2017 Basketball Champions League Final Four

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]

2017 Basketball Champions League Final Four
Season2016–17 BCL season
Tournament details
ArenaSantiago Martín
La Laguna, Spain
Dates28–30 April 2017
Final positions
Champions Iberostar Tenerife
1st title
Runners-up Banvit
Third place Monaco
Fourth place Umana Reyer Venezia
Awards and statistics
MVP Marius Grigonis
Top scorer(s) Jordan Theodore (38)

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
Further information: 2016–17 Basketball Champions League

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

Bracket
 
Final
 
      
 
28 April
 
 
 Banvit83
 
30 April
 
 Monaco74
 
 Banvit59
 
28 April
 
 Iberostar Tenerife63
 
 Iberostar Tenerife67
 
 
 Umana Reyer Venezia58
 
Third place game
 
 
30 April
 
 
 Monaco91
 
 
 Umana Reyer Venezia77

Semifinals

Semifinal A

28 April 2017 Banvit 83–74 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 Jordan Theodore 21 4 11
SG 21 Jeremy Chappell 10 1 1
SF 10 Gediminas Orelik 16 5 0
PF 5 Edo Murić 0 3 2
C 14 Gašper Vidmar 12 6 0
Reserves:
C 3 Doğukan Sönmez DNP
PF 7 Damian Kulig 7 6 0
SF 8 Tolga Geçim 4 1 1
PG 9 Emir Gökalp 0 0 0
C 12 Metehan Akyel DNP
SF 13 Merthan Mutlu DNP
SG 22 Furkan Korkmaz 13 1 1
Head coach:
Sašo Filipovski
Banvit
Monaco
Starters:PtsRebAst
PG 3 Zack Wright 7 5 5
SG 23 Jamal Shuler 20 0 1
SF 11 Jordan Aboudou 0 4 0
PF 22 Nik Caner-Medley 9 6 1
C 21 Bangaly Fofana 2 2 0
Reserves:
PF 0 Brandon Davies 5 6 1
PG 1 Dee Bost 10 7 3
SF 5 Amara Sy 2 2 0
SF 8 Sergii Gladyr 8 1 3
PG 13 Paul Rigot 0 0 0
SG 24 Billy Ouattara 11 3 0
Head coach:
Zvezdan Mitrović

Semifinal B

28 April 2017 Iberostar Tenerife 67–58 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 Rodrigo San Miguel 7 8 0
SG 5 Nicolás Richotti 3 0 1
SF 11 Will Hanley 0 4 0
PF 42 Aaron Doornekamp 11 4 10
C 31 Georgios Bogris 10 4 2
Reserves:
C 7 Mamadou Niang DNP
PG 10 Ferran Bassas 2 0 2
SF 12 Tariq Kirksay 3 3 0
SF 13 Marius Grigonis 3 0 0
C 17 Fran Vázquez 4 3 1
PF 21 Tim Abromaitis 19 9 2
PG 34 Davin White 4 1 3
Head coach:
Txus Vidorreta
Tenerife
Reyer Venezia
Starters:PtsRebAst
PG 0 MarQuez Haynes 13 4 3
SG 25 Tyrus McGee 6 2 0
SF 6 Michael Bramos 7 1 2
PF 4 Hrvoje Perić 11 5 2
C 16 Benjamin Ortner 4 5 0
Reserves:
C 2 Jamelle Hagins 0 0 1
SF 3 Melvin Ejim 3 6 3
SG 7 Stefano Tonut 2 3 0
PG 8 Vincenzo Taddeo DNP
PG 12 Ariel Filloy 4 5 2
PF 14 Tomas Ress 6 1 0
SF 22 Jeffrey Viggiano 2 0 0
Head coach:
Walter De Raffaele

Third place game

30 April 2017 Monaco 91–77 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 Zack Wright 11 4 8
SG 23 Jamal Shuler 8 1 5
SF 24 Billy Ouattara 13 5 2
PF 5 Amara Sy 12 7 0
C 0 Brandon Davies 17 7 2
Reserves:
PG 1 Dee Bost 12 3 5
SF 8 Sergii Gladyr 5 1 1
PF 11 Jordan Aboudou 4 5 0
PG 13 Paul Rigot 3 2 0
C 21 Bangaly Fofana 6 0 0
Head coach:
Zvezdan Mitrović
Monaco
Reyer Venezia
Starters:PtsRebAst
PG 0 MarQuez Haynes 13 0 3
SG 25 Tyrus McGee 9 6 3
F 6 Michael Bramos 2 7 2
PF 4 Hrvoje Perić 0 4 2
C 16 Benjamin Ortner 2 0 0
Reserves:
C 2 Jamelle Hagins 13 2 0
SF 3 Melvin Ejim 6 3 2
SG 7 Stefano Tonut 7 1 0
PG 8 Vincenzo Taddeo 0 0 0
PG 12 Ariel Filloy 12 1 6
PF 14 Tomas Ress 5 4 0
SF 22 Jeffrey Viggiano 8 4 0
Head coach:
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 63–59 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 Rodrigo San Miguel 9 3 1
SG 11 Will Hanley 0 0 1
SF 13 Marius Grigonis 18 3 1
PF 42 Aaron Doornekamp 3 5 2
C 31 Georgios Bogris 2 6 1
Reserves:
C 7 Mamadou Niang 6 4 0
SG 5 Nicolás Richotti 0 0 0
PG 10 Ferran Bassas 3 0 0
SF 12 Tariq Kirksay 4 3 2
C 17 Fran Vázquez 4 4 0
PF 21 Tim Abromaitis 0 5 0
PG 34 Davin White 14 2 5
Head coach:
Txus Vidorreta
Tenerife
Banvit


2016–17 BCL champions

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

References
  1. "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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