2008 Euroleague Final Four

Basketball tournament

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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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.

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

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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

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### Bracket

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| Semi-finals| | Final

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| 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

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#### Montepaschi Siena - Maccabi Tel Aviv

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May 2
18:00

(Report)

Montepaschi Siena | 85-92 |  Maccabi Tel Aviv

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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

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Baskonia v  CSKA Moscow May 2 | Baskonia | 79-83 |  CSKA Moscow | Palacio de Deportes, Madrid

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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)

### Third Place game

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May 4
19:00

(Report)

Montepaschi Siena | 97-93 (OT) |  Baskonia OT

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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

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Maccabi Tel Aviv v  CSKA Moscow May 4, 2008 | Maccabi Tel Aviv | 77-91 |  CSKA Moscow | Palacio de Deportes, Madrid

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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

| Starters: | Pts | Reb | Ast

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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

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CSKA Moscow

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| Starters: | Pts | Reb | Ast

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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

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### Euroleague Final Four MVP

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* Trajan Langdon ( CSKA Moscow)

### Euroleague Finals Top Scorer

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* Will Bynum ( Maccabi Tel Aviv)

## External links

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* EuroLeague

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CSKA Moscow 2007–08 Euroleague champions

* 4 Papaloukas
* 6 Zisis
* 7 Kashirov
* 8 Smodiš
* 9 Šiškauskas
* 10 Holden
* 11 Pashutin
* 13 Andersen
* 14 Savrasenko
* 15 Zabelin
* 20 Vorontsevich
* 21 Langdon (Final Four MVP)
* 22 Goree
* 23 Shved
* 24 Van Den Spiegel
* 31 Khryapa

* Head coach: Messina

* Assistant coaches: Pashutin
* Molin

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Champions|

* CSKA Moscow

Runners-up|

* Maccabi Tel Aviv

Third place|

* Montepaschi Siena

Fourth place|

* TAU Cerámica

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* AXA FC Barcelona
* Fenerbahçe
* Olympiacos
* Partizan

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* Aris TT Bank
* Efes Pilsen
* Lietuvos Rytas
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* Real Madrid
* Unicaja Málaga
* Žalgiris

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* Armani Jeans Milano
* Brose Baskets
* Cibona
* Le Mans
* Prokom Trefl Sopot
* Roanne
* Union Olimpija
* VidiVici Bologna

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History|

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* EuroLeague American Tour
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Awards|

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*[Reb]: Rebounds
*[Ast]: Assists
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