2017 EuroLeague Final Four

The 2017 EuroLeague Final Four was the concluding EuroLeague Final Four tournament of the 2016–17 EuroLeague season, the 60th season of Europe's premier level club basketball tournament, and the 17th season since it is organised by Euroleague Basketball. It was the 30th Final Four of the modern EuroLeague Final Four era (1988–present), and the 32nd time overall that the competition was concluded with a final four format. The Final Four was played at the Sinan Erdem Dome in Istanbul, Turkey, in May 2017.[2] Fenerbahçe won its first EuroLeague title.[3]

2017 EuroLeague Final Four
Logo for 2017 Final Four in Istanbul[1]
Season2016–17 EuroLeague
Tournament details
ArenaSinan Erdem Dome
Istanbul, Turkey
Dates19–21 May 2017
Final positions
Champions Fenerbahçe (1st title)
Runners-up Olympiacos
Third place CSKA Moscow
Fourth place Real Madrid
Awards and statistics
MVP Ekpe Udoh
Top scorer(s) Sergio Llull (35)
Attendance59,276 (total)

Venue

On September 27, 2016, Euroleague Basketball announced that the Final Four will be held in the Sinan Erdem Dome in Istanbul.[2] It has a seating capacity of 22,500 for concerts, for the sport of basketball and tennis it has a seating capacity of 16,647 people, making it Turkey's largest multi-purpose indoor venue and the third largest in Europe (although it is not the third largest in Europe in capacity for basketball use). The arena is named after Sinan Erdem (1927–2003), who was the President of the Turkish Olympic Committee, from 1989, until his death in 2003.

Istanbul
2017 EuroLeague Final Four (Europe)
Sinan Erdem Dome
Capacity: 16,647

Bracket

 
Semifinals
19 May
Championship game
21 May
 
      
 
 
 
 
Fenerbahçe 84
 
 
 
Real Madrid 75
 
Fenerbahçe 80
 
 
 
Olympiacos 64
 
CSKA Moscow 78
 
 
Olympiacos 82
 
Third place game
 
 
 
 
 
Real Madrid 70
 
 
CSKA Moscow 94

Semifinals

Semifinal B

19 May 2017 CSKA Moscow 7882 Olympiacos Istanbul
17:30 (CEST) Scoring by quarter: 18–12, 22–21, 24–27, 14–22
Pts: Teodosić 23
Rebs: Khryapa 8
Asts: De Colo 3
PIR: Teodosić 17
Boxscore Pts: three players 14
Rebs: Papanikolaou 9
Asts: Spanoulis 6
PIR: Printezis 15
Arena: Sinan Erdem Dome
Attendance: 13,967
Referees: Daniel Hierrezuelo (ESP), Damir Javor (SLO), Robert Lottermoser (GER)


Starters:PtsRebAst
PG 1 Nando de Colo 16 1 3
SG 9 Aaron Jackson 12 0 1
SF 41 Nikita Kurbanov 2 2 0
PF 20 Andrey Vorontsevich 2 4 0
C 42 Kyle Hines 8 3 0
Reserves:
PG 4 Miloš Teodosić 23 2 1
C 6 James Augustine 6 6 0
SF 7 Vitaly Fridzon 0 0 0
PF 11 Semyon Antonov DNP
C 19 Joel Freeland DNP
SG 22 Cory Higgins 6 6 0
PF 31 Victor Khryapa 3 8 2
Head coach:
Dimitrios Itoudis
CSKA Moscow
Olympiacos
Starters:PtsRebAst
PG 17 Vangelis Mantzaris 12 6 3
SG 7 Vassilis Spanoulis 14 1 6
SF 16 Kostas Papanikolaou 14 9 1
PF 15 Georgios Printezis 14 7 1
C 11 Nikola Milutinov 5 2 2
Reserves:
PG 1 Erick Green 8 1 0
C 2 Khem Birch 4 4 0
C 4 Patric Young 0 1 0
PG 5 Vassilis Toliopoulos DNP
PF 6 Ioannis Papapetrou 3 2 2
PG 9 Dominic Waters DNP
C 10 Dimitrios Agravanis 8 7 0
Head coach:
Ioannis Sfairopoulos

Semifinal A

19 May 2017 Fenerbahçe 8475 Real Madrid Istanbul
20:30 (CEST) Scoring by quarter: 21–13, 23–21, 19–16, 21–25
Pts: Udoh 18
Rebs: Udoh 12
Asts: Udoh 8
PIR: Udoh 36
Boxscore Pts: Llull 28
Rebs: Hunter 8
Asts: Llull 7
PIR: Llull 32
Arena: Sinan Erdem Dome
Attendance: 15,671
Referees: Luigi Lamonica (ITA), Borys Rhyzhyk (UKR), Oļegs Latiševs (LAT)


