The 2018–19 EuroLeague Women was the 61st edition of the European women's club

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championship organized by

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, 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.

Teams

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

Round and draw dates

Schedule

Draw

The draw was held on 5 July 2018 at the FIBA headquarters in

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. The 16 teams were drawn into two groups of eight. For the draw, the teams were seeded into eight seeds.

Qualifying round

Regular season

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: # Head-to-head record # Head-to-head point differential # Head-to-head points scored # Point differential for the entire regular season # Points scored for the entire regular season

Group A

Group B

Quarterfinals

First leg

Second leg

Final four

Semifinals

Third place game

Final

Awards

This year the regular season awards decided by fan vote.

EuroLeague MVP

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EuroLeague Final Four MVP

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