# 2016 Italian Basketball Cup

The 2016 Italian Basketball Cup, known as the Beko Final Eight for sponsorship reasons, was the 48th edition of Italy's national cup tournament. Lega Basket organised the competition 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.
* Grissin Bon Reggio Emilia
* EA7 Emporio Armani Milano
* Vanoli Cremona
* Giorgio Tesi Group Pistoia
* Dolomiti Energia Trento
* Banco di Sardegna Sassari
* Umana Reyer Venezia
* Sidigas Avellino

## Bracket

| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final |
| 1 | Grissin Bon Reggio Emilia | 84 | | | | | | |
| 8 | Sidigas Avellino | 94 | | | | | | |
| 8 | Sidigas Avellino | 94 | 8 | Sidigas Avellino | 71 | | | |
| | | | 5 | Dolomiti Energia Trento | 69 | | | |
| 4 | Giorgio Tesi Group Pistoia | 74 | 5 | Dolomiti Energia Trento | 69 | | | |
| 5 | Dolomiti Energia Trento | 81 | | | | | | |
| 5 | Dolomiti Energia Trento | 81 | | | | 8 | Sidigas Avellino | 76 |
| | | | | | | 2 | EA7 Emporio Milano | 82 |
| 3 | Vanoli Cremona | 97 | | | | | | | 2 | EA7 Emporio Milano | 82 |
| 6 | Dinamo Sassari | 89 | | | | | | |
| 6 | Dinamo Sassari | 89 | 3 | Vanoli Cremona | 58 | | | |
| | | | 2 | EA7 Emporio Milano | 90 | | | |
| 2 | EA7 Emporio Milano | 88 | 2 | EA7 Emporio Milano | 90 | | | |
| 7 | Reyer Venezia | 59 | | | | | | |

## Semifinals
### Dolomiti Energia Trento vs. Sidigas Avellino

| Starters: | Starters: | 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: | Reserves: | 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 | DNP | DNP |
| C | 40 | Jared Berggren | 8 | 3 | 0 |
| Head coach: ||||||
| Maurizio Buscaglia ||||||
| Dolomiti Energia Trento | Sidigas Avellino 0 |
| Starters: | Starters: | 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: | Reserves: | Reserves: | | | |
| PG | 00 | Mattia Norcino | DNP | DNP | 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 | DNP | DNP |
| Head coach: ||||||
| Stefano Sacripanti ||||||

### Vanoli Cremona vs. EA7 Emporio Armani Milano

| Starters: | Starters: | 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: | Reserves: | 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: | Starters: | 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: | Reserves: | Reserves: | | | |
| C | 1 | Jamel McLean | 7 | 5 | 3 |
| SG | 3 | Oliver Lafayette | 4 | 1 | 3 |
| SF | 5 | Alessandro Gentile | DNP | DNP | 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. Milano eventually won its first Cup since over 20 years.
| Starters: | Starters: | 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: | Reserves: | 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 | DNP | DNP |
| PG | 0 | Mattia Norcino | DNP | DNP | DNP |
| SG | 19 | Giovanni Severini | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Head coach: ||||||
| Stefano Sacripanti ||||||
| Sidigas Avellino | EA7 Emporio Armani Milano |
| Starters: | Starters: | 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: | Reserves: | 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 | DNP | DNP |
| PG | 6 | Andrea Amato | DNP | DNP | DNP |
| Head coach: ||||||
| Jasmin Repeša ||||||