2018 FIBA Europe Cup Finals

The 2018 FIBA Europe Cup Finals was the concluding games of the 2017–18 FIBA Europe Cup season. The Finals were played in a two-legged format, with the first leg played on April 25 and the second one on 2 May 2018.

2018 FIBA Europe Cup Finals

Event	2017–18 FIBA Europe Cup
Sidigas Scandone Umana Reyer Venezia 148 158
First leg
Sidigas Scandone Umana Reyer Venezia 69 77
Date	25 April 2018 (2018-04-25)
Venue	Palasport Giacomo Del Mauro, Avellino
Referees	Antonio Conde (ESP), Georgios Poursanidis (GRE), Yener Yılmaz (TUR)
Attendance	5,000
Second leg
Umana Reyer Venezia Sidigas Scandone 81 79
Date	2 May 2018 (2018-05-02)
Venue	Palasport Giuseppe Taliercio, Venice
Referees	Vicente Bultó (ESP), Saša Maričić (SRB), Panagiotis Anastopoulos (GRE)
Attendance	3,510
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For the second consecutive time, two teams from the same country met in the final.

Venue

The Palasport Giacomo Del Mauro was the first venue. The Palasport originally had a 3,600 seating capacity. It was expanded to a 5,300 seating capacity in 2008, specifically in order to meet the minimum capacity requirements for EuroLeague games, which require an arena of at least 5,000 seats. In 2008, the arena's usage rights were also entrusted to Air Avellino, for a period of ten years.

The Palasport Giuseppe Taliercio in Venice, the venue for the second leg, opened in 1978.^[1] It was used as one of the host arenas of the 1979 EuroBasket. It has most notably been used as the home arena of the Italian basketball club, Reyer Venezia Mestre, of the Lega Basket Serie A. The Italian club Basket Mestre 1958 also used the arena at one time.

Avellino	Avellino Venice 2018 FIBA Europe Cup Finals (Europe)	Venice
Palasport Del Mauro		Palasport Giuseppe Taliercio
Capacity: 5,600		Capacity: 3,509

Road to the Finals

Further information: 2017–18 FIBA Europe Cup

Note: In the table, the score of the finalist is given first (H = home; A = away).

Sidigas Scandone				Round	Reyer Venezia
Basketball Champions League Group D Pos Team v t e Pld Pts 1 Beşiktaş Sompo Japan 14 24 2 ČEZ Nymburk 14 24 3 Nanterre 92 14 23 4 Stelmet Enea Zielona Góra 14 20 5 Sidigas Scandone 14 20 6 Oostende 14 20 7 Telekom Baskets Bonn 14 19 8 Aris 14 18 Source: Basketball Champions League				Regular season	Basketball Champions League Group C Pos Team v t e Pld Pts 1 SIG Strasbourg 14 23 2 Banvit 14 23 3 AEK Athens 14 22 4 medi bayreuth 14 22 5 Movistar Estudiantes 14 22 6 Umana Reyer Venezia 14 22 7 Petrol Olimpija 14 18 8 Rosa Radom 14 16 Source: Basketball Champions League
Opponent	Agg.	1st leg	2nd leg	Play-offs	Opponent	Agg.	1st leg	2nd leg
Tsmoki-Minsk	151–142	70–70 (H)	72–81 (A)	Round of 16	Egis Körmend	169–139	83–51 (H)	88–86 (A)
Juventus	162–145	77–77 (A)	85–68 (H)	Quarterfinals	Nizhny Novgorod	176–170	86–76 (H)	94–90 (A)
Bakken Bears	157–144	75–72 (H)	72–82 (A)	Semifinals	Donar	162–155	82–72 (H)	83–80 (A)

First leg

25 April 2018	Sidigas Scandone	69–77	Umana Reyer Venezia	Avellino, Italy
20:30 (UTC+2)	Scoring by quarter: 25–25, 15–23, 15–15, 14–14
	Pts: Fesenko 19 Rebs: Leunen 11 Asts: Filloy 6 Eff: Fesenko 24	Boxscore	Pts: Daye 14 Rebs: Perić 7 Asts: Haynes 5 Eff: Daye 18	Arena: Palasport Del Mauro Attendance: 5,000 Referees: Antonio Conde (ESP), Georgios Poursanidis (GRE), Yener Yılmaz (TUR)

