2013 Euroleague Final Four

2013 Euroleague Final Four
Season 2012–13 Euroleague
Tournament details
Arena O2 Arena
London, England
Dates May 10, 2013 – May 12, 2013
Final positions
Champions Greece Olympiacos (3rd title)
Runners-up Spain Real Madrid
Third place Russia CSKA Moscow
Fourth place Spain FC Barcelona
Awards and statistics
MVP Greece Vassilis Spanoulis
Top scorer(s) Greece Vassilis Spanoulis, 30[1]
Attendance 48,341 (total)

The 2013 Euroleague Final Four was the concluding Final Four tournament of the 2012–13 Euroleague season. It was held from 10 May till 12 May 2013, at The O2 Arena in London. The Greek League club Olympiacos, successfully defended their EuroLeague title from the previous season, after defeating CSKA Moscow in the Final.

Vassilis Spanoulis won his second consecutive Final Four MVP, and the third of his career.[2] Spanoulis joined Toni Kukoč, as the only player to have ever won the award three times.[2]

Venue

On May 12, 2012, it was announced that the Final Four would be hosted at The O2 Arena in London, England.[3] The O2 Arena is a multi-purpose indoor arena that is located in the centre of The O2 entertainment complex, on the Greenwich Peninsula, in south-east London. It is named after its primary sponsor, the telecommunications company O2.

The O2 Arena is the world's largest building as measured by floor space, and has the second-highest seating capacity of any indoor venue in the United Kingdom, behind the Manchester Arena, but it took the crown of the world's busiest music arena from New York City's Madison Square Garden in 2008.[4] The closest underground station to the venue is the North Greenwich station, on the Jubilee line.

London
2013 Euroleague Final Four (Europe)
The O2 Arena
Capacity: 20,000

Bracket

Semifinals
10 May		 Final
12 May
 Russia CSKA Moscow  52  
 Greece Olympiacos  69  
 
     Greece Olympiacos  100
   Spain Real Madrid  88
Third place
 Spain FC Barcelona Regal   67  Russia CSKA Moscow  74
 Spain Real Madrid  74    Spain FC Barcelona Regal  73

Semifinals

CSKA Moscow vs. Olympiacos

10 May 2013 CSKA Moscow Russia 52–69 Greece Olympiacos The O2 Arena, London  
18:00 CEST Scoring by quarter: 17–24, 11-16, 8-13, 16-16
Pts: Weems 13
Rebs: Kaun 7
Asts: Erceg, Khryapa 2 		Boxscore Pts: Hines, Antić 13
Rebs: Hines 10
Asts: Spanoulis 4 		Attendance: 9,218
Referees: Guerrino Cerebuch (ITA), Borys Ryzhyk (UKR), Olegs Latisevs (LAT)

FC Barcelona Regal vs. Real Madrid

10 May 2013 FC Barcelona Regal Spain 67–74 Spain Real Madrid The O2 Arena, London  
21:00 CEST Scoring by quarter: 18-11, 15-28, 18-9, 16-26
Pts: Huertas 19
Rebs: Tomić 12
Asts: Wallace 3 		Boxscore Pts: Reyes 17
Rebs: Carroll 6
Asts: Rodríguez 9 		Attendance: 13,193
Referees: Luigi Lamonica (ITA), Ilija Belosevic (SRB), Elias Koromilas (GRE)

Third–place game

12 May 2013 CSKA Moscow Russia 74–73 Spain FC Barcelona Regal The O2 Arena, London  
18:00 CEST Scoring by quarter: 15-12, 20-23, 24-19, 15-19
Pts: Khryapa 16
Rebs: Teodosić, Vorontsevich 5
Asts: Teodosić 5 		Boxscore Pts: Navarro 17
Rebs: Tomić 6
Asts: Jasikevičius 6 		Attendance: 10,716
Referees: Robert Lottermoser (GER), Matej Boltauzer (SLO), Elias Koromilas (GRE)

Final

After the end of the opening quarter, Madrid led Olympiacos by 17 points. However, the Reds managed to get back in the game, and the game was tied by the end of the third quarter. Behind Spanoulis, Olympiacos pulled away in the fourth quarter.[5]

12 May 2013 Olympiacos Greece 100–88 Spain Real Madrid The O2 Arena, London  
21:00 CEST Scoring by quarter: 10–27, 27–14, 24–20, 39–27
Pts: Spanoulis 22
Rebs: Antić 6
Asts: Law 5 		Boxscore Pts: Fernández 21
Rebs: Reyes 6
Asts: Rodríguez, Llull 4 		Attendance: 15,169
Referees: Guerrino Cerebuch (ITA), Ilija Belosevic (SRB), Borys Ryzhyk (UKR)


Starters: Pts Reb Ast
PG 5 United States Acie Law 20 5 5
SG 7 Greece Vassilis Spanoulis 22 2 4
SF 16 Greece Kostas Papanikolaou 5 3 1
PF PF Greece Georgios Printezis 5 3 1
C 12 United States Josh Powell 2 1 0
Reserves:
C 4 United States Kyle Hines 12 5 3
PF 6 Republic of Macedonia Pero Antić 10 6 2
SG 8 Greece Stratos Perperoglou 10 1 0
C 9 Georgia (country) Giorgi Shermadini 3 1 2
SG 10 Greece Kostas Sloukas 11 0 0
SF 13 Lithuania Martynas Gecevičius DNP
G 19 Greece Dimitrios Katsivelis 0 0 1
Head coach:
Greece Georgios Bartzokas
Olypmiacos
Real Madrid


2012–13 Euroleague
Champions
Greece
Olympiacos
3rd title
Starters: Pts Reb Ast
PG 23 Spain Sergio Llull 14 3 4
SG 5 Spain Rudy Fernández 21 3 3
SF 8 Spain Carlos Suárez 5 4 0
PF 12 Spain Nikola Mirotić 7 3 0
C 16 Slovenia Mirza Begić 6 0 0
Reserves:
PG 4 Croatia Dontaye Draper 0 0 0
PF 9 Spain Felipe Reyes 4 6 1
G 13 Spain Sergio Rodríguez 17 3 4
G 20 Azerbaijan Jaycee Carroll 5 2 0
F 44 United States Marcus Slaughter 9 3 0
C 50 Brazil Rafael Hettsheimeir DNP
Head coach:
Spain Pablo Laso

References

  1. ↑ Statistics Final Four 2012-13
  2. 1 2 "Spanoulis named bwin MVP of 2013 Final Four". Euroleague.net. 12 May 2013.
  3. ↑ "The O2 in London to host the 2013 Turkish Airlines Euroleague Final Four". Euroleague.net. 12 May 2012.
  4. ↑ White, Dominic (15 April 2008). "The Lemon Dome That was Transformed into O2's Concert Crown". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 7 May 2011.
  5. ↑ Olympiacos repeats as Euroleague champion!
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