2018–19 EuroLeague

Turkish Airlines EuroLeague¹
Turkish Airlines EuroLeague1
	The Fernando Buesa Arena in Vitoria-Gasteiz hosted the Final Four
Season	2018–19
Dates	11 October 2018 – 19 May 2019
Games played	260
Teams	16
Regular season
Season MVP	Jan Veselý
Finals
Champions	CSKA Moscow (8th title)
Runners-up	Anadolu Efes
Third place	Real Madrid
Fourth place	Fenerbahçe Beko
Final Four MVP	Will Clyburn
Awards
Best Defender	Edy Tavares
Rising Star	Goga Bitadze
Coach of the Year	Dimitris Itoudis
Statistical leaders
Points
Points	Mike James
Rebounds	Vincent Poirier
Assists	Nick Calathes
Index Rating	Mike James
Records
Biggest home win	Bayern 116–70 Darüşşafaka; (8 November 2018)
Biggest away win	Olympiacos 75–99 Olimpia; (19 October 2018)
Highest scoring	Olimpia 111–94 Budućnost; (3 January 2019)
Winning streak	12 games; Fenerbahçe
Losing streak	12 games; Darüşşafaka
Highest attendance	18,182; Panathinaikos 82–89 Real Madrid; (23 April 2019)
Lowest attendance	1,011; Darüşşafaka 71–63 Budućnost; (16 October 2018)
	← 2017–18 2019–20 → 1 Sponsored league name, referring to Turkish Airlines.

The 2018–19 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague was the 19th season of the modern era of Euroleague Basketball and the eighth under the title sponsorship of the Turkish Airlines. Including the competition's previous incarnation as the FIBA Europe Champions Cup, this was the 62nd season of the premier competition for European men's clubs.

Season2018–19

Dates11 October 2018 – 19 May 2019

Games played260

Teams16

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The season started on 11 October 2018 and finished in May 2019 with the 2019 EuroLeague Final Four at Fernando Buesa Arena in Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain. CSKA Moscow won the championship after defeating Anadolu Efes in the championship game.

Licensed Clubs		Associated Clubs
Baskonia (LC)	Anadolu Efes (LC)	Darüşşafaka Tekfen (EC)	Bayern Munich (1st)
FC Barcelona Lassa (LC)	Fenerbahçe Beko (LC)	Herbalife Gran Canaria (4th)	Budućnost VOLI (1st)^{[Note ABA]}
Real Madrid^TH (LC)	AX Armani Exchange Milan (LC)	Khimki (2nd)^{[Note VTB]}
Olympiacos (LC)	Žalgiris (LC)
Panathinaikos OPAP (LC)	CSKA Moscow (LC)
Maccabi FOX Tel Aviv (LC)

Team	Home city	Arena	Capacity
Anadolu Efes	Istanbul	Sinan Erdem Dome	16,000
AX Armani Exchange Olimpia	Milan	Mediolanum Forum	12,700^[3]
Barcelona Lassa	Barcelona	Palau Blaugrana	7,585^[4]
Bayern Munich	Munich	Audi Dome	6,500^[5]
Budućnost VOLI	Podgorica	Morača Sports Center	5,500^[6]
CSKA Moscow	Moscow	Megasport Arena	13,344^[7]
Darüşşafaka Tekfen	Istanbul	Volkswagen Arena	5,240
Fenerbahçe Beko	Istanbul	Ülker Sports Arena	13,059
Herbalife Gran Canaria	Las Palmas	Gran Canaria Arena	11,500
Khimki	Khimki	Mytishchi Arena	7,280
Kirolbet Baskonia	Vitoria-Gasteiz	Fernando Buesa Arena	15,504^[8]
Maccabi FOX Tel Aviv	Tel Aviv	Menora Mivtachim Arena	10,383^[9]
Olympiacos	Piraeus, Athens	Peace and Friendship Stadium	12,000^[10]
Panathinaikos OPAP	Marousi, Athens	Olympic Sports Center Athens	18,989^[11]
Real Madrid	Madrid	WiZink Center	15,000^[12]
Žalgiris	Kaunas	Žalgirio Arena	15,552^[13]

