Final Four news: Anadolu Efes Istanbul

Final Four news: FC Barcelona

Final Four news: Real Madrid

Final Four news: Olympiacos Piraeus

Top 10 photos: 2022 EuroLeague Championship Game: Chris Singleton and Rudy Fernandez battle for a rebound.

Top 10 photos: 2022 EuroLeague Championship Game: Chris Singleton scored 4 points in the championship game, both on two-handed dunks.

Top 10 photos: 2022 EuroLeague Championship Game: Shane Larkin attempts to drive past Guerschon Yabusele in the final minute of the championship game.

Top 10 photos: 2022 EuroLeague Championship Game: Vincent Poirier with a big second-quarter alley-oop dunk.

Top 10 photos: 2022 EuroLeague Championship Game: Tibor Pleiss pulled down 7 rebounds in the championship game, helping Efes finish the game with a 44-40 rebounding advantage.

Top 10 photos: 2022 EuroLeague Championship Game: Final Four MVP Vasilije Micic goes for a layup against Real big man Walter Tavares.

Top 10 photos: 2022 EuroLeague Championship Game: Guerschon Yabusele, in the crowd between Adrien Moerman and Tibor Pleiss, finished the game with 3 points.

Top 10 photos: 2022 EuroLeague Championship Game: Shane Larkin with a pass, defended by Walter Tavares.

Top 10 photos: 2022 EuroLeague Championship Game: Walter Tavares collected 14 points and 11 rebounds in 22 minutes of the championship game.

Top 10 photos: 2022 EuroLeague Championship Game: Micic drives past Alberto Abalde en route to a game-high 23 points.

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ANGT Finals news

First tested for two seasons in the mid-1960s and later adopted to crown continental champions from 1988 onward, the Final Four evokes all the suspense of a do-or-die drama. 

Final Four History: All the champions, 1988-2021

For one weekend every year, the eyes of the global basketball community are placed squarely on the Final Four, which has proven itself time and again to be a showcase of the unpredictability, unmatched passion and vibrant color of European basketball. The event has been staged in many of the continent's historic cities, giving fans a combination of superb games and elite culture in one spectacular package.

### 2022 - Belgrade, Serbia

#### **Champion, Anadolu Efes Istanbul**

#### **Final Four MVP, Vasilije Micic, Anadolu Efes Istanbul**

###### Championship Game, [Real Madrid 57-58 Anadolu Efes Istanbul](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/game-center/2021-22/real-madrid-anadolu-efes-istanbul/E2021/330/#boxscore)

###### Third place Game, [FC Barcelona 84-74 Olympiacos](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/game-center/2021-22/fc-barcelona-olympiacos-piraeus/E2021/329/#boxscore)

###### Semifinal A, [FC Barcelona 83-86 Real Madrid](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/game-center/2021-22/fc-barcelona-real-madrid/E2021/327/#boxscore)

###### Semifinal B, [Olympiacos Piraeus 74-77 Anadolu Efes Istanbul](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/game-center/2021-22/olympiacos-piraeus-anadolu-efes-istanbul/E2021/328/#boxscore)

### 2021 - Cologne, Germany

#### **Champion, Anadolu Efes Istanbul**

#### **Final Four MVP, Vasilije Micic, Anadolu Efes Istanbul**

###### Championship Game, [FC Barcelona 81-86 Anadolu Efes Istanbul](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/game-center/2020-21/fc-barcelona-anadolu-efes-istanbul/E2020/328/#boxscore)

###### Third place Game, [AX Armani Exchange Milan 83-73 CSKA Moscow](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/game-center/2020-21/ax-armani-exchange-milan-cska-moscow/E2020/327/#boxscore)

###### Semifinal A, [FC Barcelona 84-82 AX Armani Exchange Milan](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/game-center/?round=40&season=E2020)

###### Semifinal B, [CSKA Moscow 86-89 Anadolu Efes Istanbul](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/game-center/?round=40&season=E2020)

### 2019 - Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain

#### **Champion, CSKA Moscow**

#### **Final Four MVP, Will Clyburn, CSKA Moscow**

###### Championship Game, [Anadolu Efes Istanbul 83-91 CSKA Moscow](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/game-center/2018-19/anadolu-efes-istanbul-cska-moscow/E2018/260/#boxscore)

###### Third place Game, [Fenerbahce Beko Istanbul 75-94 Real Madrid](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/game-center/2018-19/fenerbahce-beko-istanbul-real-madrid/E2018/259/#boxscore)

###### Semifinal A, [Fenerbahce Beko Istanbul 73-92 Anadolu Efes Istanbul](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/game-center/2018-19/fenerbahce-beko-istanbul-anadolu-efes-istanbul/E2018/257/#boxscore)

###### Semifinal B, [CSKA Moscow 95-90 Real Madrid](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/game-center/2018-19/cska-moscow-real-madrid/E2018/258/#boxscore)

### 2018 - Belgrade, Serbia

#### **Champion, Real Madrid**

#### **Final Four MVP, Luka Doncic, Real Madrid**

###### Championship Game, [Real Madrid 85-80 Fenerbahce Beko Istanbul](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/game-center/2017-18/real-madrid-fenerbahce-dogus-istanbul/E2017/260/#boxscore)

###### Third place Game, [CSKA Moscow 77-79 Zalgiris Kaunas](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/game-center/2017-18/cska-moscow-zalgiris-kaunas/E2017/259/#boxscore)

###### Semifinal A, [CSKA Moscow 83-92 Real Madrid](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/game-center/2017-18/cska-moscow-real-madrid/E2017/257/#boxscore)

###### Semifinal B, [Fenerbahce Beko Istanbul 76-67 Zalgiris Kaunas](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/game-center/2017-18/fenerbahce-dogus-istanbul-zalgiris-kaunas/E2017/258/#boxscore)

### 2017 - Istanbul, Turkey

#### **Champion, Fenerbahce Istanbul**

#### **Final Four MVP, Ekpe Udoh, Fenerbahce Istanbul**

###### Championship Game, [Fenerbahce Istanbul 80-64 Olympiacos Piraeus](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/game-center/2016-17/fenerbahce-istanbul-olympiacos-piraeus/E2016/263/#boxscore)

###### Third place Game, [Real Madrid 70-94 CSKA Moscow](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/game-center/2016-17/real-madrid-cska-moscow/E2016/262/#boxscore)

###### Semifinal A, [Fenerbahce Istanbul 84-75 Real Madrid](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/game-center/2016-17/fenerbahce-istanbul-real-madrid/E2016/260/#boxscore)

###### Semifinal B, [CSKA Moscow 78-82 Olympiacos Piraeus](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/game-center/2016-17/cska-moscow-olympiacos-piraeus/E2016/261/#boxscore)

### 2016 - Berlin, Germany

#### **Champion, CSKA Moscow**

#### **Final Four MVP, Nando de Colo, CSKA Moscow**

###### Championship Game, [Fenerbahce Istanbul 96-101 CSKA Moscow](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/game-center/2015-16/fenerbahce-istanbul-cska-moscow/E2015/250/#boxscore)

###### Third place Game, [Laboral Kutxa Vitoria-Gasteiz 75-85 Lokomotiv Kuban Krasnodar](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/game-center/2015-16/laboral-kutxa-vitoria-gasteiz-lokomotiv-kuban-krasnodar/E2015/249/#boxscore)

###### Semifinal A, [Fenerbahce Istanbul 88-77 Laboral Kutxa Vitoria-Gasteiz](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/game-center/2015-16/fenerbahce-istanbul-laboral-kutxa-vitoria-gasteiz/E2015/247/#boxscore)

###### Semifinal B, [CSKA Moscow 88-81 Lokomotiv Kuban Krasnodar](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/game-center/2015-16/cska-moscow-lokomotiv-kuban-krasnodar/E2015/248/#boxscore)

### 2015 - Madrid, Spain

#### **Champion, Real Madrid**

#### **Final Four MVP, Andres Nocioni, Real Madrid**

###### Championship Game, [Real Madrid 78-59 Olympiacos Piraeus](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/game-center/2014-15/real-madrid-olympiacos-piraeus/E2014/251/#boxscore)

###### Third place Game, [Fenerbahce Ulker Istanbul 80-86 CSKA Moscow](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/game-center/2014-15/fenerbahce-ulker-istanbul-cska-moscow/E2014/250/#boxscore)

###### Semifinal A, [Real Madrid 96-87 Fenerbahce Ulker Istanbul](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/game-center/2014-15/real-madrid-fenerbahce-ulker-istanbul/E2014/248/#boxscore)

###### Semifinal B, [CSKA Moscow 68-70 Olympiacos Piraeus](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/game-center/2014-15/cska-moscow-olympiacos-piraeus/E2014/249/#boxscore)

