2017 EuroLeague Final Four

2017 EuroLeague Final Four
	Logo for 2017 Final Four in Istanbul
Season	2016–17 EuroLeague
Tournament details
Arena	Sinan Erdem Dome ; Istanbul, Turkey
Dates	19–21 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)
Attendance	59,276 (total)
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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]

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	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	78–82	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:			Pts	Reb	Ast

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:			Pts	Reb	Ast

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	84–75	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:			Pts	Reb	Ast

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:			Pts	Reb	Ast

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	70–94	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:			Pts	Reb	Ast

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:			Pts	Reb	Ast

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	80–64	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:			Pts	Reb	Ast

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