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EuroLeague Championship Game

European club basketball competition finals

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionAug 30, 2026
Entity authorityQ5411953 ↗
Source-derived summary

The EuroLeague Championship Game is the championship basketball final of the EuroLeague competition. The EuroLeague is the highest level tier, and most important professional competition of club basketball in Europe. Over the years, the EuroLeague's Championship Game, has also previously been known as the EuroLeague Final, the EuroLeague Finals, the EuroLeague Grand Final, and the EuroLeague Grand Finale.

Real Madrid have won the EuroLeague championship on 11 occasions, more than any other club, with its most recent victory coming in 2023. Olympiacos of Greece, is the current holder of the EuroLeague championship, as of 2026.

Title holders

EuroLeague Finals

For finals not played in a single game, an * precedes the score of the team playing at home.

* 2001 was a transition year, with the best European teams split into two major leagues, (SuproLeague, held by FIBA Europe, and Euroleague, held by Euroleague Basketball).

Titles by club

Titles by national domestic league

Notes

a 2001 was a transition year, with the best European teams split into two major leagues, SuproLeague, held by FIBA Europe and EuroLeague, held by Euroleague Basketball. The finals series of the latter:

EuroLeague Finals Top Scorers, MVPs, and Champion coaches (1958 to present)

From 1958 to 1987, the Top Scorer of the EuroLeague Finals was noted, regardless of whether he played on the winning or losing team. However, there was no actual MVP award given.

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