2018–19 Finnish Basketball Cup

The 2018–19 of the Finnish Basketball Cup is at its 33rd edition.

2018–19 Finnish Basketball Cup
Season2018–19
Teams16
Games played27
TVElisa Viihde
Final positions
ChampionsSalon Vilpas
(1st title)
← 2013
2019-20 →
All statistics correct as of 8 January 2019.

The competition was interrupted in 2013 and resumed for the season 2018–19. The Opening match was played on 30 October 2018.[1]

Format

Every Finnish basketball team from any league could join voluntarily the Finnish Basketball Cup.[2] The competition is structured in single game play-off series, with the exception that the teams that lose at the first and second round have a second chance to qualify by playing an additional play-out round.[3]

Teams

EBT
Koripojat
JBA
Kipinä
Lahti
LoKoKo
Kisapojat
Tarmo
Raiders
Location of teams in the 2018–19 Finnish Basketball Cup
Team City Tier Affiliation
BC LepiNokiaOver 35 ChampionshipBC Nokia
Espoo Basket TeamEspooI Division B
Forssan KoripojatForssaI Division A
Jyväskylä Basketball AcademyJyväskyläI Division A
Koiviston KipinäÄänekoskiII Division South East Area
KTP BasketKotkaKorisliiga
Lahti BasketballLahtiI Division A
LoKoKo BisonsLoimaaI Division A
Munkkiniemen KisapojatHelsinkiI Division B
Porvoon TarmoPorvooI Division A
Pyrintö AkatemiaTampereI Division ATampereen Pyrintö
Tampereen PyrintöTampereKorisliiga
Raiders BasketJärvenpääI Division B
RoostersNokiaIII Division Western AreaBC Nokia
RäppäkäpälätPorvooII Division Southern AreaPorvoon Tarmo
Salon VilpasSaloKorisliiga

First round

In the first round all the teams qualify to the second round, no matter what the result is. But the winners from the first round play against each other in a single game play-off format, while the losers go in a play-out round.

10 November 2018
17:00
Porvoon Tarmo 9980 Roosters
9 November 2018
19:30
BC Lepi 9871 Espoo Basket Team
10 November 2018
14:30
Räppäkäpälät 11880 Pyrintö Akatemia
2 November 2018
18:30
Tampereen Pyrintö 9884 LoKoKo Bisons
10 November 2018
12:30
Koiviston Kipinä 83104 Raiders Basket
21 November 2018
18:30
Lahti Basketball 8682 KTP Basket
8 November 2018
19:00
Munkkiniemen Kisapojat 80120 Salon Vilpas
30 October 2018
18:30
Jyväskylä Basketball Academy 8189 Forssan Koripojat

Second round

The second round play-offs are played amongst the teams that won in the first round. The winning teams go directly to the fourth round, while the losing teams play an extra third round with the chance to qualify to the fourth round.

The play-outs are played amongst the teams that lost the first play off round. The losing teams are out from the competition, while the winning teams play in the additional round against the losing team from the play-offs of the second round, with a chance to qualify to the fourth round.

Play off

20 December 2018
19:30
Porvoon Tarmo 65119 BC Lepi
2 December 2018
14:30
Räppäkäpälät 88136 Tampereen Pyrintö
4 December 2018
19:00
Raiders Basket 9994 Lahti Basketball
4 December 2018
18:30
Forssan Koripojat 84109 Salon Vilpas

Play out

15 December 2018
18:30
Roosters 9275 Espoo Basket Team
4 December 2018
18:30
LoKoKo Bisons 8570 Pyrintö Akatemia
8 January 2019
18:30
KTP Basket 13890 Koiviston Kipinä
4 December 2018
18:30
Jyväskylä Basketball Academy 82106 Munkkiniemen Kisapojat

Third round

In the third round the teams who won the play-outs play against the teams that lost the second round of play-offs. The winners will qualify to the fourth round and will play against the teams that won the second round of play-offs

9 January 2019
19:00
Munkkiniemen Kisapojat 12047 Porvoon Tarmo
15 January 2019
18:30
KTP Basket 10885 Räppäkäpälät
9 January 2019
18:30
LoKoKo Bisons 7680 Lahti Basketball
20 January 2019
17:00
Forssan Koripojat 10383 Roosters

Bracket

The final stage is played in single match quarters, semifinals and final.[4]

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
6 February 2019
 
 
Raiders Basket 64
 
5 March 2019
 
Munkkiniemen Kisapojat 68
 
Munkkiniemen Kisapojat 89
 
22 February 2019
 
Tampereen Pyrintö 99
 
Tampereen Pyrintö 115
 
16 March 2019
 
Forssan Koripojat 90
 
Tampereen Pyrintö 93
 
29 January 2019
 
Salon Vilpas 106
 
Lahti Basketball 102
 
5 March 2019
 
BC Lepi 83
 
Lahti Basketball 79
 
6 February 2019
 
Salon Vilpas 104
 
Salon Vilpas 98
 
 
KTP Basket 86
 

Final

16 March 2019
Final
Tampereen Pyrintö 93106 Salon Vilpas Tampere
19:00 (EET) Scoring by quarter: 26–27, 21–25, 23–29, 23–25
Elisa Viihde Pts: Osku Heinonen 20
Rebs: Kenneth Manigault 8
Asts: Kenneth Manigault 6
Boxscore Pts: Jack Gibbs 31
Rebs: Juho Nenonen 9
Asts: Teemu Rannikko 5
Arena: Pyynikin Palloiluhalli



Starters:PtsRebAst
G 2 Jaylon Tate 19 3 5
F 3 Kenneth Manigault 19 8 6
F 10 Osku Heinonen 20 4 2
C 65 Kevin Johnson Jr. 10 8 0
F 93 Joonas Cavén 9 0 0
Reserves:
G 9 Lassi Kilpinen 3 0 1
F 11 Ville Haapoja 3 2 0
G 13 Tuomas Flinck 0 0 0
F 40 Justus Kilpinen 10 1 3
Head coach:
Sami Toiviainen


PyrintöStatisticsVilpas
26/46 (57%)2 point field goals22/42 (52%)
9/21 (43%)3 point field goals12/23 (52%)
14/16 (88.0%)Free throws26/29 (90%)
29Rebounds36
17Assists22


Game rules
Game played under FIBA rules.
2018-2019 Finnish Cup Winners

Salon Vilpas
1st title
Starters:PtsRebAst
F 7 Juho Nenonen 17 9 4
F 8 Antonio Ballard 25 9 2
G 9 Teemu Rannikko 5 0 5
F 10 Brandon Taylor 8 4 0
G 15 Jack Gibbs 31 2 2
Reserves:
F 4 Mikko Koivisto 9 3 3
F 5 Henri Kantonen 6 4 4
G 11 Leevi-Matias Taimela DNP
G 12 Aatu Kivimäki 0 0 1
F 21 Riku Laine 5 0 1
Head coach:
Joonas Iisalo

References

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