# 2018–19 Finnish Basketball Cup

The 2018–19 of the Finnish Basketball Cup is at its 33rd edition.
The competition was interrupted in 2013 and resumed for the season 2018–19. The Opening match was played on 30 October 2018.

## Format

Every Finnish basketball team from any league could join voluntarily the Finnish Basketball Cup. The competition is structured in single game play-off series, with the exception that the teams that lose at the first and second round have a second chance to qualify by playing an additional play-out round.

## Teams

| Team | City | Tier | Affiliation |
| BC Lepi | Nokia | Over 35 Championship | BC Nokia |
| Espoo Basket Team | Espoo | I Division B | |
| Forssan Koripojat | Forssa | I Division A | |
| Jyväskylä Basketball Academy | Jyväskylä | I Division A | |
| Koiviston Kipinä | Äänekoski | II Division South East Area | |
| KTP Basket | Kotka | Korisliiga | |
| Lahti Basketball | Lahti | I Division A | |
| LoKoKo Bisons | Loimaa | I Division A | |
| Munkkiniemen Kisapojat | Helsinki | I Division B | |
| Porvoon Tarmo | Porvoo | I Division A | |
| Pyrintö Akatemia | Tampere | I Division A | Tampereen Pyrintö |
| Tampereen Pyrintö | Tampere | Korisliiga | |
| Raiders Basket | Järvenpää | I Division B | |
| Roosters | Nokia | III Division Western Area | BC Nokia |
| Räppäkäpälät | Porvoo | II Division Southern Area | Porvoon Tarmo |
| Salon Vilpas | Salo | Korisliiga | |

## First round

In the first round all the teams qualify to the second round, no matter what the result is. But the winners from the first round play against each other in a single game play-off format, while the losers go in a play-out round.
* 10 November 2018 17:00
| Porvoon Tarmo | 99–80 | Roosters |
* 9 November 2018 19:30
| BC Lepi | 98–71 | Espoo Basket Team |
* 10 November 2018 14:30
| Räppäkäpälät | 118–80 | Pyrintö Akatemia |
* 2 November 2018 18:30
| Tampereen Pyrintö | 98–84 | LoKoKo Bisons |
* 10 November 2018 12:30
| Koiviston Kipinä | 83–104 | Raiders Basket |
* 21 November 2018 18:30
| Lahti Basketball | 86–82 | KTP Basket |
* 8 November 2018 19:00
| Munkkiniemen Kisapojat | 80–120 | Salon Vilpas |
* 30 October 2018 18:30
| Jyväskylä Basketball Academy | 81–89 | Forssan Koripojat |

## Second round

The second round play-offs are played amongst the teams that won in the first round. The winning teams go directly to the fourth round, while the losing teams play an extra third round with the chance to qualify to the fourth round.
The play-outs are played amongst the teams that lost the first play off round. The losing teams are out from the competition, while the winning teams play in the additional round against the losing team from the play-offs of the second round, with a chance to qualify to the fourth round.

### Play off

* 20 December 2018 19:30
| Porvoon Tarmo | 65–119 | BC Lepi |
* 2 December 2018 14:30
| Räppäkäpälät | 88–136 | Tampereen Pyrintö |
* 4 December 2018 19:00
| Raiders Basket | 99–94 | Lahti Basketball |
* 4 December 2018 18:30
| Forssan Koripojat | 84–109 | Salon Vilpas |

### Play out

* 15 December 2018 18:30
| Roosters | 92–75 | Espoo Basket Team |
* 4 December 2018 18:30
| LoKoKo Bisons | 85–70 | Pyrintö Akatemia |
* 8 January 2019 18:30
| KTP Basket | 138–90 | Koiviston Kipinä |
* 4 December 2018 18:30
| Jyväskylä Basketball Academy | 82–106 | Munkkiniemen Kisapojat |

## Third round

In the third round the teams who won the play-outs play against the teams that lost the second round of play-offs. The winners will qualify to the fourth round and will play against the teams that won the second round of play-offs
* 9 January 2019 19:00
| Munkkiniemen Kisapojat | 120–47 | Porvoon Tarmo |
* 15 January 2019 18:30
| KTP Basket | 108–85 | Räppäkäpälät |
* 9 January 2019 18:30
| LoKoKo Bisons | 76–80 | Lahti Basketball |
* 20 January 2019 17:00
| Forssan Koripojat | 103–83 | Roosters |

