| Youth Basketball Champions League | |
| Organiser: | FIBA Europe |
| Inaugural: | 2023 |
| Founded: | 2023 |
| Country: | FIBA Europe members |
| Teams: | 13 |
| Champions: |  Rytas (1st title) |
| Season: | 2024 |
| Most Champs: |  Igokea Rytas (1 title each) |
| Current: | 2024 Youth Basketball Champions League |
The Youth Basketball Champions League (YBCL) is a European basketball competition for men's junior teams organised by FIBA Europe. The league is contested by junior teams of selected Basketball Champions League member teams which can field players younger than 18 years old. The establishment of the league was announced in January and the inaugural season began in April 2023.[1]
The inaugural 2023 season took place with ten teams in Bursa, Turkey, and was won by Igokea.[2] The second edition expanded to 13 teams and was held in Debrecen, Hungary.[3] The second championship was won by Rytas.[4]
| Season | Year | Host city | Final | Third and fourth place | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Winners | Score | Second place | Third place | Score | Fourth place | |||||
| 1 | 2023Details | Bursa | Igokea | 73–66 |  Tofaş | Rytas | 78–73 |  Hapoel Jerusalem | ||
| 2 | 2024Details | Debrecen | Rytas | 98–62 | Galatasaray | Tofaş | 93–89 | Igokea | ||
The following is a list of clubs who have played in the Basketball Champions League Americas at any time since its formation in 2019 to the current season.
| 1st | Champions | ||||||
| 2nd | Runners-up | ||||||
| 3rd | Third place | ||||||
| 4th | Fourth place | ||||||
| SF | Semifinalists | ||||||
| QF | Quarterfinalists | ||||||
| RS | Regular season | ||||||
| Q | Qualified for upcoming season | ||||||
| Team | width=25 | 2023 | 2024 | Total seasons |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| scope=row | ||||
| Oostende | 7th | 1 | ||
| Bnei Herzliya | 9th | 1 | ||
| Nymburk | 10th | 7th | 2 | |
| Opava | 8th | 1 | ||
| 8th | 1 | |||
| Lenovo Tenerife | 6th | 5th | 2 | |
| Riesen Ludwigsburg | 5th | 11th | 2 | |
| Hapoel Jerusalem | 4th | 12th | 2 | |
| Rytas | 2 | |||
| Galatasaray | 1 | |||
| Tofaş | 2 | |||
| Igokea | 4th | 2 | ||
| Oldenburg | 6th | 1 | ||
| AEK | 10th | 1 | ||
| Promitheas Patras | 13th | 1 | ||
| Debrecen | 9th | 1 | ||
At the end of each season, FIBA Europe selects one most valuable player and names five players to the All-Star Team.[5]
| 2023 | Dusan Makitan (Igokea) |
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| 2024 | Ignas Urbonas (Rytas) |
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