2017 Basketball Champions League Final Four

2017 Basketball Champions League Final Four
Season 2016–17 BCL season
Tournament details
Arena Santiago Martín
La Laguna, Spain
Dates 28–30 April 2017
Final positions
Champions Spain Iberostar Tenerife
1st title
Runners-up Turkey Banvit
Third place France Monaco
Fourth place Italy Umana Reyer Venezia
Awards and statistics
MVP Lithuania Marius Grigonis
Top scorer(s) Republic of Macedonia Jordan Theodore (38)

The 2017 Basketball Champions League Final Four was the inaugural concluding Basketball Champions League Final Four tournament of the 2016–17 Basketball Champions League season, which also marked the very first season of Basketball Champions League (BCL). The Final Four was played at the Santiago Martín in San Cristóbal de La Laguna, Spain, on April 2017.[1]

Venue

On 31 March 2017, FIBA announced that the Final Four would be held in the Santiago Martín in San Cristóbal de La Laguna.[1] The arena, nicknamed La Hamburguesa (The Hamburger)[2], can hold 5,100 people for basketball games, and it offers 2,000 square meters of floor space. The facilities remain open all year long, without interruption. The arena was opened in 1999. Pabellón Insular Santiago Martín is the property of the Cabildo de Tenerife (the Island Council of Tenerife), and the Ayuntamiento de La Laguna (the La Laguna City Council).

San Cristóbal de La Laguna
2017 Basketball Champions League Final Four (Atlantic Ocean)
Santiago Martín
Capacity: 5,100

Draw

The draw for the pairings for the Final Four was held on April 7, 2017 in Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain.[3][4][5][6]

Road to the Final Four

Note: In the table, the score of the Final Four team is given first (H = home; A = away).

Bracket

 
Final
 
      
 
28 April
 
 
Turkey Banvit83
 
30 April
 
France Monaco74
 
Turkey Banvit59
 
28 April
 
Spain Iberostar Tenerife63
 
Spain Iberostar Tenerife67
 
 
Italy Umana Reyer Venezia58
 
Third place game
 
 
30 April
 
 
France Monaco91
 
 
Italy Umana Reyer Venezia77

Semifinals

Semifinal A

28 April 2017 Banvit Turkey 83–74 France Monaco San Cristóbal de La Laguna
17:00 (GMT) Scoring by quarter: 14–23, 22–22, 18–8, 28–21
Pts: Theodore 21
Rebs: Kulig, Vidmar 6
Asts: Theodore 11
PIR: Theodore 21		 Report Pts: Shuler 20
Rebs: Bost 7
Asts: Wright 5
PIR: Shuler 14		 Arena: Santiago Martín
Attendance: 4,000
Referees: Srđan Dožai (CRO), Marek Cmikiewicz (POL), Tomas Jasevičius (LTU)


Starters:PtsRebAst
PG 25 Republic of Macedonia Jordan Theodore 21 4 11
SG 21 United States Jeremy Chappell 10 1 1
SF 10 Lithuania Gediminas Orelik 16 5 0
PF 5 Slovenia Edo Murić 0 3 2
C 14 Slovenia Gašper Vidmar 12 6 0
Reserves:
C 3 Turkey Doğukan Sönmez DNP
PF 7 Poland Damian Kulig 7 6 0
SF 8 Turkey Tolga Geçim 4 1 1
PG 9 Turkey Emir Gökalp 0 0 0
C 12 Turkey Metehan Akyel DNP
SF 13 Turkey Merthan Mutlu DNP
SG 22 Turkey Furkan Korkmaz 13 1 1
Head coach:
Slovenia Sašo Filipovski
Banvit
Monaco
Starters:PtsRebAst
PG 3 Bosnia and Herzegovina Zack Wright 7 5 5
SG 23 United States Jamal Shuler 20 0 1
SF 11 France Jordan Aboudou 0 4 0
PF 22 Azerbaijan Nik Caner-Medley 9 6 1
C 21 France Bangaly Fofana 2 2 0
Reserves:
PF 0 United States Brandon Davies 5 6 1
PG 1 Bulgaria Dee Bost 10 7 3
SF 5 France Amara Sy 2 2 0
SF 8 Ukraine Sergii Gladyr 8 1 3
PG 13 France Paul Rigot 0 0 0
SG 24 France Billy Ouattara 11 3 0
Head coach:
Montenegro Zvezdan Mitrović