### 2014 - Milan, Italy

#### **Champion, Maccabi Electra Tel Aviv**

#### **Final Four MVP, Tyrese Rice, Maccabi Electra Tel Aviv**

###### Championship Game, [Real Madrid 86-98 Maccabi Electra Tel Aviv](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/game-center/2013-14/real-madrid-maccabi-electra-tel-aviv/E2013/253/#boxscore)

###### Third place Game, [FC Barcelona 93-78 CSKA Moscow](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/game-center/2013-14/fc-barcelona-cska-moscow/E2013/252/#boxscore)

###### Semifinal A, [FC Barcelona 62-100 Real Madrid](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/game-center/2013-14/fc-barcelona-real-madrid/E2013/250/#boxscore)

###### Semifinal B, [CSKA Moscow 67-68 Maccabi Electra Tel Aviv](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/game-center/2013-14/cska-moscow-maccabi-electra-tel-aviv/E2013/251/#boxscore)

### 2013 - London, United Kingdom

#### **Champion, Olympiacos Piraeus**

#### **Final Four MVP, Vassilis Spanoulis, Olympiacos Piraeus**

###### Championship Game, [Olympiacos Piraeus 100-88 Real Madrid](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/game-center/2012-13/olympiacos-piraeus-real-madrid/E2012/253/#boxscore)

###### Third place Game, [CSKA Moscow 74-73 FC Barcelona Regal](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/game-center/2012-13/cska-moscow-fc-barcelona-regal/E2012/252/#boxscore)

###### Semifinal A, [CSKA Moscow 52-69 Olympiacos Piraeus](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/game-center/2012-13/cska-moscow-olympiacos-piraeus/E2012/250/#boxscore)

###### Semifinal B, [FC Barcelona Regal 67-74 Real Madrid](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/game-center/2012-13/fc-barcelona-regal-real-madrid/E2012/251/#boxscore)

### 2012 - Istanbul, Turkey

#### **Champion, Olympiacos Piraeus**

#### **Final Four MVP, Vassilis Spanoulis, Olympiacos Piraeus**

###### Championship Game, [CSKA Moscow 61-62 Olympiacos Piraeus](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/game-center/2011-12/cska-moscow-olympiacos-piraeus/E2011/188/#boxscore)

###### Third place Game, [Panathinaikos Athens 69-74 FC Barcelona Regal](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/game-center/2011-12/panathinaikos-athens-fc-barcelona-regal/E2011/187/#boxscore)

###### Semifinal A, [CSKA Moscow 66-64 Panathinaikos Athens](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/game-center/2011-12/panathinaikos-athens-fc-barcelona-regal/E2011/187/#boxscore)

###### Semifinal B, [Olympiacos Piraeus 68-64 FC Barcelona Regal](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/game-center/2011-12/panathinaikos-athens-fc-barcelona-regal/E2011/187/#boxscore)

### 2011 - Barcelona, Spain

#### **Champion, Panathinaikos Athens**

#### **Final Four MVP, Dimitris Diamantidis, Panathinaikos Athens**

###### Championship Game, [Maccabi Electra Tel Aviv 70-78 Panathinaikos Athens](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/game-center/2011-12/panathinaikos-athens-fc-barcelona-regal/E2011/187/#boxscore)

###### Third place Game, [Real Madrid 62-80 Montepaschi Siena](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/game-center/2011-12/panathinaikos-athens-fc-barcelona-regal/E2011/187/#boxscore)

###### Semifinal A, [Maccabi Electra Tel Aviv 82-63 Real Madrid](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/game-center/2011-12/panathinaikos-athens-fc-barcelona-regal/E2011/187/#boxscore)

###### Semifinal B, [Panathinaikos Athens 77-69 Monatepaschi Siena](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/game-center/2010-11/panathinaikos-athens-montepaschi-siena/E2010/187/#boxscore)

### 2010 - Paris, France

#### **Champion, Regal FC Barcelona**

#### **Final Four MVP, Juan Carlos Navarro, Regal FC Barcelona**

###### Championship Game, [Regal FC Barcelona 86-68 Olympiacos Piraeus](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/game-center/2011-12/panathinaikos-athens-fc-barcelona-regal/E2011/187/#boxscore)

###### Third place Game, [CSKA Moscow 90-88 Partizan Belgrade](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/game-center/2009-10/cska-moscow-partizan-belgrade/E2009/187/#boxscore)

###### Semifinal A, [Regal FC Barcelona 64-54 CSKA Moscow](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/game-center/2009-10/regal-fc-barcelona-cska-moscow/E2009/185/#boxscore)

###### Semifinal B, [Partizan Belgrade 80-83 Olympiacos Piraeus](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/game-center/2009-10/partizan-belgrade-olympiacos-piraeus/E2009/186/#boxscore)

### 2009 - Berlin, Germany

#### **Champion, Panathinaikos Athens**

#### **Final Four MVP, Vassilis Spanoulis, Panathinaikos Athens**

###### Championship Game, [Panathinaikos Athens 73-71 CSKA Moscow](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/game-center/2008-09/panathinaikos-athens-cska-moscow/E2008/188/#boxscore)

###### Third place Game, [Olympiacos Piraeus 79-95 Regal FC Barcelona](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/game-center/2008-09/olympiacos-piraeus-regal-fc-barcelona/E2008/187/#boxscore)

###### Semifinal A, [Olympiacos Piraeus 82-84 Panathinaikos Athens](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/game-center/2008-09/olympiacos-piraeus-panathinaikos-athens/E2008/185/#boxscore)

###### Semifinal B, [Regal FC Barcelona 78-82 CSKA Moscow](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/game-center/2008-09/regal-fc-barcelona-cska-moscow/E2008/186/#boxscore)

### 2008 - Madrid, Spain

#### **Champion, CSKA Moscow**

#### **Final Four MVP, Trajan Langdon, CSKA Moscow**

###### Championship Game, [Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv 77-91 CSKA Moscow](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/game-center/2007-08/maccabi-elite-tel-aviv-cska-moscow/E2007/231/#boxscore)

###### Third place Game, [Montepaschi Siena 97-93 Tau Ceramica Vitoria-Gasteiz](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/game-center/2007-08/montepaschi-siena-tau-ceramica-vitoria-gasteiz/E2007/230/#boxscore)

###### Semifinal A, [Montepaschi Siena 85-92 Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/game-center/2007-08/montepaschi-siena-maccabi-elite-tel-aviv/E2007/228/#boxscore)

###### Semifinal B, [Tau Ceramica Vitoria-Gasteiz 79-83 CSKA Moscow](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/game-center/2007-08/tau-ceramica-vitoria-gasteiz-cska-moscow/E2007/229/#boxscore)

### 2007 - Athens, Greece

#### **Champion, Panathinaikos Athens**

#### **Final Four MVP, Dimitris Diamantidis, Panathinaikos Athens**

###### Championship Game, [Panathinaikos Athens 93-91 CSKA Moscow](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/game-center/2006-07/panathinaikos-athens-cska-moscow/E2006/230/#boxscore)

###### Third place Game, [Tau Ceramica Vitoria-Gasteiz 74-76 Unicaja Malaga](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/game-center/2006-07/tau-ceramica-vitoria-gasteiz-unicaja-malaga/E2006/229/#boxscore)

###### Semifinal A, [Panathinaikos Athens 67-53 Tau Ceramica Vitoria-Gasteiz ](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/game-center/2006-07/panathinaikos-athens-tau-ceramica-vitoria-gasteiz/E2006/228/#boxscore)

###### Semifinal B, [CSKA Moscow 62-50 Unicaja Malaga](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/game-center/2006-07/cska-moscow-unicaja-malaga/E2006/227/#boxscore)

### 2006 - Prague, Czech Republic

#### **Champion, CSKA Moscow**

#### **Final Four MVP, Theodoros Papaloukas, CSKA Moscow**

###### Championship Game, [CSKA Moscow 73-69 Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/game-center/2005-06/cska-moscow-maccabi-elite-tel-aviv/E2005/231/#boxscore)

###### Third place Game, [Winterthur FC Barcelona 82-87 Tau Ceramica Vitoria-Gasteiz](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/game-center/2005-06/winterthur-fc-barcelona-tau-ceramica-vitoria-gasteiz/E2005/230/#boxscore)

###### Semifinal A, [Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv 85-70 Tau Ceramica Vitoria-Gasteiz](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/game-center/2005-06/maccabi-elite-tel-aviv-tau-ceramica-vitoria-gasteiz/E2005/228/#boxscore)

###### Semifinal B, [Winterthur FC Barcelona 75-84 CSKA Moscow](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/game-center/2005-06/winterthur-fc-barcelona-cska-moscow/E2005/229/#boxscore)

