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 Final Four. The BCL is an international professional basketball competition that is contested by European basketball 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 (2017)
First season2017
Number of teams4
Current championsGermany Telekom Baskets Bonn (1st title)
(2023)
Most championshipsCB Miraflores, CB 1939 Canarias
(2 titles)
Websitechampionsleague.basketball
2023 Basketball Champions League Final Four

The final fours are hosted by one of the final four teams.

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
Edition Season Host city Final Third and fourth place
Winners Score Second place Third place Score Fourth place
1 2017 Spain
La Laguna		 Spain
Iberostar Tenerife		 63–59
Details		 Turkey
Banvit		 France
Monaco		 91–77 Italy
Umana Reyer Venezia
2 2018 Greece
Athens		 Greece
AEK		 100–94
Details		 France
Monaco		 Spain
UCAM Murcia		 85–74 Germany
MHP Riesen Ludwigsburg
3 2019 Belgium
Antwerp		 Italy
Segafredo Virtus Bologna		 73–61
Details		 Spain
Iberostar Tenerife		 Belgium
Telenet Antwerp Giants		 72–58 Germany
Brose Bamberg
4 2020 Greece
Athens		 Spain
San Pablo Burgos		 85–74
Details		 Greece
AEK		 France
JDA Dijon		 70–65 Spain
Casademont Zaragoza
5 2021 Russia
Nizhny Novgorod		 Spain
San Pablo Burgos		 64–59
Details		 Turkey
Pınar Karşıyaka		 Spain
Casademont Zaragoza		 89–77 France
SIG Strasbourg
6 2022 Spain
Bilbao		 Spain
Lenovo Tenerife		 98–87
Details		 Spain
Baxi Manresa		 Germany
MHP Riesen Ludwigsburg		 88–68 Israel
Hapoel Holon
7 2023 Spain
Málaga		 Germany
Telekom Baskets Bonn		 77–70
Details		 Israel
Hapoel Jerusalem		 Spain
Lenovo Tenerife		 84–79 Spain
Unicaja

Arenas
Year Arena Image City Country Capacity
2017 Pabellón Insular Santiago Martín San Cristóbal de La Laguna Spain Spain
5,100
2018 O.A.C.A. Olympic Indoor Hall Athens Greece Greece
18,989
2019 Sportpaleis Antwerp Belgium Belgium
18,400
2020 O.A.C.A. Olympic Indoor Hall Athens Greece Greece
18,989
2021 Trade Union Sport Palace Nizhny Novgorod Russia Russia
5,500
2022 Bilbao Arena Bilbao Spain Spain
10,014
2023 Palacio de Deportes José María Martín Carpena Málaga Spain Spain
11,300

Final Four MVP
Main article: Basketball Champions League Final Four MVP

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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