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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.

EuroLeague Women
Season2018–19
Dates8–17 October 2018
(qualifying)
24 October 2018 – 14 April 2019
(competition proper)
Number of games132
Number of teams16 (competition proper)
20 (total)
Regular season
Season MVPUnited States Breanna Stewart[1]
(Dynamo Kursk)
Finals
ChampionsRussia UMMC Ekaterinburg
(5th title)
  Runners-upRussia Dynamo Kursk
Third placeCzech Republic ZVVZ USK Praha
Fourth placeHungary Sopron Basket
Final Four MVPUnited States Brittney Griner[2]
(UMMC Ekaterinburg)
Statistical leaders
Points United States Breanna Stewart 21.0
Rebounds United States Brionna Jones 10.9
Assists France Amel Bouderra 6.9

Team allocation edit

A total of 20 teams from 11 countries participated in the 2018–19 EuroLeague Women.[3]

Teams edit

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 EkaterinburgTH (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 edit

Schedule edit

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

Draw edit

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.[4][5]

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 edit

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 edit

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Location of teams of the 2018–19 Euroleague Women regular season.
  Red: Group A;   Green: Group B.

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:

  1. Head-to-head record
  2. Head-to-head point differential
  3. Head-to-head points scored
  4. Point differential for the entire regular season
  5. Points scored for the entire regular season

Group A edit

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 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 70–74 81–70 — 76–65 74–59 70–75 83–62 83–55
4   CCC Polkowice 14 7 7 930 913 +17 21[a] 64–69 74–79 56–73 — 70–36 67–61 86–66 71–52
5   Nadezhda Orenburg 14 7 7 899 950 −51 21[a] 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 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 69–95 66–81 65–78 71–94 69–71 63–60 49–51 —
Source: FIBA
Notes:
  1. ^ a b CCC Polkowice 2–0; Nadezhda Orenburg 0–2

Group B edit

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[a] 58–65 — 80–84 68–55 66–68 80–52 64–52 85–69
3   Fenerbahçe 14 8 6 1038 981 +57 22[a] 71–75 69–67 — 61–62 64–62 84–75 87–74 76–68
4   TTT Riga 14 8 6 1005 911 +94 22[a] 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[b] 62–86 80–74 94–92 100–75 62–75 — 90–79 73–68
7   Hatay BB 14 5 9 940 1063 −123 19[b] Eliminated 62–87 56–66 50–78 74–77 88–80 74–66 — 71–55
8   Olympiacos 14 2 12 868 983 −115 16 67–73 63–52 54–63 51–70 68–69 79–54 76–80 —
Source: FIBA
Notes:
  1. ^ a b c Sopron Basket 2–2, +15PD; Fenerbahçe 2–2, +1PD; TTT Riga 2–2, –16PD
  2. ^ a b Flammes Carolo Basket 1–1, +3PD; Hatay BB 1–1, –3PD

Quarterfinals edit

Team 1 Series Team 2 Game 1 Game 2 Game 3
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

First leg edit

5 March 2019 UMMC Ekaterinburg   78–45
(Series: 1–0) 		  TTT Riga Yekaterinburg
19:00 (UTC+5) Scoring by quarter: 18–6, 21–7, 16–16, 23–16
Pts: Vadeeva 23
Rebs: Vadeeva 10
Asts: Vandersloot 10 		Boxscore Pts: Kūlīte 15
Rebs: Brumermane, Vītola 5
Asts: Baško, Peddy 4 		Arena: DIVS Sport Hall
Attendance: 4 500
Referees: Vasiliki Tsaroucha (GRE), Tamás Benczúr (HUN), Ventsislav Velikov (BUL)
5 March 2019 Dynamo Kursk   89–53
(Series: 1–0) 		  CCC Polkowice Kursk
19:00 (UTC+3) Scoring by quarter: 20–11, 17–14, 29–9, 23–19
Pts: Stewart 21
Rebs: Howard 11
Asts: Xargay 8 		Boxscore Pts: Thomas 18
Rebs: Fagbenle 9
Asts: Thomas 6 		Arena: Sport Concert Complex
Attendance: 1500
Referees: Jasmina Juras (SRB), Ivana Ivanović (SRB), Petar Denkovski (MKD)
5 March 2019 Sopron Basket   66–65
(Series: 1–0) 		  Tango Bourges Basket Sopron
18:00 (UTC+1) Scoring by quarter: 25–23, 15–17, 14–11, 12–14
Pts: Turner 22
Rebs: Casas, Dupree 6
Asts: Dupree 5 		Boxscore Pts: Johannès 24
Rebs: Ouviña, Raincock-Ekunwe 6
Asts: Johannès, Michel 3 		Arena: Aréna Sopron
Attendance: 1500
Referees: Özlem Yalman (TUR), Goran Sljivic (AUT), Bojan Jovanić (BIH)
5 March 2019 ZVVZ USK Praha   76–54
(Series: 1–0) 		  Fenerbahçe Prague
19:00 (UTC+1) Scoring by quarter: 24–14, 17–13, 23–9, 12–18
Pts: Elhotová 15
Rebs: Harrison 13
Asts: Thomas 6 		Boxscore Pts: Hartley 15
Rebs: Verameyenka 9
Asts: three players 2 		Arena: Královka Arena
Attendance: 1562
Referees: Aleksandar Milojević (MKD), Mila Čavara (BIH), Christoph Rohacky (AUT)

