The Euroleague closes its 2023/24 season with a new edition of the Final Four. This format, established in the 2001/02 season, has successfully accompanied the highest continental basketball competition since then.
This year the four participants are historical ones such as Panathinaikos, Olympiakos, Fenerbahce and Real Madrid. All of them have been champions over time.
The whites, current champions of the competition, They have a golden opportunity to retain the title for the first time since 1968, when the Euroleague was known as the European Cup and was organized by FIBA. It has rained a lot since those times, but the truth is that Real Madrid is reviving old laurels from its past.
The twelfth?
If they win the Berlin event, the whole of the capital of Spain would increase up to 12 his record as European champion, being the most successful in history; and, what is perhaps more important, is that It would remove the distinction of having almost all of its titles in black and white.
Real Madrid would equal Panathinaikos and the absent CSKA Moscow with four titles as the most successful teams in the Euroleague since it came into effect in the 2001/02 season.
The whites, in fact, are the most dominant club on the Old Continent in recent years, having won three crowns in eight seasons.
4 of the last 9?
Before thinking about the title, the white team must eliminate an Olympiakos which prevented them from their first Euroleague title in the 2012/13 season. The Greeks have two wins under their belt in Euroleague history and a third after winning the 1997 European Cup.
The curious circumstance occurs that the Real Madrid -which has the least numerous fans at the event- He will have the support of the eternal rivals of his first opponent, Panathinaikos, who will face Fenerbahce on the other side of the draw. The ‘greens’, despite competing against the whites as the most successful team in the Euroleague, are clear about their preferences.
Real Madrid wants to equal the record set by Panathinaikos in the most successful period in the history of the Euroleague when they won four titles in a span of nine seasons, between 2001/02 and 2010/11. The Greeks are in Berlin eager to prevent it, but in the semifinals there will be a marriage of convenience.
Will the ACB widen its difference?
Despite all the glorious history surrounding the Panathinaikos is notable for having gone through a great journey through the desert after being absent from the Final Four since 2012. The Greek team makes its eleventh appearance in this summit event of the Euroleague.
Unlike other sports, In the Euroleague there is usually no room for Cinderellas and all the teams present in Berlin have won at least one title in the history of the competition.
Real Madrid aspires to expand the historical advantage that Spain has as a country with the most titles in the highest continental basketball competition. Currently, our country has 14 titles compared to Italy’s 13 and Greece’s nine.
2024-05-24 10:21:41
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