2016 Italian Basketball Supercup

The 2016 Italian Basketball Supercup (Italian: Supercoppa di pallacanestro 2016) was the 22nd edition of the super cup tournament, organized by the Lega Basket Serie A. It was also called Macron Supercoppa 2016 for sponsorship reasons.

2016 Italian Basketball Supercup
Tournament details
ArenaMediolanum Forum
Milan, Italy
Dates24 September 2016 (2016-09-24)
25 September 2016 (2016-09-25)
Final positions
ChampionsEA7 Emporio Armani Milano
(1st title)
Runners-upSidigas Avellino
Awards and statistics
MVPCroatia Krunoslav Simon
2015
2017

It was played in the Mediolanum Forum in Milan on 24 and 25 September.[1]

EA7 Emporio Armani Milano won its first title after beating Vanoli Cremona in the semifinal and Sidigas Avellino in the final.[2]

Participant teams edit

Qualified for the tournament were EA7 Emporio Armani Milano, Sidigas Avellino, Grissin Bon Reggio Emilia and Vanoli Cremona.[3]

Team Qualified as Appearance Qualification date
EA7 Emporio Armani Milano 2015–16 season champion
2016 Cup champion
4th 21 February 2016
Grissin Bon Reggio Emilia 2015–16 season runner-up 2nd 13 June 2016
Sidigas Avellino 2016 Cup runner-up 2nd 21 February 2016
Vanoli Cremona 2016 Cup semi-finalist 1st 29 May 2016

Bracket edit

Semi-finals
24 September
Final
25 September
      
Grissin Bon Reggio Emilia 72
Sidigas Avellino 74
Sidigas Avellino 72
EA7 Emporio Armani Milano 90
EA7 Emporio Armani Milano 109
Vanoli Cremona 87

Semi-finals edit

Grissin Bon Reggio Emilia vs. Sidigas Avellino edit

24 September 2016 Grissin Bon Reggio Emilia 72–74 Sidigas Avellino Milan
18:00 (CEST) Scoring by quarter: 22–19, 19–21, 17–11, 14–23
Sky Sport Pts: Polonara 18
Rebs: Polonara 7
Asts: Gentile 4
PIR: Polonara 25
Boxscore Pts: Ragland 18
Rebs: Leunen 8
Asts: Green 6
PIR: Ragland 19
Arena: Mediolanum Forum
Referees: Dino Seghetti, Alessandro Vicino, Michele Rossi


Starters: Pts Reb Ast
PG 9   Andrea De Nicolao 7 2 1
PG 18   Stefano Gentile 2 2 4
SF 4   Pietro Aradori 13 1 2
PF 6   Achille Polonara 18 7 0
C 14   Riccardo Cervi 8 4 1
Reserves:
PG 5   Derek Needham 3 2 2
PF 7   Delroy James 4 3 0
SG 8   Amedeo Della Valle 14 1 2
PG 10   Francesco Bonacini 0 0 0
PF 15   Sava Lešić 3 4 0
C 20   Alessandro Vigori DNP
Head coach:
  Massimiliano Menetti
 
 
 
 
Starters: Pts Reb Ast
PG 1   Joe Ragland 18 5 4
SG 55   Adonis Thomas 15 3 1
PF 10   Maarten Leunen 9 8 2
SF 32   Retin Obasohan 10 2 0
C 12   Marco Cusin 4 4 2
Reserves:
PF 0   Andrea Zerini 0 0 1
PG 4   Marques Green 2 1 6
PF 7   Claudio Strumia DNP
SG 19   Giovanni Severini 0 0 0
SG 20   Levi Randolph 16 2 1
C 44   Kyrylo Fesenko DNP
PG 57   Salvatore Parlato DNP
Head coach:
  Stefano Sacripanti

EA7 Emporio Armani Milano vs. Vanoli Cremona edit

24 September 2016 EA7 Emporio Armani Milano 109–87 Vanoli Cremona Milan
20:45 (CEST) Scoring by quarter: 29–28, 21–24, 27–9, 32–26
Sky Sport Pts: Simon 18
Rebs: Pascolo 7
Asts: Kalnietis 6
PIR: Hickman 22
Boxscore Pts: Turner 18
Rebs: Biligha 5
Asts: Turner, Holloway 3
PIR: Mian 17
Arena: Mediolanum Forum
Referees: Luca Weidmann, Gabriele Bettini, Lorenzo Baldini