Semifinal B

28 April 2017 Iberostar Tenerife Spain 67–58 Italy Umana Reyer Venezia San Cristóbal de La Laguna
20:00 (GMT) Scoring by quarter: 16–21, 24–13, 16–8, 11–16
Pts: Abromaitis 19
Rebs: Abromaitis 9
Asts: Grigonis, White 3
PIR: Abromaitis 28		 Report Pts: Haynes 13
Rebs: Ejim 6
Asts: Ejim, Haynes 3
PIR: Haynes 12		 Arena: Santiago Martín
Attendance: 4,854
Referees: Panagiotis Anastopoulos (GRE), Aleksandar Glišić (SRB), Ademir Zurapović (BIH)


Starters:PtsRebAst
PG 00 Spain Rodrigo San Miguel 7 8 0
SG 5 Argentina Nicolás Richotti 3 0 1
SF 11 Republic of Ireland Will Hanley 0 4 0
PF 42 Canada Aaron Doornekamp 11 4 10
C 31 Greece Georgios Bogris 10 4 2
Reserves:
C 7 Senegal Mamadou Niang DNP
PG 10 Spain Ferran Bassas 2 0 2
SF 12 France Tariq Kirksay 3 3 0
SF 13 Lithuania Marius Grigonis 3 0 0
C 17 Spain Fran Vázquez 4 3 1
PF 21 United States Tim Abromaitis 19 9 2
PG 34 United States Davin White 4 1 3
Head coach:
Spain Txus Vidorreta
Tenerife
Reyer Venezia
Starters:PtsRebAst
PG 0 Georgia (country) MarQuez Haynes 13 4 3
SG 25 United States Tyrus McGee 6 2 0
SF 6 Greece Michael Bramos 7 1 2
PF 4 Croatia Hrvoje Perić 11 5 2
C 16 Austria Benjamin Ortner 4 5 0
Reserves:
C 2 United States Jamelle Hagins 0 0 1
SF 3 Canada Melvin Ejim 3 6 3
SG 7 Italy Stefano Tonut 2 3 0
PG 8 Italy Vincenzo Taddeo DNP
PG 12 Italy Ariel Filloy 4 5 2
PF 14 Italy Tomas Ress 6 1 0
SF 22 Italy Jeffrey Viggiano 2 0 0
Head coach:
Italy Walter De Raffaele

Third place game

30 April 2017 Monaco France 91–77 Italy Umana Reyer Venezia San Cristóbal de La Laguna
16:15 (GMT) Scoring by quarter: 26–21, 21–12, 26–22, 18–22
Pts: Davies 17
Rebs: Davies, Sy 7
Asts: Wright 8
PIR: Wright 20		 Pts: Haynes, Hagins 13
Rebs: Bramos 7
Asts: Filloy 6
PIR: Filloy 14		 Arena: Santiago Martín
Attendance: 4,000
Referees: Aleksandar Glišić (SRB), Markos Michaelides (SUI), Ademir Zurapović (BIH)


Starters:PtsRebAst
PG 3 Bosnia and Herzegovina Zack Wright 11 4 8
SG 23 United States Jamal Shuler 8 1 5
SF 24 France Billy Ouattara 13 5 2
PF 5 France Amara Sy 12 7 0
C 0 United States Brandon Davies 17 7 2
Reserves:
PG 1 Bulgaria Dee Bost 12 3 5
SF 8 Ukraine Sergii Gladyr 5 1 1
PF 11 France Jordan Aboudou 4 5 0
PG 13 France Paul Rigot 3 2 0
C 21 France Bangaly Fofana 6 0 0
Head coach:
Montenegro Zvezdan Mitrović
Monaco
Reyer Venezia
Starters:PtsRebAst
PG 0 Georgia (country) MarQuez Haynes 13 0 3
SG 25 United States Tyrus McGee 9 6 3
F 6 Greece Michael Bramos 2 7 2
PF 4 Croatia Hrvoje Perić 0 4 2
C 16 Austria Benjamin Ortner 2 0 0
Reserves:
C 2 United States Jamelle Hagins 13 2 0
SF 3 Canada Melvin Ejim 6 3 2
SG 7 Italy Stefano Tonut 7 1 0
PG 8 Italy Vincenzo Taddeo 0 0 0
PG 12 Italy Ariel Filloy 12 1 6
PF 14 Italy Tomas Ress 5 4 0
SF 22 Italy Jeffrey Viggiano 8 4 0
Head coach:
Italy Walter De Raffaele