### 2005 - Moscow, Russian Federation

#### **Champion, Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv**

#### **Final Four MVP, Sarunas Jasikevicius, Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv**

###### Championship Game, [Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv 90-78 Tau Ceramica Vitoria-Gasteiz](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/game-center/2004-05/maccabi-elite-tel-aviv-tau-ceramica-vitoria-gasteiz/E2004/229/#boxscore)

###### Third place Game, [CSKA Moscow 91-94 Panathinaikos Athens](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/game-center/2004-05/cska-moscow-panathinaikos-athens/E2004/228/#boxscore)

###### Semifinal A, [Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv 91-82 Panathinaikos Athens](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/game-center/2004-05/maccabi-elite-tel-aviv-panathinaikos-athens/E2004/226/#boxscore)

###### Semifinal B, [CSKA Moscow 78-85 Tau Ceramica Vitoria-Gasteiz](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/game-center/2004-05/cska-moscow-tau-ceramica-vitoria-gasteiz/E2004/227/#boxscore)

### 2004 - Tel Aviv, Israel

#### **Champion, Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv**

#### **Final Four MVP, Anthony Parker, Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv**

###### Championship Game, [Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv 118-74 Skipper Fortitudo Bologna](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/game-center/2003-04/maccabi-elite-tel-aviv-skipper-fortitudo-bologna/E2003/220/#boxscore)

###### Third place Game, [Montepaschi Siena 94-97 CSKA Moscow](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/game-center/2003-04/montepaschi-siena-cska-moscow/E2003/219/#boxscore)

###### Semifinal A, [Montepaschi Siena 102-103 Skipper Fortitudo Bologna](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/game-center/2003-04/montepaschi-siena-skipper-fortitudo-bologna/E2003/217/#boxscore)

###### Semifinal B, [Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv 93-85 CSKA Moscow](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/game-center/2003-04/maccabi-elite-tel-aviv-cska-moscow/E2003/218/#boxscore)

### 2003 - Barcelona, Spain

#### **Champion, FC Barcelona**

#### **Final Four MVP, Dejan Bodiroga, FC Barcelona**

###### Championship Game, [FC Barcelona 76-65 Benetton Treviso](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/game-center/2002-03/fc-barcelona-benetton-treviso/E2002/220/#boxscore)

###### Third place Game, [Montepaschi Siena 79-78 CSKA Moscow](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/game-center/2002-03/montepaschi-siena-cska-moscow/E2002/219/#boxscore)

###### Semifinal A, [Montepaschi Siena 62-65 Benetton Treviso](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/game-center/2002-03/montepaschi-siena-benetton-treviso/E2002/217/#boxscore)

###### Semifinal B, [FC Barcelona 76-71 CSKA Moscow](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/game-center/2002-03/fc-barcelona-cska-moscow/E2002/218/#boxscore)

### 2002 - Bologna, Italy

#### **Champion, Panathinaikos Athens**

#### **Final Four MVP, Dejan Bodiroga, Panathinaikos Athens**

###### Championship Game, [Kinder Virtus Bologna 83-89 Panathinaikos Athens](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/game-center/2001-02/kinder-virtus-bologna-panathinaikos-athens/E2001/275/#boxscore)

###### Semifinal A, [Benetton Basket 82-90 Kinder Virtus Bologna](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/game-center/2001-02/benetton-basket-kinder-virtus-bologna/E2001/273/#boxscore)

###### Semifinal B, [Panathinaikos Athens 83-75 Maccabi Elite](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/game-center/2001-02/panathinaikos-athens-maccabi-elite/E2001/274/#boxscore)

### 2001 - Bologna, Italy and Vitoria, Spain

Best-of-five Playoff series decided the EuroLeague cahmp this season

#### **Champion, Kinder Virtus Bologna**

#### **Finals MVP, Manu Ginobili, Kinder Virtus Bologna**

###### Game 1, [Kinder Virtus Bologna 65-78 Tau Ceramica Vitoria-Gasteiz](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/game-center/2000-01/kinder-virtus-bologna-tau-ceramica-vitoria-gasteiz/E2000/165/#boxscore)

###### Game 2, [Kinder Virtus Bologna 94-73 Tau Ceramica Vitoria-Gasteiz](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/game-center/2000-01/kinder-virtus-bologna-tau-ceramica-vitoria-gasteiz/E2000/166/#boxscore)

###### Game 3, [Tau Ceramica Vitoria-Gasteiz 60-80  Kinder Virtus Bologna](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/game-center/2000-01/tau-ceramica-vitoria-gasteiz-kinder-virtus-bologna/E2000/167/#boxscore)

###### Game 4, [Tau Ceramica Vitoria-Gasteiz 96-79  Kinder Virtus Bologna](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/game-center/2000-01/tau-ceramica-vitoria-gasteiz-kinder-virtus-bologna/E2000/168/#boxscore)

###### Game 5, [Kinder Virtus Bologna 82-74 Tau Ceramica Vitoria-Gasteiz](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/game-center/2000-01/kinder-virtus-bologna-tau-ceramica-vitoria-gasteiz/E2000/169/#boxscore)

