2018–19 EuroLeague

Turkish Airlines EuroLeague1
The Fernando Buesa Arena in Vitoria-Gasteiz hosted the Final Four
Season 2018–19
Dates 11 October 2018 – 19 May 2019
Number of games 260
Number of teams 16
Regular season
Season MVP Jan Veselý
Finals
Champions CSKA Moscow (8th title)
  Runners-up Anadolu Efes
Third place Real Madrid
Fourth place Fenerbahçe Beko
Final Four MVP Will Clyburn
Statistical leaders
Points Mike James 19.8
Rebounds Vincent Poirier 8.3
Assists Nick Calathes 8.7
Index Rating Mike James 20.2
Records
Biggest home win Bayern 116–70 Darüşşafaka
(8 November 2018)
Biggest away win Olympiacos 75–99 Olimpia
(19 October 2018)
Highest scoring Olimpia 111–94 Budućnost
(3 January 2019)
Winning streak 12 games
Fenerbahçe
Losing streak 12 games
Darüşşafaka
Highest attendance 18,182
Panathinaikos 82–89 Real Madrid
(23 April 2019)
Lowest attendance 1,011
Darüşşafaka 71–63 Budućnost
(16 October 2018)
Attendance 2,153,445 (8,282 per match)
2019–20 →
1 Sponsored league name, referring to Turkish Airlines.

The 2018–19 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague was the 19th season of the modern era of Euroleague Basketball and the eighth under the title sponsorship of the Turkish Airlines. Including the competition's previous incarnation as the FIBA Europe Champions Cup, this was the 62nd season of the premier competition for European men's clubs.

The season started on 11 October 2018 and finished in May 2019 with the 2019 EuroLeague Final Four at Fernando Buesa Arena in Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain. CSKA Moscow won the championship after defeating Anadolu Efes in the championship game.

Team allocation

A total of sixteen teams participated. The labels in the parentheses show how each team qualified for the place of its starting round (TH: EuroLeague title holders). Eleven teams were placed as Licensed Clubs, long-term licenses, while five spots were given to Associated Clubs, based on merit.

  • LC: Qualified as a licensed club with a long-term licence
  • 1st, 2nd, etc.: League position after Playoffs
  • EC: EuroCup champion
  • WC: Wild card
Licensed Clubs Associated Clubs
Baskonia (LC) Anadolu Efes (LC) Darüşşafaka Tekfen (EC) Bayern Munich (1st)
FC Barcelona Lassa (LC) Fenerbahçe Beko (LC) Herbalife Gran Canaria (4th) Budućnost VOLI (1st)
Real MadridTH (LC) AX Armani Exchange Milan (LC) Khimki (2nd)
Olympiacos (LC) Žalgiris (LC)
Panathinaikos OPAP (LC) CSKA Moscow (LC)
Maccabi FOX Tel Aviv (LC)
Notes
  1. ABA League (ABA): Montenegrin Budućnost VOLI qualified through the ABA League.
  2. VTB United League (VTB): Russian Khimki qualified through the VTB United League.

Teams

A total of 16 teams from 9 countries contest the league, including 11 sides with a long-term licence from the 2017–18 season, 1 team qualified from the EuroCup and the 4 highest-placed teams from the ABA League, the German Bundesliga, the VTB United League and the Spanish ACB.

Bayern Munich and Budućnost VOLI qualified, after clinching the Bundesliga and ABA League titles respectively. Khimki qualified as runner-up of the VTB United League. Herbalife Gran Canaria qualified as the highest-placed team in the Liga ACB without a long-term EuroLeague licence. Darüşşafaka qualified as the EuroCup champions, after beating Lokomotiv Kuban in the Finals.

