2013 Euroleague Final Four

2013 Euroleague Final Four
Season	2012–13 Euroleague
Tournament details
Arena	O2 Arena ; London, England
Dates	May 10, 2013 – May 12, 2013
Final positions
Champions	Olympiacos (3rd title)
Runners-up	Real Madrid
Third place	CSKA Moscow
Fourth place	FC Barcelona
Awards and statistics
MVP	Vassilis Spanoulis
Top scorer(s)	Vassilis Spanoulis, 30
Attendance	48,341 (total)
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The 2013 Euroleague Final Four was the concluding Final Four tournament of the 2012–13 Euroleague season. It was held from 10 May till 12 May 2013, at The O2 Arena in London. The Greek League club Olympiacos, successfully defended their EuroLeague title from the previous season, after defeating Real Madrid in the Final.

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 seating capacity of any indoor venue in the United Kingdom, behind the Manchester Arena, but it took the crown of the world's busiest music arena from New York City's Madison Square Garden in 2008.^[4] The closest underground station to the venue is the North Greenwich station, on the Jubilee line.

London	London 2013 Euroleague Final Four (Europe)
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



		CSKA Moscow	74

		FC Barcelona Regal	73

Semifinals

CSKA Moscow vs. Olympiacos

10 May 2013	CSKA Moscow	52–69	Olympiacos	The O2 Arena, London
18:00 CEST	Scoring by quarter: 17–24, 11-16, 8-13, 16-16
	Pts: Weems 13 Rebs: Kaun 7 Asts: Erceg, Khryapa 2	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	FC Barcelona Regal	67–74	Real Madrid	The O2 Arena, London
21:00 CEST	Scoring by quarter: 18-11, 15-28, 18-9, 16-26
	Pts: Huertas 19 Rebs: Tomić 12 Asts: Wallace 3	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	The O2 Arena, London
18:00 CEST	Scoring by quarter: 15-12, 20-23, 24-19, 15-19
	Pts: Khryapa 16 Rebs: Teodosić, Vorontsevich 5 Asts: Teodosić 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
21:00 CEST	Scoring by quarter: 10–27, 27–14, 24–20, 39–27
	Pts: Spanoulis 22 Rebs: Antić 6 Asts: Law 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)

Starters:			Pts	Reb	Ast

PG	5	Acie Law	20	5	5
SG	7	Vassilis Spanoulis	22	2	4
SF	16	Kostas Papanikolaou	5	3	1
PF	15	Georgios Printezis	5	3	1
C	12	Josh Powell	2	1	0
Reserves:
C	4	Kyle Hines	12	5	3
PF	6	Pero Antić	10	6	2
SG	8	Stratos Perperoglou	10	1	0
C	9	Giorgi Shermadini	3	1	2
SG	10	Kostas Sloukas	11	0	0
SF	13	Martynas Gecevičius	DNP
G	19	Dimitrios Katsivelis	0	0	1
Head coach:
Georgios Bartzokas

Olympiacos

Real Madrid

2012–13 Euroleague Champions
Olympiacos 3rd title

Starters:			Pts	Reb	Ast

PG	23	Sergio Llull	14	3	4
SG	5	Rudy Fernández	21	3	3
SF	8	Carlos Suárez	5	4	0
PF	12	Nikola Mirotić	7	3	0
C	16	Mirza Begić	6	0	0
Reserves:
PG	4	Dontaye Draper	0	0	0
PF	9	Felipe Reyes	4	6	1
G	13	Sergio Rodríguez	17	3	4
G	20	Jaycee Carroll	5	2	0
F	44	Marcus Slaughter	9	3	0
C	50	Rafael Hettsheimeir	DNP
Head coach:
Pablo Laso