2016 Euroleague Final Four
# 2016 Euroleague Final Four

The 2016 Euroleague Final Four was the concluding EuroLeague Final Four tournament of the 2015–16 Euroleague season, which was the 59th season of Europe's premier club basketball tournament, and the 16th season since it has been organised by Euroleague Basketball. The Final Four was played at the Mercedes-Benz Arena, in Berlin, Germany, in May 2016. CSKA Moscow won its 7th EuroLeague title, after beating Fenerbahçe in the championship game, by a score of 101–96, in overtime.

## Venue

On May 11, 2015, Euroleague Basketball announced that the 2016 Final Four would be played at the Mercedes-Benz Arena, in Berlin, Germany. With a seating capacity of 14,500 people for basketball games, it is home to the Alba Berlin basketball team, and is used for ice hockey, basketball, and handball games, as well as concerts. The area surrounding the arena is filled with various entertainment venues, including a cinema, a casino, a hotel, and various bars and restaurants. The arena previously hosted the 2009 Euroleague Final Four. The arena was one of the most prominent elements of the Mediaspree urban redevelopment project, and it quickly gained emblematic status in the debates surrounding the project's impact.

The LED construction grid on the facade of the arena was equipped with more than 300,000 LED clusters on a 12 m (39 ft) high, and approximately 120 m (390 ft) wide section of the semicircular 105° glass facade, with a total area of more than 1,440 $m^2$ (15,500 sq ft). Light pixels, consisting of two groups of 19 LEDs (colour palette: 16.7 million RGB colours), were attached to the vertical bracing of the facade. The vertical distances were 0.20 m (7.9 in), and the horizontal distances between the axes were 0.90 m (2 ft 11 in).

| Berlin | Berlin2016 Euroleague Final Four (Europe) |
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| Mercedes-Benz Arena | Berlin2016 Euroleague Final Four (Europe) |
| Capacity: 14,500 | Berlin2016 Euroleague Final Four (Europe) |

## Road to the Final Four

| Team | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Top 16 | Top 16 | Top 16 | Playoffs | Playoffs |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Team | Group | W | L | Group | W | L | Opponent | Score |
| Fenerbahçe | A (1st) | 8 | 2 | E (1st) | 11 | 3 | Real Madrid | 3–0 |
| Laboral Kutxa | B (3rd) | 6 | 4 | F (2nd) | 9 | 5 | Panathinaikos | 3–0 |
| CSKA Moscow | D (1st) | 9 | 1 | F (1st) | 10 | 4 | Crvena zvezda | 3–0 |
| Lokomotiv Kuban | C (1st) | 8 | 2 | E (2nd) | 9 | 5 | FC Barcelona Lassa | 3–2 |

## Bracket

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Championship game | Championship game |
| - | - | - | - |
| 13 May | 13 May |
| Fenerbahçe | 88 |
| Fenerbahçe | 88 | 15 May | 15 May |
| Laboral Kutxa | 77 | 15 May | 15 May |
| Laboral Kutxa | 77 | Fenerbahçe | 96 |
| 13 May | 13 May | | Fenerbahçe | 96 |
| 13 May | 13 May | CSKA Moscow | 101 |
| CSKA Moscow | 88 | CSKA Moscow | 101 |
| Lokomotiv Kuban | 81 | | |
| Lokomotiv Kuban | 81 | Third place game | Third place game |
| | | 15 May | 15 May |
| | | Laboral Kutxa | 75 |
| | | Lokomotiv Kuban | 85 |

