2012 Israeli Final Four

2012 Israeli Final Four
Season	2011–12 BSL season
Tournament details
Arena	Yad Eliyahu Arena ; Tel Aviv
Dates	22–24 May 2012
Final positions
Champions	Maccabi Tel Aviv
Runners-up	Maccabi Ashdod
Third place	Hapoel Holon
Fourth place	Maccabi Rishon LeZion
Awards and statistics
MVP	Meir Tapiro
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The 2012 Israeli Final Four was the 7th Israeli Final Four tournament and the concluding tournament of the 2011–12 Israeli Basketball Super League. The event was held at Yad Eliyahu Arena, Tel Aviv, Israel on 22 and 24 May 2012^{[clarification needed]} to determine the winner of the 2011–12 Israeli League. The Participating teams are: Maccabi Tel Aviv, Hapoel Holon, Maccabi Ashdod and Maccabi Rishon LeZion.

Venue

The Yad Eliyahu Arena is an indoor sports arena in Tel Aviv, Israel. Opened in 1963 as an open-air venue with a capacity of 5,000, it was covered in 1972, and further renovations since then have brought its current capacity to 11,700. It had hosted the 1971–1972 FIBA European Champions Cup final, the 1993–94 FIBA European Championship Final Four, the 2003–2004 Euroleague Final Four, and all previous Israeli Final Fours.

Results

Bracket

Semifinals 24 May		Final 26 May



Maccabi Tel Aviv	102

Hapoel Holon	73
		Maccabi Tel Aviv	83

		Maccabi Ashdod	63
Maccabi Rishon LeZion	68

Maccabi Ashdod	75
		Third place



		Hapoel Holon	72

		Maccabi Rishon LeZion	67

Semifinals

Semifinal 1

22 May 2012
18:15

Boxscore

Maccabi Tel Aviv	102–73	Hapoel Holon
Scoring by quarter: 30-14, 21-20, 24-22, 27-17
Pts: Smith 19 Rebs: Smith 8 Asts: Ohayon, Langford 4		Pts: Daniel 19 Rebs: Mitchell 6 Asts: Roth 6

Yad Eliyahu Arena, Tel Aviv
Attendance: 10,383

Semifinal 2

22 May 2012

Boxscore

Maccabi Rishon LeZion	68–75	Maccabi Ashdod
Scoring by quarter: 19-13, 15-19, 17–28, 27-15
Pts: Kitchen 26 Rebs: Kitchen, Bowman 6 Asts: Kitchen 5		Pts: Carter, Bostein 16 Rebs: Tyus 15 Asts: Bostein 4

Yad Eliyahu Arena, Tel Aviv
Attendance: 10,383

Third-place playoff

24 May 2012

Boxscore

Hapoel Holon	72–67	Maccabi Rishon LeZion
Scoring by quarter: 16-14, 18-16, 18-19, 22-18
Pts: Mitchell 20 Rebs: Dunston 9 Asts: Shaashua 7		Pts: Hanochi 15 Rebs: Kitchen 7 Asts: Hanochi 6

Yad Eliyahu Arena, Tel Aviv
Attendance: 10,383

Final

24 May 2012

Boxscore

Maccabi Tel Aviv	83–63	Maccabi Ashdod
Scoring by quarter: 19-17, 25-16, 17-20, 22-10
Pts: Smith, Langford 16 Rebs: 4 players 5 Asts: Ohayon 10		Pts: Tyus 16 Rebs: Tyus, Duncan 9 Asts: Tapiro 3

Yad Eliyahu Arena, Tel Aviv
Attendance: 10,383

References

IBA's official website (Hebrew)^{[permanent dead link]}