EuroLeague back in Athens

Greece fans respond during the Eurobasket, European Basketball Championship 4th last lucifer betwixt Lithuania and Greece astatine the Riga Arena successful Riga, Latvia, connected September 9, 2025. [Sergei Grits/AP]

Athens will big the 2026 EuroLeague Final Four astatine the Telekom Center Athens (formerly OAKA Indoor Arena), marking the tournament’s instrumentality to Greece aft 19 years.

EuroLeague shareholders voted Athens the winner with 8 votes compared to Belgrade’s three, with two blank votes. The tournament will tally from May 22-24, 2026. According to BasketNews, hosting rights are valued astatine some €9 million. 

This marks the 4th clip the Final Four will beryllium held connected Greek soil, pursuing erstwhile tournaments successful 1993 astatine the Peace and Friendship Stadium, 2000 successful Thessaloniki, and 2007 astatine OAKA, where Panathinaikos won its 4th European championship.

The 2025 Final Four was held successful Abu Dhabi, where Fenerbahce won the title.