## Semifinals

### Semifinal A

| Starters: | Starters: | Starters: | Pts | Reb | Ast |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| PG | 1 | Nando de Colo | 30 | 3 | 4 |
| SG | 22 | Cory Higgins | 7 | 2 | 1 |
| SF | 41 | Nikita Kurbanov | 4 | 7 | 0 |
| PF | 20 | Andrey Vorontsevich | 9 | 4 | 0 |
| C | 42 | Kyle Hines | 8 | 7 | 3 |
| Reserves: | Reserves: | Reserves: | | | |
| PG | 4 | Miloš Teodosić | 8 | 1 | 6 |
| SG | 7 | Vitaly Fridzon | 13 | 1 | 0 |
| PF | 8 | Demetris Nichols | DNP | DNP | DNP |
| PG | 9 | Aaron Jackson | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| C | 12 | Pavel Korobkov | DNP | DNP | DNP |
| SG | 30 | Mikhail Kulagin | DNP | DNP | DNP |
| PF | 31 | Victor Khryapa | 9 | 0 | 3 |
| Head coach: ||||||
| Dimitrios Itoudis ||||||
| CSKA Moscow 0 | Lokomotiv Kuban |
| Starters: | Starters: | Starters: | Pts | Reb | Ast |
| PG | 0 | Malcolm Delaney | 26 | 3 | 4 |
| SG | 18 | Evgeny Voronov | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| SF | 45 | Ryan Broekhoff | 10 | 5 | 1 |
| PF | 9 | Víctor Claver | 2 | 5 | 2 |
| C | 3 | Anthony Randolph | 13 | 11 | 1 |
| Reserves: | Reserves: | Reserves: | | | |
| PF | 1 | Chris Singleton | 6 | 5 | 1 |
| PG | 4 | Dontaye Draper | 17 | 1 | 4 |
| PG | 10 | Sergey Bykov | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| SG | 12 | Matt Janning | 7 | 0 | 1 |
| PG | 15 | Maxim Kolyushkin | DNP | DNP | DNP |
| PF | 17 | Nikita Balashkov | DNP | DNP | DNP |
| PF | 20 | Andrey Zubkov | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Head coach: ||||||
| Georgios Bartzokas ||||||

### Semifinal B

| Starters: | Starters: | Starters: | Pts | Reb | Ast |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| PG | 35 | Bobby Dixon | 3 | 5 | 0 |
| SG | 13 | Bogdan Bogdanović | 18 | 6 | 3 |
| SF | 70 | Luigi Datome | 15 | 7 | 2 |
| PF | 12 | Pero Antić | 8 | 7 | 2 |
| C | 8 | Ekpe Udoh | 14 | 2 | 1 |
| Reserves: | Reserves: | Reserves: | | | |
| PG | 3 | Ricky Hickman | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| PF | 5 | Barış Hersek | DNP | DNP | DNP |
| SG | 10 | Melih Mahmutoğlu | DNP | DNP | DNP |
| PG | 16 | Kostas Sloukas | 13 | 5 | 7 |
| PG | 23 | Berk Uğurlu | DNP | DNP | DNP |
| PF | 24 | Jan Veselý | 14 | 3 | 1 |
| SF | 33 | Nikola Kalinić | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Head coach: ||||||
| Željko Obradović ||||||
| Fenerbahçe | Laboral Kutxa |
| Starters: | Starters: | Starters: | Pts | Reb | Ast |
| PG | 20 | Darius Adams | 19 | 2 | 7 |
| SG | 8 | Ádám Hanga | 10 | 5 | 0 |
| SF | 42 | Dāvis Bertāns | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| PF | 14 | Kim Tillie | 13 | 3 | 0 |
| C | 6 | Darko Planinić | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Reserves: | Reserves: | Reserves: | | | |
| PG | 3 | Mike James | 6 | 2 | 5 |
| PF | 4 | Mamadou Diop | DNP | DNP | DNP |
| SG | 5 | Fabien Causeur | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| C | 9 | Ioannis Bourousis | 22 | 10 | 2 |
| SF | 11 | Jaka Blažič | 5 | 2 | 1 |
| C | 12 | Ilimane Diop | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| SF | 33 | Alberto Corbacho | DNP | DNP | DNP |
| Head coach: ||||||
| Velimir Perasović ||||||

## Third place game

| Starters: | Starters: | Starters: | Pts | Reb | Ast |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| PG | 20 | Darius Adams | 25 | 6 | 6 |
| SG | 8 | Ádám Hanga | 3 | 7 | 1 |
| SF | 42 | Dāvis Bertāns | 13 | 0 | 1 |
| PF | 14 | Kim Tillie | 7 | 6 | 2 |
| C | 6 | Darko Planinić | 5 | 2 | 1 |
| Reserves: | Reserves: | Reserves: | | | |
| PG | 3 | Mike James | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| PF | 4 | Mamadou Diop | DNP | DNP | DNP |
| SG | 5 | Fabien Causeur | DNP | DNP | DNP |
| C | 9 | Ioannis Bourousis | 5 | 2 | 1 |
| SF | 11 | Jaka Blažič | 8 | 3 | 0 |
| C | 12 | Ilimane Diop | 4 | 3 | 0 |
| SF | 33 | Alberto Corbacho | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| Head coach: ||||||
| Velimir Perasović ||||||
| Laboral Kutxa 0 | Lokomotiv Kuban |
| Starters: | Starters: | Starters: | Pts | Reb | Ast |
| PG | 0 | Malcolm Delaney | 21 | 5 | 4 |
| SG | 10 | Sergey Bykov | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| SF | 45 | Ryan Broekhoff | 21 | 6 | 3 |
| PF | 9 | Víctor Claver | 10 | 7 | 3 |
| PF | 1 | Chris Singleton | 10 | 7 | 2 |
| Reserves: | Reserves: | Reserves: | | | |
| C | 3 | Anthony Randolph | DNP | DNP | DNP |
| PG | 4 | Dontaye Draper | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| SG | 12 | Matt Janning | 10 | 1 | 0 |
| PG | 15 | Maxim Kolyushkin | DNP | DNP | DNP |
| PF | 17 | Nikita Balashkov | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| SG | 18 | Evgeny Voronov | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| PF | 20 | Andrey Zubkov | 11 | 2 | 2 |
| Head coach: ||||||
| Georgios Bartzokas ||||||

