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 →

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]

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]

Qualification

Qualified for the tournament were selected based on their position on the league table at the end of the first half of the 2018–19 LBA regular season.

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

Source: LBA

Bracket

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

Quarterfinals

Vanoli Cremona vs. Openjobmetis Varese

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

Starters:			Pts	Reb	Ast

PG	7	Travis Diener	7	1	9
SG	1	Wesley Saunders	20	7	2
SF	22	Drew Crawford	22	5	3
PF	23	Peyton Aldridge	11	3	0
C	12	Mangok Mathiang	5	11	0
Reserves:
G	2	Alessandro Feraboli	DNP
PF	6	Giulio Gazzotti	DNP
F	8	Giampaolo Ricci	2	5	3
PG	10	Michele Ruzzier	7	4	3
SG	24	Vojislav Stojanović	8	3	2
Head coach:
Romeo Sacchetti

Vanoli Cremona

Openjobmetis Varese

Starters:			Pts	Reb	Ast

PG	25	Ronald Moore	3	4	1
SG	4	Aleksa Avramović	15	5	3
SF	11	Thomas Scrubb	15	9	0
PF	2	Dominique Archie	2	3	0
C	16	Tyler Cain	8	12	0
Reserves:
G	5	Christian Gatto	DNP
PF	7	Antonio Iannuzzi	5	1	0
F	8	Nicola Natali	2	0	0
SG	10	Jean Salumu	8	3	1
C	13	Damiano Verri	DNP
PG	15	Matteo Tambone	4	2	3
F	21	Giancarlo Ferrero	11	0	1
Head coach:
Attilio Caja

AX Armani Exchange Milano vs. Segafredo Virtus Bologna

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

Starters:			Pts	Reb	Ast

PG	2	Mike James	13	10	5
SG	21	James Nunnally	19	3	0
SF	5	Vladimir Micov	17	2	2
PF	32	Jeff Brooks	11	13	3
C	92	Alen Omić	4	3	1
Reserves:
G	6	Federico Andrea Ferraris	DNP
SF	13	Simone Fontecchio	0	1	0
PF	19	Mindaugas Kuzminskas	7	2	1
PG	20	Andrea Cinciarini	0	1	0
C	23	Christian Burns	4	2	0
PG	55	Curtis Jerrells	6	0	2
SG	100	Amedeo Della Valle	3	3	0
Head coach:
Simone Pianigiani

AX Armani Exchange Milano

Segafredo Virtus Bologna

Starters:			Pts	Reb	Ast

PG	7	Tony Taylor	23	2	1
SG	0	Kevin Punter	4	2	0
SF	25	David Cournooh	9	4	1
PF	24	Amath M'Baye	14	6	0
C	2	Yanick Moreira	14	10	1
Reserves:
G	1	Kelvin Martin	2	3	1
PG	6	Alessandro Pajola	0	0	1
F	8	Filippo Baldi Rossi	0	1	0
PG	9	Alessandro Cappelletti	DNP
G	21	Pietro Aradori	15	3	1
C	23	Matteo Berti	DNP
C	41	Brian Qvale	5	3	0
Head coach:
Stefano Sacripanti

Umana Reyer Venezia vs. Banco di Sardegna Sassari

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

Starters:			Pts	Reb	Ast

PG	0	MarQuez Haynes	11	0	8
SG	7	Stefano Tonut	20	1	1
SF	6	Michael Bramos	14	3	1
PF	22	Valerio Mazzola	6	3	1
C	50	Mitchell Watt	16	6	4
Reserves:
SG	5	Julyan Stone	5	3	1
PF	9	Austin Daye	9	2	2
PG	10	Andrea De Nicolao	3	0	0
SF	17	Deron Washington	4	1	0
C	19	Paul Biligha	0	2	0
G	21	Marco Giuri	DNP
SF	30	Bruno Cerella	0	0	0
Head coach:
Walter De Raffaele

Umana Reyer Venezia

Banco di Sardegna Sassari

Starters:			Pts	Reb	Ast

PG	2	Jaime Smith	15	0	0
SG	21	Dyshawn Pierre	24	9	1
SF	6	Justin Carter	4	4	1
PF	33	Achille Polonara	10	5	0
C	45	Jack Cooley	13	7	0
Reserves:
PG	0	Marco Spissu	3	1	2
SG	3	Tyrus McGee	2	1	2
SF	8	Giacomo De Vecchi	2	0	0
C	15	Daniele Magro	DNP
PG	22	Stefano Gentile	2	0	0
C	25	Rashawn Thomas	14	7	1
C	45	Ousmane Diop	0	0	0
Head coach:
Gianmarco Pozzecco

Sidigas Avellino vs. New Basket Brindisi

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

Starters:			Pts	Reb	Ast

PG	12	Ariel Filloy	19	3	1
SG	28	Keifer Sykes	23	6	1
SF	20	Ojārs Siliņš	5	5	2
PF	6	Caleb Green	19	11	8
C	5	Hamady N'Diaye	8	3	1
Reserves:
SF	8	Demetris Nichols	DNP
C	14	Luca Campani	4	0	0
PG	18	Antonio Sabatino	DNP
G	21	Luca Campogrande	0	0	0
PG	22	Demonte Harper	14	4	2
SG	24	Lorenzo D'Ercole	0	0	0
PF	34	Stefano Spizzichini	0	0	0
Head coach:
Nenad Vučinić

