2016 Italian Basketball Cup
The Mediolanum Forum hosted the 2016 Cup
Duration	February 19–21, 2016
Number of games	7
Number of teams	8
Regular season
Season MVP	Rakim Sanders
Finals
Champions	EA7 Emporio Armani Milano 5th title
Runners-up	Sidigas Avellino
Semifinalists	Vanoli Cremona Dolomiti Energia Trento
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The 2016 Italian Basketball Cup, known as the Beko Final Eight for sponsorship reasons, was the 48th edition of Italy's national cup tournament. The competition was organised by Lega Basket for Lega Basket Serie A clubs. The tournament was played at the Mediolanum Forum in Milan this year. EA7 Emporio Armani Milano won their 5th cup.

Qualification

EA7 Emporio Armani Milano was automatically qualified for the tournament as the host team. The rest of the teams were selected based on their place in the 2015–16 Lega Basket Serie A standings.

Bracket

Quarterfinals

Giorgio Tesi Group Pistoia vs. Dolomiti Energia Trento

Vanoli Cremona vs. Banco di Sardegna Sassari

Grissin Bon Reggio Emilia vs. Sidigas Avellino

EA7 Emporio Armani Milano vs. Umana Reyer Venezia

Semifinals

Dolomiti Energia Trento vs. Sidigas Avellino

Starters: Pts Reb Ast PG 9 Andrés Pablo Forray 15 9 1 SG 13 Dominique Sutton 4 7 1 SF 15 Davide Pascolo 13 8 2 PF 4 Jamarr Sanders 3 3 2 C 12 Julian Wright 15 6 3 Reserves: PG 3 Giuseppe Poeta 2 2 2 PF 12 Diego Flaccadori 5 1 0 SG 24 Trent Lockett 4 2 1 C 25 Luca Lechthaler DNP C 40 Jared Berggren 8 3 0 Head coach: Maurizio Buscaglia

Dolomiti Energia Trento Sidigas Avellino 0

Starters: Pts Reb Ast PG 1 Marques Green 10 6 7 SG 9 Alex Acker 0 0 1 SF 21 James Nunnally 10 3 4 PF 10 Maarten Leunen 7 12 1 C 13 Riccardo Cervi 19 4 0 Reserves: PG 00 Mattia Norcino DNP SG 4 Joe Ragland 3 2 3 SG 6 Benas Veikalas 3 2 2 PG 19 Giovanni Severini 0 0 0 C 22 Giovanni Pini 0 0 0 PF 25 Ivan Buva 19 6 0 PG 57 Salvatore Parlato DNP Head coach: Stefano Sacripanti

Vanoli Cremona vs. EA7 Emporio Armani Milano

Starters: Pts Reb Ast PG 15 Nicolò Cazzolato 15 9 1 SG 31 Elston Turner 4 7 1 SF 17 Deron Washington 13 8 2 PF 1 Nikola Dragović 3 3 2 C 12 Marco Cusin 15 6 3 Reserves: SG 9 Fabio Mian 5 3 0 C 10 Raphael Gaspardo 6 5 0 SF 16 Dario Boccasavia 0 0 1 C 19 Paul Biligha 2 1 0 PG 25 Tyrus McGee 12 4 0 Head coach: Cesare Pancotto

Vanoli Cremona EA7 Emporio Armani Milano 0

Starters: Pts Reb Ast PG 20 Andrea Cinciarini 13 4 1 SG 22 Charles Jenkins 10 5 1 SF 43 Krunoslav Simon 17 9 2 PF 13 Milan Mačvan 10 3 3 C 15 Daniele Magro 8 9 0 Reserves: C 1 Jamel McLean 7 5 3 SG 3 Oliver Lafayette 4 1 3 SF 5 Alessandro Gentile DNP PG 6 Andrea Amato 3 0 0 PG 9 Mantas Kalnietis 2 1 2 SG 16 Simone Vecerina 0 1 1 SF 21 Rakim Sanders 16 7 3 Head coach: Jasmin Repeša

Final

EA7 Emporio Milano took the lead when the game started and didn't lose it for the rest of the game.^[1] Milano eventually won its first Cup since over 20 years.

Starters: Pts Reb Ast PG 4 Marques Green 1 6 6 PF 10 Maarty Leunen 3 6 4 C 14 Riccardo Cervi 8 2 0 SG 9 Alex Acker 9 2 4 SF 21 James Nunnally 25 2 1 Reserves: PF 25 Ivan Buva 13 5 2 C 22 Giovanni Pini 0 2 1 SG 6 Benas Veikalas 5 1 0 PG 1 Joe Ragland 8 4 2 PG 57 Salvatore Parlato DNP PG 0 Mattia Norcino DNP SG 19 Giovanni Severini 0 0 0 Head coach: Stefano Sacripanti

Sidigas Avellino EA7 Emporio Armani Milano Italian Cup MVP Rakim Sanders Game rules Game played under FIBA rules. 2016 Italian Cup Winners EA7 Emporio Armani Milano 5th title

Starters: Pts Reb Ast C 15 Daniele Magro 2 1 0 PG 20 Andrea Cinciarini 10 5 3 SG 21 Rakim Sanders 17 7 1 SF 43 Krunoslav Simon 8 5 2 SG 22 Charles Jenkins 8 4 0 Reserves: C 1 Jamel McLean 15 6 0 PG 9 Mantas Kalnietis 5 4 4 PG 3 Oliver Lafayette 3 4 6 C 13 Milan Mačvan 14 5 1 SF 7 Bruno Cerella 0 5 0 SG 5 Alessandro Gentile DNP PG 6 Andrea Amato DNP Head coach: Jasmin Repeša