Game Name: | 2024 FIBA Europe Cup Finals |
Previous: | 2023 |
Next: | 2025 |
Event: | 2023–24 FIBA Europe Cup |
Team1: | Niners Chemnitz |
Team1score: | 180 |
Team2score: | 179 |
Team2: | Bahçeşehir Koleji |
Firstleg: | First leg |
Team1score1: | 85 |
Team2score1: | 74 |
Stadium1: | Messe Chemnitz |
Attendance1: | 5,000 |
Referee1: | Georgios Poursanidis (GRE), Fernando Calatrava (SPA), Gvidas Gedvilas (LTU) |
City1: | Chemnitz |
Secondleg: | Second leg |
Team1score2: | 95 |
Team2score2: | 105 |
Stadium2: | Ülker Sports Arena |
Attendance2: | 11,278[1] |
Referee2: | Luis Miguel Castillo (SPA), Nicolas Maestre (FRA), Martin Horozov (BUL) |
City2: | Istanbul |
Mvp: | Kaza Kajami-Keane |
The 2024 FIBA Europe Cup Finals were the concluding games of the 2023–24 FIBA Europe Cup season. As in previous years, the finals were played in a two-legged format, with the first leg being played on 17 April and the second one on 24 April 2024.[2] The finals were played between German side Niners Chemnitz and Turkish side Bahçeşehir Koleji. Bahçeşehir Koleji played their second Europe Cup finals, having won the 2022 finals, while Chemnitz played in their first-ever final.
Chemnitz | Istanbul | |
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Messe Chemnitz | Ülker Sports and Event Hall | |
Capacity: 5,000 | Capacity: 13,059 | |
Niners Chemnitz came into the finals with a 14–2 record in the 2023–24 FIBA Europe Cup season and defeated Zaragoza by 50 points in the quarter-finals, before shocking Bilbao Basket in the semi-finals as well. They were having a successful season in the 2023–24 Basketball Bundesliga as well, sitting in second place with a 22–5 record. Chemnitz was the second German team to play in a Europe Cup final, following the Fraport Skyliners in 2016. Phil Scrubb was on the Skyliners' championship winning roster and played his second finals with Chemnitz.
Bahçeşehir Koleji had a 13–3 record in the Europe Cup, and had a 10–16 record in the 2023–24 Basketbol Süper Ligi heading into the finals. They had the chance to become the first team in competition history to win the Europe Cup twice.[3]
Note: In the table, the score of the finalist is given first (H = home; A = away).
Niners Chemnitz | Round | Bahçeşehir Koleji | ||||||||
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Group H | Regular season | Group D | ||||||||
Group N | Second round | Group L | ||||||||
Opponent | Agg. | 1st leg | 2nd leg | Play-offs | Opponent | Agg. | 1st leg | 2nd leg | ||
align=left | 200–150 | 98–64 (A) | 102–86 (H) | Quarterfinals | align=left | 168–142 | 90–80 (A) | 88–52 (H) | ||
align=left | 171–155 | 98–73 (A) | 73–82 (H) | Semifinals | align=left | 161–154 | 81–80 (A) | 81–73 (H) | ||