2017 FIBA Europe Cup Finals

The 2017 FIBA Europe Cup Final were the concluding games of the 2016–17 FIBA Europe Cup season. The Finals were played in a two-legged format, with the first leg being played on April 19 and the second one on April 26, 2017.^[1]

2017 FIBA Europe Cup Final

Scene of the first leg of the Final at Le Colisée
Event	2016–17 FIBA Europe Cup
Élan Chalon Nanterre 92 137 140
First leg
Élan Chalon Nanterre 92 58 58
Date	April 18, 2017 (2017-04-18)
Venue	Le Colisée, Chalon-sur-Saône
Attendance	4,900
Second leg
Nanterre 92 Élan Chalon 82 79
Date	April 25, 2017 (2017-04-25)
Venue	Palais des Sports Maurice Thorez, Nanterre
Attendance	3,000
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The first leg was played at Le Colisée in Chalon-sur-Saône, at the home court of Élan Chalon. The second leg was played at the Palais des Sports Maurice Thorez in Nanterre, at the home court of Nanterre 92.

Venue

The Le Colisée was the first leg venue as Élan Chalon venue. In the previous season Le Colisée hosted the 2016 FIBA Europe Cup Final Four. The stadium has a capacity of 5,000 people.

The Palais des Sports Maurice Thorez in Nanterre was the home venue of the second leg as the home court of Nanterre 92. The arena was built in 2015 and has a capacity for 3,000 people.

Chalon-sur-Saône	Chalon-sur-Saône Nanterre 2017 FIBA Europe Cup Finals (Europe)	Nanterre
Le Colisée		Palais des Sports Maurice Thorez
Capacity: 5,000		Capacity: 3,000

Road to the Finals

Further information: 2016–17 FIBA Europe Cup

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

Élan Chalon				Round	Nanterre 92
Group A Pos Team v t e Pld Pts 1 Élan Chalon 6 10 2 Alba Fehérvár 6 10 3 Benfica 6 9 4 Basic-Fit Brussels 6 7 Source: FIBA Europe Cup				Regular season	Group D Pos Team v t e Pld Pts 1 Nanterre 92 6 12 2 Port of Antwerp Giants 6 10 3 Sopron 6 8 4 Porto 6 6 Source: FIBA Europe Cup
Group K Pos Team v t e Pld Pts 1 Élan Chalon 6 11 2 Gaziantep 6 11 3 Södertälje Kings 6 7 4 Mureș 6 7 Source: FIBA Europe				Second round	Group N Pos Team v t e Pld Pts 1 Egis Körmend 6 10 2 Nanterre 92 6 10 3 Tsmoki Minsk 6 9 4 Bnei Herzliya 6 7 Source: FIBA Europe
Opponent	Agg.	1st leg	2nd leg	Play-offs	Opponent	Agg.	1st leg	2nd leg
Egis Körmend	181–160	99–78 (A)	82–82 (H)	Round of 16	Proximus Spirou	157–132	85–84 (A)	86–76 (H)
Cibona	168–165	85–87 (A)	83–78 (H)	Quarterfinals	Muratbey Uşak Sportif	192–167	85–82 (A)	110–82 (H)
Telenet Oostende	163–150	80–85 (A)	83–65 (H)	Semifinals	Telekom Baskets Bonn	162–158	76–77 (H)	86–81 (A)

First leg

18 April 2017	Élan Chalon	58–58	Nanterre 92	Chalon-sur-Saône
20:30 (GMT)	Scoring by quarter: 15–15, 13–26, 14–9, 16–8
	Pts: Clark 16 Rebs: Fall 11 Asts: Roberson 8 PIR: Fall 20	Boxscore	Pts: Butterfield 15 Rebs: Riley 7 Asts: Schaffartzik 7 PIR: Butterfield 18	Arena: Le Colisée Attendance: 4,900 Referees: Murat Biricik (TUR), Vicente Bultó (ESP), Manuel Mazzoni (ITA)

Élan Chalon v Nanterre 92

Starters: Pts Reb Ast PG 21 John Roberson 10 2 8 SG 3 Lance Harris 4 4 3 SF 9 Jérémy Nzeulie 7 4 2 PF 23 Cameron Clark 16 3 0 C 10 Moustapha Fall 11 11 1 Reserves: PF 0 Abdoulaye Loum 2 1 0 PG 7 Gédéon Pitard 4 2 0 SF 83 Axel Bouteille 0 0 0 PF 22 Ibrahima Fall Faye 0 0 0 G 28 Wilfried Gantswa DNP Head coach: Jean-Denys Choulet

Chalon Nanterre

Starters: Pts Reb Ast PG 1 Chris Warren 3 2 1 SG 8 Heiko Schaffartzik 7 1 7 SF 24 Mykal Riley 7 7 1 PF 11 Hugo Invernizzi 12 4 0 C 26 Mathias Lessort 7 3 1 Reserves: C 5 Talib Zanna 4 3 1 PF 14 Brian Conklin 1 2 1 SG 19 Bathiste Tchouaffe 0 0 0 PF 20 Jean-Frédéric Morency 2 3 0 SG 21 Spencer Butterfield 15 5 0 F/C 27 Jean-Marc Pansa DNP Head coach: Pascal Donnadieu

Second leg

25 April 2017	Nanterre 92	82–79 (140–137 agg.)	Élan Chalon	Nanterre
20:30 (GMT)	Scoring by quarter: 31–26, 25–19, 13–23, 13–11
	Pts: Warren 24 Rebs: Butterfield 5 Asts: Warren 10	Boxscore	Pts: Clark 24 Rebs: Harris 5 Asts: Nzeulie 3	Arena: Palais des Sports Maurice Thorez Attendance: 3,000 Referees: Antonio Conde (ESP), Saverio Lanzarini (ITA), Georgios Poursanidis (GRE)

Nanterre 92 v Élan Chalon

Starters: Pts Reb Ast PG 1 Chris Warren 24 2 10 SG 8 Heiko Schaffartzik 13 1 4 SF 24 Mykal Riley 4 4 2 PF 11 Hugo Invernizzi 9 2 1 C 26 Mathias Lessort 12 2 0 Reserves: C 5 Talib Zanna 0 2 0 PF 14 Brian Conklin 2 3 0 SG 19 Bathiste Tchouaffé DNP PF 20 Jean-Frédéric Morency 2 1 1 SG 21 Spencer Butterfield 16 5 2 F/C 27 Jean-Marc Pansa DNP Head coach: Pascal Donnadieu

Nanterre Chalon 2017 FIBA Europe Cup champions Nanterre 92 (1st title)

Starters: Pts Reb Ast PG 21 John Roberson 9 2 2 SG 7 Gédéon Pitard 0 3 1 SF 9 Jérémy Nzeulie 11 4 3 PF 23 Cameron Clark 24 5 1 C 10 Moustapha Fall 17 4 2 Reserves: SG 3 Lance Harris 12 5 1 PF 0 Abdoulaye Loum 0 1 0 SF 83 Axel Bouteille 6 3 1 PF 22 Ibrahima Fall Faye DNP G 28 Wilfried Gantswa DNP Head coach: Jean-Denys Choulet