2016 Italian Basketball Supercup


The 2016 Italian Basketball Supercup 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.
TeamQualified asAppearanceQualification date
EA7 Emporio Armani Milano2015–16 [Lega Basket Serie A|2015–16 season] champion
2016 Cup champion
4th21 February 2016
Grissin Bon Reggio Emilia2015–16 season runner-up2nd13 June 2016
Sidigas Avellino2016 Cup runner-up2nd21 February 2016
Vanoli Cremona2016 Cup semi-finalist1st29 May 2016

Semi-finals

Grissin Bon Reggio Emilia vs. Sidigas Avellino


EA7 Emporio Armani Milano vs. Vanoli Cremona


Final

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