2022–23 Basketball Champions League

Basketball Champions League
Basketball Champions League
	The José María Martín Carpena Arena hosted the Final Four
Season	2022–23
Dates	Qualifying: ; 21–25 September 2022 ; Competition proper: ; 3 October 2022 – 14 May 2023
Number of teams	Competition proper: 32 ; Total: 52 (from 29 countries)
Regular season
Season MVP	T. J. Shorts ; (Bonn)
Final Four
Champions	Telekom Baskets Bonn (1st title)
Runners-up	Hapoel Jerusalem
Third place	Lenovo Tenerife
Fourth place	Unicaja Malaga
Final Four MVP	T. J. Shorts ; (Bonn)
Awards
Best Coach	Tuomas Iisalo ; (Bonn)
Best Young Player	Sadık Emir Kabaca ; (Galatasaray)
Statistical leaders
Points
Points	Marcus Foster (Vilnius)
Rebounds	Akil Mitchell (AEK)
Assists	Joe Ragland (Holon)
	← 2021–22 2023–24 →

Last updated July 29, 2024

The 2022–23 Basketball Champions League was the 7th season of the Basketball Champions League (BCL), the premier^{[ citation needed ]} European professional basketball competition for clubs launched by FIBA. The season began on 3 October 2022 and ended 14 May 2023 with the championship game.

Telekom Baskets Bonn defeated Hapoel Jerusalem in the final of the Final Four, which was played in the Palacio de Deportes José María Martín Carpena in Málaga.^[1] Bonn became the first German club to win the Basketball Champions League title. As the winners, Bonn automatically qualified for the 2023 FIBA Intercontinental Cup in Singapore.

Lenovo Tenerife were the defending champions, but lost in the semi-finals by Hapoel Jerusalem.^[2]

Team allocation

A total of 52 teams from 29 countries will participate in the 2022–23 Basketball Champions League.^[3] 18 of them were domestic champions in the previous season.

Teams

League positions after eventual playoffs of the previous season shown in parentheses. The Basketball Champions League rankings ^[4] are taken into consideration.

TH: Champions League title holders
FEC: FIBA Europe Cup champions.
AV: Allocated vacancy^NOTE

NOTE: According to BCL rankings, National Federations of Czech Republic, Hungary and Russia (banned from competition) should had two berths in Regular season, as well as one berth for the champion of Ukraine (BC Prometey decided to play Eurocup). Their places were allocated to the teams from Turkey, France, Greece, Israel and Poland.^{[ citation needed ]}

Qualified teams for 2022–23 Basketball Champions League (by entry round)
Regular season
Lenovo Tenerife (6th)^TH	Pınar Karşıyaka (7th)^AV	Hapoel Holon (1st)	Filou Oostende (1st)
Baxi Manresa (7th)	JDA Dijon (3rd)	Bnei Herzliya (2nd)	Igokea m:tel (1st)
Surne Bilbao Basket (9th)	Limoges CSP (6th)	Hapoel Bank Yahav Jerusalem (3rd)^AV	ERA Nymburk (1st)
UCAM Murcia (10th)	SIG Strasbourg (7th)^AV	Telekom Baskets Bonn (3rd)	Falco Szombathely (1st)
Galatasaray Nef (3rd)	AEK (6th)	MHP Riesen Ludwigsburg (4th)	VEF Rīga (1st)
Darüşşafaka Lassa (4th)	Peristeri (8th)	Dinamo Banco di Sardegna Sassari (4th)	Rytas (1st)
Bahçeşehir Koleji (6th)^FEC	PAOK mateco (9th)^AV	Unahotels Reggio Emilia (7th)	Legia Warsaw (2nd)^AV
Qualifying rounds
Niners Chemnitz (6th)	Opava (2nd)	Golden Eagle Ylli (1st)	FMP Meridian (2nd)
Brose Bamberg (8th)	Bakken Bears (1st)	Šiauliai (4th)	Patrioti Levice (1st)
Río Breogán (11th)	Pärnu Sadam (1st)	Heroes Den Bosch (1st)	Norrköping Dolphins (1st)
Unicaja (12th)	Karhu (1st)	TFT Skopje (4th)	Fribourg Olympic (1st)
Swans Gmunden (2nd)	Leicester Riders (1st)	Benfica (1st)	Tofaş (9th)
Keravnos (1st)	Egis Körmend (2nd)	CSO Voluntari (2nd)	Budivelnyk (Abd-2nd)