### 2000 - Thessaloniki, Greece

#### **Champion, Panathinaikos Athens**

#### **Final Four MVP, Zeljko Rebraca, Panathinaikos Athens**

###### Championship Game, Pamathinaikos Athens 73-67 Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv

###### Semifinal, Panathiaikos Athens 81-71 Efes Pilsen Istanbul

###### Semifinal, Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv 65-51 FC Barcelona

### 1999 - Munich, Germany

#### **Champion, Zalgiris Kaunas**

#### **Final Four MVP, Tyus Edney, Zalgiris Kaunas**

###### Championship Game, Zalgiris Kaunas 82-74 Kinder Bologna

###### Semifinal, Kinder Bologna 62-57 TeamSystem Bologna

###### Semifinal, Zalgiris Kaunas 87-71 Olympiacos Piraeus

### 1998 - Barcelona, Spain

#### **Champion, Kinder Virtus Bologna**

#### **Final Four MVP, Zoran Savic, Kinder Virtus Bologna**

###### Championship Game, Kinder Virtus Bologna 58-44 AEK Athens

###### Semifinal, Kinder Virtus Bologna 93-61 Partizan Belgrade

###### Semifinal, AEK Athens 69-66 Benetton Treviso

### 1997 - Rome, Italy

#### **Champion, Olympiacos Piraeus**

#### **Final Four MVP, David Rivers, Olympiacos Piraeus**

###### Championship Game, Olympiacos Piraeus 73-58 FC Barcelona

###### Semifinal, Olympiacos Piraeus 74-65 Union Olimpija Ljubljana

###### Semifinal, FC Barcelona 77-70 ASVEL Lyon

### 1996 - Paris, France

#### **Champion, Panatinaikos Athens**

#### **Final Four MVP, Dominique Wilkins, Panathinaikos Athens**

###### Championship Game, Panathinaikos Athens 67-66 FC Barcelona

###### Semifinal, Panathinaikos Athens 81-71 CSKA Moscow

###### Semifinal, FC Barcelona 76-66 Real Madrid

### 1995 - Zaragoza, Spain

#### **Champion, Real Madrid**

#### **Final Four MVP, Arvydas Sabonis, Real Madrid**

###### Championship Game, Real Madrid 73-61 Olympiacos Piraeus

###### Semifinal, Real Madrid 62-49 Limoges

###### Semifinal, Olympiacos Piraeus 58-52 Panathinaikos Athens

### 1994 - Tel Aviv, Israel

#### **Champion, Joventut Badalona**

#### **Final Four MVP, Zarko Paspalj, Olympiacos Piraeus**

###### Championship Game, Joventut Badalona 59-57 Olympiacos Piraeus

###### Semifinal, Joventut Badalona 79-65 FC Barcelona

###### Semifinal, Olympiacos Piraeus 77-72 Panathinaikos Athens

### 1993 - Athens, Greece

#### **Champion, Limoges**

#### **Final Four MVP, Toni Kukoc, Benetton Treviso**

###### Championship Game, Limoges 59-55 Benetton Treviso

###### Semifinal, Benetton Treviso 79-77 PAOK Thessaloniki

###### Semifinal, Limoges 62-52 Real Madrid

### 1992 - Istanbul, Turkey

#### **Champion, Partizan Belgrade**

#### **Final Four MVP, Predrag Danilovic, Partizan Belgrade**

###### Championship Game, Partizan Belgrade 71-70 Joventut Badalona

###### Semifinal, Joventut Badalona 91-69 Estudiantes Madrid

###### Semifinal, Partizan Belgrade 82-75 Philips Milan

### 1991 - Paris, France

#### **Champion, POP 84 Split**

#### **Final Four MVP, Toni Kukoc, POP 84 Split**

###### Championship Game, POP 84 Split 70-65 FC Barcelona

###### Semifinal, POP 84 Split 93-87 Scavolini Pesaro

###### Semifinal, FC Barcelona 101-67 Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv

### 1990 - Zaragoza, Spain

#### **Champion, Jugoplastika Split**

#### **Final Four MVP, Toni Kukoc, Jugoplastica Split**

###### Championship Game, Jugoplastica Split 72-67 FC Barcelona

###### Semifinal, Jugoplastika Split 101-83 Limoges

###### Semifinal, FC Barcelona 104-83 Aris Thessaloniki

### 1989 - Munich, Germany

#### **Champion, Jugoplastika Split**

#### **Final Four MVP, Dino Radja, Jugoplastica Split**

###### Championship Game, Jugoplastica Split 75-69 Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv

###### Semifinal, Jugoplastika Split 87-77 FC Barcelona

###### Semifinal, Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv 99-86 Aris Thessaloniki

### 1988 - Ghent, Belgium

#### **Champion, Philips Milan**

#### **Final Four MVP, Bob McAdoo, Philips Milan**

###### Championship Game, Philips Milan 90-84 Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv

###### Semifinal, Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv 87-82 Partizan Belgrade

###### Semifinal, Philips Milan 87-82 Aris Thessaloniki

### 1987 Tracer Milan

**In Lausanne, Switzerland: Tracer Milan, Italy 71-69 Maccabi Tel Aviv, Israel**

Top Scorer: 24 Lee Johnson - Maccabi Tel Aviv , Winning Coach: Dan Peterson

### 1986 Cibona Zagreb

**In Budapest, Hungary: Cibona Zagreb, Yugoslavia 84-82 Zalgiris Kaunas, Lithuania**

Top Scorer: 27 Arvydas Sabonis - Zalgiris Kaunas, Winning Coach: Zeljko Pavlicevic

### 1985 Cibona Zagreb

**In Athens, Greece: Cibona Zagreb, Yugoslavia 87-78 Real Madrid, Spain**

Top Scorer: 36 Drazen Petrovic - Cibona Zagreb, Winning Coach: Mirko Novosel

### 1984 Banco di Roma

**In Geneva, Switwerland: Banco di Roma, Italy 79-73 FC Barcelona, Spain**

Top Scorer: 31 J.A. San Epifanio - FC Barcelona, Winning Coach: Valerio Bianchini

### 1983 Ford Cantu

**In Grenoble, France: Ford Cantu, Italy 69-68 Billy Milan, Italy**

Top Scorer: 18 W. Bryant and A. Riva - Ford Cantu, Winning Coach: Giancarlo Primo

### 1982 Squibb Cantu

**In Cologne, Germany: Squibb Cantu, Italy 86-80 Maccabi Tel Aviv, Israel**

Top Scorer: 23 Bruce Flowers - Squibb Cantu, Winning Coach: Valerio Bianchini

### 1981 Maccabi Tel Aviv

**In Strasbourg, France: Maccabi Tel Aviv, Israel 80-79 Synudine Bologna, Italy**

Top Scorer: 26 Marco Bonamico - Synudine Bologna, Winning Coach: Rudy D'Amico

### 1980 Real Madrid

**In Berlin, Germany: Real Madrid, Spain 89-85 Maccabi Tel Aviv, Israel**

Top Scorer: 31 Earl Williams - Maccabi Tel Aviv, Winning Coach: Manolo Sainz

### 1979 Bosna Sarajevo

**In Grenoble, France: Bosna Sarajevo, Yugoslavia 96-93 Emerson Varese, Italy**

Top Scorer: 45 Zarko Varajic - Bosna Sarajevo, Winning Coach: Bogdan Tanjevic

### 1978 Real Madrid

**In Munich, Germany: Real Madrid, Spain 75-67 Mobilgirgi Varese, Italy**

Top Scorer: 25 Walter Szczerbiak - Real Madrid, Winning Coach: Manolo Sainz

### 1977 Maccabi Tel Aviv

**In Belgrade, Yugoslavia: Maccabi Tel Aviv, Israel 78-77 Mobilgirgi Varese, Italy**

Top Scorer: 26 Jim Boatwright - Maccabi Tel Aviv, Winning Coach: Ralph Klein

### 1976 Mobilgirgi Varese

**In Geneva, Switwerland: Mobilgirgi Varese, Italy 81-74 Real Madrid, Spain**

Top Scorer: 28 Bob Morse - Mobilgirgi Varese, Winning Coach: Sandro Gamba

### 1975 Ignis Varese

**In Anvers, Belgium: Ignis Varese, Italy 79-66 Real Madrid, Spain**

Top Scorer: 30 Bob Morse - Ignis Varese, Winning Coach: Sandro Gamba

### 1974 Real Madrid

**In Nantes, France: Real Madrid, Spain 84-82 Ignis Varese, Italy**

Top Scorer: 25 Dino Meneghin - Ignis Varese, Winning Coach: Pedro Ferrandiz

### 1973 Ignis Varese

**In Liege, Belgium: Ignis Varese, Italy 71-66 CSKA Moscow, USSR**

Top Scorer: 36 Sergey Belov - CSKA Moscow, Winning Coach: Aza Nikolic

### 1972 Ignis Varese

**In Tel Aviv, Israel: Ignis Varese, Italy 70-69 Jugoplastika Split, Yugoslavia**

Top Scorer: 26 Petar Skansi - Jugoplastika Split, Winning Coach: Aza Nikolic

### 1971 CSKA Moscow

**In Antwerp , Belgium: CSKA Moscow, USSR 69-53 Ignis Varese, Italy**

Top Scorer: 24 Sergey Belov - CSKA Moscow, Winning Coach: Alexander Gomelski

### 1970 Ignis Varese

**In Sarajevo, Yugoslavia: Ignis Varese, Italy 79-74 CSKA Moscow, USSR**

Top Scorer: 21 Sergey Belov - CSKA Moscow, Winning Coach: Aza Nikolic

### 1969 CSKA Moscow

**In Barcelona, Spain: CSKA Moscow, USSR 103-99 Real Madrid, Spain**

Top Scorer: 37 Vladimir Andreev - CSKA Moscow, Winning Coach: Ardenak Alachatchan

### 1968 Real Madrid

**In Lyon, France: Real Madrid, Spain 98-95 Spartak Brno, CSSR**

Top Scorer: 26 Miles Ajken - Real Madrid, Winning Coach: Pedro Ferrandiz

### 1967 Real Madrid

**In Madrid, Spain: Real Madrid, Spain 91-83 Simmenthal Milan, Italy**

Top Scorer: 34 Steve Chubin - Simmenthal Milan, Winning Coach: Pedro Ferrandiz

### 1966 Simmenthal Milan

**In Bologna, Italy: Simmenthal Milan, Italy 77-72 Slavia Prague, CSSR**

Top Scorer: 22 Jiri Zidek - Slavia Prague, Winning Coach: Cesare Rubini

### 1965 Real Madrid

**In Moscow/Madrid: Real Madrid, Spain 81-88, 76-62 CSKA Moscow, USSR**

Top Scorer: 24.0 Clifford Luyk - Real Madrid, Winning Coach: Pedro Ferrandiz

### 1964 Real Madrid

**In Brno/Madrid: Real Madrid, Spain 99-110, 84-64 Spartak Brno, CSSR**

Top Scorer: 29.5 Emiliano Rodriguez - Real Madrid, Winning Coach: Joaquin Hernandez

### 1963 CSKA Moscow

**In Madrid/Moscow: CSKA Moscow, USSR 69-86, 91-74, 99-80 Real Madrid, Spain**

Top Scorer: 21.0 Emiliano Rodriguez - Real Madrid, Winning Coach: Evgeniy Alekseyev

### 1962 Dinamo Tbilisi

**In Geneva, Switzerland: Dinamo Tbilisi, USSR 90-83 Real Madrid, Spain**

Top Scorer: 30 Wayne Hightower - Real Madrid, Winning Coach: Otar Korkija

### 1961 CSKA Moscow

**In Riga/Moscow: CSKA Moscow, USSR 87-62, 61-66 ASK Riga, USSR**

Top Scorer: 21.5 Viktor Zubkov - CSKA Moscow, Winning Coach: Evgeniy Alekseyev

### 1960 ASK Riga

**In Tbilisi/Riga: ASK Riga, USSR 86-81, 84-71 Diinamo Tbilisi, USSR**

Top Scorer: 21.5 Janis Kruminsh - ASK Riga, Winning Coach: Aleksandar Gomelski

### 1959 ASK Riga

**In Riga/Sofia: ASK Riga, USSR 79-58, 69-67 Akademic Sofia, Bulgaria**

Top Scorer: 28.0 Janis Kruminsh - ASK Riga, Winning Coach: Aleksandar Gomelski

### 1958 ASK Riga

**In Riga/Sofia: ASK Riga, USSR 86-81, 84-71 Akademic Sofia, Bulgaria**

Top Scorer: 19 Viktor Radev - Akademic Sofia, Winning Coach: Aleksandar Gomelski

Final Four History: All the champions, 1988-2022

Final Four Belgrade 2022 - Championship Game, Top 10 Photos

Chris Singleton and Rudy Fernandez battle for a rebound.

