2007 Euroleague Final Four

2007 Euroleague Final Four
Season	2006–07 Euroleague
Tournament details
Arena	Olympic Indoor Hall ; Marousi, Athens, Greece
Dates	May 4 – May 6, 2007
Final positions
Champions	Panathinaikos (4th title)
Runners-up	CSKA Moscow
Third place	Unicaja Málaga
Fourth place	Tau Cerámica
Awards and statistics
MVP	Dimitris Diamantidis
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The 2007 Euroleague Final Four was the concluding Euroleague Final Four tournament of the 2006–07 Euroleague season. It was held on May 4–6, 2007. All of the games were held at the O.A.C.A. Olympic Indoor Hall, in Marousi, Athens, Greece.

Bracket

Semifinals May 4		Final May 6



Panathinaikos	67

Tau Cerámica	53
		Panathinaikos	93

		CSKA Moscow	91
Unicaja Málaga	50

CSKA Moscow	62
		Third-place



		Unicaja Málaga	76

		Tau Cerámica	74

Semifinals

Semifinal A

May 4

(Report)

Panathinaikos	67–53	Tau Cerámica
Scoring by quarter: 18-9, 17-12, 12-14, 20-18
Pts: Batiste, Bečirović 15 Rebs: Batiste 12 Asts: Diamantidis 4		Pts: Erdoğan 11 Rebs: Peker 8 Asts: Prigioni 2

Olympic Indoor Hall, Athens
Attendance: 18,363
Referees: Lamonica (ITA), Belosevic (SRB), Ryzhyk (UKR)

Semifinal B

May 4

(Report)

Unicaja Málaga	50–62	CSKA Moscow
Scoring by quarter: 15-18, 9-15, 20-11, 6-18
Pts: Cabezas 13 Rebs: Jiménez 8 Asts: three players 3		Pts: Langdon 13 Rebs: Andersen 9 Asts: Papaloukas 4

Olympic Indoor Hall, Athens
Attendance: 18,363
Referees: Pitsilikas (GRE), Pukl (SLO), Sahin (ITA)

Third-place game

May 6

(Report)

Unicaja Málaga	76–74	Tau Cerámica
Scoring by quarter: 16-15, 19-25, 16-21, 25-13
Pts: Tušek 18 Rebs: Tušek, Piétrus 5 Asts: Sánchez 8		Pts: Rakočević 16 Rebs: Splitter 8 Asts: Vidal 5

Olympic Indoor Hall, Athens
Attendance: 18,363
Referees: Pitsilikas (GRE), Sahin (ITA), Viator (FRA)

Final

Panathinaikos played its 5th European final, while CSKA played in its 9th final. Željko Obradović won his sixth EuroLeague title, which made him the most successful coach in league history.

v

CSKA Moscow

May 6, 2007	Panathinaikos	93–91	CSKA Moscow	Olympic Indoor Hall, Athens
20:30 (CET)	Scoring by quarter: 18–17, 28–19, 19–21, 28–34
	Pts: Šiškauskas 20 Rebs: Batiste 5 Asts: Šiškauskas 5	Boxscore	Pts: Papaloukas 23 Rebs: Andersen 6 Asts: Papaloukas 8	Attendance: 18,363 Referees: Mitjana (ESP), Lamonica (ITA), Belosevic (SRB)

Starters:			Pts	Reb	Ast

PG	13	Dimitris Diamantidis	15	3	3
SG	10	Nikos Chatzivrettas	10	4	1
SF	9	Ramūnas Šiškauskas	20	4	5
PF	8	Mike Batiste	12	5	1
C	15	Dejan Tomašević	16	3	0
Reserves:
F/C	11	Dimos Dikoudis	2	3	0
G	7	Sani Bečirovič	6	0	1
PG	18	Miloš Vujanić	12	0	0
SF	4	Fragiskos Alvertis	0	0	0
G	5	Tony Delk	0	0	0
F/C	12	Kostas Tsartsaris	0	0	0
C	19	Robertas Javtokas	DNP
Head coach:
Željko Obradović

Panathinaikos

CSKA

Starters:			Pts	Reb	Ast

PG	10	J.R. Holden	11	1	0
SG	21	Trajan Langdon	16	1	0
SF	4	Theo Papaloukas	23	1	8
PF	13	David Andersen	4	6	0
C	8	Matjaž Smodiš	18	3	0
Reserves:
C	14	Aleksey Savrasenko	4	2	0
G/F	17	Óscar Torres	9	4	1
PG	18	Anton Ponkrashov	0	0	0
C	22	Tomas Van Den Spiegel	6	0	0
PG	11	Zakhar Pashutin	0	0	0
G/F	5	Nikita Kurbanov	DNP
SG	9	David Vanterpool	DNP
Head coach:
Ettore Messina