2018 Italian Basketball Cup

The 2018 Italian Basketball Cup, known as the 2018 PosteMobile Final Eight for sponsorship reasons,[2] was the 50th edition of Italy's national cup tournament. The competition is managed by the Lega Basket for LBA clubs. The tournament was played from 15 to 18 February 2018 in Florence, at the end of the first half of the 2017–18 LBA season.[3]

2018 Italian Basketball Cup
Tournament details
ArenaNelson Mandela Forum
Florence, Italy
Dates15–18 February 2018[1]
Final positions
ChampionsFiat Torino (1st title)
Runners-upGermani Basket Brescia
Awards and statistics
MVP Vander Blue

EA7 Emporio Armani Milano were the defending champions.[4]

Fiat Torino went to win its first Cup ever by beating Germani Basket Brescia 69–67 in the Finals.[5] Vander Blue was named Finals MVP of the competition.[6]

Qualification

Qualified for the tournament were selected based on their position on the league table at the end of the first half of the 2017–18 LBA regular season.

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Qualification
1 Sidigas Avellino 15 12 3 1248 1148 +100 Qualified as seeded teams
2 Germani Basket Brescia 15 11 4 1184 1087 +97
3 EA7 Emporio Armani Milano 15 11 4 1153 1072 +81
4 Umana Reyer Venezia 15 11 4 1227 1185 +42
5 Fiat Torino 15 10 5 1219 1186 +33 Qualified as non-seeded teams
6 Red October Cantù 15 8 7 1290 1285 +5
7 Segafredo Virtus Bologna 15 8 7 1191 1154 +37
8 Vanoli Cremona 15 8 7 1226 1199 +27
Source: LBA

Bracket
Quarter-finals
15–16 February 		Semifinals
17 February 		Final
18 February
         
1 Sidigas Avellino 82
8 Vanoli Cremona 89
8 Vanoli Cremona 87
5 Fiat Torino 92
4 Umana Reyer Venezia 60
5 Fiat Torino 72
5 Fiat Torino 69
2 Germani Basket Brescia 67
3 EA7 Emporio Armani Milano 87
6 Red October Cantù 105
6 Red October Cantù 82
2 Germani Basket Brescia 87
2 Germani Basket Brescia 97
7 Segafredo Virtus Bologna 83

Quarterfinals

Sidigas Avellino vs. Vanoli Cremona
15 February 2018
Quarterfinal A
 Sidigas Avellino 82–89 Vanoli Cremona Florence
18:00 (CET) Scoring by quarter: 22–18, 18–14, 13–19, 21–23
Eurosport
RAI		 Pts: Rich 30
Rebs: Fesenko 19
Asts: Leunen 5
PIR: Rich 34		 Boxscore Pts: D. Diener 19
Rebs: Sims 9
Asts: T. Diener 8
PIR: Johnson-Odom 19		 Arena: Nelson Mandela Forum
Referees: Tolga Sahin, Gabriele Bettini, Dario Morelli


Starters:PtsRebAst
PG 12 Ariel Filloy 6 5 1
SG 24 Lorenzo D'Ercole 12 4 0
SG 25 Jason Rich 30 4 3
PF 10 Maarty Leunen 2 6 5
C 44 Kyrylo Fesenko 19 19 1
Reserves:
F/C 0 Andrea Zerini 0 1 0
G/F 1 Dez Wells 2 1 0
PG 6 Bruno Fitipaldo 5 0 0
SF 11 Thomas Scrubb 2 0 0
C 55 Hamady N'Diaye 4 2 0
G 57 Salvatore Parlato DNP
Head coach:
Stefano Sacripanti
Starters:PtsRebAst
PG 10 Michele Ruzzier 5 1 1
SG 20 Darius Johnson-Odom 18 5 2
SF 2 Simone Fontecchio 5 7 0
PF 1 Kelvin Martin 11 6 1
C 14 Henry Sims 16 9 0
Reserves:
PF 6 Giulio Gazzotti DNP
PG 7 Travis Diener 0 3 8
F 8 Giampaolo Ricci 12 4 0
G 11 Marco Portannese DNP
SG 16 Drake Diener 19 4 1
F 23 Landon Milbourne 3 2 1
Head coach:
Romeo Sacchetti

