2016 Italian Basketball Supercup

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2016 Italian Basketball Supercup
Tournament details
Arena Mediolanum Forum
Milan, Italy
Dates24 September 2016 (2016-09-24)–
25 September 2016 (2016-09-25)
Final positions
Champions EA7 Emporio Armani Milano
(1st title)
Runners-up Sidigas Avellino
Awards and statistics
MVP Flag of Croatia.svg Krunoslav Simon
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The 2016 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.

Contents

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]

TeamQualified asAppearanceQualification date
EA7 Emporio Armani Milano 2015–16 season champion
2016 Cup champion		4th21 February 2016
Grissin Bon Reggio Emilia 2015–16 season runner-up2nd13 June 2016
Sidigas Avellino 2016 Cup runner-up2nd21 February 2016
Vanoli Cremona 2016 Cup semi-finalist1st29 May 2016

Bracket

Semi-finals
24 September 		Final
25 September
      
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

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:PtsRebAst
PG 9 Flag of Italy.svg Andrea De Nicolao 721
PG 18 Flag of Italy.svg Stefano Gentile 224
SF 4 Flag of Italy.svg Pietro Aradori 1312
PF 6 Flag of Italy.svg Achille Polonara 1870
C 14 Flag of Italy.svg Riccardo Cervi 841
Reserves:
PG 5 Flag of Montenegro.svg Derek Needham 322
PF 7 Flag of Guyana.svg Delroy James 430
SG 8 Flag of Italy.svg Amedeo Della Valle 1412
PG 10 Flag of Italy.svg Francesco Bonacini 000
PF 15 Flag of Serbia.svg Sava Lešić 340
C 20 Flag of Italy.svg Alessandro Vigori DNP
Head coach:
Flag of Italy.svg Massimiliano Menetti
Starters:PtsRebAst
PG 1 Flag of Liberia.svg Joe Ragland 1854
SG 55 Flag of the United States.svg Adonis Thomas 1531
PF 10 Flag of the United States.svg Maarten Leunen 982
SF 32 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Retin Obasohan 1020
C 12 Flag of Italy.svg Marco Cusin 442
Reserves:
PF 0 Flag of Italy.svg Andrea Zerini 001
PG 4 Flag of North Macedonia.svg Marques Green 216
PF 7 Flag of Italy.svg Claudio Strumia DNP
SG 19 Flag of Italy.svg Giovanni Severini 000
SG 20 Flag of the United States.svg Levi Randolph 1621
C 44 Flag of Ukraine.svg Kyrylo Fesenko DNP
PG 57 Flag of Italy.svg Salvatore Parlato DNP
Head coach:
Flag of Italy.svg Stefano Sacripanti

EA7 Emporio Armani Milano vs. 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:PtsRebAst
PG 9 Flag of Lithuania.svg Mantas Kalnietis 416
SG 5 Flag of Italy.svg Alessandro Gentile 832
SF 43 Flag of Croatia.svg Krunoslav Simon 1802
PF 14 Flag of Italy.svg Davide Pascolo 1070
C 11 Flag of Serbia.svg Miroslav Raduljica 611
Reserves:
PF 1 Flag of the United States.svg Jamel McLean 831
PG 7 Flag of Georgia.svg Ricky Hickman 1535
SG 12 Flag of Slovenia.svg Zoran Dragić 1351
PG 20 Flag of Italy.svg Andrea Cinciarini 734
PF 21 Flag of the United States.svg Rakim Sanders 1752
SF 23 Flag of Italy.svg Awudu Abass 000
SF 30 Flag of Italy.svg Bruno Cerella 311
Head coach:
Flag of Croatia.svg Jasmin Repeša
Starters:PtsRebAst
PG 52 Flag of the United States.svg Tu Holloway 623
SG 31 Flag of the United States.svg Elston Turner 1823
PF 35 Flag of the United States.svg TaShawn Thomas 521
SF 33 Flag of the United States.svg Omar Thomas 840
C 19 Flag of Italy.svg Paul Biligha 751
Reserves:
PG 6 Flag of Italy.svg Andrea Amato 311
SG 7 Flag of Italy.svg Fabio Mian 1441
C 10 Flag of Italy.svg Raphael Gaspardo 1220
PF 18 Flag of Poland.svg Jakub Wojciechowski 520
PG 32 Flag of the United States.svg Gabe York 921
Head coach:
Flag of Italy.svg Cesare Pancotto

Final

EA7 Emporio Armani Milano lifted the Supercup trophy by downing Sidigas Avellino 72-90. Krunoslav Simon led the winners with 25 points on 5-of-7 three-point shots. Ricky Hickman added 15 while Zoran Dragić had 11 for Milan. Hickman had 9 points in the second quarter to make Milan get a double-digit lead, 34-44, at halftime. Dragić, Simon and Davide Pascolo allowed Milan to extend their margin to 51-67 after 30 minutes, enough to control the game until the final buzzer and lift its first Supercup trophy. [4]

Sidigas Avellino vs. 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:PtsRebAst
PG 1 Flag of Liberia.svg Joe Ragland 1822
SG 55 Flag of the United States.svg Adonis Thomas 1022
PF 10 Flag of the United States.svg Maarten Leunen 642
SF 32 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Retin Obasohan 1251
C 44 Flag of Ukraine.svg Kyrylo Fesenko 231
Reserves:
PF 0 Flag of Italy.svg Andrea Zerini 240
PG 4 Flag of North Macedonia.svg Marques Green 902
PF 7 Flag of Italy.svg Claudio Strumia DNP
C 12 Flag of Italy.svg Marco Cusin 350
SG 19 Flag of Italy.svg Giovanni Severini DNP
SG 20 Flag of the United States.svg Levi Randolph 1012
PG 57 Flag of Italy.svg Salvatore Parlato DNP
Head coach:
Flag of Italy.svg Stefano Sacripanti


Italian Supercoppa MVP
Flag of Croatia.svg Krunoslav Simon
Game rules
Game was played under FIBA rules.
2016 Italian Supercup Winners

EA7 Emporio Armani Milano
1st title
Starters:PtsRebAst
PG 20 Flag of Italy.svg Andrea Cinciarini 622
SG 12 Flag of Slovenia.svg Zoran Dragić 1173
SG 43 Flag of Croatia.svg Krunoslav Simon 2558
PF 14 Flag of Italy.svg Davide Pascolo 640
C 13 Flag of Serbia.svg Milan Mačvan 522
Reserves:
PF 1 Flag of the United States.svg Jamel McLean 522
SG 2 Flag of Italy.svg Simone Fontecchio 210
SF 5 Flag of Italy.svg Alessandro Gentile 210
PG 7 Flag of Georgia.svg Ricky Hickman 1531
PG 9 Flag of Lithuania.svg Mantas Kalnietis 421
SF 21 Flag of the United States.svg Rakim Sanders 930
SF 30 Flag of Italy.svg Bruno Cerella 010
Head coach:
Flag of Croatia.svg Jasmin Repeša

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