2008 Euroleague Final Four

The 2008 Euroleague Final Four was the final phase Euroleague Final Four tournament of the Euroleague 2007–08 season, featuring four teams that survived a 14-game Regular Season, 6 games in the Top 16 phase, and a best-of-three quarterfinal. It was played on May 2 and May 4 in Madrid at the Community of Madrid Sports Palace.

2008 Euroleague Final Four

Season	2007–08 Euroleague
Tournament details
Arena	Palacio de Deportes Madrid, Spain
Dates	May 2, – May 4, 2008
Final positions
Champions	CSKA Moscow (6th title)
Runners-up	Maccabi Tel Aviv
Third place	Montepaschi Siena
Fourth place	Baskonia
Awards and statistics
MVP	Trajan Langdon
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As in previous years, the EuroLeague Final Four involved four games. The first day featured the two semifinal matches. The final day started with the third-place game between the semifinal losers, followed by the EuroLeague Final.

The EuroLeague champions were Russian power CSKA Moscow. They established new records for the EuroLeague era, with their sixth consecutive Final Four appearance, and third consecutive final game appearance. The title, their sixth overall, put them second in all-time European titles to Real Madrid. CSKA's Trajan Langdon was named EuroLeague Final Four MVP.

Arena

The host venue was the 15,000 capacity Palacio de Deportes de la Comunidad de Madrid. Opened in 2005, it stands on the site of a previous arena that was built in 1960, and destroyed by fire in 2001.

Final four

Bracket

	Semi-finals				Final
	May 2, Madrid
	Montepaschi Siena	85
					May 4, Madrid
	Maccabi Tel Aviv	92
					Maccabi Tel Aviv	77
	May 2, Madrid
					CSKA Moscow	91
	Baskonia	79
	CSKA Moscow	83
					Third place
					May 4, Madrid
					Montepaschi Siena	97
					Baskonia	93

Semifinals

Montepaschi Siena - Maccabi Tel Aviv

May 2 18:00

(Report)

Montepaschi Siena	85–92	Maccabi Tel Aviv
Scoring by quarter: 20-8, 25-25, 19-28, 21-31
Pts: McIntyre 26 Rebs: Sato 11 Asts: McIntyre 5		Pts: Garcia 19 Rebs: Morris 7 Asts: Bynum 7

Palacio de Deportes, Madrid Attendance: 13,480 Referees: Jungebrand (FIN), Hierrezuelo (ESP), Dozai (CRO)

Baskonia – CSKA Moscow

May 2	Baskonia	79–83	CSKA Moscow	Palacio de Deportes, Madrid
21:00	Scoring by quarter: 20-20, 19-13, 17-24, 23-26
	Pts: Rakočević 19 Rebs: McDonald, Prigioni 6 Asts: Prigioni 3	Report	Pts: Šiškauskas, Andersen 16 Rebs: Smodiš 6 Asts: JR Holden 3	Attendance: 13,480 Referees: Brazauskas (LTU), Koukoulekidis (GRE), Ankarali (TUR)

Baskonia v CSKA Moscow

Third Place game

May 4 19:00

(Report)

Montepaschi Siena	97–93 (OT)	Baskonia OT
Scoring by quarter: 21-19, 17-22, 23-20, 18-18, Overtime: 18-14
Pts: Lavrinovič 19 Rebs: Sato, Stonerook 9 Asts: McIntyre 12		Pts: Mickeal 16 Rebs: Mickeal 10 Asts: Prigioni 11

Palacio de Deportes, Madrid Attendance: 13,480 Referees: Brazauskas (LTU), Ryzhyk (UKR), Gontas (GRE)

Championship game

May 4, 2008	Maccabi Tel Aviv	77–91	CSKA Moscow	Palacio de Deportes, Madrid
21:00 CET	Scoring by quarter: 21-22, 20-20, 16-21, 20-28
	Pts: Bynum 23 Rebs: Morris, Batista 7 Asts: Bynum 4 PIR: Bynum 22	Boxscore	Pts: Langdon 21 Rebs: Smodiš 8 Asts: Papaloukas 4 PIR: Langdon 33	Attendance: 13,480 Referees: Koukoulekidis, Hierrezuelo, Dozai

Maccabi Tel Aviv v CSKA Moscow

Starters: Pts Reb Ast PG 4 Will Bynum 23 2 4 SG 21 Yotam Halperin 9 1 1 SF 11 Omri Casspi 9 1 0 PF 9 Terence Morris 13 7 0 C 7 Nikola Vujčić 2 5 1 Reserves: PF 5 Marcus Fizer DNP PG 6 Derrick Sharp 0 0 0 PF 8 Lior Eliyahu 0 0 0 G/F 10 Tal Burstein DNP G 12 Alex Garcia 2 5 2 F 13 David Bluthenthal 5 1 0 G 14 Vonteego Cummings 0 0 0 PF 15 Esteban Batista 14 7 1 G 22 Gal Mekel DNP G 33 Regev Fanan DNP Head coach: Zvi Sherf

Maccabi CSKA Moscow

Starters: Pts Reb Ast PG 10 J.R. Holden 14 1 3 SG 21 Trajan Langdon 21 7 1 SF 9 Ramūnas Šiškauskas 13 4 2 PF 8 Matjaž Smodiš 13 8 3 C 13 David Andersen 13 5 1 Reserves: F 4 Theo Papaloukas 12 2 4 G 6 Nikos Zisis 0 0 0 C 7 Anatoly Kashirov DNP G 11 Zakhar Pashutin DNP C 15 Artem Zabelin DNP PF 20 Andrey Vorontsevich DNP F/C 22 Marcus Goree 2 2 0 G 23 Alexey Shved DNP C 24 Tomas Van Den Spiegel 3 1 0 F 31 Victor Khryapa 0 1 0 Head coach: Ettore Messina

Awards

Euroleague Final Four MVP

• Trajan Langdon ( CSKA Moscow)

Euroleague Finals Top Scorer

• Will Bynum ( Maccabi Tel Aviv)

External links

• EuroLeague