Venues and locations

Team Home city Arena Capacity
Anadolu Efes Istanbul Sinan Erdem Dome 16,000
AX Armani Exchange Olimpia Milan Mediolanum Forum 12,700
Barcelona Lassa Barcelona Palau Blaugrana 7,585
Bayern Munich Munich Audi Dome 6,500
Budućnost VOLI Podgorica Morača Sports Center 5,500
CSKA Moscow Moscow Megasport Arena 13,344
Darüşşafaka Tekfen Istanbul Volkswagen Arena 5,240
Fenerbahçe Beko Istanbul Ülker Sports Arena 13,059
Herbalife Gran Canaria Las Palmas Gran Canaria Arena 11,500
Khimki Khimki Mytishchi Arena 7,280
Kirolbet Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz Fernando Buesa Arena 15,504
Maccabi FOX Tel Aviv Tel Aviv Menora Mivtachim Arena 10,383
Olympiacos Piraeus, Athens Peace and Friendship Stadium 12,000
Panathinaikos OPAP Marousi, Athens Olympic Sports Center Athens 18,989
Real Madrid Madrid WiZink Center 15,000
Žalgiris Kaunas Žalgirio Arena 15,552

Personnel and sponsorship

Team Head coach Captain Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor
Anadolu Efes Ergin Ataman Doğuş Balbay S by Sportive Anadolu Efes
AX Armani Exchange Olimpia Simone Pianigiani Andrea Cinciarini Armani Armani Exchange
Barcelona Lassa Svetislav Pešić Ante Tomić Nike Lassa Tyres
Bayern Munich Dejan Radonjić Danilo Barthel Adidas BayWa
Budućnost VOLI Jasmin Repeša Suad Šehović Spalding VOLI
CSKA Moscow Dimitrios Itoudis Kyle Hines Nike Rostelecom
Darüşşafaka Tekfen Selçuk Ernak Oğuz Savaş Adidas Tekfen
Fenerbahçe Beko Željko Obradović Melih Mahmutoğlu Nike Beko
Herbalife Gran Canaria Pedro Martínez Eulis Báez Spalding Herbalife
Khimki Rimas Kurtinaitis Sergei Monia Adidas Khimki Group
Kirolbet Baskonia Velimir Perasović Tornike Shengelia Kelme Kirolbet
Maccabi FOX Tel Aviv Ioannis Sfairopoulos John DiBartolomeo Nike FOX
Olympiacos David Blatt Vassilis Spanoulis Nike bwin
Panathinaikos OPAP Rick Pitino Nick Calathes Adidas Pame Stoixima
Real Madrid Pablo Laso Felipe Reyes Adidas European University
Žalgiris Šarūnas Jasikevičius Paulius Jankūnas ŽalgirisShop ORLEN Lietuva

Managerial changes

Main article: List of 2018–19 EuroLeague transactions
Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Replaced with Date of appointment
Herbalife Gran Canaria Luis Casimiro End of contract 13 June 2018 Pre-season Salva Maldonado 26 June 2018
Darüşşafaka David Blatt End of contract 31 May 2018 Ahmet Çakı 20 June 2018
Olympiacos Ioannis Sfairopoulos Mutual consent 18 June 2018 David Blatt 27 June 2018
Kirolbet Baskonia Pedro Martinez Sacked 16 November 2018 11th (2–5) Velimir Perasović 16 November 2018
Maccabi FOX Tel Aviv Neven Spahija Sacked 18 November 2018 14th (1–6) Ioannis Sfairopoulos 18 November 2018
Herbalife Gran Canaria Salva Maldonado Sacked 5 December 2018 13th (3–7) Víctor García 5 December 2018
Darüşşafaka Tekfen Ahmet Çakı Sacked 11 December 2018 16th (1–10) Selçuk Ernak 12 December 2018
Panathinaikos OPAP Xavi Pascual Sacked 20 December 2018 10th (6–7) Rick Pitino 26 December 2018
Budućnost VOLI Aleksandar Džikić Sacked 29 December 2018 15th (3–12) Jasmin Repeša 30 December 2018
Khimki Georgios Bartzokas Sacked 21 January 2019 13th (7–12) Rimas Kurtinaitis 21 January 2019
Herbalife Gran Canaria Víctor García Sacked 11 March 2019 14th (6–19) Pedro Martínez 11 March 2019

Regular season

Main article: 2018–19 EuroLeague Regular Season

In the regular season, teams played against each other home and away in a round-robin format. The top eight teams advanced to the playoffs and the bottom eight teams were eliminated.

