2016 FIBA Europe Cup Final Four

The 2016 FIBA Europe Cup Final Four was the inaugural Final Four tournament in FIBA Europe Cup history, and was the concluding stage of the 2015–16 FIBA Europe Cup season.^[2] The Final Four was held from 29 April until 1 May 2016.

2016 FIBA Europe Cup Final Four

The official logo of the 2016 Final Four[1]
Tournament details
Arena	Le Colisée Chalon-sur-Saône, France
Dates	29 April 2016 – 1 May 2016
Final positions
Champions	Fraport Skyliners 1st title
Runners-up	Openjobmetis Varese
Third place	Élan Chalon
Fourth place	Enisey
Awards and statistics
MVP	Quantez Robertson
Top scorer(s)	Maalik Wayns (32)
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On 6 April 2016, FIBA announced that the tournament was to be held at Le Colisée in Chalon-sur-Saône, France.^[3] German side Fraport Skyliners won the tournament.

Venue

Chalon-sur-Saône[3]	Le Colisée 2016 FIBA Europe Cup Final Four (Europe)
Le Colisée
Capacity: 5,000

Teams

Road to the Final Four

Team	Regular season	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarter-finals
Fraport Skyliners	Group G – Second place	Group U – First place	Beat AEK Larnaca, 2–0	Beat Maccabi Rishon LeZion, 2–1
Élan Chalon	Group D – First place	Group R – First place	Beat Telenet Oostende, 2–1	Beat Khimik, 2–0
Openjobmetis Varese	Group C – Second place	Group V – First place	Beat Royal Hali Gaziantep, 2–1	Beat Antwerp Giants, 2–1
Enisey	Group H – Second place	Group R – Second place	Beat Türk Telekom, 2–0	Beat Cibona, 2–1

Bracket

	Semifinals				Final
	29 April
	Openjobmetis Varese	91
					1 May
	Élan Chalon	82
					Openjobmetis Varese	62
	29 April
					Fraport Skyliners	66
	Fraport Skyliners	59
	Enisey	56
					Third place game
					1 May
					Élan Chalon	103
					Enisey	72

Semi-finals

Openjobmetis Varese vs Élan Chalon

Openjobmetis Varese v Élan Chalon

29 April 2016	Openjobmetis Varese	91–82	Élan Chalon	Chalon-sur-Saône
18:30	Scoring by quarter: 31–25, 16–28, 23–11, 21–18
	Pts: Davies, Kuksiks 17 Rebs: Wayns 6 Asts: Wayns 4	Report	Pts: Hazell 19 Rebs: Booker 13 Asts: Roberson 5	Arena: Le Colisée Attendance: 4,950 Referees: Emir Moğulkoç (TUR), Janusz Calik (POL), Andrei Sharapa (BLR)

Starters: Pts Reb Ast PG 2 Maalik Wayns 16 6 4 SG 11 Chris Wright 12 4 0 SF 14 Kristjan Kangur 3 2 2 PF 30 Rihards Kuksiks 17 3 2 C 0 Brandon Davies 17 5 3 Reserves: G 10 Daniele Cavaliero 8 2 2 F/C 12 Luca Campani 16 4 0 F 21 Giancarlo Ferrero 2 0 0 F 23 Umberto Pietrini DNP G 15 Manuel Rossi DNP G 6 Ovidijus Varanauskas DNP G 7 Filippo Testa DNP Head coach: Paolo Moretti

Varese Chalon

Starters: Pts Reb Ast PG 21 John Roberson 12 3 5 SG 4 Tyler Kalinoski 11 5 0 SF 5 Jeremy Hazell 19 7 2 PF 12 Ilian Evtimov 2 1 1 C 31 Devin Booker 16 13 2 Reserves: F 6 David Michineau 7 3 3 F 9 Axel Bouteille 0 1 0 C 11 Mathias Lessort 7 4 0 PF 32 Justin Brownlee 8 4 1 SF 10 William Gradit DNP C 14 Abdoulaye Ndoye DNP SG 28 Assane Ndoye DNP Head coach: Jean-Denys Choulet

Fraport Skyliners vs Enisey

Fraport Skyliners v Enisey

29 April 2016	Fraport Skyliners	59–56	Enisey	Chalon-sur-Saône
21:00	Scoring by quarter: 10–12, 20–17, 9–16, 20–11
	Pts: Voigtmann 16 Rebs: Barthel 10 Asts: Theodore 10	Report	Pts: Sergeev 13 Rebs: James, Kennedy 10 Asts: Kennedy 5	Arena: Le Colisée Attendance: 4,400 Referees: Ademir Zurapović (BIH), Paulo Marques (POR), Boris Krejić (SLO)

Starters: Pts Reb Ast PG 25 Jordan Theodore 12 4 7 SG 23 Quantez Robertson 0 5 2 SF 42 Aaron Doornekamp 6 4 0 PF 21 Danilo Barthel 6 10 1 C 17 Johannes Voigtmann 16 7 1 Reserves: G 7 Konstantin Klein 2 3 1 SG 9 John Little 2 1 0 C 24 Michael Morrison 7 3 0 G 30 Philip Scrubb 8 5 3 PG 10 Max Merz DNP PF 22 Johannes Richter DNP Head coach: Gordon Herbert

