2009 Euroleague Final Four

2009 Euroleague Final Four

Tournament details
Host	Berlin,  Germany
Arena	O2 World
Dates	May 1, – May 3, 2009
Final positions
Champions	Panathinaikos (5th title)
Runners-up	CSKA Moscow
Third place	FC Barcelona
Fourth place	Olympiacos
Awards and statistics
MVP	Vassilis Spanoulis

The Final Four of the 2008–09 Euroleague was held on May, 2009. All of the games were held at the O2 World, in Berlin Germany. Panathinaikos won the tournament, and thus fore its 5th European title.

Bracket

	Semifinals May 1				Final May 3
	Regal FC Barcelona	78
	CSKA Moscow	82
					CSKA Moscow	71
					Panathinaikos	73
					Third place
	Olympiacos	82		Regal FC Barcelona	95
	Panathinaikos	84			Olympiacos	79

Semifinals

FC Barcelona vs. CSKA Moscow

May 1 18:00 CET

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Regal FC Barcelona	78–82	CSKA Moscow
Scoring by quarter: 21-12, 15-20, 20-22, 22-28
Pts: Andersen 24 Rebs: Santiago 6 Asts: Lakovič 5		Pts: Šiškauskas 29 Rebs: Khryapa 9 Asts: Holden 4

O2 World, Berlin Attendance: 13,238 Referees: Voreadis (GRE), Bachar (ISR), Belisevic (SRB)

Olympiacos vs. Panathinaikos

May 1 21:00 CET

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Olympiacos	82–84	Panathinaikos
Scoring by quarter: 21-27, 20-16, 22-23, 19-18
Pts: Greer 18 Rebs: Bourousis 7 Asts: Papaloukas 5		Pts: Peković 20 Rebs: Batiste, Fotsis 6 Asts: Jasikevičius 5

O2 World, Berlin Attendance: 13,238 Referees: Brazauskas (LTU), Arteaga (ESP), Rocha (POR)

Third-place playoff

May 3 17:00 CET

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Olympiacos	79–95	Regal FC Barcelona
Scoring by quarter: 19-26, 11-20, 28-27, 21-22
Pts: Greer 19 Rebs: Bourousis 9 Asts: Papaloukas 4		Pts: Andersen 20 Rebs: Vázquez 5 Asts: Lakovič 5

O2 World, Berlin Attendance: 13,238 Referees: Belosevic (SRB), Pukl (SLO), Zamojski (POL), Rocha (POR)

Final

May 3 20:00 CET

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Panathinaikos	73–71	CSKA Moscow
Scoring by quarter: 21-16, 27-12, 8-18, 17-25
Pts: Spanoulis, Fotsis 13 Rebs: Fotsis 8 Asts: Jasikevičius 4		Pts: Holden 14 Rebs: Smodiš 9 Asts: Holden 4

O2 World, Berlin Attendance: 13,238 Referees: Brazauskas (LTU), Arteaga (ESP), Bachar (ISR), Rocha (POR)

Panathinaikos

CSKA Moscow

Starters: P R A PG 7 Stratos Perperoglou 6 2 2 SG 6 Vassilis Spanoulis 13 0 0 SF 11 Drew Nicholas 7 1 1 PF 9 Antonis Fotsis 13 8 1 C 14 Nikola Peković 6 2 0 Reserves: P R A SG 5 Dušan Kecman DNP C 8 Mike Batiste 6 4 0 SG 10 Nikos Chatzivrettas DNP PF 12 Kostas Tsartsaris 2 1 0 PG 13 Dimitris Diamantidis 10 4 3 PF 15 Dušan Šakota DNP PG 19 Šarūnas Jasikevičius 10 4 4 Head coach: Željko Obradović

2009 European champions Panathinaikos 5th title

Starters: P R A PG 10 J.R. Holden 14 1 4 SG 21 Trajan Langdon 13 4 1 SF 31 Viktor Khryapa 9 7 1 PF 8 Matjaž Smodiš 9 9 0 PF 12 Erazem Lorbek 5 1 0 Reserves: P R A PG 6 Nikos Zisis 0 0 0 SG 7 Victor Keyru DNP SF 9 Ramūnas Šiškauskas 13 0 0 PF 20 Andrey Vorontsevich DNP C 24 Sasha Kaun 3 3 0 PG 34 Zoran Planinić 5 3 1 PF 44 Terence Morris 0 0 0 Head coach: Ettore Messina

External links

• Official Site