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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.

Team allocation

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:

• All countries, if they entered, each have at least one team qualify.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.

National Federations ranking

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) 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) 4.00 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 —

Teams

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
• AV: Allocated vacancy

Qualified teams for 2024–25 Basketball Champions League (by entry round)

Regular season
Peristeri Domino's (3rd)	Niners Chemnitz (3rd)	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)
Unicaja (3rd)	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)	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

1. Netherlands (NED): ZZ Leiden would have qualified as the winners of the 2023-24 BNXT Dutch Playoffs, but withdrew from applying because their arena did not meet FIBA Europe's capacity standards. As a result, the spot was given to Heroes Den Bosch, second in the national league.

Referees

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

Qualifying rounds

Draw

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

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.

Champions paths

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

League paths

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

^† Indicates teams with no club points, therefore using the country points as a tiebreaker.

Tournament 1

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

	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

Tournament 2

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

	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

Tournament 3

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

	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

Tournament 4

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

	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

Regular season

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.

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.

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

^† Indicates teams with no club points, therefore using the country points as a tiebreaker.

Group A

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification		WUE	NAN	HOL	IGO
1	FIT/One Würzburg Baskets	6	4	2	513	489	+24	10	Advance to round of 16		—	88–96	85–76	98–80
2	Nanterre 92	6	3	3	500	492	+8	9	Advance to play-ins		83–88	—	87–77	78–83
3	Hapoel Netanel Holon	6	3	3	472	478	−6	9			71–69	70–76	—	92–82
4	Igokea m:tel	6	2	4	493	519	−26	8			83–85	86–80	79–86	—

Group B

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification		UNI	PET	OOS	SZC
1	Unicaja	6	6	0	584	432	+152	12	Advance to round of 16		—	112–82	98–82	83–60
2	Petkim Spor	6	4	2	475	503	−28	10	Advance to play-ins		56–108	—	77–74	90–63
3	Filou Oostende	6	2	4	468	480	−12	8			85–92	76–85	—	67–55
4	King Szczecin	6	0	6	388	500	−112	6			67–91	70–85	73–84	—

Group C

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification		TFE	KSK	SAI	KOL
1	La Laguna Tenerife	6	6	0	502	396	+106	12	Advance to round of 16		—	85–82	96–57	93–74
2	Pinar Karşıyaka	6	4	2	501	451	+50	10	Advance to play-ins		76–87	—	84–74	95–79
3	Saint-Quentin	6	2	4	429	473	−44	8			61–71	67–93	—	84–54
4	Kolossos H Hotels	6	0	6	387	499	−112	6			47–71	59–71	75–86	—

Group D

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification		NYM	GAL	VEC	PRO
1	ERA Nymburk	6	5	1	516	452	+64	11	Advance to round of 16		—	80–70	93–74	75–85
2	Galatasaray	6	4	2	492	471	+21	10	Advance to play-ins		75–87	—	103–91	91–74
3	Rasta Vechta	6	1	5	471	531	−60	7			70–95	64–74	—	86–88
4	Promitheas	6	2	4	478	503	−25	8			78–86	75–79	78–86	—

Group E

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification		AEK	BON	MRG	RIG
1	AEK Betsson	6	4	2	494	463	+31	10	Advance to round of 16		—	96–65	80–71	80–70
2	Telekom Baskets Bonn	6	4	2	474	485	−11	10	Advance to play-ins		93–74	—	80–76	78–75
3	Maccabi Ironi Ramat Gan	6	3	3	492	494	−2	9			95–84	78–86	—	78–71
4	VEF Rīga	6	1	5	464	482	−18	7			69–80	86–72	93–94	—

Group F

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification		RYT	FAL	PAL	SLA
1	Rytas	6	5	1	542	479	+63	11	Advance to round of 16		—	103–83	94–84	98–75
2	Falco-Vulcano Szombathely	6	3	3	472	484	−12	9	Advance to play-ins		72–82	—	78–71	67–74
3	Pallacanestro Reggiana	6	3	3	458	462	−4	9			77–67	79–88	—	74–70
4	Śląsk Wrocław	6	1	5	447	494	−47	7			88–98	75–84	65–73	—

Group G

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification		MAN	DER	CHE	BEN
1	BAXI Manresa	6	5	1	562	465	+97	11	Advance to round of 16		—	100–82	105–59	92–64
2	Bertram Derthona Tortona	6	5	1	497	456	+41	11	Advance to play-ins		102–85	—	87–81	77–71
3	Niners Chemnitz	6	1	5	450	512	−62	7			78–89	61–77	—	103–75
4	Benfica	6	1	5	427	503	−76	7			80–91	58–72	79–68	—

Group H

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification		UCM	MAN	PER	FMP
1	UCAM Murcia	6	5	1	508	455	+53	11	Advance to round of 16		—	97–103	83–76	86–50
2	Manisa Basket	6	4	2	536	523	+13	10	Advance to play-ins		72–78	—	79–77	103–84
3	Peristeri Domino's	6	2	4	449	457	−8	8			76–81	90–78	—	72–66
4	FMP Soccerbet	6	1	5	445	503	−58	7			78–83	97–101	70–58	—

Play-ins

The Play-ins will take place from 2 to 17 January 2024. The teams classified in second and third place in their respective groups of Basketball Champions League, went to the Play-ins. Winners advanced to the round of 16. The first legs were played on 2–3 January, the second legs on 14–15 January. Eventual third legs will be played on 21–22 January.