Chris Singleton scored 4 points in the championship game, both on two-handed dunks.

Shane Larkin attempts to drive past Guerschon Yabusele in the final minute of the championship game.

Vincent Poirier with a big second-quarter alley-oop dunk.

Tibor Pleiss pulled down 7 rebounds in the championship game, helping Efes finish the game with a 44-40 rebounding advantage.

Final Four MVP Vasilije Micic goes for a layup against Real big man Walter Tavares.

Guerschon Yabusele, in the crowd between Adrien Moerman and Tibor Pleiss, finished the game with 3 points.

Shane Larkin with a pass, defended by Walter Tavares.

Walter Tavares collected 14 points and 11 rebounds in 22 minutes of the championship game.

Micic drives past Alberto Abalde en route to a game-high 23 points.

The Turkish Airlines EuroLeague Championship Game in Belgrade on Saturday was a one-point affair that came down to the final seconds. Check out the best photos of the final!

Top 10 photos: 2022 EuroLeague Championship Game

Chris Singleton - Anadolu Efes Istanbul - Final Four Belgrade 2022 - E21-FFF

Shane Larkin 4- Anadolu Efes Istanbul - Final Four Belgrade 2022 - E21-FFF

Vincent Poirier 4- Real Madrid - Final Four Belgrade 2022 - E21-FFF

Tibor Pleiss 5- Anadolu Efes Istanbul - Final Four Belgrade 2022 - E21-FFF

Guerschon Yabusele - Real Madrid - Final Four Belgrade 2022 - E21-FFF

Shane Larkin 3- Anadolu Efes Istanbul - Final Four Belgrade 2022 - E21-FFF

Vasilije Micic 5- Anadolu Efes Istanbul - Final Four Belgrade 2022 - E21-FFF

Walter Tavares - Real Madrid - Final Four Belgrade 2022 - E21-FFF

Vasilije Micic - Anadolu Efes Istanbul - Final Four Belgrade 2022 - E21-FFF

Rudy Fernandez 2- Real Madrid - Final Four Belgrade 2022 - E21-FFF

**CHAMPIONSHIP GAME REACTIONS**: Saturday's game was packed with drama and intensity, and at the end, EuroLeague stars of past and present took to social media to congratulate the back-to-back champs.

<center><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Great basketball on <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/F4GLORY?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#F4GLORY</a> and one more time we showed why we are basketball country! 🇷🇸 Amazing weekend even on TV. Can&#39;t even imagine what it&#39;s like in person. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/ProudSerbian?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#ProudSerbian</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/EuroLeague?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@EuroLeague</a></p>&mdash; Danilo Andjusic (@Djusa33) <a href="https://twitter.com/Djusa33/status/1528098186409254913?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 21, 2022</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Back to back CHAMP and back to back MVP! Thats tough tho 🙌🏼 kapa dole Vasoooo 👏🏼<a href="https://twitter.com/EuroLeague?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@EuroLeague</a></p>&mdash; Danilo Andjusic (@Djusa33) <a href="https://twitter.com/Djusa33/status/1528096849005010945?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 21, 2022</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Back to back.. you have to respect that!! Congrats to <a href="https://twitter.com/AnadoluEfesSK?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@AnadoluEfesSK</a> 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼 <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/F4GLORY?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#F4GLORY</a></p>&mdash; Tornike Shengelia (@TokoShengelia23) <a href="https://twitter.com/TokoShengelia23/status/1528092656160620552?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 21, 2022</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">A dominate low post player would have been great in the EuroLeague finals. Playing one on one or ball screens in a second intense game within 48 hours is difficult. In the end it was still a great game!!</p>&mdash; Will Thomas (@the_common_name) <a href="https://twitter.com/the_common_name/status/1528092531552034818?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 21, 2022</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Back to Back🏆 is tough. <br>Much Respect 👏🏽<br>3 finals in 4 Years. Not easy to stay locked in and stay at the top . <br>Big Congrats!</p>&mdash; Kyle Hines (@SirHines) <a href="https://twitter.com/SirHines/status/1528091074815840256?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 21, 2022</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Congratulations to my brother <a href="https://twitter.com/Elijah_Bryant3?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@Elijah_Bryant3</a> for making history. NBA champ and Euroleague champ. Blessing.</p>&mdash; Othello hunter (@O_hunter5) <a href="https://twitter.com/O_hunter5/status/1528087601101606912?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 21, 2022</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script> 
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Congratulations to <a href="https://twitter.com/AnadoluEfesSK?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@AnadoluEfesSK</a> and specially to my friend <a href="https://twitter.com/alper11yilmaz?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@alper11yilmaz</a></p>&mdash; Jayson granger (@jaygranger11) <a href="https://twitter.com/jaygranger11/status/1528087866382884864?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 21, 2022</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Congrats to Efes for going back to back…that’s tough</p>&mdash; Scottie Wilbekin (@scottiew_5) <a href="https://twitter.com/scottiew_5/status/1528085938525683712?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 21, 2022</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">F4 should be in Belgrade every year.<br>Im sure 90% of player would sign up for that right now lol</p>&mdash; Nemanja Nedovic (@nedovic1624) <a href="https://twitter.com/nedovic1624/status/1528009276702220301?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 21, 2022</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Mission accomplished. Back 2 back! 🏆🏆 <a href="https://t.co/t61Q8DuAVn">https://t.co/t61Q8DuAVn</a></p>&mdash; Cedi Osman (@cediosman) <a href="https://twitter.com/cediosman/status/1528245148441890816?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 22, 2022</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>


**THAT WINNING MOMENT**: The final seconds of the season were as dramatic as it gets.

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**HEAD HELD UP HIGH**: Real Madrid lost the championship game but had nothing but to be proud of the effort.

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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="es" dir="ltr">Momento muy duro, pero toca levantarse y seguir adelante <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/HalaMadrid?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#HalaMadrid</a> <a href="https://t.co/Fve84rM2ZS">pic.twitter.com/Fve84rM2ZS</a></p>&mdash; Alberto Abalde Díaz (@albertoabalde6) <a href="https://twitter.com/albertoabalde6/status/1528469603155951618?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 22, 2022</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="es" dir="ltr">Gracias a todos por vuestro apoyo, por hacer el esfuerzo de viajar a Belgrado y por seguir creyendo siempre, como nosotros. <br>Momento duro del que nos levantaremos como siempre hemos hecho 💪🏽<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/HalaMadrid?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#HalaMadrid</a> <a href="https://t.co/lmBFb10Enr">pic.twitter.com/lmBFb10Enr</a></p>&mdash; Sergio Llull (@23Llull) <a href="https://twitter.com/23Llull/status/1528323607478296581?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 22, 2022</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>


**CONGRATS**: EuroLeague teams also took it to Twitter to congratulate Efes on winning the title, including AX Armani Exchange Milan and Olympiacos Piraeus, two clubs Efes ousted in the EuroLeague Playoffs and the Final Four, respectively.

