2024 Basketball Champions League Final Four

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2024 Basketball Champions League Final Four
Lenovo Tenerife
Third placeSpain UCAM Murcia
Fourth placeGreece Peristeri
Awards and statistics
MVPKendrick Perry (Unicaja)
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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 will be hosted at the Belgrade Arena in Belgrade, Serbia.

Teams

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)
Spain Unicaja 9 April 2024[1] 1 (2023)
Greece Peristeri 16 April 2024[4] 0
Lenovo Tenerife
 17 April 2024[3] 6 (2017, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023)

Venue and floor

On 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

 
SemifinalsFinal
 
      
 
26 April
 
 
Lenovo Tenerife
97
 
28 April
 
Greece Peristeri93
 
Unicaja
80
 
Unicaja
80
 
Third place game
 
 
28 April
 
 
Greece Peristeri84
 
 
Spain UCAM Murcia87

Semifinals

In the first semifinal,

Lenovo Tenerife Spain v Greece Peristeri
26 April 2024
Lenovo Tenerife Spain
 		97–93 Greece 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 Spain 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)

Third place game

Peristeri Greece v Spain UCAM Murcia
28 April 2024 Peristeri Greece 84–87 Spain 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)

Final

It was the second time in league history that the final was contested by two Spanish teams, and the fifth time in all European competitions.

Unicaja
28 April 2024
Lenovo Tenerife Spain
 		75–80
Unicaja
 		Belgrade
20:00 Scoring by quarter: 10–16, 17–22, 29–24, 19–18
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)

Notes

  1. ^ Both Final Four and Final Eight tournaments.

References

  1. ^ a b "Kalinoski steals fire from Promitheas, sends Unicaja to another Final Four". FIBA.basketball. Retrieved 2024-04-20.
  2. ^ a b "UCAM Murcia end six-year wait, return to the BCL Final Four". FIBA.basketball. Retrieved 2024-04-20.
  3. ^ a b "Message sent: Another Huertas double-double as Tenerife punch last ticket to Belgrade". FIBA.basketball. Retrieved 2024-04-20.
  4. ^ a b "A Spanoulis masterclass: Peristeri eliminate defending champions Bonn, reach Final Four". FIBA.basketball. Retrieved 2024-04-20.
  5. ^ "Spain's mastery hits 43% of berths in the BCL Final Four". Eurohoops. 2024-04-19. Retrieved 2024-04-20.
  6. ^ a b "Belgrade unveiled as Final Four host on night of Serbian legends". FIBA.basketball. Retrieved 2024-04-20.
  7. ^ "The future is now: Belgrade Final Four to be played on ASB GlassFloor in world first". FIBA.basketball. Retrieved 2024-04-20.
  8. ^ "Kyle Guy sets new Final Four record as Tenerife reach another Final". FIBA.basketball. Retrieved 2024-05-02.
  9. ^ "Final preview: Tenerife's third BCL title or Unicaja's first?". FIBA.basketball. Retrieved 2024-05-02.
  10. ^ "MVP Huertas, coach Spanoulis headline BCL Season 8 award winners". FIBA.basketball. Retrieved 2024-05-02.
  11. ^ "Tactics Breakdown: The keys to Unicaja's triumph in the Final". FIBA.basketball. Retrieved 2024-05-02.
  12. ^ "Poetic justice: Kendrick Perry is the MVP of the Final Four". FIBA.basketball. Retrieved 2024-05-02.
  13. ^ Report FIBA
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