2013 Euroleague Final Four
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The 2013 Euroleague Final Four was the concluding
Vassilis Spanoulis won his second consecutive Final Four MVP, and the third of his career.[2] Spanoulis joined Toni Kukoč, as the only player to have ever won the award three times.[2]
Venue
On May 12, 2012, it was announced that the Final Four would be hosted at The O2 Arena in London, England.[3] The O2 Arena is a multi-purpose indoor arena that is located in the centre of The O2 entertainment complex, on the Greenwich Peninsula, in south-east London. It is named after its primary sponsor, the telecommunications company O2.
The O2 Arena is the world's largest building as measured by floor space, and has the second-highest
London | |
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The O2 Arena | |
Capacity: 20,000 | |
Bracket
Semifinals 10 May | Final 12 May | |||||
CSKA Moscow | 52 | |||||
Olympiacos | 69 | |||||
Olympiacos | 100 | |||||
Real Madrid | 88 | |||||
FC Barcelona Regal | 67 | |||||
Real Madrid | 74 | |||||
Third place | ||||||
FC Barcelona Regal | 73 |
Semifinals
CSKA Moscow vs. Olympiacos
10 May 2013 | CSKA Moscow | 52–69 | Olympiacos | The O2 Arena, London |
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18:00 CEST | Scoring by quarter: 17–24, 11-16, 8-13, 16-16 | |||
Khryapa 2
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Boxscore | Pts: Hines, Antić 13 Rebs: Hines 10 Asts: Spanoulis 4 |
Attendance: 9,218 Referees: Guerrino Cerebuch (ITA), Borys Ryzhyk (UKR), Olegs Latisevs (LAT) |
FC Barcelona Regal vs. Real Madrid
10 May 2013 | 67–74 | Real Madrid | The O2 Arena, London | |
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21:00 CEST | Scoring by quarter: 18-11, 15-28, 18-9, 16-26 | |||
Wallace 3
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Boxscore | Pts: Reyes 17 Rebs: Carroll 6 Asts: Rodríguez 9 |
Attendance: 13,193 Referees: Luigi Lamonica (ITA), Ilija Belosevic (SRB), Elias Koromilas (GRE) |
Third–place game
12 May 2013 | CSKA Moscow | 74–73 | FC Barcelona Regal
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The O2 Arena, London |
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18:00 CEST | Scoring by quarter: 15-12, 20-23, 24-19, 15-19 | |||
5 | Boxscore | Pts: Navarro 17 Rebs: Tomić 6 Asts: Jasikevičius 6 |
Attendance: 10,716 Referees: Robert Lottermoser (GER), Matej Boltauzer (SLO), Elias Koromilas (GRE) |
Final
After the end of the opening quarter, Madrid led Olympiacos by 17 points. However, the Reds managed to get back in the game, and the game was tied by the end of the third quarter. Behind Spanoulis, Olympiacos pulled away in the fourth quarter.[5]
12 May 2013 | Olympiacos | 100–88 | Real Madrid | The O2 Arena, London |
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21:00 CEST | Scoring by quarter: 10–27, 27–14, 24–20, 39–27 | |||
5 | [1] | Pts: Fernández 21 Rebs: Reyes 6 Asts: Rodríguez, Llull 4 |
Attendance: 15,169 Referees: Guerrino Cerebuch (ITA), Ilija Belosevic (SRB), Borys Ryzhyk (UKR) |
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References
- ^ Statistics Final Four 2012-13
- ^ a b "Spanoulis named bwin MVP of 2013 Final Four". Euroleague.net. 12 May 2013.
- ^ "The O2 in London to host the 2013 Turkish Airlines Euroleague Final Four". Euroleague.net. 12 May 2012.
- ^ White, Dominic (15 April 2008). "The Lemon Dome That was Transformed into O2's Concert Crown". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 7 May 2011.
- ^ Olympiacos repeats as Euroleague champion!