Referees

A total of 60 officials set to work on the 2022–23 season in Basketball Champions League:^[5]

Referees of the 2022−23 season
Geert Jacobs Ademir Zurapović Martin Horozov Ventsislav Velikov Franko Gracin Josip Jurčević Martin Vulić Ilias Kounelles Ivor Matějek Mihkel Männiste Alexandre Deman Nicolas Maestre Valentin Oliot Yohan Rosso Carsten Straube Anastasios Kardaris Georgios Poursanidis Péter Praksch Erez Gurion Ofer Manheim	Beniamino Attard Lorenzo Baldini Saverio Lanzarini Manuel Mazzoni Andris Aunkrogers Mārtiņš Kozlovskis Oskars Lucis Gatis Saliņš Gvidas Gedvilas Tomas Jasevičius Gintaras Mačiulis Zdravko Rutešić Radomir Vojinović Igor Mitrovski Gizella Viola Györgyi Wojciech Liszka Michał Proc Dariusz Zapolski Paulo Marques Marius Ciulin	Aleksandar Glišić Vladimir Jevtović Siniša Prpa Marek Kúkelčík Zdenko Tomašovič Boris Krejić Blaž Zupančič Fernando Calatrava Luis Castillo Antonio Conde Ariadna Chueca Sergio Manuel Alberto Sánchez Kerem Baki Mehmet Karabilecen Can Mavisu Özlem Yalman Yener Yılmaz Zafer Yılmaz Sergiy Zashchuk

Schedule

The schedule of the competition will be as follows.^[6]

Schedule for 2022–23 Basketball Champions League
Phase	Round		Draw date	First leg	Second leg	Third leg
Qualifying rounds	First qualifying round		7 July 2022	21 September 2022
	Second qualifying round			23 September 2022
	Third qualifying round			25 September 2022
Regular season	Round 1			3–5 October 2022
	Round 2	Groups A, B, C, F		11–12 October 2022
	Round 2	Groups D, E, G, H		18–19 October 2022
	Round 3	Groups A, B, C, F		25–26 October 2022
	Round 3	Groups D, E, G, H		1–2 November 2022
	Round 4	Groups A, B, C, F		22–23 November 2022
	Round 4	Groups D, E, G, H		29–30 November 2022
	Round 5	Groups A, B, C, F		6–7 December 2022
	Round 5	Groups D, E, G, H		13–14 December 2022
	Round 6			20–21 December 2022
Play-ins				3–4 January 2023	10–11 January 2023	17–18 January 2023
Round of 16	Round 1			24–25 January 2023
	Round 2			31 January–1 February 2023
	Round 3			7–8 February 2023
	Round 4			7–8 March 2023
	Round 5			14–15 March 2023
	Round 6			21–22 March 2023
Play-offs	Quarter-finals		24 March 2023	4–5 April 2023	11–12 April 2023	18–19 April 2023
Final Four	Semi-finals		25 April 2023	12 May 2023
Final Four	Final		25 April 2023	14 May 2023

Qualifying rounds

Draw

The 24 teams will be divided into six pots based firstly on the competition's club ranking and, for clubs that have not yet participated in the competition, on the country ranking. For the quarterfinals round of qualifications, teams from Pot 6 will be drawn against teams from Pot 3, and teams from Pot 4 will face teams from Pot 5. Clubs from Pot 1 and 2 will be seeded, and will enter directly in the semifinals stage of qualifications and will face the winners from the quarterfinals round. The winners of the semifinals stage will face each other in the finals of qualifications. The four winners of the finals will then qualify for the regular season and join the 28 directly qualified teams in the main draw.^[7] The rest of the teams will be demoted, if they apply, to the FIBA Europe Cup.

Pot 1
Team	Pts
Tofaş	57
Brose Bamberg	51
Unicaja	29
Bakken Bears	17

Pot 2
Team	Pts
Fribourg Olympic	7
Keravnos	7
Opava	2
Karhu	2

Pot 3
Team	Pts
Benfica	2
Río Breogán	107.50^†
Niners Chemnitz	67.00^†
Körmend	58.00^†

Pot 4
Team	Pts
CSO Voluntari	40.00^†
Šiauliai	39.50^†
Budivelnyk Kyiv	26.00^†
Pärnu Sadam	11.00^†

Pot 5
Team	Pts
Heroes Den Bosch	5.00^†
Leicester Riders	2.00^†
Norrköping Dolphins	2.00^†
Swans Gmunden	2.00^†

