Cedevita won their fifth cup trophy

Saturday, 18. February 2017 at 21:40

Cedevita are the Croatian national cup winners for the fifth time in history. In the final, they have had absolutely no problems with their challengers Jolly JBŠ of Šibenik.

(Photo: Cedevita/Marin Susic)

Veljko Mršić’s squad made sure that there would be no upset in the end early in the game, as they have been up by 13 points already after 10 minutes of the game. They kept increasing their lead and were in front by 17 by half time. In the final 20 minutes they have cruised to a convincing triumph and celebrated in the end with the score of 102:66. Ryan Boatright shined with 16 points and Marko Tomas scored 15 for his team.

On their way towards the final Cedevita have first outplayed Kvarner 2010 98:76 in the quarterfinal and afterwards Zadar with the score of 80:64 in the semi-finals.

This is the fifth Croatian national cup trophy for Cedevita, which won the title also in the years 2012, 2014, 2015 and 2016.

Croatian National Cup Final, Saturday, 18.2.2017:

CEDEVITA - Jolly JBŠ 102:66 (30:17, 18:14, 25:25, 29:10)
Boatright 16, Tomas 15; Markulin and Scott 13.

Other games of Croatian National Cup:

Quarterfinals, Wednesday, 15.2.2017:

Kvarner 2010 – CEDEVITA 76:98 (17:29, 15:23, 23:18, 21:28)
Štimac 16, Veljačić 14; Bilan 19, Musa 18.

JOLLY JBŠ – Zagreb 83:76 (25:30, 19:18, 18:13, 21:15)
Scott 19, Bilinovac 15. Junaković 18, Vlaić 17.

Quarterfinals, Thursday, 16.2.2017:

Split – ZADAR 64:80 (4:28, 24:15, 21:16, 15:21)
Kedžo 24, Filipović 9; Marinković 15, Vladović 13.

Šibenik – CIBONA 75:77 (25:18, 20:21, 14:16, 16:22)
Ivanov 21, Badžim and Petani 15; Šakić 23, Žorić 18.

Semi-finals, Friday, 17.2.2017:

CEDEVITA – Zadar 92:75 (21:24, 21:25, 31:22, 19:14)
Bilan 28, James 19; Vladović 14, Kovačević 13.

JOLLY JBŠ – Cibona 87:79 (17:22, 19:14, 28:17, 23:26)
Novačić 27, Bilinovac 19; Žorić 18, Šakić 15.

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