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

Season	2008–09 Euroleague
Tournament details
Arena	O2 World Berlin, Germany
Dates	May 1, – May 3, 2009
Final positions
Champions	Panathinaikos (5th title)
Runners-up	CSKA Moscow
Third place	FC Barcelona
Fourth place	Olympiacos
Awards and statistics
MVP	Vassilis Spanoulis

Bracket

	Semifinals May 1				Final May 3
	Regal FC Barcelona	78
	CSKA Moscow	82
					CSKA Moscow	71
					Panathinaikos	73
	Olympiacos	82
	Panathinaikos	84
					Third place
					Regal FC Barcelona	95
					Olympiacos	79

Semifinals

FC Barcelona vs. CSKA Moscow

May 1 18:00 CET

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Regal FC Barcelona	78–82	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

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Olympiacos	82–84	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

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Olympiacos	79–95	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

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Panathinaikos	73–71	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

CSKA Moscow

Starters: P R A PG 6 Vassilis Spanoulis 13 0 0 SG 11 Drew Nicholas 7 1 1 SF 7 Stratos Perperoglou 6 2 2 PF 9 Antonis Fotsis 13 8 1 C 14 Nikola Peković 6 2 0 Reserves: P R A SF 5 Dušan Kecman DNP C 8 Mike Batiste 6 4 0 SG 10 Nikos Chatzivrettas DNP PF 12 Kostas Tsartsaris 2 1 0 PG 13 Dimitris Diamantidis 10 4 3 PF 15 Dušan Šakota DNP PG 19 Šarūnas Jasikevičius 10 4 4 Head coach: Željko Obradović

2008–09 Euroleague Champions Panathinaikos 5th title

Starters: P R A PG 10 J.R. Holden 14 1 4 SG 21 Trajan Langdon 13 4 1 SF 31 Victor Khryapa 9 7 1 PF 8 Matjaž Smodiš 9 9 0 C 12 Erazem Lorbek 5 1 0 Reserves: P R A PG 6 Nikos Zisis 0 0 0 SG 7 Victor Keyru DNP SF 9 Ramūnas Šiškauskas 13 0 0 PF 20 Andrey Vorontsevich DNP C 24 Sasha Kaun 3 3 0 PG 34 Zoran Planinić 5 3 1 PF 44 Terence Morris 0 0 0 Head coach: Ettore Messina

Awards

Euroleague Final Four MVP

• Vassilis Spanoulis ( Panathinaikos)

Euroleague Finals Top Scorer

• J.R. Holden ( CSKA Moscow)

External links

• Official Site