Team	Head coach	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor
Anadolu Efes	Ergin Ataman	Doğuş Balbay	S by Sportive	Anadolu Efes
AX Armani Exchange Olimpia	Simone Pianigiani	Andrea Cinciarini	Armani	Armani Exchange
Barcelona Lassa	Svetislav Pešić	Ante Tomić	Nike	Lassa Tyres
Bayern Munich	Dejan Radonjić	Danilo Barthel	Adidas	BayWa
Budućnost VOLI	Jasmin Repeša	Suad Šehović	Spalding	VOLI
CSKA Moscow	Dimitrios Itoudis	Kyle Hines	Nike	Rostelecom
Darüşşafaka Tekfen	Selçuk Ernak	Oğuz Savaş	Adidas	Tekfen
Fenerbahçe Beko	Željko Obradović	Melih Mahmutoğlu	Nike	Beko
Herbalife Gran Canaria	Pedro Martínez	Eulis Báez	Spalding	Herbalife
Khimki	Rimas Kurtinaitis	Sergei Monia	Adidas	Khimki Group
Kirolbet Baskonia	Velimir Perasović	Tornike Shengelia	Kelme	Kirolbet
Maccabi FOX Tel Aviv	Ioannis Sfairopoulos	John DiBartolomeo	Nike	FOX
Olympiacos	David Blatt	Vassilis Spanoulis	Nike	bwin
Panathinaikos OPAP	Rick Pitino	Nick Calathes	Adidas	Pame Stoixima
Real Madrid	Pablo Laso	Felipe Reyes	Adidas	European University
Žalgiris	Šarūnas Jasikevičius	Paulius Jankūnas	ŽalgirisShop	ORLEN Lietuva

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Replaced with	Date of appointment
Herbalife Gran Canaria	Luis Casimiro	End of contract	13 June 2018^[14]	Pre-season	Salva Maldonado	26 June 2018
Darüşşafaka	David Blatt	End of contract	31 May 2018		Ahmet Çakı	20 June 2018^[15]
Olympiacos	Ioannis Sfairopoulos	Mutual consent	18 June 2018^[16]		David Blatt	27 June 2018^[17]
Kirolbet Baskonia	Pedro Martinez	Sacked	16 November 2018^[18]	11th (2–5)	Velimir Perasović	16 November 2018^[18]
Maccabi FOX Tel Aviv	Neven Spahija	Sacked	18 November 2018^[19]	14th (1–6)	Ioannis Sfairopoulos	18 November 2018^[19]
Herbalife Gran Canaria	Salva Maldonado	Sacked	5 December 2018^[20]	13th (3–7)	Víctor García	5 December 2018^[20]^[21]
Darüşşafaka Tekfen	Ahmet Çakı	Sacked	11 December 2018^[22]	16th (1–10)	Selçuk Ernak	12 December 2018^[23]
Panathinaikos OPAP	Xavi Pascual	Sacked	20 December 2018^[24]	10th (6–7)	Rick Pitino	26 December 2018^[25]
Budućnost VOLI	Aleksandar Džikić	Sacked	29 December 2018^[26]	15th (3–12)	Jasmin Repeša	30 December 2018^[27]
Khimki	Georgios Bartzokas	Sacked	21 January 2019^[28]	13th (7–12)	Rimas Kurtinaitis	21 January 2019^[29]
Herbalife Gran Canaria	Víctor García	Sacked	11 March 2019^[30]	14th (6–19)	Pedro Martínez	11 March 2019^[31]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Qualification
1	Fenerbahçe Beko	30	25	5	2504	2237	+267	Advance to playoffs
2	CSKA Moscow	30	24	6	2590	2397	+193
3	Real Madrid	30	22	8	2578	2342	+236
4	Anadolu Efes	30	20	10	2562	2406	+156
5	Barcelona Lassa	30	18	12	2358	2282	+76
6	Panathinaikos OPAP	30	16	14	2382	2345	+37
7	Kirolbet Baskonia	30	15	15	2449	2378	+71
8	Žalgiris	30	15	15	2360	2323	+37
9	Olympiacos	30	15	15	2326	2301	+25
10	Maccabi Tel Aviv	30	14	16	2376	2346	+30
11	Bayern Munich	30	14	16	2348	2404	−56
12	AX Armani Exchange Olimpia	30	14	16	2601	2600	+1
13	Khimki	30	9	21	2333	2449	−116
14	Herbalife Gran Canaria	30	8	22	2317	2616	−299
15	Budućnost VOLI	30	6	24	2230	2550	−320
16	Darüşşafaka Tekfen	30	5	25	2238	2576	−338

