# 2018 FIBA Europe Cup Finals

The 2018 FIBA Europe Cup Finals was the concluding games of the 2017–18 FIBA Europe Cup season. The Finals were played in a two-legged format, with the first leg played on April 25 and the second one on 2 May 2018.
For the second consecutive time, two teams from the same country met in the final.

## Venue

The Palasport Giacomo Del Mauro was the first venue. The Palasport originally had a 3,600 seating capacity. It was expanded to a 5,300 seating capacity in 2008, specifically in order to meet the minimum capacity requirements for EuroLeague games, which require an arena of at least 5,000 seats. In 2008, the arena's usage rights were also entrusted to Air Avellino, for a period of ten years.
The Palasport Giuseppe Taliercio in Venice, the venue for the second leg, opened in 1978. It was used as one of the host arenas of the 1979 EuroBasket. It has most notably been used as the home arena of the Italian basketball club, Reyer Venezia Mestre, of the Lega Basket Serie A. The Italian club Basket Mestre 1958 also used the arena at one time.
| Avellino | AvellinoVenice2018 FIBA Europe Cup Finals (Europe) | Venice |
| Palasport Del Mauro | AvellinoVenice2018 FIBA Europe Cup Finals (Europe) | Palasport Giuseppe Taliercio |
| Capacity: 5,600 | AvellinoVenice2018 FIBA Europe Cup Finals (Europe) | Capacity: 3,509 |

## Road to the Finals

Note: In the table, the score of the finalist is given first (H = home; A = away).
| Sidigas Scandone | Sidigas Scandone | Sidigas Scandone | Sidigas Scandone | Round | Reyer Venezia | Reyer Venezia | Reyer Venezia | Reyer Venezia |
| Basketball Champions League Group D Pos Teamvte Pld Pts 1 Beşiktaş Sompo Japan 14 24 2 ČEZ Nymburk 14 24 3 Nanterre 92 14 23 4 Stelmet Enea Zielona Góra 14 20 5 Sidigas Scandone 14 20 6 Oostende 14 20 7 Telekom Baskets Bonn 14 19 8 Aris 14 18 Source: Basketball Champions League | Basketball Champions League Group D Pos Teamvte Pld Pts 1 Beşiktaş Sompo Japan 14 24 2 ČEZ Nymburk 14 24 3 Nanterre 92 14 23 4 Stelmet Enea Zielona Góra 14 20 5 Sidigas Scandone 14 20 6 Oostende 14 20 7 Telekom Baskets Bonn 14 19 8 Aris 14 18 Source: Basketball Champions League | Basketball Champions League Group D Pos Teamvte Pld Pts 1 Beşiktaş Sompo Japan 14 24 2 ČEZ Nymburk 14 24 3 Nanterre 92 14 23 4 Stelmet Enea Zielona Góra 14 20 5 Sidigas Scandone 14 20 6 Oostende 14 20 7 Telekom Baskets Bonn 14 19 8 Aris 14 18 Source: Basketball Champions League | Basketball Champions League Group D Pos Teamvte Pld Pts 1 Beşiktaş Sompo Japan 14 24 2 ČEZ Nymburk 14 24 3 Nanterre 92 14 23 4 Stelmet Enea Zielona Góra 14 20 5 Sidigas Scandone 14 20 6 Oostende 14 20 7 Telekom Baskets Bonn 14 19 8 Aris 14 18 Source: Basketball Champions League | Regular season | Basketball Champions League Group C Pos Teamvte Pld Pts 1 SIG Strasbourg 14 23 2 Banvit 14 23 3 AEK Athens 14 22 4 medi bayreuth 14 22 5 Movistar Estudiantes 14 22 6 Umana Reyer Venezia 14 22 7 Petrol Olimpija 14 18 8 Rosa Radom 14 16 Source: Basketball Champions League | Basketball Champions League Group C Pos Teamvte Pld Pts 1 SIG Strasbourg 14 23 2 Banvit 14 23 3 AEK Athens 14 22 4 medi bayreuth 14 22 5 Movistar Estudiantes 14 22 6 Umana Reyer Venezia 14 22 7 Petrol Olimpija 14 18 8 Rosa Radom 14 16 Source: Basketball Champions League | Basketball Champions League Group C Pos Teamvte Pld Pts 1 SIG Strasbourg 14 23 2 Banvit 14 23 3 AEK Athens 14 22 4 medi bayreuth 14 22 5 Movistar Estudiantes 14 22 6 Umana Reyer Venezia 14 22 7 Petrol Olimpija 14 18 8 Rosa Radom 14 16 Source: Basketball Champions League | Basketball Champions League Group C Pos Teamvte Pld Pts 1 SIG Strasbourg 14 23 2 Banvit 14 23 3 AEK Athens 14 22 4 medi bayreuth 14 22 5 Movistar Estudiantes 14 22 6 Umana Reyer Venezia 14 22 7 Petrol Olimpija 14 18 8 Rosa Radom 14 16 Source: Basketball Champions League |
| Opponent | Agg. | 1st leg | 2nd leg | Play-offs | Opponent | Agg. | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Tsmoki-Minsk | 151–142 | 70–70 (H) | 72–81 (A) | Round of 16 | Egis Körmend | 169–139 | 83–51 (H) | 88–86 (A) |
| Juventus | 162–145 | 77–77 (A) | 85–68 (H) | Quarterfinals | Nizhny Novgorod | 176–170 | 86–76 (H) | 94–90 (A) |
| Bakken Bears | 157–144 | 75–72 (H) | 72–82 (A) | Semifinals | Donar | 162–155 | 82–72 (H) | 83–80 (A) |

