2018 Italian Basketball Supercup

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2018 Zurich Connect Supercoppa
Tournament details
Arena
Fiat Torino
Awards and statistics
MVPSerbia Vladimir Micov
2017

The 2018 Italian Basketball Supercup (Italian: Supercoppa di pallacanestro 2018), also known as Zurich Connect Supercoppa 2018 for sponsorship reasons,[1] was the 24th edition of the super cup tournament, organized by the Lega Basket Serie A (LBA).

AX Armani Exchange Milano were the defending champions.[2]

Fiat Torino 82–71 in the Finals.[3] Vladimir Micov was named MVP of the competition.[4]

It was played in the PalaLeonessa in Brescia[5] on 29 and 30 September 2018.[6]

Participant teams

As of 3 June 2018, qualified for the tournament were

Dolomiti Energia Trento as LBA Playoffs finalist.[8]

Team Qualified as Appearances
Dolomiti Energia Trento
LBA runner-up 2nd
AX Armani Exchange Milano
LBA champion 2nd
Fiat Torino
Italian Cup champion 1st
Germani Basket Brescia
Italian Cup runner-up 1st

Bracket

Semifinals
29 September
Final
30 September
      
AX Armani Exchange Milano
81
Germani Basket Brescia
59
AX Armani Exchange Milano
82
Fiat Torino
71
Fiat Torino
81
Dolomiti Energia Trento
72

Semifinals

Fiat Torino vs. Dolomiti Energia Trento

29 September 2018
Fiat Torino
81–72
Dolomiti Energia Trento
Brescia
18:00 (CEST) Scoring by quarter: 19–11, 21–19, 15–22, 26–20
Eurosport 24 Boxscore Pts: Jovanović 15
Rebs: Jovanović 8
Asts: Flaccadori 6
PIR: Jovanović 18
Arena: PalaLeonessa
Referees: Tolga Sahin, Maurizio Biggi, Gabriele Bettini


Starters: Pts Reb Ast
PG 15 United States Tyshawn Taylor 15 4 3
SG 32 United States Tekele Cotton 21 2 0
SF 0 United States Jamil Wilson 16 8 2
PF
1 United States Victor Rudd 0 7 1
C 14 United States James Michael McAdoo 14 6 0
Reserves:
SG 3 Italy Simon Anumba 0 0 1
SG 4 United States Tony Carr 7 3 4
PG 6 Italy Vincenzo Guaiana DNP
PG 8 Italy Giuseppe Poeta 8 1 6
SF 10 Argentina Carlos Delfino DNP
C 12 Italy Marco Cusin 0 0 1
SF 19 Italy Simone Marrone DNP
Head coach:
United States Larry Brown
Fiat Torino jersey
Team colours
Fiat Torino
Dolomiti Energia Trento jersey
Team colours
Dolomiti Energia Trento
Starters: Pts Reb Ast
PG 4 Serbia Nikola Radičević 0 2 5
SG 12 Italy Diego Flaccadori 11 4 6
SF 15
João Gomes
9 2 0
PF
22 United States Dustin Hogue 9 2 1
C 32 Serbia Nikola Jovanović 15 8 0
Reserves:
SG 1 United States Devyn Marble 6 0 1
PF
7 Italy Davide Pascolo DNP
SG 9 Italy Fabio Mian 3 1 0
PG 10 Italy Andrés Pablo Forray 14 3 1
PF
14 Italy Andrea Mezzanotte 9 2 1
G
20 Italy Alessandro Voltolini DNP
Head coach:
Italy Maurizio Buscaglia

AX Armani Exchange Milano vs. Germani Basket Brescia

29 September 2018
AX Armani Exchange Milano
81–59
Germani Basket Brescia
Brescia
20:45 (CEST) Scoring by quarter: 20–13, 15–17, 23–11, 23–18
Eurosport 31 Boxscore Pts: Abass 15
Rebs: Hamilton 10
Asts: Vitali 9
PIR: Hamilton 20
Arena: PalaLeonessa
Referees: Massimiliano Filippini, Alessandro Vicino, Luca Weidmann