2018–19 EuroLeague

Team allocation

Teams

Venues and locations

Personnel and sponsorship

Managerial changes

Regular season

League table

Results

Playoffs

Series

Final Four

Attendances

Average home attendances

Top 10

Awards

EuroLeague MVP

EuroLeague Final Four MVP

All-EuroLeague Teams

Alphonso Ford Top Scorer Trophy

Best Defender

Rising Star

Coach of the Year

MVP of the Round

MVP of the Month

Statistics

Individual statistics

Rating

Points

Rebounds

Assists

Other statistics

Individual game highs

Team statistics

See also

References

External links

Related Articles

Home \ Away	EFS	AXM	FCB	BAY	BUD	CSK	DTI	FNB	HGC	KHI	KBA	MTA	OLY	PAO	RMB	ZAL
Anadolu Efes	—	101–95	92–70	92–77	106–68	78–80	82–68	89–83	93–74	81–72	96–85	90–77	75–65	78–62	82–84	79–93
AX Armani Exchange Olimpia	81–80	—	85–90	78–80	111–94	85–90	90–78	90–104	86–94	81–80	93–90	87–83	66–57	83–95	85–91	80–70
Barcelona Lassa	80–65	90–80	—	83–73	95–83	76–84	97–65	65–84	93–64	83–74	77–67	74–58	60–69	79–68	77–70	78–72
Bayern Munich	71–90	93–87	73–71	—	93–88	79–93	116–70	90–86	84–77	72–65	77–71	70–77	62–72	80–79	72–82	88–84
Budućnost VOLI	84–91	71–82	67–64	75–89	—	93–92	75–74	65–89	75–70	90–98	99–84	68–78	76–89	67–72	73–60	60–72
CSKA Moscow	102–84	101–95	95–75	77–70	99–69	—	79–75	70–68	107–85	88–74	82–78	76–93	69–65	77–78	82–78	99–97
Darüşşafaka Tekfen	88–93	92–98	71–79	92–87	71–63	65–80	—	75–97	71–75	91–85	80–75	71–73	79–75	67–91	82–86	71–75
Fenerbahçe Beko	84–66	92–85	88–82	88–84	76–67	79–75	100–79	—	97–72	93–85	96–87	78–75	90–75	85–66	65–63	78–61
Herbalife Gran Canaria	90–94	104–106	87–86	74–89	95–85	91–106	84–64	64–82	—	70–99	71–84	84–78	90–67	80–99	67–75	73–66
Khimki	84–85	88–90	80–87	60–71	85–69	72–80	85–84	84–78	87–72	—	77–85	71–76	66–87	76–68	75–100	74–64
Kirolbet Baskonia	92–102	80–75	70–77	76–68	82–62	76–73	82–56	72–74	83–66	104–86	—	97–73	80–85	86–77	86–76	80–73
Maccabi FOX Tel Aviv	71–79	94–92	99–83	95–71	81–76	86–89	77–58	70–74	90–55	79–63	79–81	—	65–64	84–75	66–87	83–85
Olympiacos	88–81	75–99	55–76	89–69	92–70	81–97	99–74	72–73	98–77	71–57	91–87	88–80	—	79–65	88–83	68–72
Panathinaikos OPAP	88–75	83–86	76–70	77–67	87–67	96–84	75–67	69–81	102–87	94–85	72–70	89–84	93–80	—	73–74	83–87
Real Madrid	92–84	92–89	92–65	91–78	89–55	88–93	109–93	101–86	89–76	79–74	97–79	91–79	94–78	89–68	—	86–93
Žalgiris	58–79	83–78	85–88	85–79	84–76	79–84	94–67	75–82	98–64	83–84	79–87	80–73	83–75	82–69	79–90	—

