2014 EuroChallenge Final Four

2014 EuroChallenge Final Four
Tournament details
Host Bologna, Italy
Arena PalaDozza
Dates April 25, 2014 – April 27, 2014
Final positions
Champions Italy Grissin Bon Reggio Emilia
Runners-up Russia Triumph Lyubertsy
Third place Turkey Royal Halı Gaziantep
Fourth place Hungary Szolnoki Olaj KK
Awards and statistics
MVP Italy Andrea Cinciarini

The 2014 EuroChallenge Final Four was the concluding tournament of the 2013–14 EuroChallenge season. The tournament was held in the PalaDozza in Bologna, Italy. It was the second time a EuroChallenge Final Four was held in Bologna.

Host Grissin Bon Reggio Emilia came out of the tournament as the EuroChallenge champion, after it beat Triumph Lyubertsy in the Final. The Italian player Andrea Cinciarini won the MVP award.[1]

Bracket

Semifinals
25 April 2014		 Final
27 April 2014
 Russia Triumph Lyubertsy   61  
 Hungary Szolnoki Olaj KK   59  
 
     Russia Triumph Lyubertsy  65
   Italy Grissin Bon Reggio Emilia  79
Third place
 Turkey Royal Halı Gaziantep   55  Hungary Szolnoki Olaj KK  75
 Italy Grissin Bon Reggio Emilia   66    Turkey Royal Halı Gaziantep  87

Semifinals

25 April 2014
18:00 (CET)
Szolnoki Olaj KK Hungary 59–61 Russia Triumph Lyubertsy
Scoring by quarter: 14–13, 14–18, 15–12, 16–18
Pts: Holiday 16
Rebs: Milošević 11
Asts: Simon, Vojvoda 2		 Pts: Landry 18
Rebs: Kulagin 8
Asts: Kulagin 3
PalaDozza, Bologna, Italy
Attendance: 4,624
Referees: Ademir Zurapovic (BIH), Nebojsa Kovacevic (GER), Ciprian Stoica (ROU)
25 April 2014
20:30 (CET)
Grissin Bon Reggio Emilia Italy 66–55 Turkey Royal Halı Gaziantep
Scoring by quarter: 19–16, 14–12, 21–15, 12–12
Pts: Siliņš 14
Rebs: Cinciarini 12
Asts: Cinciarini, Kaukėnas 6		 Pts: Borovnjak 14
Rebs: Stević 10
Asts: three players 2
PalaDozza, Bologna, Italy
Attendance: 4,624
Referees: Jose Martin (ESP), Paulo Marques (POR), Sebastien Clivaz (SUI)

Third place game

27 April 2014
16:30 (CET)
Szolnoki Olaj KK Hungary 75–87 (OT) Turkey Royal Halı Gaziantep
Scoring by quarter: 17–18, 19–14, 13–26, 19–10, Overtime: 7–19
Pts: Báder 17
Rebs: Báder 8
Asts: Simon 5		 Pts: Lorbek, Borovnjak 16
Rebs: Stević 8
Asts: Ermiş, Bremer 4
PalaDozza, Bologna, Italy
Attendance: 4,879
Referees: Ademir Zurapovic (BIH), Paulo Marques (POR), Anastasios Manos (GRE)

Final

27 April 2014
19:00 (CET)
Triumph Lyubertsy Russia 65–79 Italy Grissin Bon Reggio Emilia
Scoring by quarter: 16-23, 16-25, 17-18, 16-13
Pts: Higgins 21
Rebs: Valiev 7
Asts: Valiev 3		 Pts: White 17
Rebs: Cervi 5
Asts: Cinciarini 7
PalaDozza, Bologna, Italy
Attendance: 4,879
Referees: Jose Martin (ESP), Nebojsa Kovacevic (GER), Ciprian Stoica (ROU)
Triumph Lyubertsy
Reggio Emilia
Starters: P R A
PG 7 United States Cory Higgins 21 5 2
SG 13 Russia Artem Vikhrov 8 2 1
SF 21 United States Jeremy Chappell 2 4 1
PF 11 Russia Evgeny Valiev 0 7 3
C 50 Serbia Milovan Raković 20 3 2
Reserves: P R A
G 12 Russia Evgeny Voronov 4 5 1
G 32 Russia Dmitry Kulagin 8 2 1
C 33 Canada Kyle Landry 8 2 1
G 5 Russia Viktor Zaryazhko 0 0 0
G 8 Russia Artem Kuzyakin 0 1 0
F 11 Russia Pavel Spiridonov 0 0 0
F 4 Russia Ivan Lazarev DNP
Head coach:
Russia Vasiliy Karasev
Game rules

Game played with FIBA rules.


PalaDozza
Starters: P R A
PG 13 Lithuania Rimantas Kaukenas 15 2 2
SG 20 Italy Andrea Cinciarini 7 3 7
SF 4 United States James White 17 4 2
PF 15 Latvia Ojārs Siliņš 2 1 0
C 14 Italy Riccardo Cervi 7 5 0
Reserves: P R A
PG 5 Italy Ariel Faloy 8 0 0
SG 6 Italy Angelo Gigli 3 3 0
G 10 United States Troy Bell 14 4 2
F 8 United States Greg Brunner 6 2 1
G 11 Italy Matteo Frassineti DNP
G/F 9 Italy Michele Antonutti DNP
F 7 Italy Giovanni Pini DNP
Head coach:
Italy Massimiliano Menetti

References

  1. ↑ 5 min fa. "Basket, EuroChallenge: trionfo di Reggio Emilia, Cinciarini è l'Mvp - La Gazzetta dello Sport". Gazzetta.it. Retrieved 2014-04-29.
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