# EuroLeague Final Four

The EuroLeague Final Four is the final four format championship of the European-wide top-tier level EuroLeague professional club basketball competition. The Euroleague Basketball Company used the final four format for the first time in 2002, following the 2001 FIBA SuproLeague Final Four, which was the last final four held by FIBA Europe. In the original FIBA Europe competition, as seen below, the final four was used for the first time at the 1966 FIBA European Champions Cup Final Four. The final four format was used again the next year, with the 1967 FIBA European Champions Cup Final Four, but was then abandoned.
The final four finally returned as the format of choice, for the first time during its modern era, with the 1988 FIBA European Champions Cup Final Four. It is known as the Turkish Airlines EuroLeague Final Four for name sponsorship reasons. Panathinaikos has been the most successful team at the EuroLeague Final Four, since the modern final four era began in the 1987–88 season, winning the title 7 times (1996, 2000, 2002, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2024). Panathinaikos are the most recent winners, having clinched their seventh Final Four title in 2024.
The EuroLeague Final Four is broadcast on TV in up to 213 countries and territories.

## History
### Names of the Final Four

* FIBA era (1958–2001):
** FIBA European Champions Cup Final Four (1966–1967, 1988–1991)
** FIBA European League Final Four ("FIBA EuroLeague Final Four") (1992–1996)
** FIBA EuroLeague Final Four (1997–2000)
** FIBA SuproLeague Final Four (2001)
* Euroleague Basketball era (since 2000):
** Euroleague Final Four (2002–2016)
** EuroLeague Final Four (since 2017)

### Historical changes

The first time the EuroLeague used a Final Four format to decide its league champion, was at the conclusion of the 1965–66 and 1966–67 seasons, when it held the 1966 FIBA European Champions Cup Final Four, and the 1967 FIBA European Champions Cup Final Four. Those first two final fours were won by Simmenthal Milano (1966) and Real Madrid (1967). FIBA Europe did not use the final four format again until the 1987–88 season, when it held the 1988 FIBA European Champions Cup Final Four, which was also won by Tracer Milano.
The EuroLeague Final Four has been held every year since, with FIBA Europe organizing it until 2001, and the Euroleague Basketball Company organizing it since 2002.
There were two separate competitions during the 2000–01 season. The SuproLeague, which was organized by FIBA, and the EuroLeague, which was organized by Euroleague Basketball Company. Euroleague Basketball Company's EuroLeague competition, in its inaugural year, used a playoff format, with the two professional teams from Bologna (Virtus and Fortitudo), AEK, and TAU reaching the tournament's semifinals. Virtus was the winner of the 2001 Euroleague Finals.