Team 1	Series	Team 2	Game 1	Game 2	Game 3	Game 4	Game 5
Fenerbahçe Beko	3–1	Žalgiris	76–43	80–82	66–57	99–82
CSKA Moscow	3–1	Kirolbet Baskonia	94–68	68–78	84–77	92–83
Real Madrid	3–0	Panathinaikos OPAP	75–72	78–63	89–82
Anadolu Efes	3–2	Barcelona Lassa	75–68	72–74	102–68	72–82	80–71

Semifinals		Championship game

17 May

Fenerbahçe Beko	73
		19 May
Anadolu Efes	92
		Anadolu Efes	83
17 May
		CSKA Moscow	91
CSKA Moscow	95

Real Madrid	90
		Third place game

		19 May

		Fenerbahçe Beko	75

		Real Madrid	94

Pos	Team	Total	High	Low	Average	Change
	2019 Final Four games	52,955	13,470	12,866	13,239	−16.9%^†
1	Žalgiris	251,742	15,517	13,569	14,808	+9.2%^†
2	Panathinaikos OPAP	200,473	18,182	7,487	12,530	−3.7%^†
3	Kirolbet Baskonia	189,352	12,847	9,743	11,138	−1.9%^†
4	Fenerbahçe Beko	182,529	12,821	7,380	10,737	−7.2%^†
5	Maccabi FOX Tel Aviv	157,826	11,060	9,476	10,522	−1.9%^†
6	Real Madrid	166,457	12,749	7,328	9,792	−2.4%^†
7	AX Armani Exchange Olimpia	127,402	11,851	6,343	8,493	+13.7%²
8	Anadolu Efes	148,452	15,249	3,153	8,247	+111.5%^†
9	Olympiacos	123,042	11,107	4,136	8,203	−8.0%^†
10	CSKA Moscow	122,369	12,341	4,473	7,198	−12.3%^†
11	Barcelona Lassa	98,487	7,311	4,372	5,793	+2.0%^†
12	Khimki	82,529	7,151	3,259	5,502	−8.6%^†
13	Herbalife Gran Canaria	72,348	7,430	3,648	4,823	+18.9%¹
14	Budućnost VOLI	71,877	5,260	4,081	4,792	+67.2%¹
15	Bayern Munich	65,233	5,809	3,259	4,349	−20.4%¹
16	Darüşşafaka Tekfen	40,372	4,204	1,011	2,691	+3.1%¹
	League total	2,153,445	18,182	1,011	8,282	−5.7%^†

Pos.	First Team ^[36]		Second Team ^[37]
G	Nick Calathes	Panathinaikos	Mike James	Olimpia Milano
G	Kostas Sloukas	Fenerbahçe	Nando de Colo	CSKA Moscow
F	Will Clyburn	CSKA Moscow	Vasilije Micić	Anadolu Efes
F	Brandon Davies	Žalgiris	Vincent Poirier	Kirolbet Baskonia
C	Jan Veselý	Fenerbahçe	Edy Tavares	Real Madrid

Round	Player	Team	PIR	Ref.
1	Jan Veselý	Fenerbahçe Beko	34	^[42]
2	Nikola Milutinov	Olympiacos	33	^[43]
2	Anthony Randolph	Real Madrid	33	^[43]
3	Scottie Wilbekin	Maccabi FOX Tel Aviv	30	^[44]
3	Rodrigue Beaubois	Anadolu Efes	30	^[44]
4	Nando de Colo	CSKA Moscow	27	^[45]
5	Gustavo Ayón	Real Madrid	30	^[46]
6	Cory Higgins	CSKA Moscow	28	^[47]
7	Eulis Báez	Herbalife Gran Canaria	32	^[48]
8	Alexey Shved	Khimki	30	^[49]
9	Alexey Shved (2)	Khimki	32	^[50]
10	Zach LeDay	Olympiacos	42	^[51]
11	Gustavo Ayón (2)	Real Madrid	34	^[52]
12	Derrick Williams	Bayern Munich	35	^[53]
13	Nikola Milutinov (2)	Olympiacos	36	^[54]
14	Vassilis Spanoulis	Olympiacos	31	^[55]
15	Johnny O'Bryant III	Maccabi FOX Tel Aviv	44	^[56]
16	Nikola Milutinov (3)	Olympiacos	41	^[57]
17	Kostas Papanikolaou	Olympiacos	31	^[58]
18	Marcelo Huertas	Kirolbet Baskonia	29	^[59]
19	Will Clyburn	CSKA Moscow	27	^[60]
20	Angelo Caloiaro	Maccabi FOX Tel Aviv	33	^[61]
21	Nando de Colo (2)	CSKA Moscow	38	^[62]
22	Krunoslav Simon	Anadolu Efes	34	^[63]
23	Brandon Davies	Žalgiris	34	^[64]
24	Ante Tomić	Barcelona Lassa	28	^[65]
25	Shane Larkin	Anadolu Efes	43	^[66]
26	Mike James	AX Armani Exchange Olimpia Milan	31	^[67]
27	Micheal Eric	Darüşşafaka Tekfen	33	^[68]
28	Nick Calathes	Panathinaikos OPAP	39	^[69]
29	Toney Douglas	Darüşşafaka Tekfen	37	^[70]
30	Brandon Davies (2)	Žalgiris	34	^[71]

