2013 Euroleague Final Four
{{Short description|Basketball tournament}}
{{Infobox basketball Final Four
| tourney_name = Euroleague Final Four
| year = 2013
| other_titles =
| logo = Euroleague_F4_2013.png
| size =
| caption =
| season = 2012–13 Euroleague
| city = London
| country =England
| arena = O2 Arena
| dates = May 10, 2013 – May 12, 2013
| champions = {{flagicon|GRE}} Olympiacos (3rd title)
| flag_champions = {{flagicon|GRE|size=30px}}
| score_champions = 100
| finalist = {{flagicon|ESP}} Real Madrid
| third_place = {{flagicon|RUS}} CSKA Moscow
| fourth_place = {{flagicon|ESP}} FC Barcelona
| attendance = 48,341 (total)
| top_scorer = {{flagicon|GRE|size=20px}} Vassilis Spanoulis, 30[http://www.euroleague.net/main/statistics?mode=Leaders&entity=Players&seasonmode=Single&seasoncode=E2012&phasetypecode=FF%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20&cat=Score&agg=Accumulated Statistics Final Four 2012-13]
| mvp = {{flagicon|GRE|size=20px}} Vassilis Spanoulis | mvp_link = Euroleague Final Four MVP
| prevseason = 2012
| nextseason = 2014
}}
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 Real Madrid in the Final.
Vassilis Spanoulis won his second consecutive Final Four MVP, and the third of his career.{{Cite news|url=http://www.euroleague.net/news/i/113736/spanoulis-named-bwin-mvp-of-2013-final-four |title=Spanoulis named bwin MVP of 2013 Final Four|publisher=Euroleague.net|date=12 May 2013}} Spanoulis joined Toni Kukoč, as the only player to have ever won the award three times.
Venue
On May 12, 2012, it was announced that the Final Four would be hosted at The O2 Arena in London, England.{{Cite news|url=http://www.euroleague.net/final-four/istanbul-2012/news/i/97437/the-o2-in-london-to-host-the-2013-turkish-airlines-euroleague-final-four|title=The O2 in London to host the 2013 Turkish Airlines Euroleague Final Four|date=12 May 2012|publisher=Euroleague.net}} 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.{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/mediatechnologyandtelecoms/2788214/The-lemon-Dome-that-was-transformed-into-O2s-concert-crown.html |title=The Lemon Dome That was Transformed into O2's Concert Crown |work= The Daily Telegraph |date=15 April 2008 |access-date=7 May 2011 |first=Dominic |last=White}} The closest underground station to the venue is the North Greenwich station, on the Jubilee line.
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! London |rowspan=4| {{location map+ |Europe |float=right |width=250 |places= {{Location map~ |Europe |lat=51.507351 |long=-0.127758 |label=London|position=top}} }} |
| The O2 Arena |
| Capacity: 20,000 |
| File:O2_Arena.jpg |
Bracket
{{Round4-with third| RD1=Semifinals
10 May|RD2=Final
12 May|Consol=Third place
||{{flagicon|RUS}} CSKA Moscow|52 |{{flagicon|GRE}} Olympiacos|69
||{{flagicon|ESP}} FC Barcelona Regal| 67 |{{flagicon|ESP}} Real Madrid|74
||{{flagicon|GRE}} Olympiacos|100|{{flagicon|ESP}} Real Madrid|88
||{{flagicon|RUS}} CSKA Moscow |74|{{flagicon|ESP}} FC Barcelona Regal|73
}}
Semifinals
=CSKA Moscow vs. Olympiacos=
{{basketballbox collapsible|bg=#eee|class=expanded
| date = 10 May 2013
| time = 18:00 CEST
| report = [http://www.euroleague.net/main/results/showgame?gamecode=250&seasoncode=E2012#!boxscore Boxscore]
| teamA = CSKA Moscow {{flagicon|RUS}}
| scoreA = 52
| scoreB = 69
| Q1 = 17–24
| Q2 = 11-16
| Q3 = 8-13
| Q4 = 16-16
| OT =
| teamB = {{flagicon|GRE}} Olympiacos
| points1 = Weems 13
| rebounds1 = Kaun 7
| rebounds2 = Hines 10
| assist2 = Spanoulis 4
| place = The O2 Arena, London
| attendance = 9,218
| referee = Guerrino Cerebuch (ITA), Borys Ryzhyk (UKR), Olegs Latisevs (LAT)
}}
=FC Barcelona Regal vs. Real Madrid=
{{basketballbox collapsible|bg=#eee|class=expanded
| date = 10 May 2013
| time = 21:00 CEST
| report = [http://www.euroleague.net/main/results/showgame?gamecode=251&seasoncode=E2012#!boxscore Boxscore]
| teamA = FC Barcelona Regal {{flagicon|ESP}}
| scoreA =67
| scoreB = 74
| Q1 = 18-11
