2016 Euroleague Final Four
Season2015–16 Euroleague
Tournament details
ArenaMercedes-Benz Arena
Berlin, Germany
Dates13–15 May 2016
Final positions
ChampionsRussia CSKA Moscow (7th title)
Runners-upTurkey Fenerbahçe
Third placeRussia Lokomotiv Kuban
Fourth placeSpain Laboral Kutxa
Awards and statistics
MVPFrance Nando de Colo
Top scorer(s)France Nando de Colo (52)

The 2016 Euroleague Final Four was the concluding EuroLeague Final Four tournament of the 2015–16 Euroleague season, which was the 59th season of Europe's premier club basketball tournament, and the 16th season since it has been organised by Euroleague Basketball. The Final Four was played at the Mercedes-Benz Arena, in Berlin, Germany, in May 2016.[1] CSKA Moscow won its 7th EuroLeague title, after beating Fenerbahçe in the championship game, by a score of 101–96, in overtime.

Venue

On May 11, 2015, Euroleague Basketball announced that the 2016 Final Four would be played at the Mercedes-Benz Arena, in Berlin, Germany. With a seating capacity of 14,500 people for basketball games, it is home to the Alba Berlin basketball team, and is used for ice hockey, basketball, and handball games, as well as concerts. The area surrounding the arena is filled with various entertainment venues, including a cinema, a casino, a hotel, and various bars and restaurants. The arena previously hosted the 2009 Euroleague Final Four. The arena was one of the most prominent elements of the Mediaspree urban redevelopment project, and it quickly gained emblematic status in the debates surrounding the project's impact.

The LED construction grid on the facade of the arena was equipped with more than 300,000 LED clusters on a 12 m (39 ft) high, and approximately 120 m (390 ft) wide section of the semicircular 105° glass facade, with a total area of more than 1,440 m2 (15,500 sq ft). Light pixels, consisting of two groups of 19 LEDs (colour palette: 16.7 million RGB colours), were attached to the vertical bracing of the facade. The vertical distances were 0.20 m (7.9 in), and the horizontal distances between the axes were 0.90 m (2 ft 11 in).

Berlin
2016 Euroleague Final Four (Europe)
Mercedes-Benz Arena
Capacity: 14,500

Road to the Final Four

Team Regular season Top 16 Playoffs
Group W L Group W L Opponent Score
Fenerbahçe
A (1st)
8
2
E (1st)
11
3
Spain Real Madrid
3–0
Laboral Kutxa
B (3rd)
6
4
F (2nd)
9
5
Greece Panathinaikos
3–0
CSKA Moscow
D (1st)
9
1
F (1st)
10
4
Serbia Crvena zvezda
3–0
Lokomotiv Kuban
C (1st)
8
2
E (2nd)
9
5
Spain FC Barcelona Lassa
3–2

Bracket

 
SemifinalsChampionship game
 
      
 
13 May
 
 
Turkey Fenerbahçe 88
 
15 May
 
Spain Laboral Kutxa 77
 
Turkey Fenerbahçe 96
 
13 May
 
Russia CSKA Moscow 101
 
Russia CSKA Moscow 88
 
 
Russia Lokomotiv Kuban 81
 
Third place game
 
 
15 May
 
 
Spain Laboral Kutxa75
 
 
Russia Lokomotiv Kuban 85

Semifinals

Semifinal A

13 May 2016 CSKA Moscow Russia 8881 Russia Lokomotiv Kuban Berlin, Germany
18:00 (CEST) Scoring by quarter: 23–12, 24–25, 21–22, 20–22
Pts: De Colo 30
Rebs: Hines, Kurbanov 7
Asts: Teodosić 6
PIR: De Colo 30
Boxscore Pts: Delaney 26
Rebs: Randolph 11
Asts: Delaney, Draper 4
PIR: Delaney 24
Arena: Mercedes-Benz Arena
Attendance: 11,261
Referees: Luigi Lamonica (ITA), Robert Lottermoser (GER), Damir Javor (SLO)


Starters:PtsRebAst
PG 1 France Nando de Colo 30 3 4
SG 22 United States Cory Higgins 7 2 1
SF 41 Russia Nikita Kurbanov 4 7 0
PF 20 Russia Andrey Vorontsevich 9 4 0
C 42 United States Kyle Hines 8 7 3
Reserves:
PG 4 Serbia Miloš Teodosić 8 1 6
SG 7 Russia Vitaly Fridzon 13 1 0
PF 8 United States Demetris Nichols DNP
PG 9 United States Aaron Jackson 0 0 0
C 12 Russia Pavel Korobkov DNP
SG 30 Russia Mikhail Kulagin DNP
PF 31 Russia Victor Khryapa 9 0 3
Head coach:
Greece Dimitrios Itoudis
CSKA Moscow0 jersey
Team colours
CSKA Moscow
0
Lokomotiv Kuban jersey
Team colours
Lokomotiv Kuban
Starters:PtsRebAst
PG 0 United States Malcolm Delaney 26 3 4
SG 18 Russia Evgeny Voronov 0 0 0
SF 45 Australia Ryan Broekhoff 10 5 1
PF 9 Spain Víctor Claver 2 5 2
C 3 United States Anthony Randolph 13 11 1
Reserves:
PF 1 United States Chris Singleton 6 5 1
PG 4 Croatia Dontaye Draper 17 1 4
PG 10 Russia Sergey Bykov 0 0 0
SG 12 United States Matt Janning 7 0 1
PG 15 Russia Maxim Kolyushkin DNP
PF 17 Russia Nikita Balashkov DNP
PF 20 Russia Andrey Zubkov 0 0 0
Head coach:
Greece Georgios Bartzokas