Game	Player	Team	PIR	Ref.
1	Vasilije Micić	Anadolu Efes	30	^[72]
2	Vincent Poirier	Kirolbet Baskonia	32	^[73]
3	Shane Larkin (2)	Anadolu Efes	34	^[74]
4	Nando de Colo (3)	CSKA Moscow	35	^[75]
5	Shane Larkin (3)	Anadolu Efes	19	^[76]

Month	Week	Player	Team	Ref.
2018
October	1–4	Edy Tavares	Real Madrid	^[77]
November	5–10	Vasilije Micić	Anadolu Efes	^[78]
December	11–15	Jan Veselý	Fenerbahçe Beko	^[79]
2019
January	16–20	Alex Tyus	Maccabi FOX Tel Aviv	^[80]
February	21–24	Mike James	AX Armani Exchange Olimpia	^[81]
March	25–29	Nick Calathes	Panathinaikos OPAP	^[82]
April	30–PO5	Facundo Campazzo	Real Madrid	^[83]

Rank	Name	Team	Games	Rating	PIR
1.	Mike James	AX Armani Exchange Olimpia	30	607	20.23
2.	Nikola Milutinov	Olympiacos	28	561	20.04
3.	Artūras Gudaitis	AX Armani Exchange Olimpia	21	392	18.67

Rank	Name	Team	Games	Points	PPG
1.	Mike James	AX Armani Exchange Olimpia	30	595	19.83
2.	Cory Higgins	CSKA Moscow	32	476	14.88
3.	Nando de Colo	CSKA Moscow	34	501	14.74

Rank	Name	Team	Games	Rebounds	RPG
1.	Vincent Poirier	Kirolbet Baskonia	34	282	8.29
2.	Nikola Milutinov	Olympiacos	28	221	7.89
3.	Artūras Gudaitis	AX Armani Exchange Olimpia	21	150	7.14

Rank	Name	Team	Games	Assists	APG
1.	Nick Calathes	Panathinaikos OPAP	33	286	8.67
2.	Mike James	AX Armani Exchange Olimpia	30	191	6.37
3.	Vasilije Micić	Anadolu Efes	37	204	5.51

Category	Player	Team	Games	Average
Steals	Nick Calathes	Panathinaikos OPAP	33	1.73
Blocks	Edy Tavares	Real Madrid	34	1.68
Turnovers	Nick Calathes	Panathinaikos OPAP	33	3.09
Fouls drawn	Tornike Shengelia	Kirolbet Baskonia	20	5.45
Minutes	Mike James	AX Armani Exchange Olimpia	30	33:56
FT %	Jaycee Carroll	Real Madrid	31	96.00%
2-Point %	Edy Tavares	Real Madrid	34	79.39%
3-Point %	Dairis Bertāns	AX Armani Exchange Olimpia	22	53.62%

Category	Team	Average
Rating	Real Madrid	103.57
Points	AX Armani Exchange Olimpia	87.27
Points Allowed	Fenerbahçe Beko	75.64
Rebounds	Real Madrid	36.86
Assists	Real Madrid	20.17
Steals	Khimki	7.60
Blocks	Darüşşafaka Tekfen	3.53
Turnovers	Darüşşafaka Tekfen	13.93
FT %	Anadolu Efes	82.10%
2-Point %	Fenerbahçe Beko	58.33%
3-Point %	Fenerbahçe Beko	42.79%