# 2019 EuroCup Finals

The 2019 EuroCup finals were the concluding games of the 2018–19 EuroCup season, the 17th season of Europe's secondary club basketball tournament organised by Euroleague Basketball, the 11th season since it was renamed from the ULEB Cup to the EuroCup, and the third season under the title sponsorship name of 7DAYS. The first leg played at the Fuente de San Luis arena in Valencia, Spain, on 9 April 2019, the second leg played at the Mercedes-Benz Arena in Berlin, Germany, on 12 April 2019 and the third leg, if necessary, would be played again at the Fuente de San Luis arena in Valencia, Spain, on 15 April 2019, between Spanish side Valencia Basket and German side Alba Berlin.
It was the sixth Finals appearance in the competition for Valencia Basket and the second ever final appearance in EuroCup for Alba Berlin. Both teams met previously in the 2010 Finals played in Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain, and Valencia beat the Germans by 67–44.
Valencia Basket has won the series 2-1 and also achieved qualification to the 2019–20 EuroLeague.

## Venues

| Valencia | ValenciaBerlin2019 EuroCup Finals (Europe) | Berlin |
| Fuente de San Luis | ValenciaBerlin2019 EuroCup Finals (Europe) | Mercedes-Benz Arena |
| Capacity: 9,000 | ValenciaBerlin2019 EuroCup Finals (Europe) | Capacity: 14,500 |

## Road to the Finals

Note: In the table, the score of the finalist is given first (H = home; A = away).
| Valencia Basket | Valencia Basket | Valencia Basket | Valencia Basket | Valencia Basket | Round | Alba Berlin | Alba Berlin | Alba Berlin | Alba Berlin | Alba Berlin |
| 1st place (8–2) (Group C) | 1st place (8–2) (Group C) | 1st place (8–2) (Group C) | 1st place (8–2) (Group C) | 1st place (8–2) (Group C) | Regular season | 2nd place (7–3) (Group B) | 2nd place (7–3) (Group B) | 2nd place (7–3) (Group B) | 2nd place (7–3) (Group B) | 2nd place (7–3) (Group B) |
| 1st place (6–0) (Group G) | 1st place (6–0) (Group G) | 1st place (6–0) (Group G) | 1st place (6–0) (Group G) | 1st place (6–0) (Group G) | Top 16 | 1st place (5–1) (Group E) | 1st place (5–1) (Group E) | 1st place (5–1) (Group E) | 1st place (5–1) (Group E) | 1st place (5–1) (Group E) |
| Opponent | Series | 1st leg | 2nd leg | 3rd leg | Playoffs | Opponent | Series | 1st leg | 2nd leg | 3rd leg |
| Rytas | 2–0 | 75–64 (H) | 71–56 (A) | | Quarterfinals | Unicaja | 2–1 | 90–91 (H) | 101–81 (A) | 79–75 (H) |
| UNICS | 2–0 | 69–64 (H) | 79–73 (A) | | Semifinals | MoraBanc Andorra | 2–0 | 102–97 (H) | 87–81 (A) | |

## First leg

| Starters: | Starters: | Starters: | Pts | Reb | Ast |
| PG | 9 | Sam Van Rossom | 15 | 1 | 7 |
| SG | 19 | Fernando San Emeterio | 11 | 4 | 1 |
| SF | 30 | Joan Sastre | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| PF | 10 | Will Thomas | 22 | 6 | 1 |
| C | 13 | Mike Tobey | 3 | 6 | 1 |
| Reserves: | Reserves: | Reserves: | | | |
| SF | 6 | Alberto Abalde | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| PF | 7 | Louis Labeyrie | 7 | 6 | 0 |
| SG | 8 | Antoine Diot | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| C | 14 | Bojan Dubljević | 9 | 8 | 1 |
| SG | 17 | Rafa Martínez | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| SG | 21 | Matt Thomas | 16 | 1 | 1 |
| PF | 42 | Aaron Doornekamp | 2 | 4 | 2 |
| Head coach: ||||||
| Jaume Ponsarnau ||||||
| Valencia Basket | Alba Berlin 0 |
| Valencia | Statistics | Alba Berlin |
| 23/36 (63.9%) | 2-pt field goals | 16/37 (43.2%) |
| 9/26 (34.6%) | 3-pt field goals | 12/24 (50%) |
| 16/20 (80%) | Free throws | 7/12 (58.3%) |
| 16 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 26 | Defensive rebounds | 15 |
| 42 | Total rebounds | 24 |
| 20 | Assists | 16 |
| 12 | Turnovers | 10 |
| 4 | Steals | 5 |
| 1 | Blocks | 1 |
| 16 | Fouls | 21 |
| Starters: | Starters: | Starters: | Pts | Reb | Ast |
| PG | 3 | Peyton Siva | 17 | 1 | 7 |
| SG | 15 | Martin Hermannsson | 16 | 0 | 2 |
| SF | 31 | Rokas Giedraitis | 9 | 2 | 3 |
| PF | 43 | Luke Sikma | 7 | 5 | 3 |
| C | 42 | Dennis Clifford | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Reserves: | Reserves: | Reserves: | | | |
| G | 1 | Joshiko Saibu | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| SF | 5 | Niels Giffey | 7 | 2 | 0 |
| PF | 10 | Tim Schneider | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| SF | 22 | Franz Wagner | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| G | 25 | Kenneth Ogbe | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| PF | 32 | Johannes Thiemann | 8 | 5 | 1 |
| C | 35 | Landry Nnoko | 4 | 3 | 0 |
| Head coach: ||||||
| Aíto García Reneses ||||||

