2016–17 Greek Basketball Cup

Greek Basketball Cup
Competition details
Season 2016–17
Teams 30
Dates September 17, 2016 – February 18, 2017
Final positions
Champions Panathinaikos (18th title)
Runners-up Aris
Awards
MVP Dominican Republic James Feldeine

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.

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
 
Panathinaikos Superfoods77
 
Panathinaikos Superfoods88
 
18 February
 
PAOK69
 
Panathinaikos Superfoods68
 
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.[1]

18 February 2017 Panathinaikos Superfoods 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:PtsRebAst
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
Aris


2017 Greek Cup champions
Panathinaikos Superfoods
18th title
Starters:PtsRebAst
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

Most Valuable Player

Player Team
Dominican Republic James FeldeinePanathinaikos Superfoods

Finals Top Scorer

Player Team
United States Will CummingsAris

References

  1. ↑ "Fans break into Greek Cup Final without tickets". Eurohoops.net. 18 February 2017.
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