2012 Euroleague Final Four

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.

2012 Euroleague Final Four
Season2011–12 Euroleague
Tournament details
ArenaSinan Erdem Dome
Istanbul, Turkey
DatesMay 11, 2012 – May 13, 2012
Final positions
ChampionsGreece Olympiacos (2nd title)
Runners-upRussia CSKA Moscow
Third placeSpain FC Barcelona
Fourth placeGreece Panathinaikos
Awards and statistics
MVPGreece Vassilis Spanoulis
Attendance61,048 (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

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)
Sinan Erdem Dome
Capacity: 16,647

Bracket
All times are CEST (UTC+2).
 
Semifinals
May 11		Championship game
May 13
 
      
 
 
 
 
Russia CSKA Moscow66
 
 
 
Greece Panathinaikos64
 
Russia CSKA Moscow61
 
 
 
Greece Olympiacos62
 
Greece Olympiacos68
 
 
Spain FC Barcelona Regal64
 
Third place game
 
 
 
 
 
Greece Panathinaikos 69
 
 
Spain FC Barcelona Regal74

Semifinal 1
11 May 2012
17:00
CSKA Moscow Russia 66–64 Greece 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
11 May 2012
20:00
Olympiacos Greece 68–64 Spain 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
13 May 2012
17:00
Panathinaikos Greece 69–74 Spain 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
13 May 2012
20:00
CSKA Moscow Russia 61–62 Greece 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)
CSKA Moscow jersey
Team colours
CSKA Moscow
Olympiacos jersey
Team colours
Team colours
Olympiacos
Starters:PRA
PG
4
Serbia Miloš Teodosić1543
SG
8
Lithuania Ramūnas Šiškauskas831
SF
31
Russia Victor Khryapa361
PF
15
Russia Andrei Kirilenko12100
C
12
Serbia Nenad Krstić1110
Reserves:PRA
PF
7
Lithuania Darjuš Lavrinovič511
PF
11
Dominican Republic Sammy MejiaDNP
SG
18
Russia Evgeny Voronov000
PF
20
Russia Andrey Vorontsevich012
PG
23
Russia Alexey Shved322
C
24
Russia Sasha Kaun200
SG
44
United States Jamont Gordon211
Head coach:
Lithuania Jonas Kazlauskas
2011–12 Euroleague
Champions
Greece
Olympiacos
2nd title
Starters:PRA
PG
17
Greece Vangelis Mantzaris342
SG
7
Greece Vassilis Spanoulis1502
SF
10
Serbia Marko Kešelj300
PF
6
North Macedonia Pero Antić720
C
9
United States Joey Dorsey020
Reserves:PRA
PF
4
United States Kyle Hines031
C
12
Greece Lazaros Papadopoulos000
SF
13
Lithuania Martynas GecevičiusDNP
PF
15
Greece Georgios Printezis1241
SF
16
Greece Kostas Papanikolaou1840
SG
18
Greece Kostas Sloukas432
PG
55
United States Acie Law020
Head coach:
Serbia Dušan Ivković

References
  1. "Istanbul to host Final Four 2012". Talkbasket.net. 8 May 2011.
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