2024–25 FIBA Europe Cup

FIBA Europe Cup
Season2024–25
DatesQualifying:
24–27 September 2024
Competition proper:
8 October 2024–23 April 2025
Games played182
TeamsCompetition proper: 40 (from 22 countries)
Total: 44 (from 25 countries)
Finals
Champions Surne Bilbao Basket
(1st title)
Runners-up PAOK mateco
Semifinalists Cholet
JDA Bourgogne Dijon
Finals MVP Melwin Pantzar
Statistical leaders
Points Marcquise Reed 18.2
Rebounds Yordan Minchev 7.0
Assists Elvar Friðriksson 6.7
Efficiency Marcquise Reed 18.0
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The 2024–25 FIBA Europe Cup was the 10th season of the FIBA Europe Cup, a European basketball competition for clubs launched by FIBA Europe.

Team allocation

A total of 44 teams from 25 of the 50 FIBA Europe member associations participated in the 2024–25 FIBA Europe Cup season, out of which 15 teams of the Basketball Champions League qualifying rounds had opted in to participate in the FIBA Europe Cup as they do not reached the Basketball Champions League regular season, out of which a maximum of 18 could join the regular season.[1][2]

Teams

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

  • 1st, 2nd, 3rd, etc.: League position after eventual Playoffs
  • CL QR: Transferred from Champions League qualifying rounds
Qualified teams for 2024–25 FIBA Europe Cup (by entry round)
Regular season
MHP Riesen Ludwigsburg (8th) ESSM Le Portel (8th) Cholet (CL QR)
Löwen Braunschweig (12th) NHSZ Szolnoki Olajbányász (2nd) Kutaisi 2010 (CL QR)
PGE Spójnia Stargard (4th) Porto (2nd) Caledonia Gladiators (CL QR)
Anwil Włocławek (5th) Argeș Pitești (4th) PAOK mateco (CL QR)
Bursaspor Yörsan (9th) Casademont Zaragoza (12th) Banco di Sardegna Sassari (CL QR)
Tofaş (11th) Sabah (CL QR) Trepça (CL QR)
Hubo Limburg United (3rd) Windrose Giants Antwerp (CL QR) CSM CSU Oradea (CL QR)
Balkan (2nd) Rilski Sportist (CL QR) Patrioti Levice (CL QR)
Petrolina AEK Larnaca (2nd) Keravnos (CL QR) Norrköping Dolphins (CL QR)
Pärnu Sadam (4th) Kalev/Cramo (CL QR) Fribourg Olympic (CL QR)
Qualifying round
Spirou (5th) Alba Fehérvár (3rd) CSM Constanța (7th)
Dinamo Zagreb (4th) Peja (3rd) Prievidza (3rd)
Anorthosis Famagusta (3rd) Neptūnas (6th) Surne Bilbao Basket (13th)
JDA Bourgogne Dijon (9th) Visit Malta Starlites Naxxar (1st) Dnipro (1st)
Maroussi (9th) Sporting CP (5th)

Round and draw dates

The schedule of the competition was as follows.

Schedule for 2024–25 FIBA Europe Cup
Phase Round Draw date First leg Second leg
Qualifying round 19 July 2024 24 September 2024 26–27 September 2024
Regular season Round 1 8–9 October 2024
Round 2 15–16 October 2024
Round 3 22–23 October 2024
Round 4 29–30 October 2024
Round 5 18 October, 5–6 November 2024
Round 6 22 October, 12–13 November 2024
Second round Round 1 3–4 December 2024
Round 2 10–12 December 2024
Round 3 7–9 January 2025
Round 4 14–15 January 2025
Round 5 28–29 January 2025
Round 6 4–5 February 2025
Play-offs Quarter-finals 5 March 2025 12 March 2025
Semi-finals 26 March 2025 2 April 2025
Finals 16 April 2025 23 April 2025

Qualifying round

The qualifying round took place from 24 to 27 September 2024 in two-legged ties in which the series winners advanced to the regular season. As clubs that have opted in from the Basketball Champions League qualifying rounds could qualify to the Basketball Champions League regular season, this led to three additional spots in the regular season of the FIBA Europe Cup opening up to be filled by the best loser series in the qualifying round.[3]

It was the first time that basketball team from Malta will participate in international competition since the 1992–93 FIBA European Cup.

