2019 Italian Basketball Cup
Tournament details
ArenaNelson Mandela Forum
Florence, Italy
Dates14–17 February 2019[1]
Final positions
ChampionsVanoli Cremona (1st title)
Runners-upNew Basket Brindisi
Awards and statistics
MVPUnited States Drew Crawford
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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]

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 Italy Travis Diener 7 1 9
SG 1 United States Wesley Saunders 20 7 2
SF 22 United States Drew Crawford 22 5 3
PF 23 United States Peyton Aldridge 11 3 0
C 12 Australia Mangok Mathiang 5 11 0
Reserves:
G 2 Italy Alessandro Feraboli DNP
PF 6 Italy Giulio Gazzotti DNP
F 8 Italy Giampaolo Ricci 2 5 3
PG 10 Italy Michele Ruzzier 7 4 3
SG 24 Serbia Vojislav Stojanović 8 3 2
Head coach:
Italy Romeo Sacchetti
Starters: Pts Reb Ast
PG 25 United States Ronald Moore 3 4 1
SG 4 Serbia Aleksa Avramović 15 5 3
SF 11 Canada Thomas Scrubb 15 9 0
PF 2 United States Dominique Archie 2 3 0
C 16 United States Tyler Cain 8 12 0
Reserves:
G 5 Italy Christian Gatto DNP
PF 7 Italy Antonio Iannuzzi 5 1 0
F 8 Italy Nicola Natali 2 0 0
SG 10 Belgium Jean Salumu 8 3 1
C 13 Italy Damiano Verri DNP
PG 15 Italy Matteo Tambone 4 2 3
F 21 Italy Giancarlo Ferrero 11 0 1
Head coach:
Italy 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 United States Mike James 13 10 5
SG 21 United States James Nunnally 19 3 0
SF 5 Serbia Vladimir Micov 17 2 2
PF 32 Italy Jeff Brooks 11 13 3
C 92 Slovenia Alen Omić 4 3 1
Reserves:
G 6 Italy Federico Andrea Ferraris DNP
SF 13 Italy Simone Fontecchio 0 1 0
PF 19 Lithuania Mindaugas Kuzminskas 7 2 1
PG 20 Italy Andrea Cinciarini 0 1 0
C 23 Italy Christian Burns 4 2 0
PG 55 United States Curtis Jerrells 6 0 2
SG 100 Italy Amedeo Della Valle 3 3 0
Head coach:
Italy Simone Pianigiani
Starters: Pts Reb Ast
PG 7 United States Tony Taylor 23 2 1
SG 0 United States Kevin Punter 4 2 0
SF 25 Italy David Cournooh 9 4 1
PF 24 France Amath M'Baye 14 6 0
C 2 Angola Yanick Moreira 14 10 1
Reserves:
G 1 United States Kelvin Martin 2 3 1
PG 6 Italy Alessandro Pajola 0 0 1
F 8 Italy Filippo Baldi Rossi 0 1 0
PG 9 Italy Alessandro Cappelletti DNP
G 21 Italy Pietro Aradori 15 3 1
C 23 Italy Matteo Berti DNP
C 41 United States Brian Qvale 5 3 0
Head coach:
Italy 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 Georgia (country) MarQuez Haynes 11 0 8
SG 7 Italy Stefano Tonut 20 1 1
SF 6 Greece Michael Bramos 14 3 1
PF 22 Italy Valerio Mazzola 6 3 1
C 50 United States Mitchell Watt 16 6 4
Reserves:
SG 5 United States Julyan Stone 5 3 1
PF 9 United States Austin Daye 9 2 2
PG 10 Italy Andrea De Nicolao 3 0 0
SF 17 United States Deron Washington 4 1 0
C 19 Italy Paul Biligha 0 2 0
G 21 Italy Marco Giuri DNP
SF 30 Italy Bruno Cerella 0 0 0
Head coach:
Italy Walter De Raffaele
Starters: Pts Reb Ast
PG 2 United States Jaime Smith 15 0 0
SG 21 United States Dyshawn Pierre 24 9 1
SF 6 United States Justin Carter 4 4 1
PF 33 Italy Achille Polonara 10 5 0
C 45 United States Jack Cooley 13 7 0
Reserves:
PG 0 Italy Marco Spissu 3 1 2
SG 3 United States Tyrus McGee 2 1 2
SF 8 Italy Giacomo De Vecchi 2 0 0
C 15 Italy Daniele Magro DNP
PG 22 Italy Stefano Gentile 2 0 0
C 25 United States Rashawn Thomas 14 7 1
C 45 Senegal Ousmane Diop 0 0 0
Head coach:
Italy 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 Italy Ariel Filloy 19 3 1
SG 28 United States Keifer Sykes 23 6 1
SF 20 Latvia Ojārs Siliņš 5 5 2
PF 6 United States Caleb Green 19 11 8
C 5 Senegal Hamady N'Diaye 8 3 1
Reserves:
SF 8 United States Demetris Nichols DNP
C 14 Italy Luca Campani 4 0 0
PG 18 Italy Antonio Sabatino DNP
G 21 Italy Luca Campogrande 0 0 0
PG 22 United States Demonte Harper 14 4 2
SG 24 Italy Lorenzo D'Ercole 0 0 0
PF 34 Italy Stefano Spizzichini 0 0 0
Head coach:
Serbia Nenad Vučinić
Starters: Pts Reb Ast
PG 21 United States Jeremy Chappell 8 2 1
SG 0 Israel Adrian Banks 26 5 6
SF 9 Italy Riccardo Moraschini 9 7 5
PF 3 United States Tony Gaffney 7 3 2
C 100 United States John Brown 22 7 0
Reserves:
G 1 Sweden Erik Rush 10 6 0
PG 6 Italy Alessandro Zanelli 0 0 1
G 7 Italy Gabriele Orlandino DNP
G 11 United States Devondrick Walker 11 0 0
G 15 Italy Nicolò Cazzolato DNP
C 18 Poland Jakub Wojciechowski 2 4 1
G 68 Italy Vincenzo Taddeo DNP
Head coach:
Italy 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 Italy Travis Diener 26 1 3
SG 1 United States Wesley Saunders 15 5 5
SF 22 United States Drew Crawford 19 7 3
PF 23 United States Peyton Aldridge 9 3 3
C 12 Australia Mangok Mathiang 19 10 1
Reserves:
G 2 Italy Alessandro Feraboli DNP
PF 6 Italy Giulio Gazzotti 0 0 0
F 8 Italy Giampaolo Ricci 6 2 2
PG 10 Italy Michele Ruzzier 6 0 1
SG 24 Serbia Vojislav Stojanović 2 2 0
Head coach:
Italy Romeo Sacchetti
Starters: Pts Reb Ast
PG 7 United States Tony Taylor 14 4 2
SG 0 United States Kevin Punter 19 3 0
SF 25 Italy David Cournooh 5 0 0
PF 24 France Amath M'Baye 9 7 1
C 2 Angola Yanick Moreira 4 5 1
Reserves:
G 1 United States Kelvin Martin 4 3 0
PG 6 Italy Alessandro Pajola 0 0 2
F 8 Italy Filippo Baldi Rossi 0 0 1
PG 9 Italy Alessandro Cappelletti DNP
C 11 Serbia Dejan Kravić 10 5 0
G 21 Italy Pietro Aradori 26 6 3
C 23 Italy Matteo Berti DNP
Head coach:
Italy 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 United States Jaime Smith 16 2 2
SG 21 United States Dyshawn Pierre 16 5 1
SF 6 United States Justin Carter 18 7 2
PF 33 Italy Achille Polonara 8 6 3
C 45 United States Jack Cooley 13 12 1
Reserves:
PG 0 Italy Marco Spissu 0 4 1
SG 3 United States Tyrus McGee 8 2 0
SF 8 Italy Giacomo De Vecchi DNP
C 15 Italy Daniele Magro DNP
PG 22 Italy Stefano Gentile 0 0 0
C 25 United States Rashawn Thomas 7 7 1
C 45 Senegal Ousmane Diop DNP
Head coach:
Italy Gianmarco Pozzecco
Starters: Pts Reb Ast
PG 21 United States Jeremy Chappell 18 9 2
SG 0 Israel Adrian Banks 15 4 4
SF 9 Italy Riccardo Moraschini 28 2 2
PF 3 United States Tony Gaffney 9 6 2
C 100 United States John Brown 20 4 2
Reserves:
G 1 Sweden Erik Rush 5 2 0
PG 6 Italy Alessandro Zanelli 0 1 0
G 8 Italy Mattia Calamo DNP
G 11 United States Devondrick Walker 2 1 0
G 15 Italy Nicolò Cazzolato DNP
C 18 Poland Jakub Wojciechowski 0 1 0
G 68 Italy Vincenzo Taddeo DNP
Head coach:
Italy 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 Italy Travis Diener 8 1 6
SG 1 United States Wesley Saunders 18 9 2
SF 22 United States Drew Crawford 18 6 0
PF 23 United States Peyton Aldridge 11 5 1
C 12 Australia Mangok Mathiang 8 8 0
Reserves:
G 2 Italy Alessandro Ariazzi DNP
PF 6 Italy Giulio Gazzotti DNP
F 8 Italy Giampaolo Ricci 6 9 1
PG 10 Italy Michele Ruzzier 12 1 3
SG 24 Serbia Vojislav Stojanović 2 2 1
Head coach:
Italy Romeo Sacchetti


