Tourney Name: | Basketball Champions League Final Four |
Year: | 2024 |
City: | Belgrade |
Country: | Serbia |
Arena: | Belgrade Arena |
Season: | 2023–24 season |
Dates: | 26–28 April 2024 |
Champions: | Unicaja (1st title) |
Second: | Lenovo Tenerife |
Third Place: | UCAM Murcia |
Fourth Place: | Peristeri |
Mvp: | Kendrick Perry (Unicaja) |
Mvp Link: | Basketball Champions League Final Four MVP |
Prevseason: | 2023 |
Nextseason: | 2025 |
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 was hosted at the Belgrade Arena in Belgrade, Serbia.
Unicaja qualified for a second consecutive Final Four appearance.[1] UCAM Murcia returned to the Final Four after a 6-year absence.[2] Lenovo Tenerife will play their record-extending sixth Final Four, and their sixth in eight years.[3] Peristeri will make their Final Four debut and become the second Greek team to qualify (after 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 | |
---|---|---|---|
UCAM Murcia | 9 April 2024 | 1 (2018) | |
Unicaja | 9 April 2024 | 1 (2023) | |
Peristeri | 16 April 2024 | 0 | |
Lenovo Tenerife | 17 April 2024 | 6 (2017, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023) |
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). 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]
In the first semifinal, Kyle Guy of Lenovo Tenerife set a new Final Four record for most points in a game with 34 points.[8]
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.[9] Tenerife's Marcelo Huertas was named league MVP at age 40 one day before the final.[10] Unicaja forced Lenovo Tenerife to commit 19 turnovers on their way to the 80–75 win.[11] Kendrick Perry won the Final Four MVP award after scoring a team-high 17 points in 20 minutes off the bench.[12]