2023 EuroLeague Final Four

The 2023 EuroLeague Final Four was the concluding EuroLeague Final Four tournament of the 2022–23 EuroLeague season, the 66th season of Europe's premier club basketball tournament, and the 23rd season since it was first organised by Euroleague Basketball. It was the 36th Final Four of the modern EuroLeague Final Four era (1988–present), and the 38th time overall that the competition has concluded with a final four format. Euroleague Basketball announced that the Final Four would be played at the Žalgirio Arena in Kaunas, Lithuania, on 19–21 May 2023.[1]

2023 EuroLeague Final Four
Season2022–23 EuroLeague
Tournament details
ArenaŽalgirio Arena
Kaunas, Lithuania
Dates19–21 May 2023
Final positions
ChampionsSpain Real Madrid (11th title)
Runners-upGreece Olympiacos
Third placeFrance AS Monaco
Fourth placeSpain Barcelona
Awards and statistics
MVPCape Verde Edy Tavares
Top scorer(s)Bulgaria Sasha Vezenkov
(48 points)
2022
2024

Real Madrid won a record-extending 11th title in a thrilling final against Olympiacos.[2]

Venue

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On 19 December 2022, it was announced that the Final Four would be played at the Žalgirio Arena in Kaunas, Lithuania, on 19–21 May 2023.[3][4][5]

Kaunas
2023 EuroLeague Final Four (Europe)
Žalgirio Arena
Capacity: 15,415
 

Teams

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Team Qualified date Participations
(bold indicates winners)
  Olympiacos 9 May 2023 11 (1994, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2022)
  AS Monaco 10 May 2023 0 (debut)
  Barcelona 3 May 2023 16 (1989, 1990, 1991, 1994, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2021, 2022)
  Real Madrid 10 May 2023 12 (1967, 1993, 1995, 1996, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2022)

Bracket

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SemifinalsChampionship game
 
      
 
19 May
 
 
  Olympiacos76
 
21 May
 
  AS Monaco62
 
  Olympiacos78
 
19 May
 
  Real Madrid79
 
  Barcelona66
 
 
  Real Madrid78
 
Third place game
 
 
21 May
 
 
  AS Monaco78
 
 
  Barcelona66

Semifinals

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Semifinal A

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19 May 2023 Olympiacos   76–62   AS Monaco Kaunas, Lithuania
17:00 (CEST) Scoring by quarter: 14–20, 15–21, 27–2, 20–19
Pts: Vezenkov 19
Rebs: Papanikolaou 8
Asts: Sloukas, Walkup 7
PIR: Papanikolaou 21
Boxscore Pts: Okobo, James 17
Rebs: Loyd, Hall 7
Asts: Okobo 5
PIR: Loyd 15
Arena: Žalgirio Arena
Attendance: 11,673
Referees:   Borys Ryzhyk,   Oļegs Latiševs,   Gytis Vilius


Starters: Pts Reb Ast
PG 0   Thomas Walkup 0 3 7
SG 3   Isaiah Canaan 7 1 1
SF 16   Kostas Papanikolaou 15 8 0
PF 14   Sasha Vezenkov 19 6 3
C 10   Moustapha Fall 12 4 4
Reserves:
G 4   Michalis Lountzis 0 0 0
SG 5   Giannoulis Larentzakis 4 3 0
G 11   Kostas Sloukas 9 1 7
PF 21   Joel Bolomboy 2 5 0
F 25   Alec Peters 0 1 0
C 28   Tarik Black 3 1 0
G 77   Shaquielle McKissic 5 1 1
Head coach:
  Georgios Bartzokas
 
 
 
 
Olympiacos
 
 
 
 
Monaco

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Olympiacos Statistics Monaco
18/29 (62.1%) 2-pt field goals 15/31 (48.4%)
7/19 (36.8%) 3-pt field goals 5/24 (20.8%)
19/33 (57.6%) Free throws 17/24 (70.8%)
9 Offensive rebounds 10
28 Defensive rebounds 23
37 Total rebounds 33
23 Assists 10
12 Turnovers 12
7 Steals 5
1 Blocks 1
21 Fouls 24
Starters: Pts Reb Ast
PG 55   Mike James 17 3 2
SG 3   Jordan Loyd 11 7 2
SF 24   Yakuba Ouattara 0 1 0
PF 00   John Brown 4 3 0
C 20   Donatas Motiejūnas 7 5 0
Reserves:
G 0   Élie Okobo 17 1 5
PF 1   Chima Moneke 2 1 1
F 4   Jaron Blossomgame DNP
PF 5   Yoan Makoundou DNP
SF 11   Alpha Diallo 2 4 0
PG 32   Matthew Strazel DNP
C 45   Donta Hall 2 7 0
Head coach:
  Saša Obradović

