2012 Euroleague Final Four

2012 Euroleague Final Four
Season2011–12 Euroleague
Tournament details
ArenaSinan Erdem Dome
Istanbul, Turkey
DatesMay 11, 2012 – May 13, 2012
Final positions
ChampionsGreece Olympiacos (2nd title)
Runners-upRussia CSKA Moscow
Third placeSpain FC Barcelona
Fourth placeGreece Panathinaikos
Awards and statistics
MVPGreece Vassilis Spanoulis
Attendance61,048 (total)
2011
2013

The 2012 Euroleague Final Four was the concluding EuroLeague Final Four tournament of the 2011–12 Euroleague season. It was held on May 11–13, 2012. The tournament was hosted at the Sinan Erdem Dome, in Istanbul, Turkey. Olympiacos won its second ever EuroLeague championship, after beating CSKA Moscow in the Final.

In the Final, Georgios Printezis hit a floater with 0.7 seconds remaining on the game clock, after receiving an assist from Vassilis Spanoulis, to win the EuroLeague cup. Spanoulis won his second Final Four MVP after the tournament.

Venue

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On May 8, 2011, Euroleague Basketball announced that the Final Four would be held at the Sinan Erdem Dome, in Istanbul.[1] It has a seating capacity of 22,500 for concerts, and 16,000 for the sport of basketball, making it Turkey's largest multi-purpose indoor venue, and the third largest in Europe (although it is not the third largest in Europe in capacity for basketball use). The arena is named after Sinan Erdem (1927–2003), who was the President of the Turkish Olympic Committee, from 1989, until his death in 2003.

Istanbul
2012 Euroleague Final Four (Europe)
Sinan Erdem Dome
Capacity: 16,647

Bracket

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All times are CEST (UTC+2).
 
Semifinals
May 11
Championship game
May 13
 
      
 
 
 
 
Russia CSKA Moscow66
 
 
 
Greece Panathinaikos64
 
Russia CSKA Moscow61
 
 
 
Greece Olympiacos62
 
Greece Olympiacos68
 
 
Spain FC Barcelona Regal64
 
Third place game
 
 
 
 
 
Greece Panathinaikos 69
 
 
Spain FC Barcelona Regal74

Semifinal 1

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11 May 2012
17:00
CSKA Moscow Russia 66–64 Greece Panathinaikos
Scoring by quarter: 15–29, 17–5, 19–21, 15–9
Pts: Kirilenko 17
Rebs: Kirilenko 9
Asts: Khryapa 5
Pts: Jasikevičius 19
Rebs: Kaimakoglou 8
Asts: Diamantidis 6
Sinan Erdem Dome, Istanbul
Attendance: 15,262
Referees: Carl Jungebrand (FIN), José Martín (ESP), Streten Radović (CRO)

Semifinal 2

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11 May 2012
20:00
Olympiacos Greece 68–64 Spain FC Barcelona Regal
Scoring by quarter: 17–11, 16–18, 17–18, 18–17
Pts: Spanoulis 21
Rebs: Mantzaris 6
Asts: Spanoulis 6
Pts: Navarro 18
Rebs: Vázquez 7
Asts: Navarro 3
Sinan Erdem Dome, Istanbul
Attendance: 15,262
Referees: Luigi Lamonica (ITA), Robert Lottermoser (GER), Tolga Sahin (ITA)

Third-place game

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13 May 2012
17:00
Panathinaikos Greece 69–74 Spain FC Barcelona Regal
Scoring by quarter: 20–21, 17–27, 15–10, 17–16
Pts: Diamantidis 17
Rebs: Marić 11
Asts: Calathes 2
Pts: Huertas 21
Rebs: Ndong, Vázquez 5
Asts: Huertas 3
Sinan Erdem Dome, Istanbul
Attendance: 15,262
Referees: Recep Ankarali (TUR), Robert Lottermoser (GER), Olegs Latisevs (LAT)

Championship game

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13 May 2012
20:00
CSKA Moscow Russia 61–62 Greece Olympiacos
Scoring by quarter: 10–7, 24–13, 19–20, 8–22
Pts: Teodosić 15
Rebs: Kirilenko 10
Asts: Teodosić 3
Pts: Papanikolaou 18
Rebs: three players 4
Asts: three players 2
Sinan Erdem Dome, Istanbul
Attendance: 15,550
Referees: Luigi Lamonica (ITA), José Martín (ESP), Tolga Sahin (ITA)
CSKA Moscow jersey
Team colours
CSKA Moscow
Olympiacos jersey
Team colours
Team colours
Olympiacos
Starters: P R A
PG
4
Serbia Miloš Teodosić 15 4 3
SG
8
Lithuania Ramūnas Šiškauskas 8 3 1
SF
31
Russia Victor Khryapa 3 6 1
PF
15
Russia Andrei Kirilenko 12 10 0
C
12
Serbia Nenad Krstić 11 1 0
Reserves: P R A
PF
7
Lithuania Darjuš Lavrinovič 5 1 1
PF
11
Dominican Republic Sammy Mejia DNP
SG
18
Russia Evgeny Voronov 0 0 0
PF
20
Russia Andrey Vorontsevich 0 1 2
PG
23
Russia Alexey Shved 3 2 2
C
24
Russia Sasha Kaun 2 0 0
SG
44
United States Jamont Gordon 2 1 1
Head coach:
Lithuania Jonas Kazlauskas
2011–12 Euroleague
Champions
Greece
Olympiacos
2nd title
Starters: P R A
PG
17
Greece Vangelis Mantzaris 3 4 2
SG
7
Greece Vassilis Spanoulis 15 0 2
SF
10
Serbia Marko Kešelj 3 0 0
PF
6
North Macedonia Pero Antić 7 2 0
C
9
United States Joey Dorsey 0 2 0
Reserves: P R A
PF
4
United States Kyle Hines 0 3 1
C
12
Greece Lazaros Papadopoulos 0 0 0
SF
13
Lithuania Martynas Gecevičius DNP
PF
15
Greece Georgios Printezis 12 4 1
SF
16
Greece Kostas Papanikolaou 18 4 0
SG
18
Greece Kostas Sloukas 4 3 2
PG
55
United States Acie Law 0 2 0
Head coach:
Serbia Dušan Ivković

References

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  1. ^ "Istanbul to host Final Four 2012". Talkbasket.net. 8 May 2011.
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