2024 EuroCup Finals

Event	2023–24 EuroCup Basketball
Paris Basketball Mincidelice JL Bourg 2 0
First leg
Paris Basketball Mincidelice JL Bourg 77 64
Date	9 April 2024 (2024-04-09)
Venue	Adidas Arena, Paris, France
MVP	T. J. Shorts ( Paris)
Attendance	7,998
Second leg
Mincidelice JL Bourg Paris Basketball 81 89
Date	12 April 2024 (2024-04-12)
Venue	Ekinox, Bourg-en-Bresse, France
Attendance	3,574
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The 2024 EuroCup Finals were the concluding games of the 2023–24 EuroCup season, the 22nd season of Euroleague Basketball's secondary level professional club basketball tournament, the 16th season since it was renamed from the ULEB Cup to the EuroCup, and the first season under the new title sponsorship name of BKT. The first leg was played at the Adidas Arena in Paris, France, on 9 April 2024, the second leg was played at the Ekinox in Bourg-en-Bresse, France, on 12 April 2024 between French sides Paris Basketball ^[1] and Mincidelice JL Bourg. ^[2]

Paris Basketball swept Mincidelice JL Bourg to achieve its first continental crown by winning its first EuroCup title and earned the right to play in the 2024–25 EuroLeague. It was also the second French side to win the EuroCup after AS Monaco triumph in the 2020–21 season. ^[3]

Background

It was the first all–French final series in the history of the EuroCup and the second all–French final series in the history of the European club basketball tournaments after the 2017 FIBA Europe Cup Finals in which Nanterre 92 defeated Élan Chalon for achieve their second continental crown. ^[4]

It was the first ever Finals appearance in the competition for Paris Basketball. It was also the first time that any team from the French capital play a European final. Until this season, the best Parisian performance was the 1996–97 season of the European second–tier level FIBA EuroCup semifinal played by Paris Basket Racing in which it was defeated by Real Madrid that finally won the title. ^{[5] [6]}

It was the first ever Finals appearance for Mincidelice JL Bourg in EuroCup. It was also the first time that JL Bourg play a European final and became the 14th French team to qualify for a European final. ^{[7] [8]}

Venues

The Adidas Arena hosted the first leg as Paris Basketball home venue. The arena was recently inaugurated in February 2024 and have a capacity of 8,000 seats for sporting events and 9,000 seats for concerts and shows, as well as two gymnasiums intended for use by local clubs and residents. It was originally intended to host the wrestling events and men's preliminary basketball tournament of the 2024 Summer Olympics, before hosting the Paralympic table tennis tournament. Finally, the Olympic events of badminton then rhythmic gymnastics take place there, followed by Para badminton and powerlifting. As soon as the arena is built, it became the residence of Paris Basketball, as well as PSG Handball for its larger games.

The Ekinox hosted the second leg as Mincidelice JL Bourg home venue. The arena usually hosts the home games of JL Bourg since January 2014 and have a capacity of 3,548 seats for sporting events and 5,141 seats for concerts and shows.

Paris	Paris Bourg 2024 EuroCup Finals (Europe)	Bourg-en-Bresse
Adidas Arena		Ekinox
Capacity: 8,000		Capacity: 3,548

Road to the Finals

Note: In the table, the score of the finalist is given first (H = home; A = away).

Paris Basketball

Round	Results
Regular season	Group A Pos Team v t e Pld W L Qualification 1 Paris Basketball 18 17 1 Advance to quarterfinals 2 Hapoel Shlomo Tel Aviv 18 13 5 3 London Lions 18 12 6 Advance to eighthfinals 4 Prometey 18 10 8 5 Joventut 18 10 8 6 Beşiktaş Emlakjet 18 9 9 7 Wolves 18 8 10 8 Umana Reyer Venezia 18 8 10 9 Veolia Towers Hamburg 18 2 16 10 Cedevita Olimpija 18 1 17 Source: EuroCup Rules for classification: All points scored in extra period(s) were not counted in the standings, nor for any tie-break situation.
Playoffs	Opponent	Series	1st leg	2nd leg	3rd leg
Quarterfinals	Joventut	1–0	86–70 (H)	—
Semifinals	London Lions	2–0	99–86 (H)	93–85 (A)	—

Mincidelice JL Bourg

Round	Results
Regular season	Group B Pos Team v t e Pld W L Qualification 1 Mincidelice JL Bourg 18 14 4 Advance to quarterfinals 2 U-BT Cluj-Napoca 18 13 5 3 Dreamland Gran Canaria 18 12 6 Advance to eighthfinals 4 ratiopharm Ulm 18 10 8 5 Aris Midea 18 9 9 6 Türk Telekom 18 8 10 7 Budućnost VOLI 18 8 10 8 Dolomiti Energia Trento 18 7 11 9 7bet-Lietkabelis 18 7 11 10 Śląsk Wrocław 18 2 16 Source: EuroCup Rules for classification: All points scored in extra period(s) were not counted in the standings, nor for any tie-break situation.
Playoffs	Opponent	Series	1st leg	2nd leg	3rd leg
Quarterfinals	Prometey	1–0	95–82 (H)	—
Semifinals	Beşiktaş Emlakjet	2–1	86–74 (H)	71–82 (A)	89–63 (H)

First leg

Paris Basketball v Mincidelice JL Bourg

9 April 2024	Paris Basketball	77–64 ( Series: 1–0)	Mincidelice JL Bourg	Paris, France
20:30	Scoring by quarter: 23–11, 31–20, 11–12, 12–21
	Pts: Shorts 15 Rebs: Kessens 7 Asts: Shorts 4 PIR: Shorts 20	Boxscore	Pts: Risacher 11 Rebs: Brown, Massa 5 Asts: Benitez 4 PIR: Risacher 10	Arena: Adidas Arena Attendance: 7,998 Referees: Damir Javor, Jordi Aliaga, Sérgio Silva

Second leg

Mincidelice JL Bourg v Paris Basketball

12 April 2024	Mincidelice JL Bourg	81–89 ( Series: 0–2)	Paris Basketball	Bourg-en-Bresse, France
19:30	Scoring by quarter: 26–22, 20–21, 17–21, 18–25
	Pts: Mike 16 Rebs: Mike 6 Asts: Lewis 8 PIR: Benitez 17	Boxscore	Pts: Shorts 22 Rebs: Kratzer, Shorts 6 Asts: Shorts 5 PIR: Shorts 28	Arena: Ekinox Attendance: 3,574 Referees: Borys Ryzhyk, Carlos Cortés, Kristaps Konstantinovs

2023–24 EuroCup champions
Paris Basketball (1st title)

See also

• 2024 EuroLeague Final Four
• 2024 Basketball Champions League Final Four

References

External links

• Official website