2019 Albanian Basketball Cup


The Albanian Basketball Cup 2019 is the 63rd edition of the Albanian Basketball Cup, the top annual basketball cup competition played by Albanian teams and organized under the authority of the Albanian Basketball Association.
Tirana was the defending champion, while Teuta won the competition after 52 years, 1965 was the last time Teuta won the Albanian Basketball Cup.

Competition Format

The Basketball Cup 2019 is played at the middle of the season, when the league is paused for the cup. The mid-season standing is taken into account to pair the matches.
All the Albanian teams from the Superliga and First Division compete for the Cup. Each game is played once in a single knock-out game.
There is a first round of qualification played by the teams from the First Division, from which only two teams qualify to the final bracket phase played against the teams from the First Division.
The qualification and quarter finals rounds are hosted in the court of the higher ranked team, while the Final 4 are played in a neutral court, in two consecutive days in Tirana, at the Feti Borova Sport Hall in the Tirana Olympic Park.

Teams and ranking

At the middle of the season the following teams will play the championship as ranked in the Superliga and First Division:

Mid-season standing of Superliga">2018–19 Albanian Basketball League">Superliga

Mid-season standing of First Division">Albanian Basketball First Division">First Division

Brackets

Final

The final is played between Teuta and Goga Basket, both fom Durrës. Goga Basket was at its first participation in the competition, as the team has participated to the Albanian Albanian Superlica for the first time.