Basketball Champions League Best Young Player Explained

The Basketball Champions League (BCL) Best Young Player in an annual award of the Basketball Champions League. The Basketball Champions League is, along with the EuroCup, one of the two secondary level European-wide professional club basketball leagues in Europe. Only players who are aged 22 and under qualify for the award. The award is given to the under age 22 player that the Basketball Champions League deems to be its best young player of the season. The award is given by FIBA. The award began with the league's inaugural 2016–17 season.

Voting criteria

The Basketball Champions League Best Young Player is chosen by a vote of the fans online, a vote of media journalists and representatives, and a vote of all of the head coaches of all of the teams in each season of the league. The fans, the media, and the league's head coaches each get 1/3 of the vote distribution.

Winners

Player (X)
Name of the player and number of times they had won the award at that point (if more than one)
NationalityNationality as registered by FIBA, player may hold more nationalities
Indicates multiple award winners in the same season
Denotes the club were BCL champions in the same season
SeasonPlayerPositionNationalityClub
2016–17Forward Banvit[1]
2017–18Forward SikeliArchivi Capo d'Orlando
2018–19Guard Hapoel Jerusalem[2]
2019–20 ZaragozaWeb site: Star Lineup revealed, Alocen Best Young Player. 29 September 2020. 8 October 2020. Basketball Champions League.
2020–21 CholetWeb site: Star Lineup revealed, Makoundou Best Young Player. 5 May 2021. 6 May 2021. Basketball Champions League.
2021–22 NutriBullet Treviso[3]
2022–23Power forward Galatasaray Nef[4]
2023–24Small forward Cholet Basket[5]

External links

Notes and References

  1. News: Star Lineup revealed, Korkmaz named Best Young Player. 30 April 2017. 16 January 2018. Basketballcl.com.
  2. News: Star Lineup revealed, Blatt Best Young Player. May 5, 2019. May 5, 2019. Basketballcl.com.
  3. Web site: Star Lineup revealed, Bortolani Best Young Player. 7 May 2022. 7 May 2021. Basketball Champions League.
  4. Web site: MVP Shorts headlines BCL season seven award winners. 13 May 2022. 14 May 2023. Basketball Champions League.
  5. Web site: MVP Shorts headlines BCL season seven award winners. 13 May 2022. 14 May 2023. Basketball Champions League.