2024–25 Basketball Champions League

The 2024–25 Basketball Champions League is the 9th season of the Basketball Champions League (BCL), the European professional basketball competition for clubs launched by FIBA.

Unicaja are the defending champion.^[1]

The country ranking based on the country coefficients is used to determine the number of clubs from each national federation that enters various stages of the BCL:^[2]

• All countries, if they entered, each have at least one team qualify.^{[citation needed]}
• The winners of the 2023–24 Basketball Champions League are given an additional entry if they do not qualify for the 2024–25 Basketball Champions League through their domestic league.^[3]
• The organiser may grant access to the League through the attribution of up to 4 invitations (wild cards) to the Regular Season or to the Qualification Rounds.^[3]
• If one or more clubs do not use their right to participate in the Basketball Champions League, the organiser may decide to allocate the respective place(s) to other clubs of the same or other National Federations.^[3]

For the 2024–25 Basketball Champions League, the countries are allocated places according to their 2024 country coefficients, which takes into account their performance from 2021–22 to 2023–24.

National Federations ranking for 2024–25 Basketball Champions League

Rank National Federation Coeff. Teams 1  Spain 103.40 4+1 BCL 2  Israel 71.67 2 3  France 70.16 3 4  Turkey 65.20 4 5  Greece 60.75 5 6  Germany 60.50 4 7  Hungary 44.00 1 8  Romania 41.00 9  Lithuania 39.00 2 10  Bosnia and Herzegovina 37.00 1 11  Belgium 36.50 2 12  Italy 33.42 3 13  Latvia 31.00 1 14  Portugal 27.00 15  Ukraine 25.00 0 16  Poland 22.50 2 17  Czech Republic 18.00 1 18  Estonia 13.00 19  Denmark 12.00 0 20  Russia (suspended)[4] 7.50 21  Switzerland 7.00 1 22  Netherlands 6.00 23  Sweden 5.00

Rank National Federation Coeff. Teams 24  Cyprus 5.00 1 25  Slovakia 5.00 26  Serbia 5.00 2 27  Finland 4.00 1 28  Belarus (suspended)[4] 4.00 0 29  Montenegro 3.00 30  Austria 3.00 31  Kosovo 2.00 1 32  Great Britain 2.00 33  Croatia 2.00 0 34  Georgia 1.00 1 35  Bulgaria 1.00 36  North Macedonia 1.00 0 NR  Azerbaijan — 1  Albania — 0  Armenia —  Iceland —  Ireland —  Luxembourg —  Moldova —  Norway —  Slovenia —

The labels in the parentheses show how each team qualified for the place of its starting round:

• TH: Title holders
• FEC: FIBA Europe Cup title holders
• 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, etc.: League positions of the previous season
• WC: Wild card^[3]
• AV: Allocated vacancy^[3]

Qualified teams for 2024–25 Basketball Champions League (by entry round)^[5][6]

Regular season
Peristeri Domino's (3rd)	Niners Chemnitz (3rd)FEC	Maccabi Ironi Ramat Gan (5th)	Falco-Vulcano Szombathely (1st)
Promitheas Patras (5th)	FIT/One Würzburg Baskets (4th)	Hapoel Netanel Holon (6th)	VEF Rīga (1st)
Kolossos H Hotels (6th)	Rasta Vechta (6th)	Pallacanestro Reggiana (5th)	Rytas (1st)
AEK Betsson (7th)	Pinar Karşıyaka (4th)	Bertram Derthona Tortona (8th)	FMP Soccerbet (4th)
UCAM Murcia (2nd)	Galatasaray (5th)	King Szczecin (2nd)AV[7]
Unicaja (3rd)TH	Manisa BBSK (6th)	Śląsk Wrocław (3rd)
La Laguna Tenerife (6th)	Nanterre 92 (5th)	Filou Oostende (1st)
BAXI Manresa (8th)	Saint-Quentin Basket-Ball (6th)	Igokea m:tel (1st)
Qualifying rounds
Sabah (1st)	Nokia (1st)	Dinamo Banco di Sardegna Sassari (10th)	Spartak Office Shoes (2nd)
Windrose Giants Antwerp (2nd)	Cholet (7th)	Trepça (1st)	Patrioti Levice (1st)
Rilski Sportist (1st)	Kutaisi 2010 (1st)	Juventus (5th)	Morabanc Andorra (11th)
ERA Nymburk (1st)	Telekom Baskets Bonn (7th)	Heroes den Bosch (2nd)[Note NED]	Norrköping Dolphins 1st)
Keravnos (1st)	Caledonia Gladiators (5th)	SL Benfica (1st)	Fribourg Olympic (1st)
Kalev/Cramo (1st)	PAOK mateco (8th)	CSM CSU Oradea (2nd)	Petkim Spor (7th)

Notes

A total of 54 officials is set to work on the 2024–25 season in Basketball Champions League:^[9] After the 2023-24 season, five referees left the squad, two were added.