Sidigas Scandone v Umana Reyer Venezia

Starters: Pts Reb Ast PG 6 Bruno Fitipaldo 3 0 2 SG 9 Jason Rich 16 4 3 SF 1 Dez Wells 18 2 1 PF 10 Maarty Leunen 5 12 5 C 44 Kyrylo Fesenko 19 7 2 Reserves: F/C 0 Andrea Zerini 0 1 0 G/F 7 Andrea Bianco DNP C 9 Shane Lawal 2 8 0 F 11 Thomas Scrubb 2 1 0 G 12 Ariel Filloy 4 2 6 G 24 Lorenzo D'Ercole 0 0 0 G 57 Salvatore Parlato DNP Head coach: Stefano Sacripanti

Scandone Reyer 0 Scandone Statistics[2] Reyer 24/40 (60%) 2-pt field goals 20/40 (50%) 4/20 (20%) 3-pt field goals 10/23 (43.5%) 9/17 (52.9%) Free throws 7/9 (77.8%) 14 Offensive rebounds 8 26 Defensive rebounds 22 40 Total rebounds 30 19 Assists 18 14 Turnovers 8 5 Steals 6 4 Blocks 4 16 Fouls 23

Starters: Pts Reb Ast PG 0 MarQuez Haynes 2 2 5 SG 30 Bruno Cerella 10 0 1 SG 7 Stefano Tonut 5 0 2 PF 9 Austin Daye 14 4 1 C 50 Mitchell Watt 13 3 0 Reserves: F 2 Hrvoje Perić 6 7 2 G 3 Dominique Johnson 6 7 2 G/F 6 Michael Bramos 5 4 1 G 11 Michael Jenkins 5 2 1 F/C 14 Tomas Ress DNP C 19 Paul Biligha 4 1 1 Head coach: Walter De Raffaele

Second leg

2 May 2018	Umana Reyer Venezia	81–79 (158–148 agg.)	Sidigas Scandone	Venice, Italy
20:00 (UTC+2)	Scoring by quarter: 15–13, 26–19, 22–29, 18–18
	Pts: Haynes, Perić 16 Rebs: Biligha 5 Asts: Haynes 3 Eff: Daye, Perić 14	Boxscore	Pts: Rich 32 Rebs: Fesenko 15 Asts: Rich 5 Eff: Fesenko 33	Arena: Palasport Giuseppe Taliercio Attendance: 3,510 Referees: Vicente Bultó (ESP), Saša Maričić (SRB), Panagiotis Anastopoulos (GRE)

Umana Reyer Venezia v Sidigas Scandone

Starters: Pts Reb Ast PG 0 MarQuez Haynes 16 1 3 SG 30 Bruno Cerella 7 0 0 SG 7 Stefano Tonut 0 1 0 PF 9 Austin Daye 15 4 2 C 50 Mitchell Watt 8 3 2 Reserves: F 2 Hrvoje Perić 16 2 2 G 3 Dominique Johnson 0 3 1 G/F 6 Michael Bramos 4 2 1 G 11 Michael Jenkins 3 1 0 F/C 14 Tomas Ress DNP C 19 Paul Biligha 4 5 0 Head coach: Walter De Raffaele

Reyer Scandone 0 Reyer Statistics[3] Scandone 24/44 (54.5%) 2-pt field goals 23/41 (56.1%) 7/21 (33.3%) 3-pt field goals 5/20 (25%) 12/17 (70.6%) Free throws 18/24 (75%) 7 Offensive rebounds 16 21 Defensive rebounds 30 28 Total rebounds 46 13 Assists 14 3 Turnovers 12 4 Steals 1 3 Blocks 2 23 Fouls 20

Starters: Pts Reb Ast PG 12 Ariel Filloy 5 7 2 SG 9 Jason Rich 32 1 5 SF 1 Dez Wells 0 1 1 PF 10 Maarty Leunen 5 4 3 C 44 Kyrylo Fesenko 21 15 2 Reserves: F/C 0 Andrea Zerini 1 0 0 G 6 Bruno Fitipaldo 3 2 0 G/F 7 Michele Fucci DNP C 9 Shane Lawal 2 8 1 F 11 Thomas Scrubb 2 4 0 G 24 Lorenzo D'Ercole 8 1 0 G 57 Salvatore Parlato DNP Head coach: Stefano Sacripanti