Umana Reyer Venezia vs. Fiat Torino
15 February 2018
Quarterfinal B
 Umana Reyer Venezia 60–72 Fiat Torino Florence
20:45 (CET) Scoring by quarter: 4–21, 25–23, 17–16, 14–12
Eurosport
RAI		 Pts: Watt 19
Rebs: Watt 11
Asts: four players 2
PIR: Watt 17		 Boxscore Pts: Garrett 17
Rebs: Boungou Colo 8
Asts: five players 2
PIR: Boungou Colo 15		 Arena: Nelson Mandela Forum
Referees: Maurizio Biggi, Gianluca Sardella, Evangelista Caiazza


Starters:PtsRebAst
PG 0 MarQuez Haynes 9 2 2
SG 6 Michael Bramos 8 4 2
SF 7 Stefano Tonut 1 3 2
PF 2 Hrvoje Perić 8 8 0
C 50 Mitchell Watt 19 11 0
Reserves:
SG 3 Dominique Johnson 3 1 0
F 9 Austin Daye 6 8 1
PG 10 Andrea De Nicolao 6 1 2
F/C 13 Riccardo Bolpin DNP
F/C 14 Tomas Ress 0 1 0
C 19 Paul Biligha 0 1 0
G/F 30 Bruno Cerella 0 0 0
Head coach:
Walter De Raffaele
Starters:PtsRebAst
PG 2 Diante Garrett 17 3 1
SG 21 Andre Jones 8 3 1
SF 17 Deron Washington 11 7 2
PF 16 Nobel Boungou Colo 9 8 2
C 32 Trevor Mbakwe 8 5 1
Reserves:
PG 1 Vander Blue 4 0 2
G/F 6 Sasha Vujačić 2 3 2
PG 8 Giuseppe Poeta 4 2 2
F/C 22 Valerio Mazzola 9 7 0
PG 23 Mohamed Touré DNP
G 24 Lorenzo Mittica DNP
G 25 Guy Akoua DNP
Head coach:
Paolo Galbiati

EA7 Emporio Armani Milano vs. Red October Cantù
16 February 2018
Quarterfinal C
 EA7 Emporio Armani Milano 87–105 Red October Cantù Florence
18:00 (CET) Scoring by quarter: 18–28, 20–29, 25–23, 24–25
Eurosport
RAI		 Pts: Goudelock 23
Rebs: three players 7
Asts: Theodore 6
PIR: Theodore 23		 Boxscore Pts: Smith 23
Rebs: Christian Burns 12
Asts: Smith 8
PIR: Smith 34		 Arena: Nelson Mandela Forum
Referees: Saverio Lanzarini, Luca Weidmann, Alessandro Vicino


Starters:PtsRebAst
PG 25 Jordan Theodore 16 7 6
SG 0 Andrew Goudelock 23 1 2
SF 5 Vladimir Micov 7 7 2
PF 19 Mindaugas Kuzminskas 10 3 0
C 22 Marco Cusin 4 7 1
Reserves:
G 6 Enrico Mario Tomba DNP
PF 7 Davide Pascolo 6 3 0
PG 20 Andrea Cinciarini 9 0 1
SF 23 Awudu Abass 3 2 2
SG 45 Dairis Bertāns 6 1 0
PG 55 Curtis Jerrells 0 2 0
C 77 Artūras Gudaitis 3 4 0
Head coach:
Simone Pianigiani
Starters:PtsRebAst
PG 2 Jaime Smith 23 0 8
SG 21 Jeremy Chappell 19 4 3
SF 5 David Cournooh 12 4 3
PF 23 Christian Burns 14 12 3
C 25 Charles Thomas 16 2 0
Reserves:
C 4 Luca Pappalardo DNP
G 8 Salvatore Parrillo 12 3 1
G 10 Maurizio Tassone 0 0 0
C 15 Andrea Crosariol DNP
F 19 Giacomo Maspero 9 4 1
F 20 Davide Raucci 0 0 0
Head coach:
Marco Sodini

