2017 EuroCup Finals

2017 EuroCup finals
Event	2016–17 EuroCup Basketball
1	2
First leg
68	62
Date	28 March 2017
Venue	Fuente de San Luis, Valencia
MVP	Alberto Díaz (Unicaja)
Attendance	7,583
Second leg
79	71
Date	31 March 2017
Venue	Martín Carpena, Málaga
Attendance	10,367
Third leg
58	63
Date	5 April 2017
Venue	Fuente de San Luis, Valencia
Attendance	7,813
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The 2017 EuroCup finals were the concluding games of the 2016–17 EuroCup season, the 15th season of Europe's secondary club basketball tournament organised by Euroleague Basketball, the ninth season since it was renamed from the ULEB Cup to the EuroCup, and the first season under the title sponsorship name of 7DAYS. The first leg was played at the Fuente de San Luis in Valencia, Spain, the second leg was played at the Martín Carpena in Málaga, Spain, on 31 March 2017 and the third leg was played at the Fuente de San Luis in Valencia, Spain, between Spanish sides Unicaja and Valencia Basket.

It was the first ever Finals appearance ever of Unicaja, after 15 seasons in EuroLeague and it was the third ever final appearance in any European competition after two consecutive finals in Korać Cup. For Valencia Basket, it was its fifth Finals appearance, after winning three of the previous four. Also, it was the seventh ever final appearance, including two losses in finals of the Saporta Cup. It was also the second EuroCup Finals that both finalists were from the same country.

Unicaja won the Finals 1–2, and qualified for the 2017–18 EuroLeague.

Venues

The Fuente de San Luis was the first leg venue and, if necessary, the third leg venue as Valencia Basket venue. The arena was originally built in 1983. Valencia Basket started to play its games in the arena in 1987. The arena was also used as the home arena of the women's basketball team, Ros Casares Valencia, and the futsal team Valencia FS. In April 2010, La Fonteta hosted the 2009–10 EuroLeague Women Final Four, where Ros Casares Valencia was defeated in the final by Spartak Moscow Region. In 2016, Valencia Basket financed the renovation of the arena with €500,000, and also installed a new €150,000 center-hung scoreboard.

The Martín Carpena was the second leg venue as Unicaja venue. Martín Carpena arena opened in 1999. The arena originally had a seating capacity of 9,743 spectators, and an area of around 22,000 square meters. In 2007, a project was proposed to expand the capacity of the venue to 17,000 spectators, due to the high demand for seats and tickets by fans of Unicaja. Ultimately, the expansion project was approved, but to a new capacity of 13,000 spectators, rather than the originally planned 17,000. The expansion project was then scheduled to be completed in separate phases. The first expansion phase, which was completed in 2010, increased the seating capacity from 9,743 to 11,300.^[2]

Valencia	Valencia Málaga 2017 EuroCup Finals (Europe)	Málaga
Fuente de San Luis		Martín Carpena
Capacity: 8,500		Capacity: 11,300

Road to the Finals

Note: In the table, the score of the finalist is given first (H = home; A = away).

Valencia Basket					Round	Unicaja
1st place (7–1) (Group D)					Regular season	4th place (4–4) (Group C)
1st place (6–0) (Group H)					Top 16	2nd place (3–3) (Group H)
Opponent	Series	1st leg	2nd leg	3rd leg	Playoffs	Opponent	Series	1st leg	2nd leg	3rd leg
Khimki	2–1	88–82 (H)	74–98 (A)	92–76 (H)	Quarterfinals	Bayern Munich	2–1	82–91 (A)	82–67 (H)	74–69 (A)
Hapoel Jerusalem	2–1	83–68 (H)	66–79 (A)	90–75 (H)	Semifinals	Lokomotiv Kuban	2–0	73–57 (A)	74–63 (H)

First leg

Bojan Dubljević became the all-time leading scorer in EuroCup history in the second quarter when he passed the mark of 1,189 which was set by teammate Rafa Martínez.^[3]

28 March 2017	Valencia Basket	68–62 (Series: 1–0)	Unicaja	Valencia
20:30	Scoring by quarter: 20–20, 15–15, 15–13, 18–14
	Pts: Dubljević 14 Rebs: Dubljević 8 Asts: Van Rossom 6 PIR: Dubljević 23	Boxscore	Pts: Brooks 11 Rebs: Omić 12 Asts: Smith 4 PIR: Omić 18	Arena: Fuente de San Luis Attendance: 7,583 Referees: Luigi Lamonica (ITA), Oļegs Latiševs (LAT), Spiros Gkontas (GRE)

Starters:			Pts	Reb	Ast

PG	9	Sam van Rossom	5	3	6
SG	17	Rafa Martínez	4	0	1
SF	10	Romain Sato	7	2	0
PF	43	Luke Sikma	5	5	2
C	14	Bojan Dubljević	14	8	1
Reserves:
PF	0	Will Thomas	8	6	0
PG	16	Guillem Vives	3	0	1
C	18	Pierre Oriola	5	3	0
SF	19	Fernando San Emeterio	4	4	3
SF	30	Joan Sastre	13	2	3
PG	42	Luis Ferrando	DNP
SF	52	Emil Savić	DNP
Head coach:
Pedro Martínez

