2012 Euroleague Final Four Explained

Tourney Name:Euroleague Final Four
Year:2012
Season:2011–12 Euroleague
City:Istanbul
Country:Turkey
Arena:Sinan Erdem Dome
Dates:May 11, 2012 – May 13, 2012
Champion: Olympiacos (2nd title)
Third: FC Barcelona
Fourth: Panathinaikos
Mvp Link:EuroLeague Final Four MVP
Attendance:61,048 (total)
Prevseason:2011
Nextseason:2013

The 2012 Euroleague Final Four was the concluding EuroLeague Final Four tournament of the 2011–12 Euroleague season. It was held on May 11–13, 2012. The tournament was hosted at the Sinan Erdem Dome, in Istanbul, Turkey. Olympiacos won its second ever EuroLeague championship, after beating CSKA Moscow in the Final.

In the Final, Georgios Printezis hit a floater with 0.7 seconds remaining on the game clock, after receiving an assist from Vassilis Spanoulis, to win the EuroLeague cup. Spanoulis won his second Final Four MVP after the tournament.

Venue

On May 8, 2011, Euroleague Basketball announced that the Final Four would be held at the Sinan Erdem Dome, in Istanbul.[1] It has a seating capacity of 22,500 for concerts, and 16,000 for the sport of basketball, making it Turkey's largest multi-purpose indoor venue, and the third largest in Europe (although it is not the third largest in Europe in capacity for basketball use). The arena is named after Sinan Erdem (1927–2003), who was the President of the Turkish Olympic Committee, from 1989, until his death in 2003.

Istanbul
Sinan Erdem Dome
Capacity: 16,647

Bracket

All times are CEST (UTC+2).

Championship game

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Head coach:
Jonas Kazlauskas
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Head coach:
Dušan Ivković

External links

Notes and References

  1. News: Istanbul to host Final Four 2012. 8 May 2011. Talkbasket.net.