2013 Euroleague Final Four

The 2013 Euroleague Final Four was the concluding Final Four tournament of the 2012–13 Euroleague season. It was held from 10 May till 12 May 2013, at The O2 Arena in London. The Greek League club Olympiacos, successfully defended their EuroLeague title from the previous season, after defeating CSKA Moscow in the Final.

2013 Euroleague Final Four
Season2012–13 Euroleague
Tournament details
ArenaO2 Arena
London, England
DatesMay 10, 2013 – May 12, 2013
Final positions
Champions Olympiacos (3rd title)
Runners-up Real Madrid
Third place CSKA Moscow
Fourth place FC Barcelona
Awards and statistics
MVP Vassilis Spanoulis
Top scorer(s) Vassilis Spanoulis, 30[1]
Attendance48,341 (total)

Vassilis Spanoulis won his second consecutive Final Four MVP, and the third of his career.[2] Spanoulis joined Toni Kukoč, as the only player to have ever won the award three times.[2]

Venue

On May 12, 2012, it was announced that the Final Four would be hosted at The O2 Arena in London, England.[3] The O2 Arena is a multi-purpose indoor arena that is located in the centre of The O2 entertainment complex, on the Greenwich Peninsula, in south-east London. It is named after its primary sponsor, the telecommunications company O2.

The O2 Arena is the world's largest building as measured by floor space, and has the second-highest seating capacity of any indoor venue in the United Kingdom, behind the Manchester Arena, but it took the crown of the world's busiest music arena from New York City's Madison Square Garden in 2008.[4] The closest underground station to the venue is the North Greenwich station, on the Jubilee line.

London
2013 Euroleague Final Four (Europe)
The O2 Arena
Capacity: 20,000

Bracket

 
Semifinals
10 May		Final
12 May
 
      
 
 
 
 
 CSKA Moscow52
 
 
 
 Olympiacos69
 
 Olympiacos100
 
 
 
 Real Madrid88
 
 FC Barcelona Regal 67
 
 
 Real Madrid74
 
Third place
 
 
 
 
 
 CSKA Moscow 74
 
 
 FC Barcelona Regal73

Semifinals

CSKA Moscow vs. Olympiacos
10 May 2013 CSKA Moscow 52–69 Olympiacos The O2 Arena, London
18:00 CEST Scoring by quarter: 17–24, 11-16, 8-13, 16-16
Pts: Weems 13
Rebs: Kaun 7
Asts: Erceg, Khryapa 2		 Boxscore Pts: Hines, Antić 13
Rebs: Hines 10
Asts: Spanoulis 4		 Attendance: 9,218
Referees: Guerrino Cerebuch (ITA), Borys Ryzhyk (UKR), Olegs Latisevs (LAT)

FC Barcelona Regal vs. Real Madrid
10 May 2013 FC Barcelona Regal 67–74 Real Madrid The O2 Arena, London
21:00 CEST Scoring by quarter: 18-11, 15-28, 18-9, 16-26
Pts: Huertas 19
Rebs: Tomić 12
Asts: Wallace 3		 Boxscore Pts: Reyes 17
Rebs: Carroll 6
Asts: Rodríguez 9		 Attendance: 13,193
Referees: Luigi Lamonica (ITA), Ilija Belosevic (SRB), Elias Koromilas (GRE)

Third–place game
12 May 2013 CSKA Moscow 74–73 FC Barcelona Regal The O2 Arena, London
18:00 CEST Scoring by quarter: 15-12, 20-23, 24-19, 15-19
Pts: Khryapa 16
Rebs: Teodosić, Vorontsevich 5
Asts: Teodosić 5		 Boxscore Pts: Navarro 17
Rebs: Tomić 6
Asts: Jasikevičius 6		 Attendance: 10,716
Referees: Robert Lottermoser (GER), Matej Boltauzer (SLO), Elias Koromilas (GRE)

Final

After the end of the opening quarter, Madrid led Olympiacos by 17 points. However, the Reds managed to get back in the game, and the game was tied by the end of the third quarter. Behind Spanoulis, Olympiacos pulled away in the fourth quarter.[5]

12 May 2013 Olympiacos 100–88 Real Madrid The O2 Arena, London
21:00 CEST Scoring by quarter: 10–27, 27–14, 24–20, 39–27
Pts: Spanoulis 22
Rebs: Antić 6
Asts: Law 5		 Boxscore Pts: Fernández 21
Rebs: Reyes 6
Asts: Rodríguez, Llull 4		 Attendance: 15,169
Referees: Guerrino Cerebuch (ITA), Ilija Belosevic (SRB), Borys Ryzhyk (UKR)


Starters:PtsRebAst
PG 5 Acie Law 20 5 5
SG 7 Vassilis Spanoulis 22 2 4
SF 16 Kostas Papanikolaou 5 3 1
PF 15 Georgios Printezis 5 3 1
C 12 Josh Powell 2 1 0
Reserves:
C 4 Kyle Hines 12 5 3
PF 6 Pero Antić 10 6 2
SG 8 Stratos Perperoglou 10 1 0
C 9 Giorgi Shermadini 3 1 2
SG 10 Kostas Sloukas 11 0 0
SF 13 Martynas Gecevičius DNP
G 19 Dimitrios Katsivelis 0 0 1
Head coach:
Georgios Bartzokas
Olympiacos
Real Madrid


2012–13 Euroleague
Champions

Olympiacos
3rd title
Starters:PtsRebAst
PG 23 Sergio Llull 14 3 4
SG 5 Rudy Fernández 21 3 3
SF 8 Carlos Suárez 5 4 0
PF 12 Nikola Mirotić 7 3 0
C 16 Mirza Begić 6 0 0
Reserves:
PG 4 Dontaye Draper 0 0 0
PF 9 Felipe Reyes 4 6 1
G 13 Sergio Rodríguez 17 3 4
G 20 Jaycee Carroll 5 2 0
F 44 Marcus Slaughter 9 3 0
C 50 Rafael Hettsheimeir DNP
Head coach:
Pablo Laso

References
  1. Statistics Final Four 2012-13
  2. "Spanoulis named bwin MVP of 2013 Final Four". Euroleague.net. 12 May 2013.
  3. "The O2 in London to host the 2013 Turkish Airlines Euroleague Final Four". Euroleague.net. 12 May 2012.
  4. White, Dominic (15 April 2008). "The Lemon Dome That was Transformed into O2's Concert Crown". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 7 May 2011.
  5. Olympiacos repeats as Euroleague champion!
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