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2018 Basketball Champions League Final Four

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2018 Basketball Champions League Final Four
Season2017–18 season
Tournament details
ArenaO.A.C.A. Olympic Indoor Hall
Marousi, Athens, Greece
Dates4–6 May 2018
Final positions
ChampionsGreece AEK Athens
1st title
Runners-upFrance Monaco
Third placeSpain UCAM Murcia
Fourth placeGermany MHP Riesen Ludwigsburg
Awards and statistics
MVPUnited States Mike Green
Top scorer(s)United States Kevin Punter (32)
2017
2019

The 2018 Basketball Champions League (BCL) Final Four was the second Basketball Champions League tournament. It was the concluding phase of the 2017–18 Basketball Champions League season.

Venue

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The O.A.C.A. Olympic Indoor Hall hosted the final tournament for the first time.

Athens
2018 Basketball Champions League Final Four (Europe)
O.A.C.A. Olympic Indoor Hall
Capacity: 18,989

Teams

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Road to the Final Four

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Club Clinched
Final Four
Season performance
Regular season
record
Round of 16 Quarterfinals
France Monaco 3 April 2018[1] 13–1
(1st Group A)
Poland Zielona Góra 174–142 82–84 (A) 90–60 (H) Turkey Banvit 159–152 77–85 (A) 74–75 (H)
Germany MHP Riesen Ludwigsburg 4 April 2018[2] 12–2
(2nd Group B)
Germany Oldenburg 162–149 63–88 (A) 74–86 (H) Germany medi Bayreuth 170–163 81–86 (H) 77–89 (A)
Greece AEK Athens 4 April 2018[3] 8–6
(3rd Group C)
Czech Republic ČEZ Nymburk 181–180 88–98 (H) 82–93 (A) France SIG Strasbourg 156–151 78–69 (H) 83–83 (A)
Spain UCAM Murcia 4 April 2018[4] 7–7
(4th Group A)
Spain Iberostar Tenerife 149–143 66–71 (H) 72–83 (A) Turkey Pınar Karşıyaka 160–137 65–79 (A) 81–72 (H)

Background

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AEK's Mike Green won the Final Four MVP award

MHP Riesen Ludwigsburg

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Ludwigsburg qualified for its first ever final phase of a European competition, as in the 2016–17 season they were eliminated by Banvit on a buzzer-beater. In the Basketball Bundesliga (BBL), Riesen was having a solid year as it was battling for playoff position. In the BCL play-offs, Riesen eliminated two German sides, EWE Baskets Oldenburg and medi Bayreuth in order to advance to the final four.

Monaco

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Monaco was at the top of the standings in its domestic Pro A season. In February, Monaco won the Leaders Cup for its third consecutive time. In the previous season, the team also qualified for the Final Four but was eliminated in the semi-finals, by runners-up Banvit.

AEK Athens

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AEK was having a successful season as well, as the team captured its fourth Greek Cup title, while beating EuroLeague teams Olympiacos and Panathinaikos on the way. AEK had a remarkable path to the final four, as it was nearly eliminated in the round of 16 but was saved by a three-pointer by Kevin Punter to defeat Czech side ČEZ Nymburk. In the quarter-finals, AEK eliminated French side SIG Strasbourg.

Guard Manny Harris was named the Basketball Champions League MVP as well.[5]

UCAM Murcia

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In its first BCL season, and just its second year ever playing in European competitions, Murcia eliminated the defending champions Iberostar Tenerife in the round of 16. In the quarter-finals, Pınar Karşıyaka was defeated. In the 2017–18 ACB season, Murcia was close to qualifying to the playoffs.

