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| Season | 2015–16 Euroleague |
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| Tournament details | |
| Arena | Mercedes-Benz Arena Berlin, Germany |
| Dates | 13–15 May 2016 |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |  CSKA Moscow (7th title) |
| Runners-up |  Fenerbahçe |
| Third place | Lokomotiv Kuban |
| Fourth place |  Laboral Kutxa |
| Awards and statistics | |
| MVP |  Nando de Colo |
| Top scorer(s) | Nando de Colo (52) |
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The 2016 Euroleague Final Four was the concluding EuroLeague Final Four tournament of the 2015–16 Euroleague season, which was the 59th season of Europe's premier club basketball tournament, and the 16th season since it has been organised by Euroleague Basketball. The Final Four was played at the Mercedes-Benz Arena, in Berlin, Germany, in May 2016.[1] CSKA Moscow won its 7th EuroLeague title, after beating Fenerbahçe in the championship game, by a score of 101–96, in overtime.
On May 11, 2015, Euroleague Basketball announced that the 2016 Final Four would be played at the Mercedes-Benz Arena, in Berlin, Germany. With a seating capacity of 14,500 people for basketball games, it is home to the Alba Berlin basketball team, and is used for ice hockey, basketball, and handball games, as well as concerts. The area surrounding the arena is filled with various entertainment venues, including a cinema, a casino, a hotel, and various bars and restaurants. The arena previously hosted the 2009 Euroleague Final Four. The arena was one of the most prominent elements of the Mediaspree urban redevelopment project, and it quickly gained emblematic status in the debates surrounding the project's impact.
The LED construction grid on the facade of the arena was equipped with more than 300,000 LED clusters on a 12 m (39 ft) high, and approximately 120 m (390 ft) wide section of the semicircular 105° glass facade, with a total area of more than 1,440 m2 (15,500 sq ft). Light pixels, consisting of two groups of 19 LEDs (colour palette: 16.7 million RGB colours), were attached to the vertical bracing of the facade. The vertical distances were 0.20 m (7.9 in), and the horizontal distances between the axes were 0.90 m (2 ft 11 in).
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A (1st)
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8
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E (1st)
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11
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3
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Real Madrid |
3–0
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B (3rd)
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6
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4
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F (2nd)
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9
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5
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 Panathinaikos |
3–0
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D (1st)
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9
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1
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F (1st)
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10
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4
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 Crvena zvezda |
3–0
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| Lokomotiv Kuban |
C (1st)
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8
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2
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E (2nd)
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9
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5
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FC Barcelona Lassa |
3–2
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| Semifinals | Championship game | ||||
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| Fenerbahçe | 88 | ||||
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| Laboral Kutxa | 77 | ||||
| Fenerbahçe | 96 | ||||
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| CSKA Moscow | 101 | ||||
| CSKA Moscow | 88 | ||||
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| Lokomotiv Kuban | 81 | ||||
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| Laboral Kutxa | 75 | ||||
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| Lokomotiv Kuban | 85 | ||||
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| 13 May 2016 | CSKA Moscow
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88–81 | Lokomotiv Kuban
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Berlin, Germany | |
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| 18:00 (CEST) | Scoring by quarter: 23–12, 24–25, 21–22, 20–22 | ||||
| Pts: De Colo30 Rebs: Hines, Kurbanov7 Asts: Teodosić6 PIR: De Colo30 |
Boxscore | Pts: Delaney26 Rebs: Randolph11 Asts: Delaney, Draper4 PIR: Delaney24 |
Arena: Mercedes-Benz Arena Attendance: 11,261 Referees: Luigi Lamonica (ITA), Robert Lottermoser (GER), Damir Javor (SLO) |
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| 13 May 2016 | Fenerbahçe
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88–770(OT) | Laboral Kutxa
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Berlin, Germany | |
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| 21:00 (CEST) | Scoring by quarter: 23–15, 18–25, 14–17, 17–15, Overtime: 16–5 | ||||
| Pts: Bogdanović18 Rebs: Antić, Datome7 Asts: Sloukas7 PIR: Sloukas20 |
Boxscore | Pts: Bourousis22 Rebs: Bourousis10 Asts: Adams7 PIR: Bourousis24 |
Arena: Mercedes-Benz Arena Attendance: 11,216 Referees: Christos Christodoulou (GRE), Borys Ryzhyk (UKR), Oļegs Latiševs (LAT) |
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| 15 May 2016 | Laboral Kutxa
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75–85 | Lokomotiv Kuban
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Berlin, Germany | |
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| 17:00 (CEST) | Scoring by quarter: 16–20, 26–20, 11–21, 22–24 | ||||
| Pts: Adams25 Rebs: Hanga7 Asts: Adams6 PIR: Adams31 |
Boxscore | Pts: Broekhoff, Delaney21 Rebs: Claver, Singleton7 Asts: Delaney, Draper4 PIR: Broekhoff29 |
Arena: Mercedes-Benz Arena Attendance: 10,658 Referees: Christos Christodoulou (GRE), Borys Ryzhyk (UKR), Piotr Pastusiak (POL) |
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The Final was the second Final Four meeting between the two teams. In the 2015 Euroleague Final Four, CSKA Moscow beat Fenerbahçe 86–80, in the third-place game.[2] It was the first European final for Fenerbahçe, while CSKA played in its 13th championship game.
In the Final, it seemed early on that CSKA was destined to win its seventh EuroLeague title. After a strong first half, the Russian side led 30–50 at halftime, and had a lead of as many as 21 points in the third quarter. However, in the fourth quarter, Fenerbahçe surged back, and CSKA player, Victor Khryapa, had to score a tip-in with 1.9 seconds remaining on the game clock, to tie the game.[3] It was the third Final in EuroLeague history that went to overtime. In overtime, CSKA, led by Nando De Colo, took the lead, and finally claimed its seventh EuroLeague title, and its first one in eight years.[3]
v CSKA Moscow
| 15 May 2016 | Fenerbahçe
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96–1010(OT) | CSKA Moscow
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Berlin, Germany | |
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| 20:00 (CEST) | Scoring by quarter: 20–22, 10–28, 23–19, 30–14, Overtime: 13–18 | ||||
| Pts: Dixon17 Rebs: Udoh11 Asts: Dixon4 PIR: Udoh24 |
Boxscore | Pts: De Colo22 Rebs: Khryapa, Teodosić5 Asts: De Colo, Teodosić7 PIR: Teodosić29 |
Arena: Mercedes-Benz Arena Attendance: 12,250 Referees: Luigi Lamonica (ITA), Robert Lottermoser (GER), Damir Javor (SLO) |
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