Pot 6
Team	Pts
Golden Eagle Ylli	1.00^†
Patrioti Levice	1.00^†
FMP Meridian	0^†
TFT Skopje	0^†

Notes

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

Qualification Group A (Skopje, North Macedonia)

Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final




		23 September

		Tofaş	68
21 September
		Voluntari	57
Leicester Riders	61
				25 September
Voluntari	70
				Tofaş	82

				Niners Chemnitz	78

		23 September

		Fribourg Olympic	70
21 September
		Niners Chemnitz	93
TFT Skopje	77

Niners Chemnitz	96

Qualification Group B (Málaga, Spain)

Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final




		23 September

		Unicaja Málaga	114
21 September
		Heroes Den Bosch	58
Heroes Den Bosch	85
				25 September
Šiauliai	73
				Unicaja Málaga	91

				Patrioti Levice	73

		23 September

		Karhu	57
21 September
		Patrioti Levice	81
Patrioti Levice	79

Körmend	70

Qualification Group C (Lisbon, Portugal)

Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final




		23 September

		Brose Bamberg	97
21 September
		Budivelnyk	94
Norrköping Dolphins	51
				25 September
Budivelnyk	87
				Brose Bamberg	73

				Benfica	87

		23 September

		Keravnos	65
21 September
		Benfica	73
Golden Eagles Ylli	67

Benfica	92

Qualification Group D (Belgrade, Serbia)

Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final




		23 September

		Bakken Bears	83
21 September
		Swans Gmunden	65
Swans Gmunden	82
				25 September
Pärnu	80
				Bakken Bears	88

				FMP Meridian	82

		23 September

		Opava	76
21 September
		FMP Meridian	92
FMP Meridian	76

Río Breogán	64

Regular season

Draw

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 competition, on the 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.^[7]

Pot 1
Team	Pts
Lenovo Tenerife	123
Hapoel Holon	91
ERA Nymburk	83
JDA Dijon	81
SIG Strasbourg	78
AEK	75
Baxi Manresa	67
Hapoel Jerusalem	62

Pot 2
Team	Pts
Pınar Karşıyaka	59
Falco Szombathely	58
Dinamo Sassari	56
Filou Oostende	55
MHP Riesen Ludwigsburg	44
Igokea	41
VEF Rīga	37
Rytas	37

Pot 3
Team	Pts
Galatasaray Nef	35
Peristeri	34
Darüşşafaka Lassa	32
PAOK	27
Telekom Baskets Bonn	21
Limoges CSP	11
Surne Bilbao Basket	11
UCAM Murcia	107.50^†

Pot 4
Team	Pts
Legia Warsaw	2
Bahçeşehir Koleji	67.15^†
Bnei Herzliya	60.17^†
Reggiana	51.33^†
Tofaş (Winner QF–T1)
Unicaja Málaga (Winner QF–T2)
Benfica (Winner QF–T3)
Bakken Bears (Winner QF–T4)

Notes

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

Group A

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification	SIG	UCM	TOF	FAL
1	SIG Strasbourg	6	4	2	485	481	+4	10	Advance to round of 16	—	82–70	94–89	81–78
2	UCAM Murcia	6	4	2	487	487	0	10	Advance to play-ins	80–78	—	75–72	81–74
3	Tofaş	6	2	4	480	462	+18	8	Advance to play-ins	75–79	77–87	—	90–63
4	Falco Szombathely	6	2	4	472	494	−22	8		89–71	104–94	64–77	—

Source: Groups Standings

Group B

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification	BON	AEK	KAR	REG
1	Telekom Baskets Bonn	6	5	1	499	443	+56	11	Advance to round of 16	—	80–72	83–71	84–88
2	AEK	6	3	3	458	448	+10	9	Advance to play-ins	66–73	—	80–72	68–59
3	Pınar Karşıyaka	6	2	4	467	490	−23	8	Advance to play-ins	80–89	91–88	—	83–76
4	Reggiana	6	2	4	436	479	−43	8		66–90	73–84	74–70	—

Source: Groups Standings

Group C

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification	GAL	HOL	OOS	LEG
1	Galatasaray Nef	6	4	2	514	473	+41	10	Advance to round of 16	—	88–75	85–91	86–71
2	Hapoel Holon	6	4	2	516	499	+17	10	Advance to play-ins	82–73	—	88–83	101–79
3	Filou Oostende	6	3	3	481	481	0	9	Advance to play-ins	78–92	95–86	—	66–71
4	Legia Warsaw	6	1	5	437	495	−58	7		76–90	81–84	59–68	—

