2024 FIBA Europe Cup Finals explained

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.

Venues

ChemnitzIstanbul
Messe ChemnitzÜlker Sports and Event Hall
Capacity: 5,000Capacity: 13,059

Background

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]

Road to the Finals

Note: In the table, the score of the finalist is given first (H = home; A = away).

Niners ChemnitzRound Bahçeşehir Koleji
Group H
Regular seasonGroup D
Group N
Second roundGroup L
OpponentAgg.1st leg2nd legPlay-offsOpponentAgg.1st leg2nd leg
align=left 200–150 98–64 (A) 102–86 (H)Quarterfinalsalign=left 168–142 90–80 (A) 88–52 (H)
align=left 171–155 98–73 (A) 73–82 (H)Semifinalsalign=left 161–154 81–80 (A) 81–73 (H)

See also

Notes and References

  1. FIBAEuropeCup . 1783192704303677726 . IT'S PACKED IN ISTANBUL.
  2. Web site: Finals preview: Bahcesehir, NINERS set for big showdown . 2024-04-20 . FIBA.basketball . en.
  3. Web site: Can Bahcesehir College become the first team to win FIBA Europe Cup twice? . 2024-04-20 . FIBA.basketball . en.