# 2016 Italian Basketball Supercup

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

## Participant teams

Qualified for the tournament were EA7 Emporio Armani Milano, Sidigas Avellino, Grissin Bon Reggio Emilia and Vanoli Cremona.
| Team | Qualified as | Appearance | Qualification date |
| EA7 Emporio Armani Milano | 2015–16 season champion 2016 Cup champion | 4th | 21 February 2016 |
| Grissin Bon Reggio Emilia | 2015–16 season runner-up | 2nd | 13 June 2016 |
| Sidigas Avellino | 2016 Cup runner-up | 2nd | 21 February 2016 |
| Vanoli Cremona | 2016 Cup semi-finalist | 1st | 29 May 2016 |

## Bracket

| Semi-finals 24 September | Semi-finals 24 September | Semi-finals 24 September | Final 25 September | Final 25 September | Final 25 September |
| Grissin Bon Reggio Emilia | Grissin Bon Reggio Emilia | 72 | | | |
| Sidigas Avellino | Sidigas Avellino | 74 | | | |
| Sidigas Avellino | Sidigas Avellino | 74 | Sidigas Avellino | Sidigas Avellino | 72 |
| | | | EA7 Emporio Armani Milano | EA7 Emporio Armani Milano | 90 |
| EA7 Emporio Armani Milano | EA7 Emporio Armani Milano | 109 | EA7 Emporio Armani Milano | EA7 Emporio Armani Milano | 90 |
| Vanoli Cremona | Vanoli Cremona | 87 | | | |

## Semi-finals
### Grissin Bon Reggio Emilia vs. Sidigas Avellino

| Starters: | Starters: | 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: | Reserves: | 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 | DNP | DNP |
| Head coach: ||||||
| Massimiliano Menetti ||||||
| Grissin Bon Reggio Emilia | Sidigas Avellino |
| Starters: | Starters: | 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: | Reserves: | Reserves: | | | |
| PF | 0 | Andrea Zerini | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| PG | 4 | Marques Green | 2 | 1 | 6 |
| PF | 7 | Claudio Strumia | DNP | DNP | DNP |
| SG | 19 | Giovanni Severini | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| SG | 20 | Levi Randolph | 16 | 2 | 1 |
| C | 44 | Kyrylo Fesenko | DNP | DNP | DNP |
| PG | 57 | Salvatore Parlato | DNP | DNP | DNP |
| Head coach: ||||||
| Stefano Sacripanti ||||||

### EA7 Emporio Armani Milano vs. Vanoli Cremona

| Starters: | Starters: | 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: | Reserves: | 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: | Starters: | 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: | Reserves: | 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.

### Sidigas Avellino vs. EA7 Emporio Armani Milano

| Starters: | Starters: | 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: | Reserves: | Reserves: | | | |
| PF | 0 | Andrea Zerini | 2 | 4 | 0 |
| PG | 4 | Marques Green | 9 | 0 | 2 |
| PF | 7 | Claudio Strumia | DNP | DNP | DNP |
| C | 12 | Marco Cusin | 3 | 5 | 0 |
| SG | 19 | Giovanni Severini | DNP | DNP | DNP |
| SG | 20 | Levi Randolph | 10 | 1 | 2 |
| PG | 57 | Salvatore Parlato | DNP | DNP | DNP |
| Head coach: ||||||
| Stefano Sacripanti ||||||
| Sidigas Avellino | EA7 Emporio Armani Milano |
| Starters: | Starters: | 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: | Reserves: | 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 ||||||