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EuroLeague Finals and Final Fours: Facts

EuroLeague finals and Final Fours: scores, last-second shots, hosts and the most surprising stories since 1958.

1958 The first European Champions Cup was played in 1958. ASK Riga won it, then won the next two as well.

2 Bulgaria's Akademik Sofia reached the first two European Champions Cup finals, in 1958 and 1959, and lost both of them to ASK Riga.

1961 The 1961 final was the first between two Soviet clubs. CSKA Moscow lost the first leg in Riga 66-61, then crushed ASK Riga 87-62 in Moscow in front of 15,000 fans.

1962 In 1962 the final was a single game on neutral ground for the first time, in Geneva. Dinamo Tbilisi beat Real Madrid 90-83.

3 The 1963 final between CSKA Moscow and Real Madrid needed a third game, because the two legs ended level on aggregate. CSKA won it 99-80 in Moscow.

1964 Soviet clubs won each of the first six European Champions Cups. Real Madrid broke the run in 1964, winning their first title.

3 In the 1960s Czechoslovak clubs reached three European Champions Cup finals: Spartak Brno in 1964 and 1968, Slavia Prague in 1966. They lost all three.

103-99 In the 1969 final in Barcelona, CSKA Moscow finally beat Real Madrid 103-99 after two overtimes.

45 In the 1979 final Bosna Sarajevo beat Emerson Varese 96-93, with Žarko Varajić scoring 45 points, still the record for a final. Bosna became the first Yugoslav club to win the cup.

7 Between 1979 and 1992 Yugoslav clubs won seven European titles: Bosna once, Cibona twice, Jugoplastika three times and Partizan once.

80-79 Maccabi Tel Aviv won their second European Champions Cup in 1981, edging Sinudyne Bologna 80-79 in the final.

69-68 The 1983 Champions Cup final was all-Italian: Ford Cantù beat Billy Milano 69-68 to defend their title.

5 Barcelona lost five European Cup finals, in 1984, 1990, 1991, 1996 and 1997, before finally winning the title in 2003, at home in Barcelona.

87-78 Cibona Zagreb won their first European Champions Cup in 1985, beating Real Madrid 87-78 in the final. Their leader, Dražen Petrović, was just 20.

1988 The Final Four format returned for good in 1988 in Ghent, where Tracer Milano took the title.

90-84 In Ghent in 1988 Tracer Milano beat Maccabi Tel Aviv 90-84 in the final to defend their title.

Pop 84 Jugoplastika Split won three European titles in a row, 1989-1991. For the third one the team played under a new sponsor's name, Pop 84. No club has done it since.

75-69 In Munich in 1989 Jugoplastika Split beat Maccabi Tel Aviv 75-69 in the final, starting their run of three titles in a row.

2 Zaragoza hosted two Final Fours, in 1990 and 1995. In 1990 Jugoplastika Split beat Barcelona there to win their second title in a row.

71-70 In Istanbul in 1992 Partizan Belgrade became European champions when Aleksandar Đorđević hit a three at the buzzer to beat Joventut 71-70.

59-57 In Tel Aviv in 1994 Joventut Badalona beat Olympiacos 59-57 for their only EuroLeague title. American Corny Thompson hit the decisive three.

1995 In Zaragoza in 1995 Arvydas Sabonis was named Final Four MVP as Real Madrid beat Olympiacos 73-61 in the final.

73-58 In Rome in 1997 Olympiacos beat Barcelona 73-58 to become European champions for the first time. American David Rivers was Final Four MVP.

58-44 In 1998 Kinder Bologna beat AEK Athens 58-44, the lowest-scoring final in European Cup history. Zoran Savić was named Final Four MVP.

73:67 In 2000 in Thessaloniki, Panathinaikos beat Maccabi Tel Aviv 73-67 for their second European title. It was Željko Obradović's first title with the club, and Željko Rebrača was Final Four MVP.

3-2 In 2001 the EuroLeague final was a best-of-five series, the only time ever. Kinder Bologna beat Tau Cerámica 3-2.

81-67 Europe had two champions in 2001. Maccabi Tel Aviv beat Panathinaikos 81-67 in FIBA's SuproLeague final in Paris, while Kinder Bologna won the clubs' EuroLeague.

89-83 The 2002 Final Four was held in Bologna, but the hosts, Kinder, lost the final 89-83 to Panathinaikos. Dejan Bodiroga was named MVP.

76-65 Barcelona won their first EuroLeague at home: in 2003, at the Palau Sant Jordi, they beat Benetton Treviso 76-65 in the final.

