2016 FIBA Europe Cup Final Four

2016 FIBA Europe Cup Final Four
The official logo of the 2016 Final Four[1]
Tournament details
ArenaLe Colisée
Chalon-sur-Saône, France
Dates29 April 2016 – 1 May 2016
Final positions
ChampionsGermany Fraport Skyliners
1st title
Runners-upItaly Openjobmetis Varese
Third placeFrance Élan Chalon
Fourth placeRussia Enisey
Awards and statistics
MVPUnited States Quantez Robertson
Top scorer(s)United States Maalik Wayns (32)
2017

The 2016 FIBA Europe Cup Final Four was the inaugural Final Four tournament in FIBA Europe Cup history, and was the concluding stage of the 2015–16 FIBA Europe Cup season.[2] The Final Four was held from 29 April until 1 May 2016.

On 6 April 2016, FIBA announced that the tournament was to be held at Le Colisée in Chalon-sur-Saône, France.[3] German side Fraport Skyliners won the tournament.

Venue

Chalon-sur-Saône[3]
2016 FIBA Europe Cup Final Four (Europe)
Le Colisée
Capacity: 5,000

Teams

Road to the Final Four

Team Regular season Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarter-finals
Germany Fraport Skyliners Group G – Second place Group U – First place Beat Cyprus AEK Larnaca, 2–0 Beat Israel Maccabi Rishon LeZion, 2–1
France Élan Chalon Group D – First place Group R – First place Beat Belgium Telenet Oostende, 2–1 Beat Ukraine Khimik, 2–0
Italy Openjobmetis Varese Group C – Second place Group V – First place Beat Turkey Royal Hali Gaziantep, 2–1 Beat Belgium Antwerp Giants, 2–1
Russia Enisey Group H – Second place Group R – Second place Beat Turkey Türk Telekom, 2–0 Beat Croatia Cibona, 2–1

Bracket

 
SemifinalsFinal
 
      
 
29 April
 
 
Italy Openjobmetis Varese91
 
1 May
 
France Élan Chalon82
 
Italy Openjobmetis Varese62
 
29 April
 
Germany Fraport Skyliners66
 
Germany Fraport Skyliners59
 
 
Russia Enisey56
 
Third place game
 
 
1 May
 
 
France Élan Chalon103
 
 
Russia Enisey72

Semi-finals

Openjobmetis Varese vs Élan Chalon

29 April 2016 Openjobmetis Varese Italy 91–82 France Élan Chalon Chalon-sur-Saône
18:30 Scoring by quarter: 31–25, 16–28, 23–11, 21–18
Pts: Davies, Kuksiks 17
Rebs: Wayns 6
Asts: Wayns 4
Report Pts: Hazell 19
Rebs: Booker 13
Asts: Roberson 5
Arena: Le Colisée
Attendance: 4,950
Referees: Emir Moğulkoç (TUR), Janusz Calik (POL), Andrei Sharapa (BLR)


Starters: Pts Reb Ast
PG 2 United States Maalik Wayns 16 6 4
SG 11 United States Chris Wright 12 4 0
SF 14 Estonia Kristjan Kangur 3 2 2
PF 30 Latvia Rihards Kuksiks 17 3 2
C 0 United States Brandon Davies 17 5 3
Reserves:
G 10 Italy Daniele Cavaliero 8 2 2
F/C 12 Italy Luca Campani 16 4 0
F 21 Italy Giancarlo Ferrero 2 0 0
F 23 Italy Umberto Pietrini DNP
G 15 Italy Manuel Rossi DNP
G 6 Lithuania Ovidijus Varanauskas DNP
G 7 Italy Filippo Testa DNP
Head coach:
Italy Paolo Moretti
Varese jersey
Team colours
Varese
Chalon jersey
Team colours
Chalon
Starters: Pts Reb Ast
PG 21 United States John Roberson 12 3 5
SG 4 United States Tyler Kalinoski 11 5 0
SF 5 United States Jeremy Hazell 19 7 2
PF 12 France Ilian Evtimov 2 1 1
C 31 United States Devin Booker 16 13 2
Reserves:
F 6 France David Michineau 7 3 3
F 9 France Axel Bouteille 0 1 0
C 11 France Mathias Lessort 7 4 0
PF 32 United States Justin Brownlee 8 4 1
SF 10 France William Gradit DNP
C 14 Senegal Abdoulaye Ndoye DNP
SG 28 France Assane Ndoye DNP
Head coach:
France Jean-Denys Choulet

