The 2012 Euroleague Final Four was the concluding

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tournament of the

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season. It was held on May 11–13, 2012. The tournament was hosted at the

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, in

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, Turkey.

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won its second ever

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championship, after beating

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in the Final. In the Final, Georgios Printezis hit a floater with 0.7 seconds remaining on the game clock, after receiving an assist from

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, to win the EuroLeague cup. Spanoulis won his second Final Four MVP after the tournament.

Venue

On May 8, 2011,

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announced that the Final Four would be held at the

, in

. It has a

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of 22,500 for concerts, and 16,000 for the sport of

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, making it Turkey's largest multi-purpose indoor venue, and the third largest in Europe (although it is not the third largest in Europe in capacity for basketball use). The arena is named after

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(1927–2003), who was the President of the

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, from 1989, until his death in 2003.

Bracket

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Semifinal 1

Semifinal 2

Third-place game

Championship game

References

External links

Official Site
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2012 Euroleague Final Four The 2012 Euroleague Final Four was the concluding EuroLeague Final Four tournament of the 2011–12 Euroleague season. It was held on May 11–13, 2012. The tournament was hosted at the Sinan Erdem Dome, in Istanbul, Turkey. Olympiacos won its sec ...

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