2016 Italian Basketball Supercup

2016 Italian Basketball Supercup

Logo 2016 Italian Basketball Supercup
Tournament details
Host	Milan, Italy
Arena	Mediolanum Forum
Dates	24 September 2016– 25 September 2016
Final positions
Champions	EA7 Emporio Armani Milano (1st title)
Runners-up	Sidigas Avellino
Awards and statistics
MVP	Krunoslav Simon

The 2017 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

	Semifinals (September 24, 2015)					Final (September 25, 2015)
	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 Andrea De Nicolao 7 2 1 PG 18 Stefano Gentile 2 2 4 SF 4 Pietro Aradori 13 1 2 PF 6 Achille Polonara 18 7 0 C 14 Riccardo Cervi 8 4 1 Reserves: PG 5 Derek Needham 3 2 2 PF 7 Delroy James 4 3 0 SG 8 Amedeo Della Valle 14 1 2 PG 10 Francesco Bonacini 0 0 0 PF 15 Sava Lešić 3 4 0 C 20 Alessandro Vigori DNP Head coach: Massimiliano Menetti

Grissin Bon Reggio Emilia Sidigas Avellino

Starters Pts Reb Ast PG 1 Joe Ragland 18 5 4 SG 55 Adonis Thomas 15 3 1 PF 10 Maarten Leunen 9 8 2 SF 32 Retin Obasohan 10 2 0 C 12 Marco Cusin 4 4 2 Reserves: PF 0 Andrea Zerini 0 0 1 PG 4 Marques Green 2 1 6 PF 7 Claudio Strumia DNP SG 19 Giovanni Severini 0 0 0 SG 20 Levi Randolph 16 2 1 C 44 Kyrylo Fesenko DNP PG 57 Salvatore Parlato DNP Head coach: 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 Mantas Kalnietis 4 1 6 SG 5 Alessandro Gentile 8 3 2 SF 43 Krunoslav Simon 18 0 2 PF 14 Davide Pascolo 10 7 0 C 11 Miroslav Raduljica 6 1 1 Reserves: PF 1 Jamel McLean 8 3 1 PG 7 Ricky Hickman 15 3 5 SG 12 Zoran Dragić 13 5 1 PG 20 Andrea Cinciarini 7 3 4 PF 21 Rakim Sanders 17 5 2 SF 23 Awudu Abass 0 0 0 SF 30 Bruno Cerella 3 1 1 Head coach: Jasmin Repeša

EA7 Emporio Armani Milano Vanoli Cremona

Starters Pts Reb Ast PG 52 Tu Holloway 6 2 3 SG 31 Elston Turner 18 2 3 PF 35 TaShawn Thomas 5 2 1 SF 33 Omar Thomas 8 4 0 C 19 Paul Biligha 7 5 1 Reserves: PG 6 Andrea Amato 3 1 1 SG 7 Fabio Mian 14 4 1 C 10 Raphael Gaspardo 12 2 0 PF 18 Jakub Wojciechowski 5 2 0 PG 32 Gabe York 9 2 1 Head coach: Cesare Pancotto

Final

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

Sidigas Avellino EA7 Emporio Armani Milano Italian Supercoppa MVP 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 Andrea Cinciarini 6 2 2 SG 12 Zoran Dragić 11 7 3 SG 43 Krunoslav Simon 25 5 8 PF 14 Davide Pascolo 6 4 0 C 13 Milan Mačvan 5 2 2 Reserves: PF 1 Jamel McLean 5 2 2 SG 2 Simone Fontecchio 2 1 0 SF 5 Alessandro Gentile 2 1 0 PG 7 Ricky Hickman 15 3 1 PG 9 Mantas Kalnietis 4 2 1 SF 21 Rakim Sanders 9 3 0 SF 30 Bruno Cerella 0 1 0 Head coach: 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.

External links

• Lega Basket website (Italian) Retrieved 23 June 2016