Skyliners Enisey

Starters: Pts Reb Ast PG 4 Alexey Vzdykhalkin 5 3 1 SG 21 Tony Taylor 12 2 3 SF 9 D.J. Kennedy 12 10 5 PF 5 Delroy James 6 10 0 C 8 Tim Ohlbrecht 3 3 1 Reserves: PG 13 Denis Zakharov 0 1 0 G 7 Andrei Komarovskiy 0 1 0 G 10 Pavel Sergeev 13 0 0 F 17 Artem Yakovenko 5 3 0 F 24 Aleksandr Pavlov 0 0 0 G 30 Vladimir Pichkurov DNP G 2 Artem Isakov DNP Head coach: Oleg Okulov

Third place game

Élan Chalon v Enisey

1 May 2016	Élan Chalon	103–72	Enisey	Chalon-sur-Saône
18:00	Scoring by quarter: 27–21, 32–15, 25–11, 19–25
	Pts: Evtimov 19 Rebs: Booker, Evtimov 8 Asts: three players 5	Report	Pts: Taylor 18 Rebs: Yakovenko 8 Asts: James 3	Arena: Le Colisée Attendance: 4,950 Referees: Paulo Marques (POR), Andrei Sharapa (BLR), Boris Krejić (SLO)

Starters: Pts Reb Ast PG 21 John Roberson 6 1 5 SG 10 William Gradit 8 3 0 SF 5 Jeremy Hazell 13 3 3 PF 12 Ilian Evtimov 19 8 2 C 31 Devin Booker 14 8 2 Reserves: F 6 David Michineau 2 1 0 F 9 Axel Bouteille 10 4 3 C 11 Mathias Lessort 12 5 5 PF 32 Justin Brownlee 6 1 1 SG 4 Tyler Kalinoski 11 2 5 C 14 Abdoulaye Ndoye DNP SG 28 Assane Ndoye 2 0 0 Head coach: Jean-Denys Choulet

Chalon Enisey

Starters: Pts Reb Ast PG 13 Denis Zakharov 8 0 0 SG 21 Tony Taylor 18 5 2 SF 9 D.J. Kennedy 8 4 2 PF 5 Delroy James 8 5 3 C 17 Artem Yakovenko 10 8 1 Reserves: C 8 Tim Ohlbrecht DNP PG 4 Alexey Vzdykhalkin 5 2 1 G 7 Andrei Komarovskiy 0 3 0 G 10 Pavel Sergeev 9 1 2 F 24 Aleksandr Pavlov 0 2 0 G 30 Vladimir Pichkurov 0 2 0 G 2 Artem Isakov 4 0 1 Head coach: Oleg Okulov

Final

"We were in control for 35 minutes and that makes this pill harder to swallow" – Paolo Moretti, Varese head coach

This was Skyliners Frankfurt's first chance to win a European title ever in its club history. For Varese, this was already the 13th appearance in the Final of a European club competition; the Italians won the FIBA European Champions Cup (5 times) and FIBA Saporta Cup (2 times) before. However, Varese's last European victory was back in 1980.

Fraport Skyliners clawed their way back from a 12-point third-quarter deficit to edge out OpenjobMetis Varese 66–62 in a gripping FIBA Europe Cup final and lift the first European trophy in club history. Quantez Robertson of Fraport, who scored 15 points in the Final, was named Final Four MVP.

Openjobmetis Varese v Fraport Skyliners

1 May 2016	Openjobmetis Varese	62–66	Fraport Skyliners	Chalon-sur-Saône
20:30	Scoring by quarter: 16–15, 15–10, 16–13, 15–28
	Pts: Wayns 16 Rebs: Davies 7 Asts: Cavaliero 4	Report	Pts: Robertson 15 Rebs: Barthel 10 Asts: Robertson 4	Arena: Le Colisée Attendance: 4,950 Referees: Emin Moğulkoç (TUR), Janusz Calik (POL), Martin Horozov (BUL)

Starters: Pts Reb Ast PG 2 Maalik Wayns 16 5 0 SG 11 Christopher Wright 13 2 2 SF 14 Kristjan Kangur 7 5 2 PF 30 Rihards Kuksiks 6 6 1 C 0 Brandon Davies 3 7 3 Reserves: G 10 Daniele Cavaliero 3 4 4 F/C 12 Luca Campani 6 4 0 F 21 Giancarlo Ferrero 2 0 0 F 23 Umberto Pietrini DNP G 15 Manuel Rossi DNP G 6 Ovidijus Varanauskas DNP G 7 Filippo Testa DNP Head coach: Paolo Moretti

Varese Skyliners

Starters: Pts Reb Ast PG 25 Jordan Theodore 13 2 2 SG 23 Quantez Robertson 15 5 4 SF 42 Aaron Doornekamp 5 1 1 PF 21 Danilo Barthel 6 10 1 C 17 Johannes Voigtmann 9 6 2 Reserves: G 7 Konstantin Klein 0 0 2 SG 9 John Little 6 8 0 C 24 Michael Morrison 7 3 0 G 30 Philip Scrubb 6 3 2 PG 10 Max Merz DNP PF 22 Johannes Richter DNP Head coach: Gordon Herbert

Final Four MVP

Player	Team
Quantez Robertson	Fraport Skyliners