Germani Basket Brescia vs. Segafredo Virtus Bologna
16 February 2018
Quarterfinal D
 Germani Basket Brescia 97–83 Segafredo Virtus Bologna Florence
20:45 (CET) Scoring by quarter: 26–17, 20–20, 22–19, 29–27
Eurosport
RAI		 Pts: Moore 22
Rebs: Vitali 7
Asts: Vitali 6
PIR: Moore 25		 Boxscore Pts: Lawson 17
Rebs: Slaughter 7
Asts: Umeh 5
PIR: Lawson 18		 Arena: Nelson Mandela Forum
Referees: Carmelo Lo Guzzo, Lorenzo Baldini, Mark Bartoli


Starters:PtsRebAst
PG 7 Luca Vitali 20 7 6
SG 2 Lee Moore 22 3 2
SF 34 David Moss 6 2 3
PF 8 Marcus Landry 8 2 0
C 4 Dario Hunt 8 4 0
Reserves:
G 5 Martino Mastellari DNP
C 10 Benjamin Ortner 2 4 0
PG 26 Andrea Traini 10 1 0
G 31 Michele Vitali 17 2 2
F 41 Brian Sacchetti 4 4 2
Head coach:
Andrea Diana
Starters:PtsRebAst
PG 20 Oliver Lafayette 14 0 2
SG 3 Michael Umeh 11 2 5
SF 0 Alessandro Gentile 11 3 3
PF 8 Filippo Baldi Rossi 5 4 0
C 44 Marcus Slaughter 9 7 2
Reserves:
PG 6 Alessandro Pajola 2 0 0
F 13 Klaudio Ndoja 12 3 0
PG 22 Stefano Gentile 2 3 4
C 23 Matteo Berti DNP
C 25 Kenny Lawson 17 4 0
Head coach:
Alessandro Ramagli

Semifinals

Vanoli Cremona vs. Fiat Torino
17 February 2018
Semifinal A
 Vanoli Cremona 87–920(OT) Fiat Torino Florence
18:00 (CET) Scoring by quarter: 22–12, 18–28, 21–15, 19–25, Overtime: 7–12
Eurosport
RAI		 Pts: Fontecchio 16
Rebs: Sims 7
Asts: Johnson-Odom, Ruzzier 3
PIR: Diener 12		 Boxscore Pts: Garrett 18
Rebs: Washington 13
Asts: Poeta 3
PIR: Washington 24		 Arena: Nelson Mandela Forum
Referees: Carmelo Paternico', Alessandro Martolini, Beniamino Manuel Attard


Starters:PtsRebAst
PG 10 Michele Ruzzier 4 2 3
SG 20 Darius Johnson-Odom 14 1 3
SF 2 Simone Fontecchio 16 2 0
PF 1 Kelvin Martin 7 4 2
C 14 Henry Sims 9 7 0
Reserves:
PF 6 Giulio Gazzotti DNP
PG 7 Travis Diener 6 5 1
F 8 Giampaolo Ricci 9 6 0
G 11 Marco Portannese 0 2 1
SG 16 Drake Diener 11 2 2
F 23 Landon Milbourne 11 5 1
Head coach:
Romeo Sacchetti
Starters:PtsRebAst
PG 2 Diante Garrett 18 6 2
SG 21 Andre Jones 3 3 0
SF 17 Deron Washington 13 13 1
PF 16 Nobel Boungou Colo 7 8 1
C 32 Trevor Mbakwe 3 3 0
Reserves:
PG 1 Vander Blue 17 1 1
G/F 6 Sasha Vujačić 15 7 0
PG 8 Giuseppe Poeta 9 0 3
F/C 22 Valerio Mazzola 7 5 0
PG 23 Mohamed Touré DNP
G 24 Lorenzo Mittica DNP
G 25 Guy Akoua DNP
Head coach:
Paolo Galbiati

Red October Cantù vs. Germani Basket Brescia
17 February 2018
Semifinal B
 Red October Cantù 82–870(OT) Germani Basket Brescia Florence
20:45 (CET) Scoring by quarter: 18–20, 21–23, 17–20, 20–13, Overtime: 6–11
Eurosport
RAI		 Pts: Thomas 20
Rebs: Burns 14
Asts: Smith, Chappell 4
PIR: Chappell 20		 Boxscore Pts: Vitali 19
Rebs: Hunt 11
Asts: Vitali 4
PIR: Vitali 30		 Arena: Nelson Mandela Forum
Referees: Enrico Sabetta, Michele Rossi, Emanuele Aronne


