2013_EuroLeague_Final_Four
2013 Euroleague Final Four
Basketball tournament
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.
| Season | 2012–13 Euroleague |
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| 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[1] |
| Attendance | 48,341 (total) |
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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]
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) |
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| The O2 Arena | |
| Capacity: 20,000 | |
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| 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 | |||||
CSKA Moscow vs. Olympiacos
| 10 May 2013 | CSKA Moscow |
52–69 | Olympiacos |
The O2 Arena, London | |
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| 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) |
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FC Barcelona Regal vs. Real Madrid
| 10 May 2013 | FC Barcelona Regal |
67–74 | Real Madrid |
The O2 Arena, London | |
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| 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) |
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| 12 May 2013 | CSKA Moscow |
74–73 | FC Barcelona Regal |
The O2 Arena, London | |
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| 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) |
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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 | |
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| 21:00 CEST | Scoring by quarter: 10–27, 27–14, 24–20, 39–27 | ||||
| Pts: Spanoulis 22 Rebs: Antić 6 Asts: Law 5 |
Pts: Fernández 21 Rebs: Reyes 6 Asts: Rodríguez, Llull 4 |
Attendance: 15,169 Referees: Guerrino Cerebuch (ITA), Ilija Belosevic (SRB), Borys Ryzhyk (UKR) |
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- "Spanoulis named bwin MVP of 2013 Final Four". Euroleague.net. 12 May 2013.
- "The O2 in London to host the 2013 Turkish Airlines Euroleague Final Four". Euroleague.net. 12 May 2012.
- White, Dominic (15 April 2008). "The Lemon Dome That was Transformed into O2's Concert Crown". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 7 May 2011.