Fraport Skyliners vs Enisey

29 April 2016 Fraport Skyliners Germany 59–56 Russia Enisey Chalon-sur-Saône
21:00 Scoring by quarter: 10–12, 20–17, 9–16, 20–11
Pts: Voigtmann 16
Rebs: Barthel 10
Asts: Theodore 10
Report Pts: Sergeev 13
Rebs: James, Kennedy 10
Asts: Kennedy 5
Arena: Le Colisée
Attendance: 4,400
Referees: Ademir Zurapović (BIH), Paulo Marques (POR), Boris Krejić (SLO)


Starters: Pts Reb Ast
PG 25 United States Jordan Theodore 12 4 7
SG 23 United States Quantez Robertson 0 5 2
SF 42 Canada Aaron Doornekamp 6 4 0
PF 21 Germany Danilo Barthel 6 10 1
C 17 Germany Johannes Voigtmann 16 7 1
Reserves:
G 7 Germany Konstantin Klein 2 3 1
SG 9 United States John Little 2 1 0
C 24 United States Michael Morrison 7 3 0
G 30 Canada Philip Scrubb 8 5 3
PG 10 Germany Max Merz DNP
PF 22 Germany Johannes Richter DNP
Head coach:
Canada Gordon Herbert
Skyliners jersey
Team colours
Skyliners
Enisey jersey
Team colours
Enisey
Starters: Pts Reb Ast
PG 4 Russia Alexey Vzdykhalkin 5 3 1
SG 21 United States Tony Taylor 12 2 3
SF 9 United States D.J. Kennedy 12 10 5
PF 5 Guyana Delroy James 6 10 0
C 8 Germany Tim Ohlbrecht 3 3 1
Reserves:
PG 13 Russia Denis Zakharov 0 1 0
G 7 Russia Andrei Komarovskiy 0 1 0
G 10 Russia Pavel Sergeev 13 0 0
F 17 Russia Artem Yakovenko 5 3 0
F 24 Russia Aleksandr Pavlov 0 0 0
G 30 Russia Vladimir Pichkurov DNP
G 2 Russia Artem Isakov DNP
Head coach:
Russia Oleg Okulov

Third place game

1 May 2016 Élan Chalon France 103–72 Russia Enisey Chalon-sur-Saône
18:00 Scoring by quarter: 27–21, 32–15, 25–11, 19–25
Pts: Evtimov 19
Rebs: Booker, Evtimov 8
Asts: three players 5
Report Pts: Taylor 18
Rebs: Yakovenko 8
Asts: James 3
Arena: Le Colisée
Attendance: 4,950
Referees: Paulo Marques (POR), Andrei Sharapa (BLR), Boris Krejić (SLO)


Starters: Pts Reb Ast
PG 21 United States John Roberson 6 1 5
SG 10 France William Gradit 8 3 0
SF 5 United States Jeremy Hazell 13 3 3
PF 12 France Ilian Evtimov 19 8 2
C 31 United States Devin Booker 14 8 2
Reserves:
F 6 France David Michineau 2 1 0
F 9 France Axel Bouteille 10 4 3
C 11 France Mathias Lessort 12 5 5
PF 32 United States Justin Brownlee 6 1 1
SG 4 United States Tyler Kalinoski 11 2 5
C 14 Senegal Abdoulaye Ndoye DNP
SG 28 France Assane Ndoye 2 0 0
Head coach:
France Jean-Denys Choulet
Chalon jersey
Team colours
Chalon
Enisey jersey
Team colours
Enisey
Starters: Pts Reb Ast
PG 13 Russia Denis Zakharov 8 0 0
SG 21 United States Tony Taylor 18 5 2
SF 9 United States D.J. Kennedy 8 4 2
PF 5 Guyana Delroy James 8 5 3
C 17 Russia Artem Yakovenko 10 8 1
Reserves:
C 8 Germany Tim Ohlbrecht DNP
PG 4 Russia Alexey Vzdykhalkin 5 2 1
G 7 Russia Andrei Komarovskiy 0 3 0
G 10 Russia Pavel Sergeev 9 1 2
F 24 Russia Aleksandr Pavlov 0 2 0
G 30 Russia Vladimir Pichkurov 0 2 0
G 2 Russia Artem Isakov 4 0 1
Head coach:
Russia Oleg Okulov

