2016 Italian Basketball Supercup

Tournament details
Arena	Mediolanum Forum Milan, Italy
Dates	24 September 2016 (2016-09-24)– 25 September 2016 (2016-09-25)
Final positions
Champions	EA7 Emporio Armani Milano (1st title)
Runners-up	Sidigas Avellino
Awards and statistics
MVP	Krunoslav Simon
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The 2016 Italian Basketball Supercup (Italian: Supercoppa di pallacanestro 2016) was the 22nd edition of the super cup tournament, organized by the Lega Basket Serie A. It was also called Macron Supercoppa 2016 for sponsorship reasons.

It was played in the Mediolanum Forum in Milan on 24 and 25 September.^[1]

EA7 Emporio Armani Milano won its first title after beating Vanoli Cremona in the semifinal and Sidigas Avellino in the final.^[2]

Participant teams

Qualified for the tournament were EA7 Emporio Armani Milano, Sidigas Avellino, Grissin Bon Reggio Emilia and Vanoli Cremona.^[3]

Bracket

Semi-finals

Grissin Bon Reggio Emilia vs. Sidigas Avellino

Starters: Pts Reb Ast PG 9 Andrea De Nicolao 7 2 1 PG 18 Stefano Gentile 2 2 4 SF 4 Pietro Aradori 13 1 2 PF 6 Achille Polonara 18 7 0 C 14 Riccardo Cervi 8 4 1 Reserves: PG 5 Derek Needham 3 2 2 PF 7 Delroy James 4 3 0 SG 8 Amedeo Della Valle 14 1 2 PG 10 Francesco Bonacini 0 0 0 PF 15 Sava Lešić 3 4 0 C 20 Alessandro Vigori DNP Head coach: Massimiliano Menetti

Grissin Bon Reggio Emilia Sidigas Avellino

Starters: Pts Reb Ast PG 1 Joe Ragland 18 5 4 SG 55 Adonis Thomas 15 3 1 PF 10 Maarten Leunen 9 8 2 SF 32 Retin Obasohan 10 2 0 C 12 Marco Cusin 4 4 2 Reserves: PF 0 Andrea Zerini 0 0 1 PG 4 Marques Green 2 1 6 PF 7 Claudio Strumia DNP SG 19 Giovanni Severini 0 0 0 SG 20 Levi Randolph 16 2 1 C 44 Kyrylo Fesenko DNP PG 57 Salvatore Parlato DNP Head coach: Stefano Sacripanti

EA7 Emporio Armani Milano vs. Vanoli Cremona

Starters: Pts Reb Ast PG 9 Mantas Kalnietis 4 1 6 SG 5 Alessandro Gentile 8 3 2 SF 43 Krunoslav Simon 18 0 2 PF 14 Davide Pascolo 10 7 0 C 11 Miroslav Raduljica 6 1 1 Reserves: PF 1 Jamel McLean 8 3 1 PG 7 Ricky Hickman 15 3 5 SG 12 Zoran Dragić 13 5 1 PG 20 Andrea Cinciarini 7 3 4 PF 21 Rakim Sanders 17 5 2 SF 23 Awudu Abass 0 0 0 SF 30 Bruno Cerella 3 1 1 Head coach: Jasmin Repeša

EA7 Emporio Armani Milano Vanoli Cremona

Starters: Pts Reb Ast PG 52 Tu Holloway 6 2 3 SG 31 Elston Turner 18 2 3 PF 35 TaShawn Thomas 5 2 1 SF 33 Omar Thomas 8 4 0 C 19 Paul Biligha 7 5 1 Reserves: PG 6 Andrea Amato 3 1 1 SG 7 Fabio Mian 14 4 1 C 10 Raphael Gaspardo 12 2 0 PF 18 Jakub Wojciechowski 5 2 0 PG 32 Gabe York 9 2 1 Head coach: Cesare Pancotto

Final

EA7 Emporio Armani Milano lifted the Supercup trophy by downing Sidigas Avellino 72-90. Krunoslav Simon led the winners with 25 points on 5-of-7 three-point shots. Ricky Hickman added 15 while Zoran Dragić had 11 for Milan. Hickman had 9 points in the second quarter to make Milan get a double-digit lead, 34-44, at halftime. Dragić, Simon and Davide Pascolo allowed Milan to extend their margin to 51-67 after 30 minutes, enough to control the game until the final buzzer and lift its first Supercup trophy.^[4]

Sidigas Avellino vs. EA7 Emporio Armani Milano

Starters: Pts Reb Ast PG 1 Joe Ragland 18 2 2 SG 55 Adonis Thomas 10 2 2 PF 10 Maarten Leunen 6 4 2 SF 32 Retin Obasohan 12 5 1 C 44 Kyrylo Fesenko 2 3 1 Reserves: PF 0 Andrea Zerini 2 4 0 PG 4 Marques Green 9 0 2 PF 7 Claudio Strumia DNP C 12 Marco Cusin 3 5 0 SG 19 Giovanni Severini DNP SG 20 Levi Randolph 10 1 2 PG 57 Salvatore Parlato DNP Head coach: Stefano Sacripanti

Sidigas Avellino EA7 Emporio Armani Milano Italian Supercoppa MVP Krunoslav Simon Game rules Game was played under FIBA rules. 2016 Italian Supercup Winners EA7 Emporio Armani Milano 1st title

Starters: Pts Reb Ast PG 20 Andrea Cinciarini 6 2 2 SG 12 Zoran Dragić 11 7 3 SG 43 Krunoslav Simon 25 5 8 PF 14 Davide Pascolo 6 4 0 C 13 Milan Mačvan 5 2 2 Reserves: PF 1 Jamel McLean 5 2 2 SG 2 Simone Fontecchio 2 1 0 SF 5 Alessandro Gentile 2 1 0 PG 7 Ricky Hickman 15 3 1 PG 9 Mantas Kalnietis 4 2 1 SF 21 Rakim Sanders 9 3 0 SF 30 Bruno Cerella 0 1 0 Head coach: Jasmin Repeša