118-74 Maccabi Tel Aviv won the 2004 final in front of their own fans in Tel Aviv, crushing Skipper Bologna 118-74.

85:78 CSKA Moscow hosted the 2005 Final Four but lost their semi-final at home, 85-78 to Tau Ceramica. Lithuania's Arvydas Macijauskas scored 23 points for Tau.

90:78 In 2005 in Moscow, Maccabi Tel Aviv beat Tau Cerámica 90-78 to win the EuroLeague for the second year in a row.

35 In Prague in 2006, CSKA Moscow beat Maccabi 73-69 for their first European title in 35 years. Greek playmaker Theodoros Papaloukas was Final Four MVP.

93-91 The 2007 Final Four was played at OAKA in Athens, and Panathinaikos won the title at home, beating CSKA Moscow 93-91 in the final.

73:71 Berlin's first Final Four, in 2009, ended with Panathinaikos beating CSKA Moscow 73-71 in the final.

86-68 In Paris in 2010, Barcelona crushed Olympiacos 86-68 in the final, and Juan Carlos Navarro was named Final Four MVP.

83-80 In the 2010 Final Four semi-final Partizan led Olympiacos by two with seven seconds left. Josh Childress put back a miss with a dunk to force overtime, and Olympiacos won 83-80.

78:70 In 2011 in Barcelona, Panathinaikos beat Maccabi Tel Aviv 78-70 in the final to win their sixth European title.

19 In the 2012 final Olympiacos came back from 19 points down against CSKA Moscow and won on Georgios Printezis's last-second shot.

100-88 The 2013 Final Four was held at London's O2 Arena. Olympiacos beat Real Madrid 100-88 to win the title for the second year running.

2014 In 2014 David Blatt's Maccabi Tel Aviv beat Real Madrid 98-86 in overtime in the final in Milan. Weeks later Blatt was named head coach of the Cleveland Cavaliers.

2014 In the 2014 playoffs Maccabi Tel Aviv knocked out Olimpia Milano, the Final Four hosts. A few weeks later Maccabi won the title in Milan's own arena.

2015 Real Madrid won the 2015 Final Four on home soil in Madrid, with Lithuania's Jonas Mačiulis in the squad.

78-59 In the 2015 final in Madrid, Real beat Olympiacos 78-59. That season the club won all four trophies it played for: the EuroLeague, the Spanish league, the Copa del Rey and the Supercup.

2016 In 2016 Fenerbahçe became the first Turkish club to play in a EuroLeague final. A year later they lifted the trophy.

101-96 The 2016 final in Berlin went to overtime: CSKA Moscow beat Fenerbahçe 101-96.

2017 Fenerbahçe became the first Turkish club to win the EuroLeague in 2017, at the Final Four in Istanbul.

80-64 In the 2017 final in Istanbul Fenerbahçe beat Olympiacos 80-64. Final Four MVP Ekpe Udoh went back to the NBA that summer.

10 In 2018 Real Madrid won their tenth European title, known in Spain as 'La Décima'.

91-83 In the 2019 final in Vitoria CSKA Moscow beat Anadolu Efes 91-83, and Will Clyburn was Final Four MVP. Hosts Baskonia did not make the Final Four.

2 Anadolu Efes won back-to-back titles in 2021 and 2022, and Vasilije Micić was Final Four MVP both times.

86:81 Anadolu Efes won their first EuroLeague title at the 2021 Final Four in Cologne, beating Barcelona 86-81 in the final.

58:57 In Belgrade in 2022 Anadolu Efes defended their EuroLeague title, beating Real Madrid 58-57 in the final.

79-78 In the 2023 final in Kaunas Real Madrid beat Olympiacos 79-78. Sergio Llull hit the winner with three seconds left, and Real won their 11th European title.

7 Panathinaikos won their seventh European title in Berlin in 2024, beating Real Madrid in the final.

14 In the 2024 final Panathinaikos came back from 14 points down to beat Real Madrid 95-80. It was Rudy Fernández's last game.

81-70 In the 2025 final in Abu Dhabi Fenerbahçe beat first-time finalists Monaco 81-70. Nigel Hayes-Davis was Final Four MVP.

59-55 By 2026 Limoges were still the only French club to have won the EuroLeague. In the 1993 final in Piraeus they beat Benetton Treviso 59-55.

92-85 In 2026 Olympiacos won the title in Athens, in the home arena of arch-rivals Panathinaikos, beating Real Madrid 92-85 in the final. Frenchman Evan Fournier was named MVP.

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