The 2017 Basketball Champions League Final Four was the inaugural Basketball Champions League tournament. It was the concluding phase of the 2016–17 Basketball Champions League season.
Venue The Santiago Martín hosted the final tournament for the first time.
San Cristóbal de La Laguna Santiago Martín Capacity: 5,100
Road to the Final Four
Note: In the table, the score of the Final Four team is given first (H = home; A = away). Road to the Final Four MonacoRound Iberostar Tenerife Group A Regular season Group D OpponentAgg.1st leg2nd legPlay-offsOpponent Agg.1st leg2nd leg colspan=4 Play-off qualifiers colspan=4 AEK Athens 163–156 68–69 (A) 95–87 (H) Round of 16 PAOK 140–123 66–63 (A) 80–54 (H) Dinamo Sassari 152–138 73–62 (H) 79–76 (A) Quarterfinals ASVEL 123–113 62–62 (A) 61–51 (H) Umana Reyer VeneziaRound Banvit Group B Regular season Group A OpponentAgg.1st leg2nd legPlay-offsOpponent Agg.1st leg2nd leg Ventspils 137–135 67–74 (A) 70–61 (H) Play-off qualifiers colspan=4 Sidigas Avellino 125–117 53–49 (H) 72–68 (A) Round of 16 EWE Baskets Oldenburg 152–143 82–82 (A) 70–61 (H) Pınar Karşıyaka 145–140 71–74 (A) 74–66 (H) Quarterfinals MHP Riesen Ludwigsburg 146–145 87–92 (H) 59–53 (A)
Bracket
Semifinals Semifinal A
Semifinal B
Third place game
Final Iberostar Tenerife was enjoying its most successful season in the Liga ACB in club history as the club was in the first place of the regular season. Banvit were having a season in which the team won its first trophy by winning the Turkish Cup.
Playing at its home court, Tenerife won the game 63–59 behind Final Four MVP Marius Grigonis, who scored 18 points on 6 out of 10 three point shooting. Davin White added 14 points and 5 assists, while also hitting the most important three pointer of the game in the final minute. The league's MVP, Jordan Theodore, recorded 17 points and 9 assists for Banvit.
By winning the Champions League trophy, Tenerife was awarded with the prize money of €500,000.
2016–17 BCL champions Iberostar Tenerife1st title Team captains (C): Nicolás Richotti (Iberostar Tenerife) and Gašper Vidmar (Banvit)
References
External links Basketball Champions League (official website) FIBA Europe (official website) Eurobasket.com League Page Basketball Champions League Official YouTube Account