The draw for the qualifying rounds was held made on 26 June 2024 at the Patrick Baumann House in Mies, Switzerland.^[10][11]

The 24 teams will face in four qualifying round tournaments, two of which belong to the Champions Path, which contains the domestic league champions, and the other two to the League Path, which contains the rest of the teams that vie for qualify to the regular season. In each path, teams were seeded into the six pots ordered by the club ranking and by the country ranking for clubs that have not yet participated in the competition. Teams from pot 1 and pot 2 were drawn directly into the semi-finals of the tournaments, while the teams in the other four pots will enter the tournament from the quarter-finals. The four winners of the finals will then qualify for the regular season and join the 28 directly qualified teams in the main draw. The rest of the teams will qualify, if they apply, to the FIBA Europe Cup.

Pot 1 Team Pts SL Benfica 25 ERA Nymburk 22

Pot 2 Team Pts Kalev/Cramo 12 Fribourg Olympic 7

Pot 3 Team Pts Patrioti Levice 5 Norrköping Dolphins 5

Pot 4 Team Pts Keravnos 2 Nokia 4.00†

Pot 5 Team Pts Trepça 2.00† Rilski Sportist 1.00†

Pot 6 Team Pts Kutaisi 2010 1.00† Sabah 0.00†

Pot 1 Team Pts Telekom Baskets Bonn 80 PAOK Mateco 43

Pot 2 Team Pts Banco di Sardegna Sassari 33 Cholet 11

Pot 3 Team Pts Heroes den Bosch 4 Juventus 2

Pot 4 Team Pts CSM Oradea 1 Windrose Giants Antwerp 1

Pot 5 Team Pts Caledonia Gladiators 0 MoraBanc Andorra 103.40†

Pot 6 Team Pts Petkim Spor 65.20† Spartak Office Shoes 5.00†

Notes

The tournament 1 will be played on September 17–21, 2024 at the Gloria Sports Arena in Antalya, Turkey.^[12]

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
					September 19
					Benfica	89
	September 17
					Rilski Sportist	88
	Rilski Sportist	71
									September 21
	Nokia	64
									Benfica	91
									Fribourg Olympic	85
					September 19
					Fribourg Olympic	80
	September 17
					Norrköping Dolphins	79
	Sabah	71
	Norrköping Dolphins	75

Source: FIBA

The tournament 2 will be played on September 18–22, 2024 at the Gloria Sports Arena in Antalya, Turkey.^[12]

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
					September 20
					ERA Nymburk	84
	September 18
					Trepça	78
	Trepça	82
									September 22
	Keravnos	79
									ERA Nymburk	80
									Kalev/Cramo	66
					September 20
					Kalev/Cramo	84
	September 18
					Patrioti Levice	76
	Kutaisi 2010	87
	Patrioti Levice	111

Source: FIBA

The tournament 3 will be played on September 17–21, 2024 at the Gloria Sports Arena in Antalya, Turkey.^[12]

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
					September 19
					PAOK mateco	81
	September 17
					CSM Oradea	80
	Caledonia Gladiators	59
									September 21
	CSM Oradea	90
									PAOK mateco	69
									Petkim Spor	79
					September 19
					Cholet	70
	September 17
					Petkim Spor	76
	Petkim Spor	92
	Heroes Den Bosch	72

Source: FIBA

The tournament 4 will be played on September 18–22, 2024 at the Gloria Sports Arena in Antalya, Turkey.^[12]

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
					September 20
					Telekom Baskets Bonn	99
	September 18
					MoraBanc Andorra	91
	MoraBanc Andorra	91
									September 22
	Windrose Giants Antwerp	73
									Telekom Baskets Bonn	78
									Banco di Sardegna Sassari	71
					September 20
					Banco di Sardegna Sassari	77
	September 18
					Juventus	73
	Spartak Office Shoes	84
	Juventus	87

Source: FIBA

The 28 teams that entered in the regular season directly were divided into four pots based firstly on the club ranking and, for clubs that have not yet participated in the (Regular season of) competition, on the three-year country ranking. The country protection rule will apply for the stage of the draw. Clubs cannot be drawn in groups with other clubs from the same country.^[10]

The 28 teams will play against each other in a group phase of eight groups with four teams. The first placed team of each group will directly join the Round of 16. The second and third placed teams will play in the Play Ins. The winner of each Play In match will join the Round of 16. Play Ins will be played in a Best of 3 format. In the Round of 16 the teams will be split in four groups of four teams. Each team plays against each other team in the Round of 16. The two first placed teams of each group will qualify for the Quarterfinals. The Quarterfinals will be played in a Best of 3 format. The winner of each Quarterfinal will be allowed to take place in the Basketball Champions League Final Four in May 2025.^[11]

Pot 1 Team Pts La Laguna Tenerife 144 Unicaja 138 Hapoel Netanel Holon 92 Baxi Manresa 88 Galatasaray Basketbol 76 Rytas 69 UCAM Murcia 68 AEK Betsson 65

