2008 Euroleague Final Four

Basketball tournament Euroleague Final Four 2008 Final Four logo.png 150px Madrid Spain 2007–08 Euroleague Palacio de Deportes May 2, – May 4, 2008 RUS CSKA Moscow (6th title) ISR Maccabi Tel Aviv ITA Montepaschi Siena ESP Baskonia USA 20px Trajan Langdon Euroleague Final Four MVP 2007 2009 The 2008 Euroleague Final Four was the final phase Euroleague Final Four tournament of the Euroleague 2007–08 season, featuring four teams that survived a 14-game Regular Season, 6 games in the Top 16 phase, and a best-of-three quarterfinal. It was played on May 2 and May 4 in Madrid at the Community of Madrid Sports Palace. As in previous years, the EuroLeague Final Four involved four games. The first day featured the two semifinal matches. The final day started with the third-place game between the semifinal losers, followed by the EuroLeague Final. The EuroLeague champions were Russian power CSKA Moscow. They established new records for the EuroLeague era, with their sixth consecutive Final Four appearance, and third consecutive final game appearance. The title, their sixth overall, put them second in all-time European titles to Real Madrid. CSKA's Trajan Langdon was named EuroLeague Final Four MVP. Arena The host venue was the 15,000 capacity Palacio de Deportes de la Comunidad de Madrid. Opened in 2005, it stands on the site of a previous arena that was built in 1960, and destroyed by fire in 2001. Final four Bracket Final Third place May 2, Madrid ITA Montepaschi Siena 85 ISR Maccabi Tel Aviv 92 May 2, Madrid ESP Baskonia 79 RUS CSKA Moscow 83 May 4, Madrid ISR Maccabi Tel Aviv 77 RUS CSKA Moscow 91 May 4, Madrid ITA Montepaschi Siena 97 ESP Baskonia 93 Semifinals Montepaschi Siena - Maccabi Tel Aviv #eee 18:00 May 2 Palacio de Deportes, Madrid Montepaschi Siena ITA 85 ISR Maccabi Tel Aviv 92 20-8 25-25 19-28 21-31 13,480 Jungebrand (FIN), Hierrezuelo (ESP), Dozai (CRO) (Report) McIntyre 26 Garcia 19 Sato 11 Morris 7 McIntyre 5 Bynum 7 Baskonia – CSKA Moscow expanded #eee 21:00 May 2 Palacio de Deportes, Madrid Baskonia ESP 79 RUS CSKA Moscow 83 20-20 19-13 17-24 23-26 13,480 Brazauskas (LTU), Koukoulekidis (GRE), Ankarali (TUR) Report Rakočević 19 Šiškauskas, Andersen 16 McDonald, Prigioni 6 Smodiš 6 Prigioni 3 JR Holden 3 Third Place game #eee 19:00 May 4 Palacio de Deportes, Madrid Montepaschi Siena ITA 97 ESP Baskonia OT 93 21-19 17-22 23-20 18-18 18-14 13,480 Brazauskas (LTU), Ryzhyk (UKR), Gontas (GRE) (Report) Lavrinovič 19 Mickeal 16 Sato, Stonerook 9 Mickeal 10 McIntyre 12 Prigioni 11 Championship game #ffffd0 21:00 CET May 4, 2008 Palacio de Deportes, Madrid Maccabi Tel Aviv ISR 77 RUS CSKA Moscow 91 21-22 20-20 16-21 20-28 13,480 Koukoulekidis, Hierrezuelo, Dozai Boxscore Bynum 23 Langdon 21 Bynum 22 Morris, Batista 7 Smodiš 8 Bynum 4 Papaloukas 4 Langdon 33 expanded yes yes yes #FCE13C PG 4 USA Will Bynum 23 2 4 SG 21 ISR Yotam Halperin 9 1 1 SF 11 ISR Omri Casspi 9 1 0 PF 9 USA Terence Morris 13 7 0 C 7 CRO Nikola Vujčić 2 5 1 yes yes yes PF 5 USA Marcus Fizer yes PG 6 ISR Derrick Sharp 0 0 0 PF 8 ISR Lior Eliyahu 0 0 0 G/F 10 ISR Tal Burstein yes G 12 BRA Alex Garcia basketball 2 5 2 F 13 ISR David Bluthenthal 5 1 0 G 14 USA Vonteego Cummings 0 0 0 PF 15 URU Esteban Batista 14 7 1 G 22 ISR Gal Mekel yes G 33 ISR Regev Fanan yes ISR Zvi Sherf _bluecollar_2 _bluesides FCE13C FCE13C Maccabi _thinbluesides _bluesides EF1C21 EF1C21 CSKA Moscow yes yes yes #EF1C21 PG 10 RUS J.R. Holden 14 1 3 SG 21 USA Trajan Langdon 21 7 1 SF 9 LTU Ramūnas Šiškauskas 13 4 2 PF 8 SLO Matjaž Smodiš 13 8 3 C 13 AUS David Andersen 13 5 1 yes yes yes F 4 GRE Theo Papaloukas 12 2 4 G 6 GRE Nikos Zisis 0 0 0 C 7 RUS Anatoly Kashirov yes G 11 RUS Zakhar Pashutin yes C 15 RUS Artem Zabelin yes PF 20 RUS Andrey Vorontsevich yes F/C 22 USA Marcus Goree 2 2 0 G 23 RUS Alexey Shved yes C 24 BEL Tomas Van Den Spiegel 3 1 0 F 31 RUS Victor Khryapa 0 1 0 ITA Ettore Messina Team captains (C): ISR Derrick Sharp (Maccabi Tel Aviv) and RUS Zakhar Pashutin (CSKA Moscow) Awards Euroleague Final Four MVP USA Trajan Langdon (RUS CSKA Moscow) Euroleague Finals Top Scorer USA Will Bynum (ISR Maccabi Tel Aviv) External links EuroLeague Final Four 2007-08 Category:2007–08 in Spanish basketball Category:2007–08 in Russian basketball Category:2007–08 in Italian basketball Category:2007–08 in Israeli basketball Category:International basketball competitions hosted by Spain Category:Sports competitions in Madrid Category:2008 in Madrid