Source: Groups Standings

Group D

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification	SBB	BAH	IGO	NYM
1	Surne Bilbao Basket	6	4	2	477	425	+52	10	Advance to round of 16	—	80–66	81–84	71–81
2	Bahçeşehir Koleji	6	3	3	437	470	−33	9	Advance to play-ins	60–92	—	70–67	88–80
3	Igokea	6	3	3	467	456	+11	9	Advance to play-ins	80–85	72–77	—	91–74
4	ERA Nymburk	6	2	4	437	467	−30	8		54–68	79–76	69–73	—

Source: Groups Standings

Group E

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification	JER	LUD	DAR	BAK
1	Hapoel Jerusalem	6	5	1	480	448	+32	11	Advance to round of 16	—	71–80	69–67	89–80
2	MHP Riesen Ludwigsburg	6	4	2	507	449	+58	10	Advance to play-ins	81–87	—	63–77	99–58
3	Darüşşafaka	6	2	4	429	448	−19	8	Advance to play-ins	69–92	70–90	—	80–66
4	Bakken Bears	6	1	5	429	500	−71	7		71–72	86–94	68–66	—

Source: Groups Standings

Group F

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification	BAX	BEN	CSP	VEF
1	Baxi Manresa	6	4	2	502	470	+32	10	Advance to round of 16	—	82–92	77–88	88–59
2	Benfica	6	4	2	470	472	−2	10	Advance to play-ins	78–97	—	59–79	84–71
3	Limoges CSP	6	3	3	438	404	+34	9	Advance to play-ins	73–76	67–68	—	80–53
4	VEF Rīga	6	1	5	410	474	−64	7		80–82	76–89	71–51	—

Source: Groups Standings

Group G

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification	UNI	JDA	POK	DIN
1	Unicaja Málaga	6	5	1	513	454	+59	11	Advance to round of 16	—	88–68	77–63	82–92
2	JDA Dijon	6	3	3	450	471	−21	9	Advance to play-ins	70–91	—	69–74	88–80
3	PAOK	6	2	4	454	454	0	8	Advance to play-ins	85–88	66–70	—	88–68
4	Dinamo Sassari	6	2	4	470	508	−38	8		76–87	72–85	82–78	—

Source: Groups Standings

Group H

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification	TFE	RYT	PER	HER
1	Lenovo Tenerife	6	4	2	512	427	+85	10	Advance to round of 16	—	89–74	86–60	83–63
2	Rytas	6	3	3	505	493	+12	9	Advance to play-ins	85–78	—	89–64	90–101
3	Peristeri	6	3	3	459	495	−36	9	Advance to play-ins	88–81	71–82	—	86–70
4	Bnei Herzliya	6	2	4	468	529	−61	8		57–95	90–85	87–90	—

Source: Groups Standings

Play-ins

The Play-ins took place from January 3 to 18. 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 3–4 January, the second legs on 10–11 January. Eventual third legs was played on 17–18 January.

Team 1	Series	Team 2	Game 1	Game 2	Game 3
UCAM Murcia	2–0	Pınar Karşıyaka	97–92	96–89	—
AEK	2–0	Tofaş	73–70	85–82	—
Hapoel Holon	2–0	Igokea	103–79	91–80	—
Bahçeşehir Koleji	2–1	Filou Oostende	72–76	77–64	87–81
MHP Riesen Ludwigsburg	1–2	Limoges CSP	85–81	62–82	94–96
Benfica	0–2	Darüşşafaka Lassa	76–89	72–83	—
JDA Dijon	2–1	Peristeri	89–80	88–92	89–82
Rytas	2–1	PAOK	85–62	78–81	82–63

Round of 16

The Round of 16 will take place from January 23 until March 20, 2023. The groups will be formed by the winners of each Regular Season Group and by eight Play-Ins winners. The 16 teams were divided in 4 groups, 4 teams each. The first two of each groups advanced to the quarter-finals.

