2008 Euroleague Final Four
Season2007–08 Euroleague
Tournament details
ArenaPalacio de Deportes
Madrid, Spain
DatesMay 2, – May 4, 2008
Final positions
ChampionsRussia CSKA Moscow (6th title)
Runners-upIsrael Maccabi Tel Aviv
Third placeItaly Montepaschi Siena
Fourth placeSpain Baskonia
Awards and statistics
MVPUnited States Trajan Langdon

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

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
May 2, Madrid
 
 
Italy Montepaschi Siena 85
 
May 4, Madrid
 
Israel Maccabi Tel Aviv92
 
Israel Maccabi Tel Aviv 77
 
May 2, Madrid
 
Russia CSKA Moscow 91
 
Spain Baskonia 79
 
 
Russia CSKA Moscow83
 
Third place
 
 
May 4, Madrid
 
 
Italy Montepaschi Siena 97
 
 
Spain Baskonia 93

Semifinals

Montepaschi Siena - Maccabi Tel Aviv

May 2
18:00
Montepaschi Siena Italy 8592 Israel Maccabi Tel Aviv
Scoring by quarter: 20-8, 25-25, 19-28, 21-31
Pts: McIntyre 26
Rebs: Sato 11
Asts: McIntyre 5
Pts: Garcia 19
Rebs: Morris 7
Asts: Bynum 7
Palacio de Deportes, Madrid
Attendance: 13,480
Referees: Jungebrand (FIN), Hierrezuelo (ESP), Dozai (CRO)
Game Stats, 1st semi-final
Italy Montepaschi Siena
# Player Min played Points Rebounds Other Statistics Blocks Fouls
FT 2FG 3FG TOT Off Def TOT Assists Steals Turnovers Fv Ag Cm Rv
4Italy Simone BertiDNP
5United States Terrell McIntyre29:366/61/16/1426224511--36
6North Macedonia Vlado Ilievski15:53-1/41/45-111---1-1
8Nigeria Benjamin Eze11:14-1/2-2112-12-13-
9Italy Marco Carraretto06:47--0/2--11-------
10Central African Republic Romain Sato37:3610/102/71/4174711-3--137
11United States Bootsy Thornton32:481/23/41/7101-12----33
12Lithuania Kšyštof Lavrinovič24:503/47/110/417112-13-155
13Lithuania Rimas KaukėnasDNP
14Italy Tomas RessDNP
16United States Drake Diener10:11--1/6321311---41
19Venezuela Hector Romero02:53-0/1------------
20United States / Italy Shaun Stonerook28:12-1/21/451561311-42
TEAM200:0020/2216/3211/458515213610107142525

Notes: # - Player number; Min played - Minutes played; Points - FT: Free Throws, 2FG: 2-point Field Goals, 3FG: 3-point Field Goals, TOT: Total points; Rebounds - Off: Offensive, Def: Defensive, TOT: Total rebounds; Blocks - Fv: In Favor, Ag: Against; Fouls - Cm: Committed, Rv: Received; Players in bold were starters

# Player Min played Points Rebounds Other Statistics Blocks Fouls
FT 2FG 3FG TOT Off Def TOT Assists Steals Turnovers Fv Ag Cm Rv
4United States Will Bynum21:584/53/71/3131347-1--34
5United States Marcus FizerDNP
6United States / Israel Derrick Sharp23:426/61/13/417112--1--32
7Croatia Nikola Vujčić14:380/11/6-2314113-144
8Israel Lior Eliyahu16:42-4/5-8-662--1-21
9United States Terence Morris25:23-5/71/213167122--12
10Israel Tal Burstein05:49--0/1-------1-1-
11Israel Omri Casspi04:29-0/1------------
12Brazil Alex Garcia26:429/102/32/419-331-2--47
13United States / Israel David Blu25:52-1/33/5111341-22-42
14United States Vonteego Cummings04:29--0/1-----------
15Uruguay Esteban Batista05:340/21/3-2-----1--12
21Israel Yotam Halperin24:42-2/21/27112412--1-
22Israel Gal MekelDNP
33Israel Regev FananDNP
TEAM200:0019/2420/3811/229212284017415412624

Notes: # - Player number; Min played - Minutes played; Points - FT: Free Throws, 2FG: 2-point Field Goals, 3FG: 3-point Field Goals, TOT: Total points; Rebounds - Off: Offensive, Def: Defensive, TOT: Total rebounds; Blocks - Fv: In Favor, Ag: Against; Fouls - Cm: Committed, Rv: Received; Players in bold were starters