## Bracket

The final stage is played in single match quarters, semifinals and final.
| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | | Final | Final |
| 6 February 2019 | 6 February 2019 | | | |
| Raiders Basket | 64 | | | |
| Raiders Basket | 64 | 5 March 2019 | 5 March 2019 | | |
| Munkkiniemen Kisapojat | 68 | 5 March 2019 | 5 March 2019 | |
| Munkkiniemen Kisapojat | 68 | Munkkiniemen Kisapojat | 89 | |
| 22 February 2019 | 22 February 2019 | | Munkkiniemen Kisapojat | 89 | |
| 22 February 2019 | 22 February 2019 | Tampereen Pyrintö | 99 | |
| Tampereen Pyrintö | 115 | Tampereen Pyrintö | 99 | |
| Tampereen Pyrintö | 115 | | | | 16 March 2019 | 16 March 2019 |
| Forssan Koripojat | 90 | | | | 16 March 2019 | 16 March 2019 |
| Forssan Koripojat | 90 | | | | Tampereen Pyrintö | 93 |
| 29 January 2019 | 29 January 2019 | | | | | Tampereen Pyrintö | 93 |
| 29 January 2019 | 29 January 2019 | | | | Salon Vilpas | 106 |
| Lahti Basketball | 102 | | | | Salon Vilpas | 106 |
| Lahti Basketball | 102 | 5 March 2019 | 5 March 2019 | | | |
| BC Lepi | 83 | 5 March 2019 | 5 March 2019 | | | |
| BC Lepi | 83 | Lahti Basketball | 79 | | | |
| 6 February 2019 | 6 February 2019 | | Lahti Basketball | 79 | | | |
| 6 February 2019 | 6 February 2019 | Salon Vilpas | 104 | |
| Salon Vilpas | 98 | Salon Vilpas | 104 | |
| KTP Basket | 86 | | | |

## Final

| Starters: | Starters: | Starters: | Pts | Reb | Ast |
| G | 2 | Jaylon Tate | 19 | 3 | 5 |
| F | 3 | Kenneth Manigault | 19 | 8 | 6 |
| F | 10 | Osku Heinonen | 20 | 4 | 2 |
| C | 65 | Kevin Johnson Jr. | 10 | 8 | 0 |
| F | 93 | Joonas Cavén | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| Reserves: | Reserves: | Reserves: | | | |
| G | 9 | Lassi Kilpinen | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| F | 11 | Ville Haapoja | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| G | 13 | Tuomas Flinck | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| F | 40 | Justus Kilpinen | 10 | 1 | 3 |
| Head coach: ||||||
| Sami Toiviainen ||||||
| Tampereen Pyrintö | Salon Vilpas |
| Pyrintö | Statistics | Vilpas |
| 26/46 (57%) | 2 point field goals | 22/42 (52%) |
| 9/21 (43%) | 3 point field goals | 12/23 (52%) |
| 14/16 (88.0%) | Free throws | 26/29 (90%) |
| 29 | Rebounds | 36 |
| 17 | Assists | 22 |
| Starters: | Starters: | Starters: | Pts | Reb | Ast |
| F | 7 | Juho Nenonen | 17 | 9 | 4 |
| F | 8 | Antonio Ballard | 25 | 9 | 2 |
| G | 9 | Teemu Rannikko | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| F | 10 | Brandon Taylor | 8 | 4 | 0 |
| G | 15 | Jack Gibbs | 31 | 2 | 2 |
| Reserves: | Reserves: | Reserves: | | | |
| F | 4 | Mikko Koivisto | 9 | 3 | 3 |
| F | 5 | Henri Kantonen | 6 | 4 | 4 |
| G | 11 | Leevi-Matias Taimela | DNP | DNP | DNP |
| G | 12 | Aatu Kivimäki | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| F | 21 | Riku Laine | 5 | 0 | 1 |
| Head coach: ||||||
| Joonas Iisalo ||||||