Team 1	Series	Team 2	Game 1	Game 2	Game 3
Nanterre 92	Play-In A	Filou Oostende	2-3 Jan	14-15 Jan	21-22 Jan
Karşıyaka Basket	Play-In B	Promitheas	2-3 Jan	14-15 Jan	21-22 Jan
Telekom Baskets Bonn	Play-In C	Pallacanestro Reggiana	2-3 Jan	14-15 Jan	21-22 Jan
Bertram Derthona Tortona	Play-In D	Peristeri Domino's	2-3 Jan	14-15 Jan	21-22 Jan
Petkim Spor	Play-In E	Hapoel Netanel Holon	2-3 Jan	14-15 Jan	21-22 Jan
Galatasaray	Play-In F	Saint-Quentin	2-3 Jan	14-15 Jan	21-22 Jan
Falco-Vulcano Szombathely	Play-In G	Maccabi Ironi Ramat Gan	2-3 Jan	14-15 Jan	21-22 Jan
Manisa Basket	Play-In H	Niners Chemnitz	2-3 Jan	14-15 Jan	21-22 Jan

Round of 16

The Round of 16 will take place from January 28 until March 26, 2025. The groups will be formed by the winners of each Regular Season Group and by eight Play-Ins winners. The 16 teams will be divided in 4 groups, 4 teams each. The first two of each groups advance to the quarter-finals.

Group I

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification		WUE	AEK	TEAM3	TEAM4
1	FIT/One Würzburg Baskets	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Advance to quarter-finals		—	–	–	–
2	AEK Betsson	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			–	—	–	–
3	Winner Play-In B	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			–	–	—	–
4	Winner Play-In D	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			–	–	–	—

Group J

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification		UNI	RYT	TEAM3	TEAM4
1	Unicaja	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Advance to quarter-finals		—	–	–	–
2	Rytas	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			–	—	–	–
3	Winner Play-In F	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			–	–	—	–
4	Winner Play-In H	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			–	–	–	—

Group K

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification		TFE	MAN	TEAM3	TEAM4
1	La Laguna Tenerife	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Advance to quarter-finals		—	–	–	–
2	BAXI Manresa	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			–	—	–	–
3	Winner Play-In E	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			–	–	—	–
4	Winner Play-In C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			–	–	–	—

Group L

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification		NYM	UCM	TEAM3	TEAM4
1	ERA Nymburk	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Advance to quarter-finals		—	–	–	–
2	UCAM Murcia	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			–	—	–	–
3	Winner Play-In A	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			–	–	—	–
4	Winner Play-In G	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			–	–	–	—

Playoffs

The playoffs will begin on 8 April 2025 and ends with the 2025 Basketball Champions League Final Four. The 8 qualified clubs have been ranked according to their final position within their respective group during the Round of 16 and their place in the Draw was based on this ranking. The teams having finished 1st of their Round of 16 group was placed in Pot 1, the teams having finished 2nd of their Round of 16 group was placed in Pot 2.

Qualified teams

Group	Winners	Runners-up
I	I1	I2
J	J1	J2
K	K1	K2
L	L1	L2

Bracket

Quarterfinals

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Final

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Quarterfinals

The quarterfinals will be played in a best-of-3 series and start on April 8. The seeded teams will play their first (and potential third) game at home, the unseeded teams will play their second game at home. Second game will be played April 15–16, and potental thirds on April 22–23.

Semifinals

The semifinals will be played on 8–9 May 2025.

Third place game

The third place game will be played on 10 May 2025.

Final

The final will be played on 11 May 2025.

See also

• 2024–25 EuroLeague
• 2024–25 EuroCup Basketball
• 2024–25 FIBA Europe Cup

References

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2. "Access List Principles". FIBA.basketball. 2024-05-05. Retrieved 2024-06-19.
3. ^ Competition Regulations 2024-25 (PDF). FIBA. 31 May 2024. p. 5. Retrieved 19 June 2024. The Organiser may grant access to the BCL through the attribution of up to four (4) invitations to the Regular Season or to the Qualification Rounds.
4. ^ "Russia and Belarus will remain sidelined from competitions under the auspices of FIBA". Dailysports. Retrieved 19 June 2024.
5. "Basketball Champions League Season 9 participating teams announced". FIBA.basketball. 18 June 2024. Retrieved 18 June 2024.
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8. "ZZ Leiden ziet af van Europees basketbal". ZZ Leiden (in Dutch). Retrieved 2024-07-14.
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12. ^ "The winning formula: Antalya will repeat as BCL Qualification Round tournaments host city". www.fiba.basketball. 17 July 2024. Retrieved 28 July 2024.

External links

• Official website
• Qualifying rounds official website

• 2024–25 Basketball Champions League
• 2024–25 in European basketball leagues
• Basketball Champions League seasons
• Current basketball seasons