2024–25 Basketball Champions League

Basketball Champions League
Unicaja Cup Ceremony
Season2024–25
DatesQualifying:
15–22 September 2024
Competition proper:
1 October 2024 – 11 May 2025
TeamsCompetition proper: 32
Total: 52 (from 29 countries)
Regular season
Season MVPMarcelo Huertas
(Tenerife)
Finals
Champions Unicaja (2nd title)
Runners-up Galatasaray
Third place AEK Betsson BC
Fourth place Lenovo Tenerife
Final Four MVPTyson Carter
(Unicaja)
Awards
Best CoachTxus Vidorreta
Best Young PlayerNolan Traoré
Statistical leaders
Points Amin Stevens (Ironi Ramat Gan) 21.9
Rebounds Kenneth Faried (Reggiana) 7.9
Assists Kendale McCullum (Ironi Ramat Gan) 7.9

The 2024–25 Basketball Champions League was the 9th season of the Basketball Champions League (BCL), the European professional basketball competition for clubs launched by FIBA. The season began on 1 October 2024 and ended on 11 May 2025.

Unicaja Málaga were the defending champions,[1] and successfully defended their title by defeating Galatasaray in the final of the Final Four, which was hosted in the Sunel Arena in Athens for a second time in history.[2]

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:[3]

  • 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.[4]
  • 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.[4]
  • 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.[4]

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)[5] 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)[5] 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[4]
  • AV: Allocated vacancy[4]
Qualified teams for 2024–25 Basketball Champions League (by entry round)[6][7]
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[8]
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 (7th)
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
  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.[9] As a result, the spot was given to Heroes Den Bosch, second in the national league.

Referees

A total of 54 officials are set to work on the 2024–25 season in Basketball Champions League:[10] After the 2023–24 season, five referees left the squad, two were added.

Qualifying rounds

Draw

The draw for the qualifying rounds was held on 26 June 2024 at the Patrick Baumann House in Mies, Switzerland.[11][12]

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.[13]

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
 
 
 
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.[13]

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
 
 
 
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.[13]

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
 
 
 
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.[13]

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
 
 
 
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.[11]

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.[12]

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

Group E

Pos Team 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 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 Unahotels Reggio Emilia 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 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 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 7 to 22 January 2025. The teams classified in second and third place in their respective groups of Basketball Champions League, went to the Play-ins. The winners will advance to the round of 16. First legs will be played on 7–8 January, second legs on 14–15 January and if required, third legs will be played on 21–22 January.

Team 1 Series Team 2 Game 1 Game 2 Game 3
Nanterre 92 2–1 Filou Oostende 78–88 76–67 76–71
Karşıyaka Basket 0–2 Promitheas 77–81 68–84
Telekom Baskets Bonn 0–2 Pallacanestro Reggiana 91–94 70–73
Bertram Derthona Tortona 2–0 Peristeri Domino's 69–59 73–65
Petkim Spor 2–1 Hapoel Netanel Holon 82–81 62–65 93–85
Galatasaray 2–1 Saint-Quentin 84–63 79–90 75–73
Falco-Vulcano Szombathely 2–1 Maccabi Ironi Ramat Gan 88–81 69–76 106–100
Manisa Basket 2–0 Niners Chemnitz 87–86 87–84

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 Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification AEK DER WUE PRO
1 AEK Betsson 6 5 1 493 449 +44 11 Advance to quarter-finals 93–86 84–77 97–76
2 Bertram Derthona Tortona 6 4 2 507 466 +41 10 83–82 80–74 97–77
3 FIT/One Würzburg Baskets 6 2 4 496 516 −20 8 71–77 80–79 115–119
4 Promitheas 6 1 5 465 530 −65 7 56–60 60–82 77–79

Group J

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification UNI GAL RYT MAN
1 Unicaja 6 5 1 550 503 +47 11 Advance to quarter-finals 97–91 92–74 91–73
2 Galatasaray 6 4 2 532 514 +18 10 86–84 89–81 104–81
3 Rytas 6 2 4 496 502 −6 8 82–83 86–66 98–74
4 Manisa Basket 6 1 5 508 567 −59 7 97–103 85–96 98–75

Group K

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification TFE PAL MAN PET
1 La Laguna Tenerife 6 6 0 515 450 +65 12 Advance to quarter-finals 91–69 81–71 90–83
2 Unahotels Reggio Emilia 6 3 3 486 498 −12 9 74–84 85–70 77–70
3 BAXI Manresa 6 2 4 492 516 −24 8 73–84 96–90 96–87
4 Petkim Spor 6 1 5 496 525 −29 7 80–85 87–91 89–86