Starters:PtsRebAst
PG 35 Bobby Dixon 9 1 3
SG 13 Bogdan Bogdanović 14 6 1
SF 33 Nikola Kalinić 12 6 6
PF 24 Jan Veselý 12 3 3
C 8 Ekpe Udoh 18 12 8
Reserves:
SG 10 Melih Mahmutoğlu DNP
C 12 Pero Antić DNP
PF 15 Anthony Bennett DNP
PG 16 Kostas Sloukas 9 3 1
SF 21 James Nunnally 2 1 2
C 44 Ahmet Düverioğlu DNP
SF 70 Luigi Datome 8 1 0
Head coach:
Željko Obradović
Fenerbahçe
Real Madrid
Starters:PtsRebAst
PG 7 Luka Dončić 0 2 3
SG 23 Sergio Llull 28 1 8
SF 8 Jonas Mačiulis 0 0 1
PF 3 Anthony Randolph 7 2 0
C 14 Gustavo Ayón 2 4 0
Reserves:
PG 4 Dontaye Draper 0 0 1
SG 5 Rudy Fernández 0 1 0
PF 9 Felipe Reyes DNP
SG 20 Jaycee Carroll 21 1 0
C 21 Othello Hunter 6 7 0
PF 33 Trey Thompkins 8 3 0
SF 34 Jeffery Taylor 3 0 0
Head coach:
Pablo Laso

Third place game

CSKA Moscow won the penultimate game of the tournament, securing third place over Real Madrid and ending the campaign with the best overall record – twenty-six wins and nine defeats.[4] A significant factor to their win was a superior three-point shooting rate. CSKA lead from the start, taking five points before a reply from Real, and ended the first quarter with a 23–10 lead. There was nothing between teams during the second and third quarters, allowing CSKA to maintain their thirteen-point lead into the final quarter. CSKA added to their score and pulled away from Real to finish with a score of 94–70.[5]

21 May 2017 Real Madrid 7094 CSKA Moscow Istanbul
17:00 (CEST) Scoring by quarter: 10–23, 22–22, 24–24, 14–25
Pts: Ayón, Mačiulis 11
Rebs: Ayón 6
Asts: Llull 4
PIR: Ayón 16
Boxscore Pts: Hines 14
Rebs: Hines 7
Asts: Teodosić 6
PIR: Higgins, Hines 18
Arena: Sinan Erdem Dome
Attendance: 13,967
Referees: Damir Javor (SLO), Milivoje Jovčić (SRB), Fernando Rocha (POR)


Starters:PtsRebAst
PG 23 Sergio Llull 7 0 4
SG 8 Jonas Mačiulis 11 3 1
SF 34 Jeffery Taylor 8 1 0
PF 3 Anthony Randolph 4 3 0
C 14 Gustavo Ayón 11 6 3
Reserves:
PG 4 Dontaye Draper 5 0 0
SG 5 Rudy Fernández 4 0 2
SF 6 Andrés Nocioni 4 3 1
PG 7 Luka Dončić 6 4 2
PF 9 Felipe Reyes 5 2 1
SG 20 Jaycee Carroll 3 0 1
PF 33 Trey Thompkins 2 2 0
Head coach:
Pablo Laso
Real Madrid
CSKA Moscow
Starters:PtsRebAst
PG 1 Nando de Colo 13 4 4
SG 9 Aaron Jackson 13 2 5
SF 41 Nikita Kurbanov 2 0 0
PF 20 Andrey Vorontsevich 10 6 0
C 42 Kyle Hines 14 7 1
Reserves:
PG 4 Miloš Teodosić 7 1 6
C 6 James Augustine 4 3 0
SF 7 Vitaly Fridzon 12 3 2
PF 11 Semyon Antonov 3 1 0
C 19 Joel Freeland 1 2 0
SG 22 Cory Higgins 12 3 3
PF 30 Mikhail Kulagin 3 0 0
Head coach:
Dimitrios Itoudis

Championship game

Fenerbahçe played in its second consecutive championship game, after it lost to CSKA Moscow in 2016.[6] Olympiacos returned to the title game for the first time since 2015.[7]

