As is the tradition, the first round was played over a weekend at a single site with Zaragoza hosting this year. The two newly promoted teams played first on Saturday and Clarinos beat Promete 68-60. Valencia had an eye on joining the elite group of teams this season, but fell to Girona 67-52 to start the season. Sedis beat Ensino 68-60 with Jovana Nogic making her professional debut. Jennie Simms had a big game for Al-Qazeres, but they fell to Gernika 66-59 as Arica Carter made her first appearance overseas and Laura Ferreira and Khadidiatou Diouf made their professional debuts. The day ended with Maria Jespersen and Brittany McPhee teaming up to lead Zamarat past Gipuzkoa 76-66 as Laura Cornelius and Amy Okonkwo made their professional debuts. Sunday started with Araski beating Bembibre 67-42 although Brooke Salas, Julijana Vojinovic, and Inja Butina did make their professional debuts in the loss. Avenida beat the hosts 74-45 to end the event, as Cierra Dillard played her first professional competitive game for Zaragoza.
September 28, 2019
Promete vs. Clarinos 60-68 PRO Dongue 15/8r Gidden 12/9r Blockton 12 Ivanovic 9 Miloglav 5 Silva 0/10r CLA Atkinson 19 Weaver 17/6r Moss 13/11r Herrera 10/6r Charles 0
Girona vs. Valencia 67-52 GIR Elonu 18/9r Buch 16 Mendy 11 VAL Casas 11 Reisingerova 8 Brown 5 Abalde 4/6r Gari 3 Romero 1 Lizarazu 0
Ensino vs. Sedis 60-68 ENS Nyingifa 17/14r/6a Lopez 11 Miller 6/6r Richards 6 Breedlove 5 O’Dwyer 2/7r SED Diaz 19 Moore 15/14r Bahi 10 Pujol 9 Nogic Gustavsson 3
Gernika vs. Al-Qazeres 66-59 GER Wojta 18 Roundtree 13 Lo 11 Arrojo 10/6r Dietrick 2/6r Mazionyte 0 ALQ Simms 23/8r Carter 7 Ferreira 6 Diouf 0
Gipuzkoa vs. Zamarat 66-76 GIP Aleksic 16 Edwards 14/6r Sarr 12 Kraker 10/6r Nystrom 5 Davydova 2 ZAM Jespersen 21 McPhee 20/13r Felixova 10 Cornelius 9 Mestres 9 Seilund 2 Okonkwo 0 Faussurier 0
September 29, 2019
Araski vs. Bembibre 67-42 ARA Quevedo 13/6r Seda 13 Perez 12 Garcia 11 Van Den Adel 10 BEM Llorente 8 Salas 7 Manning 6/6r Ajemba 5 Vojinovic 2 Butina 0
Avenida vs. Zaragoza 74-45 AVE Vitola 14/6r Hof 12 Akhator 10/8r Samuelson 9 Cazorla 8 Vilaro 7/6r/7a ZAR Nacickaite 13 Dillard 10 Hempe 9 Gimeno 6 Ayuso 5 Markovic 0/6r
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