The 2024 Basketball Champions League Final Four, also known as the 2024 BCL Final Four, is the concluding tournament of the 2023–24 Basketball Champions League. The tournament was hosted at the Belgrade Arena in Belgrade, Serbia.
 The Belgrade Arena in Belgrade hosted the Final Four | |
| Season | 2023–24 season |
|---|---|
| Tournament details | |
| Arena | Belgrade Arena Belgrade, Serbia |
| Dates | 26–28 April 2024 |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |  Unicaja (1st title) |
| Runners-up | Lenovo Tenerife |
| Third place | UCAM Murcia |
| Fourth place |  Peristeri |
| Awards and statistics | |
| MVP | Kendrick Perry (Unicaja) |
Teams
editUnicaja qualified for a second consecutive Final Four appearance.[1] UCAM Murcia returned to the Final Four after a 6-year absence.[2] Lenovo Tenerife will play their record-extending sixth Final Four, and their sixth in eight years.[3] Peristeri will make their Final Four debut and become the second Greek team to qualify (after AEK Athens).[4]
Three teams from Spain qualified for the Final Four, which is the first time in the league's history that it features teams from the same country.[5]
| Team | Qualified on | Previous final tournament appearances[a] |
|---|---|---|
| UCAM Murcia
|
9 April 2024[2] | 1 (2018) |
| Unicaja
|
9 April 2024[1] | 1 (2023) |
| Peristeri
|
16 April 2024[4] | 0 |
| Lenovo Tenerife
|
17 April 2024[3] | 6 (2017, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023) |
Venue and floor
editOn 21 March 2024, FIBA Europe revelead the Belgrade Arena in Belgrade, Serbia, as the venue for the Final Four at a ceremony in Mies, Switzerland.[6] It is the first time the league's final four is hosted in Serbia, and the second time a neutral venue is selected (following Bilbao in 2022).[6] Željko Rebrača was named ambassador for the Final Four.
The games will be played on a glass floor equipped with LED panels, provided by ASB GlassFloor. It will be the first time this type of floor is used in an international basketball club competition game.[7]
Bracket
edit| Semifinals | Final | |||||
| 26 April | ||||||
| Lenovo Tenerife | 97 | |||||
| 28 April | ||||||
| Peristeri | 93 | |||||
| Lenovo Tenerife | 75 | |||||
| 26 April | ||||||
| Unicaja | 80 | |||||
| UCAM Murcia | 74 | |||||
| Unicaja | 80 | |||||
| Third place game | ||||||
| 28 April | ||||||
| Peristeri | 84 | |||||
| UCAM Murcia | 87 | |||||
Semifinals
editIn the first semifinal, Kyle Guy of Lenovo Tenerife set a new Final Four record for most points in a game with 34 points.[8]
| 26 April 2024 | Lenovo Tenerife
|
97–93 | Peristeri
|
Belgrade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18:00 | Scoring by quarter: 19–23, 24–19, 23–18, 31–33 | |||
| Pts: Guy 34 Rebs: Huertas 9 Asts: Huertas 7 Eff: Huertas 32 |
Boxscore | Pts: Mitrou-Long 18 Rebs: Dangubić 5 Asts: Mitrou-Long 6 Eff: Mitrou-Long 19 |
Arena: Belgrade Arena Referees: Ademir Zurapović (BIH), Manuel Mazzoni (ITA), Boris Krejic (SVN) |
|
| 26 April 2024 | UCAM Murcia
|
74–80 | Unicaja
|
Belgrade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21:00 | Scoring by quarter: 26–15, 14–18, 15–26, 19–21 | |||
| Pts: Todorović 18 Rebs: Birgander, Todorović 5 Asts: Ennis 5 Eff: Todorović 23 |
Boxscore | Pts: Carter 14 Rebs: Đedović, Osetkowski 5 Asts: Díaz 6 Eff: Kravish 15 |
Arena: Belgrade Arena Referees: Yohan Rosso (FRA), Wojciech Liszka (POL), Gatis Saliņš (LVA) |
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Third place game
edit| 28 April 2024 | Peristeri
|
84–87 | UCAM Murcia
|
Belgrade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17:00 | Scoring by quarter: 23–27, 12–17, 20–19, 29–24 | |||
| Pts: Ragland 24 Rebs: Renfro 6 Asts: Ragland 8 Eff: Ragland 28 |
Boxscore | Pts: Håkanson 22 Rebs: Sleva 5 Asts: Caupain 4 Eff: Håkanson 23 |
Arena: Belgrade Arena Referees: Martins Kozlovskis (LVA), Gatis Saliņš (LVA), Kerem Baki (TUR) |
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Final
editIt was the second time in league history that the final was contested by two Spanish teams, and the fifth time in all European competitions.[9] Tenerife's Marcelo Huertas was named league MVP at age 40 one day before the final.[10] Unicaja forced Lenovo Tenerife to commit 19 turnovers on their way to the 80–75 win.[11] Kendrick Perry won the Final Four MVP award after scoring a team-high 17 points in 20 minutes off the bench.[12]
| 28 April 2024 | Lenovo Tenerife
|
75–80 | Unicaja
|
Belgrade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20:00 | Scoring by quarter: 10–16, 17–22, 29–24, 19–18 | |||
| Pts: Guy 18 Rebs: Abromaitis 7 Asts: Huertas 9 Eff: Shermadini 23 |
Boxscore | Pts: Perry 17 Rebs: Kravish 5 Asts: Díaz 5 Eff: Perry 16 |
Arena: Belgrade Arena Attendance: 5,237[13] Referees: Yohan Rosso (FRA), Manuel Mazzoni (ITA), Wojciech Liszka (POL) |
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Notes
edit- ^ Both Final Four and Final Eight tournaments.
References
edit- ^ a b "Kalinoski steals fire from Promitheas, sends Unicaja to another Final Four". FIBA.basketball. Retrieved 2024-04-20.
- ^ a b "UCAM Murcia end six-year wait, return to the BCL Final Four". FIBA.basketball. Retrieved 2024-04-20.
- ^ a b "Message sent: Another Huertas double-double as Tenerife punch last ticket to Belgrade". FIBA.basketball. Retrieved 2024-04-20.
- ^ a b "A Spanoulis masterclass: Peristeri eliminate defending champions Bonn, reach Final Four". FIBA.basketball. Retrieved 2024-04-20.
- ^ "Spain's mastery hits 43% of berths in the BCL Final Four". Eurohoops. 2024-04-19. Retrieved 2024-04-20.
- ^ a b "Belgrade unveiled as Final Four host on night of Serbian legends". FIBA.basketball. Retrieved 2024-04-20.
- ^ "The future is now: Belgrade Final Four to be played on ASB GlassFloor in world first". FIBA.basketball. Retrieved 2024-04-20.
- ^ "Kyle Guy sets new Final Four record as Tenerife reach another Final". FIBA.basketball. Retrieved 2024-05-02.
- ^ "Final preview: Tenerife's third BCL title or Unicaja's first?". FIBA.basketball. Retrieved 2024-05-02.
- ^ "MVP Huertas, coach Spanoulis headline BCL Season 8 award winners". FIBA.basketball. Retrieved 2024-05-02.
- ^ "Tactics Breakdown: The keys to Unicaja's triumph in the Final". FIBA.basketball. Retrieved 2024-05-02.
- ^ "Poetic justice: Kendrick Perry is the MVP of the Final Four". FIBA.basketball. Retrieved 2024-05-02.
- ^ Report FIBA