Group L

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification NYM NAN UCM FAL
1 ERA Nymburk 6 5 1 549 451 +98 11 Advance to quarter-finals 86–90 85–70 96–68
2 Nanterre 92 6 4 2 505 512 −7 10 77–100 76–71 83–71
3 UCAM Murcia 6 3 3 485 474 +11 9 60–76 95–84 85–63
4 Falco-Vulcano Szombathely 6 0 6 467 569 −102 6 86–106 89–95 90–104

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

Key to colors
Seeded teams Unseeded teams
Group Winners Runners-up
I AEK Betsson Bertram Derthona Tortona
J Unicaja Galatasaray
K La Laguna Tenerife Unahotels Reggio Emilia
L ERA Nymburk Nanterre 92

Bracket

 
QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
 
                
 
9–23 April
 
 
ERA Nymburk 8074
 
9 May
 
Galatasaray 10690
 
Galatasaray 90
 
9–23 April
 
La Laguna Tenerife80
 
La Laguna Tenerife 9377
 
11 May
 
Bertram Derthona8964
 
Galatasaray 67
 
9–23 April
 
Unicaja83
 
AEK Betsson 7670104
 
9 May
 
Nanterre 92698269
 
AEK Betsson 65
 
9–23 April
 
Unicaja71Third place
 
Unicaja 10582
 
11 May
 
Unahotels Reggio Emilia6872
 
La Laguna Tenerife73
 
 
AEK Betsson77
 

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 potential thirds on April 23.

Team 1 Series Team 2 Game 1 Game 2 Game 3
ERA Nymburk 0–2 Galatasaray 80–106 74–90
La Laguna Tenerife 2–0 Bertram Derthona Tortona 93–89 77–64
AEK Betsson 2–1 Nanterre 92 76–69 70–82 104–69
Unicaja 2–0 Unahotels Reggio Emilia 105–68 82–72

Final Four

Semifinals

The semifinals were played on 9 May 2025.

Team 1  Score  Team 2
La Laguna Tenerife 80–90 Galatasaray
AEK Athens 65–71 Unicaja Málaga

Third place game

The third place game was played on 11 May 2025.

Team 1  Score  Team 2
La Laguna Tenerife 73–77 AEK Athens

Final

The final was played on 11 May 2025.

Team 1  Score  Team 2
Galatasaray 67–83 Unicaja Málaga

Individual awards

Season awards

The annual season awards was announced during the Final Four weekend.[14]

Award Player Club
Most Valuable Player Marcelo Huertas Lenovo Tenerife
Final Four MVP Tyson Carter Unicaja
Best Defensive Player Alberto Díaz Unicaja
Best Young Player Nolan Traoré Saint-Quentin
Best Coach Txus Vidorreta Lenovo Tenerife
First Team Second Team
Player Team Player Team
Marcelinho Huertas Lenovo Tenerife Kendrick Perry Unicaja
Hunter Hale AEK Betsson Will Cummings Galatasaray
James Palmer Jr. Galatasaray Desi Rodriguez Nanterre 92
Dylan Osetkowski Unicaja Derrick Alston Jr. Baxi Manresa
Ismaël Kamagate Bertram Derthona Tortona Steven Enoch Rytas Vilnius

MVP of the Group Phase

Player Club Ref.
Gytis Radzevičius Rytas Vilnius

Team of the Group Phase

Player Team Ref.
Errick McCollum Karşıyaka Basket
Gytis Radzevičius Rytas Vilnius
Zachary Seljaas FIT/One Wurzburg Baskets
Derrick Alston Jr. BAXI Manresa
Ismaël Kamagate Bertram Derthona Tortona

MVP of the Play-Ins

Player Club Ref.
Will Cummings Galatasaray

Team of the Play-Ins

Player Team Ref.
Cassius Winston Pallacanestro Reggiana
Will Cummings Galatasaray
Hugo Besson Manisa Basket
Matt Tiby Falco-Vulcano Szombathely
Jaime Echenique Petkim Spor

MVP of the Round of 16

Player Club Ref.
James Palmer Galatasaray

Team of the Round of 16

Player Team Ref.
Marcelo Huertas La Laguna Tenerife
Tyson Carter Unicaja
James Palmer Galatasaray
Desi Rodriguez Nanterre 92
Grant Golden AEK Betsson

MVP of the Quarter-Finals

Player Club Ref.
Marcelo Huertas La Laguna Tenerife

Team of the Quarter-Finals

Player Team Ref.
Marcelo Huertas La Laguna Tenerife
Hunter Hale AEK Betsson
Will Cummings Galatasaray
Tyson Carter Unicaja
Giorgi Shermadini La Laguna Tenerife

See also

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