Semifinal B

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19 May 2023 Barcelona   66–78   Real Madrid Kaunas, Lithuania
20:00 (CEST) Scoring by quarter: 18–18, 24–18, 13–22, 11–20
Pts: Abrines 16
Rebs: Satoranský 11
Asts: three players 3
PIR: Abrines 14
Boxscore Pts: Tavares 20
Rebs: Tavares 15
Asts: Rodríguez, Llull 5
PIR: Tavares 39
Arena: Žalgirio Arena
Attendance: 11,411
Referees:   Saša Pukl,   Emin Moğulkoç,   Mehdi Difallah


Starters: Pts Reb Ast
PG 13   Tomáš Satoranský 7 11 3
SG 20   Nicolás Laprovíttola 12 3 3
SF 21   Álex Abrines 16 4 0
PF 33   Nikola Mirotić 3 1 1
C 5   Sertaç Şanlı 0 3 0
Reserves:
C 6   Jan Veselý 4 6 1
SF 8   Sergi Martínez 0 1 1
F 10   Nikola Kalinić 6 2 0
C 23   Mike Tobey DNP
SG 24   Kyle Kuric 11 2 0
PG 31   Rokas Jokubaitis 6 2 3
C 46   James Nnaji 1 2 1
Head coach:
  Šarūnas Jasikevičius
 
 
 
 
Barcelona
 
 
 
 
Real Madrid

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Barcelona Statistics Real Madrid
10/30 (33.3%) 2-pt field goals 21/45 (46.7%)
14/39 (35.9%) 3-pt field goals 7/22 (31.8%)
4/11 (36.4%) Free throws 15/19 (78.9%)
14 Offensive rebounds 13
29 Defensive rebounds 32
43 Total rebounds 45
13 Assists 17
14 Turnovers 11
8 Steals 6
3 Blocks 6
23 Fouls 21
Starters: Pts Reb Ast
PG 0   Nigel Williams-Goss 10 1 2
SG 31   Džanan Musa 7 2 2
SF 8   Ádám Hanga 0 6 2
PF 30   Eli Ndiaye 2 2 0
C 22   Edy Tavares 20 15 1
Reserves:
SG 1   Fabien Causeur 0 0 0
C 3   Anthony Randolph 6 2 0
SG 5   Rudy Fernández 2 4 0
SF 6   Alberto Abalde DNP
F 11   Mario Hezonja 14 9 0
PG 13   Sergio Rodríguez 12 0 5
G 23   Sergio Llull 5 0 5
Head coach:
  Chus Mateo

Third place game

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21 May 2023 AS Monaco   78–66   Barcelona Kaunas, Lithuania
16:00 (CEST) Scoring by quarter: 24–13, 20–15, 16–17, 18–21
Pts: Strazel 14
Rebs: Hall 11
Asts: Loyd 6
PIR: Hall 17
Boxscore Pts: Mirotić 15
Rebs: Nnaji, Veselý 4
Asts: three players 4
PIR: Mirotić 14
Arena: Žalgirio Arena
Attendance: 9,333
Referees:   Borys Ryzhyk,   Anne Panther,   Tomislav Hordov


Starters: Pts Reb Ast
PG 55   Mike James 3 0 1
SG 3   Jordan Loyd 9 2 6
SF 11   Alpha Diallo 10 6 2
PF 00   John Brown 2 3 0
C 20   Donatas Motiejūnas 2 2 1
Reserves:
G 0   Élie Okobo 10 3 4
PF 1   Chima Moneke 4 3 0
F 4   Jaron Blossomgame 9 1 0
PF 5   Yoan Makoundou 4 1 0
SF 24   Yakuba Ouattara 2 1 1
PG 32   Matthew Strazel 14 2 1
C 45   Donta Hall 9 11 1
Head coach:
  Saša Obradović
 
 
 
 
Monaco
 
 
 
