Basketball Champions League Final Four

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Basketball Champions League Final Four
Organising body Basketball Champions League
Founded2017;7 years ago (2017)
First season 2017
Number of teams4
Current champions Flag of Spain.svg Unicaja (1st title)
(2024)
Most championships CB Miraflores, CB 1939 Canarias
(2 titles)
Website championsleague.basketball
Basketball current event.svg 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.

Contents

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

EditionSeasonHost cityFinalThird and fourth place
WinnersScoreSecond placeThird placeScoreFourth place
1 2017 Flag of Spain.svg
La Laguna 		Flag of Spain.svg
Iberostar Tenerife 		63–59
Details 		Flag of Turkey.svg
Banvit 		Flag of France.svg
Monaco 		91–77 Flag of Italy.svg
Umana Reyer Venezia
2 2018 Flag of Greece.svg
Athens 		Flag of Greece.svg
AEK 		100–94
Details 		Flag of France.svg
Monaco 		Flag of Spain.svg
UCAM Murcia 		85–74 Flag of Germany.svg
MHP Riesen Ludwigsburg
3 2019 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg
Antwerp 		Flag of Italy.svg
Segafredo Virtus Bologna 		73–61
Details 		Flag of Spain.svg
Iberostar Tenerife 		Flag of Belgium (civil).svg
Telenet Antwerp Giants 		72–58 Flag of Germany.svg
Brose Bamberg
4 2020 Flag of Greece.svg
Athens 		Flag of Spain.svg
San Pablo Burgos 		85–74
Details 		Flag of Greece.svg
AEK 		Flag of France.svg
JDA Dijon 		70–65 Flag of Spain.svg
Casademont Zaragoza
5 2021 Flag of Russia.svg
Nizhny Novgorod 		Flag of Spain.svg
San Pablo Burgos 		64–59
Details 		Flag of Turkey.svg
Pınar Karşıyaka 		Flag of Spain.svg
Casademont Zaragoza 		89–77 Flag of France.svg
SIG Strasbourg
6 2022 Flag of Spain.svg
Bilbao 		Flag of Spain.svg
Lenovo Tenerife 		98–87
Details 		Flag of Spain.svg
Baxi Manresa 		Flag of Germany.svg
MHP Riesen Ludwigsburg 		88–68 Flag of Israel.svg
Hapoel Holon
7 2023 Flag of Spain.svg
Málaga 		Flag of Germany.svg
Telekom Baskets Bonn 		77–70
Details 		Flag of Israel.svg
Hapoel Jerusalem 		Flag of Spain.svg
Lenovo Tenerife 		84–79 Flag of Spain.svg
Unicaja
8 2024 Flag of Serbia.svg
Belgrade 		Flag of Spain.svg
Unicaja Malaga 		80–75
Details 		Flag of Spain.svg
Lenovo Tenerife 		Flag of Spain.svg
UCAM Murcia 		87–84 Flag of Greece.svg
Peristeri

Performances

Canarias holds the record for most Final Four appearances with four. Spain is the country with the most participants with a total of eleven over the past seven seasons.

By club

Club1st2nd3rd4thTotal
Flag of Spain.svg Canarias 221–5
Flag of Spain.svg San Pablo Burgos 2–––2
Flag of Greece.svg AEK 11––2
Flag of Spain.svg Unicaja 1––12
Flag of France.svg Monaco –11–2
Flag of Spain.svg UCAM Murcia ––2–2
Flag of Spain.svg Zaragoza ––112
Flag of Germany.svg Riesen Ludwigsburg ––112
Flag of Germany.svg Baskets Bonn 1–––1
Flag of Italy.svg Virtus Bologna 1–––1
Flag of Spain.svg Manresa –1––1
Flag of Israel.svg Hapoel Jerusalem –1––1
Flag of Turkey.svg Karşıyaka –1––1
Flag of Turkey.svg Banvit –1––1
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Antwerp Giants ––1–1
Flag of France.svg JDA Dijon ––1–1
Flag of Israel.svg Hapoel Holon –––11
Flag of Germany.svg Bamberg –––11
Flag of France.svg SIG Strasbourg –––11
Flag of Italy.svg Reyer Venezia –––11
Flag of Greece.svg Peristeri –––11
Total888832

By country

Club1st2nd3rd4thTotal
Flag of Spain.svg  Spain (Liga ACB)534214
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany (Basketball Bundesliga)1–124
Flag of France.svg  France (LNB Élite)–1214
Flag of Greece.svg  Greece (GBL)11–13
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy (LBA)1––12
Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey (BSL)–2––2
Flag of Israel.svg  Israel (Premier League)–1–12
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  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.

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

Final Four MVP

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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.
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