## EuroLeague Final Four by season

| Year | Host city | Champion | Runner-up | Third place | Fourth place |
| FIBA European Champions Cup Final Four (early events) ||||||
| 1966 | Bologna | Simmenthal Milano | Slavia VŠ Praha | CSKA Moscow | AEK |
| 1967 | Madrid | Real Madrid | Simmenthal Milano | Slavia VŠ Praha | AŠK Olimpija |
| FIBA European Champions Cup Final Four ||||||
| 1988 | Ghent | Tracer Milano | Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv | Partizan | Aris |
| 1989 | Munich | Jugoplastika | Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv | Aris | FC Barcelona |
| 1990 | Zaragoza | Jugoplastika | FC Barcelona Banca Catalana | Limoges CSP | Aris |
| 1991 | Paris | POP 84 | FC Barcelona Banca Catalana | Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv | Scavolini Pesaro |
| FIBA European League Final Four ||||||
| 1992 | Istanbul | Partizan | Montigalà Joventut | Philips Milano | Estudiantes Argentaria |
| 1993 | Piraeus | Limoges CSP | Benetton Treviso | PAOK | Real Madrid Teka |
| 1994 | Tel Aviv | 7up Joventut | Olympiacos | Panathinaikos | FC Barcelona Banca Catalana |
| 1995 | Zaragoza | Real Madrid Teka | Olympiacos | Panathinaikos | Limoges CSP |
| 1996 | Paris | Panathinaikos | FC Barcelona Banca Catalana | CSKA Moscow | Real Madrid Teka |
| FIBA EuroLeague Final Four ||||||
| 1997 | Rome | Olympiacos | FC Barcelona Banca Catalana | Smelt Olimpija | ASVEL |
| 1998 | Barcelona | Kinder Bologna | AEK | Benetton Treviso | Partizan Zepter |
| 1999 | Munich | Žalgiris | Kinder Bologna | Olympiacos | Teamsystem Bologna |
| 2000 | Thessaloniki | Panathinaikos | Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv | Efes Pilsen | FC Barcelona |
| 2001* | 3-2 won Kinder | Kinder Bologna | Tau Cerámica | AEK / Paf Bologna | No third place game |
| FIBA SuproLeague Final Four ||||||
| 2001* | Paris | Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv | Panathinaikos | Efes Pilsen | CSKA Moscow |
| Euroleague Final Four ||||||
| 2002 | Bologna | Panathinaikos | Kinder Bologna | Benetton Treviso | Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv |
| 2003 | Barcelona | FC Barcelona | Benetton Treviso | Montepaschi Siena | CSKA Moscow |
| 2004 | Tel Aviv | Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv | Skipper Bologna | CSKA Moscow | Montepaschi Siena |
| 2005 | Moscow | Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv | Tau Cerámica | Panathinaikos | CSKA Moscow |
| 2006 | Prague | CSKA Moscow | Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv | Tau Cerámica | Winterthur FC Barcelona |
| 2007 | Athens | Panathinaikos | CSKA Moscow | Unicaja | Tau Cerámica |
| 2008 | Madrid | CSKA Moscow | Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv | Montepaschi Siena | Tau Cerámica |
| 2009 | Berlin | Panathinaikos | CSKA Moscow | Regal FC Barcelona | Olympiacos |
| 2010 | Paris | Regal FC Barcelona | Olympiacos | CSKA Moscow | Partizan |
| 2011 | Barcelona | Panathinaikos | Maccabi Electra Tel Aviv | Montepaschi Siena | Real Madrid |
| 2012 | Istanbul | Olympiacos | CSKA Moscow | FC Barcelona Regal | Panathinaikos |
| 2013 | London | Olympiacos | Real Madrid | CSKA Moscow | FC Barcelona Regal |
| 2014 | Milan | Maccabi Electra Tel Aviv | Real Madrid | FC Barcelona | CSKA Moscow |
| 2015 | Madrid | Real Madrid | Olympiacos | CSKA Moscow | Fenerbahçe |
| 2016 | Berlin | CSKA Moscow | Fenerbahçe | Lokomotiv Kuban | Laboral Kutxa |
| EuroLeague Final Four ||||||
| 2017 | Istanbul | Fenerbahçe | Olympiacos | CSKA Moscow | Real Madrid |
| 2018 | Belgrade | Real Madrid | Fenerbahçe | Žalgiris | CSKA Moscow |
| 2019 | Vitoria-Gasteiz | CSKA Moscow | Anadolu Efes | Real Madrid | Fenerbahçe |
| 2020 | Cologne | Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic | Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic | Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic | Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic |
| 2021 | Cologne | Anadolu Efes | FC Barcelona | AX Armani Exchange Milan | CSKA Moscow |
| 2022 | Belgrade | Anadolu Efes | Real Madrid | FC Barcelona | Olympiacos |
| 2023 | Kaunas | Real Madrid | Olympiacos | AS Monaco | FC Barcelona |
| 2024 | Berlin | Panathinaikos | Real Madrid | Olympiacos | Fenerbahçe |
* The 2000–01 season was a transition year, with the best European teams split into two different major leagues, the SuproLeague 2000–01, held by FIBA, and the Euroleague 2000–01, held by Euroleague Basketball. That season's Euroleague Basketball tournament, the Euroleague 2000–01 season, did not end with a Final Four tournament. Instead, it ended with a 5-game playoff series. The EuroLeague now officially recognizes both the 2001 FIBA SuproLeague, and the 2001 Euroleague, in its statistics.

## Statistics
### Performance by club

* Including original FIBA European Champions Cup and EuroLeague Final Four competitions.
| Club | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Total |
| Panathinaikos | 7 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 12 |
| Real Madrid | 5 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 14 |
| Maccabi Tel Aviv | 4 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 12 |
| CSKA Moscow | 4 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 20 |
| Olympiacos | 3 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 13 |
| Split | 3 | – | – | – | 3 |
| FC Barcelona | 2 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 17 |
| Virtus Bologna | 2 | 2 | – | – | 4 |
| Anadolu Efes | 2 | 1 | 2 | – | 5 |
| Fenerbahçe | 1 | 2 | – | 3 | 6 |
| Olimpia Milano | 2 | 1 | 2 | – | 5 |
| Joventut Badalona | 1 | 1 | – | – | 2 |
| Partizan | 1 | – | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| Limoges CSP | 1 | – | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| Žalgiris | 1 | – | 1 | – | 2 |
| Treviso | – | 2 | 2 | – | 4 |
| Baskonia | – | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| AEK | – | 1 | – | 1 | 2 |
| Fortitudo Bologna | – | 1 | – | 1 | 2 |
| Slavia VŠ Praha | – | 1 | 1 | – | 2 |
| Mens Sana 1871 | – | – | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| Olimpija | – | – | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Aris | – | – | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| PAOK | – | – | 1 | – | 1 |
| Málaga | – | – | 1 | – | 1 |
| Lokomotiv Kuban | – | – | 1 | – | 1 |
| AS Monaco | – | – | 1 | – | 1 |
| Victoria Libertas | – | – | – | 1 | 1 |
| Estudiantes | – | – | – | 1 | 1 |
| ASVEL | – | – | – | 1 | 1 |
| Total | 39 | 39 | 38 | 38 | 154 |

