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The Basketball Champions League Final Four MVP, or FIBA Champions League Final Four MVP, is an individual award of the Basketball Champions League, which is, along with the EuroCup, one of the two secondary level European-wide professional club basketball leagues
The award is given to the basketball player who exhibited the most exceptional play during the Basketball Champions League Final Four. The award is given out by FIBA, and it began with the Basketball Champions League's inaugural 2016–17 season.
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* | Inducted into the FIBA Hall of Fame |
Player (X) | Denotes the number of times the player has received the award |
Vassilis Spanoulis, also commonly known as Bill Spanoulis, or Billy Spanoulis is a Greek professional basketball coach and former player, who was most recently the head coach of the pro club Peristeri Athens of the Greek Basket League, as well as the head coach of the senior men's Greek national team. Spanoulis, who during his playing days was nicknamed "Kill Bill", is widely regarded as one of the best European basketball players of all time. During his professional club playing career, Spanoulis was a FIBA World Club Championship champion, a Triple Crown winner, a three-time EuroLeague champion and five-time EuroLeague finalist, a FIBA Europe League finalist, a seven-time Greek Basket League champion and thirteen-time Greek Basket League finalist, and a four-time Greek Cup winner and nine-time Greek Cup finalist. In four seasons with Panathinaikos Athens, Spanoulis won eight club championship titles, and in eleven seasons with Olympiacos Piraeus, he won seven club championship titles.
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The EuroLeague Final Four Most Valuable Player Award is presented and awarded to the basketball player who has exhibited the most exceptional play during the EuroLeague Final Four. The award often goes to the best player on the European-wide top-tier level EuroLeague's best team. It is generally considered to be the most prestigious individual award in European professional club basketball.
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Facundo "Facu" Campazzo Avedano is an Argentine professional basketball player for Real Madrid of the Spanish Liga ACB and the EuroLeague. At a height of 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) tall, he plays at the point guard position. He is also a member of the senior Argentina national basketball team.
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Emma Meesseman is a Belgian professional basketball player for Fenerbahçe of the Women's Basketball Super League and EuroLeague Women. After playing basketball in Belgium, Meesseman was drafted by the Washington Mystics with the 19th overall pick in the second round of the 2013 WNBA draft. She has also played for the Belgian national team and several European professional teams. She was named the 2011 FIBA Europe Young Women's Player of the Year and the 2019 WNBA Finals MVP. Meesseman studied physical education at Vrije Universiteit Brussel.
The EuroCup Basketball Finals MVP, previously also known as the ULEB Cup Finals MVP and the ULEB Eurocup Finals MVP, is the yearly MVP award of the finals of the 2nd-tier level professional basketball league in Europe, the EuroCup Basketball League. The EuroCup Basketball League is the European-wide professional basketball league that is one tier level below the top-tier EuroLeague.
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The Basketball Champions League MVP, or Basketball Champions League MVP of the Season, is the annual award bestowed to the player that is deemed to be the "Most Valuable Player" during the full season of the Basketball Champions League (BCL). The Basketball Champions League is, along with the EuroCup, one of the two secondary level European-wide professional club basketball leagues in Europe. The award is given by FIBA. The award has existed since the Basketball Champions's League inaugural season 2016–17 season.
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