Team 1Agg. Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
JDA Bourgogne Dijon 200–141 Dinamo Zagreb95–84105–57
Sporting CP 148–141 Spirou69–6979–72
Alba Fehérvár 189–186 Prievidza85–102104–84
Dnipro 142–153 CSM Constanța71–6971–84
Anorthosis Famagusta 168–149 Visit Malta Starlites Naxxar81–7487–75
Peja 156–204 Maroussi75–9881–106
Surne Bilbao Basket 169–125 Neptūnas74–6695–59

Source: FIBA

Lucky losers

The additional spots were made available after SL Benfica, Aliaga Petkim and Telekom Baskets Bonn qualified for the Basketball Champions League. The three lucky losers were determined by the best loser series from the FIBA Europe Cup Qualifying Round in accordance to Section D of the Official Basketball Rules.[2]

Pos Team PF PA PD Qualification
1 Prievidza 186 189 −3 Advance to regular season
2 Spirou 141 148 −7
3 Dnipro 142 153 −11
4 Visit Malta Starlites Naxxar 149 168 −19
5 Neptūnas 125 169 −44
6 Peja 156 204 −48
7 Dinamo Zagreb 141 200 −59
Source: FIBA

Regular season

The regular season was played by 40 teams divided into 10 groups of four in which 15 teams received direct spots, 10 teams advanced from the qualifying round and 15 teams came from the Basketball Champions League qualifying rounds. It began on 8 October 2024 and concluded on 13 November 2024. In each group, teams played against each other home-and-away in a round-robin format. And the end of the regular season, the top team from each regular season group plus the best six second-placed teams advanced to the second round, while the rest of the teams were eliminated after the regular season.[3]

No team from Israel participated in the competition for the second season in-a-row.

Group A

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification TOF BLB AEK KER
1 Tofaş 6 6 0 586 489 +97 12 Advance to second round — 102–90 99–81 93–61
2 Löwen Braunschweig 6 3 3 515 487 +28 9 92–97 — 89–59 78–71
3 Petrolina AEK Larnaca 6 2 4 426 514 −88 8 69–96 63–72 — 82–73
4 Keravnos 6 1 5 507 544 −37 7 96–99 95–94 91–92 —
Source: FIBA

Group B

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification ZAR LEV BUR ANO
1 Casademont Zaragoza 6 5 1 542 491 +51 11 Advance to second round — 92–71 106–84 92–77
2 Patrioti Levice 6 4 2 514 487 +27 10 96–80 — 63–78 100–68
3 Bursaspor Yörsan 6 3 3 513 504 +9 9 87–89 97–101 — 86–79
4 Anorthosis Famagusta 6 0 6 438 525 −87 6 76–83 72–83 66–81 —
Source: FIBA

Group C

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification CHO FRI ANT CSM
1 Cholet 6 6 0 569 445 +124 12 Advance to second round — 90–75 90–77 106–63
2 Fribourg Olympic 6 4 2 554 479 +75 10 81–85 — 102–84 103–76
3 Windrose Giants Antwerp 6 2 4 481 526 −45 8 81–94 67–89 — 84–81
4 CSM Constanța 6 0 6 435 589 −154 6 68–104 77–104 70–88 —
Source: FIBA

Group D

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification SAS ANW SCP DNI
1 Banco di Sardegna Sassari 6 6 0 517 406 +111 12 Advance to second round — 69–66 88–71 94–62
2 Anwil Włocławek 6 4 2 553 435 +118 10 83–86 — 93–63 114–71
3 Sporting CP 6 1 5 424 495 −71 7 69–82 83–97 — 70–78
4 Dnipro 6 1 5 386 544 −158 7 55–98 63–100 57–68 —
Source: FIBA

Group E

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification ORA ARG STA PSD
1 CSM CSU Oradea 6 5 1 479 433 +46 11 Advance to second round — 78–74 77–75 85–67
2 Argeș Pitești 6 3 3 430 422 +8 9 80–78 — 77–63 67–65
3 PGE Spójnia Stargard 6 3 3 440 424 +16 9 65–77 65–62 — 83–59
4 Pärnu Sadam 6 1 5 408 478 −70 7 72–84 73–70 72–89 —
Source: FIBA