Final

"We were in control for 35 minutes and that makes this pill harder to swallow" – Paolo Moretti, Varese head coach

This was Skyliners Frankfurt's first chance to win a European title ever in its club history. For Varese, this was already the 13th appearance in the Final of a European club competition; the Italians won the FIBA European Champions Cup (5 times) and FIBA Saporta Cup (2 times) before. However, Varese's last European victory was back in 1980.

Fraport Skyliners clawed their way back from a 12-point third-quarter deficit to edge out OpenjobMetis Varese 66–62 in a gripping FIBA Europe Cup final and lift the first European trophy in club history. Quantez Robertson of Fraport, who scored 15 points in the Final, was named Final Four MVP.

1 May 2016 Openjobmetis Varese Italy 62–66 Germany Fraport Skyliners Chalon-sur-Saône
20:30 Scoring by quarter: 16–15, 15–10, 16–13, 15–28
Pts: Wayns 16
Rebs: Davies 7
Asts: Cavaliero 4
Report Pts: Robertson 15
Rebs: Barthel 10
Asts: Robertson 4
Arena: Le Colisée
Attendance: 4,950
Referees: Emin Moğulkoç (TUR), Janusz Calik (POL), Martin Horozov (BUL)


Starters: Pts Reb Ast
PG 2 United States Maalik Wayns 16 5 0
SG 11 United States Christopher Wright 13 2 2
SF 14 Estonia Kristjan Kangur 7 5 2
PF 30 Latvia Rihards Kuksiks 6 6 1
C 0 United States Brandon Davies 3 7 3
Reserves:
G 10 Italy Daniele Cavaliero 3 4 4
F/C 12 Italy Luca Campani 6 4 0
F 21 Italy Giancarlo Ferrero 2 0 0
F 23 Italy Umberto Pietrini DNP
G 15 Italy Manuel Rossi DNP
G 6 Lithuania Ovidijus Varanauskas DNP
G 7 Italy Filippo Testa DNP
Head coach:
Italy Paolo Moretti
Varese jersey
Team colours
Varese
Skyliners jersey
Team colours
Skyliners
Starters: Pts Reb Ast
PG 25 United States Jordan Theodore 13 2 2
SG 23 United States Quantez Robertson 15 5 4
SF 42 Canada Aaron Doornekamp 5 1 1
PF 21 Germany Danilo Barthel 6 10 1
C 17 Germany Johannes Voigtmann 9 6 2
Reserves:
G 7 Germany Konstantin Klein 0 0 2
SG 9 United States John Little 6 8 0
C 24 United States Michael Morrison 7 3 0
G 30 Canada Philip Scrubb 6 3 2
PG 10 Germany Max Merz DNP
PF 22 Germany Johannes Richter DNP
Head coach:
Canada Gordon Herbert

Final Four MVP

Player Team
United States Quantez Robertson Germany Fraport Skyliners

References

  1. ^ Final Four Event Guide
  2. ^ "Inaugural FIBA Europe Cup Final Four participants determined". FIBA. 6 April 2016. Archived from the original on 4 April 2018. Retrieved 6 April 2016.
  3. ^ a b "Elan Chalon To Host FIBA Europe Cup Final Four". FIBA Europe Cup. 7 April 2016. Retrieved 7 April 2016.

See also