<center><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽 Sincere congratulations on your hard-earned success! <a href="https://twitter.com/AnadoluEfesSK?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@AnadoluEfesSK</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/OlympiacosBC?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#OlympiacosBC</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/WeAreOlympiacos?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#WeAreOlympiacos</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/TogetherWeFight?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#TogetherWeFight</a></p>&mdash; Olympiacos B.C. (@olympiacosbc) <a href="https://twitter.com/olympiacosbc/status/1528089859839119366?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 21, 2022</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Congrats <a href="https://twitter.com/AnadoluEfesSK?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@AnadoluEfesSK</a> and congrats <a href="https://twitter.com/tibor_pleiss?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@tibor_pleiss</a> for being the first German back-to-back champion and being named the Player of the Game <a href="https://twitter.com/EuroLeague?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@EuroLeague</a>! 🏆<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/F4Glory?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#F4Glory</a> <a href="https://t.co/x2d8grFcjs">https://t.co/x2d8grFcjs</a></p>&mdash; FC Bayern Basketball (@FCBBasketball) <a href="https://twitter.com/FCBBasketball/status/1528086292642283520?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 21, 2022</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script> 
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">👋🏾 Our Congratulations <a href="https://t.co/Nx8Iin09qt">https://t.co/Nx8Iin09qt</a></p>&mdash; Basketball club Zenit (@zenitbasket) <a href="https://twitter.com/zenitbasket/status/1528297832419307521?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 22, 2022</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Congratulations to <a href="https://twitter.com/AnadoluEfesSK?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@AnadoluEfesSK</a> on becoming back-to-back <a href="https://twitter.com/EuroLeague?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@Euroleague</a> champions.</p>&mdash; 🏆 Barça Basket (@FCBbasket) <a href="https://twitter.com/FCBbasket/status/1528087604385701889?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 21, 2022</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script> 
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Congrats <a href="https://twitter.com/AnadoluEfesSK?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@AnadoluEfesSK</a>, a well deserved champion for the 2nd time in a row 👏👏<a href="https://twitter.com/EuroLeague?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@EuroLeague</a> <a href="https://t.co/NdVFsraXHz">https://t.co/NdVFsraXHz</a></p>&mdash; Maccabi Tel Aviv BC (@MaccabitlvBC) <a href="https://twitter.com/MaccabitlvBC/status/1528087346423422977?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 21, 2022</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script> 
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="fr" dir="ltr">👏 Congratulations <a href="https://twitter.com/AnadoluEfesSK?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@AnadoluEfesSK</a>, 2021-22 <a href="https://twitter.com/EuroLeague?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@EuroLeague</a> champions ! 🏆 <a href="https://t.co/pzDaMGkBHE">https://t.co/pzDaMGkBHE</a></p>&mdash; AS Monaco Basket 🇲🇨 (@ASMonaco_Basket) <a href="https://twitter.com/ASMonaco_Basket/status/1528085975078948864?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 21, 2022</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script> 
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="ht" dir="ltr">MVP, MVP, MVP! Bravo, Vaso 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼🇷🇸<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/F4GLORY?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#F4GLORY</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/EuroLeague?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#EuroLeague</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/kkcz?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#kkcz</a> <a href="https://t.co/EiT0jPpyCd">https://t.co/EiT0jPpyCd</a></p>&mdash; KK Crvena zvezda mts (@kkcrvenazvezda) <a href="https://twitter.com/kkcrvenazvezda/status/1528117213814738945?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 21, 2022</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Congratulations <a href="https://twitter.com/AnadoluEfesSK?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@AnadoluEfesSK</a> , glory to the back to back <a href="https://twitter.com/EuroLeague?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@EuroLeague</a> champions. See you on the court again next season! 👏🏼<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/insieme?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#insieme</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/EuroLeague?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#EuroLeague</a> <a href="https://t.co/1bEsGuI2dm">https://t.co/1bEsGuI2dm</a></p>&mdash; Olimpia Milano (@OlimpiaMI1936) <a href="https://twitter.com/OlimpiaMI1936/status/1528091596687917064?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 21, 2022</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Congratulations to <a href="https://twitter.com/AnadoluEfesSK?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@AnadoluEfesSK</a> for winning the <a href="https://twitter.com/EuroLeague?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@Euroleague</a> 🏆<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/F4GLORY?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#F4GLORY</a></p>&mdash; Baskonia (@Baskonia) <a href="https://twitter.com/Baskonia/status/1528085286890119168?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 21, 2022</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script> 
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Congratulations to <a href="https://twitter.com/AnadoluEfesSK?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@AnadoluEfesSK</a> on back-to-back <a href="https://twitter.com/EuroLeague?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@EuroLeague</a> titles! Well-deserved! <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/F4GLORY?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#F4GLORY</a> <a href="https://t.co/v1TIBr81g6">https://t.co/v1TIBr81g6</a></p>&mdash; CSKA Moscow (@cskabasket) <a href="https://twitter.com/cskabasket/status/1528097387171954688?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 21, 2022</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script> 

**SPECIAL TREATMENT**: Efes already knows how to give the EuroLeague trophy a special treatment.

<center><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="tr" dir="ltr">Yolcular uçuşa hazır, İstanbul&#39;a geliyoruz! 🏆🏆<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/BenimYerimBuras%C4%B1?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#BenimYerimBurası</a><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Kupan%C4%B1nYeriBuras%C4%B1?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#KupanınYeriBurası</a><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Back2Back?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Back2Back</a> <a href="https://t.co/iCOmXbUcVK">pic.twitter.com/iCOmXbUcVK</a></p>&mdash; Anadolu Efes SK (@AnadoluEfesSK) <a href="https://twitter.com/AnadoluEfesSK/status/1528313408092876800?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 22, 2022</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>


**THE CHAMPS**: Efes became only the fourth team in the Final Four era to win back-to-back EuroLeague titles.

The Final Four in Belgrade was packed with drama and emotions, and the championship game saw Anadolu Efes Istanbul come out as back-to-back champs. Take a look at our selection of celebrations and reactions after Efes's victory.

EuroLeague on social media: Championship edition

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Euroleague Basketball is pleased to partner with MindFly Ltd. to create, process and distribute First-Person-View (FPV) content from the point of view of the players during Turkish Airlines EuroLeague games starting next season.

EuroLeague teams with MindFly to create FPV content

MindFly will deliver FPV content to the EuroLeague's digital channels and in the future enable this content to be tokenized as NFTs through appointed vendors. In doing so, the EuroLeague becomes the first professional sports league to offer such innovation to our fans.

"We are excited that we've found a First-Person-View solution that's 100% safe for the players and can deliver high-quality, stable footage for viewers," Alex Ferrer Kristjansson, Euroleague Basketball's Brand and Communications Senior Director, said. "MindFly's FPV solution will transport fans right onto the court during games and training sessions and deepen the relationships between fans, players and clubs."

MindFly uses AI-powered bodycams and an AI cloud platform to provide a seamless, automated, end-to-end solution, from recording through processing and delivering professional-quality, fully-stabilized and ready-made HD video highlights to every digital and traditional media endpoint. For every sport and from any court without additional crew or infrastructure.

As Eran Tal, CEO and Co-Founder of MindFly, succinctly puts it: "You wear the vest, we do the rest."

- Real Madrid leads the list of club champions with its ten titles between 1964 and 2022
- Panathinaikos Athens owns the Final Four era, which began in 1988, having won six titles in seven tries under that format.
- At an individual level, Dino Meneghin reigns supreme among players with seven EuroLeague titles split between Italian clubs Varese and Olimpia Milano.
- The man with the most titles is a coach, Zeljko Obradovic, who led five different teams to glory on the way to his personal total of nine EuroLeague trophies.
- Check out the rest of the most-accomplished clubs, players and coaches in European basketball history below.

### MOST FINAL FOUR TITLES AND APPEARANCES BY TEAM
#### TEAMS - Final Four Titles  / Appearances - Year (1988-2021)

#### 1 - Panathinaikos Athens   (Greece)


#### Titles: 6, year 1996, 2000, 2002, 2007, 2009, 2011
##### Appearances: 11, year 1994, 1995, 1996, 2000, 2001*, 2002, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2012

[MORE](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/news/eb-final-four-milestones/)

### MOST CHAMPIONSHIP GAMES TITLES AND APPEARANCES BY TEAM

#### TEAMS - Finals appearances - Titles / Year (1958-2021)

#### 1 - Real Madrid (Spain)

#### Titles: 10, year 1964, 1965, 1967, 1968, 1974, 1978, 1980, 1995, 2015, 2018

##### Finals appearances: 19, year 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1974,1975, 1976, 1978, 1980, 1985, 1995, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2018, 2022

[MORE](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/news/eb-final-four-milestones/)

### MOST EUROLEAGUE TITLES BY PLAYER
#### PLAYERS - Most Titles (1958-2021)

#### Dino Meneghin
##### 7 titles (Varese 1970, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1976; Milan 1987, 1988) 
#### Clifford Luyk
##### 5 titles (Real Madrid 1964, 1965, 1967, 1968, 1974) 
#### Aldo Ossola
##### 5 titles (Varese 1970, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1976) 
#### Fragiskos Alvertis
##### 5 titles (Panathinaikos Athens 1996, 2000, 2002, 2007, 2009) 

[MORE](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/news/eb-milestones-players/)

### MOST EUROLEAGUE TITLES BY COACH
#### COACHES - Most Titles (1958-2021)

#### Zeljko Obradovic
##### 9 titles (Partizan Belgrade 1992; Joventut Badalona 1994; Real Madrid 1995; Panathinaikos Athens 2000, 2002, 2007, 2009, 2011, Fenerbahce Istanbul 2017) 
#### Pedro Ferrándiz
##### 4 titles (Real Madrid 1965, 1967, 1974) 
#### Aleksandr Gomelski
##### 4 titles (ASK Riga 1958, 1959, 1960, CSKA Moscow 1971) 
#### Bozidar Maljkovic 
##### 4 titles (Jugoplastika Split 1989, 1990, CSP Limoges 1993, Panathinaikos Athens 1996) 
#### Ettore Messina
##### 4 titles  (Virtus Bologna 1998, 2001, CSKA Moscow 2006, 2008) 

[MORE](https://www.euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague/news/eb-milestones-coach/)

There have been 18 different champions from 13 countries since Europe began crowning club champions back in 1958.