Group F

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification KAL ESS ALB RIL
1 Kalev/Cramo 6 5 1 503 436 +67 11 Advance to second round — 66–63 95–89 88–76
2 ESSM Le Portel 6 4 2 479 416 +63 10 54–77 — 104–73 74–60
3 Alba Fehérvár 6 3 3 528 564 −36 9 93–90 80–104 — 100–88
4 Rilski Sportist 6 0 6 428 522 −94 6 61–87 60–80 83–93 —
Source: FIBA

Group G

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification SBA MAR DOL SAB
1 Spirou 6 5 1 499 476 +23 11 Advance to second round — 79–69 93–86 82–81
2 Maroussi 6 4 2 490 444 +46 10 87–70 — 99–80 82–71
3 Norrköping Dolphins 6 2 4 474 513 −39 8 85–97 74–71 — 73–83
4 Sabah 6 1 5 443 473 −30 7 68–78 70–82 70–74 —
Source: FIBA

Group H

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification LUD JDA GLA TRE
1 MHP Riesen Ludwigsburg 6 5 1 487 404 +83 11 Advance to second round — 80–77 86–62 87–54
2 JDA Bourgogne Dijon 6 4 2 557 446 +111 10 81–93 — 102–62 118–73
3 Caledonia Gladiators 6 3 3 351 425 −74 9 73–71 54–90 — 20–0
4 Trepça 6 0 6 344 464 −120 6 57–70 84–89 76–80 —
Source: FIBA

Group I

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification FCP PAO HLU SZO
1 Porto 6 5 1 497 429 +68 11 Advance to second round — 99–64 80–61 77–68
2 PAOK mateco 6 5 1 495 450 +45 11 89–70 — 94–76 82–66
3 Hubo Limburg United 6 2 4 460 500 −40 8 76–83 70–74 — 77–74
4 NHSZ Szolnoki Olajbányász 6 0 6 443 516 −73 6 71–88 69–92 95–100 —
Source: FIBA

Group J

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification BIL BCP KUT BAL
1 Surne Bilbao Basket 6 6 0 538 364 +174 12 Advance to second round — 87–66 91–63 95–55
2 Prievidza 6 4 2 484 473 +11 10 61–84 — 77–69 83–59
3 Kutaisi 2010 6 2 4 472 534 −62 8 57–88 104–108 — 93–92
4 Balkan 6 0 6 416 539 −123 6 62–93 70–89 78–86 —
Source: FIBA

Ranking of second-placed teams

Pos Grp Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1 I PAOK mateco 6 5 1 495 450 +45 11 Advance to second round
2 D Anwil Włocławek 6 4 2 553 435 +118 10
3 H JDA Bourgogne Dijon 6 4 2 557 446 +111 10
4 C Fribourg Olympic 6 4 2 554 479 +75 10
5 F ESSM Le Portel 6 4 2 479 416 +63 10
6 G Maroussi 6 4 2 490 444 +46 10
7 B Patrioti Levice 6 4 2 514 487 +27 10
8 J Prievidza 6 4 2 484 473 +11 10
9 A Löwen Braunschweig 6 3 3 515 487 +28 9
10 E Argeș Pitești 6 3 3 430 422 +8 9
Source: FIBA

Second round

It began on 3 December 2024 and concluded on 5 February 2025. In each group, teams played against each other home-and-away in a round-robin format. And the end of the second round, the top two teams from each regular season group advanced to the quarter-finals, while the rest of the teams were eliminated after the regular season.

Group K

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification TOF ZAR FCP MAR
1 Tofaş 6 4 2 513 510 +3 10 Advance to quarter-finals — 83–97 82–90 96–83
2 Casademont Zaragoza 6 3 3 512 491 +21 9 79–80 — 86–70 80–68
3 Porto 6 3 3 494 496 −2 9 87–95 86–75 — 80–76
4 Maroussi 6 2 4 487 509 −22 8 74–77 104–95 82–81 —
Source: FIBA

Group L

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification CHO BIL ESS SAS
1 Cholet 6 5 1 507 457 +50 11 Advance to quarter-finals — 82–75 85–82 82–70
2 Surne Bilbao Basket 6 5 1 490 458 +32 11 95–88 — 74–65 77–60
3 ESSM Le Portel 6 1 5 434 493 −59 7 60–92 74–78 — 83–76
4 Banco di Sardegna Sassari 6 1 5 458 481 −23 7 75–78 89–91 88–70 —
Source: FIBA

