2017 FIBA Intercontinental Cup

2017 FIBA Intercontinental Cup
	Scenes of Tenerife celebrating after the game
Event	FIBA Intercontinental Cup
76	71
Date	24 September 2017
Venue	Santiago Martín, San Cristóbal de La Laguna, Tenerife, Spain
MVP	Mike Tobey (Tenerife)
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The 2017 FIBA Intercontinental Cup was the 27th edition of the FIBA Intercontinental Cup. The cup winner was decided through one game, which was held on September 24, 2017.^[1] It was contested by the 2017 FIBA Americas League champions, Guaros de Lara, and the 2017 FIBA Champions League champions, Iberostar Tenerife.^[2] The title game was held at the Santiago Martín, in San Cristóbal de La Laguna. Champions of the EuroLeague were not allowed to participate by FIBA, due to the EuroLeague's dispute with FIBA.

Iberostar Tenerife won the game, and captured its first FIBA Intercontinental Cup title. Mike Tobey was named the FIBA Intercontinental Cup Most Valuable Player.^[3]

Qualified teams

Team	Qualification	Qualified date	Participations (bold indicates winners)
Iberostar Tenerife	Winners of the 2016–17 Basketball Champions League	30 April 2017	Debut
Guaros de Lara	Winners of 2017 FIBA Americas League	18 March 2017	1 (2016)

San Cristóbal de La Laguna
San Cristóbal de La Laguna 2017 FIBA Intercontinental Cup (Spain, Canary Islands)
Santiago Martín
Capacity: 5,100

24 September 2017	Iberostar Tenerife	76–71	Guaros de Lara	San Cristóbal de La Laguna, Tenerife, Spain
20:00	Scoring by quarter: 14–17, 22–22, 20–16, 20–16
	Pts: Tobey 21 Rebs: Tobey 9 Asts: Abromaitis 3 PIR: Tobey 24	Boxscore	Pts: Little 23 Rebs: Colmenares 11 Asts: Robinson 6 PIR: Little 23	Arena: Santiago Martín Attendance: 5,100 Referees: Cristiano Maranho (BRA), Manuel Mazzoni (ITA), Omar Bermúdez (MEX)

Starters:			Pts	Reb	Ast

PG	00	Rodrigo San Miguel	4	3	1
SG	5	Nicolás Richotti	11	3	1
G/F	20	Mateusz Ponitka	8	1	1
PF	21	Tim Abromaitis	6	4	3
C	13	Mike Tobey	21	9	1
Reserves:
C	7	Mamadou Niang	2	2	0
PG	10	Ferrán Bassas	0	1	2
C	17	Fran Vázquez	4	8	0
SF	24	Adin Vrabac	DNP
SF	25	Rosco Allen	4	2	0
SF	33	Javier Beirán	2	2	2
PG	34	Davin White	14	3	1
Head coach:
Nenad Marković

Tenerife

Guaros de Lara

2017 Intercontinental Cup champions
Iberostar Tenerife (1st title)

Starters:			Pts	Reb	Ast

PG	2	Nate Robinson	12	1	6
G/F	23	Mario Little	23	4	1
G/F	10	José Gregorio Vargas	6	7	1
F/C	43	Néstor Colmenares	2	5	2
C	0	Gregory Echenique	11	4	0
Reserves:
C	55	Robert Upshaw	10	11	3
F	5	José Martínez Suárez	DNP
F	11	Luis Bethelmy	3	0	1
G	17	Amos Acosta La Guerre	DNP
PG	19	Heissler Guillént	2	0	2
G/F	32	Zach Graham	3	3	0
G	20	Yohanner Sifontes	DNP
Head coach:
Iván Déniz