| Q2 = 15-28
| Q3 = 18-9
| Q4 = 16-26
| OT =
| teamB = {{flagicon|ESP}} Real Madrid
| points1 = Huertas 19
| rebounds1 = Tomić 12
| assist1 = Wallace 3
| points2 = Reyes 17
| rebounds2 = Carroll 6
| assist2 = Rodríguez 9
| place = The O2 Arena, London
| attendance = 13,193
| referee = Luigi Lamonica (ITA), Ilija Belosevic (SRB), Elias Koromilas (GRE)
}}
Third–place game
{{basketballbox collapsible|bg=#eee|class=expanded
| date = 12 May 2013
| time = 18:00 CEST
| report = [http://www.euroleague.net/main/results/showgame?gamecode=252&seasoncode=E2012#!boxscore Boxscore]
| teamA = CSKA Moscow {{flagicon|RUS}}
| scoreA = 74
| scoreB = 73
| Q1 = 15-12
| Q2 = 20-23
| Q3 = 24-19
| Q4 = 15-19
| OT =
| teamB = {{flagicon|ESP}} FC Barcelona Regal
| points1 = Khryapa 16
| rebounds1 = Teodosić, Vorontsevich 5
| assist1 = Teodosić 5
| points2 = Navarro 17
| rebounds2 = Tomić 6
| assist2 = Jasikevičius 6
| place = The O2 Arena, London
| attendance = 10,716
| referee = 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.[http://www.euroleague.net/main/results/showgame?gamecode=253&seasoncode=E2012#!report Olympiacos repeats as Euroleague champion!]
{{basketballbox collapsible|bg=#ffffd0|class=expanded
| date = 12 May 2013
| time = 21:00 CEST
| report = [https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/game-center/2012-13/olympiacos-piraeus-real-madrid/E2012/253/#boxscore]
| teamA = Olympiacos {{flagicon|GRE}}
| scoreA = 100
| scoreB = 88
| Q1 = 10–27
| Q2 = 27–14
| Q3 = 24–20
| Q4 = 39–27
| OT =
| teamB = {{flagicon|ESP}} Real Madrid
| points1 = Spanoulis 22
| rebounds1 = Antić 6
| assist1 = Law 5
| points2 = Fernández 21
| rebounds2 = Reyes 6
| assist2 = Rodríguez, Llull 4
| place = The O2 Arena, London
| attendance = 15,169
| referee = Guerrino Cerebuch (ITA), Ilija Belosevic (SRB), Borys Ryzhyk (UKR)
}}
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| valign=top align=right width=33%|
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| style="width=50%;" |{{Basketball kit
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| class=wikitable style="font-size:90%; text-align:center; margin:auto" |
| style="background:#EF6D0D; color:white;" | 2012–13 Euroleague Champions |
|---|
| {{flagicon|GRE|size=50px}} Olympiacos 3rd title |
| style="vertical-align:top; align:left; width:33%;"|
{{Bs game header | p = yes | r = yes | a = yes | colour = white}}
{{Bs game player | pos = PG | no =23 | nat = ESP | name =Sergio Llull | p = 14 | r = 3 | a = 4 }}
{{Bs game player | pos = SG | no = 5 | nat =ESP | name = Rudy Fernández |dab=basketball| p = 21 | r = 3 | a = 3 }}
{{Bs game player | pos = SF | no =8 | nat = ESP | name = Carlos Suárez |dab=basketball| p = 5 | r = 4 | a = 0 }}
{{Bs game player | pos = PF | no = 12 | nat =ESP | name = Nikola Mirotić | p = 7 | r = 3 | a = 0 }}
{{Bs game player | pos = C | no =16 | nat = SLO | name = Mirza Begić | p = 6 | r = 0 | a = 0 }}
{{Bs game mid | p = yes | r = yes | a = yes }}
{{Bs game player | pos = PG | no =4 | nat =CRO | name = Dontaye Draper| p = 0 | r = 0 | a = 0 }}
{{Bs game player | pos =PF | no = 9 | nat = ESP | name =Felipe Reyes | p = 4 | r = 6 | a = 1 }}
{{Bs game player | pos = G | no = 13 | nat = ESP | name = Sergio Rodríguez | p = 17 | r = 3 | a = 4 }}
{{Bs game player | pos =G | no =20 | nat = USA | name =Jaycee Carroll | p = 5 | r = 2 | a = 0 }}
{{Bs game player | pos = F | no =44 | nat = USA | name =Marcus Slaughter | p = 9 | r = 3 | a = 0 }}
{{Bs game player | pos =C | no =50 | nat =BRA | name = Rafael Hettsheimeir | dnp=yes }}
{{Bs game coach | nat =ESP | name =Pablo Laso }}
|}
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- [http://www.euroleague.net/final-four/london-2013/main-page Official Site]
{{Olympiacos B.C. 2012–13 Euroleague champions}}
{{Euroleague 2012–13}}
{{ULEB Season 2012–13}}
{{Euroleague seasons}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Euroleague Final Four}}
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