2016 Italian Basketball Cup

The 2016 Italian Basketball Cup, known as the Beko Final Eight for sponsorship reasons, was the 48th edition of Italy's national cup tournament. Lega Basket organised the competition for Lega Basket Serie A clubs. The tournament was played at the Mediolanum Forum in Milan this year. EA7 Emporio Armani Milano won their 5th cup.

2016 Italian Basketball Cup
The Mediolanum Forum hosted the 2016 Cup
DurationFebruary 19–21, 2016
Games played7
Teams8
Regular season
Season MVPUnited States Rakim Sanders
Finals
ChampionsEA7 Emporio Armani Milano
5th title
  Runners-upSidigas Avellino
SemifinalistsVanoli Cremona
Dolomiti Energia Trento
2015
2017

Qualification

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EA7 Emporio Armani Milano was automatically qualified for the tournament as the host team. The rest of the teams were selected based on their place in the 2015–16 Lega Basket Serie A standings.

Bracket

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Quarter-finals Semifinals Final
         
1 Grissin Bon Reggio Emilia 84
8 Sidigas Avellino 94
8 Sidigas Avellino 71
5 Dolomiti Energia Trento 69
4 Giorgio Tesi Group Pistoia 74
5 Dolomiti Energia Trento 81
8 Sidigas Avellino 76
2 EA7 Emporio Milano 82
3 Vanoli Cremona 97
6 Dinamo Sassari 89
3 Vanoli Cremona 58
2 EA7 Emporio Milano 90
2 EA7 Emporio Milano 88
7 Reyer Venezia 59

Quarterfinals

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19 February 2016
Quarterfinal A
Giorgio Tesi Group Pistoia 74–81 Dolomiti Energia Trento Milan
12:00 (CET) Scoring by quarter: 15–17, 24–20, 10–26, 25–18
RAI Pts: Czyż 20
Rebs: Czyż, Lombardi 7
Asts: Knowles 6
PIR: Czyż 22
Boxscore Pts: Wright 18
Rebs: Wright 9
Asts: Poeta 5
PIR: Wright 24
Arena: Mediolanum Forum
Referees: Begnis, Taurino, Weidmann
19 February 2016
Quarterfinal B
Vanoli Cremona 97–890(OT) Banco di Sardegna Sassari Milan
15:15 (CET) Scoring by quarter: 20–23, 14–6, 15–27, 28–21, Overtime: 20–12
RAI Pts: Turner 28
Rebs: Washington 7
Asts: McGee 7
PIR: Turner 31
Boxscore Pts: Logan 29
Rebs: Mitchell 12
Asts: Logan 8
PIR: Logan 41
Arena: Mediolanum Forum
Referees: Attard, Lamonica, Sabetta
19 February 2016
Quarterfinal C
Grissin Bon Reggio Emilia 87–94 Sidigas Avellino Milan
18:15 (CET) Scoring by quarter: 22–17, 17–27, 14–18, 34–32
RAI Pts: Polonara 15
Rebs: Golubović 7
Asts: De Nicolao 4
PIR: three players 16
Boxscore Pts: Veikalas 21
Rebs: Cervi 8
Asts: Ragland 7
PIR: Ragland 28
Arena: Mediolanum Forum
Referees: Baldini, Lo Guzzo, Seghetti
19 February 2016
Quarterfinal D
EA7 Emporio Armani Milano 88–59 Umana Reyer Venezia Milan
20:45 (CET) Scoring by quarter: 18–10, 20–21, 28–13, 22–15
RAI Pts: Sanders 16
Rebs: McLean, Jenkins 7
Asts: Simon 4
PIR: McLean 19
Boxscore Pts: Owens 12
Rebs: Ortner, Viggiano 5
Asts: Green 3
PIR: Ortner 9
Arena: Mediolanum Forum
Referees: Caiazza, Mazzoni, Paternicò

Semifinals

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20 February 2016
Semifinal 1
Dolomiti Energia Trento 69–71 Sidigas Avellino Milan
18:15 (CET) Scoring by quarter: 16–18, 14–16, 23–21, 16–16
RAI Pts: Forray, Wright 15
Rebs: Forray 9
Asts: Wright 3
PIR: Pascolo 18
Boxscore Pts: Cervi, Buva 19
Rebs: Leunen 12
Asts: Green 7
PIR: Cervi 22
Arena: Mediolanum Forum
Referees: Bettini, Filippini, Sahin


Starters: Pts Reb Ast
PG 9   Andrés Pablo Forray 15 9 1
SG 13   Dominique Sutton 4 7 1
SF 15   Davide Pascolo 13 8 2
PF 4   Jamarr Sanders 3 3 2
C 12   Julian Wright 15 6 3
Reserves:
PG 3   Giuseppe Poeta 2 2 2
PF 12   Diego Flaccadori 5 1 0
SG 24   Trent Lockett 4 2 1
C 25   Luca Lechthaler DNP
C 40   Jared Berggren 8 3 0
Head coach:
  Maurizio Buscaglia
 