Valencia Basket

Unicaja

Starters:			Pts	Reb	Ast

PG	9	Alberto Díaz	3	0	2
SG	16	Nemanja Nedović	5	1	2
SF	21	Adam Waczyński	3	1	0
PF	23	Jeff Brooks	11	4	2
C	92	Alen Omić	8	12	0
Reserves:
C	2	Viny Okouo	5	4	0
PG	8	Kyle Fogg	8	0	2
SF	11	Dani Díez	7	3	1
SG	15	Jamar Smith	3	4	4
PG	20	Oliver Lafayette	4	0	2
SF	43	Carlos Suárez	5	2	1
Head coach:
Joan Plaza

Second leg

31 March 2017	Unicaja	79–71 (Series: 1–1)	Valencia Basket	Málaga
21:00	Scoring by quarter: 21–16, 22–18, 21–17, 15–20
	Pts: Smith 20 Rebs: Omić 10 Asts: Díaz 5 PIR: Smith 24	Boxscore	Pts: Vives 14 Rebs: Dubljević 5 Asts: Van Rossom 5 PIR: Van Rossom 15	Arena: Martín Carpena Attendance: 10,367 Referees: Damir Javor (SLO), Ilija Belošević (SRB), Anne Panther (GER)

Starters:			Pts	Reb	Ast

PG	9	Alberto Díaz	7	4	5
SG	16	Nemanja Nedović	5	2	4
SF	21	Adam Waczyński	6	3	1
PF	23	Jeff Brooks	9	4	0
C	92	Alen Omić	12	10	0
Reserves:
C	2	Viny Okouo	4	2	0
PG	8	Kyle Fogg	6	3	2
SF	11	Dani Díez	4	1	0
SG	15	Jamar Smith	20	4	4
PG	20	Oliver Lafayette	DNP
SF	43	Carlos Suárez	6	3	3
Head coach:
Joan Plaza

Unicaja

Valencia Basket

Starters:			Pts	Reb	Ast

PG	9	Sam van Rossom	11	2	5
SG	19	Fernando San Emeterio	9	2	0
SF	30	Joan Sastre	3	1	3
PF	43	Luke Sikma	2	3	2
C	14	Bojan Dubljević	11	5	1
Reserves:
PF	0	Will Thomas	2	3	0
PG	8	Antoine Diot	DNP
SF	10	Romain Sato	9	1	1
PG	16	Guillem Vives	14	2	2
SG	17	Rafa Martínez	8	2	4
C	18	Pierre Oriola	2	0	0
PG	42	Luis Ferrando	DNP
Head coach:
Pedro Martínez

Third leg

Alen Omić was disqualified in the third quarter for entering the court to prevent an altercation. In the last quarter, Unicaja was trailing by 13 when it came back with an 18–0 run to win the title.

Unicaja was the first newcomer to win the EuroCup title since Hapoel Jerusalem in 2003–04.^[4] Joan Plaza became the third coach to have won multiple EuroCup titles.^[4]

5 April 2017	Valencia Basket	58–63 (Series: 1–2)	Unicaja	Valencia
20:30	Scoring by quarter: 22–18, 11–12, 21–13, 4–20
	Pts: Dubljević 16 Rebs: Dubljević 6 Asts: Vives 5 PIR: Dubljević 19	Boxscore	Pts: Díaz 12 Rebs: Waczyński 6 Asts: Nedović 4 PIR: Díaz, Suárez 12	Arena: Fuente de San Luis Attendance: 7,813 Referees: Sreten Radović (CRO), Borys Ryzhyk (UKR), Mario Majkić (SLO)

Starters:			Pts	Reb	Ast

PG	16	Guillem Vives	0	4	5
SG	17	Rafa Martínez	3	2	1
SF	19	Fernando San Emeterio	7	3	0
PF	0	Will Thomas	6	1	0
C	18	Pierre Oriola	4	3	0
Reserves:
SG	8	Antoine Diot	DNP
PG	9	Sam van Rossom	6	4	4
SF	10	Romain Sato	5	5	0
C	14	Bojan Dubljević	16	6	1
SF	30	Joan Sastre	8	1	2
PG	42	Luis Ferrando	DNP
PF	43	Luke Sikma	3	7	2
Head coach:
Pedro Martínez

Valencia Basket

Unicaja

2016–17 EuroCup champions
Unicaja (1st title)

Starters:			Pts	Reb	Ast

PG	9	Alberto Díaz	12	0	2
SG	16	Nemanja Nedović	6	2	4
SF	21	Adam Waczyński	3	6	0
PF	23	Jeff Brooks	9	5	1
C	92	Alen Omić	8	3	0
Reserves:
C	2	Viny Okouo	0	0	0
PG	8	Kyle Fogg	2	1	1
SF	11	Dani Díez	9	3	0
SG	15	Jamar Smith	10	1	3
PG	20	Oliver Lafayette	0	0	0
SF	43	Carlos Suárez	4	5	0
C	44	Dejan Musli	DNP
Head coach:
Joan Plaza