2016 Italian Basketball Supercup

2016 Italian Basketball Supercup
Tournament details
ArenaMediolanum Forum
Milan, Italy
Dates24 September 2016 (2016-09-24)–
25 September 2016 (2016-09-25)
Final positions
ChampionsEA7 Emporio Armani Milano
(1st title)
Runners-upSidigas Avellino
Awards and statistics
MVPCroatia Krunoslav Simon
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The 2016 Italian Basketball Supercup (Italian: Supercoppa di pallacanestro 2016) was the 22nd edition of the super cup tournament, organized by the Lega Basket Serie A. It was also called Macron Supercoppa 2016 for sponsorship reasons.

It was played in the Mediolanum Forum in Milan on 24 and 25 September.[1]

EA7 Emporio Armani Milano won its first title after beating Vanoli Cremona in the semifinal and Sidigas Avellino in the final.[2]

Participant teams

Qualified for the tournament were EA7 Emporio Armani Milano, Sidigas Avellino, Grissin Bon Reggio Emilia and Vanoli Cremona.[3]

Team Qualified as Appearance Qualification date
EA7 Emporio Armani Milano 2015–16 season champion
2016 Cup champion 		4th 21 February 2016
Grissin Bon Reggio Emilia 2015–16 season runner-up 2nd 13 June 2016
Sidigas Avellino 2016 Cup runner-up 2nd 21 February 2016
Vanoli Cremona 2016 Cup semi-finalist 1st 29 May 2016

Bracket

Semi-finals
24 September 		Final
25 September
      
Grissin Bon Reggio Emilia 72
Sidigas Avellino 74
Sidigas Avellino 72
EA7 Emporio Armani Milano 90
EA7 Emporio Armani Milano 109
Vanoli Cremona 87

Semi-finals

Grissin Bon Reggio Emilia vs. Sidigas Avellino

Grissin Bon Reggio Emilia v Sidigas Avellino
24 September 2016 Grissin Bon Reggio Emilia 72–74 Sidigas Avellino Milan
18:00 (CEST) Scoring by quarter: 22–19, 19–21, 17–11, 14–23
Sky Sport Pts: Polonara 18
Rebs: Polonara 7
Asts: Gentile 4
PIR: Polonara 25 		Boxscore Pts: Ragland 18
Rebs: Leunen 8
Asts: Green 6
PIR: Ragland 19 		Arena: Mediolanum Forum
Referees: Dino Seghetti, Alessandro Vicino, Michele Rossi


Starters: Pts Reb Ast
PG 9 Italy Andrea De Nicolao 7 2 1
PG 18 Italy Stefano Gentile 2 2 4
SF 4 Italy Pietro Aradori 13 1 2
PF 6 Italy Achille Polonara 18 7 0
C 14 Italy Riccardo Cervi 8 4 1
Reserves:
PG 5 Montenegro Derek Needham 3 2 2
PF 7 Guyana Delroy James 4 3 0
SG 8 Italy Amedeo Della Valle 14 1 2
PG 10 Italy Francesco Bonacini 0 0 0
PF 15 Serbia Sava Lešić 3 4 0
C 20 Italy Alessandro Vigori DNP
Head coach:
Italy Massimiliano Menetti
Starters: Pts Reb Ast
PG 1 Liberia Joe Ragland 18 5 4
SG 55 United States Adonis Thomas 15 3 1
PF 10 United States Maarten Leunen 9 8 2
SF 32 Belgium Retin Obasohan 10 2 0
C 12 Italy Marco Cusin 4 4 2
Reserves:
PF 0 Italy Andrea Zerini 0 0 1
PG 4 North Macedonia Marques Green 2 1 6
PF 7 Italy Claudio Strumia DNP
SG 19 Italy Giovanni Severini 0 0 0
SG 20 United States Levi Randolph 16 2 1
C 44 Ukraine Kyrylo Fesenko DNP
PG 57 Italy Salvatore Parlato DNP
Head coach:
Italy Stefano Sacripanti

EA7 Emporio Armani Milano vs. Vanoli Cremona

EA7 Emporio Armani Milano v Vanoli Cremona
24 September 2016 EA7 Emporio Armani Milano 109–87 Vanoli Cremona Milan
20:45 (CEST) Scoring by quarter: 29–28, 21–24, 27–9, 32–26
Sky Sport Pts: Simon 18
Rebs: Pascolo 7
Asts: Kalnietis 6
PIR: Hickman 22 		Boxscore Pts: Turner 18
Rebs: Biligha 5
Asts: Turner, Holloway 3
PIR: Mian 17 		Arena: Mediolanum Forum
Referees: Luca Weidmann, Gabriele Bettini, Lorenzo Baldini