Baskonia – CSKA Moscow

May 2 Baskonia Spain 7983 Russia CSKA Moscow Palacio de Deportes, Madrid
21:00 Scoring by quarter: 20-20, 19-13, 17-24, 23-26
Pts: Rakočević 19
Rebs: McDonald, Prigioni 6
Asts: Prigioni 3
Report Pts: Šiškauskas, Andersen 16
Rebs: Smodiš 6
Asts: JR Holden 3
Attendance: 13,480
Referees: Brazauskas (LTU), Koukoulekidis (GRE), Ankarali (TUR)


Starters:PtsRebAst
PG 8 Serbia Igor Rakočević 19 1 1
SG 10 Croatia Zoran Planinić 17 1 4
SF 12 Bosnia and Herzegovina Mirza Teletović 13 1 0
PF 33 United States Pete Mickeal 5 1 0
C 45 United States Will McDonald 9 6 0
Reserves:
G 5 Argentina Pablo Prigioni 3 6 3
G 6 Spain Ander García DNP
G/F 9 Spain Sergi Vidal 3 1 0
PF 11 Spain Lucho Fernández DNP
SF 13 Lithuania Simas Jasaitis DNP
F 15 United States James Singleton 0 0 0
PF 20 Spain Martín Buesa DNP
C 21 Brazil Tiago Splitter 17 3 1
C 30 Nigeria Gabe Muoneke DNP
Head coach:
Croatia Neven Spahija
Baskonia jersey
Team colours
Baskonia
CSKA Moscow jersey
Team colours
CSKA Moscow
Starters:PtsRebAst
PG 10 Russia J.R. Holden 15 1 3
SG 21 United States Trajan Langdon 9 3 1
SF 9 Lithuania Ramūnas Šiškauskas 16 2 1
PF 8 Slovenia Matjaž Smodiš 14 6 0
C 13 Australia David Andersen 16 4 1
Reserves:
F 4 Greece Theo Papaloukas 10 4 0
G 6 Greece Nikos Zisis 0 1 0
G 11 Russia Zakhar Pashutin DNP
C 15 Russia Artem Zabelin DNP
PF 20 Russia Andrey Vorontsevich DNP
F/C 22 United States Marcus Goree 3 2 0
G 23 Russia Alexey Shved DNP
C 24 Belgium Tomas Van Den Spiegel 0 0 0
F 31 Russia Victor Khryapa 0 0 0
Head coach:
Italy Ettore Messina

Third Place game

May 4
19:00
Montepaschi Siena Italy 9793 (OT) Spain Baskonia OT
Scoring by quarter: 21-19, 17-22, 23-20, 18-18, Overtime: 18-14
Pts: Lavrinovič 19
Rebs: Sato, Stonerook 9
Asts: McIntyre 12
Pts: Mickeal 16
Rebs: Mickeal 10
Asts: Prigioni 11
Palacio de Deportes, Madrid
Attendance: 13,480
Referees: Brazauskas (LTU), Ryzhyk (UKR), Gontas (GRE)
Game Stats, 3rd place game
Italy Montepaschi Siena
# Player Min played Points Rebounds Other Statistics Blocks Fouls
FT 2FG 3FG TOT Off Def TOT Assists Steals Turnovers Fv Ag Cm Rv
4Italy Simone BertiDNP
5United States Terrell McIntyre31:318/81/32/61613412-3--24
6North Macedonia Vlado Ilievski19:34-3/4-61231-1--22
8Nigeria Benjamin Eze12:35-2/3-4112-11--4-
9Italy Marco Carraretto14:53-2/60/142-21-1--2-
10Central African Republic Romain Sato37:114/44/131/3152791511135
11United States Bootsy Thornton18:424/55/60/214---1-1--55
12Lithuania Kšyštof Lavrinovič32:236/85/71/2192571152-26
13Lithuania Rimantas KaukėnasDNP
14Italy Tomas Ress05:50--------1-1-11
16United States Drake Diener14:151/2-2/77-----1--11
19Venezuela Hector Romero02:38------------1-
20United States / Italy Shaun Stonerook35:282/42/32/51218912---44
TEAM225:0025/3124/458/2697103040181014412728

