2018–19 EuroLeague Women

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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

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.

Team allocation

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

Teams

League positions of the previous season shown in parentheses (TH: EuroLeague Women title holders):

Regular season
Belgium Castors Braine (1st) France Flammes Carolo Basket (3rd) Poland CCC Polkowice (1st) Spain Perfumerías Avenida (1st)
Czech Republic USK Praha (1st) Hungary Sopron Basket (1st) Russia Dynamo Kursk (2nd)
Fenerbahçe
(1st)
Tango Bourges Basket
(1st) 		Italy Famila Schio (1st) Russia UMMC EkaterinburgTH (1st)
Hatay BB
(3rd)
Qualifying round
France ESBVA-LM (5th) Hungary KSC Szekszárd (2nd) Latvia TTT Riga (1st) Russia Nadezhda Orenburg (3rd)
Olympiacos
(1st) 		Italy Reyer Venezia (3rd)
Wisła Can-Pack
(4th) 		Turkey Çukurova Basketbol (4th)

Round and draw dates

Schedule

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

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
Russia UMMC Ekaterinburg
Russia Dynamo Kursk
Fenerbahçe
Czech Republic ZVVZ USK Praha
Tango Bourges Basket
 Italy Famila Schio
Spain Perfumerías Avenida
Seed 5 Seed 6 Seed 7 Seed 8
Hatay BB
Belgium Castors Braine
 France Flammes Carolo Basket
Poland CCC Polkowice 		Qualifier 1
Qualifier 2 		Qualifier 3
Qualifier 4

Qualifying round

Team 1
Agg.
Tooltip Aggregate score 		Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Çukurova Basketbol Turkey 132–136 Russia Nadezhda Orenburg 58–60 74–76
Olympiacos Greece
 110–109
Wisła Can-Pack
 63–63 47–46
KSC Szekszárd Hungary 132–145 France ESBVA-LM 71–68 61–77
TTT Riga Latvia 140–112 Italy Reyer Venezia 67–56 73–56

Regular season

Olympiacos
TTT Riga
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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

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification EKA USK
BOU
 POL NAD FAM ESB CAS
1 Russia 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 Czech Republic 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 Poland 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 Russia 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 Italy Famila Schio 14 5 9 912 955 −43 19 68–82 50–69 55–66 83–69 82–50 — 75–81 76–48
7 France 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 Belgium 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

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification KUR SOP
FEN
 TTT AVE CAR
HAT
OLY
1 Russia 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 Hungary 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 Latvia 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 Spain 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 France 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

Team 1 Series Team 2 Game 1 Game 2 Game 3
UMMC Ekaterinburg Russia 2–0 Latvia TTT Riga 78–45 77–55
Sopron Basket Hungary 2–0
Tango Bourges Basket
 66–65 74–64
ZVVZ USK Praha Czech Republic 2–0
Fenerbahçe
 76–54 77–65
Dynamo Kursk Russia 2–0 Poland CCC Polkowice 89–53 81–77

First leg

5 March 2019 UMMC Ekaterinburg Russia 78–45
(Series: 1–0) 		Latvia 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:
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 Russia 89–53
(Series: 1–0) 		Poland CCC Polkowice Kursk
19:00 (UTC+3) Scoring by quarter: 20–11, 17–14, 29–9, 23–19
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 Hungary 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 Czech Republic 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

TTT Riga Latvia v Russia UMMC Ekaterinburg
8 March 2019 TTT Riga Latvia 55–77
(Series: 0–2) 		Russia UMMC Ekaterinburg Riga
19:00 (UTC+2) Scoring by quarter: 9–20, 19–23, 19–20, 8–14
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 Poland 77–81
(Series: 0–2) 		Russia 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)

Final four

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

Semifinals

ZVVZ USK Praha Czech Republic v Russia Dynamo Kursk
12 April 2019 ZVVZ USK Praha Czech Republic 67–84 Russia Dynamo Kursk Sopron
17:00 (UTC+2) Scoring by quarter: 17–19, 21–24, 9–24, 20–17
Ayayi, Elhotová
3 		Boxscore Pts:
Howard
10
Asts: three players 3 		Arena: Aréna Sopron
Referees: Jasmina Juras (SRB), Boris Krejič (SLO), Vasiliki Tsaroucha (GRE)
12 April 2019 UMMC Ekaterinburg Russia 81–59 Hungary 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

14 April 2019 Sopron Basket Hungary 53–64 Czech Republic 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
5 		Arena: Aréna Sopron
Referees: Jasmina Juras (SRB), Gentian Cici (ALB), Andrada Csender (ROU)

