In 2022 the final four was held in Bilbao, where we were offered a Spanish final to decide the champion, in which Tenerife overcame Manresa by (87-98), led by a spectacular Marcelinho Huertas, MVP at 38 years of age. The islanders returned to the top of the BCL five years later
In 2021 the final 8 of the Basketball Champions League was held in the Russian city of Novgorod. In the final, San Pablo Burgos won the title for the second consecutive year. In a few points final (64-59) the Burgos beat Pinar Karsiyaka, with Benite as MVP
Because of the coronavirus, the BCL stopped the competition and decided to play a final 8 months later in Athens. In the final, the San Pablo Burgos, in the first opportunity in its history to win a European title, clearly beat the AEK Athens by (85-74)
In 2019 the final four of the Champions League was held in the Belgian city of Antwerp. Where in the final the Virtus Bologna returned, many years later to feel what it is like to win a title. The Italians beat Tenerife (73-61), thanks in part to the offensive work of Kevin Punter, MVP of the tournament
In 2018 the final four of the Champions League was held in Athens, where AEK took the opportunity to play as a home team to win the title. In an attacking final, the Greeks beat AS Monaco by (100-94). Mike Green, point guard of the Greek team, MVP of the tournament
In 2017 FIBA tried to promote its first club competition once and for all, and inaugurated the Champions League Basketball. If the first edition was held in Tenerife, and the local team did not want to miss the opportunity to play as a local to win the title, surpassing in the final the Turkish Banvit by (63-59). The MVP was for the outside Lithuanian of Tenerife Marius Grigonis
In 2016 the last FIBA Cup was held as the main exponent of its club competitions. In this edition the final four was held in the French city of Chalon-Sur-Saône, where Fraport Skyliners was proclaimed champion after overcoming and finally winning the Italian Varese by (66-62)
In 2015 the final four was held in the Turkish city of Trabzon, where the final was not decided until the last possessions between Nanterre and Trabzonspor, when Campbell scored the winning basket on the horn (64-63), which gave the title to the Gauls
In 2014, the final four was held in Bologna, where Reggio Emilia beat Russia’s Triumph in the final (79-65) to win their first ever continental title
In 2013 the final four was held in the Turkish city of Izmir. In a final with two very different parts, the first for the Karsiyaka, and the second for the Russians, everything was decided with a free kick by Wilson seconds away from the end (77-76)
In 2012, the FIBA Cup final four was held in the Hungarian city of Debrecen, where Besiktas beat Elan Chalon in the final (91-86). The French sold out, but eventually fell to Arroyo’s push in the direction, and the quality and power of their inner pair Mensah-Bonsu and Erceg, who were at their best near the rim
