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.

Basketball Champions League Final Four
Organising bodyBasketball Champions League
Founded2017; 7 years ago (2017)
First season2017
Number of teams4
Current championsSpain Unicaja (1st title)
(2024)
Most championshipsCB Miraflores, CB 1939 Canarias
(2 titles)
Websitechampionsleague.basketball
2024 Basketball Champions League Final Four

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

History

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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References

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  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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