2016 Israeli Basketball Super League Final Four

2016 Israeli Final Four

Season	2015–2016 Israeli Super League
Tournament details
Arena	Pais Arena Jerusalem
Dates	6–9 June 2016
Final positions
Champions	Maccabi Rishon LeZion (1st title)
Runners-up	Hapoel Jerusalem
Awards and statistics
MVP	Darryl Monroe

The 2016 Israeli Final Four was the concluding tournament of the 2015–16 Israeli Basketball Super League. It was the seventh Israeli Final Four, and the event is held for the first time since the 2012 edition. Unlike previous Final Four tournaments, there would not be a third placed game.

The Event was held in the Pais Arena, in Jerusalem between 6 and 9 May 2016. The participating teams were Hapoel Jerusalem, Maccabi Tel Aviv, Hapoel Eilat, and Maccabi Rishon LeZion.

Venue

Jerusalem Arena

The Pais Arena is an indoor sports arena in Jerusalem. Opened in 2014 as an open-air venue with a capacity of 11,000.

Results

Bracket

	Semi-finals 6 June				Final 9 June
	Hapoel Jerusalem	82
	Hapoel Eilat	78
					Hapoel Jerusalem	77
					Maccabi Rishon LeZion	83
	Maccabi Tel Aviv	69
	Maccabi Rishon LeZion	71

Semi-finals

All times are in Israel Summer Time.

Hapoel Jerusalem vs. Hapoel Eilat

Hapoel Jerusalem v Hapoel Eilat

6 June 2016	Hapoel Jerusalem	82–78	Hapoel Eilat	Pais Arena, Jerusalem
21:05	Scoring by quarter: 26-21, 19-20, 18-21, 19-16
Channel 1	Pts: Eliyahu 16 Rebs: Eliyahu 12 Asts: Smith 8	Boxscore	Pts: Kane 22 Rebs: Aminu 16 Asts: Aminu, Wyatt 4	Attendance: 9,000 Referees: Omer Esteron, Erez Gurion

Maccabi Tel Aviv vs. Maccabi Rishon LeZion

Maccabi Tel Aviv v Maccabi Rishon LeZion

6 June 2016	Maccabi Tel Aviv	69–71	Maccabi Rishon LeZion	Pais Arena, Jerusalem
18:10	Scoring by quarter: 16-14, 20-20, 21-21, 12-16
Sport 5	Pts: Rochestie 20 Rebs: Mbakwe 14 Asts: Ohayon 4	Boxscore	Pts: Monroe 20 Rebs: Monroe 8 Asts: Lyons, Ben Chimol 4	Attendance: 7,000 Referees: David Romano, Kfir Mualem, Lior Beynish

Final

Hapoel Jerusalem v Maccabi Rishon LeZion

9 June 2016	Hapoel Jerusalem	77–83	Maccabi Rishon LeZion	Pais Arena, Jerusalem
21:00	Scoring by quarter: 28–17, 15–21, 18–26, 16–19
Channel 1	Pts: Gaffney 20 Rebs: Holman 7 Asts: Rowland 6	Boxscore	Pts: Monroe 29 Rebs: Wright 9 Asts: Lyons 7	Attendance: 11,000 Referees: Sefi Shemesh, Gili Cohen, Amit Balak

Starters: Pts Reb Ast PG 4 E.J. Rowland 16 4 6 SG 10 Yotam Halperin 0 1 2 SF 15 Donta Smith 14 4 3 PF 8 Lior Eliyahu 9 6 4 F/C 3 Tony Gaffney 20 3 3 Reserves: C 32 Eli Holman 8 7 2 PG 11 Bar Timor 8 2 3 SF 12 Rafi Menco 2 2 1 PG 14 Édgar Sosa DNP SG 6 Yochai Zokrman DNP SG 24 Igor Mayor DNP Head coach: Danny Franco

Jerusalem Rishon LeZion

Starters: Pts Reb Ast PG 10 Mark Lyons 11 3 5 SG 6 Nitzan Hanochi 2 4 1 SF 8 Shawn Dawson 21 5 3 PF 33 Chris Wright 13 9 1 F/C 86 Darryl Monroe 29 6 2 Reserves: SF 9 Tony Younger 10 2 1 PG 11 Avi Ben Chimol 4 3 5 PF 14 Kevin Palmer 3 0 0 F/C 12 Idan Zalmanson 0 0 0 G 7 Golan Gutt DNP G 18 Tyler Dawson DNP G 21 Ofek Hakmon DNP Head coach: Arik Shivek

Winning roster

Head coach Arik Shivek

Final Four MVP Darryl Monroe

2015–16 Maccabi Rishon LeZion roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. G 6 Hanochi, Nitzan (C) 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) G 7 Gutt, Golan 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) G/F 8 Dawson, Shawn 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) F 9 Younger, Tony (DC) 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) PG 10 Lyons, Mark 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) PG 11 Ben Chimol, Avi 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) F/C 12 Zalmanson, Idan 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) F 14 Palmer, Kevin 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) G 18 Dawson, Tyler 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) G 21 Hakmon, Ofek 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) F 33 Wright, Chris 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) F/C 86 Monroe, Darryl 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	Head coach Arik Shivek Assistant coach(es) Shmulik Brener Athletic trainer(s) Yigal Mirovski Avraham Meidan Team manager Ziv Cohen Legend (C) Team captain (DC) Dual citizenship Injured Roster

References

Specific

General

• IBA's official website (Hebrew)