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2024 Basketball Champions League Final Four

Season	2023–24 season
Tournament details
Arena	Belgrade Arena Belgrade, Serbia
Dates	26–28 April 2024
Final positions
Champions	Unicaja (1st title)
Runners-up	Lenovo Tenerife
Third place	UCAM Murcia
Fourth place	Peristeri
Awards and statistics
MVP	Kendrick Perry (Unicaja)
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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.

Teams

Unicaja qualified for a second consecutive Final Four appearance. UCAM Murcia returned to the Final Four after a 6-year absence. Lenovo Tenerife will play their record-extending sixth Final Four, and their sixth in eight years. Peristeri will make their Final Four debut and become the second Greek team to qualify (after AEK Athens).

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.

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)

Venue and floor

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. 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.

Bracket

	Semifinals				Final
	26 April
	Lenovo Tenerife	97
					28 April
	Peristeri	93
					Lenovo Tenerife	75
	26 April
					Unicaja	80
	UCAM Murcia	74
	Unicaja	80
					Third place game
					28 April
					Peristeri	84
					UCAM Murcia	87

Semifinals

In the first semifinal, Kyle Guy of Lenovo Tenerife set a new Final Four record for most points in a game with 34 points.

26 April 2024	Lenovo Tenerife	97–93	Peristeri	Belgrade
18:00	Scoring by quarter: 19–23, 24–19, 23–18, 31–33
	Pts: Guy 34 Rebs: Huertas 9 Asts: Huertas 7 Eff: Huertas 32	Boxscore	Pts: Mitrou-Long 18 Rebs: Dangubić 5 Asts: Mitrou-Long 6 Eff: Mitrou-Long 19	Arena: Belgrade Arena Referees: Ademir Zurapović (BIH), Manuel Mazzoni (ITA), Boris Krejic (SVN)

26 April 2024	UCAM Murcia	74–80	Unicaja	Belgrade
21:00	Scoring by quarter: 26–15, 14–18, 15–26, 19–21
	Pts: Todorović 18 Rebs: Birgander, Todorović 5 Asts: Ennis 5 Eff: Todorović 23	Boxscore	Pts: Carter 14 Rebs: Đedović, Osetkowski 5 Asts: Díaz 6 Eff: Kravish 15	Arena: Belgrade Arena Referees: Yohan Rosso (FRA), Wojciech Liszka (POL), Gatis Saliņš (LVA)

Third place game

28 April 2024	Peristeri	84–87	UCAM Murcia	Belgrade
17:00	Scoring by quarter: 23–27, 12–17, 20–19, 29–24
	Pts: Ragland 24 Rebs: Renfro 6 Asts: Ragland 8 Eff: Ragland 28	Boxscore	Pts: Håkanson 22 Rebs: Sleva 5 Asts: Caupain 4 Eff: Håkanson 23	Arena: Belgrade Arena Referees: Martins Kozlovskis (LVA), Gatis Saliņš (LVA), Kerem Baki (TUR)

Final

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. Tenerife's Marcelo Huertas was named league MVP at age 40 one day before the final. Unicaja forced Lenovo Tenerife to commit 19 turnovers on their way to the 80–75 win. Kendrick Perry won the Final Four MVP award after scoring a team-high 17 points in 20 minutes off the bench.

28 April 2024	Lenovo Tenerife	75–80	Unicaja	Belgrade
20:00	Scoring by quarter: 10–16, 17–22, 29–24, 19–18
	Pts: Guy 18 Rebs: Abromaitis 7 Asts: Huertas 9 Eff: Shermadini 23	Boxscore	Pts: Perry 17 Rebs: Kravish 5 Asts: Díaz 5 Eff: Perry 16	Arena: Belgrade Arena Attendance: 5,237 Referees: Yohan Rosso (FRA), Manuel Mazzoni (ITA), Wojciech Liszka (POL)

Notes

1. Both Final Four and Final Eight tournaments.

References

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2. ^ "UCAM Murcia end six-year wait, return to the BCL Final Four". FIBA.basketball. Retrieved 2024-04-20.
3. ^ "Message sent: Another Huertas double-double as Tenerife punch last ticket to Belgrade". FIBA.basketball. Retrieved 2024-04-20.
4. ^ "A Spanoulis masterclass: Peristeri eliminate defending champions Bonn, reach Final Four". FIBA.basketball. Retrieved 2024-04-20.
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6. ^ "Belgrade unveiled as Final Four host on night of Serbian legends". FIBA.basketball. Retrieved 2024-04-20.
7. "The future is now: Belgrade Final Four to be played on ASB GlassFloor in world first". FIBA.basketball. Retrieved 2024-04-20.
8. "Kyle Guy sets new Final Four record as Tenerife reach another Final". FIBA.basketball. Retrieved 2024-05-02.
9. "Final preview: Tenerife's third BCL title or Unicaja's first?". FIBA.basketball. Retrieved 2024-05-02.
10. "MVP Huertas, coach Spanoulis headline BCL Season 8 award winners". FIBA.basketball. Retrieved 2024-05-02.
11. "Tactics Breakdown: The keys to Unicaja's triumph in the Final". FIBA.basketball. Retrieved 2024-05-02.
12. "Poetic justice: Kendrick Perry is the MVP of the Final Four". FIBA.basketball. Retrieved 2024-05-02.
13. Report FIBA

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