2016–17 Greek Basketball Cup

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The 2016–17 Greek Basketball Cup was the 42nd edition of Greece's top-tier level professional national domestic basketball cup competition. The competition started on September 17, 2016, and ended with the Final on February 18, 2016. Panathinaikos won the competition.[1][2]

Greek Basketball Cup
Season2016–17
DurationSeptember 17, 2016 – February 18, 2017
Teams30
Regular season
Season MVPDominican Republic James Feldeine
Finals
ChampionsPanathinaikos (18th title)
  Runners-upAris

Format

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The top six placed teams from the top-tier level Greek Basket League 2015–16 season, had an automatic bye to the quarterfinals. While the eight lower placed teams from the Greek Basket League 2015–16 season, along with the 16 teams from the 2nd-tier level Greek A2 Basket League 2016–17 season, played in preliminary rounds, competing for the other two quarterfinals places. The quarterfinals and onward rounds were played under a single elimination format.

Bracket

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QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
 
          
 
5 October
 
 
Olympiacos99
 
16 January
 
Kolossos H Hotels48
 
Olympiacos67
 
5 October
 
Panathinaikos77
 
Panathinaikos88
 
18 February
 
PAOK69
 
Panathinaikos68
 
5 October
 
Aris59
 
Aris98
 
14 January
 
Kymis Seajets67
 
Aris77
 
6 October
 
AEK76
 
AEK98
 
 
Koroivos57
 

Quarterfinals

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Semifinals

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Final

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The Final started one hour later than planned after Aris fans tried to break into the Alexandreio Melathron Nick Galis Hall without buying tickets.[3]

18 February 2017 Panathinaikos 68–59 Aris Thessaloniki
Scoring by quarter: 18–10, 11–17, 21–10, 18–22
Pts: Feldeine 18
Rebs: Gabriel 8
Asts: Calathes 3
Pts: Cummings 20
Rebs: Jenkins 6
Asts: Jenkins 2
Arena: Alexandreio Melathron Nick Galis Hall
Starters: Pts Reb Ast
PG 33   Nick Calathes 15 4 3
SG 12   James Feldeine 18 2 2
SF 15   Vassilis Charalampopoulos 0 1 0
PF 21   Kenny Gabriel 3 8 1
C 0   Chris Singleton 9 4 1
Reserves:
SF 3   K.C. Rivers 5 3 1
PG 5   Mike James 9 1 0
PG 7   Lefteris Bochoridis DNP
PF 9   Antonis Fotsis 5 5 0
SG 11   Nikos Pappas 0 0 0
SF 25   Alessandro Gentile 4 3 0
C 29   Ioannis Bourousis 0 4 0
Head coach:
  Xavi Pascual
 
 
 
 
Panathinaikos
 
 
 
 
Aris
2017 Greek Cup champions
Panathinaikos
18th title
Starters: Pts Reb Ast
PG 20   Will Cummings 20 2 1
SG 11   Michael Jenkins 12 6 2
SF 28   Vlado Janković 2 5 1
PF 34   Tadija Dragićević 2 3 1
C 33   Vassilis Kavvadas 6 3 1
Reserves:
C 0   Justin Jackson 2 2 0
PG 4   Vassilis Xanthopoulos 0 3 0
PF 9   Michalis Tsairelis 9 3 0
SG 13   Theodoros Zaras 0 0 1
SF 16   Spyros Mourtos 2 0 0
C 17   Vassilis Symtsak 4 6 1
SG 22   Jamon Gordon 0 3 0
Head coach:
  Dimitrios Priftis

Awards

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Most Valuable Player

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Player Team
  James Feldeine Panathinaikos

Finals Top Scorer

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Player Team
  Will Cummings Aris

References

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  1. ^ Τσώχος, Μιχάλης (2017). "Τελικός Κυπέλλου μπάσκετ: ο Παναθηναϊκός Superfoods νίκησε τον Άρη". cnn.gr (in Greek). Online. Retrieved 11 September 2022.
  2. ^ Κούβαρης, Γιώργος (2017). "Παναθηναϊκός - Άρης 68-59 (pics)". gazzetta.gr (in Greek). Online. Retrieved 11 September 2022.
  3. ^ "Fans break into Greek Cup Final without tickets". Eurohoops.net. 18 February 2017.
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