In 2007, the final four was held in Girona, and the Catalan club took advantage of this to beat Azovmash in the final (79-72) and be crowned for the first time in the history of the club, champion of a continental competition. Arriel McDonald, point guard of the Catalan team, MVP of the final tournament
Semi-finals
Students 58 – Girona 89
Virtus Bologna 73 – Azovmash 74
The first half of the final moved in parameters of maximum equality, always with short advantages and in a game without owner (40-36), where McDonald with 18 points at half time was the absolute protagonist in these minutes. At the restart the Catalans went on the scoreboard, came to put (54-41), but was ephemeral domain, with the Ukrainians fixing the situation throughout the third act (59-55), and tying the score four minutes to go (67-67). Once again, McDonald led a partial reaction (8-5) that was already final.
Girona 79
*McDonald – 25p, 4r
*Sada – 2p, 4r
*Salenga – 9p, 5r
*Fucka – 12p, 5r
*Bagaric – 2p, 2r
Marinovic – 7p, 3r
San Emeterio – 7p, 5r
Gabriel – 3p, 1r
M.Gasol – 12p, 5r
Middleton – 0p
Azovmash 72
*El-Amin – 16p, 3br
*Liadelis – 15p, 2a
*Powell – 6p, 4a
*Bajramovic – 15p, 8r
*Lishchuk – 4p, 4r
Raevskiy – 0p
Botichev – 0p
Skutelnyk – 0p
Loktionov – 4p, 2r
Gulyas – 12p, 3r
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