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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 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 Performances Canarias holds the record for most Final Four appearances with five. Spain is the country with the most participants with a total of fourt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2025 Basketball Champions League Final Four
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. 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 Bracket Semifinals 2025 Final Four semifinals were played on May 9, 2025, at the SUNEL Arena in Athens, Greece. Third place game Final The 2025 Basketball Champions League Final was contested at the SUNEL Arena in Athens on May 11, 2025, at 20:0 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Basketball Champions League
The Basketball Champions League (BCL), also commonly known as the FIBA Champions League, is an annual professional basketball competition for European sports club, clubs, organised by FIBA. It is the European professional club basketball system, top-level competition organised by FIBA Europe, therefore the champion participates in the FIBA Intercontinental Cup. Clubs qualify for the competition mostly based on performance in their national leagues and cup competitions. Although exceptional, some teams can be Wild card (sports), wildcarded. Each season consists of 32 teams. The inaugural season was held in 2016–17 Basketball Champions League, 2016–17 and since then five different clubs won the competition. CB Canarias, Canarias, CB San Pablo Burgos, San Pablo Burgos and Baloncesto Málaga, Malaga hold the joint record of most BCL titles with two each. Creation and adoption In October 2015, FIBA attempted to take back control of Europe's top-tier club competition, by pro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Athens
Athens ( ) is the Capital city, capital and List of cities and towns in Greece, largest city of Greece. A significant coastal urban area in the Mediterranean, Athens is also the capital of the Attica (region), Attica region and is the southernmost capital on the European mainland. With its urban area's population numbering over 3.6 million, it is the List of urban areas in the European Union, eighth-largest urban area in the European Union (EU). The Municipality of Athens (also City of Athens), which constitutes a small administrative unit of the entire urban area, had a population of 643,452 (2021) within its official limits, and a land area of . Athens is one of the List of oldest continuously inhabited cities, world's oldest cities, with its recorded history spanning over 3,400 years, and its earliest human presence beginning somewhere between the 11th and 7th millennia BCE. According to Greek mythology the city was named after Athena, the ancient Greek goddess of wisdom, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
JDA Dijon Basket
Jeanne d'Arc Dijon Basket, commonly known as JDA Dijon Basket or simply Dijon, is a professional basketball club from the city of Dijon, France. The club currently plays in the LNB Pro A, the French first tier division. The club has won the French Federation Cup three times: in 1993, 2006 and 2024. The club is named after Joan of Arc, a heroine in French history. History The club, named after Joan of Arc, was founded in 1880, as a sports club active in gymnastics, football, as well as cultural activities such as theatre. In the 2003–04 season, JDA reached the finals of the FIBA EuroCup Challenge, the continent's fourth tier level. In its first European final ever, Dijon lost to German club Mitteldeutscher BC, by a score of 68–84. Dijon played in the 2019–20 FIBA Champions League, marking its return to European-wide competitions for the first time since 2014. The team won the bronze medal after defeating Zaragoza in the third place game. In the 2020–21 season, Dijon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2020 Basketball Champions League Final
2020 Basketball Champions League Final was the concluding game of the 2019–20 Basketball Champions League season, the 4th season of FIBA's premier basketball league in Europe. The final and the Final Eight were played in the O.A.C.A. Olympic Indoor Hall in Athens. San Pablo Burgos won its first Champions League title after defeating AEK. Background San Pablo Burgos Five years before, in August 2015, the professional section of CB Miraflores had been established. In 2017, Burgos made its debut in the Liga ACB, the highest Spanish league. In the 2019–20 ACB season, which was played out earlier that year, Burgos reached the semi-finals of the playoffs. AEK For AEK, this was the second time it appeared in a final of the Basketball Champions League, having won the 2018 title. It was also the second time AEK hosted the Final Four/Eight tournament at the O.A.C.A. Olympic Indoor Hall. Keith Langford, the team's leading scorer, was named Most Valuable Player of the competition. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2020 Basketball Champions League Final Eight
The 2020 Basketball Champions League (BCL) Final Eight was the 4th Basketball Champions League tournament. It was the concluding phase of the 2019–20 Basketball Champions League season. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the following suspension of the league, the usual format of Final Four was changed to Final Eight. The tournament was played behind closed doors. Venue The O.A.C.A. Olympic Indoor Hall hosted the final tournament for the second time, having already hosted the 2018 Events January * January 1 – Bulgaria takes over the Presidency of the Council of the European Union, after the Estonian presidency. * January 4 – SPLM-IO rebels loyal to Chan Garang Lual start a raid against Juba, capital of .... Bracket Quarterfinals Semifinals Third place game Final Notes References External links Basketball Champions League(official website) {{2019–20 in European men's basketball 2019–20 Basketball Champions League Basketball ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brose Bamberg
Bamberg Baskets is a German professional basketball team from Bamberg, Franconia/North Bavaria. The club has won the German Championship title nine times and the German Cup six times. The club currently plays in the German top tier Basketball Bundesliga (BBL) and the FIBA Europe Cup. The license holder of the club is Bamberger Basketball GmbH. The club was co-owned and sponsored by the German automotive supplier Brose Fahrzeugteile and was known as Brose Baskets and Brose Bamberg between 2006 and 2023. History 1955–2003: first Bundesliga years The 1. FC 01 Bamberg basketball team was promoted to the Basketball Bundesliga, the German Basketball League, for the first time in 1970. In 1988, after being relegated and promoted twice (relegations in 1979 and 1983, promotions in 1982 and 1984), and with 1. FC 01 Bamberg facing bankruptcy, the basketball division split to form a new club: TTL Basketball Bamberg. TTL stands for Tapeten-Teppichboden-Land, which is a wallpaper an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Antwerp Giants
Antwerp Giants, named Windrose Giants Antwerp for sponsorship reasons, is a Belgian professional basketball club based in Antwerp. Their home arena is Lotto Arena. The club plays in the BNXT League, the highest tier of Belgian basketball. The club was created from the merger of Sobabee and Racing Mechelen. Then named Racing Basket Antwerpen, it was renamed Antwerp Giants in 2005. Antwerp has won the Belgian championship once, in 2000. The team has won five Belgian Cups and two Belgian Supercups. History In 1995, Sobabee from Antwerp and Racing Mechelen merged into ''Racing Basket Antwerpen''. The club made its debut on the highest stage in Belgium in the 1998–99 season. Antwerp was one of the top 3 teams until 2001. In the 1999–2000 season the club won its first national championship as ''Telindus Antwerpen'', by beating Oostende 3–1 in the Finals. The team had a setback after the championship year and ended in the 6th, 7th or 8th place for five seasons in a row. In ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
