The 2024 ENBL Final Four was played on April 9-10, at the Sparekassen Danmark Basketball center in Aarhus, Denmark. Bakken Bears won the first title, defeating CSO Voluntari, 85-81. Royal Basket Liege earned a bronze medal, while Šiauliai finished in the fourth place. DeAndre Pinckney was named MVP.
First place: Bakken Bears Aarhus (9-2, Final Four 2-0)
Skyler Bowlin (captain, Missouri Southern), DeAndre Pinckney (Southern Mississippi), Malik Parsons (Northwestern Oklahoma State University), Ryan Evans (Wisconsin), Michel Diouf (Senegal), Gustav Knudsen, Silas Oriane, Sylvester Berg Pedersen, Noah Sorensen, Marcus Vinther, Frederik Erichsen, Markus Madsen. Head coach Anders Sommer. Coaches Florian Wedell, Mads Sigersted. Director Michael Piloz.
Second place: CSO Voluntari (8-3, Final Four 1-1)
Titus Nicoara (captain), Lucas Tohatan, KeyShawn Feazell (Mississippi State/McNeese State/Creighton), Trevon Allen (Idaho), JT Shumate (Toledo), Kwamain Mitchell (Saint Louis), Laszlo Polyak (Hungary), Mihail Miseailo (Moldova), Alexandru Olah, David Vida, Kodi Justice (Arizona State). Head coach Ainars Bagatskis (Latvia, first season). Coach Dan Ioan. Director Ioan Costin Georgescu.
Third place: Royal Liege Basket (6-5, Final Four 1-1)
Kevin Tumba (captain), EJ Anosike (USA/Nigeria; Sacred Heart/Tennessee), Jamelle Hagins (Delaware), Bram Bogaerts, Angel Rodriguez (Puerto Rico; Kansas State/Miami), Olivier Troisfontaines, Joachim Kouassi, Ibrahim Famouke Doumbia (Mali; South California/UC Fullerton), Miloš Bojovič, Moussa Noterman, Anthony Cambo (USA/Spain). Head coach Alex Zampier (USA). Coach Tihomir Bujan (Croatia), Christian Camus. President Ernest Ernie Cambo.
Fourth place: Šiauliai (8-3, Final Four 0-2)
Daniel Baslyk (captain), Leonard Junior Thorpe (UNC Asheville), Bennett Vander Plas (Ohio/Virginia), Shaquille Keith (Canada/Jamaica), Dovydas Romancenko, Sean Armand (Iona), Karolis Giedraitis, Tomaš Pavelka (Slovakia), Nojus Mineikis, Paulius Danusevičius. Head coach Židrūnas Urbonas. Coach Vaidas Pauliukenas. General manager Donatas Slanina.
Classification, as of April 10, 2024
First place: Bakken Bears Aarhus (9-2, Final Four 2-0, second in Group A)
Second place: CSO Voluntari (8-3, Final Four 1-1, second in Group B)
Third place: Royal Liege Basket (6-5, Final Four 1-1, fourth in Group B)
Fourth place: Šiauliai (8-3, Final Four 0-2, first in Group B)
Fifth place: Juventus (7-2, play-offs 1-1, first in Group A)
Sixth place: Newcastle Eagles (5-4, group stage 5-2, 623:589, 1.0577, third in Group B)
Seventh place: Tartu (5-4, group stage 4-3, 551:529, 1.0416, third in Group A)
Eighth place: Bristol Flyers (4-5, group stage 4-3, 581:519, 1.1194, fourth in Group A)
Ninth place: Zastal Zielona Gora (4-3, 632:633, 0.9984, 57.1%)
Tenth place: Landstede Hammers (4-3, 496:534, 0.9288, 57.1%)
Eleventht place: Start Lublin (3-4, 629:632, 0.9952, 42.9%)
Twelfth place: Keila Coolbet (2-5, 589:636, 0.9261, 28.6%)
Thirteenth place: Spartak Pleven (1-6, 554:616, 0.8993, 14.3%)
Fourteenth place: Basket Brno (1-6, 522:598, 0.8729, 14.3%)
Fifteenth place: Svendborg Rabbits (1-6, 482:638, 0.7554, 14.3%)
Sixteenth place: Valmiera Glass ViA (0-7, 562:676, 0.8313, 0.0%)
All Star team: Kodi Justice (Voluntari), Malik Parsons (Bakken), Shaquille Keith (Šiauliai), Trevon Allen (Voluntari), EJ Anosike (Liège).
Final Four MVP: DeAndre Pinckney (Bakken).
Teams (16)
third season: Basket Brno, Šiauliai, Tartu University, Valmiera Glass ViA;
second season: BC Zielona Gora, Start Lublin;
first season: Bakken Bears, CSO Voluntari, Royal Liege Basket, BC Juventus, Newcastle Eagles, Bristol Flyers, Landstede Hammers, Keila Coolbet, Spartak Pleven, Svendborg Rabbits.
Countries represented (11)
From season one: Czechia, Lithuania, Estonia, Latvia, Poland;
First season: Denmark, Romania, Belgium, United Kingdom, Netherlands, Bulgaria.
Final Four history
Wloclawek 2022: Anwil Wloclawek, Šiauliai, Basket Brno, Tartu University
Ostrów Wielkopolski 2023: BM Stal Ostrów, BC Wolves, Start Lublin, King Szczecin
Aarhus 2024: Bakken Bears, CSO Voluntari, Royal Liege Basket, Šiauliai
Learn more
ENBL classification 2024 https://www.enbleague.eu/post/enbl-classification-2024-groups-to-be-revealed-on-july-24
Final 4 will feature 25 international players https://www.enbleague.eu/post/final-4-will-feature-24-international-players
Champions and winners 2023 https://www.enbleague.eu/post/champions-and-winners-2023
Throwback: Champions and winners 2022 https://www.enbleague.eu/post/throwback-champions-and-winners-2022
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