2009 Euroleague Final Four

The 2009 Euroleague Final Four was the concluding Euroleague Final Four tournament of the 2008–09 Euroleague season. It was held on May, 2009. All of the games were held at the O2 World, in Berlin Germany. Panathinaikos won the title, which was their fifth at the time.

Main article: 2008–09 Euroleague
2009 Euroleague Final Four
Season2008–09 Euroleague
Tournament details
ArenaO2 World
Berlin, Germany
DatesMay 1, – May 3, 2009
Final positions
ChampionsGreece Panathinaikos (5th title)
Runners-upRussia CSKA Moscow
Third placeSpain FC Barcelona
Fourth placeGreece Olympiacos
Awards and statistics
MVPGreece Vassilis Spanoulis

Bracket
 
Semifinals
May 1		Final
May 3
 
      
 
 
 
 
Spain Regal FC Barcelona78
 
 
 
Russia CSKA Moscow82
 
Russia CSKA Moscow71
 
 
 
Greece Panathinaikos73
 
Greece Olympiacos82
 
 
Greece Panathinaikos84
 
Third place
 
 
 
 
 
Spain Regal FC Barcelona 95
 
 
Greece Olympiacos 79

Semifinals

FC Barcelona vs. CSKA Moscow
May 1
18:00 CET
Regal FC Barcelona Spain 78–82 Russia CSKA Moscow
Scoring by quarter: 21-12, 15-20, 20-22, 22-28
Pts: Andersen 24
Rebs: Santiago 6
Asts: Lakovič 5		 Pts: Šiškauskas 29
Rebs: Khryapa 9
Asts: Holden 4
O2 World, Berlin
Attendance: 13,238
Referees: Voreadis (GRE), Bachar (ISR), Belosevic (SRB)

Olympiacos vs. Panathinaikos
May 1
21:00 CET
Olympiacos Greece 82–84 Greece Panathinaikos
Scoring by quarter: 21-27, 20-16, 22-23, 19-18
Pts: Greer 18
Rebs: Bourousis 7
Asts: Papaloukas 5		 Pts: Peković 20
Rebs: Batiste, Fotsis 6
Asts: Jasikevičius 5
O2 World, Berlin
Attendance: 13,238
Referees: Brazauskas (LTU), Arteaga (ESP), Rocha (POR)

Third-place playoff
May 3
17:00 CET
Olympiacos Greece 79–95 Spain Regal FC Barcelona
Scoring by quarter: 19-26, 11-20, 28-27, 21-22
Pts: Greer 19
Rebs: Bourousis 9
Asts: Papaloukas 4		 Pts: Andersen 20
Rebs: Vázquez 5
Asts: Lakovič 5
O2 World, Berlin
Attendance: 13,238
Referees: Belosevic (SRB), Pukl (SLO), Zamojski (POL), Rocha (POR)

Final
May 3
20:00 CET
Panathinaikos Greece 73–71 Russia CSKA Moscow
Scoring by quarter: 21-16, 27-12, 8-18, 17-25
Pts: Spanoulis, Fotsis 13
Rebs: Fotsis 8
Asts: Jasikevičius 4		 Pts: Holden 14
Rebs: Smodiš 9
Asts: Holden 4
O2 World, Berlin
Attendance: 13,238
Referees: Brazauskas (LTU), Arteaga (ESP), Bachar (ISR), Rocha (POR)
Panathinaikos jersey
Team colours
Team colours
Panathinaikos
CSKA Moscow jersey
Team colours
Team colours
CSKA Moscow
Starters:PRA
PG
6
Greece Vassilis Spanoulis1300
SG
11
United States Drew Nicholas711
SF
7
Greece Stratos Perperoglou622
PF
9
Greece Antonis Fotsis1381
C
14
Montenegro Nikola Peković620
Reserves:PRA
SF
5
Serbia Dušan KecmanDNP
C
8
United States Mike Batiste640
SG
10
Greece Nikos ChatzivrettasDNP
PF
12
Greece Kostas Tsartsaris210
PG
13
Greece Dimitris Diamantidis1043
PF
15
Greece Dušan ŠakotaDNP
PG
19
Lithuania Šarūnas Jasikevičius1044
Head coach:
Serbia Željko Obradović
2008–09 Euroleague
Champions
Greece
Panathinaikos
5th title
Starters:PRA
PG
10
Russia J.R. Holden1414
SG
21
United States Trajan Langdon1341
SF
31
Russia Victor Khryapa971
PF
8
Slovenia Matjaž Smodiš990
C
12
Slovenia Erazem Lorbek510
Reserves:PRA
PG
6
Greece Nikos Zisis000
SG
7
Russia Victor KeyruDNP
SF
9
Lithuania Ramūnas Šiškauskas1300
PF
20
Russia Andrey VorontsevichDNP
C
24
Russia Sasha Kaun330
PG
34
Croatia Zoran Planinić531
PF
44
United States Terence Morris000
Head coach:
Italy Ettore Messina

Awards

Euroleague Final Four MVP

Euroleague Finals Top Scorer
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