League table

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Qualification
1 Fenerbahçe Beko 30 25 5 2504 2237 +267 Advance to playoffs
2 CSKA Moscow 30 24 6 2590 2397 +193
3 Real Madrid 30 22 8 2578 2342 +236
4 Anadolu Efes 30 20 10 2562 2406 +156
5 Barcelona Lassa 30 18 12 2358 2282 +76
6 Panathinaikos OPAP 30 16 14 2382 2345 +37
7 Kirolbet Baskonia 30 15 15 2449 2378 +71
8 Žalgiris 30 15 15 2360 2323 +37
9 Olympiacos 30 15 15 2326 2301 +25
10 Maccabi Tel Aviv 30 14 16 2376 2346 +30
11 Bayern Munich 30 14 16 2348 2404 −56
12 AX Armani Exchange Olimpia 30 14 16 2601 2600 +1
13 Khimki 30 9 21 2333 2449 −116
14 Herbalife Gran Canaria 30 8 22 2317 2616 −299
15 Budućnost VOLI 30 6 24 2230 2550 −320
16 Darüşşafaka Tekfen 30 5 25 2238 2576 −338
Source: EuroLeague
Rules for classification: All points scored in extra period(s) will not be counted in the standings, nor for any tie-break situation.

Results

Home \ Away EFS AXM FCB BAY BUD CSK DTI FNB HGC KHI KBA MTA OLY PAO RMB ZAL
Anadolu Efes — 101–95 92–70 92–77 106–68 78–80 82–68 89–83 93–74 81–72 96–85 90–77 75–65 78–62 82–84 79–93
AX Armani Exchange Olimpia 81–80 — 85–90 78–80 111–94 85–90 90–78 90–104 86–94 81–80 93–90 87–83 66–57 83–95 85–91 80–70
Barcelona Lassa 80–65 90–80 — 83–73 95–83 76–84 97–65 65–84 93–64 83–74 77–67 74–58 60–69 79–68 77–70 78–72
Bayern Munich 71–90 93–87 73–71 — 93–88 79–93 116–70 90–86 84–77 72–65 77–71 70–77 62–72 80–79 72–82 88–84
Budućnost VOLI 84–91 71–82 67–64 75–89 — 93–92 75–74 65–89 75–70 90–98 99–84 68–78 76–89 67–72 73–60 60–72
CSKA Moscow 102–84 101–95 95–75 77–70 99–69 — 79–75 70–68 107–85 88–74 82–78 76–93 69–65 77–78 82–78 99–97
Darüşşafaka Tekfen 88–93 92–98 71–79 92–87 71–63 65–80 — 75–97 71–75 91–85 80–75 71–73 79–75 67–91 82–86 71–75
Fenerbahçe Beko 84–66 92–85 88–82 88–84 76–67 79–75 100–79 — 97–72 93–85 96–87 78–75 90–75 85–66 65–63 78–61
Herbalife Gran Canaria 90–94 104–106 87–86 74–89 95–85 91–106 84–64 64–82 — 70–99 71–84 84–78 90–67 80–99 67–75 73–66
Khimki 84–85 88–90 80–87 60–71 85–69 72–80 85–84 84–78 87–72 — 77–85 71–76 66–87 76–68 75–100 74–64
Kirolbet Baskonia 92–102 80–75 70–77 76–68 82–62 76–73 82–56 72–74 83–66 104–86 — 97–73 80–85 86–77 86–76 80–73
Maccabi FOX Tel Aviv 71–79 94–92 99–83 95–71 81–76 86–89 77–58 70–74 90–55 79–63 79–81 — 65–64 84–75 66–87 83–85
Olympiacos 88–81 75–99 55–76 89–69 92–70 81–97 99–74 72–73 98–77 71–57 91–87 88–80 — 79–65 88–83 68–72
Panathinaikos OPAP 88–75 83–86 76–70 77–67 87–67 96–84 75–67 69–81 102–87 94–85 72–70 89–84 93–80 — 73–74 83–87
Real Madrid 92–84 92–89 92–65 91–78 89–55 88–93 109–93 101–86 89–76 79–74 97–79 91–79 94–78 89–68 — 86–93
Žalgiris 58–79 83–78 85–88 85–79 84–76 79–84 94–67 75–82 98–64 83–84 79–87 80–73 83–75 82–69 79–90 —
Source: EuroLeague
Legend: Blue = home team win; Red = away team win.
Matches with lighter background shading were decided after overtime.