Group I

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification	JER	SIG	JDA	HOL
1	Hapoel Jerusalem	6	5	1	444	419	+25	11	Advance to quarter-finals	—	81–80	77–84	77–65
2	SIG Strasbourg	6	4	2	506	466	+40	10	Advance to quarter-finals	63–71	—	86–67	112–110
3	JDA Dijon	6	2	4	457	490	−33	8		64–73	72–85	—	89–81
4	Hapoel Holon	6	1	5	472	504	−32	7		63–65	65–80	88–81	—

Source: Round of 16 Standings

Group J

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification	BON	BAX	RYT	BAH
1	Telekom Baskets Bonn	6	6	0	518	439	+79	12	Advance to quarter-finals	—	85–75	99–72	74–68
2	Baxi Manresa	6	3	3	488	485	+3	9	Advance to quarter-finals	69–87	—	82–69	90–72
3	Rytas	6	3	3	503	519	−16	9		79–86	96–95	—	95–88
4	Bahçeşehir Koleji	6	0	6	449	515	−66	6		76–87	76–77	69–92	—

Source: Round of 16 Standings

Group K

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification	UNI	AEK	GAL	CSP
1	Unicaja Málaga	6	5	1	494	434	+60	11	Advance to quarter-finals	—	88–66	81–76	99–88
2	AEK	6	4	2	455	447	+8	10	Advance to quarter-finals	65–75	—	92–78	82–72
3	Galatasaray Nef	6	2	4	457	463	−6	8		72–67	71–81	—	100–73
4	Limoges CSP	6	1	5	432	494	−62	7		67–84	63–69	69–60	—

Source: Round of 16 Standings

Group L

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification	TFE	UCM	DAR	SBB
1	Lenovo Tenerife	6	5	1	459	415	+44	11	Advance to quarter-finals	—	85–65	75–71	78–66
2	UCAM Murcia	6	4	2	508	483	+25	10	Advance to quarter-finals	82–67	—	96–87	90–72
3	Darüşşafaka Lassa	6	2	4	492	525	−33	8		59–80	105–104	—	95–85
4	Surne Bilbao Basket	6	1	5	447	483	−36	7		72–74	67–71	85–75	—

Source: Round of 16 Standings

Playoffs

The playoffs began on April 4, 2023 and ends with the 2023 Basketball Champions League Final Four.

Quarterfinals				Semifinals		Final



Unicaja	83	96	—
				12 May
UCAM Murcia	67	74	—
				Unicaja	67

				Telekom Baskets Bonn	69
Telekom Baskets Bonn	76	76	83
						14 May
SIG Strasbourg	77	66	77
						Telekom Baskets Bonn	77

						Hapoel Jerusalem	70
Lenovo Tenerife	91	83	84
				12 May
Baxi Manresa	84	85	72
				Lenovo Tenerife	68

				Hapoel Jerusalem	69	Third place
Hapoel Jerusalem	64	78	91
						14 May
AEK	55	94	51
						Unicaja	79

						Lenovo Tenerife	84

Final Four

Semifinals

The semifinals were played on 12 May 2023.

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Lenovo Tenerife	68–69	Hapoel Jerusalem
Unicaja	67–69	Telekom Baskets Bonn

Third place game

The third place game was played on 14 May 2023.

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Unicaja	79–84	Lenovo Tenerife

Final

The final was played on 14 May 2023.

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Telekom Baskets Bonn	77–70	Hapoel Jerusalem

Individual awards

Season awards

The annual season awards were announced on 13 May.

Award	Player	Club
Most Valuable Player	T. J. Shorts	Telekom Baskets Bonn
Final Four MVP	T. J. Shorts	Telekom Baskets Bonn
Best Defensive Player	Alberto Díaz	Unicaja
Best Young Player	Sadık Emir Kabaca	Galatasaray Nef
Best Coach	Tuomas Iisalo	Telekom Baskets Bonn

Star Lineup

First Team		Second Team
Player	Team	Player	Team
Marcelinho Huertas	Lenovo Tenerife	Marcus Foster	Rytas Vilnius
T. J. Shorts	Telekom Baskets Bonn	Kendrick Perry	Unicaja
Darío Brizuela	Unicaja	DeAndre Lansdowne	SIG Strasbourg
Akil Mitchell	AEK	Levi Randolph	Hapoel Bank Yahav Jerusalem
Zach Hankins	Hapoel Bank Yahav Jerusalem	Giorgi Shermadini	Lenovo Tenerife

MVP of the Month

Month	Player	Club	Ref.
2022
October	Joe Ragland	Hapoel Holon	^[8]
November	Marcus Foster	Rytas Vilnius	^[9]
December	T. J. Shorts	Telekom Baskets Bonn	^[10]
2023
January	Joe Ragland (2)	Hapoel Holon	^[11]
February	Akil Mitchell	AEK	^[12]
March	Zach Hankins	Hapoel Bank Yahav Jerusalem	^[13]
April	Levi Randolph	Hapoel Bank Yahav Jerusalem	^[14]

