2023 Basketball Champions League Final Four
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| Season | 2022–23 season |
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| Tournament details | |
| Arena | Palacio de Deportes José María Martín Carpena Málaga, Spain |
| Dates | 12–14 May 2023 |
| Final positions | |
| Champions | Germany Telekom Baskets Bonn (1st title) |
| Runners-up | Error creating thumbnail: Hapoel Jerusalem |
| Third place | Spain Lenovo Tenerife |
| Fourth place | Spain Unicaja |
| Awards and statistics | |
| MVP | T. J. Shorts (Telekom Baskets Bonn) |
| Top scorer(s) | T. J. Shorts (Telekom Baskets Bonn) – 50 points |
| Attendance | 42,741 (10,683 per game) |
The 2023 Basketball Champions League (BCL) Final Four was the 7th Basketball Champions League tournament and the 5th in the format of Final Four. It was the concluding phase of the 2022–23 Basketball Champions League season.
It was the first time the tournament was held in Málaga.[1] The championship was won by Telekom Baskets Bonn, who became the first German BCL champions.[2][3] They defeated runners-up Hapoel Jerusalem in the final. Lenovo Tenerife finished in third place, Unicaja in fourth place.
Telekom Baskets guard T. J. Shorts won the Final Four MVP award, becoming the first player in league history to win both the season MVP and Final Four MVP award in the same season. He scored 50 points in his two games, setting a new record for most points by a player, formerly held by Kevin Punter (2018).[4] Shorts also set a record for most points in both a final four game by scoring 29 points in the final.[5][3]
Venue
[edit | edit source]The Palacio de Deportes José María Martín Carpena hosted the final tournament for the first time.[6][7]
| Málaga | 2023 Basketball Champions League Final Four (Europe) |
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| Palacio de Deportes José María Martín Carpena | |
| Capacity: 11,300 | |
Teams
[edit | edit source]| Team | Previous final tournament appearances[a] |
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| Spain Lenovo Tenerife | 5 (2017, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022) |
| Error creating thumbnail: Hapoel Jerusalem | 1 (2020) |
| Germany Telekom Baskets Bonn | 0 (debut) |
| Spain Unicaja | 0 (debut) |
Draw
[edit | edit source]The 2023 Basketball Champions League Final Four was drawn on April 25, 2023, at Museo Picasso in Malaga.[8][9]
Bracket
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Semifinals
[edit | edit source]| 12 May 2023 | Lenovo Tenerife Spain | 68–69 | Error creating thumbnail: Hapoel Jerusalem | Málaga |
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| 17:30 | Scoring by quarter: 18–15, 12–19, 12–18, 26–17 | |||
| Pts: Huertas 20 Rebs: Shermadini 6 Asts: Salin 4 Eff: Huertas 25 |
Boxscore | Pts: Carrington 19 Rebs: Hankins 6 Asts: Smith 5 Eff: Vene 17 |
Arena: Palacio de Deportes José María Martín Carpena Attendance: 11,000[10] Referees: Manuel Mazzoni, Ademir Zurapović, Martins Kozlovskis |
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| 12 May 2023 | Unicaja Spain | 67–69 | Germany Telekom Baskets Bonn | Málaga |
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| 20:30 | Scoring by quarter: 22–22, 9–19, 19–16, 17–12 | |||
| Pts: three players 12 Rebs: Ejim 8 Asts: Perry 7 Eff: Ejim 17 |
Boxscore | Pts: Shorts 21 Rebs: Ward 7 Asts: Shorts 7 Eff: Shorts 17 |
Arena: Palacio de Deportes José María Martín Carpena Attendance: 11,000[10] Referees: Yohan Rosso, Wojciech Liszka, Boris Krejić |
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Third place game
[edit | edit source]| 14 May 2023 | Unicaja Spain | 79–84 | Spain Lenovo Tenerife | Málaga |
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| 17:30 | Scoring by quarter: 29–31, 9–22, 14–13, 27–18 | |||
| Pts: Perry 22 Rebs: Kravish 8 Asts: Perry 3 Eff: Perry 22 |
Boxscore | Pts: Shermadini, Fernández 12 Rebs: Doornekamp 6 Asts: Huertas 8 Eff: Shermadini 17 |
Arena: Palacio de Deportes José María Martín Carpena Attendance: 8,941[10] Referees: Wojciech Liszka, Gatis Salins, Kerem Baki |
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Final
[edit | edit source]| 14 May 2023 | Telekom Baskets Bonn Germany | 77–70 | Error creating thumbnail: Hapoel Jerusalem | Málaga |
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| 20:00 | Scoring by quarter: 14–7, 23–21, 20–27, 20–15 | |||
| Pts: Shorts 29 Rebs: Kratzer, Malcolm 6 Asts: Shorts 3 Eff: Shorts 23 |
Boxscore | Pts: Randolph 27 Rebs: Hankins 10 Asts: Smith 5 Eff: Randolph 22 |
Arena: Palacio de Deportes José María Martín Carpena Attendance: 11,800[10] Referees: Manuel Mazzoni, Yohan Rosso, Boris Krejić |
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See also
[edit | edit source]Notes
[edit | edit source]- ^ Both Final Four and Final Eight tournaments.
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External links
[edit | edit source]- Basketball Champions League (official website)