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2024 Basketball Champions League Final Four
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. 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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Belgrade
Belgrade is the Capital city, capital and List of cities in Serbia, largest city of Serbia. It is located at the confluence of the Sava and Danube rivers and at the crossroads of the Pannonian Basin, Pannonian Plain and the Balkan Peninsula. The population of the Belgrade metropolitan area is 1,685,563 according to the 2022 census. It is one of the Balkans#Urbanization, major cities of Southeast Europe and the List of cities and towns on the river Danube, third-most populous city on the river Danube. Belgrade is one of the List of oldest continuously inhabited cities, oldest continuously inhabited cities in Europe and the world. One of the most important prehistoric cultures of Europe, the Vinča culture, evolved within the Belgrade area in the 6th millennium BC. In antiquity, Thracians, Thraco-Dacians inhabited the region and, after 279 BC, Celts settled the city, naming it ''Singidunum, Singidūn''. It was Roman Serbia, conquered by the Romans under the reign of Augustus and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2021 Basketball Champions League Final Eight
The 2021 Basketball Champions League (BCL) Final Eight was the 5th Basketball Champions League tournament and the 2nd in the format of Final Eight. It was the concluding phase of the 2020–21 Basketball Champions League season. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic The COVID-19 pandemic (also known as the coronavirus pandemic and COVID pandemic), caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), began with an disease outbreak, outbreak of COVID-19 in Wuhan, China, in December ..., the usual format of Final Four was changed to Final Eight, same as in the previous season. San Pablo Burgos won its second consecutive championship. Venue The Trade Union Sport Palace hosted the final tournament for the first time. Teams Bracket Quarterfinals Semifinals Third place game Final Notes References External links Basketball Champions League(official website) {{2020–21 in European men's basketball 2020–21 Basketball Champions League ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dylan Ennis
Dylan Jonathan Howell Ennis McIntyre (, born December 26, 1991) is a Canadian-born Jamaican-American naturalized Serbian professional basketball player for UCAM Murcia of the Spanish Liga ACB. He played college basketball for Rice, Villanova, and Oregon. He also holds Canadian and Serbian citizenship. Early life Ennis grew up in Brampton, Ontario. His younger brother, Tyler Ennis, is a former NBA player. As a high school freshman, Dylan Ennis measured only 4'11" but had long arms and big feet. Ennis's stepfather Tony McIntyre, ran CIA Bounce, Toronto's premier AAU program. Dylan attended St. Edmund Campion Secondary School with his brother Brandon, Wings Academy in Bronx, New York, and finally Lake Forest Academy in Illinois. As a senior at Lake Forest he averaged 23 points, 7 assists and 8 rebounds per game and was ranked one of the top 20 high school prospects in Illinois. In one game he scored 41 of his team's 51 points. College career Dylan Ennis began his collegiate care ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Simon Birgander
Simon Fredrik Stefan Birgander (born 23 October 1997) is a Swedish professional basketball player for UCAM Murcia CB in the Spanish Liga ACB. Career He cut his teeth in the youth ranks of Helsingborg Basket in his native Sweden before making his debut in the country's second-tier league Basketettan in the early stages of the 2015–16 season. He had a tremendous presence inside in terms of blocking shots (5.8 bpg) in Basketettan play, while averaging 11.7 points and 13.5 rebounds per contest (12 games played). Birgander left Sweden in January 2016 to head to Spain, where he joined CB Clavijo of the LEB Gold, the second-tier division. He was also made eligible to play for EBA side Natural Rioja Vintage Clavijo. In EBA play, he was a major contributor on the defensive end of the court, averaging 3.6 blocks a game in 14 games of the 2015–16 campaign, while scoring 7.4 points and pulling down 9.3 rebounds per outing. In April 2017, Birgander put his name into the 2017 NBA ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marko Todorović (basketball)
Marko Todorović (Serbian Cyrillic: Марко Тодоровић; born April 19, 1992) is a Montenegrin professional basketball player who last played for the New Taipei CTBC DEA of the Taiwan Professional Basketball League (TPBL). He is a 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) tall power forward-center. Professional career Todorović played basketball at the junior level with the youth teams of KK Joker in Montenegro and Joventut Badalona in Spain. He played with Joventut Badalona's second team, Prat Joventut, in the Spanish 3rd Division, from 2010 to 2012. He also played with the senior men's team of Joventut Badalona, in the Spanish ACB League, from 2011 to 2012. Todorović joined Barcelona Bàsquet before the start of the 2012–13 season. For the 2014–15 ACB season, Todorović was loaned from FC Barcelona to Bilbao Basket. He was named ACB Player of the Month on March 31, 2015. On July 14, 2015, Todorović signed a three-year contract with the Russian club Khimki. On April 1, 2016, h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nemanja Dangubić