Bracket

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SemifinalsFinal
 
      
 
4 May
 
 
Germany MHP Riesen Ludwigsburg 65
 
6 May
 
France Monaco87
 
France Monaco94
 
4 May
 
Greece AEK Athens100
 
Greece AEK Athens 77
 
 
Spain UCAM Murcia75
 
Third place game
 
 
6 May
 
 
Germany MHP Riesen Ludwigsburg 74
 
 
Spain UCAM Murcia85

Semifinals

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MHP Riesen Ludwigsburg vs Monaco

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4 May 2018 MHP Riesen Ludwigsburg Germany 65–87 France Monaco Athens, Greece
17:30 (UTC+3) Scoring by quarter: 20–11, 18–25, 16–25, 9–26
Pts: Johnson 12
Rebs: Evans 7
Asts: Johnson, Walkup 2
Eff: Walkup 14
Boxscore Pts: Kikanović 19
Rebs: Evans 8
Asts: Cooper 9
Eff: Evans 24
Arena: O.A.C.A. Olympic Indoor Hall
Attendance: 5,862
Referees: Aleksandar Glišić (SRB), Tomas Jasevičius (LTU), Manuel Mazzoni (ITA)


Starters: Pts Reb Ast
PG 3 United States Kerron Johnson 12 2 2
SG 4 Germany David McCray 0 2 1
SF 0 United States Thomas Walkup 10 5 2
PF 23 United States Elgin Cook 10 4 1
C 19 Germany Adam Waleskowski 6 3 1
Reserves:
PF 1 United States Dwyane Evans 9 7 1
PG 7 Germany Niklas Geske 0 0 1
SG 10 Canada Adika Peter-McNeilly 11 0 0
SG 11 Germany Malik Müller 0 2 0
SF 12 Germany Florian Koch 0 0 0
PF 17 Germany Mateo Seric 2 1 0
PF 42 United States Jacob Wiley 5 3 0
Head coach:
United States John Patrick
Riesen jersey
Team colours
Team colours
Riesen
Monaco jersey
Team colours
Monaco

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Riesen Statistics[6] Monaco
19/38 (50%) 2-pt field goals 23/34 (67.7%)
4/17 (23.5%) 3-pt field goals 9/28 (32.1%)
15/23 (65.2%) Free throws 14/23 (60.9%)
13 Offensive rebounds 13
21 Defensive rebounds 22
34 Total rebounds 35
9 Assists 27
16 Turnovers 9
7 Steals 11
1 Blocks 2
16 Fouls 21
Starters: Pts Reb Ast
PG 2 United States D. J. Cooper 2 1 9
SG 22 United States Gerald Robinson 16 3 1
SF 8 Ukraine Sergiy Gladyr 12 0 0
PF 5 France Amara Sy 10 2 4
C 9 Bosnia and Herzegovina Elmedin Kikanović 19 7 1
Reserves:
PG 4 United States Aaron Craft 7 3 3
SF 6 France Paul Lacombe 2 4 5
PF 7 Croatia Damjan Rudež 0 1 0
SF 10 France Romain Poinas 0 0 0
PF 14 France Georgi Joseph 2 3 1
PF 23 United States Christopher Evans 17 8 3
C 24 France Ali Traoré 0 0 0
Head coach:
Montenegro Zvezdan Mitrović

AEK Athens vs UCAM Murcia

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4 May 2018 AEK Athens Greece 77–75 Spain UCAM Murcia Athens, Greece
20:30 (UTC+3) Scoring by quarter: 18–17, 22–17, 15–20, 22–21
Pts: Harris 20
Rebs: Hunter 6
Asts: Xanthopoulos 7
Eff: Harris 20
Boxscore Pts: Benite 19
Rebs: Rojas 12
Asts: Hannah 6
Eff: Rojas 19
Arena: O.A.C.A. Olympic Indoor Hall
Attendance: 16,191
Referees: Srđan Dožai (CRO), Tolga Sahin (ITA), Marius Ciulin (ROU)


Starters: Pts Reb Ast
PG 2 United States Mike Green 7 3 3
SG 12 Greece Giannoulis Larentzakis 3 1 1
SF 3 United States Manny Harris 20 2 1
PF 1 United States Delroy James 6 0 1
C 32 United States Vince Hunter 0 6 0
Reserves:
SG 0 United States Kevin Punter 16 3 0
PG 4 Greece Vassilis Xanthopoulos 0 2 7
PF 5 Greece Dušan Šakota 15 4 2
SF 8 Greece Panagiotis Vasilopoulos 1 3 0
SF 9 Bosnia and Herzegovina Edin Atić DNP
C 22 Greece Dimitrios Mavroeidis 9 5 0
C 24 Greece Vassilis Kavvadas 0 0 0
Head coach:
Serbia Dragan Šakota
AEK jersey
Team colours
AEK
Murcia jersey
Team colours
Murcia