 
 
 
Starters: Pts Reb Ast
PG 1   Marques Green 10 6 7
SG 9   Alex Acker 0 0 1
SF 21   James Nunnally 10 3 4
PF 10   Maarten Leunen 7 12 1
C 13   Riccardo Cervi 19 4 0
Reserves:
PG 00   Mattia Norcino DNP
SG 4   Joe Ragland 3 2 3
SG 6   Benas Veikalas 3 2 2
PG 19   Giovanni Severini 0 0 0
C 22   Giovanni Pini 0 0 0
PF 25   Ivan Buva 19 6 0
PG 57   Salvatore Parlato DNP
Head coach:
  Stefano Sacripanti
20 February 2016
Semifinal 2
Vanoli Cremona 58–90 EA7 Emporio Armani Milano Milan
20:45 (CET) Scoring by quarter: 17–24, 14–21, 14–31, 13–14
RAI Pts: Washington 15
Rebs: Nikola Dragović 6
Asts: three players 2
PIR: Washington 17
Boxscore Pts: Simon 17
Rebs: Simon, Magro 9
Asts: four players 3
PIR: Simon 22
Arena: Mediolanum Forum
Referees: Lanzarini, Sardella, Aronne


Starters: Pts Reb Ast
PG 15   Nicolò Cazzolato 15 9 1
SG 31   Elston Turner 4 7 1
SF 17   Deron Washington 13 8 2
PF 1   Nikola Dragović 3 3 2
C 12   Marco Cusin 15 6 3
Reserves:
SG 9   Fabio Mian 5 3 0
C 10   Raphael Gaspardo 6 5 0
SF 16   Dario Boccasavia 0 0 1
C 19   Paul Biligha 2 1 0
PG 25   Tyrus McGee 12 4 0
Head coach:
  Cesare Pancotto
 
 
 
 
Starters: Pts Reb Ast
PG 20   Andrea Cinciarini 13 4 1
SG 22   Charles Jenkins 10 5 1
SF 43   Krunoslav Simon 17 9 2
PF 13   Milan Mačvan 10 3 3
C 15   Daniele Magro 8 9 0
Reserves:
C 1   Jamel McLean 7 5 3
SG 3   Oliver Lafayette 4 1 3
SF 5   Alessandro Gentile DNP
PG 6   Andrea Amato 3 0 0
PG 9   Mantas Kalnietis 2 1 2
SG 16   Simone Vecerina 0 1 1
SF 21   Rakim Sanders 16 7 3
Head coach:
  Jasmin Repeša

Final

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EA7 Emporio Milano took the lead when the game started and didn't lose it for the rest of the game.[1] Milano eventually won its first Cup since over 20 years.

21 February 2016 Sidigas Avellino 76–82 EA7 Emporio Armani Milano Milan
18:00 (CET) Scoring by quarter: 11–21, 25–22, 19–17, 21–22
RAI Pts: Nunnally 25
Rebs: Leunen, Green 6
Asts: Green 6
PIR: Nunnally 30
Boxscore Pts: Sanders 17
Rebs: Sanders 7
Asts: Lafayette 6
PIR: Sanders 20
Arena: Mediolanum Forum
Referees: Luigi Lamonica, Manuel Mazzoni, Paolo Taurino


Starters: Pts Reb Ast
PG 4   Marques Green 1 6 6
PF 10   Maarty Leunen 3 6 4
C 14   Riccardo Cervi 8 2 0
SG 9   Alex Acker 9 2 4
SF 21   James Nunnally 25 2 1
Reserves:
PF 25   Ivan Buva 13 5 2
C 22   Giovanni Pini 0 2 1
SG 6   Benas Veikalas 5 1 0
PG 1   Joe Ragland 8 4 2
PG 57   Salvatore Parlato DNP
PG 0   Mattia Norcino DNP
SG 19   Giovanni Severini 0 0 0
Head coach:
  Stefano Sacripanti
 
 
 
 


Italian Cup MVP
  Rakim Sanders
Game rules
Game played under FIBA rules.
2016 Italian Cup Winners

EA7 Emporio Armani Milano
5th title
Starters: Pts Reb Ast
C 15   Daniele Magro 2 1 0
PG 20   Andrea Cinciarini 10 5 3
SG 21   Rakim Sanders 17 7 1
SF 43   Krunoslav Simon 8 5 2
SG 22   Charles Jenkins 8 4 0
Reserves:
C 1   Jamel McLean 15 6 0
PG 9   Mantas Kalnietis 5 4 4
PG 3   Oliver Lafayette 3 4 6
C 13   Milan Mačvan 14 5 1
SF 7   Bruno Cerella 0 5 0
SG 5   Alessandro Gentile DNP
PG 6   Andrea Amato DNP
Head coach:
  Jasmin Repeša

References

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