2014 EuroChallenge Final Four

The 2014 EuroChallenge Final Four was the concluding tournament of the 2013–14 EuroChallenge season. The tournament was held in the PalaDozza in Bologna, Italy. It was the second time a EuroChallenge Final Four was held in Bologna.

2014 EuroChallenge Final Four
Tournament details
ArenaPalaDozza
Bologna, Italy
DatesApril 25, 2014 – April 27, 2014
Final positions
ChampionsItaly Grissin Bon Reggio Emilia
Runners-upRussia Triumph Lyubertsy
Third placeTurkey Royal Halı Gaziantep
Fourth placeHungary Szolnoki Olaj KK
Awards and statistics
MVPItaly Andrea Cinciarini
2013
2015

Host Grissin Bon Reggio Emilia came out of the tournament as the EuroChallenge champion, after it beat Triumph Lyubertsy in the Final. The Italian player Andrea Cinciarini won the MVP award.[1]

Bracket

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Semifinals
25 April
Final
27 April
 
      
 
 
 
 
  Triumph Lyubertsy61
 
 
 
  Szolnoki Olaj59
 
  Triumph Lyubertsy65
 
 
 
  Grissin Bon Reggio Emilia79
 
  Royal Halı Gaziantep55
 
 
  Grissin Bon Reggio Emilia66
 
Third place game
 
 
 
 
 
  Szolnoki Olaj75
 
 
  Royal Halı Gaziantep87

Semifinals

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25 April 2014
18:00 (CET)
Szolnoki Olaj KK   59–61   Triumph Lyubertsy
Scoring by quarter: 14–13, 14–18, 15–12, 16–18
Pts: Holiday 16
Rebs: Milošević 11
Asts: Simon, Vojvoda 2
Pts: Landry 18
Rebs: Kulagin 8
Asts: Kulagin 3
PalaDozza, Bologna, Italy
Attendance: 4,624
Referees: Ademir Zurapovic (BIH), Nebojsa Kovacevic (GER), Ciprian Stoica (ROU)
25 April 2014
20:30 (CET)
Grissin Bon Reggio Emilia   66–55   Royal Halı Gaziantep
Scoring by quarter: 19–16, 14–12, 21–15, 12–12
Pts: Siliņš 14
Rebs: Cinciarini 12
Asts: Cinciarini, Kaukėnas 6
Pts: Borovnjak 14
Rebs: Stević 10
Asts: three players 2
PalaDozza, Bologna, Italy
Attendance: 4,624
Referees: Jose Martin (ESP), Paulo Marques (POR), Sebastien Clivaz (SUI)

Third place game

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27 April 2014
16:30 (CET)
Szolnoki Olaj KK   75–87 (OT)   Royal Halı Gaziantep
Scoring by quarter: 17–18, 19–14, 13–26, 19–10, Overtime: 7–19
Pts: Báder 17
Rebs: Báder 8
Asts: Simon 5
Pts: Lorbek, Borovnjak 16
Rebs: Stević 8
Asts: Ermiş, Bremer 4
PalaDozza, Bologna, Italy
Attendance: 4,879
Referees: Ademir Zurapovic (BIH), Paulo Marques (POR), Anastasios Manos (GRE)

Final

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27 April 2014
19:00 (CET)
Triumph Lyubertsy   65–79   Grissin Bon Reggio Emilia
Scoring by quarter: 16-23, 16-25, 17-18, 16-13
Pts: Higgins 21
Rebs: Valiev 7
Asts: Valiev 3
Pts: White 17
Rebs: Cervi 5
Asts: Cinciarini 7
PalaDozza, Bologna, Italy
Attendance: 4,879
Referees: Jose Martin (ESP), Nebojsa Kovacevic (GER), Ciprian Stoica (ROU)
 
 
 
 
Triumph Lyubertsy
 
 
 
 
Reggio Emilia
Starters: P R A
PG 7   Cory Higgins 21 5 2
SG 13   Artem Vikhrov 8 2 1
SF 21   Jeremy Chappell 2 4 1
PF 11   Evgeny Valiev 0 7 3
C 50   Milovan Raković 20 3 2
Reserves: P R A
G 12   Evgeny Voronov 4 5 1
G 32   Dmitry Kulagin 8 2 1
C 33   Kyle Landry 8 2 1
G 5   Viktor Zaryazhko 0 0 0
G 8   Artem Kuzyakin 0 1 0
F 11   Pavel Spiridonov 0 0 0
F 4   Ivan Lazarev DNP
Head coach:
  Vasiliy Karasev
Game rules

Game played with FIBA rules.

 
PalaDozza

Starters: P R A
PG 13   Rimantas Kaukenas 15 2 2
SG 20   Andrea Cinciarini 7 3 7
SF 4   James White 17 4 2
PF 15   Ojārs Siliņš 2 1 0
C 14   Riccardo Cervi 7 5 0
Reserves: P R A
PG 5   Ariel Faloy 8 0 0
SG 6   Angelo Gigli 3 3 0
G 10   Troy Bell 14 4 2
F 8   Greg Brunner 6 2 1
G 11   Matteo Frassineti DNP
G/F 9   Michele Antonutti DNP
F 7   Giovanni Pini DNP
Head coach:
  Massimiliano Menetti

References

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  1. ^ 5 min fa. "Basket, EuroChallenge: trionfo di Reggio Emilia, Cinciarini è l'Mvp - La Gazzetta dello Sport". Gazzetta.it. Retrieved 2014-04-29.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)