Pot 2 Team Pts Peristeri 55 Filou Oostende 55 Karşıyaka Basket 52 Falco Szombathely 49 Igokea 37 VEF Rīga 31 Promitheas 30 Bertram Derthona Tortona 21

Pot 3 Team Pts Rasta Vechta 17 King Szczecin 11 Pallacanestro Reggiana 11 Niners Chemnitz 4 Maccabi Ironi Ramat Gan 71.67† Nanterre 92 70.16† Saint-Quentin 70.16† Manisa Basket 65.20†

Pot 4 Team Pts Kolossos H Hotels 60.75† Würzburg Baskets 60.50† Śląsk Wrocław 22.50† FMP Soccerbet 5.00† (Winner QF–T1) (Winner QF–T2) (Winner QF–T3) (Winner QF–T4)

Notes

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification		WUE	HOL	NAN	IGO
1	FIT/One Würzburg Baskets	3	3	0	271	239	+32	6	Advance to round of 16		—	85–76	Nov 6	98–80
2	Hapoel Netanel Holon	3	1	2	238	243	−5	4	Advance to play-ins		Dec 3	—	70–76	92–82
3	Nanterre 92	3	1	2	239	244	−5	4			83–88	Dec 18	—	Dec 4
4	Igokea m:tel	3	1	2	248	270	−22	4			Dec 18	Nov 6	86–80	—

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification		UNI	PET	OOS	SZC
1	Unicaja (T)	3	3	0	287	227	+60	6	Advance to round of 16		—	112–82	Dec 3	83–60
2	Petkim Spor	3	2	1	244	256	−12	5	Advance to play-ins		Nov 5	—	77–74	Dec 3
3	Filou Oostende	4	2	2	310	297	+13	6			85–92	Dec 17	—	67–55
4	King Szczecin	4	0	4	258	319	−61	4			Dec 17	70–85	73–84	—

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification		TFE	KSK	SAI	KOL
1	La Laguna Tenerife	3	3	0	229	184	+45	6	Advance to round of 16		—	Dec 11	Nov 13	Dec 17
2	Pinar Karşıyaka	3	2	1	231	220	+11	5	Advance to play-ins		76–87	—	84–74	Nov 12
3	Saint-Quentin	3	1	2	219	209	+10	4			61–71	Dec 17	—	84–54
4	Kolossos H Hotels	3	0	3	160	226	−66	3			47–71	59–71	Dec 11	—

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification		NYM	GAL	PRO	VEC
1	ERA Nymburk (T)	4	4	0	361	297	+64	8	Advance to round of 16		—	Dec 3	Dec 17	93–74
2	Galatasaray (T)	4	3	1	348	327	+21	7	Advance to play-ins		75–87	—	91–74	103–91
3	Promitheas	4	1	3	315	342	−27	5			78–86	75–79	—	Dec 4
4	Rasta Vechta	4	0	4	321	379	−58	4			70–95	Dec 17	86–88	—

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification		BON	AEK	MRG	RIG
1	Telekom Baskets Bonn	3	2	1	251	238	+13	5	Advance to round of 16		—	93–74	Nov 12	Dec 10
2	AEK Betsson	3	2	1	234	233	+1	5	Advance to play-ins		Dec 18	—	80–71	Nov 13
3	Maccabi Ironi Ramat Gan	3	1	2	227	237	−10	4			78–86	Dec 10	—	78–71
4	VEF Rīga	3	1	2	226	230	−4	4			86–72	69–80	Dec 18	—

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification		RYT	PAL	FAL	SLA
1	Rytas	3	2	1	268	235	+33	5	Advance to round of 16		—	Dec 11	103–83	98–75
2	Pallacanestro Reggiana	3	2	1	221	210	+11	5	Advance to play-ins		77–67	—	Dec 18	Nov 12
3	Falco-Vulcano Szombathely	3	2	1	245	249	−4	5			Nov 13	78–71	—	Dec 11
4	Śląsk Wrocław	3	0	3	215	255	−40	3			Dec 18	65–73	75–84	—

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification		DER	MAN	CHE	BEN
1	Bertram Derthona Tortona	3	3	0	261	224	+37	6	Advance to round of 16		—	102–85	87–81	Nov 13
2	BAXI Manresa	3	2	1	282	225	+57	5	Advance to play-ins		Dec 17	—	105–59	92–64
3	Niners Chemnitz	3	1	2	243	267	−24	4			Dec 10	Nov 12	—	103–75
4	Benfica	3	0	3	197	267	−70	3			58–72	Dec 10	Dec 17	—

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification		MAN	UCM	FMP	PER
1	Manisa Basket	3	3	0	283	271	+12	6	Advance to round of 16		—	Dec 4	Dec 18	79–77
2	UCAM Murcia	3	2	1	264	229	+35	5	Advance to play-ins		97–103	—	86–50	Dec 18
3	FMP Soccerbet	3	1	2	217	245	−28	4			97–101	Nov 6	—	70–58
4	Peristeri Domino's	3	0	3	211	230	−19	3			Nov 6	76–81	Dec 3	—

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