Sidigas Avellino

New Basket Brindisi

Starters:			Pts	Reb	Ast

PG	21	Jeremy Chappell	8	2	1
SG	0	Adrian Banks	26	5	6
SF	9	Riccardo Moraschini	9	7	5
PF	3	Tony Gaffney	7	3	2
C	100	John Brown	22	7	0
Reserves:
G	1	Erik Rush	10	6	0
PG	6	Alessandro Zanelli	0	0	1
G	7	Gabriele Orlandino	DNP
G	11	Devondrick Walker	11	0	0
G	15	Nicolò Cazzolato	DNP
C	18	Jakub Wojciechowski	2	4	1
G	68	Vincenzo Taddeo	DNP
Head coach:
Francesco Vitucci

Semifinals

Vanoli Cremona vs. Segafredo Virtus Bologna

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

Starters:			Pts	Reb	Ast

PG	7	Travis Diener	26	1	3
SG	1	Wesley Saunders	15	5	5
SF	22	Drew Crawford	19	7	3
PF	23	Peyton Aldridge	9	3	3
C	12	Mangok Mathiang	19	10	1
Reserves:
G	2	Alessandro Feraboli	DNP
PF	6	Giulio Gazzotti	0	0	0
F	8	Giampaolo Ricci	6	2	2
PG	10	Michele Ruzzier	6	0	1
SG	24	Vojislav Stojanović	2	2	0
Head coach:
Romeo Sacchetti

Vanoli Cremona

Segafredo Virtus Bologna

Starters:			Pts	Reb	Ast

PG	7	Tony Taylor	14	4	2
SG	0	Kevin Punter	19	3	0
SF	25	David Cournooh	5	0	0
PF	24	Amath M'Baye	9	7	1
C	2	Yanick Moreira	4	5	1
Reserves:
G	1	Kelvin Martin	4	3	0
PG	6	Alessandro Pajola	0	0	2
F	8	Filippo Baldi Rossi	0	0	1
PG	9	Alessandro Cappelletti	DNP
C	11	Dejan Kravić	10	5	0
G	21	Pietro Aradori	26	6	3
C	23	Matteo Berti	DNP
Head coach:
Stefano Sacripanti

Banco di Sardegna Sassari vs. New Basket Brindisi

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

Starters:			Pts	Reb	Ast

PG	2	Jaime Smith	16	2	2
SG	21	Dyshawn Pierre	16	5	1
SF	6	Justin Carter	18	7	2
PF	33	Achille Polonara	8	6	3
C	45	Jack Cooley	13	12	1
Reserves:
PG	0	Marco Spissu	0	4	1
SG	3	Tyrus McGee	8	2	0
SF	8	Giacomo De Vecchi	DNP
C	15	Daniele Magro	DNP
PG	22	Stefano Gentile	0	0	0
C	25	Rashawn Thomas	7	7	1
C	45	Ousmane Diop	DNP
Head coach:
Gianmarco Pozzecco

Banco di Sardegna Sassari

New Basket Brindisi

Starters:			Pts	Reb	Ast

PG	21	Jeremy Chappell	18	9	2
SG	0	Adrian Banks	15	4	4
SF	9	Riccardo Moraschini	28	2	2
PF	3	Tony Gaffney	9	6	2
C	100	John Brown	20	4	2
Reserves:
G	1	Erik Rush	5	2	0
PG	6	Alessandro Zanelli	0	1	0
G	8	Mattia Calamo	DNP
G	11	Devondrick Walker	2	1	0
G	15	Nicolò Cazzolato	DNP
C	18	Jakub Wojciechowski	0	1	0
G	68	Vincenzo Taddeo	DNP
Head coach:
Francesco Vitucci

Final

Vanoli Cremona vs. New Basket Brindisi

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

Starters:			Pts	Reb	Ast

PG	7	Travis Diener	8	1	6
SG	1	Wesley Saunders	18	9	2
SF	22	Drew Crawford	18	6	0
PF	23	Peyton Aldridge	11	5	1
C	12	Mangok Mathiang	8	8	0
Reserves:
G	2	Alessandro Ariazzi	DNP
PF	6	Giulio Gazzotti	DNP
F	8	Giampaolo Ricci	6	9	1
PG	10	Michele Ruzzier	12	1	3
SG	24	Vojislav Stojanović	2	2	1
Head coach:
Romeo Sacchetti

Vanoli Cremona

New Basket Brindisi

Cremona	Statistics	Brindisi
	Statistics
19/42 (45.2%)	2 point field goals	19/41 (46.3%)
13/30 (43.3%)	3 point field goals	8/25 (32.0%)
6/9 (66.7%)	Free throws	12/18 (66.7%)
41	Rebounds	38
14	Assists	12
2	Steals	6
12	Turnovers	13
0	Blocks	3

Starters:			Pts	Reb	Ast

PG	21	Jeremy Chappell	3	5	2
SG	0	Adrian Banks	13	4	2
SF	9	Riccardo Moraschini	7	1	0
PF	3	Tony Gaffney	19	7	1
C	100	John Brown	21	8	3
Reserves:
G	1	Erik Rush	0	3	1
PG	6	Alessandro Zanelli	0	0	0
G	8	Mattia Calamo	DNP
G	11	Devondrick Walker	11	5	2
G	15	Nicolò Cazzolato	DNP
C	18	Jakub Wojciechowski	0	2	1
G	68	Vincenzo Taddeo	DNP
Head coach:
Francesco Vitucci

2019 Italian Cup champions
Vanoli Cremona 1st title

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