Second leg edit

8 March 2019 Fenerbahçe   65–77
(Series: 0–2) 		  ZVVZ USK Praha Istanbul
19:30 (UTC+3) Scoring by quarter: 12–27, 23–21, 13–20, 17–9
Pts: Plum 17
Rebs: Stokes 12
Asts: Vardarlı 4 		Boxscore Pts: Ayayi 25
Rebs: Thomas 10
Asts: Thomas 8 		Arena: Metro Energy Sports Hall
Attendance: 478
Referees: Zoran Mitrovski (MKD), Sergiy Chaykovsky (UKR), Vladimir Tsekov (BUL)
8 March 2019 TTT Riga   55–77
(Series: 0–2) 		  UMMC Ekaterinburg Riga
19:00 (UTC+2) Scoring by quarter: 9–20, 19–23, 19–20, 8–14
Pts: Baško 13
Rebs: Vītola 8
Asts: Peddy 5 		Boxscore Pts: Meesseman 27
Rebs: Torrens 16
Asts: Vandersloot 9 		Arena: Olympic Sports Centre
Attendance: 850
Referees: Marek Maliszewski (POL), Zdravko Rutešić (MNE), Svetlana Stoyona (BUL)
8 March 2019 CCC Polkowice   77–81
(Series: 0–2) 		  Dynamo Kursk Polkowice
19:00 (UTC+1) Scoring by quarter: 18–6, 21–27, 21–23, 17–25
Pts: Thomas 24
Rebs: Fagbenle 8
Asts: Thomas 5 		Boxscore Pts: Stewart 28
Rebs: Stewart 9
Asts: Prince 4 		Arena: City Sports Hall
Attendance: 700
Referees: Ciprian Stoica (ROM), Jelena Tomić (CRO), Blaž Zupančič (SLO)
9 March 2019 Tango Bourges Basket   64–74
(Series: 0–2) 		  Sopron Basket Bourges
20:00 (UTC+1) Scoring by quarter: 18–19, 11–15, 16–17, 19–23
Pts: Ouviña 12
Rebs: Raincock-Ekunwe 7
Asts: Raincock-Ekunwe 5 		Boxscore Pts: Jovanović 18
Rebs: Crvendakić 11
Asts: Casas 9 		Arena: Palais des sports du Prado
Attendance: 4 480
Referees: Vilius Mačiulaitis (LTU), Andrada Csender (ROM), Paulo Marques (POR)

Final four edit

 
Semifinals
12 April		Final
14 April
 
      
 
 
 
 
  UMMC Ekaterinburg81
 
 
 
  Sopron Basket59
 
  UMMC Ekaterinburg91
 
 
 
  Dynamo Kursk67
 
  ZVVZ USK Praha67
 
 
  Dynamo Kursk84
 
Third place
 
 
 
 
 