## First leg

| Starters: | Starters: | Starters: | Pts | Reb | Ast |
| PG | 6 | Bruno Fitipaldo | 3 | 0 | 2 |
| SG | 9 | Jason Rich | 16 | 4 | 3 |
| SF | 1 | Dez Wells | 18 | 2 | 1 |
| PF | 10 | Maarty Leunen | 5 | 12 | 5 |
| C | 44 | Kyrylo Fesenko | 19 | 7 | 2 |
| Reserves: | Reserves: | Reserves: | | | |
| F/C | 0 | Andrea Zerini | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| G/F | 7 | Andrea Bianco | DNP | DNP | DNP |
| C | 9 | Shane Lawal | 2 | 8 | 0 |
| F | 11 | Thomas Scrubb | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| G | 12 | Ariel Filloy | 4 | 2 | 6 |
| G | 24 | Lorenzo D'Ercole | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| G | 57 | Salvatore Parlato | DNP | DNP | DNP |
| Head coach: ||||||
| Stefano Sacripanti ||||||
| Scandone | Reyer |
| Scandone | Statistics | Reyer |
| 24/40 (60%) | 2-pt field goals | 20/40 (50%) |
| 4/20 (20%) | 3-pt field goals | 10/23 (43.5%) |
| 9/17 (52.9%) | Free throws | 7/9 (77.8%) |
| 14 | Offensive rebounds | 8 |
| 26 | Defensive rebounds | 22 |
| 40 | Total rebounds | 30 |
| 19 | Assists | 18 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 8 |
| 5 | Steals | 6 |
| 4 | Blocks | 4 |
| 16 | Fouls | 23 |
| Starters: | Starters: | Starters: | Pts | Reb | Ast |
| PG | 0 | MarQuez Haynes | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| SG | 30 | Bruno Cerella | 10 | 0 | 1 |
| SG | 7 | Stefano Tonut | 5 | 0 | 2 |
| PF | 9 | Austin Daye | 14 | 4 | 1 |
| C | 50 | Mitchell Watt | 13 | 3 | 0 |
| Reserves: | Reserves: | Reserves: | | | |
| F | 2 | Hrvoje Perić | 6 | 7 | 2 |
| G | 3 | Dominique Johnson | 6 | 7 | 2 |
| G/F | 6 | Michael Bramos | 5 | 4 | 1 |
| G | 11 | Michael Jenkins | 5 | 2 | 1 |
| F/C | 14 | Tomas Ress | DNP | DNP | DNP |
| C | 19 | Paul Biligha | 4 | 1 | 1 |
| Head coach: ||||||
| Walter De Raffaele ||||||

## Second leg

| Starters: | Starters: | Starters: | Pts | Reb | Ast |
| PG | 0 | MarQuez Haynes | 16 | 1 | 3 |
| SG | 30 | Bruno Cerella | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| SG | 7 | Stefano Tonut | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| PF | 9 | Austin Daye | 15 | 4 | 2 |
| C | 50 | Mitchell Watt | 8 | 3 | 2 |
| Reserves: | Reserves: | Reserves: | | | |
| F | 2 | Hrvoje Perić | 16 | 2 | 2 |
| G | 3 | Dominique Johnson | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| G/F | 6 | Michael Bramos | 4 | 2 | 1 |
| G | 11 | Michael Jenkins | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| F/C | 14 | Tomas Ress | DNP | DNP | DNP |
| C | 19 | Paul Biligha | 4 | 5 | 0 |
| Head coach: ||||||
| Walter De Raffaele ||||||
| Reyer | Scandone |
| Reyer | Statistics | Scandone |
| 24/44 (54.5%) | 2-pt field goals | 23/41 (56.1%) |
| 7/21 (33.3%) | 3-pt field goals | 5/20 (25%) |
| 12/17 (70.6%) | Free throws | 18/24 (75%) |
| 7 | Offensive rebounds | 16 |
| 21 | Defensive rebounds | 30 |
| 28 | Total rebounds | 46 |
| 13 | Assists | 14 |
| 3 | Turnovers | 12 |
| 4 | Steals | 1 |
| 3 | Blocks | 2 |
| 23 | Fouls | 20 |
| Starters: | Starters: | Starters: | Pts | Reb | Ast |
| PG | 12 | Ariel Filloy | 5 | 7 | 2 |
| SG | 9 | Jason Rich | 32 | 1 | 5 |
| SF | 1 | Dez Wells | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| PF | 10 | Maarty Leunen | 5 | 4 | 3 |
| C | 44 | Kyrylo Fesenko | 21 | 15 | 2 |
| Reserves: | Reserves: | Reserves: | | | |
| F/C | 0 | Andrea Zerini | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| G | 6 | Bruno Fitipaldo | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| G/F | 7 | Michele Fucci | DNP | DNP | DNP |
| C | 9 | Shane Lawal | 2 | 8 | 1 |
| F | 11 | Thomas Scrubb | 2 | 4 | 0 |
| G | 24 | Lorenzo D'Ercole | 8 | 1 | 0 |
| G | 57 | Salvatore Parlato | DNP | DNP | DNP |
| Head coach: ||||||
| Stefano Sacripanti ||||||