Final

14 April 2019 UMMC Ekaterinburg Russia 91–67 Russia 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 5
Asts: Prince
5 		Arena: Aréna Sopron
Referees: Özlem Yalman (TUR), Boris Krejič (SLO), Vasiliki Tsaroucha (GRE)


2018–19 EuroLeague Women Champions
Russia
UMMC Ekaterinburg
Fifth title

Awards

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

EuroLeague MVP

EuroLeague Final Four MVP

Coach of the Year

Most Entertaining Player of the Year

Best Frontcourt Player of the Year

Best Wing of the Year

Best Guard of the Year

Young Player of the Year

Individual leaders

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

Points per game

Rank Name Team Games Points PPG
1 United States Breanna Stewart Russia Dynamo Kursk 18 378 21.0
2 United States Haley Peters France Flammes Carolo Basket 14 246 17.6
3 United States Alyssa Thomas
ZVVZ USK Praha
 18 305 16.9
4 United States Kelsey Plum
Fenerbahçe Istanbul
 16 256 16.0
5 Hungary Allie Quigley
Famila Schio
 10 157 15.7

Rebounds per game

Rank Name Team Games Rebounds RPG
1 United States Brionna Jones Russia Nadezhda Orenburg 16 175 10.9
2 United States Alyssa Thomas
ZVVZ USK Praha
 18 188 10.4
3 United States Celeste Trahan-Davis Belgium Castors Braine 13 133 10.2
4 United States Courtney Paris
Hatay BB
 9 90 10.0
5 United States Lykendra Johnson
Olympiacos
 16 154 9.6

Assists per game

Rank Name Team Games Assists APG
1 France Amel Bouderra France Flammes Carolo Basket 14 96 6.9
2 Spain Sandra Ygueravide Russia Nadezhda Orenburg 15 93 6.2
Italy Francesca Dotto
Famila Schio
 11 68 6.2
4
Silvia Dominguez
Perfumerías Avenida
 14 83 5.9
5 Hungary Courtney Vandersloot Russia UMMC Ekaterinburg 18 105 5.8

Other statistics

Category Player Team Games Average
Steals United States Alyssa Thomas
ZVVZ USK Praha
 18 2.8
Blocks United States Brittney Griner Russia UMMC Ekaterinburg 17 2.1
Turnovers Spain Sandra Ygueravide Russia Nadezhda Orenburg 15 4.1
Fouls committed United States Lynetta Kizer Poland CCC Polkowice 9 3.3
Minutes Hungary Yvonne Turner Hungary Sopron Basket 18 36:06
FG% United States Courtney Paris
Hatay BB
 9 58.5%
2P% Canada Nayo Raincock-Ekunwe France Tango Bourges Basket 9 67.8%
3P% United States Kaleena Mosqueda-Lewis France Flammes Carolo Basket 13 54.1%
FT% United States Kelsey Plum
Fenerbahçe Istanbul
 16 93.2%
Efficiency United States Alyssa Thomas
ZVVZ USK Praha
 18 22.7

Individual game highs

Category Player Team Statistic
Points United States Breanna Stewart Russia Dynamo Kursk 33
Offensive Rebounds
Natasha Howard
 Russia Dynamo Kursk 9
Total Rebounds United States Alyssa Thomas
ZVVZ USK Praha
 17
United States Celeste Trahan-Davis Belgium Castors Braine
Assists France Amel Bouderra France Flammes Carolo Basket 14
Blocks
Ruth Hamblin
 Belgium Castors Braine 6
Three pointers made United States Kaleena Mosqueda-Lewis France Flammes Carolo Basket 7
United Kingdom Karlie Samuelson Belgium Castors Braine
Free throws made Greece Styliani Kaltsidou Poland CCC Polkowice 10
United States Kelsey Plum
Fenerbahçe Istanbul
Efficiency United States Tina Charles Russia Dynamo Kursk 41.0

Team leaders

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

Category Team Average
Points Russia UMMC Ekaterinburg
82.3
Rebounds Russia UMMC Ekaterinburg
43.9
Assists Russia UMMC Ekaterinburg
22.6
Steals France ESBVA-LM
9.6
Blocks Russia Dynamo Kursk
4.0
Turnovers France ESBVA-LM
16.1
2-PT % Russia UMMC Ekaterinburg
52.2%
3-PT % France Flammes Carolo Basket
39.5%
FT %
Fenerbahçe Istanbul
79.5%
Fouls Belgium Castors Braine
20.2


References

  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.

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