EuroLeague names eight Final Four referees

Euroleague Basketball said on May 16 that it had selected eight referees for the 2026 Final Four in Athens, confirming a crew that includes Robert Lottermoser, Carlos Peruga and Milan Nedovic. The league said the tournament will run from May 22 to May 24 and that the officials were chosen by its Officiating Department. The list also includes Mehdi Difallah, Luka Kardum, Milos Koljensic, Olegs Latisevs and Sreten Radovic. Euroleague Basketball said the group combines 109 seasons of EuroLeague experience and 55 Final Four games. ### Which referees were named for the Final Four in Athens? Euroleague Basketball named Mehdi Difallah, Luka Kardum, Milos Koljensic, Olegs Latisevs, Robert Lottermoser, Milan Nedovic, Carlos Peruga and Sreten Radovic as the eight officials for the event. The league published the list in a news release on its website two days before this response. (euroleaguebasketball.net) The 2025-26 EuroLeague playoff referee pool had included 28 officials from 14 countries, according to a separate Euroleague Basketball release published on April 25. The Final Four assignment narrows that larger postseason group to the eight referees who will work the season’s closing weekend. (euroleaguebasketball.net) ### Why are Lottermoser, Peruga and Nedovic singled out? Euroleague Basketball said Lottermoser, Peruga and Nedovic were all part of the crew that worked the 2025 championship game in Abu Dhabi. Their inclusion means three officials from last season’s title game return for this year’s Final Four. (euroleaguebasketball.net) Lottermoser will be working his 11th Final Four, the league said, while Peruga will be making his third appearance and Nedovic his second. The same release said Latisevs is set for his 12th Final Four, Difallah for his seventh and Radovic for his fifth. (euroleaguebasketball.net) ### Who is making a Final Four debut? Euroleague Basketball said Luka Kardum and Milos Koljensic are making their Final Four debuts. The league described the group as a mix of veterans and first-time officials at the event. The April 25 playoff-referee announcement had already listed both Kardum and Koljensic among the 28 officials eligible for postseason assignments. (euroleaguebasketball.net) Their promotion to the Final Four crew places them on the court for the highest-profile games of the EuroLeague season. ### How does this compare with last year’s Final Four crew? The 2025 Final Four crew in Abu Dhabi consisted of Ilija Belosevic, Mehdi Difallah, Robert Lottermoser, Carlos Peruga, Milan Nedovic, Carmelo Paternico, Emilio Perez Pizarro and Arturas Sukys, according to Euroleague Basketball’s 2025 announcement. Difallah, Lottermoser, Peruga and Nedovic return from that group for 2026. (euroleaguebasketball.net) The 2026 crew replaces Belosevic, Paternico, Perez Pizarro and Sukys with Kardum, Koljensic, Latisevs and Radovic. Euroleague Basketball did not provide individual game assignments in the announcement. ### When will the referees work the games? (euroleaguebasketball.net) Euroleague Basketball said the 2026 Final Four will begin on Friday, May 22, with Olympiacos Piraeus against Fenerbahce Beko Istanbul, followed by Valencia Basket against Real Madrid. The championship game is scheduled for Sunday, May 24, the league said. (euroleaguebasketball.net) Athens will host the closing weekend of the 2025-26 EuroLeague season, and the officiating assignments for individual semifinals and the final are expected to follow closer to tipoff. Euroleague Basketball’s Final Four and news pages are carrying the tournament schedule and the referee announcement. (euroleaguebasketball.net)