The Basketball Champions League Final Four (BCL Final Four) is the concluding
final four tournament of each season's
Basketball Champions League
The Basketball Champions League (BCL) is an annual professional basketball competition for European clubs, organised by FIBA. It is the top-level competition organised by FIBA Europe, therefore the champion participates in the FIBA Intercont ...
. The tournament's full official name is ''FIBA Basketball Champions League Final Four''. The BCL is an international
professional
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basketball
Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular court, compete with the primary objective of shooting a basketball (approximately in diameter) through the defender's h ...
competition that is contested by European basketball
clubs
Club may refer to:
Arts, entertainment, and media
* ''Club'' (magazine)
* Club, a '' Yie Ar Kung-Fu'' character
* Clubs (suit), a suit of playing cards
* Club music
* "Club", by Kelsea Ballerini from the album ''kelsea''
Brands and enterprises ...
, and which is organized by the Basketball Champions League S.A., in conjunction with
FIBA
The International Basketball Federation (FIBA ; French: ) is an association of national organizations which governs the sport of basketball worldwide. Originally known as the (hence FIBA), in 1989 it dropped the word ''amateur'' from its nam ...
.
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
The 2017 Basketball Champions League Final Four was the inaugural Basketball Champions League tournament. It was the concluding phase of the 2016–17 Basketball Champions League season.
Venue
The Santiago Martín hosted the final tournament for ...
, was held from 28 April to 30 April, 2017.
During the 2019–20 season, due to the
COVID-19 pandemic
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and the following suspension of the league,
the usual format of a Final Four was changed to a Final Eight.
Results
Arenas
Final Four MVP
References
External links
Basketball Champions League(official website)
FIBA Europe(official website)
Eurobasket.com League PageBasketball Champions League Official YouTube Account
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