Nemanja Dangubić (, born 13 April 1993) is a Serbian professional basketball player for Dubai Basketball of the ABA League. His drafts rights are owned by the Memphis Grizzlies of the NBA. He was selected by the Philadelphia 76ers with the 54th overall pick in the 2014 NBA draft. Professional career In 2010, Dangubić joined the Hemofarm junior team, before joining the senior team for the 2011–12 season. In July 2012, Dangubić signed with Mega Vizura. Crvena zvezda (2014–2018) On 31 July 2014 Dangubić signed a three-year deal with an opt-out clause after each season with Crvena zvezda. In 2014–15 season, Crvena zvezda won the Adriatic League championship, the Serbian League championship and the Radivoj Korać Cup. On 10 July 2016 he re-signed with the team until the end of 2017–18 season. In March 2018, it was announced that Dangubić will miss the remainder of the 2017–18 season due to knee injury. He left Zvezda in summer 2018. Bayern Munich (2018–2019) On ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elijah Mitrou-Long
Elijah Isa Mitrou-Long (born December 15, 1996) is a Canadian–Greek professional basketball player for Pallacanestro Varese of the Lega Basket Serie A (LBA). He played college basketball for Mount St. Mary's, Texas, and UNLV. Early life Mitrou-Long grew up in Mississauga, Ontario. He played football and hockey but focused his attention on basketball. At the age of 15, he enrolled at The John Carroll School in Bel Air, Maryland, and lived with a host family. As a junior, he averaged 10 points, four rebounds and four assists per game. Mitrou-Long averaged 10.2 points, 4.2 rebounds, 3.3 assists and 1.5 steals per game as a senior. He competed for CIA Bounce in AAU play. College career Mitrou-Long began his college career at Mount St. Mary's. He averaged 5.6 points, 2.5 rebounds and 2.2 assists per game as a freshman. Mitrou-Long scored a career-high 29 points including a late go-ahead layup on February 18, 2017, in a 79–74 win against Fairleigh Dickinson. As a sophomore, he av ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marcelo Huertas
Marcelo "Marcelinho" Tieppo Huertas (born 25 May 1983) is a Brazilian professional basketball player and the team captain for CB Canarias of the Spanish Liga ACB. He has represented the Brazilian national basketball team in international competitions and also holds Italian citizenship. At 32 years old, Huertas was the second oldest rookie in NBA history after Pablo Prigioni and before Andre Ingram. After signing with the Los Angeles Lakers in 2015, he played one and a half seasons before returning to Spain in 2017. In 2025, Huertas won the Liga ACB MVP award at 42 years of age. Professional career Early years in Brazil and Texas Huertas began his career playing with the youth basketball teams of the multi-sports club E.C. Pinheiros in Brazil. After playing high school basketball at Coppell High School in Coppell, Texas, he made his senior men's team debut in the 2001–02 season, with the senior men's team of FMU São Paulo. He then moved to the senior men's basketball t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
CB Canarias
Club Cantera Base 1939 Canarias Sociedad Anónima Deportiva, S.A.D., commonly known as CB Canarias and known as La Laguna Tenerife for sponsorship reasons, is a professional basketball team that is based in San Cristóbal de La Laguna, La Laguna, Tenerife, Spain. Domestically, the team plays in the top-level league in Spain, the Liga ACB and in European-wide competitions, the team plays in FIBA's Basketball Champions League, Champions League (BCL). Their home arena is the Pabellón Insular Santiago Martín, Santiago Martín. Canarias became a prominent club on the domestic scene during the 2010s, after securing promotion to the Liga ACB in 2014. Under the FIBA system, Canarias won two BCL championships (in 2017 and 2023) as well as three FIBA Intercontinental Cup, Intercontinental Cups (2017, 2020, 2023). History The team was founded in 1994, after the old CB Canarias club, that huge financial problems at that time, merged with other teams of the Spanish islands, Spanish island ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kyle Guy
Kyle Joseph Guy (born August 11, 1997) is an American former professional basketball player who currently serves as assistant coach for the Nevada Wolf Pack men's basketball team. He played college basketball for Virginia as a shooting guard for three years and was named the NCAA Tournament Most Outstanding Player during his junior season. In high school, he was Indiana Mr. Basketball and a McDonald's All-American. Early years Guy attended Lawrence Central High School in Indianapolis, Indiana. He was a varsity letter-winner all four years at Lawrence Central. On January 18, 2016, Guy was named a McDonald's All-American. After averaging 23.5 points, 5.6 rebounds and 3.7 assists during his senior season, Guy was selected as Indiana Mr. Basketball. On October 20, 2014, Guy committed to playing college basketball at Virginia, selecting the Cavaliers over offers from schools such as California, Xavier, and Indiana. College career On November 22, 2016, in his fourth career c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2024 Basketball Champions League Final Four
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. 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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Željko Rebrača
Željko Rebrača ( sr-Cyrl, Жељко Ребрача; born 9 April 1972) is a Serbian former professional basketball player and currently the president of KK Vojvodina, Vojvodina basketball club. After playing in Europe and the National Basketball Association (NBA), he concluded his career playing for the Liga ACB, Spanish ACB League team Pamesa Valencia. Club career Europe Rebrača began his professional career in 1991, with KK Partizan. With KK Partizan, he won two YUBA League, Yugo League championships (1992 and 1995), three Yugoslav Basketball Cup, Yugoslav Cups (1992, 1994 and 1995), and the EuroLeague (1992). In 1995–99, he played in the Lega Basket Serie A, Italian League for Pallacanestro Treviso, Benetton Treviso, where he won the Lega Basket Serie A, Italian League championship in 1997, under coach Mike D'Antoni. He followed up that by winning the Italian Basketball Supercup, Italian Supercup in 1997, and the FIBA Saporta Cup in 1999, while playing under coach Želj ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