Notes: # - Player number; Min played - Minutes played; Points - FT: Free Throws, 2FG: 2-point Field Goals, 3FG: 3-point Field Goals, TOT: Total points; Rebounds - Off: Offensive, Def: Defensive, TOT: Total rebounds; Blocks - Fv: In Favor, Ag: Against; Fouls - Cm: Committed, Rv: Received; Players in bold were starters

# Player Min played Points Rebounds Other Statistics Blocks Fouls
FT 2FG 3FG TOT Off Def TOT Assists Steals Turnovers Fv Ag Cm Rv
5Argentina Pablo Prigioni25:482/2-1/55-331134--42
6Spain Ander GarcíaDNP
8Serbia Igor Rakočević28:155/71/51/510224211--43
9Spain Sergi Vidal19:59-0/11/43---2-1--21
10Croatia Zoran Planinić20:182/40/41/15-332---122
11Spain Lucho FernándezDNP
12Bosnia and Herzegovina Mirza Teletović26:250/21/24/514112112-141
13Lithuania Simas Jasaitis04:46-1/21/15-11----111
15United States James Singleton22:223/32/32/213336--1--43
20Spain Martín BuesaDNP
21Brazil Tiago Splitter21:523/46/12-151122-51-33
30Nigeria Gabe MuonekeDNP
33United States Pete Mickeal37:006/75/13-161910-22-136
45United States Will McDonald18:153/42/3-7246--1--16
TEAM225:0024/3318/4511/239311314220717142827

Notes: # - Player number; Min played - Minutes played; Points - FT: Free Throws, 2FG: 2-point Field Goals, 3FG: 3-point Field Goals, TOT: Total points; Rebounds - Off: Offensive, Def: Defensive, TOT: Total rebounds; Blocks - Fv: In Favor, Ag: Against; Fouls - Cm: Committed, Rv: Received; Players in bold were starters

Championship game

May 4, 2008 Maccabi Tel Aviv Israel 7791 Russia CSKA Moscow Palacio de Deportes, Madrid
21:00 CET Scoring by quarter: 21-22, 20-20, 16-21, 20-28
Pts: Bynum 23
Rebs: Morris, Batista 7
Asts: Bynum 4
PIR: Bynum 22
Boxscore Pts: Langdon 21
Rebs: Smodiš 8
Asts: Papaloukas 4
PIR: Langdon 33
Attendance: 13,480
Referees: Koukoulekidis, Hierrezuelo, Dozai
Starters:PtsRebAst
PG 4 United States Will Bynum 23 2 4
SG 21 Israel Yotam Halperin 9 1 1
SF 11 Israel Omri Casspi 9 1 0
PF 9 United States Terence Morris 13 7 0
C 7 Croatia Nikola Vujčić 2 5 1
Reserves:
PF 5 United States Marcus Fizer DNP
PG 6 Israel Derrick Sharp 0 0 0
PF 8 Israel Lior Eliyahu 0 0 0
G/F 10 Israel Tal Burstein DNP
G 12 Brazil Alex Garcia 2 5 2
F 13 Israel David Bluthenthal 5 1 0
G 14 United States Vonteego Cummings 0 0 0
PF 15 Uruguay Esteban Batista 14 7 1
G 22 Israel Gal Mekel DNP
G 33 Israel Regev Fanan DNP
Head coach:
Israel Zvi Sherf
Maccabi jersey
Team colours
Maccabi
CSKA Moscow jersey
Team colours
CSKA Moscow
Starters:PtsRebAst
PG 10 Russia J.R. Holden 14 1 3
SG 21 United States Trajan Langdon 21 7 1
SF 9 Lithuania Ramūnas Šiškauskas 13 4 2
PF 8 Slovenia Matjaž Smodiš 13 8 3
C 13 Australia David Andersen 13 5 1
Reserves:
F 4 Greece Theo Papaloukas 12 2 4
G 6 Greece Nikos Zisis 0 0 0
C 7 Russia Anatoly Kashirov DNP
G 11 Russia Zakhar Pashutin DNP
C 15 Russia Artem Zabelin DNP
PF 20 Russia Andrey Vorontsevich DNP
F/C 22 United States Marcus Goree 2 2 0
G 23 Russia Alexey Shved DNP
C 24 Belgium Tomas Van Den Spiegel 3 1 0
F 31 Russia Victor Khryapa 0 1 0
Head coach:
Italy Ettore Messina

Awards

Euroleague Final Four MVP

Euroleague Finals Top Scorer

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