 
Barcelona

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Monaco Statistics Barcelona
28/44 (63.6%) 2-pt field goals 18/34 (52.9%)
3/15 (20%) 3-pt field goals 8/27 (29.6%)
13/18 (72.2%) Free throws 6/8 (75%)
9 Offensive rebounds 8
28 Defensive rebounds 21
37 Total rebounds 29
17 Assists 21
14 Turnovers 13
8 Steals 10
3 Blocks 2
18 Fouls 20
Starters: Pts Reb Ast
PG 13   Tomáš Satoranský 7 3 4
SG 20   Nicolás Laprovíttola 5 0 4
SF 21   Álex Abrines 9 3 2
PF 33   Nikola Mirotić 15 2 1
C 5   Sertaç Şanlı 2 1 0
Reserves:
C 6   Jan Veselý 6 4 1
SF 8   Sergi Martínez 2 0 0
F 10   Nikola Kalinić 4 2 2
C 23   Mike Tobey 2 3 1
SG 24   Kyle Kuric 7 2 1
PG 31   Rokas Jokubaitis 0 0 4
C 46   James Nnaji 7 4 1
Head coach:
  Šarūnas Jasikevičius

Championship game

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21 May 2023 Olympiacos   78–79   Real Madrid Kaunas, Lithuania
19:00 (CEST) Scoring by quarter: 24–17, 21–28, 18–14, 15–20
Pts: Vezenkov 29
Rebs: Vezenkov 9
Asts: Walkup 6
PIR: Vezenkov 34
Boxscore Pts: Rodríguez 15
Rebs: Tavares 10
Asts: Rodríguez 9
PIR: Rodríguez 23
Arena: Žalgirio Arena
Attendance: 11,066
Referees:   Saša Pukl,   Gytis Vilius,   Mehdi Difallah


Starters: Pts Reb Ast
PG 0   Thomas Walkup 0 2 6
SG 3   Isaiah Canaan 21 2 2
SF 16   Kostas Papanikolaou 6 3 2
PF 14   Sasha Vezenkov 29 9 4
C 10   Moustapha Fall 0 5 1
Reserves:
G 4   Michalis Lountzis DNP
SG 5   Giannoulis Larentzakis 0 0 1
G 11   Kostas Sloukas 6 2 3
PF 21   Joel Bolomboy 2 1 0
F 25   Alec Peters DNP
C 28   Tarik Black 0 0 0
G 77   Shaquielle McKissic 14 0 2
Head coach:
  Georgios Bartzokas
 
 
 
 
Olympiacos
 
 
 
 
Real Madrid

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Olympiacos Statistics Real Madrid
16/26 (61.5%) 2-pt field goals 17/29 (58.6%)
12/36 (33.3%) 3-pt field goals 12/33 (36.4%)
10/15 (66.7%) Free throws 9/11 (81.8%)
10 Offensive rebounds 13
20 Defensive rebounds 24
30 Total rebounds 37
21 Assists 19
6 Turnovers 10
1 Steals 6
1 Blocks 0
17 Fouls 18


2022–23 EuroLeague champions
 
Real Madrid
(11th title)
Starters: Pts Reb Ast
PG 0   Nigel Williams-Goss 9 2 2
SG 31   Džanan Musa 6 1 4
SF 8   Ádám Hanga 2 3 0
PF 30   Eli Ndiaye 3 0 0
C 22   Edy Tavares 13 10 2
Reserves:
SG 1   Fabien Causeur 11 2 0
C 3   Anthony Randolph 3 2 0
SG 5   Rudy Fernández 3 2 2
SF 6   Alberto Abalde DNP
F 11   Mario Hezonja 12 3 0
PG 13   Sergio Rodríguez 15 4 9
G 23   Sergio Llull 2 1 0
Head coach:
  Chus Mateo

References

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  1. ^ "2023 and 2024 Final Fours awarded to Kaunas and Berlin". Euroleague Basketball. 19 December 2022. Retrieved 14 January 2023.
  2. ^ Eternal Llull gives to Real Madrid its 11th EuroLeague title
  3. ^ Shaw, Justin (20 December 2022). "EuroLeague Final Four to Take Place in Lithuania in 2023, Berlin in 2024". SportsTravel. Retrieved 14 January 2023.
  4. ^ "2023 EuroLeague Final Four awarded to Kaunas and Zalgirio Arena". BC Žalgiris. 19 December 2023. Retrieved 14 January 2023.
  5. ^ "EuroLeague Final Four 2023 tickets". BasketNews.com. Retrieved 14 January 2023.
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