2016_Euroleague_Final_Four
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.
| Season | 2015–16 Euroleague |
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| Tournament details | |
| Arena | Mercedes-Benz Arena Berlin, Germany |
| Dates | 13–15 May 2016 |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |  CSKA Moscow (7th title) |
| Runners-up |  Fenerbahçe |
| Third place | Lokomotiv Kuban |
| Fourth place |  Laboral Kutxa |
| Awards and statistics | |
| MVP |  Nando de Colo |
| Top scorer(s) | Nando de Colo (52) |
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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) |
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| Mercedes-Benz Arena | |
| Capacity: 14,500 | |
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| Team | Regular season | Top 16 | Playoffs | |||||||
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| Group | W | L | Group | W | L | Opponent | Score | |||
| Fenerbahçe | A (1st) | 8 | 2 |
E (1st) | 11 | 3 |
Real Madrid | 3–0 | ||
| Laboral Kutxa | B (3rd) | 6 | 4 |
F (2nd) | 9 | 5 |
 Panathinaikos | 3–0 | ||
| CSKA Moscow | D (1st) | 9 | 1 |
F (1st) | 10 | 4 |
 Crvena zvezda | 3–0 | ||
| Lokomotiv Kuban | C (1st) | 8 | 2 |
E (2nd) | 9 | 5 |
FC Barcelona Lassa | 3–2 | ||
| Semifinals | Championship game | |||||
| 13 May | ||||||
| Fenerbahçe | 88 | |||||
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| Laboral Kutxa | 77 | |||||
| Fenerbahçe | 96 | |||||
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| CSKA Moscow | 101 | |||||
| CSKA Moscow | 88 | |||||
| Lokomotiv Kuban | 81 | |||||
| Third place game | ||||||
| 15 May | ||||||
| Laboral Kutxa | 75 | |||||
| Lokomotiv Kuban | 85 | |||||
Semifinal A
| 13 May 2016 | CSKA Moscow |
88–81 | Lokomotiv Kuban |
Berlin, Germany | |
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| 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) |
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Semifinal B
| 13 May 2016 | Fenerbahçe |
88–770(OT) | Laboral Kutxa |
Berlin, Germany | |
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| 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) |
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| 15 May 2016 | Laboral Kutxa |
75–85 | Lokomotiv Kuban |
Berlin, Germany | |
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| 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) |
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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 |
96–1010(OT) | CSKA Moscow |
Berlin, Germany | |
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| 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) |
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- "Euroleague Final Four returns to Berlin in 2016". Euroleague. 11 May 2015.
- "CSKA Moscow vs Fenerbahce: Euroleague Championship game preview". Talkbasket.net. 14 May 2016.
- "CSKA Moscow claims its seventh Euroleague crown after OT thriller". Euroleague.net. 15 May 2016.
