2017 Basketball Champions League Final Four

The 2017 Basketball Champions League Final Four was the inaugural Basketball Champions League tournament. It was the concluding phase of the 2016–17 Basketball Champions League season.

2017 Basketball Champions League Final Four
Season2016–17 BCL season
Tournament details
ArenaSantiago Martín
La Laguna, Spain
Dates28–30 April 2017
Final positions
ChampionsSpain Iberostar Tenerife
1st title
Runners-upTurkey Banvit
Third placeFrance Monaco
Fourth placeItaly Umana Reyer Venezia
Awards and statistics
MVPLithuania Marius Grigonis
Top scorer(s)North Macedonia Jordan Theodore (38)
2018

Venue edit

The Santiago Martín hosted the final tournament for the first time.

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

Road to the Final Four edit

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

Bracket edit

 
SemifinalsFinal
 
      
 
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 edit

Semifinal A edit

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: Pts Reb Ast
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: Pts Reb Ast
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 edit

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: Pts Reb Ast
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: Pts Reb Ast
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 edit

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: Pts Reb Ast
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: Pts Reb Ast
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 edit

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.[1]

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.[2]

By winning the Champions League trophy, Tenerife was awarded with the prize money of €500,000.[3]

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: Pts Reb Ast
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: Pts Reb Ast
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 edit

  1. ^ "Banvit win its first Turkish Cup title". Dailysabah.com. 2017-02-17. Retrieved 2017-06-14.
  2. ^ "Iberostar Tenerife crowned inaugural Basketball Champions League winners". BasketballCL.com. 2017-04-30. Retrieved 2017-06-14.
  3. ^ "Iberostar Tenerife receives winner's prize money". BasketballCL.com. 2017-05-10. Retrieved 2017-06-14.

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