Starters: Pts Reb Ast
PG 9 Lithuania Mantas Kalnietis 4 1 6
SG 5 Italy Alessandro Gentile 8 3 2
SF 43 Croatia Krunoslav Simon 18 0 2
PF 14 Italy Davide Pascolo 10 7 0
C 11 Serbia Miroslav Raduljica 6 1 1
Reserves:
PF 1 United States Jamel McLean 8 3 1
PG 7 Georgia (country) Ricky Hickman 15 3 5
SG 12 Slovenia Zoran Dragić 13 5 1
PG 20 Italy Andrea Cinciarini 7 3 4
PF 21 United States Rakim Sanders 17 5 2
SF 23 Italy Awudu Abass 0 0 0
SF 30 Italy Bruno Cerella 3 1 1
Head coach:
Croatia Jasmin Repeša
Starters: Pts Reb Ast
PG 52 United States Tu Holloway 6 2 3
SG 31 United States Elston Turner 18 2 3
PF 35 United States TaShawn Thomas 5 2 1
SF 33 United States Omar Thomas 8 4 0
C 19 Italy Paul Biligha 7 5 1
Reserves:
PG 6 Italy Andrea Amato 3 1 1
SG 7 Italy Fabio Mian 14 4 1
C 10 Italy Raphael Gaspardo 12 2 0
PF 18 Poland Jakub Wojciechowski 5 2 0
PG 32 United States Gabe York 9 2 1
Head coach:
Italy Cesare Pancotto

Final

EA7 Emporio Armani Milano lifted the Supercup trophy by downing Sidigas Avellino 72-90. Krunoslav Simon led the winners with 25 points on 5-of-7 three-point shots. Ricky Hickman added 15 while Zoran Dragić had 11 for Milan. Hickman had 9 points in the second quarter to make Milan get a double-digit lead, 34-44, at halftime. Dragić, Simon and Davide Pascolo allowed Milan to extend their margin to 51-67 after 30 minutes, enough to control the game until the final buzzer and lift its first Supercup trophy.[4]

Sidigas Avellino vs. EA7 Emporio Armani Milano

Sidigas Avellino v EA7 Emporio Armani Milano
25 September 2016 Sidigas Avellino 72–90 EA7 Emporio Armani Milano Milan
18:15 (CEST) Scoring by quarter: 19–23, 15–21, 17–23, 21–23
Sky Sport Pts: Ragland 18
Rebs: Cusin, Obasohan 5
Asts: five players 2
PIR: Obasohan 17 		Boxscore Pts: Simon 25
Rebs: Dragić 7
Asts: Simon 8
PIR: Simon 30 		Arena: Mediolanum Forum
Referees: Dino Seghetti, Luca Weidmann, Gabriele Bettini


Starters: Pts Reb Ast
PG 1 Liberia Joe Ragland 18 2 2
SG 55 United States Adonis Thomas 10 2 2
PF 10 United States Maarten Leunen 6 4 2
SF 32 Belgium Retin Obasohan 12 5 1
C 44 Ukraine Kyrylo Fesenko 2 3 1
Reserves:
PF 0 Italy Andrea Zerini 2 4 0
PG 4 North Macedonia Marques Green 9 0 2
PF 7 Italy Claudio Strumia DNP
C 12 Italy Marco Cusin 3 5 0
SG 19 Italy Giovanni Severini DNP
SG 20 United States Levi Randolph 10 1 2
PG 57 Italy Salvatore Parlato DNP
Head coach:
Italy Stefano Sacripanti


Italian Supercoppa MVP
Croatia Krunoslav Simon
Game rules
Game was played under FIBA rules.
2016 Italian Supercup Winners

EA7 Emporio Armani Milano
1st title
Starters: Pts Reb Ast
PG 20 Italy Andrea Cinciarini 6 2 2
SG 12 Slovenia Zoran Dragić 11 7 3
SG 43 Croatia Krunoslav Simon 25 5 8
PF 14 Italy Davide Pascolo 6 4 0
C 13 Serbia Milan Mačvan 5 2 2
Reserves:
PF 1 United States Jamel McLean 5 2 2
SG 2 Italy Simone Fontecchio 2 1 0
SF 5 Italy Alessandro Gentile 2 1 0
PG 7 Georgia (country) Ricky Hickman 15 3 1
PG 9 Lithuania Mantas Kalnietis 4 2 1
SF 21 United States Rakim Sanders 9 3 0
SF 30 Italy Bruno Cerella 0 1 0
Head coach:
Croatia Jasmin Repeša

References

  1. ^ "Decise le date e la sede della Supercoppa 2016: si giocherà al Forum di Assago" [The Supercoppa 2016 dates and location are confirmed: it will be contested at Forum of Assago]. basketuniverso.it (in Italian). 15 June 2016. Retrieved 19 June 2016.
  2. ^ "Turkish Airlines EuroLeague preseason results: September 25". euroleague.net. 15 June 2016. Retrieved 27 September 2016.
  3. ^ "Supercoppa 2016: parteciperanno Milano, Reggio Emilia, Avellino e Cremona" [Supercup 2016: Milano, Reggio Emilia, Avellino and Cremona are qualified]. Sportando.com (in Italian). 14 June 2016. Retrieved 16 June 2016.
  4. ^ "Turkish Airlines EuroLeague preseason results: September 25". euroleague.net. 15 June 2016. Retrieved 27 September 2016.

External links

  • Lega Basket website (in Italian) Retrieved 23 June 2016
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