Final Four milestones

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Real Madrid leads the list of club champions with its ten titles between 1964 and 2021.

Milestones, Most Championship Games Titles and Appearances by Team

#### TEAMS - Finals appearances - Titles / Year (1958-2022)

#### 1 - Real Madrid (Spain)

#### Titles: 10, year 1964, 1965, 1967, 1968, 1974, 1978, 1980, 1995, 2015, 2018

##### Finals appearances: 19, year 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1974,1975, 1976, 1978, 1980, 1985, 1995, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2018, 2022

#### 2 - CSKA Moscow   (Russian Federation)


#### Titles: 8, year 1961, 1963, 1969, 1971, 2006, 2008, 2016, 2019
##### Finals appearances: 14, year 1961, 1963, 1965, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1973, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2012, 2016, 2019

#### 3 - Maccabi Tel Aviv   (Israel)


#### Titles: 6, year 1977, 1981, 2001*, 2004, 2005, 2014
##### Finals appearances: 15, year 1977, 1980, 1981 1982, 1987, 1988, 1989, 2000, 2001*, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2011, 2014

#### 4 - Panathinaikos Athens   (Greece)


#### Titles: 6, year 1996, 2000, 2002, 2007, 2009, 2011
##### Finals appearances: 7, year 1996, 2000, 2001*, 2002, 2007, 2009, 2011

#### 5 - Varese   (Italy)


#### Titles: 5, year 1970, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1976
##### Finals appearances: 10, year 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979

#### 6 - Olympiacos Piraeus   (Greece)


#### Titles: 3, year 1997, 2012, 2013
##### Finals appearances: 8, year 1997, 1994, 1995, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2017

#### 7 - Olimpia Milan   (Italy)


#### Titles: 3, year 1966, 1987, 1988 
##### Finals appearances: 5, year 1966, 1967, 1983, 1987, 1988

#### 8 - ASK Riga   (Latvia)


#### Titles: 3, year 1958, 1959, 1960
##### Finals appearances: 4, year 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961

#### 8 - Split   (Croatia)


#### Titles: 3, year 1989, 1990, 1991 
##### Finals appearances: 4, year 1972, 1989, 1990, 1991 

#### 10 - FC Barcelona   (Spain)


#### Titles: 2, year 2003, 2010
##### Finals appearances: 8, year 1984, 1990, 1991, 1996, 1997, 2003, 2010, 2021

#### 11 - Virtus Bologna   (Italy)


#### Titles: 2, year 1998, 2001
##### Finals appearances: 5, year 1981, 1998, 1999, 2001, 2002

#### 12 - Anadolu Efes Istanbul (Turkey)

#### Titles: 2, year 2021, 2022

##### Finals appearances: 3, year 2019, 2021, 2022

#### 13 - Cantu (Italy)

#### Titles: 2, year 1982, 1983

##### Finals appearances: 2, year 1982, 1983

#### 13 - Cibona Zagreb (Croatia)

#### Titles: 2, year 1985, 1986

##### Finals appearances: 2, year 1985, 1986

#### 15 - Fenerbahce Istanbul (Turkey)

#### Titles: 1, year 2017

##### Finals appearances: 3, year 2016, 2017, 2018

#### 16 - Diinamo Tbilisi (Georgia)

#### Titles: 1, year 1962

##### Finals appearances: 2, year 1960, 1962

#### 16 - Joventut Badalona (Spain)

#### Titles: 1, year 1994

##### Finals appearances: 2, year 1992, 1994

#### 16 - Zalgiris Kaunas (Lithuania)

#### Titles: 1, year 1999

##### Finals appearances: 2, year 1986, 1999

#### 19 - Bosna Sarajevo   (Bosnia Herzegovina)


#### Titles: 1, year 1979
##### Finals appearances: 1, year 1979

#### 19 - Roma   (Italy)


#### Titles: 1, year 1984
##### Finals appearances: 1, year 1984

#### 19 - Partizan Belgrade   (Serbia)


#### Titles: 1, year 1992
##### Finals appearances: 1, year 1992

#### 19 - Limoges CSP   (France)


#### Titles: 1, year 1993
##### Finals appearances: 1, year 1993

##### 23 - Akademic Sofia  (Bulgaria), Finals appearances: 2, year 1958, 1959

##### 23 - Spartak Brno  (Czech Republic), Finals appearances: 2, year 1964, 1968

##### 23 - Benetton Basket  (Italy), Finals appearances: 2, year 1993, 2003

##### 23 - Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz  (Spain), Finals appearances: 2, year 2001, 2005

##### 27 - Slavia Prague  (Czech Republic), Finals appearances: 1, year 1966
##### 27 - AEK Athens  (Greece), Finals appearances: 1, year 1998
##### 27 - Fortitudo Bologna  (Italy), Finals appearances: 1, year 2004

Milestones, Most Championship Game Appearances and Victories, by Team

Tibor Pleiss cycled through five different Turkish Airlines EuroLeague clubs, never more than two seasons in any of them, before landing with Anadolu Efes Istanbul in 2018.

Having stayed in Istanbul with Efes for four seasons since, he is now a two-time champion whose role in the newest title was huge.

After winning the EuroLeague last year in his hometown of Cologne with some key baskets in the championship game, on Saturday in Belgrade, his contribution was as big as they get as Efes slowly turned around the scoreboard to defeat Real Madrid 57-58 and claim back-to-back titles.

Championship Game post-game quotes: Tibor Pleiss, Anadolu Efes Istanbul

Looking for all the world like Mr. Nice Guy, the tallest player on Efes turned into a killer in the Turkish Airlines EuroLeague Championship Game on Saturday.

Pleiss's killer instinct turned Efes around after halftime

Real Madrid v Anadolu Efes Istanbul (2022-05-21T17:00:00.000Z)

Real Madrid has been the best rebounding team in the Turkish Airlines EuroLeague, but Anadolu Efes Istanbul survived early dominance by Los Blancos on the glass before doing the damage of its own that helped Efes edge its way to a 57-58 championship game win.

It took a team effort for Efes to win the battle on the glass

Before the championship game, Efes guard Shane Larkin spoke about one key to the game: "I think it is going to be big for us to get the rebounds," Larkin pointed out. "It will take all of us, a team effort to get the rebounds and focus on the defensive side of the ball."

Efes did not get off to a good start on the boards. Walter Tavares dominated with 6 offensive boards in the first quarter alone. He finished with 8 offensive rebounds for the game, tying the all-time single-game Final Four record for offensive rebounds.

However, Efes did not allow Real to keep that edge, and eventually won the battle on the boards. And just like Larkin predicted, it took a team effort.

Five different Efes players had 6 or more rebounds, led by Elijah Bryant's 8. Chris Singleton and Tibor Pleiss grabbed 7 apiece and Shane Larkin and Adrien Moerman each had 6.

When the final buzzer sounded, Efes outrebounded Real for the game 40-44 - and 8-13 in the fourth quarter alone. Real finished with 18 offensive rebounds, which was 1 shy of the Final Four record, but Efes had 5 of its 11 in the fourth quarter, including a tip-in from Pleiss with 1:05 to go to make it 55-58 and Efes held on to defend its EuroLeague crown.

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### Ergin Ataman, Anadolu Efes Istanbul head coach

“I’m sorry for Real Madrid, they made a great game, but we knew how to manage the game, especially the last minutes because I have in the team star players who know how to play in that kind of situation. In the finals, strategy, especially offensive strategy, is not working well, you see that in all games in the Final Four. But great players can resolve situations. In the last quarter, all the team made a great defense, we really solved the problems for the offensive rebounds. We had a big problem until the third quarter with offensive rebounds, we gave away a lot of points, and then we found a way to win the game.

"Of course, we are deeply upset about the situation \[in Ukraine\]. I spoke about this on the first day that the war started. I was maybe the first and I think somebody cut my words on live TV. It’s unacceptable that it’s happening this century in Ukraine. I live in Turkey with Turkish people and we were all upset when we saw the honest people, children, old people, they died, alone, they disappeared. It’s unbelievable that this happened this century in Ukraine, in 2022. I’m very sorry also about my friends in the clubs in Russia who have nothing, only because of politics, bullshit politics. I hope that finally, humanity will beat this situation like we beat the Coronavirus. I’m optimistic that we can beat also this.

