Euroleague Final Four
The Euroleague Final Four is the final four format championship of the Euroleague professional club basketball competition. The Euroleague used the final four format for the first time during its modern era in the 1987–88 season. It is known as the Turkish Airlines Euroleague Final Four for sponsorship reasons. Panathinaikos has been the most successful team since the modern final four era began.
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 Euro League Final Four"): (1992–1996)
- FIBA EuroLeague Final Four: (1997–2000)[1]
- FIBA SuproLeague Final Four: (2001)
- Euroleague Basketball era: (2000–present)
- Euroleague Final Four: (2002 – present).
*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.
History
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 Olimpia Milano (1966) and Real Madrid (1967). FIBA 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 Olimpia 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.
Euroleague Final Fours
By season
Performance by club since 1987–88
Euroleague Final Four MVPs
† 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. Manu Ginóbili was named the Euroleague Finals MVP that season.
Euroleague All-Final Four Team
Euroleague Final Four records
See also
Notes
- ↑ Playing under the name of Jugoplastika Split and Pop 84 Split due to sponsorship reasons.
- ↑ Playing under the name of Kinder Bologna due to sponsorship reasons.
- ↑ Playing under the name of Tracer Milano and Philips Milano due to sponsorship reasons.
- ↑ Playing under the name of Benetton Treviso due to sponsorship reasons.
- ↑ Playing under the name of Tau Cerámica due to sponsorship reasons.
- ↑ Playing under the name of Teamsystem Bologna due to sponsorship reasons.
- ↑ Playing under the name of Montepaschi Siena due to sponsorship reasons.
- ↑ Playing under the name of Scavolini Pesaro due to sponsorship reasons.
References
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