Basketball Champions League Final Four

Basketball Champions League Final Four

Organising body	Basketball Champions League
Founded	2017;8 years ago (2017)
First season	2017
Number of teams	4
Current champions	Unicaja (1st title) (2024)
Most championships	CB Miraflores, CB 1939 Canarias (2 titles)
Website	championsleague.basketball
2024 Basketball Champions League Final Four

The Basketball Champions League Final Four (BCL Final Four) is the concluding final four tournament of each season's Basketball Champions League. The tournament's full official name is FIBA Basketball Champions League Europe Final Four. The BCL is an international professional basketball competition, that is contested by European clubs, and which is organized by the Basketball Champions League S.A., in conjunction with FIBA.

The final fours can either be hosted by one of the final four teams, or held at a neutral location.

History

The very first BCL Final Four, the 2017 Basketball Champions League Final Four, was held from 28 April to 30 April, 2017. ^[1]

During the 2019–20 season, due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the following suspension of the league, ^[2] the usual format of a Final Four was changed to a Final Eight. ^[3]

Results

Edition	Season	Host city		Final				Third and fourth place
				Winners	Score	Second place		Third place	Score	Fourth place
1	2017	La Laguna		Iberostar Tenerife	63–59 Details	Banvit		Monaco	91–77	Umana Reyer Venezia
2	2018	Athens		AEK	100–94 Details	Monaco		UCAM Murcia	85–74	MHP Riesen Ludwigsburg
3	2019	Antwerp		Segafredo Virtus Bologna	73–61 Details	Iberostar Tenerife		Telenet Antwerp Giants	72–58	Brose Bamberg
4	2020	Athens		San Pablo Burgos	85–74 Details	AEK		JDA Dijon	70–65	Casademont Zaragoza
5	2021	Nizhny Novgorod		San Pablo Burgos	64–59 Details	Pınar Karşıyaka		Casademont Zaragoza	89–77	SIG Strasbourg
6	2022	Bilbao		Lenovo Tenerife	98–87 Details	Baxi Manresa		MHP Riesen Ludwigsburg	88–68	Hapoel Holon
7	2023	Málaga		Telekom Baskets Bonn	77–70 Details	Hapoel Jerusalem		Lenovo Tenerife	84–79	Unicaja
8	2024	Belgrade	Unicaja Malaga	80–75 Details	Lenovo Tenerife	UCAM Murcia	87–84	Peristeri

Performances

Canarias holds the record for most Final Four appearances with five. Spain is the country with the most participants with a total of fourteen over the past eight seasons.

By club

Club	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	Total
Canarias	2	2	1	–	5
San Pablo Burgos	2	–	–	–	2
AEK	1	1	–	–	2
Unicaja	1	–	–	1	2
Monaco	–	1	1	–	2
UCAM Murcia	–	–	2	–	2
Zaragoza	–	–	1	1	2
Riesen Ludwigsburg	–	–	1	1	2
Baskets Bonn	1	–	–	–	1
Virtus Bologna	1	–	–	–	1
Manresa	–	1	–	–	1
Hapoel Jerusalem	–	1	–	–	1
Karşıyaka	–	1	–	–	1
Banvit	–	1	–	–	1
Antwerp Giants	–	–	1	–	1
JDA Dijon	–	–	1	–	1
Hapoel Holon	–	–	–	1	1
Bamberg	–	–	–	1	1
SIG Strasbourg	–	–	–	1	1
Reyer Venezia	–	–	–	1	1
Peristeri	–	–	–	1	1
Total	8	8	8	8	32

By country

Club	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	Total
Spain (Liga ACB)	5	3	4	2	14
Germany (Basketball Bundesliga)	1	–	1	2	4
France (LNB Élite)	–	1	2	1	4
Greece (GBL)	1	1	–	1	3
Italy (LBA)	1	–	–	1	2
Turkey (BSL)	–	2	–	–	2
Israel (Premier League)	–	1	–	1	2
Belgium (PBL / BNXT League)	–	–	1	–	1

Arenas

Between 2017 and 2021, the Final Four (or Final Eight) was hosted in the home arena of one of the participating teams. In 2022, the BCL hosted its first Final Four on a neutral venue when they selected Bilbao Arena as host.

Year	Arena	City	Country	Capacity
2017	Pabellón Insular Santiago Martín	San Cristóbal de La Laguna	Spain	5,100
2018	O.A.C.A. Olympic Indoor Hall	Athens	Greece	18,989
2019	Sportpaleis	Antwerp	Belgium	18,400
2020	O.A.C.A. Olympic Indoor Hall (2)	Athens	Greece	18,989
2021	Trade Union Sport Palace	Nizhny Novgorod	Russia	5,500
2022	Bilbao Arena	Bilbao	Spain	10,014
2023	Palacio de Deportes José María Martín Carpena	Málaga	Spain	11,300
2024	Štark Arena	Belgrade	Serbia	18,368

Final Four MVP

Main article: Basketball Champions League Final Four MVP

References

1. Competition System Final Four.
2. "FIBA suspends all competitions indefinitely over health concerns - Sportsnet.ca". www.sportsnet.ca. Retrieved 13 March 2020.
3. "Basketball Champions League to schedule a Final Eight in late September to conclude the 2019-20 season". 31 March 2020. Retrieved 2 April 2020.

External links

• Basketball Champions League (official website)
• FIBA Europe (official website)
• Eurobasket.com League Page
• Basketball Champions League Official YouTube Account