Cremona Statistics Brindisi
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 United States Jeremy Chappell 3 5 2
SG 0 Israel Adrian Banks 13 4 2
SF 9 Italy Riccardo Moraschini 7 1 0
PF 3 United States Tony Gaffney 19 7 1
C 100 United States John Brown 21 8 3
Reserves:
G 1 Sweden Erik Rush 0 3 1
PG 6 Italy Alessandro Zanelli 0 0 0
G 8 Italy Mattia Calamo DNP
G 11 United States Devondrick Walker 11 5 2
G 15 Italy Nicolò Cazzolato DNP
C 18 Poland Jakub Wojciechowski 0 2 1
G 68 Italy Vincenzo Taddeo DNP
Head coach:
Italy Francesco Vitucci
2019 Italian Cup champions
Vanoli Cremona
1st title

Sponsors

  • MyGlass (official partner)
  • Prozis (official nutrition partner)
  • StarCasinò (Official Gaming Partner)

Source:[7]

References

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  4. ^ "Basket, Final Eight: Torino-Brescia 69-67. Storica prima dell'Auxilium" [Basketball, Final Eight: Torino-Brescia 69-67. Historical first time for Auxilium]. gazzetta.it (in Italian). 18 February 2018. Retrieved 18 February 2018.
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  7. ^ "Legabasket Serie A – PosteMobile Final Eight, Partners". web.legabasket.it. Retrieved 11 November 2018.

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