"Perfect game, perfect season \[for Tibor Pleiss\]. He gave us also this Final Four, as you know he played great in the last game against Milan in Istanbul. We believe in him and in our system he’s very important, because he has the mid-range shot, three-point shot, rebounding. In the last seconds, he followed the ball with Larkin and Micic on the penetrations and he was great. We gave him confidence. Last year he was injured and we gave the same confidence to Sertac Sanli, and we won. This season Sertac left the team, I talked to him. ‘Why do you go to the second team? Why not stay with the champion to take one more title?’ I don’t know what he thinks about now, but it doesn’t matter. In our system it’s very important, Pleiss made a good job during the season, also Bryant Dunston with his old age, he put great character every time. In the semifinal, he played much better and made a great job. It’s a team, everybody knows his role and Pleiss made his role very good.

“It’s an emotional situation right now, at the end of the season we will see. As you know in the last three or four years we changed very small things. Sanli left, we brought in Petrusev. This season Simon had a health problem, we put Elijah Bryant on the team but we didn’t cut anybody. Now at the end of the season, we will consider everything and make decisions. This team has made history for the club, the country, for European basketball. For now, I don’t have any idea what will happen in the summer, we will think afterward about this.

“You know my confidence. For me, my team is an NBA team. Okay, this season we didn’t play like an NBA team, but in the previous season and everybody knows about the season that was canceled we dominated, played great basketball. This season, so-so.

“Micic is only 27 years old, he will have more career, and I believe he will have a chance to improve his record, like me. Maybe I am not young like him but we will try. He’s a good character, he’s a power point guard, he has developed incredibly during these four seasons. This season he had some ups and downs, but at the most important time, he played great. He can play defense, make difficult shots, he has good penetrations. So what else from a point guard?!

“It’s nice to be an outsider. I’m an outsider coach because I’m coming from Turkey. Before, nobody from Turkey made these results. I enjoy this job, I am a different kind of person. I enjoy coaching, I enjoy press conferences, interviews. Sometimes I enjoy making complaints to EuroLeague and they punish me. I give them money, I am a sponsor to them, but now I will take my bonus for the championship so I enjoy my job. And if somebody considers me a good coach or not a good coach, or they say you have on your team Larkin and Micic, that’s okay, no problem.

“I don’t know \[about the NBA\]. Maybe it’s better to ask my son, you already know Junior Ataman. And now my family, my wife and two daughters. They already studied Miami. Maybe someone will call us and ask us, I don’t know, it’s not my decision.”

### Pablo Laso, Real Madrid head coach:

“Firstly, congratulations to Efes for the victory. It was a long season for all of us and I have to be proud of my players for the way they stuck together the whole year, until the last minute. Right now it’s a sad moment for all of us, we were so close, but that’s part of life, part of basketball. Congratulate Efes and try to pass this out of our head as fast as possible.

“We were 1 point down and it was a difficult thing to decide. It’s true that now, when you lose, the easy thing is that we should have fouled. But I thought that with the time remaining, more than 3 seconds, we could have defended and got the last possession. We didn’t get a clean rebound and we couldn’t attack. They played very smart that possession, they got a three, they missed it, but we couldn’t get a clean rebound. If you ask me now should we have fouled, we should have fouled. But I don’t know what would have happened.

“Obviously, I’m upset. The team has worked hard to reach this game, and I think we did a lot of things well. But we failed to break the game at any time with more offensive rhythm. The shooting percentages didn’t go with us. Against a team with the talent of Efes, if they score 58 points I think your defensive plan has worked very well. Offensively, when I look at the number of assists and the percentages, I don’t think that was too bad either. But saying all this doesn’t help, because we lost a final. Right now I don’t have much in my head to think of the game, because I’m upset to have lost the game.

“We were very competitive all season. We had better moments and worse moments, but we always worked hard and I congratulate the players for their season. There were 16 EuroLeague teams who didn’t take part in this game.

“I never considered us dead. We had problems and when you lose in sports, things always look bad, but I don’t see it that way. From tomorrow we can start to think more positively, but tonight we can only think that we were one shot from winning the title. A lot of the time in basketball, if you score baskets everything is easier. We had moments tonight when we played very good basketball, and I sincerely don’t think that we could have changed many things. When you lose, you can go crazy thinking about what you could do differently. But I don’t think that way, I value the work the guys did in the game. It hasn’t been easy but we did very well.

Gaby \[Deck\] is very important for us. From the first day, we knew we had a big player with us and every player has different talents. It would be stupid for us not to use that talent and that’s the hardest part for a coach – to get somebody on the team. For example, when a guy gets injured everybody says...ah, they lost this player. For a coach, the problem is not when he gets hurt but when he gets back on the team. So with Gaby, I have this feeling. We lost him, we got him back 10 months later. And when we built the team, he was not here. Probably the same situation with Randolph. That’s an adjustment you have to make as a coach, but I have a lot of respect for my players because they understood how important Gaby could be for our season.”

### Vasilije Micic, Anadolu Efes Istanbul:

“I just don’t think too much \[in clutch moments\]. I try to live in the moment. That’s something I like about advice from Coach Ataman because he understands what it means to play in the moment. And if you believe in that, it’s really difficult to stop. You can find a way sometimes, but in the course of 40 minutes, it’s difficult to predict what you’re going to do. I just try to check what is going on in the moment, and then whether it’s a drive or a shot, I try to make the best decisions. That’s all, just play spontaneous and with hard work behind the scenes. 

"All these shots I’m taking, I’ve already shot so many times in my life. Nothing surprises me. When you analyze it seems like we’re doing something special, but I would say more that we play in the moment, spontaneously, and believe in each other. I come into a game without a plan. It doesn’t mean I don’t respect a game plan, we have worked on a game plan for four years. But all the decisions I make in the moment, and that’s how you really put a defense in problems. If you have specific preparations, it’s easier to stop.”

Championship Game post-game press conference quotes

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Vasilije Micic came through in the clutch in both games of the Turkish Airlines EuroLeague Final Four to lead Anadolu Efes Istanbul to its second consecutive championship.

Micic repeats as Final Four MVP!

Micic was named 2021-22 Final Four MVP and joined a very short list of stars to win that trophy in consecutive seasons. He poured in a game-high 23 points with 4 three-pointers and had 2 rebounds and 2 assists in Efes’s hard fought 57-58 win over Real Madrid in the championship game. That came after he collected 15 points, 6 rebounds and 9 assists in the 74-77 semifinal win over Olympiacos Piraeus, which he sealed with a last-second three-pointer to win it.

He became just the fourth player to win back-to-back Final Four MVPs joining Toni Kukoc in 1990 and 1991 with Jugoplastika Split, Dejan Bodiroga in 2002 with Panathinaikos Athens and 2003 with FC Barcelona and Vassilis Spanoulis with Olympiacos Piraeus in 2012 and 2013. It was Spanoulis who handed him the MVP Trophy in the post-game ceremony.

“Thank you every one for being in the gym. Thank you to all the fans who participated in the Final Four. Honestly, I am speechless because four years ago I played here and finished third and I came up short. And this time we won the title,” said Micic after the game, referring to taking third place at the 2018 Final Four with Zalgiris Kaunas in the same Stark Arena where he would celebrate back-to-back crowns with Efes in 2022.

“This one also feels amazing. Still, I’m speechless. These things for all my life will stay with me, forever. It will be a marker in my heart. Again, nothing without my teammates is possible. Four amazing years together, two titles, and this \[MVP\] title, but once again, a team title is more important.

“Tonight, everywhere will be very, very hot, everywhere in Belgrade. I’m going to take all my team together and we will celebrate like never before,” Micic, who spent half his childhood in Belgrade, added almost with a sly grin.

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Anadolu Efes Istanbul repeated as the Turkish Airlines EuroLeague champion with a 57-58 victory over Real Madrid with only five players scoring points.

Efes trio carries the load to take EuroLeague crown


Entering the championship game, Efes was the Turkish Airlines EuroLeague's top-scoring team over the past four seasons with 84.3 points per game. However, Efes won its second consecutive title by netting just 58 points, the lowest it scored in any EuroLeague game in that period. Of that total, Vasilije Micic, Tibor Pleiss and Shane Larkin combined to score 52.

Final Four MVP Micic shined with 23 points on 4-for-7 three-point shooting and Pleiss had 19 points while pulling down 7 rebounds. Larkin scored 10 together with 6 rebounds and 4 assists. The only other Efes scorers were Chris Singleton with 4 points and Bryant Dunston with 2.

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