# 2018–19 EuroLeague Women

The 2018–19 EuroLeague Women was the 61st edition of the European women's club basketball championship organized by FIBA, and the 23rd edition since being rebranded as the EuroLeague Women.

## Team allocation

A total of 20 teams from 11 countries participated in the 2018–19 EuroLeague Women.

### Teams

League positions of the previous season shown in parentheses (TH: EuroLeague Women title holders):
Regular season :
| Castors Braine (1st) | Flammes Carolo Basket (3rd) | CCC Polkowice (1st) | Perfumerías Avenida (1st) |
| USK Praha (1st) | Sopron Basket (1st) | Dynamo Kursk (2nd) | Fenerbahçe (1st) |
| Tango Bourges Basket (1st) | Famila Schio (1st) | UMMC Ekaterinburg (1st) | Hatay BB (3rd) |
| Qualifying round ||||
| ESBVA-LM (5th) | KSC Szekszárd (2nd) | TTT Riga (1st) | Nadezhda Orenburg (3rd) |
| Olympiacos (1st) | Reyer Venezia (3rd) | Wisła Can-Pack (4th) | Çukurova Basketbol (4th) |

## Round and draw dates
### Schedule

| Phase | Round | Draw date | Round date |
| Qualifying round | First leg | 5 July 2018 | 8–10 October 2018 |
| Qualifying round | Second leg | 5 July 2018 | 11–17 October 2018 |
| Regular season | Matchday 1 | 5 July 2018 | 24–25 October 2018 |
| Regular season | Matchday 2 | 5 July 2018 | 31 October – 1 November 2018 |
| Regular season | Matchday 3 | 5 July 2018 | 7 November 2018 |
| Regular season | Matchday 4 | 5 July 2018 | 28–29 November 2018 |
| Regular season | Matchday 5 | 5 July 2018 | 5–6 December 2018 |
| Regular season | Matchday 6 | 5 July 2018 | 12–13 December 2018 |
| Regular season | Matchday 7 | 5 July 2018 | 19–20 December 2018 |
| Regular season | Matchday 8 | 5 July 2018 | 9–10 January 2019 |
| Regular season | Matchday 9 | 5 July 2018 | 16–17 January 2019 |
| Regular season | Matchday 10 | 5 July 2018 | 23–24 January 2019 |
| Regular season | Matchday 11 | 5 July 2018 | 29–31 January 2019 |
| Regular season | Matchday 12 | 5 July 2018 | 6–7 February 2019 |
| Regular season | Matchday 13 | 5 July 2018 | 13–14 February 2019 |
| Regular season | Matchday 14 | 5 July 2018 | 20 February 2019 |
| Quarterfinals | First leg | 5 July 2018 | 5 March 2019 |
| Quarterfinals | Second leg | 5 July 2018 | 8 March 2019 |
| Final Four | Semifinals | 5 July 2018 | 12 April 2019 |
| Final Four | Final | 5 July 2018 | 14 April 2019 |

### Draw

The draw was held on 5 July 2018 at the FIBA headquarters in Munich, Germany. The 16 teams were drawn into two groups of eight. For the draw, the teams were seeded into eight seeds.
| Seed 1 | Seed 2 | Seed 3 | Seed 4 |
| UMMC Ekaterinburg Dynamo Kursk | Fenerbahçe ZVVZ USK Praha | Sopron Basket Tango Bourges Basket | Famila Schio Perfumerías Avenida |
| Seed 5 | Seed 6 | Seed 7 | Seed 8 |
| Hatay BB Castors Braine | Flammes Carolo Basket CCC Polkowice | Qualifier 1 Qualifier 2 | Qualifier 3 Qualifier 4 |

## Qualifying round

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Çukurova Basketbol | 132–136 | Nadezhda Orenburg | 58–60 | 74–76 |
| Olympiacos | 110–109 | Wisła Can-Pack | 63–63 | 47–46 |
| KSC Szekszárd | 132–145 | ESBVA-LM | 71–68 | 61–77 |
| TTT Riga | 140–112 | Reyer Venezia | 67–56 | 73–56 |

## Regular season

The regular season started on 24 October 2018 and ended on 20 February 2019.
The four top teams of each group qualified for the quarterfinals.
If teams are level on record at the end of the Regular Season, tiebreakers are applied in the following order:
* Head-to-head record
* Head-to-head point differential
* Head-to-head points scored
* Point differential for the entire regular season
* Points scored for the entire regular season

### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification | EKA | USK | BOU | POL | NAD | FAM | ESB | CAS |
| 1 | UMMC Ekaterinburg | 14 | 13 | 1 | 1155 | 859 | +296 | 27 | Advance to quarterfinals | — | 87–59 | 70–65 | 69–54 | 77–52 | 77–46 | 100–75 | 103–53 |
| 2 | ZVVZ USK Praha | 14 | 10 | 4 | 1119 | 1005 | +114 | 24 | Advance to quarterfinals | 82–73 | — | 88–80 | 78–53 | 86–90 | 77–80 | 84–68 | 82–63 |
| 3 | Tango Bourges Basket | 14 | 9 | 5 | 1042 | 940 | +102 | 23 | Advance to quarterfinals | 70–74 | 81–70 | — | 76–65 | 74–59 | 70–75 | 83–62 | 83–55 |
| 4 | CCC Polkowice | 14 | 7 | 7 | 930 | 913 | +17 | 21 | Advance to quarterfinals | 64–69 | 74–79 | 56–73 | — | 70–36 | 67–61 | 86–66 | 71–52 |
| 5 | Nadezhda Orenburg | 14 | 7 | 7 | 899 | 950 | −51 | 21 | Transfer to EuroCup Women | 51–80 | 78–83 | 72–65 | 55–59 | — | 67–51 | 72–49 | 85–56 |
| 6 | Famila Schio | 14 | 5 | 9 | 912 | 955 | −43 | 19 | Transfer to EuroCup Women | 68–82 | 50–69 | 55–66 | 83–69 | 82–50 | — | 75–81 | 76–48 |
| 7 | ESBVA-LM | 14 | 4 | 10 | 875 | 1047 | −172 | 18 | Eliminated | 51–99 | 62–101 | 74–78 | 45–48 | 49–61 | 69–50 | — | 73–61 |
| 8 | Castors Braine | 14 | 1 | 13 | 840 | 1103 | −263 | 15 | Eliminated | 69–95 | 66–81 | 65–78 | 71–94 | 69–71 | 63–60 | 49–51 | — |
* 1 2 CCC Polkowice 2–0; Nadezhda Orenburg 0–2

### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification | KUR | SOP | FEN | TTT | AVE | CAR | HAT | OLY |
| 1 | Dynamo Kursk | 14 | 13 | 1 | 1046 | 913 | +133 | 27 | Advance to quarterfinals | — | 83–93 | 64–63 | 73–70 | 69–51 | 83–62 | 85–71 | 75–58 |
| 2 | Sopron Basket | 14 | 8 | 6 | 1010 | 937 | +73 | 22 | Advance to quarterfinals | 58–65 | — | 80–84 | 68–55 | 66–68 | 80–52 | 64–52 | 85–69 |
| 3 | Fenerbahçe | 14 | 8 | 6 | 1038 | 981 | +57 | 22 | Advance to quarterfinals | 71–75 | 69–67 | — | 61–62 | 64–62 | 84–75 | 87–74 | 76–68 |
| 4 | TTT Riga | 14 | 8 | 6 | 1005 | 911 | +94 | 22 | Advance to quarterfinals | 69–70 | 71–79 | 68–64 | — | 56–68 | 93–62 | 87–36 | 70–44 |
| 5 | Perfumerías Avenida | 14 | 7 | 7 | 963 | 969 | −6 | 21 | Transfer to EuroCup Women | 56–58 | 70–78 | 88–82 | 61–82 | — | 78–75 | 65–73 | 72–48 |
| 6 | Flammes Carolo Basket | 14 | 5 | 9 | 1007 | 1120 | −113 | 19 | Transfer to EuroCup Women | 62–86 | 80–74 | 94–92 | 100–75 | 62–75 | — | 90–79 | 73–68 |
| 7 | Hatay BB | 14 | 5 | 9 | 940 | 1063 | −123 | 19 | Eliminated | 62–87 | 56–66 | 50–78 | 74–77 | 88–80 | 74–66 | — | 71–55 |
| 8 | Olympiacos | 14 | 2 | 12 | 868 | 983 | −115 | 16 | Eliminated | 67–73 | 63–52 | 54–63 | 51–70 | 68–69 | 79–54 | 76–80 | — |
* 1 2 3 Sopron Basket 2–2, +15PD; Fenerbahçe 2–2, +1PD; TTT Riga 2–2, –16PD
* 1 2 Flammes Carolo Basket 1–1, +3PD; Hatay BB 1–1, –3PD

## Quarterfinals

| Team 1 | Series | Team 2 | Game 1 | Game 2 |
| UMMC Ekaterinburg | 2–0 | TTT Riga | 78–45 | 77–55 |
| Sopron Basket | 2–0 | Tango Bourges Basket | 66–65 | 74–64 |
| ZVVZ USK Praha | 2–0 | Fenerbahçe | 76–54 | 77–65 |
| Dynamo Kursk | 2–0 | CCC Polkowice | 89–53 | 81–77 |

### Second leg
## Final four

| Semifinals 12 April | Semifinals 12 April | Final 14 April | Final 14 April |
| UMMC Ekaterinburg | 81 |
| Sopron Basket | 59 | | |
| Sopron Basket | 59 | UMMC Ekaterinburg | 91 |
| | | Dynamo Kursk | 67 |
| ZVVZ USK Praha | 67 | Dynamo Kursk | 67 |
| Dynamo Kursk | 84 | | |
| Dynamo Kursk | 84 | Third place | Third place |
| | | Sopron Basket | 53 |
| | | ZVVZ USK Praha | 64 |

### Final

* 2018–19 EuroLeague Women Champions
* UMMC Ekaterinburg Fifth title

## Awards

This year the regular season awards decided by fan vote.