Starters: Pts Reb Ast
PG 16 Serbia Nemanja Nedović 23 4 7
SG 2 United States Mike James 17 2 4
SF 19 Lithuania Mindaugas Kuzminskas 7 3 3
PF
32
Jeff Brooks
2 9 0
C 7 Lithuania Artūras Gudaitis 9 11 2
Reserves:
SG 00 Italy Amedeo Della Valle 5 0 2
SF 5 Serbia Vladimir Micov 12 5 1
G
6 Italy Riccardo Musumeci DNP
SG 9 Latvia Dairis Bertāns 0 1 0
SF 13 Italy Simone Fontecchio 0 1 0
PG 20 Italy Andrea Cinciarini 3 1 3
PF
23 Italy Christian Burns 3 6 0
Head coach:
Italy Simone Pianigiani
AX Armani Exchange Milano jersey
Team colours
AX Armani Exchange Milano
Germani Basket Brescia jersey
Team colours
Germani Basket Brescia
Starters: Pts Reb Ast
PG 0 United States Bryon Allen 9 0 1
PG 7 Italy Luca Vitali 0 0 0
SG 5 Italy Awudu Abass 15 2 0
SF 1 United States Jordan Hamilton 14 10 1
C 12 United States Eric Mika 7 3 0
Reserves:
SG 4 Italy Marco Ceron 0 2 0
PG 8 Italy Tommaso Laquintana 0 0 0
SG 10 Italy Matteo Caroli DNP
SF 18 United States Gerald Beverly 2 1 0
C 29 Italy Andrea Zerini 1 3 0
SF 20 United States David Moss 3 3 1
PF
29 Italy Brian Sacchetti 3 2 1
Head coach:
Italy Andrea Diana

Final

Fiat Torino vs. AX Armani Exchange Milano

30 September 2018
Fiat Torino
71–82
AX Armani Exchange Milano
Brescia
18:00 (CEST) Scoring by quarter: 21–20, 10–21, 20–26, 20–15
Eurosport 21 Boxscore Pts: Micov, Gudaitis 17
Rebs: Gudaitis 10
Asts: James 4
PIR: Gudaitis 23
Arena: PalaLeonessa
Referees: Massimiliano Filippini, Gabriele Bettini, Alessandro Vicino


Starters: Pts Reb Ast
PG 15 United States Tyshawn Taylor 11 3 2
SG 32 United States Tekele Cotton 11 3 3
SF 0 United States Jamil Wilson 11 7 2
PF
1 United States Victor Rudd 5 3 0
C 14 United States James Michael McAdoo 12 6 2
Reserves:
SG 3 Italy Simon Anumba DNP
SG 4 United States Tony Carr 15 5 4
PG 6 Italy Vincenzo Guaiana 0 0 0
PG 8 Italy Giuseppe Poeta 2 1 4
SF 10 Argentina Carlos Delfino DNP
C 12 Italy Marco Cusin 4 4 1
SF 19 Italy Simone Marrone DNP
Head coach:
United States Larry Brown
Fiat Torino jersey
Team colours
Fiat Torino
AX Armani Exchange Milano jersey
Team colours
AX Armani Exchange Milano


Italian Supercoppa MVP
Serbia Vladimir Micov
Game rules
Game was played under FIBA rules.
2018 Italian Supercup Winners

AX Armani Exchange Milano

(3rd title)
Starters: Pts Reb Ast
PG 16 Serbia Nemanja Nedović 14 3 3
SG 2 United States Mike James 10 3 4
SF 19 Lithuania Mindaugas Kuzminskas 4 7 3
PF
32
Jeff Brooks
5 3 2
C 7 Lithuania Artūras Gudaitis 17 10 1
Reserves:
SG 00 Italy Amedeo Della Valle 9 1 0
SF 5 Serbia Vladimir Micov 17 2 1
G
6 Italy Riccardo Musumeci DNP
SG 9 Latvia Dairis Bertāns 0 0 0
SF 13 Italy Simone Fontecchio 2 0 0
PG 20 Italy Andrea Cinciarini 2 3 3
PF
23 Italy Christian Burns 2 6 0
Head coach:
Italy Simone Pianigiani

Sponsors

References

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