Semifinal B

13 May 2016 Fenerbahçe Turkey 88770(OT) Spain Laboral Kutxa Berlin, Germany
21:00 (CEST) Scoring by quarter: 23–15, 18–25, 14–17, 17–15, Overtime: 16–5
Pts: Bogdanović 18
Rebs: Antić, Datome 7
Asts: Sloukas 7
PIR: Sloukas 20
Boxscore Pts: Bourousis 22
Rebs: Bourousis 10
Asts: Adams 7
PIR: Bourousis 24
Arena: Mercedes-Benz Arena
Attendance: 11,216
Referees: Christos Christodoulou (GRE), Borys Ryzhyk (UKR), Oļegs Latiševs (LAT)


Starters:PtsRebAst
PG 35 Turkey Bobby Dixon 3 5 0
SG 13 Serbia Bogdan Bogdanović 18 6 3
SF 70 Italy Luigi Datome 15 7 2
PF 12 North Macedonia Pero Antić 8 7 2
C 8 United States Ekpe Udoh 14 2 1
Reserves:
PG 3 Georgia (country) Ricky Hickman 3 1 0
PF 5 Turkey Barış Hersek DNP
SG 10 Turkey Melih Mahmutoğlu DNP
PG 16 Greece Kostas Sloukas 13 5 7
PG 23 Turkey Berk Uğurlu DNP
PF 24 Czech Republic Jan Veselý 14 3 1
SF 33 Serbia Nikola Kalinić 0 2 1
Head coach:
Serbia Željko Obradović
Fenerbahçe jersey
Team colours
Fenerbahçe
Laboral Kutxa jersey
Team colours
Laboral Kutxa
Starters:PtsRebAst
PG 20 Bulgaria Darius Adams 19 2 7
SG 8 Hungary Ádám Hanga 10 5 0
SF 42 Latvia Dāvis Bertāns 2 2 1
PF 14 France Kim Tillie 13 3 0
C 6 Croatia Darko Planinić 0 2 0
Reserves:
PG 3 United States Mike James 6 2 5
PF 4 Spain Mamadou Diop DNP
SG 5 France Fabien Causeur 0 0 0
C 9 Greece Ioannis Bourousis 22 10 2
SF 11 Slovenia Jaka Blažič 5 2 1
C 12 Spain Ilimane Diop 0 0 0
SF 33 Spain Alberto Corbacho DNP
Head coach:
Croatia Velimir Perasović

Third place game

15 May 2016 Laboral Kutxa Spain 7585 Russia Lokomotiv Kuban Berlin, Germany
17:00 (CEST) Scoring by quarter: 16–20, 26–20, 11–21, 22–24
Pts: Adams 25
Rebs: Hanga 7
Asts: Adams 6
PIR: Adams 31
Boxscore Pts: Broekhoff, Delaney 21
Rebs: Claver, Singleton 7
Asts: Delaney, Draper 4
PIR: Broekhoff 29
Arena: Mercedes-Benz Arena
Attendance: 10,658
Referees: Christos Christodoulou (GRE), Borys Ryzhyk (UKR), Piotr Pastusiak (POL)


Starters:PtsRebAst
PG 20 Bulgaria Darius Adams 25 6 6
SG 8 Hungary Ádám Hanga 3 7 1
SF 42 Latvia Dāvis Bertāns 13 0 1
PF 14 France Kim Tillie 7 6 2
C 6 Croatia Darko Planinić 5 2 1
Reserves:
PG 3 United States Mike James 2 0 1
PF 4 Spain Mamadou Diop DNP
SG 5 France Fabien Causeur DNP
C 9 Greece Ioannis Bourousis 5 2 1
SF 11 Slovenia Jaka Blažič 8 3 0
C 12 Spain Ilimane Diop 4 3 0
SF 33 Spain Alberto Corbacho 3 0 1
Head coach:
Croatia Velimir Perasović
Laboral Kutxa0 jersey
Team colours
Laboral Kutxa
0
Lokomotiv Kuban jersey
Team colours
Lokomotiv Kuban
Starters:PtsRebAst
PG 0 United States Malcolm Delaney 21 5 4
SG 10 Russia Sergey Bykov 0 0 2
SF 45 Australia Ryan Broekhoff 21 6 3
PF 9 Spain Víctor Claver 10 7 3
PF 1 United States Chris Singleton 10 7 2
Reserves:
C 3 United States Anthony Randolph DNP
PG 4 Croatia Dontaye Draper 2 0 4
SG 12 United States Matt Janning 10 1 0
PG 15 Russia Maxim Kolyushkin DNP
PF 17 Russia Nikita Balashkov 0 0 0
SG 18 Russia Evgeny Voronov 0 1 0
PF 20 Russia Andrey Zubkov 11 2 2
Head coach:
Greece Georgios Bartzokas