## Second leg

| Starters: | Starters: | Starters: | Pts | Reb | Ast |
| PG | 3 | Peyton Siva | 14 | 2 | 6 |
| SG | 15 | Martin Hermannsson | 14 | 4 | 6 |
| SF | 31 | Rokas Giedraitis | 17 | 2 | 1 |
| PF | 43 | Luke Sikma | 15 | 6 | 4 |
| C | 42 | Dennis Clifford | 5 | 4 | 0 |
| Reserves: | Reserves: | Reserves: | | | |
| G | 1 | Joshiko Saibu | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| SF | 5 | Niels Giffey | 11 | 2 | 1 |
| PF | 10 | Tim Schneider | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| SF | 22 | Franz Wagner | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| G | 25 | Kenneth Ogbe | DNP | DNP | DNP |
| PF | 32 | Johannes Thiemann | 7 | 2 | 1 |
| C | 35 | Landry Nnoko | 4 | 3 | 0 |
| Head coach: ||||||
| Aíto García Reneses ||||||
| Alba Berlin 0 | Valencia Basket |
| Alba Berlin | Statistics | Valencia |
| 22/42 (52.4%) | 2-pt field goals | 12/23 (52.2%) |
| 8/27 (29.6%) | 3-pt field goals | 14/30 (46.7%) |
| 27/32 (84.4%) | Free throws | 26/31 (83.9%) |
| 15 | Offensive rebounds | 10 |
| 18 | Defensive rebounds | 25 |
| 33 | Total rebounds | 35 |
| 20 | Assists | 16 |
| 8 | Turnovers | 19 |
| 7 | Steals | 2 |
| 1 | Blocks | 0 |
| 30 | Fouls | 30 |
| Starters: | Starters: | Starters: | Pts | Reb | Ast |
| PG | 9 | Sam Van Rossom | 22 | 3 | 3 |
| SG | 19 | Fernando San Emeterio | 16 | 4 | 2 |
| SF | 30 | Joan Sastre | 6 | 3 | 1 |
| PF | 10 | Will Thomas | 15 | 4 | 5 |
| C | 13 | Mike Tobey | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Reserves: | Reserves: | Reserves: | | | |
| SF | 6 | Alberto Abalde | 4 | 2 | 0 |
| PF | 7 | Louis Labeyrie | 5 | 5 | 0 |
| SG | 8 | Antoine Diot | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| C | 14 | Bojan Dubljević | 9 | 4 | 1 |
| SG | 17 | Rafa Martínez | DNP | DNP | DNP |
| SG | 21 | Matt Thomas | 5 | 2 | 2 |
| PF | 42 | Aaron Doornekamp | 5 | 3 | 1 |
| Head coach: ||||||
| Jaume Ponsarnau ||||||

## Third leg

| Starters: | Starters: | Starters: | Pts | Reb | Ast |
| PG | 9 | Sam Van Rossom | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| SG | 16 | Guillem Vives | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| SF | 19 | Fernando San Emeterio | 18 | 2 | 2 |
| PF | 10 | Will Thomas | 15 | 3 | 2 |
| C | 13 | Mike Tobey | 1 | 4 | 1 |
| Reserves: | Reserves: | Reserves: | | | |
| SF | 6 | Alberto Abalde | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| PF | 7 | Louis Labeyrie | 4 | 7 | 2 |
| SG | 8 | Antoine Diot | 2 | 5 | 7 |
| C | 14 | Bojan Dubljević | 18 | 8 | 3 |
| SG | 21 | Matt Thomas | 19 | 1 | 3 |
| SF | 30 | Joan Sastre | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| PF | 42 | Aaron Doornekamp | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| Head coach: ||||||
| Jaume Ponsarnau ||||||
| Valencia Basket | Alba Berlin 0 |
| Valencia | Statistics | Alba Berlin |
| 19/35 (54.3%) | 2-pt field goals | 14/31 (45.2%) |
| 13/25 (52%) | 3-pt field goals | 9/29 (31%) |
| 12/19 (63.2%) | Free throws | 8/9 (88.9%) |
| 7 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 28 | Defensive rebounds | 25 |
| 35 | Total rebounds | 34 |
| 25 | Assists | 15 |
| 10 | Turnovers | 16 |
| 9 | Steals | 5 |
| 5 | Blocks | 5 |
| 19 | Fouls | 22 |
* 2018–19 EuroCup champions
* Valencia Basket (4th title)
| Starters: | Starters: | Starters: | Pts | Reb | Ast |
| PG | 3 | Peyton Siva | 14 | 3 | 4 |
| SG | 15 | Martin Hermannsson | 5 | 0 | 2 |
| SF | 31 | Rokas Giedraitis | 19 | 2 | 0 |
| PF | 43 | Luke Sikma | 0 | 8 | 4 |
| C | 42 | Dennis Clifford | 6 | 1 | 0 |
| Reserves: | Reserves: | Reserves: | | | |
| G | 1 | Joshiko Saibu | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| SF | 5 | Niels Giffey | 2 | 5 | 3 |
| PF | 10 | Tim Schneider | 2 | 4 | 2 |
| SF | 22 | Franz Wagner | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| G | 25 | Kenneth Ogbe | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| PF | 32 | Johannes Thiemann | 6 | 2 | 0 |
| C | 35 | Landry Nnoko | 9 | 4 | 0 |
| Head coach: ||||||
| Aíto García Reneses ||||||

## Finals MVP

| Pos | Player | Team | Ref |
| PF | Will Thomas | Valencia Basket | |