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ALL-TIME PREVIOUS FINAL FOUR APPEARANCES: HEAD COACHES (1988-present)

18*.- Zeljko Obradovic (1992 Partizan; 1994 Joventut; 1995, 1996 Real Madrid; 1998 Benetton; 2000, 2001*, 2002, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2012 Panathinaikos; 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019 Fenerbahce)

12.- Ettore Messina (1998, 1999, 2001*, 2002 Virtus; 2003 Benetton; 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2013, 2014 CSKA, 2021 Milan)

8.- Dusan Ivkovic (1993 Paok; 1997, 1999 Olympiacos; 2001* AEK, 2003, 2004, 2005 CSKA; 2012 Olympiacos)

7.- Bozidar Maljkovic (1989, 1990 Split; 1991 Barcelona; 1993, 1995 Limoges; 1996 Panathinaikos; 2007 Baskonia)
Pablo Laso (2012, 2013, 2014, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2022 Real Madrid)

6.- Ioannis Ioannidis (1988, 1989, 1990 Aris, 1994, 1995 Olympiacos, 1998 AEK)
Aito Garcia Reneses (1989, 1990, 1994, 1996, 1997, 2000 Barcelona)
Dimitris Itoudis (2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021 CSKA)

5.- Xavi Pascual (2009, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2014 Barcelona)
Ergin Ataman (2000, 2019, 2021, 2022 Efes; 2003 Siena)

5*.- Pini Gershon (2000, 2001*, 2004, 2005, 2006 Maccabi)

* European basketball had two top-level competitions in 2000-01. Kinder Bologna won the Euroleague title in a five-game playoff series against Tau Ceramica. AEK Athens and Fortitudo Bologna reached the semifinals. Maccabi Tel Aviv won the SuproLeague in a Final Four that also featured Panathinaikos, the other finalist, CSKA Moscow and Efes Pilsen.

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