Group M

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification PAO JDA ORA KAL
1 PAOK mateco 6 4 2 501 485 +16 10 Advance to quarter-finals — 95–81 73–68 87–85
2 JDA Bourgogne Dijon 6 4 2 514 535 −21 10 97–93 — 87–86 96–93
3 CSM CSU Oradea 6 3 3 505 460 +45 9 83–74 98–77 — 76–83
4 Kalev/Cramo 6 1 5 468 508 −40 7 71–79 70–76 66–94 —
Source: FIBA

Group N

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification LUD FRI SBA ANW
1 MHP Riesen Ludwigsburg 6 6 0 511 420 +91 12 Advance to quarter-finals — 82–58 95–67 86–81
2 Fribourg Olympic 6 3 3 497 488 +9 9 73–78 — 95–87 107–101
3 Spirou 6 2 4 451 525 −74 8 57–78 62–92 — 87–83
4 Anwil Włocławek 6 1 5 509 535 −26 7 84–92 78–72 82–91 —
Source: FIBA

Play-offs

The play-offs began on 5 March and concluded on 23 April 2025 with the finals. In the play-offs, teams played against each other over two legs on a home-and-away basis.

Quarter-finals Semi-finals Finals
               
Cholet 83 90 173
Casademont Zaragoza 83 71 154
Cholet 89 88 177
PAOK mateco 88 90 178
PAOK mateco 62 82 144
Fribourg Olympic 62 76 138
PAOK mateco 65 84 149
Surne Bilbao Basket 72 82 154
Tofaş 72 102 174
Surne Bilbao Basket 84 93 177
Surne Bilbao Basket 58 97 155
JDA Bourgogne Dijon 77 68 145
MHP Riesen Ludwigsburg 75 72 147
JDA Bourgogne Dijon 88 83 171

Source: FIBA

Quarter-finals

The first legs were held on 5 March, and the second legs on 12 March 2025.

Team 1Agg. Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Tofaş 174–177 Surne Bilbao Basket72–84102–93
Cholet 173–154 Casademont Zaragoza83–8390–71
PAOK mateco 144–138 Fribourg Olympic62–6282–76
MHP Riesen Ludwigsburg 147–171 JDA Bourgogne Dijon75–8872–83

Semi-finals

The first legs were held on 26 March, and the second legs on 2 April 2025.

Team 1Agg. Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Surne Bilbao Basket 155–145 JDA Bourgogne Dijon58–7797–68
Cholet 177–178 PAOK mateco89–8888–90

Finals

The first leg was held on 16 April, and the second leg on 23 April 2025.

Team 1Agg. Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
PAOK mateco 149–154 Surne Bilbao Basket65–7284–82

Individual awards

Final MVP

Player Team Ref.
Melwin Pantzar Surne Bilbao Basket [4]

MVP of the Month

Month Player Team Ref.
2024
October Bastien Vautier Cholet [5]
November Jeriah Horne Alba Fehérvár [6]
December Alex Pérez Tofaş [7]
2025
January Toney Douglas Porto [8]
March Shavar Reynolds Jr. PAOK mateco [9]

See also

References

  1. ^ "FIBA Europe Cup clubs announced for 2024-25 season". FIBA.basketball. 10 July 2024. Retrieved 14 July 2024.
  2. ^ a b "15 teams feed into FIBA Europe Cup Regular Season from Basketball Champions League Qualifiers". www.fiba.basketball. 23 September 2024. Retrieved 23 September 2024.
  3. ^ a b "Draw complete for FIBA Europe Cup 2024-25 Regular Season and Qualifiers". www.fiba.basketball. 19 July 2024. Retrieved 7 September 2024.
  4. ^ "Pantzar scoops deserved Finals MVP award". FIBA.basketball. 24 April 2025. Retrieved 23 April 2025.
  5. ^ "Vautier lands MVP honors for October". FIBA Europe Cup. 4 November 2024. Retrieved 4 November 2024.
  6. ^ "Horne claims November MVP honors". FIBA Europe Cup. 29 November 2024. Retrieved 7 December 2024.
  7. ^ "Floor general Perez gets MVP honors for December". FIBA Europe Cup. 23 December 2024. Retrieved 25 December 2024.
  8. ^ "Free-scoring Douglas scoops January MVP award". FIBA Europe Cup. 3 February 2025. Retrieved 5 February 2025.
  9. ^ "PAOK guard Reynolds scoops March MVP honor". FIBA Europe Cup. 1 April 2025. Retrieved 1 April 2025.
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