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.
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| Season | 2011–12 Euroleague |
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| Tournament details | |
| Arena | Sinan Erdem Dome Istanbul, Turkey |
| Dates | May 11, 2012 – May 13, 2012 |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |  Olympiacos (2nd title) |
| Runners-up |  CSKA Moscow |
| Third place |  FC Barcelona |
| Fourth place | Panathinaikos |
| Awards and statistics | |
| MVP |  Vassilis Spanoulis |
| Attendance | 61,048 (total) |
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 edit
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) |
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| Sinan Erdem Dome | |
| Capacity: 16,647 | |
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Bracket edit
| Semifinals May 11 | Championship game May 13 | |||||
| CSKA Moscow | 66 | |||||
| Panathinaikos | 64 | |||||
| CSKA Moscow | 61 | |||||
| Olympiacos | 62 | |||||
| Olympiacos | 68 | |||||
| FC Barcelona Regal | 64 | |||||
| Third place game | ||||||
| Panathinaikos | 69 | |||||
| FC Barcelona Regal | 74 | |||||
Semifinal 1 edit
11 May 2012
17:00 |
| CSKA Moscow |
66–64 | 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 edit
11 May 2012
20:00 |
| Olympiacos |
68–64 | 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 edit
13 May 2012
17:00 |
| Panathinaikos |
69–74 | 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 edit
13 May 2012
20:00 |
| CSKA Moscow |
61–62 | 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) |
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References edit
- ^ "Istanbul to host Final Four 2012". Talkbasket.net. 8 May 2011.