Unicaja Malaga 2024-25 Basketball Champions League championship ceremony

The 2025 Basketball Champions League Final Four powered by SUNEL, also known as the 2025 BCL Final Four, is the concluding tournament of the 2024–25 Basketball Champions League. The tournament is hosted at the SUNEL Arena in Athens, Greece.

Venue and Sponsorship

The 2025 Basketball Champions League Final Four will be hosted in Athens for the third time after 2018 and 2020, but will be the first one at the SUNEL Arena.

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SUNEL Arena
Capacity: 9,025

Sponsorship

For the Final Four, SUNEL expanded its partnership through a new collaboration with FIBA and the Basketball Champions League, serving as the official name sponsor of the event. The partnership also reflects a joint commitment to environmental awareness.

Teams

Road to the Final Four

ClubClinched Final FourPrevious final tournament appearancesSeason performance
Regular season recordRound of 16Quarterfinals
Turkey Galatasaray15 April 20250 (debut)4–2 (2nd Group D)4–2 (2nd Group J)Czech Republic ERA Nymburk2–080–106 (A)90–74 (H)
Spain Unicaja15 April 20252 (2023, 2024)6–0 (1st Group B)5–1 (1st Group J)Italy Unahotels Reggio Emilia2–0105–68 (H)72–82 (A)
Spain La Laguna Tenerife16 April 20257 (2017, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024)6–0 (1st Group C)6–0 (1st Group K)Italy Bertram Derthona2–093–89 (H)64–74 (A)
Greece AEK Athens23 April 20252 (2018, 2020)4–2 (1st Group E)5–1 (1st Group I)France Nanterre 922–176–69 (H)82–70 (A)104–69 (H)

Bracket

SemifinalsFinal
9 May
Spain La Laguna Tenerife80
11 May
Turkey Galatasaray90
Turkey Galatasaray67
9 May
Spain Unicaja83
Greece AEK Betsson BC65
Spain Unicaja71
Third place game
11 May
Spain La Laguna Tenerife73
Greece AEK Betsson BC77

Semifinals

2025 Final Four semifinals were played on May 9, 2025, at the SUNEL Arena in Athens, Greece.

9 May 2025La Laguna Tenerife Spain80–90Turkey GalatasarayAthens
18:00Scoring by quarter: 24–20, 19–20, 12–24, 25–26
Pts: Huertas 18 Rebs: Scrubb 5 Asts: Fitipaldo 6 PIR: Shermadini 17Pts: Cummings, Izundu 21 Rebs: Izundu 10 Asts: three players 3 PIR: Izundu 28Arena: SUNEL Arena Attendance: 7,211 Referees: Ademir Zurapovic (BIH), Yohan Rosso (FRA), Gvidas Gedvilas (LTU)
9 May 2025AEK Betsson BC Greece65–71Spain UnicajaAthens
21:00Scoring by quarter: 20–23, 11–14, 24–13, 10–21
Pts: Golden 19 Rebs: Bryce 7 Asts: Golden 5 PIR: Golden 23Pts: Osetkowski 14 Rebs: Osetkowski 10 Asts: Kalinoski, Taylor 3 PIR: Osetkowski 16Arena: SUNEL Arena Attendance: 8,291 Referees: Wojciech Liszka (POL), Boris Krejić (SLO), Julio Anaya (PAN)

Third place game

11 May 2025La Laguna Tenerife Spain73–77Greece AEK Betsson BCAthens
17:00Scoring by quarter: 21–11, 18–17, 16–18, 18–31
Pts: Krämer 15 Rebs: Shermadini 13 Asts: Huertas 3 PIR: Krämer 15Pts: Tucker 20 Rebs: Golden 7 Asts: Gray 4 PIR: Tucker 19Arena: SUNEL Arena Attendance: 8,291 Referees: Yohan Rosso (FRA), Mārtiņš Kozlovskis (LAT), Gatis Salins (LAT)

Final

The 2025 Basketball Champions League Final was contested at the SUNEL Arena in Athens on May 11, 2025, at 20:00 local time.

11 May 2025Galatasaray Turkey67–83Spain UnicajaAthens
20:00Scoring by quarter: 13–19, 18–18, 18–19, 18–27
Pts: Cummings, Wallace 14 Rebs: Izundu 11 Asts: Palmer 4 PIR: Wallace 16Pts: Carter 14 Rebs: Pérez 11 Asts: Carter 5 PIR: Pérez 18Arena: SUNEL Arena Attendance: 7,212 Referees: Wojciech Liszka (POL), Boris Krejić (SLO), Julio Anaya (PAN)