Starters: Pts Reb Ast
PG 9   Mantas Kalnietis 4 1 6
SG 5   Alessandro Gentile 8 3 2
SF 43   Krunoslav Simon 18 0 2
PF 14   Davide Pascolo 10 7 0
C 11   Miroslav Raduljica 6 1 1
Reserves:
PF 1   Jamel McLean 8 3 1
PG 7   Ricky Hickman 15 3 5
SG 12   Zoran Dragić 13 5 1
PG 20   Andrea Cinciarini 7 3 4
PF 21   Rakim Sanders 17 5 2
SF 23   Awudu Abass 0 0 0
SF 30   Bruno Cerella 3 1 1
Head coach:
  Jasmin Repeša
 
 
 
 
Starters: Pts Reb Ast
PG 52   Tu Holloway 6 2 3
SG 31   Elston Turner 18 2 3
PF 35   TaShawn Thomas 5 2 1
SF 33   Omar Thomas 8 4 0
C 19   Paul Biligha 7 5 1
Reserves:
PG 6   Andrea Amato 3 1 1
SG 7   Fabio Mian 14 4 1
C 10   Raphael Gaspardo 12 2 0
PF 18   Jakub Wojciechowski 5 2 0
PG 32   Gabe York 9 2 1
Head coach:
  Cesare Pancotto

Final edit

EA7 Emporio Armani Milano lifted the Supercup trophy by downing Sidigas Avellino 72-90. Krunoslav Simon led the winners with 25 points on 5-of-7 three-point shots. Ricky Hickman added 15 while Zoran Dragić had 11 for Milan. Hickman had 9 points in the second quarter to make Milan get a double-digit lead, 34-44, at halftime. Dragić, Simon and Davide Pascolo allowed Milan to extend their margin to 51-67 after 30 minutes, enough to control the game until the final buzzer and lift its first Supercup trophy.[4]

Sidigas Avellino vs. EA7 Emporio Armani Milano edit

25 September 2016 Sidigas Avellino 72–90 EA7 Emporio Armani Milano Milan
18:15 (CEST) Scoring by quarter: 19–23, 15–21, 17–23, 21–23
Sky Sport Pts: Ragland 18
Rebs: Cusin, Obasohan 5
Asts: five players 2
PIR: Obasohan 17
Boxscore Pts: Simon 25
Rebs: Dragić 7
Asts: Simon 8
PIR: Simon 30
Arena: Mediolanum Forum
Referees: Dino Seghetti, Luca Weidmann, Gabriele Bettini


Starters: Pts Reb Ast
PG 1   Joe Ragland 18 2 2
SG 55   Adonis Thomas 10 2 2
PF 10   Maarten Leunen 6 4 2
SF 32   Retin Obasohan 12 5 1
C 44   Kyrylo Fesenko 2 3 1
Reserves:
PF 0   Andrea Zerini 2 4 0
PG 4   Marques Green 9 0 2
PF 7   Claudio Strumia DNP
C 12   Marco Cusin 3 5 0
SG 19   Giovanni Severini DNP
SG 20   Levi Randolph 10 1 2
PG 57   Salvatore Parlato DNP
Head coach:
  Stefano Sacripanti
 
 
 
 


Italian Supercoppa MVP
  Krunoslav Simon
Game rules
Game was played under FIBA rules.
2016 Italian Supercup Winners

EA7 Emporio Armani Milano
1st title
Starters: Pts Reb Ast
PG 20   Andrea Cinciarini 6 2 2
SG 12   Zoran Dragić 11 7 3
SG 43   Krunoslav Simon 25 5 8
PF 14   Davide Pascolo 6 4 0
C 13   Milan Mačvan 5 2 2
Reserves:
PF 1   Jamel McLean 5 2 2
SG 2   Simone Fontecchio 2 1 0
SF 5   Alessandro Gentile 2 1 0
PG 7   Ricky Hickman 15 3 1
PG 9   Mantas Kalnietis 4 2 1
SF 21   Rakim Sanders 9 3 0
SF 30   Bruno Cerella 0 1 0
Head coach:
  Jasmin Repeša

References edit

  1. ^ "Decise le date e la sede della Supercoppa 2016: si giocherà al Forum di Assago" [The Supercoppa 2016 dates and location are confirmed: it will be contested at Forum of Assago]. basketuniverso.it (in Italian). 15 June 2016. Retrieved 19 June 2016.
  2. ^ "Turkish Airlines EuroLeague preseason results: September 25". euroleague.net. 15 June 2016. Retrieved 27 September 2016.
  3. ^ "Supercoppa 2016: parteciperanno Milano, Reggio Emilia, Avellino e Cremona" [Supercup 2016: Milano, Reggio Emilia, Avellino and Cremona are qualified]. Sportando.com (in Italian). 14 June 2016. Retrieved 16 June 2016.
  4. ^ "Turkish Airlines EuroLeague preseason results: September 25". euroleague.net. 15 June 2016. Retrieved 27 September 2016.

External links edit