Starters:PtsRebAst
PG 2 Jaime Smith 19 0 4
SG 21 Jeremy Chappell 17 13 4
SF 5 David Cournooh 4 3 0
PF 23 Christian Burns 11 14 2
C 25 Charles Thomas 20 4 2
Reserves:
C 4 Luca Pappalardo DNP
G 8 Salvatore Parrillo 11 5 0
G 10 Maurizio Tassone 0 0 0
C 15 Andrea Crosariol DNP
F 19 Giacomo Maspero 0 1 0
F 20 Davide Raucci 0 0 1
Head coach:
Marco Sodini
Starters:PtsRebAst
PG 7 Luca Vitali 19 9 4
SG 2 Lee Moore 15 9 3
SF 34 David Moss 5 1 2
PF 8 Marcus Landry 17 5 2
C 4 Dario Hunt 9 11 1
Reserves:
G 5 Martino Mastellari DNP
C 10 Benjamin Ortner 4 4 0
PG 26 Andrea Traini 3 1 2
G 31 Michele Vitali 10 5 1
F 41 Brian Sacchetti 5 2 2
Head coach:
Andrea Diana

Final

In the final game Sasha Vujačić’s layup in the dying seconds lifted Fiat Torino to a 69-67 victory over Germani Basket Brescia for the club’s first Italian Cup. After a series of threes in the closing seconds left the game tied, Brescia had the ball for what appeared to be the final possession, however Marcus Landry and Luca Vitali each missed from downtown, Deron Washington picked up the loose ball and started a fast break that Vujacic finished with the winning layup. Diante Garrett paced Fiat with 16 points, Nobel Boungou Colo and Vander Blue added 11 points apiece and Washington scored 10 for the winners. Landry paced Brescia with 22 points and 9 rebounds and Michele Vitali added 14 points in defeat.[7]

Fiat Torino vs. Germani Basket Brescia
18 February 2018
Final
 Fiat Torino 69–67 Germani Basket Brescia Florence
18:00 (CET) Scoring by quarter: 11–14, 17–17, 25–25, 16–11
Eurosport
RAI		 Pts: Garrett 16
Rebs: Mazzola 11
Asts: Poeta 4
PIR: Mazzola 17		 Boxscore Pts: Landry 22
Rebs: Landry 9
Asts: Vitali 10
PIR: Landry 20		 Arena: Nelson Mandela Forum
Referees: Saverio Lanzarini, Carmelo Lo Guzzo, Lorenzo Baldini


Starters:PtsRebAst
PG 2 Diante Garrett 16 4 2
SG 1 Vander Blue 11 2 1
SF 17 Deron Washington 10 7 3
PF 16 Nobel Boungou Colo 11 2 0
C 32 Trevor Mbakwe 1 5 1
Reserves:
G/F 6 Sasha Vujačić 7 4 1
PG 8 Giuseppe Poeta 7 2 4
SG 21 Andre Jones 0 0 1
F/C 22 Valerio Mazzola 6 11 0
PG 23 Mohamed Touré DNP
G 24 Lorenzo Mittica DNP
G 25 Guy Akoua DNP
Head coach:
Paolo Galbiati


Italian Cup MVP
Vander Blue
Game rules
Game played under FIBA rules.
2018 Italian Cup Winners

Fiat Torino
1st title
Starters:PtsRebAst
PG 7 Luca Vitali 5 6 10
SG 2 Lee Moore 2 5 0
SF 34 David Moss 2 5 2
PF 8 Marcus Landry 22 9 1
C 4 Dario Hunt 6 6 0
Reserves:
G 5 Martino Mastellari DNP
C 10 Benjamin Ortner 4 0 1
SG 16 Giovanni Veronesi DNP
C 20 Abdel Fall DNP
PG 26 Andrea Traini 0 2 1
G 31 Michele Vitali 14 3 2
F 41 Brian Sacchetti 12 2 2
Head coach:
Andrea Diana

Sponsors
  • Molten (official ball)
  • MyGlass (official partner)
  • Prozis (official nutrition partner)

Source:[9]

References
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  9. PosteMobile Final Eight, Partners
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