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AEK Statistics Murcia
17/31 (54.8%) 2-pt field goals 19/43 (44.1%)
8/22 (36.4%) 3-pt field goals 6/20 (30%)
19/31 (61.3%) Free throws 19/25 (76%)
6 Offensive rebounds 15
26 Defensive rebounds 29
32 Total rebounds 44
15 Assists 14
14 Turnovers 15
9 Steals 10
6 Blocks 3
25 Fouls 28
Starters: Pts Reb Ast
PG 11 United States Clevin Hannah 17 4 6
SG 12 Spain Brad Oleson 10 0 2
SF 27 Dominican Republic Sadiel Rojas 8 12 3
PF 0 United Kingdom Ovie Soko 12 8 2
C 24 Belgium Kevin Tumba 5 6 0
Reserves:
SF 1 Bosnia and Herzegovina Lazar Mutić DNP
SG 3 Spain Álex Urtasun 0 0 0
PF 6 Spain José Ángel Antelo 0 2 0
SG 8 Brazil Vítor Benite 19 1 1
PG 9 Netherlands Charlon Kloof 0 0 0
PF 13 Brazil Vítor Faverani DNP
C 23 Brazil Augusto Lima 4 6 0
Head coach:
Spain Ibon Navarro

Third place game

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6 May 2018 MHP Riesen Ludwigsburg Germany 74–85 Spain UCAM Murcia Athens, Greece
16:30 (UTC+3) Scoring by quarter: 17–18, 15–24, 21–18, 21–25
Pts: Johnson 17
Rebs: Evans 5
Asts: Johnson 9
PIR: Eff: Johnson 27
Boxscore Pts: Rojas 18
Rebs: Soko 10
Asts: Urtasun 4
PIR: Eff: Rojas 21
Arena: O.A.C.A. Olympic Indoor Hall
Attendance: 8,221
Referees: Manuel Mazzoni (ITA), Petar Obradović (BIH), Marius Ciulin (ROU)


Starters: Pts Reb Ast
PG 3 United States Kerron Johnson 17 3 9
SG 4 Germany David McCray 2 0 0
SF 0 United States Thomas Walkup 7 4 2
PF 23 United States Elgin Cook 11 0 2
C 19 Germany Adam Waleskowski 10 4 3
Reserves:
PF 1 United States Dwyane Evans 6 5 1
PG 7 Germany Niklas Geske 0 0 1
SG 10 Canada Adika Peter-McNeilly 11 4 2
SG 11 Germany Malik Müller 6 3 0
SF 12 Germany Florian Koch 4 1 0
PF 17 Germany Mateo Seric DNP
PF 42 United States Jacob Wiley 0 0 1
Head coach:
United States John Patrick
Riesen jersey
Team colours
Riesen
Murcia jersey
Team colours
Murcia

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Riesen Statistics Murcia
20/39 (51.3%) 2-pt field goals 18/37 (48.6%)
7/22 (31.8%) 3-pt field goals 9/24 (37.5%)
13/18 (72.2%) Free throws 22.31 (71%)
7 Offensive rebounds 17
21 Defensive rebounds 29
28 Total rebounds 46
20 Assists 23
12 Turnovers 17
11 Steals 8
3 Blocks 4
26 Fouls 20
Starters: Pts Reb Ast
PG 11 United States Clevin Hannah 10 2 8
SG 12 Spain Brad Oleson 3 1 3
SF 27 Dominican Republic Sadiel Rojas 18 9 1
PF 0 United Kingdom Ovie Soko 15 10 0
C 23 Brazil Augusto Lima 8 3 1
Reserves:
SF 1 Bosnia and Herzegovina Lazar Mutić DNP
SG 3 Spain Álex Urtasun 6 3 4
PF 6 Spain José Ángel Antelo DNP
SG 8 Brazil Vítor Benite 8 1 2
PG 9 Netherlands Charlon Kloof 12 3 4
PF 13 Brazil Vítor Faverani DNP
C 24 Belgium Kevin Tumba 5 8 0
Head coach:
Spain Ibon Navarro

