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2016 Israeli Final Four

Season	2015–2016 Israeli Super League
Tournament details
Arena	Pais Arena Jerusalem
Dates	6–9 June 2016
Final positions
Champions	Maccabi Rishon LeZion (1st title)
Runners-up	Hapoel Jerusalem
Awards and statistics
MVP	Darryl Monroe
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The 2016 Israeli Final Four was the concluding tournament of the 2015–16 Israeli Basketball Super League. It was the seventh Israeli Final Four, and the event is held for the first time since the 2012 edition. Unlike previous Final Four tournaments, there would not be a third placed game.

The Event was held in the Pais Arena, in Jerusalem between 6 and 9 May 2016. The participating teams were Hapoel Jerusalem, Maccabi Tel Aviv, Hapoel Eilat, and Maccabi Rishon LeZion.

Venue

The Pais Arena is an indoor sports arena in Jerusalem. Opened in 2014 as an open-air venue with a capacity of 11,000.

Results

Bracket

Semi-finals

All times are in Israel Summer Time.

Hapoel Jerusalem vs. Hapoel Eilat

Maccabi Tel Aviv vs. Maccabi Rishon LeZion

Final

Starters: Pts Reb Ast PG 4 E.J. Rowland 16 4 6 SG 10 Yotam Halperin 0 1 2 SF 15 Donta Smith 14 4 3 PF 8 Lior Eliyahu 9 6 4 F/C 3 Tony Gaffney 20 3 3 Reserves: C 32 Eli Holman 8 7 2 PG 11 Bar Timor 8 2 3 SF 12 Rafi Menco 2 2 1 PG 14 Édgar Sosa DNP SG 6 Yochai Zokrman DNP SG 24 Igor Mayor DNP Head coach: Danny Franco

Jerusalem Rishon LeZion

Starters: Pts Reb Ast PG 10 Mark Lyons 11 3 5 SG 6 Nitzan Hanochi 2 4 1 SF 8 Shawn Dawson 21 5 3 PF 33 Chris Wright 13 9 1 F/C 86 Darryl Monroe 29 6 2 Reserves: SF 9 Tony Younger 10 2 1 PG 11 Avi Ben Chimol 4 3 5 PF 14 Kevin Palmer 3 0 0 F/C 12 Idan Zalmanson 0 0 0 G 7 Golan Gutt DNP G 18 Tyler Dawson DNP G 21 Ofek Hakmon DNP Head coach: Arik Shivek

Winning roster

2015–16 Maccabi Rishon LeZion roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. G 6 Hanochi, Nitzan (C) 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) G 7 Gutt, Golan 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) G/F 8 Dawson, Shawn 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) F 9 Younger, Tony (DC) 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) PG 10 Lyons, Mark 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) PG 11 Ben Chimol, Avi 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) F/C 12 Zalmanson, Idan 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) F 14 Palmer, Kevin 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) G 18 Dawson, Tyler 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) G 21 Hakmon, Ofek 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) F 33 Wright, Chris 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) F/C 86 Monroe, Darryl 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	Head coach Arik Shivek Assistant coach(es) Shmulik Brener Athletic trainer(s) Yigal Mirovski Avraham Meidan Team manager Ziv Cohen Legend (C) Team captain (DC) Dual citizenship Injured Roster

References

Specific

General

• IBA's official website (Hebrew)

• Israeli Basketball Premier League seasons