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.

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

History

The very first BCL Final Four, the 2017 Basketball Champions League Final Four, was held from 28 April to 30 April, 2017.

During the 2019–20 season, due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the following suspension of the league, the usual format of a Final Four was changed to a Final Eight.

Results

WinnersScoreSecond placeThird placeScoreFourth place
SeasonHost cityFinalThird and fourth place
2017Spain La LagunaSpain Iberostar Tenerife63–59 DetailsTurkey BanvitFrance Monaco91–77Italy Umana Reyer Venezia
2018Greece AthensGreece AEK100–94 DetailsFrance MonacoSpain UCAM Murcia85–74Germany MHP Riesen Ludwigsburg
2019Belgium AntwerpItaly Virtus Segafredo Bologna73–61 DetailsSpain Iberostar TenerifeBelgium Telenet Antwerp Giants72–58Germany Brose Bamberg
2020Greece AthensSpain San Pablo Burgos85–74 DetailsGreece AEKFrance JDA Dijon70–65Spain Casademont Zaragoza
2021Russia Nizhny NovgorodSpain San Pablo Burgos64–59 DetailsTurkey Pınar KarşıyakaSpain Casademont Zaragoza89–77France SIG Strasbourg
2022Spain BilbaoSpain Lenovo Tenerife98–87 DetailsSpain Baxi ManresaGermany MHP Riesen Ludwigsburg88–68Israel Hapoel Holon
2023Spain MálagaGermany Telekom Baskets Bonn77–70 DetailsIsrael Hapoel JerusalemSpain Lenovo Tenerife84–79Spain Unicaja
2024Serbia BelgradeSpain Unicaja80–75 DetailsSpain Lenovo TenerifeSpain UCAM Murcia87–84Greece Peristeri
2025Greece AthensSpain Unicaja83–67 DetailsTurkey GalatasarayGreece AEK Betsson77–73Spain La Laguna Tenerife

Performances

Canarias holds the record for most Final Four appearances with five. Spain is the country with the most participants with a total of fourteen over the past eight seasons.

By club

Club1st2nd3rd4thTotal
Spanish Basketball Federation Canarias22116
Spanish Basketball Federation Unicaja213
Hellenic Basketball Federation AEK1113
Spanish Basketball Federation San Pablo Burgos22
French Federation of Basketball Monaco112
Spanish Basketball Federation UCAM Murcia22
Spanish Basketball Federation Zaragoza112
German Basketball Federation Riesen Ludwigsburg112
German Basketball Federation Baskets Bonn11
Italian Basketball Federation Virtus Bologna11
Spanish Basketball Federation Manresa11
Israeli Basketball Association Hapoel Jerusalem11
Turkish Basketball Federation Karşıyaka11
Turkish Basketball Federation Banvit11
Turkish Basketball Federation Galatasaray11
Basketball Belgium Antwerp Giants11
French Federation of Basketball JDA Dijon11
Israeli Basketball Association Hapoel Holon11
German Basketball Federation Bamberg11
French Federation of Basketball SIG Strasbourg11
Italian Basketball Federation Reyer Venezia11
Hellenic Basketball Federation Peristeri11
Total999936

By country

Club1st2nd3rd4thTotal
Spain (Liga ACB)634316
Greece (GBL)11114
Germany (Basketball Bundesliga)1124
France (LNB Élite)1214
Turkey (BSL)33
Italy (LBA)112
Israel (Premier League)112
Belgium (PBL / BNXT League)11

Arenas

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.

YearArenaCityCountryCapacity
2017Pabellón Insular Santiago MartínSan Cristóbal de La LagunaSpain Spain5,100
2018OAKA Basketball ArenaAthensGreece Greece18,989
2019SportpaleisAntwerpBelgium Belgium18,400
2020OAKA Basketball Arena (2)AthensGreece Greece18,989
2021Trade Union Sport PalaceNizhny NovgorodRussia Russia5,500
2022Bilbao ArenaBilbaoSpain Spain10,014
2023Palacio de Deportes José María Martín CarpenaMálagaSpain Spain11,300
2024Belgrade ArenaBelgradeSerbia18,368
2025SUNEL ArenaAthensGreece Greece9,025

Final Four MVP

External links

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