2017 FIBA Intercontinental Cup

2017 FIBA Intercontinental Cup

Scenes of Tenerife celebrating after the game
Event	FIBA Intercontinental Cup
Iberostar Tenerife Guaros de Lara 76 71
Date	24 September 2017
Venue	Santiago Martín, San Cristóbal de La Laguna, Tenerife, Spain
MVP	Mike Tobey (Tenerife)
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The 2017 FIBA Intercontinental Cup was the 27th edition of the FIBA Intercontinental Cup. The cup winner was decided through one game, which was held on September 24, 2017. ^[1] It was contested by the 2017 FIBA Americas League champions, Guaros de Lara, and the 2017 FIBA Champions League champions, Iberostar Tenerife. ^[2] The title game was held at the Santiago Martín, in San Cristóbal de La Laguna. Champions of the EuroLeague were not allowed to participate by FIBA, due to the EuroLeague's dispute with FIBA.

Iberostar Tenerife won the game, and captured its first FIBA Intercontinental Cup title. Mike Tobey was named the FIBA Intercontinental Cup Most Valuable Player. ^[3]

Qualified teams

Team	Qualification	Qualified date	Participations (bold indicates winners)
Iberostar Tenerife	Winners of the 2016–17 Basketball Champions League	30 April 2017	Debut
Guaros de Lara	Winners of 2017 FIBA Americas League	18 March 2017	1 ( 2016 )

Venue

San Cristóbal de La Laguna 2017 FIBA Intercontinental Cup (Spain, Canary Islands)
San Cristóbal de La Laguna
Santiago Martín
Capacity: 5,100

Match details

Iberostar Tenerife v Guaros de Lara

24 September 2017	Iberostar Tenerife	76–71	Guaros de Lara	San Cristóbal de La Laguna, Tenerife, Spain
20:00	Scoring by quarter: 14–17, 22–22, 20–16, 20–16
	Pts: Tobey 21 Rebs: Tobey 9 Asts: Abromaitis 3 PIR: Tobey 24	Boxscore	Pts: Little 23 Rebs: Colmenares 11 Asts: Robinson 6 PIR: Little 23	Arena: Santiago Martín Attendance: 5,100 Referees: Cristiano Maranho (BRA), Manuel Mazzoni (ITA), Omar Bermúdez (MEX)

Starters: Pts Reb Ast PG 00 Rodrigo San Miguel 4 3 1 SG 5 Nicolás Richotti 11 3 1 G/F 20 Mateusz Ponitka 8 1 1 PF 21 Tim Abromaitis 6 4 3 C 13 Mike Tobey 21 9 1 Reserves: C 7 Mamadou Niang 2 2 0 PG 10 Ferrán Bassas 0 1 2 C 17 Fran Vázquez 4 8 0 SF 24 Adin Vrabac DNP SF 25 Rosco Allen 4 2 0 SF 33 Javier Beirán 2 2 2 PG 34 Davin White 14 3 1 Head coach: Nenad Marković

Tenerife Guaros de Lara 2017 Intercontinental Cup champions Iberostar Tenerife (1st title)

Starters: Pts Reb Ast PG 2 Nate Robinson 12 1 6 G/F 23 Mario Little 23 4 1 G/F 10 José Gregorio Vargas 6 7 1 F/C 43 Néstor Colmenares 2 5 2 C 0 Gregory Echenique 11 4 0 Reserves: C 55 Robert Upshaw 10 11 3 F 5 José Martínez Suárez DNP F 11 Luis Bethelmy 3 0 1 G 17 Amos Acosta La Guerre DNP PG 19 Heissler Guillént 2 0 2 G/F 32 Zach Graham 3 3 0 G 20 Yohanner Sifontes DNP Head coach: Iván Déniz

MVP

Main article: FIBA Intercontinental Cup MVP

• Mike Tobey - ( Iberostar Tenerife)

References

1. "Iberostar Tenerife to host Guaros de Lara in FIBA Intercontinental Cup". ChampionsLeague.basketball. 2017-08-25.
2. "El Iberostar Tenerife disputará la Copa Intercontinental" (in Spanish). ACB.com. 3 May 2017. Retrieved 4 May 2017.
3. "Iberostar Tenerife crowned 2017 Intercontinental Cup champions". Championsleague.basketball. 2017-09-24.

External links

• 2017 Intercontinental Basketball Cup ^{[ dead link ‍]}
• FIBA official website
• FIBA Intercontinental Cup official website (in Spanish)
• FIBA Intercontinental Cup History
• Basquetepinheirense FIBA World Cup (in Portuguese)
• FIBA World Cup of Clubs (in Portuguese)