Youth Basketball Champions League

Youth Basketball Champions League

Organising body	FIBA Europe
Founded	2023
First season	2023
Country	FIBA Europe members
Number of teams	13
Current champions	Rytas (2nd title) (2025)
Most championships	Rytas (2 titles)
2025 Youth Basketball Champions League

The Youth Basketball Champions League (YBCL) is a European basketball competition for men's junior teams organised by FIBA Europe. The league is contested by junior teams of selected Basketball Champions League member teams which can field players younger than 18 years old. The establishment of the league was announced in January and the inaugural season began in April 2023. ^[1]

The inaugural 2023 season took place with ten teams in Bursa, Turkey, and was won by Igokea. ^[2] The second edition expanded to 13 teams and was held in Debrecen, Hungary. ^[3] The second championship was won by Rytas. ^[4] The third edition of the Youth Basketball Champions League was played at the Tarik Almis Sports Hall in Manisa. It was won by Rytas. ^[5]

Winners

Season	Year	Host city		Final				Third and fourth place
				Winners	Score	Second place		Third place	Score	Fourth place
1	2023 Details	Bursa		Igokea	73–66	Tofaş		Rytas	78–73	Hapoel Jerusalem
2	2024 Details	Debrecen		Rytas	98–62	Galatasaray		Tofaş	93–89	Igokea
3	2025 Details	Manisa		Rytas	109–76	BEL Filou Oostende		Tofaş	83–72	Porsche BBA Ludwigsburg

All-time participants

The following is a list of clubs who have played in the Basketball Champions League Americas at any time since its formation in 2019 to the current season.

1st	Champions
2nd	Runners-up
3rd	Third place
4th	Fourth place
SF	Semifinalists
QF	Quarterfinalists
RS	Regular season
Q	Qualified for upcoming season

Team	2023	2024	2025	Total seasons
Oostende	7th	—		2
Bnei Herzliya	9th	—	—	1
Nymburk	10th	7th	10th	3
Opava	—	8th	—	1
UCAM Murcia	8th	—	—	1
Lenovo Tenerife	6th	5th	—	2
Riesen Ludwigsburg	5th	11th	4th	3
Hapoel Jerusalem	4th	12th	—	2
Rytas				3
Galatasaray	—		9th	2
Tofaş				3
Igokea		4th	11th	3
Oldenburg	—	6th	—	1
AEK	—	10th	—	1
Promitheas Patras	—	13th	—	1
Debrecen	—	9th	—	1
Pallacanestro Reggiana	—	—	5th	1
Telekom Baskets Bonn	—	—	6th	1
Aliaga Petkimspor	—	—	7th	1
Spartak Office Shoes	—	—	8th	1
Manisa BBSK	—	—	12th	1

All-Star Team and MVP

At the end of each season, FIBA Europe selects one most valuable player and names five players to the All-Star Team. ^[6]

Season	MVP	All-Star Team	Ref.
2023	Dusan Makitan (Igokea)	Ognjen Radosic (Igokea) Ozgur Cengiz (Tofas) Roe Averni (Hapoel Jerusalem) Ernestas Matulevic (Rytas)	[6]
2024	Ignas Urbonas (Rytas)	Kerem Erdem (Igokea) Efe Postel (Tofas) Babel Yitu Lipasi (Lenovo Tenerife) Andrej Acimovic (Igokea)	[7]
2025	Ignas Urbonas (Rytas)	Ignas Urbonas (Rytas) Gabrielius Bubnys (Rytas) Daan Pieters (Filou Oostende) Tim Waerniers (Filou Oostende) Mame Samba Deme El Hadji (Pallacanestro Reggiana)	[5]

References

1. "BCL launches the brand new Youth Basketball Champions League". Eurohoops. 2023-01-16. Retrieved 2024-04-05.
2. "Igokea shine brightest, defeat Tofas for first-ever YBCL title". FIBA.basketball. Retrieved 2024-04-05.
3. "Debrecen hosts the expanding Youth Basketball Champions League". Eurohoops. 2024-01-26. Retrieved 2024-04-05.
4. "Rytas Vilnius celebrate their first Youth BCL title in Debrecen". FIBA.basketball. Retrieved 2024-04-09.
5. "MVP Urbonas leads Rytas Vilnius to back-to-back Youth BCL titles". FIBA.basketball. Retrieved 2025-04-28.
6. "MVP Makitan will always remember Igokea's magical YBCL run in Bursa". FIBA.basketball. Retrieved 2024-04-05.
7. "MVP Urbonas of Rytas Vilnius headlines All-Star Five". FIBA.basketball. Retrieved 2024-04-09.