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2016 Israeli Final Four
Season	2015–2016 Israeli Super League
Tournament details
Arena	Pais Arena ; Jerusalem
Dates	6–9 June 2016
Final positions
Champions	Maccabi Rishon LeZion (1st title)
Runners-up	Hapoel Jerusalem
Awards and statistics
MVP	Darryl Monroe
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The 2016 Israeli Final Four was the concluding tournament of the 2015–16 Israeli Basketball Super League. It was the seventh Israeli Final Four, and the event is held for the first time since the 2012 edition. Unlike previous Final Four tournaments, there would not be a third placed game.

The Event was held in the Pais Arena, in Jerusalem between 6 and 9 May 2016. The participating teams were Hapoel Jerusalem, Maccabi Tel Aviv, Hapoel Eilat, and Maccabi Rishon LeZion.

Venue

The Pais Arena is an indoor sports arena in Jerusalem. Opened in 2014 as an open-air venue with a capacity of 11,000.

Results

Bracket

Semi-finals 6 June		Final 9 June



Hapoel Jerusalem	82

Hapoel Eilat	78
		Hapoel Jerusalem	77

		Maccabi Rishon LeZion	83
Maccabi Tel Aviv	69

Maccabi Rishon LeZion	71

Semi-finals

All times are in Israel Summer Time.

Hapoel Jerusalem vs. Hapoel Eilat

6 June 2016	Hapoel Jerusalem	82–78	Hapoel Eilat	Pais Arena, Jerusalem
21:05	Scoring by quarter: 26-21, 19-20, 18-21, 19-16
Channel 1	Pts: Eliyahu 16 Rebs: Eliyahu 12 Asts: Smith 8	Boxscore	Pts: Kane 22 Rebs: Aminu 16 Asts: Aminu, Wyatt 4	Attendance: 9,000 Referees: Omer Esteron, Erez Gurion

Maccabi Tel Aviv vs. Maccabi Rishon LeZion

6 June 2016	Maccabi Tel Aviv	69–71	Maccabi Rishon LeZion	Pais Arena, Jerusalem
18:10	Scoring by quarter: 16-14, 20-20, 21-21, 12-16
Sport 5	Pts: Rochestie 20 Rebs: Mbakwe 14 Asts: Ohayon 4	Boxscore	Pts: Monroe 20 Rebs: Monroe 8 Asts: Lyons, Ben Chimol 4	Attendance: 7,000 Referees: David Romano, Kfir Mualem, Lior Beynish

Final

9 June 2016	Hapoel Jerusalem	77–83	Maccabi Rishon LeZion	Pais Arena, Jerusalem
21:00	Scoring by quarter: 28–17, 15–21, 18–26, 16–19
Channel 1	Pts: Gaffney 20 Rebs: Holman 7 Asts: Rowland 6	Boxscore	Pts: Monroe 29 Rebs: Wright 9 Asts: Lyons 7	Attendance: 11,000 Referees: Sefi Shemesh, Gili Cohen, Amit Balak

Starters:			Pts	Reb	Ast

PG	4	E.J. Rowland	16	4	6
SG	10	Yotam Halperin	0	1	2
SF	15	Donta Smith	14	4	3
PF	8	Lior Eliyahu	9	6	4
F/C	3	Tony Gaffney	20	3	3
Reserves:
C	32	Eli Holman	8	7	2
PG	11	Bar Timor	8	2	3
SF	12	Rafi Menco	2	2	1
PG	14	Édgar Sosa	DNP
SG	6	Yochai Zokrman	DNP
SG	24	Igor Mayor	DNP
Head coach:
Danny Franco

Jerusalem

Rishon LeZion

Starters:			Pts	Reb	Ast

PG	10	Mark Lyons	11	3	5
SG	6	Nitzan Hanochi	2	4	1
SF	8	Shawn Dawson	21	5	3
PF	33	Chris Wright	13	9	1
F/C	86	Darryl Monroe	29	6	2
Reserves:
SF	9	Tony Younger	10	2	1
PG	11	Avi Ben Chimol	4	3	5
PF	14	Kevin Palmer	3	0	0
F/C	12	Idan Zalmanson	0	0	0
G	7	Golan Gutt	DNP
G	18	Tyler Dawson	DNP
G	21	Ofek Hakmon	DNP
Head coach:
Arik Shivek

Winning roster

2015–16 Maccabi Rishon LeZion roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	No.	Name	Ht.
G	6	Hanochi, Nitzan (C)	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
G	7	Gutt, Golan	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
G/F	8	Dawson, Shawn	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)
F	9	Younger, Tony (DC)	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)
PG	10	Lyons, Mark	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
PG	11	Ben Chimol, Avi	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
F/C	12	Zalmanson, Idan	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)
F	14	Palmer, Kevin	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)
G	18	Dawson, Tyler	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
G	21	Hakmon, Ofek	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
F	33	Wright, Chris	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)
F/C	86	Monroe, Darryl	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)