The first two quarters were evenly matched. Fenerbahçe opened the scoring and led by 5–1 before Olympiacos replied with five unanswered points. They relinquished the lead soon after and were unable to regain it for the remainder of the game. Fenerbahçe took an eight-point lead over Olympiacos after the first quarter, with a score of 26–18, though Olympiacos had reduced the deficit to five points, to 39–34, by half time. Fenerbahçe broke away in the third quarter, taking a commanding twelve point lead to go into the fourth quarter 60–48 up.[3] An 11–2 run by Fenerbahçe at the start of the final quarter effectively secured the title for the club.[8] The game ended with a score of 80–64. Fenerbahçe led at each quarter on its way to the title, and head coach Željko Obradović added to his record total of nine EuroLeague championships. Fenerbahçe became the first Turkish club to win the EuroLeague championship.[3]

Bogdan Bogdanović and Nikola Kalinić both scored the most points, with 17 each, while Ekpe Udoh set a EuroLeague championship game record of five blocks. Udoh was also named EuroLeague Final Four MVP.[8]

21 May 2017 Fenerbahçe 8064 Olympiacos Istanbul
20:00 (CEST) Scoring by quarter: 26–18, 13–16, 21–14, 20–16
Pts: Bogdanović, Kalinić 17
Rebs: Udoh 9
Asts: Kalinić, Sloukas 5
PIR: Udoh 29
Boxscore Pts: Birch 14
Rebs: Papanikolaou 5
Asts: Spanoulis 8
PIR: Birch 16
Arena: Sinan Erdem Dome
Attendance: 15,671
Referees: Daniel Hierrezuelo (ESP), Borys Rhyzhyk (UKR), Oļegs Latiševs (LAT)


Starters:PtsRebAst
PG 35 Bobby Dixon 8 2 2
SG 13 Bogdan Bogdanović 17 5 1
SF 33 Nikola Kalinić 17 5 5
PF 24 Jan Veselý 8 8 2
C 8 Ekpe Udoh 10 9 4
Reserves:
SG 10 Melih Mahmutoğlu 0 0 0
C 12 Pero Antić 4 1 1
PF 15 Anthony Bennett 0 0 0
PG 16 Kostas Sloukas 3 1 5
SF 21 James Nunnally 2 1 0
C 44 Ahmet Düverioğlu 0 0 0
SF 70 Luigi Datome 11 6 0
Head coach:
Željko Obradović
Fenerbahçe
Olympiacos

0

FenerbahçeStatistics[9]Olympiacos
13/31 (41.9%)2-pt field goals14/35 (40%)
13/25 (52%)3-pt field goals9/26 (34.6%)
15/19 (78.9%)Free throws9/12 (75%)
11Offensive rebounds10
29Defensive rebounds20
40Total rebounds30
20Assists18
8Turnovers6
2Steals7
9Blocks2
18Fouls20
Starters:PtsRebAst
PG 17 Vangelis Mantzaris 9 1 3
SG 7 Vassilis Spanoulis 9 2 8
SF 16 Kostas Papanikolaou 3 5 3
PF 15 Georgios Printezis 7 1 1
C 2 Khem Birch 14 0 0
Reserves:
PG 1 Erick Green 7 4 0
C 4 Patric Young 0 0 0
PG 5 Vassilis Toliopoulos 3 0 0
PF 6 Ioannis Papapetrou 0 2 0
PG 9 Dominic Waters 2 1 1
C 10 Dimitrios Agravanis 0 3 1
C 11 Nikola Milutinov 10 4 1
Head coach:
Ioannis Sfairopoulos

References

  1. "Logo for 2017 Final Four unveiled in Istanbul". EuroLeague. 21 March 2017. Retrieved 21 March 2017.
  2. "Historic season to culminate with 2017 Final Four in Istanbul!". EuroLeague. 27 September 2016. Retrieved 3 October 2016.
  3. "Fenerbahçe Istanbul is EuroLeague champion!". Euroleague.net. 2017-05-22. Retrieved 2017-05-22.
  4. "CSKA Moscow beat Real Madrid to finish EuroLeague in 3rd place". DailySabah. Retrieved 22 May 2017.
  5. "Real Madrid vs. CSKA Moscow – Game". www.euroleague.net. Retrieved 22 May 2017.
  6. "Istanbul giants Fenerbahçe beat Real Madrid 84–75, advance to the Euroleague final". DailySabah. Retrieved 22 May 2017.
  7. "Olympiakos advance to Turkish Airlines Euroleague final". Anadolu Agency. Retrieved 22 May 2017.
  8. Hackwill, Robert (21 May 2017). "Fabulous Fenerbahce end Turkey's long wait for Euroleague crown". euronews. Retrieved 22 May 2017.
  9. Boxscore
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