### EuroLeague MVP

* Breanna Stewart ( Dynamo Kursk)

### EuroLeague Final Four MVP

* Brittney Griner ( UMMC Ekaterinburg)

### Coach of the Year

* Lucas Mondelo ( Dynamo Kursk)

### Most Entertaining Player of the Year

* Marine Johannès ( Bourges Basket)

### Best Frontcourt Player of the Year

* Breanna Stewart ( Dynamo Kursk)

### Best Wing of the Year

* Haley Peters ( Carolo Basket)

### Best Guard of the Year

* Marine Johannès ( Bourges Basket)

### Young Player of the Year

* Alexia Chartereau ( Bourges Basket)

## Individual leaders

Stats includes postseason games and are sorted on average per game.

### Points per game

| Rank | Name | Team | Games | Points | PPG |
| 1 | Breanna Stewart | Dynamo Kursk | 18 | 378 | 21.0 |
| 2 | Haley Peters | Flammes Carolo Basket | 14 | 246 | 17.6 |
| 3 | Alyssa Thomas | ZVVZ USK Praha | 18 | 305 | 16.9 |
| 4 | Kelsey Plum | Fenerbahçe Istanbul | 16 | 256 | 16.0 |
| 5 | Allie Quigley | Famila Schio | 10 | 157 | 15.7 |

### Rebounds per game

| Rank | Name | Team | Games | Rebounds | RPG |
| 1 | Brionna Jones | Nadezhda Orenburg | 16 | 175 | 10.9 |
| 2 | Alyssa Thomas | ZVVZ USK Praha | 18 | 188 | 10.4 |
| 3 | Celeste Trahan-Davis | Castors Braine | 13 | 133 | 10.2 |
| 4 | Courtney Paris | Hatay BB | 9 | 90 | 10.0 |
| 5 | Lykendra Johnson | Olympiacos | 16 | 154 | 9.6 |

### Assists per game

| Rank | Name | Team | Games | Assists | APG |
| 1 | Amel Bouderra | Flammes Carolo Basket | 14 | 96 | 6.9 |
| 2 | Sandra Ygueravide | Nadezhda Orenburg | 15 | 93 | 6.2 |
| 2 | Francesca Dotto | Famila Schio | 11 | 68 | 6.2 |
| 4 | Silvia Dominguez | Perfumerías Avenida | 14 | 83 | 5.9 |
| 5 | Courtney Vandersloot | UMMC Ekaterinburg | 18 | 105 | 5.8 |

### Other statistics

| Category | Player | Team | Games | Average |
| Steals | Alyssa Thomas | ZVVZ USK Praha | 18 | 2.8 |
| Blocks | Brittney Griner | UMMC Ekaterinburg | 17 | 2.1 |
| Turnovers | Sandra Ygueravide | Nadezhda Orenburg | 15 | 4.1 |
| Fouls committed | Lynetta Kizer | CCC Polkowice | 9 | 3.3 |
| Minutes | Yvonne Turner | Sopron Basket | 18 | 36:06 |
| FG% | Courtney Paris | Hatay BB | 9 | 58.5% |
| 2P% | Nayo Raincock-Ekunwe | Tango Bourges Basket | 9 | 67.8% |
| 3P% | Kaleena Mosqueda-Lewis | Flammes Carolo Basket | 13 | 54.1% |
| FT% | Kelsey Plum | Fenerbahçe Istanbul | 16 | 93.2% |
| Efficiency | Alyssa Thomas | ZVVZ USK Praha | 18 | 22.7 |

### Individual game highs

| Category | Player | Team | Statistic |
| Points | Breanna Stewart | Dynamo Kursk | 33 |
| Offensive Rebounds | Natasha Howard | Dynamo Kursk | 9 |
| Total Rebounds | Alyssa Thomas | ZVVZ USK Praha | 17 |
| Total Rebounds | Celeste Trahan-Davis | Castors Braine | 17 |
| Assists | Amel Bouderra | Flammes Carolo Basket | 14 |
| Blocks | Ruth Hamblin | Castors Braine | 6 |
| Three pointers made | Kaleena Mosqueda-Lewis | Flammes Carolo Basket | 7 |
| Three pointers made | Karlie Samuelson | Castors Braine | 7 |
| Free throws made | Styliani Kaltsidou | CCC Polkowice | 10 |
| Free throws made | Kelsey Plum | Fenerbahçe Istanbul | 10 |
| Efficiency | Tina Charles | Dynamo Kursk | 41.0 |

## Team leaders

Stats includes postseason games and are sorted on average per game.
| Category | Team | Average |
| Points | UMMC Ekaterinburg | 82.3 |
| Rebounds | UMMC Ekaterinburg | 43.9 |
| Assists | UMMC Ekaterinburg | 22.6 |
| Steals | ESBVA-LM | 9.6 |
| Blocks | Dynamo Kursk | 4.0 |
| Turnovers | ESBVA-LM | 16.1 |
| 2-PT % | UMMC Ekaterinburg | 52.2% |
| 3-PT % | Flammes Carolo Basket | 39.5% |
| FT % | Fenerbahçe Istanbul | 79.5% |
| Fouls | Castors Braine | 20.2 |