2016 FIBA Europe Cup Final Four

The 2016 FIBA Europe Cup Final Four was the inaugural Final Four tournament in FIBA Europe Cup history, and was the concluding stage of the 2015–16 FIBA Europe Cup season.[2] The Final Four was held from 29 April until 1 May 2016.

2016 FIBA Europe Cup Final Four
The official logo of the 2016 Final Four[1]
Tournament details
ArenaLe Colisée
Chalon-sur-Saône, France
Dates29 April 2016 – 1 May 2016
Final positions
Champions Fraport Skyliners
1st title
Runners-up Openjobmetis Varese
Third place Élan Chalon
Fourth place Enisey
Awards and statistics
MVP Quantez Robertson
Top scorer(s) Maalik Wayns (32)

On 6 April 2016, FIBA announced that the tournament was to be held at Le Colisée in Chalon-sur-Saône, France.[3] German side Fraport Skyliners won the tournament.

Venue
Chalon-sur-Saône[3]
2016 FIBA Europe Cup Final Four (Europe)
Le Colisée
Capacity: 5,000

Teams

Road to the Final Four
Team Regular season Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarter-finals
Fraport Skyliners Group G – Second place Group U – First place Beat AEK Larnaca, 2–0 Beat Maccabi Rishon LeZion, 2–1
Élan Chalon Group D – First place Group R – First place Beat Telenet Oostende, 2–1 Beat Khimik, 2–0
Openjobmetis Varese Group C – Second place Group V – First place Beat Royal Hali Gaziantep, 2–1 Beat Antwerp Giants, 2–1
Enisey Group H – Second place Group R – Second place Beat Türk Telekom, 2–0 Beat Cibona, 2–1

Bracket
 
Semifinals
Final
 
      
 
29 April
 
 
 Openjobmetis Varese91
 
1 May
 
 Élan Chalon82
 
 Openjobmetis Varese62
 
29 April
 
 Fraport Skyliners66
 
 Fraport Skyliners59
 
 
 Enisey56
 
Third place game
 
 
1 May
 
 
 Élan Chalon103
 
 
 Enisey72

Semi-finals

Openjobmetis Varese vs Élan Chalon
29 April 2016 Openjobmetis Varese 91–82 Élan Chalon Chalon-sur-Saône
18:30 Scoring by quarter: 31–25, 16–28, 23–11, 21–18
Pts: Davies, Kuksiks 17
Rebs: Wayns 6
Asts: Wayns 4		 Report Pts: Hazell 19
Rebs: Booker 13
Asts: Roberson 5		 Arena: Le Colisée
Attendance: 4,950
Referees: Emir Moğulkoç (TUR), Janusz Calik (POL), Andrei Sharapa (BLR)


Starters:PtsRebAst
PG 2 Maalik Wayns 16 6 4
SG 11 Chris Wright 12 4 0
SF 14 Kristjan Kangur 3 2 2
PF 30 Rihards Kuksiks 17 3 2
C 0 Brandon Davies 17 5 3
Reserves:
G 10 Daniele Cavaliero 8 2 2
F/C 12 Luca Campani 16 4 0
F 21 Giancarlo Ferrero 2 0 0
F 23 Umberto Pietrini DNP
G 15 Manuel Rossi DNP
G 6 Ovidijus Varanauskas DNP
G 7 Filippo Testa DNP
Head coach:
Paolo Moretti
Varese
Chalon
Starters:PtsRebAst
PG 21 John Roberson 12 3 5
SG 4 Tyler Kalinoski 11 5 0
SF 5 Jeremy Hazell 19 7 2
PF 12 Ilian Evtimov 2 1 1
C 31 Devin Booker 16 13 2
Reserves:
F 6 David Michineau 7 3 3
F 9 Axel Bouteille 0 1 0
C 11 Mathias Lessort 7 4 0
PF 32 Justin Brownlee 8 4 1
SF 10 William Gradit DNP
C 14 Abdoulaye Ndoye DNP
SG 28 Assane Ndoye DNP
Head coach:
Jean-Denys Choulet

Fraport Skyliners vs Enisey
29 April 2016 Fraport Skyliners 59–56 Enisey Chalon-sur-Saône
21:00 Scoring by quarter: 10–12, 20–17, 9–16, 20–11
Pts: Voigtmann 16
Rebs: Barthel 10
Asts: Theodore 10		 Report Pts: Sergeev 13
Rebs: James, Kennedy 10
Asts: Kennedy 5		 Arena: Le Colisée
Attendance: 4,400
Referees: Ademir Zurapović (BIH), Paulo Marques (POR), Boris Krejić (SLO)


Starters:PtsRebAst
PG 25 Jordan Theodore 12 4 7
SG 23 Quantez Robertson 0 5 2
SF 42 Aaron Doornekamp 6 4 0
PF 21 Danilo Barthel 6 10 1
C 17 Johannes Voigtmann 16 7 1
Reserves:
G 7 Konstantin Klein 2 3 1
SG 9 John Little 2 1 0
C 24 Michael Morrison 7 3 0
G 30 Philip Scrubb 8 5 3
PG 10 Max Merz DNP
PF 22 Johannes Richter DNP
Head coach:
Gordon Herbert
Skyliners
Enisey
Starters:PtsRebAst
PG 4 Alexey Vzdykhalkin 5 3 1
SG 21 Tony Taylor 12 2 3
SF 9 D.J. Kennedy 12 10 5
PF 5 Delroy James 6 10 0
C 8 Tim Ohlbrecht 3 3 1
Reserves:
PG 13 Denis Zakharov 0 1 0
G 7 Andrei Komarovskiy 0 1 0
G 10 Pavel Sergeev 13 0 0
F 17 Artem Yakovenko 5 3 0
F 24 Aleksandr Pavlov 0 0 0
G 30 Vladimir Pichkurov DNP
G 2 Artem Isakov DNP
Head coach:
Oleg Okulov