Final

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6 May 2018 Monaco France 94–100 Greece AEK Athens Athens, Greece
19:30 (UTC+3) Scoring by quarter: 20–29, 24–24, 26–20, 24–27
Pts: Gladyr 18
Rebs: Kikanović, Lacombe 6
Asts: Cooper 9
PIR: Eff: Gladyr 22
Boxscore Pts: Green 19
Rebs: Harris 10
Asts: Xanthopoulos 6
PIR: Eff: James 18
Arena: O.A.C.A. Olympic Indoor Hall
Attendance: 17,984
Referees: Aleksandar Glišić (SRB), Tomas Jasevičius (LTU), Mārtiņš Kozlovskis (LAT)


Starters: Pts Reb Ast
PG 2 United States D. J. Cooper 8 1 9
SG 22 United States Gerald Robinson 13 2 3
SF 6 France Paul Lacombe 2 4 5
PF 5 France Amara Sy 8 2 0
C 9 Bosnia and Herzegovina Elmedin Kikanović 12 6 0
Reserves:
PG 4 United States Aaron Craft 9 5 4
PF 7 Croatia Damjan Rudež 0 0 0
SF 8 Ukraine Sergiy Gladyr 18 5 0
SF 10 France Romain Poinas DNP
PF 14 France Georgi Joseph 0 0 0
PF 23 United States Christopher Evans 6 4 1
C 24 France Ali Traoré 8 2 2
Head coach:
Montenegro Zvezdan Mitrović
Monaco jersey
Team colours
Monaco
AEK jersey
Team colours
AEK

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Monaco Statistics AEK
24/45 (53.3%) 2-pt field goals 23/45 (51.1%)
7/19 (36.8%) 3-pt field goals 9/17 (52.9%)
25/35 (71.4%) Free throws 27/40 (67.5%)
13 Offensive rebounds 11
25 Defensive rebounds 23
38 Total rebounds 34
21 Assists 18
13 Turnovers 12
6 Steals 9
7 Blocks 6
30 Fouls 26


2017–18 Basketball Champions League champions
Greece
AEK Athens
1st title
Starters: Pts Reb Ast
PG 2 United States Mike Green 19 5 3
SG 12 Greece Giannoulis Larentzakis 8 0 2
SF 3 United States Manny Harris 9 10 4
PF 1 United States Delroy James 13 4 1
C 32 United States Vince Hunter 10 4 0
Reserves:
SG 0 United States Kevin Punter 16 0 0
PG 4 Greece Vassilis Xanthopoulos 2 2 6
PF 5 Greece Dušan Šakota 16 2 1
SF 8 Greece Panagiotis Vasilopoulos 0 2 1
SF 9 Bosnia and Herzegovina Edin Atić DNP
C 22 Greece Dimitrios Mavroeidis 7 2 0
C 24 Greece Vassilis Kavvadas DNP
Head coach:
Serbia Dragan Šakota

References

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  1. ^ "Banvit win second leg but Robinson fires Monaco into Final Four". Chamionsleague.basketball. 3 April 2018. Retrieved 3 April 2018.
  2. ^ "Sears leads MHP Riesen Ludwigsburg to Final Four with Leg 2 win in Bayreuth". Chamionsleague.basketball. 4 April 2018. Retrieved 5 April 2018.
  3. ^ "AEK Athens advance to Final Four as they hold off SIG Strasbourg". Chamionsleague.basketball. 4 April 2018. Retrieved 5 April 2018.
  4. ^ "Murcia lower the boom in fourth quarter to beat Pinar Karsiyaka and advance". Chamionsleague.basketball. 4 April 2018. Retrieved 5 April 2018.
  5. ^ Harris named MVP of the season
  6. ^ Boxscore Riesen – Monaco
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