## Championship game

The Final was the second Final Four meeting between the two teams. In the 2015 Euroleague Final Four, CSKA Moscow beat Fenerbahçe 86–80, in the third-place game. It was the first European final for Fenerbahçe, while CSKA played in its 13th championship game.

In the Final, it seemed early on that CSKA was destined to win its seventh EuroLeague title. After a strong first half, the Russian side led 30–50 at halftime, and had a lead of as many as 21 points in the third quarter. However, in the fourth quarter, Fenerbahçe surged back, and CSKA player, Victor Khryapa, had to score a tip-in with 1.9 seconds remaining on the game clock, to tie the game. It was the third Final in EuroLeague history that went to overtime. In overtime, CSKA, led by Nando De Colo, took the lead, and finally claimed its seventh EuroLeague title, and its first one in eight years.

| Starters: | Starters: | Starters: | Pts | Reb | Ast |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| PG | 16 | Kostas Sloukas | 10 | 2 | 0 |
| SG | 13 | Bogdan Bogdanović | 6 | 3 | 3 |
| SF | 33 | Nikola Kalinić | 3 | 3 | 2 |
| PF | 70 | Luigi Datome | 16 | 5 | 3 |
| PF | 24 | Jan Veselý | 7 | 5 | 1 |
| Reserves: | Reserves: | Reserves: | | | |
| PG | 3 | Ricky Hickman | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| PF | 5 | Barış Hersek | DNP | DNP | DNP |
| C | 8 | Ekpe Udoh | 16 | 11 | 3 |
| SG | 10 | Melih Mahmutoğlu | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| PF | 12 | Pero Antić | 16 | 1 | 0 |
| PG | 23 | Berk Uğurlu | DNP | DNP | DNP |
| PG | 35 | Bobby Dixon | 17 | 4 | 1 |
| Head coach: ||||||
| Željko Obradović ||||||
| Fenerbahçe | CSKA Moscow |
| Fenerbahçe | Statistics | CSKA |
| 18/40 (45%) | 2-pt field goals | 22/36 (61.1%) |
| 11/30 (36.7%) | 3-pt field goals | 9/25 (36%) |
| 27/39 (69.2%) | Free throws | 30/32 (93.8%) |
| 16 | Offensive rebounds | 6 |
| 22 | Defensive rebounds | 26 |
| 38 | Total rebounds | 32 |
| 16 | Assists | 22 |
| 13 | Turnovers | 13 |
| 6 | Steals | 8 |
| 4 | Blocks | 5 |
| 28 | Fouls | 33 |
| Starters: | Starters: | Starters: | Pts | Reb | Ast |
| PG | 1 | Nando de Colo | 22 | 2 | 7 |
| SG | 22 | Cory Higgins | 12 | 1 | 3 |
| SF | 41 | Nikita Kurbanov | 4 | 3 | 0 |
| PF | 20 | Andrey Vorontsevich | 11 | 3 | 0 |
| C | 42 | Kyle Hines | 15 | 4 | 2 |
| Reserves: | Reserves: | Reserves: | | | |
| SG | 3 | Dmitry Kulagin | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| PG | 4 | Miloš Teodosić | 19 | 5 | 7 |
| SG | 7 | Vitaly Fridzon | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| PF | 8 | Demetris Nichols | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| PG | 9 | Aaron Jackson | 8 | 1 | 1 |
| C | 12 | Pavel Korobkov | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| PF | 31 | Victor Khryapa | 10 | 5 | 1 |
| Head coach: ||||||
| Dimitrios Itoudis ||||||

## Final Four MVP

| Player | Club |
| - | - |
| Nando de Colo | CSKA Moscow |
