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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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.

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

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Chalon-sur-Saône[3] |

Le Colisée

2016 FIBA Europe Cup Final Four (Europe)

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Le Colisée
Capacity: 5,000

## Teams

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### Road to the Final Four

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Team  | Regular season | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarter-finals

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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

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| Semifinals| | Final

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| 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

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### Openjobmetis Varese vs Élan Chalon

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Openjobmetis Varese v  Élan Chalon 29 April 2016 | Openjobmetis Varese | 91-82 |  Élan Chalon | Chalon-sur-Saône

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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

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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

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Chalon

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| Starters: | Pts | Reb | Ast

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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

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Fraport Skyliners v  Enisey 29 April 2016 | Fraport Skyliners | 59-56 |  Enisey | Chalon-sur-Saône

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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

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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

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Enisey

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| Starters: | Pts | Reb | Ast

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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

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Élan Chalon v  Enisey 1 May 2016 | Élan Chalon | 103-72 |  Enisey | Chalon-sur-Saône

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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

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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

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Enisey

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| Starters: | Pts | Reb | Ast

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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

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> "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.

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Openjobmetis Varese v  Fraport Skyliners 1 May 2016 | Openjobmetis Varese | 62-66 |  Fraport Skyliners | Chalon-sur-Saône

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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

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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

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Skyliners

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| Starters: | Pts | Reb | Ast

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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

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Player  | Team

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Quantez Robertson |  Fraport Skyliners

## References

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1. ^ Final Four Event Guide
2. ^ "Inaugural FIBA Europe Cup Final Four participants determined". FIBA. 6 April 2016. Archived from the original on 4 April 2018. Retrieved 6 April 2016.
3. ^ a b "Elan Chalon To Host FIBA Europe Cup Final Four". FIBA Europe Cup. 7 April 2016. Retrieved 7 April 2016.

## See also

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* 2016 Euroleague Final Four
* 2016 Eurocup Finals

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* 7 Klein
* 9 Little
* 10 Merz
* 17 Voigtmann
* 21 Barthel
* 22 Richter
* 23 Robertson (Final Four MVP)
* 24 Morrison
* 25 Theodore
* 30 Scrubb
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