Playoffs

Main article: 2019 EuroLeague Playoffs

Playoffs series are best-of-five. The first team to win three games wins the series. A 2–2–1 format is used – teams with home-court advantage play games 1, 2, and 5 at home, while their opponents host games 3 and 4. Games 4 and 5 are only played if necessary. The four victorious teams advance to the Final Four.

Series

Team 1 Series Team 2 Game 1 Game 2 Game 3 Game 4 Game 5
Fenerbahçe Beko 3–1 Žalgiris 76–43 80–82 66–57 99–82 0
CSKA Moscow 3–1 Kirolbet Baskonia 94–68 68–78 84–77 92–83 0
Real Madrid 3–0 Panathinaikos OPAP 75–72 78–63 89–82 0 0
Anadolu Efes 3–2 Barcelona Lassa 75–68 72–74 102–68 72–82 80–71

Final Four

The Fernando Buesa Arena prior to the Final Four in May 2019
Main article: 2019 EuroLeague Final Four

The Final Four, held over a single weekend, is the last phase of the season. The four remaining teams play a single knockout round on Friday evening, with the two winners advancing to the championship game. Sunday starts with the third-place game, followed by the championship game. The Final Four was played at the Fernando Buesa Arena in Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain on 17 and 19 May 2019.

 
 Semifinals Championship game
 
            
 
 17 May
 
 
 Fenerbahçe Beko 73
 
 19 May
 
 Anadolu Efes 92
 
 Anadolu Efes 83
 
 17 May
 
 CSKA Moscow 91
 
 CSKA Moscow 95
 
 
 Real Madrid 90
 
 Third place game
 
 
 19 May
 
 
 Fenerbahçe Beko 75
 
 
 Real Madrid 94

Attendances

Average home attendances

Pos Team Total High Low Average Change
2019 Final Four games 52,955 13,470 12,866 13,239 −16.9%†
1 Žalgiris 251,742 15,517 13,569 14,808 +9.2%†
2 Panathinaikos OPAP 200,473 18,182 7,487 12,530 −3.7%†
3 Kirolbet Baskonia 189,352 12,847 9,743 11,138 −1.9%†
4 Fenerbahçe Beko 182,529 12,821 7,380 10,737 −7.2%†
5 Maccabi FOX Tel Aviv 157,826 11,060 9,476 10,522 −1.9%†
6 Real Madrid 166,457 12,749 7,328 9,792 −2.4%†
7 AX Armani Exchange Olimpia 127,402 11,851 6,343 8,493 +13.7%2
8 Anadolu Efes 148,452 15,249 3,153 8,247 +111.5%†
9 Olympiacos 123,042 11,107 4,136 8,203 −8.0%†
10 CSKA Moscow 122,369 12,341 4,473 7,198 −12.3%†
11 Barcelona Lassa 98,487 7,311 4,372 5,793 +2.0%†
12 Khimki 82,529 7,151 3,259 5,502 −8.6%†
13 Herbalife Gran Canaria 72,348 7,430 3,648 4,823 +18.9%1
14 Budućnost VOLI 71,877 5,260 4,081 4,792 +67.2%1
15 Bayern Munich 65,233 5,809 3,259 4,349 −20.4%1
16 Darüşşafaka Tekfen 40,372 4,204 1,011 2,691 +3.1%1
League total 2,153,445 18,182 1,011 8,282 −5.7%†

Source: EuroLeague
Notes:
1: 2017–18 season average applied to EuroCup games
2: AX Armani Exchange Olimpia played one match at PalaBancoDesio, instead of Mediolanum Forum.

