2017 Italian Basketball Supercup

2017 Prozis Supercoppa

Tournament details
Arena	Unieuro Arena Forlì, Italy
Dates	23–24 September 2017
Final positions
Champions	EA7 Emporio Armani Milano (2nd title)
Runners-up	Umana Reyer Venezia
Awards and statistics
MVP	Jordan Theodore
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The 2017 Italian Basketball Supercup (Italian : Supercoppa di pallacanestro 2017), also called Prozis Supercoppa 2017 for sponsorship reasons, was the 23rd edition of the super cup tournament, organized by the Lega Basket Serie A (LBA).

EA7 Emporio Armani Milano were the defending champions. ^[1]

EA7 Emporio Armani Milano went to win his 2nd Supercup by beating Umana Reyer Venezia 82–77 in the Finals. ^[2] Jordan Theodore was named MVP of the competition. ^[3]

It was played in the Unieuro Arena in Forlì on 23 and 24 September 2017. ^[4]

Participant teams

As of 22 September 2017, qualified for the tournament were Banco di Sardegna Sassari, EA7 Emporio Armani Milano, ^[5] Umana Reyer Venezia and Dolomiti Energia Trento. ^[6]

Team	Qualified as	Appearance
Banco di Sardegna Sassari	Italian Cup runner-up	3rd
Dolomiti Energia Trento	LBA runner-up	1st
EA7 Emporio Armani Milano	Italian Cup champion	5th
Umana Reyer Venezia	LBA champion	1st

Bracket

	Semi-finals 23 September					Final 24 September
	EA7 Emporio Armani Milano		74
	Dolomiti Energia Trento		65
						EA7 Emporio Armani Milano		82
						Umana Reyer Venezia		77
	Umana Reyer Venezia		86
	Banco di Sardegna Sassari		79

Semi-finals

EA7 Emporio Armani Milano vs. Dolomiti Energia Trento

EA7 Emporio Armani Milano v Dolomiti Energia Trento

23 September 2017	EA7 Emporio Armani Milano	74–65	Dolomiti Energia Trento	Forlì
17:30 (CEST)	Scoring by quarter:20–13, 19–14, 20–14, 15–21
Eurosport	Pts: Goudelock 24 Rebs: Gudaitis 10 Asts: Theodore 6 PIR: Goudelock 20	Boxscore	Pts: Behanan 13 Rebs: Sutton 7 Asts: Forray 5 PIR: Behanan 19	Arena: Unieuro Arena Referees: Carmelo Paternicò, Beniamino Manuel Attard, Denny Borgioni

Starters: Pts Reb Ast PG 25 Jordan Theodore 10 5 6 SG 0 Drew Goudelock 24 5 1 SF 5 Vladimir Micov 8 4 0 PF 24 Amath M'Baye 10 2 1 C 22 Marco Cusin 2 2 0 Reserves: SG 2 Simone Fontecchio 0 0 0 PF 14 Davide Pascolo DNP PG 20 Andrea Cinciarini 0 0 2 SF 23 Awudu Abass 0 0 0 PF 34 Cory Jefferson 3 2 0 SG 45 Dairis Bertāns 11 1 3 C 77 Artūras Gudaitis 6 10 0 Head coach: Simone Pianigiani

EA7 Emporio Armani Milano Dolomiti Energia Trento

Starters: Pts Reb Ast PG 13 Jorge Gutiérrez 5 0 0 SG 2 Dominique Sutton 11 7 4 SF 15 João Gomes 5 6 0 PF 31 Shavon Shields 12 3 0 PF 21 Chane Behanan 13 8 2 Reserves: SG 0 Yannick Franke 4 1 1 PF 4 Ojārs Siliņš 8 4 0 C 8 Filippo Baldi Rossi 2 5 2 PG 10 Andrés Pablo Forray 4 2 5 SG 12 Diego Flaccadori 1 2 0 PG 14 Erik Czumbel DNP C 25 Luca Lechthaler DNP Head coach: Maurizio Buscaglia

Umana Reyer Venezia vs. Banco di Sardegna Sassari

Umana Reyer Venezia v Banco di Sardegna Sassari

23 September 2017	Umana Reyer Venezia	86–79	Banco di Sardegna Sassari	Forlì
20:45 (CEST)	Scoring by quarter: 15–15, 23–16, 25–26, 23–22
Eurosport	Pts: Perić 21 Rebs: Watt 7 Asts: Jenkins 5 PIR: Perić 19	Boxscore	Pts: Polonara 23 Rebs: Jones 10 Asts: Stipčević 5 PIR: Polonara 25	Arena: Unieuro Arena Referees: Roberto Begnis, Alessandro Martolini, Fabrizio Paglialunga

Starters: Pts Reb Ast PG 0 MarQuez Haynes 7 2 4 SG 3 Dominique Johnson 10 2 4 SF 6 Michael Bramos 15 5 1 PF 12 Gediminas Orelik 6 1 0 C 50 Mitchell Watt 9 7 0 Reserves: PF 2 Hrvoje Perić 21 5 1 PG 10 Andrea De Nicolao 10 1 2 SG 11 Michael Jenkins 2 0 5 SG 12 Riccardo Bolpin DNP PF 14 Tomas Ress 4 3 0 C 19 Paul Biligha 2 2 0 SF 30 Bruno Cerella DNP Head coach: Walter De Raffaele