Championship game

The Final was the second Final Four meeting between the two teams. In the 2015 Euroleague Final Four, CSKA Moscow beat Fenerbahçe 86–80, in the third-place game.[2] It was the first European final for Fenerbahçe, while CSKA played in its 13th championship game.

In the Final, it seemed early on that CSKA was destined to win its seventh EuroLeague title. After a strong first half, the Russian side led 30–50 at halftime, and had a lead of as many as 21 points in the third quarter. However, in the fourth quarter, Fenerbahçe surged back, and CSKA player, Victor Khryapa, had to score a tip-in with 1.9 seconds remaining on the game clock, to tie the game.[3] It was the third Final in EuroLeague history that went to overtime. In overtime, CSKA, led by Nando De Colo, took the lead, and finally claimed its seventh EuroLeague title, and its first one in eight years.[3]

15 May 2016 Fenerbahçe Turkey 961010(OT) Russia CSKA Moscow Berlin, Germany
20:00 (CEST) Scoring by quarter: 20–22, 10–28, 23–19, 30–14, Overtime: 13–18
Pts: Dixon 17
Rebs: Udoh 11
Asts: Dixon 4
PIR: Udoh 24
Boxscore Pts: De Colo 22
Rebs: Khryapa, Teodosić 5
Asts: De Colo, Teodosić 7
PIR: Teodosić 29
Arena: Mercedes-Benz Arena
Attendance: 12,250
Referees: Luigi Lamonica (ITA), Robert Lottermoser (GER), Damir Javor (SLO)


Starters:PtsRebAst
PG 16 Greece Kostas Sloukas 10 2 0
SG 13 Serbia Bogdan Bogdanović 6 3 3
SF 33 Serbia Nikola Kalinić 3 3 2
PF 70 Italy Luigi Datome 16 5 3
PF 24 Czech Republic Jan Veselý 7 5 1
Reserves:
PG 3 Georgia (country) Ricky Hickman 5 0 0
PF 5 Turkey Barış Hersek DNP
C 8 United States Ekpe Udoh 16 11 3
SG 10 Turkey Melih Mahmutoğlu 0 0 0
PF 12 North Macedonia Pero Antić 16 1 0
PG 23 Turkey Berk Uğurlu DNP
PG 35 Turkey Bobby Dixon 17 4 1
Head coach:
Serbia Željko Obradović
Fenerbahçe jersey
Team colours
Fenerbahçe
CSKA Moscow jersey
Team colours
CSKA Moscow

FenerbahçeStatistics[4]CSKA
18/40 (45%)2-pt field goals22/36 (61.1%)
11/30 (36.7%)3-pt field goals9/25 (36%)
27/39 (69.2%)Free throws30/32 (93.8%)
16Offensive rebounds6
22Defensive rebounds26
38Total rebounds32
16Assists22
13Turnovers13
6Steals8
4Blocks5
28Fouls33
Starters:PtsRebAst
PG 1 France Nando de Colo 22 2 7
SG 22 United States Cory Higgins 12 1 3
SF 41 Russia Nikita Kurbanov 4 3 0
PF 20 Russia Andrey Vorontsevich 11 3 0
C 42 United States Kyle Hines 15 4 2
Reserves:
SG 3 Russia Dmitry Kulagin 0 0 0
PG 4 Serbia Miloš Teodosić 19 5 7
SG 7 Russia Vitaly Fridzon 0 0 0
PF 8 United States Demetris Nichols 0 1 0
PG 9 United States Aaron Jackson 8 1 1
C 12 Russia Pavel Korobkov 0 2 1
PF 31 Russia Victor Khryapa 10 5 1
Head coach:
Greece Dimitrios Itoudis

Final Four MVP

Player Club
France Nando de ColoRussia CSKA Moscow

See also

References

  1. "Euroleague Final Four returns to Berlin in 2016". Euroleague. 11 May 2015.
  2. "CSKA Moscow vs Fenerbahce: Euroleague Championship game preview". Talkbasket.net. 14 May 2016.
  3. 1 2 "CSKA Moscow claims its seventh Euroleague crown after OT thriller". Euroleague.net. 15 May 2016.
  4. Boxscore
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