Top 10

Pos. Round Game Home team Visitor Attendance Ref
1 Playoffs 3 Panathinaikos OPAP Real Madrid 18,182 [1]
2 Regular Season 29 Panathinaikos OPAP Real Madrid 18,003 [2]
3 Regular Season 6 Panathinaikos OPAP Olympiacos 17,345 [3]
4 Regular Season 27 Panathinaikos OPAP Kirolbet Baskonia 16,513 [4]
5 Regular Season 15 Panathinaikos OPAP CSKA Moscow 15,733 [5]
6 Playoffs 3 Žalgiris Fenerbahçe Beko 15,517 [6]
7 Playoffs 5 Anadolu Efes Barcelona Lassa 15,249 [7]
8 Regular Season 16 Žalgiris CSKA Moscow 15,205 [8]
9 Regular Season 28 Žalgiris Darüşşafaka Tekfen 15,178 [9]
10 Playoffs 4 Žalgiris Fenerbahçe Beko 15,177 [10]

Panathinaikos game against Olympiacos was played with only 17,345 seats available for security reasons

Awards

EuroLeague MVP

EuroLeague Final Four MVP

All-EuroLeague Teams

First Team Second Team
Nick Calathes Panathinaikos Mike James Olimpia Milano
Kostas Sloukas Fenerbahçe Nando de Colo CSKA Moscow
Will Clyburn CSKA Moscow Vasilije Micić Anadolu Efes
Brandon Davies Žalgiris Vincent Poirier Kirolbet Baskonia
Jan Veselý Fenerbahçe Edy Tavares Real Madrid

Alphonso Ford Top Scorer Trophy

Best Defender

Rising Star

Coach of the Year

MVP of the Round

Main article: EuroLeague MVP of the Round
Regular season
Round Player Team PIR Ref.
1 Jan Veselý Fenerbahçe Beko 34
2 Nikola Milutinov Olympiacos 33
Anthony Randolph Real Madrid
3 Scottie Wilbekin Maccabi FOX Tel Aviv 30
Rodrigue Beaubois Anadolu Efes
4 Nando de Colo CSKA Moscow 27
5 Gustavo Ayón Real Madrid 30
6 Cory Higgins CSKA Moscow 28
7 Eulis Báez Herbalife Gran Canaria 32
8 Alexey Shved Khimki 30
9 Alexey Shved (2) Khimki 32
10 Zach LeDay Olympiacos 42
11 Gustavo Ayón (2) Real Madrid 34
12 Derrick Williams Bayern Munich 35
13 Nikola Milutinov (2) Olympiacos 36
14 Vassilis Spanoulis Olympiacos 31
15 Johnny O'Bryant III Maccabi FOX Tel Aviv 44
16 Nikola Milutinov (3) Olympiacos 41
17 Kostas Papanikolaou Olympiacos 31
18 Marcelo Huertas Kirolbet Baskonia 29
19 Will Clyburn CSKA Moscow 27
20 Angelo Caloiaro Maccabi FOX Tel Aviv 33
21 Nando de Colo (2) CSKA Moscow 38
22 Krunoslav Simon Anadolu Efes 34
23 Brandon Davies Žalgiris 34
24 Ante Tomić Barcelona Lassa 28
25 Shane Larkin Anadolu Efes 43
26 Mike James AX Armani Exchange Olimpia Milan 31
27 Micheal Eric Darüşşafaka Tekfen 33
28 Nick Calathes Panathinaikos OPAP 39
29 Toney Douglas Darüşşafaka Tekfen 37
30 Brandon Davies (2) Žalgiris 34
Playoffs
Game Player Team PIR Ref.
1 Vasilije Micić Anadolu Efes 30
2 Vincent Poirier Kirolbet Baskonia 32
3 Shane Larkin (2) Anadolu Efes 34
4 Nando de Colo (3) CSKA Moscow 35
5 Shane Larkin (3) Anadolu Efes 19