### Performance by nation

* Including original FIBA European Champions Cup and EuroLeague Final Four competitions.
| Nation (Domestic League) | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Total |
| Greece (GBL) | 10 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 31 |
| Spain (LEB / ACB) | 7 | 11 | 7 | 14 | 40 |
| Israel (ISBL) | 4 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 12 |
| Russia (RSL / PBL / VTB) | 4 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 20 |
| SFR Yugoslavia (FFBL) | 4 | – | 2 | 1 | 7 |
| Italy (LBA) | 3 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 19 |
| Turkey (BSL) | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 11 |
| France (Pro A) | 1 | – | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| Lithuania (LKL) | 1 | – | 1 | – | 2 |
| Czechoslovakia (CSBL) | – | 1 | – | 1 | 2 |
| Soviet Union (PBL) | – | – | 1 | – | 1 |
| Slovenia (SKL) | – | – | 1 | – | 1 |
| Serbia (ABA/KLS) | – | – | – | 1 | 1 |
| Total | 36 | 36 | 36 | 36 | 144 |

## Opening press conference venues

| Year | Venue | Host city | Country |
| 2008 | Community of Madrid Sports Centre | Madrid | Spain |
| 2009 | O2 World | Berlin | Germany |
| 2010 | Hôtel de Ville | Paris | France |
| 2011 | Gothic Quarter (City hall) | Barcelona | Spain |
| 2012 | Çırağan Palace | Istanbul | Turkey |
| 2013 | London City Hall | London | England |
| 2014 | Piazza del Duomo | Milan | Italy |
| 2015 | Cybele Palace | Madrid | Spain |
| 2016 | Alexanderplatz | Berlin | Germany |
| 2017 | Çırağan Palace | Istanbul | Turkey |
| 2018 | Kalemegdan Fortress | Belgrade | Serbia |
| 2019 | Plaza Nueva | Vitoria-Gasteiz | Spain |
| 2020 | Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic | Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic | Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic |

## EuroLeague Final Four MVPs

| Season | Final Four MVP | Club | Ref. |
| 1987–88 | Bob McAdoo | Tracer Milano | |
| 1988–89 | Dino Rađa | Jugoplastika | |
| 1989–90 | Toni Kukoč | Jugoplastika | |
| 1990–91 | Toni Kukoč (2) | POP 84 | |
| 1991–92 | Sasha Danilović | Partizan | |
| 1992–93 | Toni Kukoč (3) | Benetton Treviso | |
| 1993–94 | Žarko Paspalj | Olympiacos | |
| 1994–95 | Arvydas Sabonis | Real Madrid Teka | |
| 1995–96 | Dominique Wilkins | Panathinaikos | |
| 1996–97 | David Rivers | Olympiacos | |
| 1997–98 | Zoran Savić | Kinder Bologna | |
| 1998–99 | Tyus Edney | Žalgiris | |
| 1999–00 | Željko Rebrača | Panathinaikos | |
| 2000–01* | Ariel McDonald | Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv | |
| 2001–02 | Dejan Bodiroga | Panathinaikos | |
| 2002–03 | Dejan Bodiroga (2) | FC Barcelona | |
| 2003–04 | Anthony Parker | Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv | |
| 2004–05 | Šarūnas Jasikevičius | Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv | |
| 2005–06 | Theo Papaloukas | CSKA Moscow | |
| 2006–07 | Dimitris Diamantidis | Panathinaikos | |
| 2007–08 | Trajan Langdon | CSKA Moscow | |
| 2008–09 | Vassilis Spanoulis | Panathinaikos | |
| 2009–10 | Juan Carlos Navarro | Regal FC Barcelona | |
| 2010–11 | Dimitris Diamantidis (2) | Panathinaikos | |
| 2011–12 | Vassilis Spanoulis (2) | Olympiacos | |
| 2012–13 | Vassilis Spanoulis (3) | Olympiacos | |
| 2013–14 | Tyrese Rice | Maccabi Electra Tel Aviv | |
| 2014–15 | Andrés Nocioni | Real Madrid | |
| 2015–16 | Nando de Colo | CSKA Moscow | |
| 2016–17 | Ekpe Udoh | Fenerbahçe | |
| 2017–18 | Luka Dončić | Real Madrid | |
| 2018–19 | Will Clyburn | CSKA Moscow | |
| 2019–20 | Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic | Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic | Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic |
| 2020–21 | Vasilije Micić | Anadolu Efes | |
| 2021–22 | Vasilije Micić (2) | Anadolu Efes | |
| 2022–23 | Edy Tavares | Real Madrid | |
| 2023–24 | Kostas Sloukas | Panathinaikos |