2017 FIBA Europe Cup Finals

2017 FIBA Europe Cup Final
	Scene of the first leg of the Final at Le Colisée
Event	2016–17 FIBA Europe Cup
137	140
First leg
58	58
Date	April 18, 2017
Venue	Le Colisée, Chalon-sur-Saône
Attendance	4,900
Second leg
82	79
Date	April 25, 2017
Venue	Palais des Sports Maurice Thorez, Nanterre
Attendance	3,000

The 2017 FIBA Europe Cup Final were the concluding games of the 2016–17 FIBA Europe Cup season. The Finals were played in a two-legged format, with the first leg being played on April 19 and the second one on April 26, 2017.^[1]

The first leg was played at Le Colisée in Chalon-sur-Saône, at the home court of Élan Chalon. The second leg was played at the Palais des Sports Maurice Thorez in Nanterre, at the home court of Nanterre 92.

Venue

The Le Colisée was the first leg venue as Élan Chalon venue. In the previous season Le Colisée hosted the 2016 FIBA Europe Cup Final Four. The stadium has a capacity of 5,000 people.

The Palais des Sports Maurice Thorez in Nanterre was the home venue of the second leg as the home court of Nanterre 92. The arena was built in 2015 and has a capacity for 3,000 people.

Chalon-sur-Saône	Chalon-sur-Saône Nanterre 2017 FIBA Europe Cup Finals (Europe)	Nanterre
Le Colisée		Palais des Sports Maurice Thorez
Capacity: 5,000		Capacity: 3,000

Road to the Finals

Note: In the table, the score of the finalist is given first (H = home; A = away).

Élan Chalon

Round

Nanterre 92

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	Pts
1	Élan Chalon	6	10
2	Alba Fehérvár	6	10
3	Benfica	6	9
4	Basic-Fit Brussels	6	7

Source: FIBA Europe Cup

Regular season

Group D

Pos	Team	Pld	Pts
1	Nanterre 92	6	12
2	Port of Antwerp Giants	6	10
3	Sopron	6	8
4	Porto	6	6

Source: FIBA Europe Cup

Group K

Pos	Team	Pld	Pts
1	Élan Chalon	6	11
2	Gaziantep	6	11
3	Södertälje Kings	6	7
4	Mureș	6	7

Source: FIBA Europe

Second round

Group N

Pos	Team	Pld	Pts
1	Egis Körmend	6	10
2	Nanterre 92	6	10
3	Tsmoki Minsk	6	9
4	Bnei Herzliya	6	7

Source: FIBA Europe

Opponent

Agg.

1st leg

2nd leg

Play-offs

Opponent

Agg.

1st leg

2nd leg

Egis Körmend

181–160

99–78 (A)

82–82 (H)

Round of 16

Proximus Spirou

157–132

85–84 (A)

86–76 (H)

Cibona

168–165

85–87 (A)

83–78 (H)

Quarterfinals

Muratbey Uşak Sportif

192–167

85–82 (A)

110–82 (H)

Telenet Oostende

163–150

80–85 (A)

83–65 (H)

Semifinals

Telekom Baskets Bonn

162–158

76–77 (H)

86–81 (A)

First leg

18 April 2017	Élan Chalon	58–58	Nanterre 92	Chalon-sur-Saône
20:30 (GMT)	Scoring by quarter: 15–15, 13–26, 14–9, 16–8
	Pts: Clark 16 Rebs: Fall 11 Asts: Roberson 8 PIR: Fall 20	Boxscore	Pts: Butterfield 15 Rebs: Riley 7 Asts: Schaffartzik 7 PIR: Butterfield 18	Arena: Le Colisée Attendance: 4,900 Referees: Murat Biricik (TUR), Vicente Bultó (ESP), Manuel Mazzoni (ITA)

Starters:			Pts	Reb	Ast

PG	21	John Roberson	10	2	8
SG	3	Lance Harris	4	4	3
SF	9	Jérémy Nzeulie	7	4	2
PF	23	Cameron Clark	16	3	0
C	10	Moustapha Fall	11	11	1
Reserves:
PF	0	Abdoulaye Loum	2	1	0
PG	7	Gédéon Pitard	4	2	0
SF	83	Axel Bouteille	0	0	0
PF	22	Ibrahima Fall Faye	0	0	0
G	28	Wilfried Gantswa	DNP
Head coach:
Jean-Denys Choulet

Chalon

Nanterre

Starters:			Pts	Reb	Ast

PG	1	Chris Warren	3	2	1
SG	8	Heiko Schaffartzik	7	1	7
SF	24	Mykal Riley	7	7	1
PF	11	Hugo Invernizzi	12	4	0
C	26	Mathias Lessort	7	3	1
Reserves:
C	5	Talib Zanna	4	3	1
PF	14	Brian Conklin	1	2	1
SG	19	Bathiste Tchouaffe	0	0	0
PF	20	Jean-Frédéric Morency	2	3	0
SG	21	Spencer Butterfield	15	5	0
F/C	27	Jean-Marc Pansa	DNP
Head coach:
Pascal Donnadieu

Second leg

25 April 2017	Nanterre 92	82–79 (140–137 agg.)	Élan Chalon	Nanterre
20:30 (GMT)	Scoring by quarter: 31–26, 25–19, 13–23, 13–11
	Pts: Warren 24 Rebs: Butterfield 5 Asts: Warren 10	Boxscore	Pts: Clark 24 Rebs: Harris 5 Asts: Nzeulie 3	Arena: Palais des Sports Maurice Thorez Attendance: 3,000 Referees: Antonio Conde (ESP), Saverio Lanzarini (ITA), Georgios Poursanidis (GRE)

Starters:			Pts	Reb	Ast

PG	1	Chris Warren	24	2	10
SG	8	Heiko Schaffartzik	13	1	4
SF	24	Mykal Riley	4	4	2
PF	11	Hugo Invernizzi	9	2	1
C	26	Mathias Lessort	12	2	0
Reserves:
C	5	Talib Zanna	0	2	0
PF	14	Brian Conklin	2	3	0
SG	19	Bathiste Tchouaffé	DNP
PF	20	Jean-Frédéric Morency	2	1	1
SG	21	Spencer Butterfield	16	5	2
F/C	27	Jean-Marc Pansa	DNP
Head coach:
Pascal Donnadieu