MVP of the Month

Main article: EuroLeague MVP of the Month
Month Week Player Team Ref.
2018
October 1–4 Edy Tavares Real Madrid
November 5–10 Vasilije Micić Anadolu Efes
December 11–15 Jan Veselý Fenerbahçe Beko
2019
January 16–20 Alex Tyus Maccabi FOX Tel Aviv
February 21–24 Mike James AX Armani Exchange Olimpia
March 25–29 Nick Calathes Panathinaikos OPAP
April 30–PO5 Facundo Campazzo Real Madrid

Statistics

Individual statistics

Rating

Rank Name Team Games Rating PIR
1. Mike James AX Armani Exchange Olimpia 30 607 20.23
2. Nikola Milutinov Olympiacos 28 561 20.04
3. Artūras Gudaitis AX Armani Exchange Olimpia 21 392 18.67

Source: EuroLeague

Points

Rank Name Team Games Points PPG
1. Mike James AX Armani Exchange Olimpia 30 595 19.83
2. Cory Higgins CSKA Moscow 32 476 14.88
3. Nando de Colo CSKA Moscow 34 501 14.74

Source: EuroLeague

Rebounds

Rank Name Team Games Rebounds RPG
1. Vincent Poirier Kirolbet Baskonia 34 282 8.29
2. Nikola Milutinov Olympiacos 28 221 7.89
3. Artūras Gudaitis AX Armani Exchange Olimpia 21 150 7.14

Source: EuroLeague

Assists

Rank Name Team Games Assists APG
1. Nick Calathes Panathinaikos OPAP 33 286 8.67
2. Mike James AX Armani Exchange Olimpia 30 191 6.37
3. Vasilije Micić Anadolu Efes 37 204 5.51

Source: EuroLeague

Other statistics

Category Player Team Games Average
Steals Nick Calathes Panathinaikos OPAP
33
1.73
Blocks Edy Tavares Real Madrid
34
1.68
Turnovers Nick Calathes Panathinaikos OPAP
33
3.09
Fouls drawn Tornike Shengelia Kirolbet Baskonia
20
5.45
Minutes Mike James AX Armani Exchange Olimpia
30
33:56
FT % Jaycee Carroll Real Madrid
31
96.00%
2-Point % Edy Tavares Real Madrid
34
79.39%
3-Point % Dairis Bertāns AX Armani Exchange Olimpia
22
53.62%

Individual game highs

Category Player Team Statistic
Rating Johnny O'Bryant III Maccabi FOX Tel Aviv
44
Points Shane Larkin Anadolu Efes
37
Rebounds Nikola Milutinov Olympiacos
18
Assists Nick Calathes Panathinaikos OPAP
18
Steals Dee Bost Khimki 6
Nikita Kurbanov CSKA Moscow
Blocks Tarik Black Maccabi FOX Tel Aviv
5

Team statistics

Category Team Average
Rating Real Madrid
103.57
Points AX Armani Exchange Olimpia
87.27
Points Allowed Fenerbahçe Beko
75.64
Rebounds Real Madrid
36.86
Assists Real Madrid
20.17
Steals Khimki
7.60
Blocks Darüşşafaka Tekfen
3.53
Turnovers Darüşşafaka Tekfen
13.93
FT % Anadolu Efes
82.10%
2-Point % Fenerbahçe Beko
58.33%
3-Point % Fenerbahçe Beko
42.79%

See also