			4	Vanoli Cremona	102
4	Vanoli Cremona	82

5	Openjobmetis Varese	73
						4	Vanoli Cremona	83

						7	New Basket Brindisi	74
3	Umana Reyer Venezia	88

6	Banco di Sardegna Sassari	89
			6	Banco di Sardegna Sassari	86

			7	New Basket Brindisi	87
2	Sidigas Avellino	92

7	New Basket Brindisi	95

14 February 2018 Quarterfinal A	Vanoli Cremona	82–73	Openjobmetis Varese	Florence
18:00 (CET)	Scoring by quarter: 19–15, 25–25, 16–12, 22–21
Eurosport RAI	Pts: Crawford 22 Rebs: Mathiang 11 Asts: Diener 9 PIR: Saunders 28	Boxscore	Pts: Avramović, Scrubb 15 Rebs: Cain 12 Asts: Avramović, Tambone 3 PIR: Cain 22	Arena: Nelson Mandela Forum Referees: Tolga Sahin, Maurizio Biggi, Valerio Grigioni

14 February 2018 Quarterfinal B	AX Armani Exchange Milano	84–86	Segafredo Virtus Bologna	Florence
21:00 (CET)	Scoring by quarter: 22–17, 14–24, 18–22, 30–23
Eurosport RAI	Pts: Nunnally 19 Rebs: Brooks 13 Asts: James 5 PIR: Brooks 28	Boxscore	Pts: Taylor 23 Rebs: Moreira 10 Asts: six players 1 PIR: Taylor, M'Baye 19	Arena: Nelson Mandela Forum Referees: Manuel Mazzoni, Alessandro Martolini, Denny Borgioni

15 February 2018 Quarterfinal C	Umana Reyer Venezia	88–89	Banco di Sardegna Sassari	Florence
18:00 (CET)	Scoring by quarter: 29–20, 28–21, 18–25, 13–23
Eurosport RAI	Pts: Tonut 20 Rebs: Watt 6 Asts: Haynes 8 PIR: Watt 22	Boxscore	Pts: Pierre 24 Rebs: Pierre 9 Asts: Spissu, McGee 2 PIR: Pierre 30	Arena: Nelson Mandela Forum Referees: Roberto Begnis, Beniamino Manuel Attard, Mark Bartoli

2019_Italian_Basketball_Cup

2019 Italian Basketball Cup

Qualification

Bracket

Quarterfinals

Vanoli Cremona vs. Openjobmetis Varese

AX Armani Exchange Milano vs. Segafredo Virtus Bologna

Umana Reyer Venezia vs. Banco di Sardegna Sassari

Sidigas Avellino vs. New Basket Brindisi

Semifinals

Vanoli Cremona vs. Segafredo Virtus Bologna

Banco di Sardegna Sassari vs. New Basket Brindisi

Final

Vanoli Cremona vs. New Basket Brindisi

Sponsors

References

External links

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Tournament details
Arena	Nelson Mandela Forum Florence, Italy
Dates	14–17 February 2019^[1]
Final positions
Champions	Vanoli Cremona (1st title)
Runners-up	New Basket Brindisi
Awards and statistics
MVP	Drew Crawford
← 2018 2020 →

15 February 2018 Quarterfinal D	Sidigas Avellino	92–95	New Basket Brindisi	Florence
20:45 (CET)	Scoring by quarter: 12–28, 28–19, 40–22, 12–26
Eurosport RAI	Pts: Sykes 23 Rebs: Green 11 Asts: Green 8 PIR: Green 36	Boxscore	Pts: Banks 26 Rebs: Brown, Moraschini 7 Asts: Banks 6 PIR: Banks 40	Arena: Nelson Mandela Forum Referees: Massimiliano Filippini, Alessandro Vicino, Guido Giovannetti

16 February 2018 Semifinal A	Vanoli Cremona	102–91	Segafredo Virtus Bologna	Florence
18:00 (CET)	Scoring by quarter: 21–20, 38–24, 16–24, 27–23
Eurosport RAI	Pts: Diener 26 Rebs: Mathiang 10 Asts: Saunders 5 PIR: Mathiang 31	Boxscore	Pts: Aradori 26 Rebs: M'Baye 7 Asts: Aradori 3 PIR: Aradori 27	Arena: Nelson Mandela Forum

16 February 2018 Semifinal A	Banco di Sardegna Sassari	86–87	New Basket Brindisi	Florence
20:45 (CET)	Scoring by quarter: 28–32, 18–22, 14–20, 26–13
Eurosport RAI	Pts: Carter 18 Rebs: Cooley 12 Asts: Polonara 3 PIR: Cooley 21	Boxscore	Pts: Brown 20 Rebs: Chappell 9 Asts: Banks 4 PIR: Gaffney 20	Arena: Nelson Mandela Forum Referees: Saverio Lanzarini, Luca Weidmann, Christian Borgo

17 February 2019	Vanoli Cremona	83–74	New Basket Brindisi	Florence
18:00	Scoring by quarter: 23–18, 22–19, 17–14, 21–23
Eurosport RAI	Pts: Crawford, Saunders 18 Rebs: Ricci, Saunders 9 Asts: Diener 6 PIR: Saunders 26	Boxscore	Pts: Brown 21 Rebs: Brown 8 Asts: Brown 3 PIR: Brown 25	Arena: Nelson Mandela Forum Attendance: 6,278 Referees: Tolga Sahin, Michele Rossi, Maurizio Biggi