2016–17 Greek Basketball Cup

Greek Basketball Cup
Season2016–17
DurationSeptember 17, 2016 – February 18, 2017
Teams30
Regular season
Season MVPDominican Republic James Feldeine
Finals
ChampionsPanathinaikos (18th title)
  Runners-upAris

The 2016–17 Greek Basketball Cup was the 42nd edition of Greece's top-tier level professional national domestic basketball cup competition. The competition started on September 17, 2016, and ended with the Final on February 18, 2016. Panathinaikos won the competition.[1][2]

Format

The top six placed teams from the top-tier level Greek Basket League 2015–16 season, had an automatic bye to the quarterfinals. While the eight lower placed teams from the Greek Basket League 2015–16 season, along with the 16 teams from the 2nd-tier level Greek A2 Basket League 2016–17 season, played in preliminary rounds, competing for the other two quarterfinals places. The quarterfinals and onward rounds were played under a single elimination format.

Bracket

 
QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
 
          
 
5 October
 
 
Olympiacos99
 
16 January
 
Kolossos H Hotels48
 
Olympiacos67
 
5 October
 
Panathinaikos77
 
Panathinaikos88
 
18 February
 
PAOK69
 
Panathinaikos68
 
5 October
 
Aris59
 
Aris98
 
14 January
 
Kymis Seajets67
 
Aris77
 
6 October
 
AEK76
 
AEK98
 
 
Koroivos57
 

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Final

The Final started one hour later than planned after Aris fans tried to break into the Alexandreio Melathron Nick Galis Hall without buying tickets.[3]

18 February 2017 Panathinaikos 68–59 Aris Thessaloniki
Scoring by quarter: 18–10, 11–17, 21–10, 18–22
Pts: Feldeine 18
Rebs: Gabriel 8
Asts: Calathes 3 		Pts: Cummings 20
Rebs: Jenkins 6
Asts: Jenkins 2 		Arena: Alexandreio Melathron Nick Galis Hall
Starters: Pts Reb Ast
PG 33 Greece Nick Calathes 15 4 3
SG 12 Dominican Republic James Feldeine 18 2 2
SF 15 Greece Vassilis Charalampopoulos 0 1 0
PF 21 United States Kenny Gabriel 3 8 1
C 0 United States Chris Singleton 9 4 1
Reserves:
SF 3 United States K.C. Rivers 5 3 1
PG 5 United States Mike James 9 1 0
PG 7 Greece Lefteris Bochoridis DNP
PF 9 Greece Antonis Fotsis 5 5 0
SG 11 Greece Nikos Pappas 0 0 0
SF 25 Italy Alessandro Gentile 4 3 0
C 29 Greece Ioannis Bourousis 0 4 0
Head coach:
Spain Xavi Pascual
Panathinaikos jersey
Team colours
Panathinaikos
Aris jersey
Team colours
Aris
2017 Greek Cup champions
Panathinaikos
18th title
Starters: Pts Reb Ast
PG 20 United States Will Cummings 20 2 1
SG 11 United States Michael Jenkins 12 6 2
SF 28 Greece Vlado Janković 2 5 1
PF 34 Serbia Tadija Dragićević 2 3 1
C 33 Greece Vassilis Kavvadas 6 3 1
Reserves:
C 0 United States Justin Jackson 2 2 0
PG 4 Greece Vassilis Xanthopoulos 0 3 0
PF 9 Greece Michalis Tsairelis 9 3 0
SG 13 Greece Theodoros Zaras 0 0 1
SF 16 Greece Spyros Mourtos 2 0 0
C 17 Greece Vassilis Symtsak 4 6 1
SG 22 United States Jamon Gordon 0 3 0
Head coach:
Greece Dimitrios Priftis

Awards

Main article: Greek Basketball Cup Finals MVP

Most Valuable Player

Player Team
Dominican Republic James Feldeine Panathinaikos

Finals Top Scorer

Player Team
United States Will Cummings Aris

References

  1. ^ Τσώχος, Μιχάλης (2017). "Τελικός Κυπέλλου μπάσκετ: ο Παναθηναϊκός Superfoods νίκησε τον Άρη". cnn.gr (in Greek). Online. Retrieved 11 September 2022.
  2. ^ Κούβαρης, Γιώργος (2017). "Παναθηναϊκός - Άρης 68-59 (pics)". gazzetta.gr (in Greek). Online. Retrieved 11 September 2022.
  3. ^ "Fans break into Greek Cup Final without tickets". Eurohoops.net. 18 February 2017.