Third place game
1 May 2016 Élan Chalon 103–72 Enisey Chalon-sur-Saône
18:00 Scoring by quarter: 27–21, 32–15, 25–11, 19–25
Pts: Evtimov 19
Rebs: Booker, Evtimov 8
Asts: three players 5		 Report Pts: Taylor 18
Rebs: Yakovenko 8
Asts: James 3		 Arena: Le Colisée
Attendance: 4,950
Referees: Paulo Marques (POR), Andrei Sharapa (BLR), Boris Krejić (SLO)


Starters:PtsRebAst
PG 21 John Roberson 6 1 5
SG 10 William Gradit 8 3 0
SF 5 Jeremy Hazell 13 3 3
PF 12 Ilian Evtimov 19 8 2
C 31 Devin Booker 14 8 2
Reserves:
F 6 David Michineau 2 1 0
F 9 Axel Bouteille 10 4 3
C 11 Mathias Lessort 12 5 5
PF 32 Justin Brownlee 6 1 1
SG 4 Tyler Kalinoski 11 2 5
C 14 Abdoulaye Ndoye DNP
SG 28 Assane Ndoye 2 0 0
Head coach:
Jean-Denys Choulet
Chalon
Enisey
Starters:PtsRebAst
PG 13 Denis Zakharov 8 0 0
SG 21 Tony Taylor 18 5 2
SF 9 D.J. Kennedy 8 4 2
PF 5 Delroy James 8 5 3
C 17 Artem Yakovenko 10 8 1
Reserves:
C 8 Tim Ohlbrecht DNP
PG 4 Alexey Vzdykhalkin 5 2 1
G 7 Andrei Komarovskiy 0 3 0
G 10 Pavel Sergeev 9 1 2
F 24 Aleksandr Pavlov 0 2 0
G 30 Vladimir Pichkurov 0 2 0
G 2 Artem Isakov 4 0 1
Head coach:
Oleg Okulov

Final
"We were in control for 35 minutes and that makes this pill harder to swallow" – Paolo Moretti, Varese head coach

This was Skyliners Frankfurt's first chance to win a European title ever in its club history. For Varese, this was already the 13th appearance in the Final of a European club competition; the Italians won the FIBA European Champions Cup (5 times) and FIBA Saporta Cup (2 times) before. However, Varese's last European victory was back in 1980.

Fraport Skyliners clawed their way back from a 12-point third-quarter deficit to edge out OpenjobMetis Varese 66–62 in a gripping FIBA Europe Cup final and lift the first European trophy in club history. Quantez Robertson of Fraport, who scored 15 points in the Final, was named Final Four MVP.

1 May 2016 Openjobmetis Varese 62–66 Fraport Skyliners Chalon-sur-Saône
20:30 Scoring by quarter: 16–15, 15–10, 16–13, 15–28
Pts: Wayns 16
Rebs: Davies 7
Asts: Cavaliero 4		 Report Pts: Robertson 15
Rebs: Barthel 10
Asts: Robertson 4		 Arena: Le Colisée
Attendance: 4,950
Referees: Emin Moğulkoç (TUR), Janusz Calik (POL), Martin Horozov (BUL)


Starters:PtsRebAst
PG 2 Maalik Wayns 16 5 0
SG 11 Christopher Wright 13 2 2
SF 14 Kristjan Kangur 7 5 2
PF 30 Rihards Kuksiks 6 6 1
C 0 Brandon Davies 3 7 3
Reserves:
G 10 Daniele Cavaliero 3 4 4
F/C 12 Luca Campani 6 4 0
F 21 Giancarlo Ferrero 2 0 0
F 23 Umberto Pietrini DNP
G 15 Manuel Rossi DNP
G 6 Ovidijus Varanauskas DNP
G 7 Filippo Testa DNP
Head coach:
Paolo Moretti
Varese
Skyliners
Starters:PtsRebAst
PG 25 Jordan Theodore 13 2 2
SG 23 Quantez Robertson 15 5 4
SF 42 Aaron Doornekamp 5 1 1
PF 21 Danilo Barthel 6 10 1
C 17 Johannes Voigtmann 9 6 2
Reserves:
G 7 Konstantin Klein 0 0 2
SG 9 John Little 6 8 0
C 24 Michael Morrison 7 3 0
G 30 Philip Scrubb 6 3 2
PG 10 Max Merz DNP
PF 22 Johannes Richter DNP
Head coach:
Gordon Herbert

Final Four MVP
Player Team
Quantez Robertson Fraport Skyliners

References
  1. Final Four Event Guide
  2. "Inaugural FIBA Europe Cup Final Four participants determined". FIBA. 6 April 2016. Retrieved 6 April 2016.
  3. "Elan Chalon To Host FIBA Europe Cup Final Four". FIBA Europe Cup. 7 April 2016. Retrieved 7 April 2016.

See also
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