2009 Euroleague Final Four

2009 Euroleague Final Four
Season2008–09 Euroleague
Tournament details
ArenaO2 World
Berlin, Germany
DatesMay 1, – May 3, 2009
Final positions
ChampionsGreece Panathinaikos (5th title)
Runners-upRussia CSKA Moscow
Third placeSpain FC Barcelona
Fourth placeGreece Olympiacos
Awards and statistics
MVPGreece Vassilis Spanoulis
2008
2010

The 2009 Euroleague Final Four was the concluding Euroleague Final Four tournament of the 2008–09 Euroleague season. It was held in May 2009. All of the games were held at the O2 World, in Berlin Germany. Panathinaikos won the title, which was their fifth at the time.

Bracket

 
Semifinals
May 1
Final
May 3
 
      
 
 
 
 
Spain Regal FC Barcelona78
 
 
 
Russia CSKA Moscow82
 
Russia CSKA Moscow71
 
 
 
Greece Panathinaikos73
 
Greece Olympiacos82
 
 
Greece Panathinaikos84
 
Third place
 
 
 
 
 
Spain Regal FC Barcelona 95
 
 
Greece Olympiacos 79

Semifinals

FC Barcelona vs. CSKA Moscow

May 1
18:00 CET
Regal FC Barcelona Spain 78–82 Russia CSKA Moscow
Scoring by quarter: 21-12, 15-20, 20-22, 22-28
Pts: Andersen 24
Rebs: Santiago 6
Asts: Lakovič 5
Pts: Šiškauskas 29
Rebs: Khryapa 9
Asts: Holden 4
O2 World, Berlin
Attendance: 13,238
Referees: Voreadis (GRE), Bachar (ISR), Belosevic (SRB)

Olympiacos vs. Panathinaikos

May 1
21:00 CET
Olympiacos Greece 82–84 Greece Panathinaikos
Scoring by quarter: 21-27, 20-16, 22-23, 19-18
Pts: Greer 18
Rebs: Bourousis 7
Asts: Papaloukas 5
Pts: Peković 20
Rebs: Batiste, Fotsis 6
Asts: Jasikevičius 5
O2 World, Berlin
Attendance: 13,238
Referees: Brazauskas (LTU), Arteaga (ESP), Rocha (POR)

Third-place playoff

May 3
17:00 CET
Olympiacos Greece 79–95 Spain Regal FC Barcelona
Scoring by quarter: 19-26, 11-20, 28-27, 21-22
Pts: Greer 19
Rebs: Bourousis 9
Asts: Papaloukas 4
Pts: Andersen 20
Rebs: Vázquez 5
Asts: Lakovič 5
O2 World, Berlin
Attendance: 13,238
Referees: Belosevic (SRB), Pukl (SLO), Zamojski (POL), Rocha (POR)

Final

May 3
20:00 CET
Panathinaikos Greece 73–71 Russia CSKA Moscow
Scoring by quarter: 21-16, 27-12, 8-18, 17-25
Pts: Spanoulis, Fotsis 13
Rebs: Fotsis 8
Asts: Jasikevičius 4
Pts: Holden 14
Rebs: Smodiš 9
Asts: Holden 4
O2 World, Berlin
Attendance: 13,238
Referees: Brazauskas (LTU), Arteaga (ESP), Bachar (ISR), Rocha (POR)
Panathinaikos jersey
Team colours
Team colours
Panathinaikos
CSKA Moscow jersey
Team colours
Team colours
CSKA Moscow
Starters: P R A
PG
6
Greece Vassilis Spanoulis 13 0 0
SG
11
United States Drew Nicholas 7 1 1
SF
7
Greece Stratos Perperoglou 6 2 2
PF
9
Greece Antonis Fotsis 13 8 1
C
14
Montenegro Nikola Peković 6 2 0
Reserves: P R A
SF
5
Serbia Dušan Kecman DNP
C
8
United States Mike Batiste 6 4 0
SG
10
Greece Nikos Chatzivrettas DNP
PF
12
Greece Kostas Tsartsaris 2 1 0
PG
13
Greece Dimitris Diamantidis 10 4 3
PF
15
Greece Dušan Šakota DNP
PG
19
Lithuania Šarūnas Jasikevičius 10 4 4
Head coach:
Serbia Željko Obradović
2008–09 Euroleague
Champions
Greece
Panathinaikos
5th title
Starters: P R A
PG
10
Russia J.R. Holden 14 1 4
SG
21
United States Trajan Langdon 13 4 1
SF
31
Russia Victor Khryapa 9 7 1
PF
8
Slovenia Matjaž Smodiš 9 9 0
C
12
Slovenia Erazem Lorbek 5 1 0
Reserves: P R A
PG
6
Greece Nikos Zisis 0 0 0
SG
7
Russia Victor Keyru DNP
SF
9
Lithuania Ramūnas Šiškauskas 13 0 0
PF
20
Russia Andrey Vorontsevich DNP
C
24
Russia Sasha Kaun 3 3 0
PG
34
Croatia Zoran Planinić 5 3 1
PF
44
United States Terence Morris 0 0 0
Head coach:
Italy Ettore Messina

Awards