Final

Iberostar Tenerife was enjoying its most successful season in the Liga ACB in club history as the club was in the first place of the regular season. Banvit were having a season in which the team won its first trophy by winning the Turkish Cup.[7]

Playing at its home court, Tenerife won the game 63–59 behind Final Four MVP Marius Grigonis, who scored 18 points on 6 out of 10 three point shooting. Davin White added 14 points and 5 assists, while also hitting the most important three pointer of the game in the final minute. The league's MVP, Jordan Theodore, recorded 17 points and 9 assists for Banvit.[8]

By winning the Champions League trophy, Tenerife was awarded with the prize money of €500,000.[9]

30 April 2017 Iberostar Tenerife Spain 63–59 Turkey Banvit San Cristóbal de La Laguna
19:15 (GMT) Scoring by quarter: 16–12, 18–19, 17–15, 12–13
Pts: Grigonis 18
Rebs: Bogris 6
Asts: White 5
PIR: White 15		 Boxscore Pts: Theodore 17
Rebs: Orelik 13
Asts: Theodore 4
PIR: Orelik, Theodore 16		 Arena: Santiago Martín
Attendance: 5,050
Referees: Panagiotis Anastopoulos (GRE), Marek Cmikiewicz (POL), Srđan Dožai (CRO)


Starters:PtsRebAst
PG 00 Spain Rodrigo San Miguel 9 3 1
SG 11 Republic of Ireland Will Hanley 0 0 1
SF 13 Lithuania Marius Grigonis 18 3 1
PF 42 Canada Aaron Doornekamp 3 5 2
C 31 Greece Georgios Bogris 2 6 1
Reserves:
C 7 Senegal Mamadou Niang 6 4 0
SG 5 Argentina Nicolás Richotti 0 0 0
PG 10 Spain Ferran Bassas 3 0 0
SF 12 France Tariq Kirksay 4 3 2
C 17 Spain Fran Vázquez 4 4 0
PF 21 United States Tim Abromaitis 0 5 0
PG 34 United States Davin White 14 2 5
Head coach:
Spain Txus Vidorreta
Tenerife
Banvit


2016–17 BCL champions

Iberostar Tenerife
1st title
Starters:PtsRebAst
PG 25 Republic of Macedonia Jordan Theodore 17 9 4
SG 21 United States Jeremy Chappell 7 3 1
SF 10 Lithuania Gediminas Orelik 13 13 3
PF 5 Slovenia Edo Murić 0 1 0
C 14 Slovenia Gašper Vidmar 2 5 0
Reserves:
C 3 Turkey Doğukan Sönmez DNP
PF 7 Poland Damian Kulig 13 2 0
SF 8 Turkey Tolga Geçim 3 2 0
PG 9 Turkey Emir Gökalp DNP
C 12 Turkey Metehan Akyel DNP
SF 13 Turkey Merthan Mutlu 0 0 0
SG 22 Turkey Furkan Korkmaz 4 2 3
Head coach:
Slovenia Sašo Filipovski

References

  1. 1 2 "Tenerife to host Basketball Champions League Final Four". BasketballCL.com. 31 March 2017. Retrieved 31 March 2017.
  2. ↑ El Cabildo dedicará el sótano del pabellón Santiago Martín a salas de ensayo; El Día, 24 October 2002
  3. ↑ "Tenerife is front runner to host 1st Basketball Champions League Final Four". Sportando.
  4. ↑ "Basketball Champions League". Basketball Champions League.
  5. ↑ "Final Four pairings confirmed". Basketballcl.com. 6 April 2017. Retrieved 6 April 2017.
  6. ↑ "Countdown to the Final Four Tenerife draw of #BasketballCL at IBEROSTAR Grand Hotel Mencey (14:30 Canarian time)". Twitter. Retrieved 6 April 2017.
  7. ↑ "Banvit win its first Turkish Cup title". Dailysabah.com. 2017-02-17. Retrieved 2017-06-14.
  8. ↑ "Iberostar Tenerife crowned inaugural Basketball Champions League winners". BasketballCL.com. 2017-04-30. Retrieved 2017-06-14.
  9. ↑ "Iberostar Tenerife receives winner's prize money". BasketballCL.com. 2017-05-10. Retrieved 2017-06-14.
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