Umana Reyer Venezia Banco di Sardegna Sassari

Starters: Pts Reb Ast PG 24 Rok Stipčević 17 1 5 SG 21 Dyshawn Pierre 14 6 2 SF 20 Levi Randolph 7 3 4 PF 33 Achille Polonara 23 8 1 C 22 Shawn Jones 13 10 0 Reserves: SG 0 Marco Spissu 1 2 0 SG 4 Scott Bamforth DNP C 6 Darko Planinić 2 4 0 SF 8 Giacomo Devecchi 2 1 0 PG 25 Will Hatcher DNP SF 34 Andrea Picarelli DNP SF 45 Jonathan Tavernari 0 0 0 Head coach: Federico Pasquini

Final

EA7 Emporio Armani Milano vs. Umana Reyer Venezia

EA7 Emporio Armani Milano v Umana Reyer Venezia

24 September 2017	EA7 Emporio Armani Milano	82–77	Umana Reyer Venezia	Forlì
18:00 (CEST)	Scoring by quarter:26–17, 14–22, 18–16, 24–22
Eurosport	Pts: Theodore 29 Rebs: M'Baye 10 Asts: Theodore 5 PIR: Theodore 38	Boxscore	Pts:three players 14 Rebs: Bramos 5 Asts:three players 3 PIR: Bramos 17	Arena: Unieuro Arena Referees: Carmelo Paternico', Roberto Begnis, Alessandro Martolini

Starters: Pts Reb Ast PG 25 Jordan Theodore 29 7 5 SG 0 Drew Goudelock 14 1 1 SF 5 Vladimir Micov 4 6 0 PF 24 Amath M'Baye 14 10 0 C 22 Marco Cusin 0 0 0 Reserves: PF 7 Davide Pascolo DNP SG 13 Simone Fontecchio 0 0 0 PG 20 Andrea Cinciarini 2 2 2 SF 23 Awudu Abass DNP PF 34 Cory Jefferson 0 2 0 SG 45 Dairis Bertāns 3 0 0 C 77 Artūras Gudaitis 12 8 0 Head coach: Simone Pianigiani

EA7 Emporio Armani Milano Umana Reyer Venezia Italian Supercoppa MVP Jordan Theodore Game rules Game was played under FIBA rules. 2017 Italian Supercup Winners EA7 Emporio Armani Milano

Starters: Pts Reb Ast PG 0 MarQuez Haynes 5 1 3 SG 3 Dominique Johnson 14 3 1 SF 6 Michael Bramos 14 5 2 PF 2 Hrvoje Perić 13 2 3 C 50 Mitchell Watt 9 2 0 Reserves: PG 10 Andrea De Nicolao 2 3 1 SG 11 Michael Jenkins 14 2 3 PF 12 Gediminas Orelik 4 3 2 SG 13 Riccardo Bolpin DNP PF 14 Tomas Ress 0 2 0 C 19 Paul Biligha 2 1 2 SF 30 Bruno Cerella DNP Head coach: Walter De Raffaele

Sponsors

Prozis (title sponsor) PosteMobile (main sponsor) Fastweb (technology partner) Molten (official ball) MyGlass (official partner)

Panasonic (official partner) Citroën (official partner) Radio Italia (media partner) La Gazzetta dello Sport (media partner) Eurosport (media partner)

Unieuro (official event partner) Belfor Anthea Regione Emilia Romagna Comune di Forlì

References

1. "Turkish Airlines EuroLeague preseason results: September 25". euroleague.net. 15 June 2016. Retrieved 27 September 2016.
2. "Theodore trascina Milano alla seconda Supercoppa, Venezia battuta 82-77" [Theodore leads Milano to win the second Supercup, Venezia beat 82-77]. Sportando.com (in Italian). 24 September 2017. Retrieved 24 September 2017.
3. "Jordan Theodore è l'MVP della Prozis Supercoppa LBA 2017" [Jordan Theodore is the MVP of the Prozis Superoppa LBA 2017]. Sportando.com (in Italian). 24 September 2017. Retrieved 24 September 2017.
4. "Forlì ospiterà la Supercoppa Italiana il 23 e 24 settembre" [Forlì will host the Italian Supercup on 23 and 24 September]. Sportando.com (in Italian). 12 July 2017. Retrieved 13 July 2017.
5. "PosteMobile Final Eight: vince la EA7 Emporio Armani" [PosteMobile Final Eight: EA7 Emporio Armani wins]. Legabasket.it (in Italian). 19 February 2017. Retrieved 20 February 2017.
6. "Reyer campione, è il giorno della festa" [Reyer champions, it is the day of celebrations]. nuovavenezia.gelocal.it (in Italian). 23 June 2017. Retrieved 29 June 2017.

External links

• LBA official website