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Seasons	2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25
Playoffs	2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24
Final Four / Eight	2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
Finals	2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
Awards	MVP of the Season Top Scorer Final Four MVP Star Lineup Best Young Player Game Day MVP Best Coach
Finals Final Four Awards Records and statistics Rankings European club system

v t e 2022–23 Basketball Champions League
Champions	Telekom Baskets Bonn
Runners-up	Hapoel Jerusalem
Third	Lenovo Tenerife
Final Four	Unicaja
Eliminated in the Quarterfinals	AEK Baxi Manresa SIG Strasbourg UCAM Murcia
Eliminated in the Round of 16	Group I Group J Group K Group L Bahçeşehir Koleji Darüşşafaka Galatasaray Nef Hapoel Holon JDA Dijon Limoges CSP Rytas Surne Bilbao Basket
Eliminated in the Play-ins	Benfica Filou Oostende Igokea MHP Riesen Ludwigsburg PAOK Peristeri Pınar Karşıyaka Tofaş
Eliminated in the Regular Season	Group A Group B Group C Group D Group E Group F Group G Group H Bakken Bears Bnei Herzliya Dinamo Sassari ERA Nymburk Falco Szombathely Legia Warsaw Reggiana VEF Rīga
Eliminated in the Qualifying rounds	Brose Bamberg Budivelnyk Kyiv CSO Voluntari FMP Meridian Fribourg Olympic Golden Eagle Ylli Heroes Den Bosch Karhu Keravnos Kormend Leicester Riders Niners Chemnitz Norrköping Dolphins Opava Pärnu Sadam Patrioti Levice Río Breogán Šiauliai Swans Gmunden TFT Skopje

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Domestic cups	Albania Belgium Bulgaria Finland France Cup Leaders Cup Germany Greece Hungary Iceland Ireland Israel State Cup League Cup National League Cup Italy Lithuania Netherlands Poland Russia Scotland Serbia Spain Switzerland Swiss Cup SBL Cup Turkey United Kingdom Cup Trophy Ukraine
Supercups	BNXT Supercup France Israel Italy Netherlands Poland Spain Turkey Ukraine
Continental competitions	EuroLeague Regular season Playoffs Final Four EuroCup Playoffs Final Champions League Playoffs Final Four FIBA Europe Cup Playoffs Finals Next Generation Tournament
International competitions	2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup qualification Championship for Small Countries EuroBasket 2025 qualification

v t e 2022–23 European club competitions
Football	Men Champions League Europa League Europa Conference League Super Cup Youth League Women Champions League
Football variants	Futsal Champions League Beach soccer Euro Winners Cup Women's Euro Winners Cup
Basketball	Men EuroLeague EuroCup Champions League FIBA Europe Cup Women EuroLeague EuroCup SuperCup
Volleyball	Men Champions League CEV Cup Challenge Cup Women Champions League CEV Cup Challenge Cup
Handball	Men Champions League European League European Cup Women Champions League European League European Cup
Water polo	Men Champions League Euro Cup Challenger Cup Super Cup Women Champions League Euro Cup Super Cup
Rugby union	Men Champions Cup Challenge Cup Super Cup
Ice hockey	Men Champions Hockey League Continental Cup
Indoor hockey	Men EuroHockey Indoor Club Cup Women EuroHockey Indoor Club Cup
Field hockey	Men Euro Hockey League Trophy I Trophy II Women Euro Hockey League Trophy
Roller hockey	Men Champions League World Skate Europe Cup Continental Cup Women European League
Lacrosse	Men Ken Galluccio Cup
Korfball	Mixed Champions League

2022–23 Basketball Champions League

Contents

Team allocation

Teams

Referees

Schedule

Qualifying rounds

Draw

Qualification Group A (Skopje, North Macedonia)

Qualification Group B (Málaga, Spain)

Qualification Group C (Lisbon, Portugal)

Qualification Group D (Belgrade, Serbia)

Regular season

Draw

Group A

Group B

Group C

Group D

Group E

Group F

Group G

Group H

Play-ins

Round of 16

Group I

Group J

Group K

Group L

Playoffs

Final Four

Semifinals

Third place game

Final

Individual awards

Season awards

Star Lineup

MVP of the Month

See also

Related Research Articles

References

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