  Sopron Basket53
 
 
  ZVVZ USK Praha64

Semifinals edit

12 April 2019 ZVVZ USK Praha   67–84   Dynamo Kursk Sopron
17:00 (UTC+2) Scoring by quarter: 17–19, 21–24, 9–24, 20–17
Pts: Ayayi 18
Rebs: three players 9
Asts: Ayayi, Elhotová 3 		Boxscore Pts: Stewart 32
Rebs: Howard 10
Asts: three players 3 		Arena: Aréna Sopron
Referees: Jasmina Juras (SRB), Boris Krejič (SLO), Vasiliki Tsaroucha (GRE)
12 April 2019 UMMC Ekaterinburg   81–59   Sopron Basket Sopron
20:00 (UTC+2) Scoring by quarter: 17–24, 25–15, 18–7, 21–13
Pts: Griner 19
Rebs: Griner, Vandersloot 8
Asts: Vandersloot 5 		Boxscore Pts: Turner 15
Rebs: Zahui 8
Asts: Casas 3 		Arena: Aréna Sopron
Referees: Gentian Cici (ALB), Özlem Yalman (TUR), Dariusz Zapolski (POL)

Third place game edit

14 April 2019 Sopron Basket   53–64   ZVVZ USK Praha Sopron
17:30 (UTC+2) Scoring by quarter: 15–16, 16–22, 15–10, 7–16
Pts: Crvendakić, Turner 12
Rebs: Crvendakić 8
Asts: Turner 5 		Boxscore Pts: Ayayi 14
Rebs: Thomas 15
Asts: Ayayi 5 		Arena: Aréna Sopron
Referees: Jasmina Juras (SRB), Gentian Cici (ALB), Andrada Csender (ROU)

Final edit

14 April 2019 UMMC Ekaterinburg   91–67   Dynamo Kursk Sopron
20:30 (UTC+2) Scoring by quarter: 21–17, 27–16, 24–16, 19–19
Pts: Vandersloot 18
Rebs: Griner 10
Asts: Vandersloot 7 		Boxscore Pts: Howard 20
Rebs: Howard 5
Asts: Prince 5 		Arena: Aréna Sopron
Referees: Özlem Yalman (TUR), Boris Krejič (SLO), Vasiliki Tsaroucha (GRE)


2018–19 EuroLeague Women Champions
 
UMMC Ekaterinburg
Fifth title

Awards edit

This year the regular season awards decided by fan vote.[6]

EuroLeague MVP edit

EuroLeague Final Four MVP edit

Coach of the Year edit

Most Entertaining Player of the Year edit

Best Frontcourt Player of the Year edit

Best Wing of the Year edit

Best Guard of the Year edit

Young Player of the Year edit

Individual leaders edit

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

Points per game edit

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 edit

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 edit

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
  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 edit

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 edit

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
  Celeste Trahan-Davis   Castors Braine
Assists   Amel Bouderra   Flammes Carolo Basket 14
Blocks   Ruth Hamblin   Castors Braine 6
Three pointers made   Kaleena Mosqueda-Lewis   Flammes Carolo Basket 7
  Karlie Samuelson   Castors Braine
Free throws made   Styliani Kaltsidou   CCC Polkowice 10
  Kelsey Plum   Fenerbahçe Istanbul
Efficiency   Tina Charles   Dynamo Kursk 41.0

Team leaders edit

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


References edit

  1. ^ "All you need to know about the Semi-Finals - who will make the title game?". FIBA. 11 April 2019. Retrieved 17 April 2019.
  2. ^ "MVP Griner gets it done for UMMC". FIBA. 14 April 2019. Retrieved 15 April 2019.
  3. ^ "EuroLeague Women field revealed, ahead of 2018-19 Draw". FIBA.basketball. 29 June 2018. Retrieved 10 July 2018.
  4. ^ "FIBA release seedings ahead of EuroLeague Women and EuroCup Women draws". FIBA.basketball. 4 July 2018. Retrieved 10 July 2018.
  5. ^ "EuroLeague Women 2018-19 Qualifiers and Regular Season groups drawn". FIBA.basketball. 5 July 2018. Retrieved 10 July 2018.
  6. ^ a b c d e f g h "Incredible engagement by fans as they determine Regular Season award winners". FIBA. 18 March 2019. Retrieved 11 October 2021.
  7. ^ "MVP Griner gets it done for UMMC". FIBA. 14 April 2019. Retrieved 11 October 2021.

External links edit

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