Basketball Champions League rankings

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The Basketball Champions League rankings are the competition's criteria for ordering teams and leagues according to their performance with the aim to give an objective process for determining the participation of clubs each season. [1]

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Ranking calculation

The clubs receive 2 points for a win and no points for a defeat from the regular season and the following stages. Bonus points are added to the number of points scored in a season. Since the 2020–21 season, 3 points were awarded instead of 2 points for a regular season win due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the change of competition format. [1]

Bonus points are allocated for: [1]

Country coefficient

The country coefficient is used to rank the basketball leagues of Europe, and thus determine the maximum number of clubs from an association that will participate in the Basketball Champions League. This coefficient is determined by the results of the clubs of the leagues in the Basketball Champions League games over the past three seasons. The number of points awarded each season is divided by the number of clubs that participated for that association in that season. This number is then rounded up to one decimal place (e.g. 2⅔ would be rounded to 2.7). [1]

Current ranking

The ranking below takes into account of each league's performance in European competitions from 2019–20 to 2021–22, with the 2021–22 season currently taking place.

As of May 2023 the ranking is as follows: [2]

RankingLeagueCoefficientTeams
2020-212021–222022-23Total
1 Flag of Spain.svg Spain 36.7537.5028.50102.750/6
2 Flag of Germany.svg Germany 30.0018.0019.7567.750/4
3 Flag of France.svg France 19.0018.3327.3364.670/3
4 Flag of Turkey.svg Turkey 21.8023.6018.2063.600/5
5 Flag of Israel.svg Israel 15.0019.6727.3362.000/3
6 Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg Bosnia and Herzegovina 24.0017.0015.0056.000/1
7 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Czech Republic 36.006.506.5049.000/2
8 Flag of Hungary.svg Hungary 14.0027.006.0047.000/2
9 Flag of Greece.svg Greece 13.009.2522.0044.250/3
10 Flag of Italy.svg Italy 17.6712.6711.0041.330/2
11 Flag of Romania.svg Romania 1.0038.002.0041.000/1
12 Flag of Russia.svg Russia 33.007.500.0040.500/0
13 Flag of Latvia.svg Latvia 18.0012.008.0038.000/1
14 Flag of Lithuania.svg Lithuania 6.5015.0015.0036.500/2
15 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Belgium 6.5011.0017.0034.500/1
16 Flag of Ukraine.svg Ukraine 1.0023.002.0026.000/1
17 Flag of Denmark.svg Denmark 14.002.008.0024.000/1
18 Flag of Portugal.svg Portugal 2.001.0018.0021.000/1
19 Flag of Poland.svg Poland 3.008.008.0019.000/1
20 Flag of Belarus.svg Belarus 11.004.000.0015.000/0
21 Flag of Estonia.svg Estonia 0.0011.001.0012.000/1
22 Flag of Cyprus.svg Cyprus 5.001.002.008.000/1
23 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Switzerland 1.004.002.007.000/1
24 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands 2.002.002.006.000/1
25 Flag of Slovakia.svg Slovakia 0.000.004.004.000/1
26 Flag of Serbia.svg Serbia 0.000.004.004.000/1
27 Flag of Finland.svg Finland 0.001.002.003.000/1
28 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Great Britain 1.001.001.003.000/1
29 Flag of Austria.svg Austria 0.001.002.003.000/1
30 Flag of Croatia.svg Croatia 0.002.000.002.000/0
31 Flag of Montenegro.svg Montenegro 0.002.000.002.000/0
32 Flag of Bulgaria.svg Bulgaria 1.001.000.002.000/0
33 Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden 0.000.001.001.000/1
34 Flag of North Macedonia.svg North Macedonia 0.001.001.001.000/1
35 Flag of Kosovo.svg Kosovo 0.000.001.001.000/1
(NR) Flag of Albania.svg Albania 0.000.000.000.000/0
Flag of Armenia.svg Armenia 0.000.000.000.000/0
Flag of Azerbaijan.svg Azerbaijan 0.000.000.000.000/0
Flag of Georgia.svg Georgia 0.000.000.000.000/0
Flag of Iceland.svg Iceland 0.000.000.000.000/0
Flag of Ireland.svg Ireland 0.000.000.000.000/0
Flag of Luxembourg.svg Luxembourg 0.000.000.000.000/0
Flag of Malta.svg Malta 0.000.000.000.000/0
Flag of Moldova.svg Moldova 0.000.000.000.000/0
Flag of Norway.svg Norway 0.000.000.000.000/0
Flag of Slovenia.svg Slovenia 0.000.000.000.000/0
  Indicates active countries which have all their teams still competing in this year's Basketball Champions League.
  Indicates active countries which have some teams still competing in this year's Basketball Champions League.
  Indicates countries which have no teams remaining in this year's Basketball Champions League.

NR No rank (league did not enter in any of the seasons used for computing coefficients)

Top leagues by period

The following data indicates the three top-ranked leagues in each three-year period.

Years1st PlaceCoeff.2nd PlaceCoeff.3rd PlaceCoeff.
2016–2019 Flag of Spain.svg Liga ACB 101.75 Flag of France.svg LNB Pro A 91.25 Flag of Turkey.svg Super League 90.75
2017–2020 Flag of Spain.svg Liga ACB 86.75 Flag of Greece.svg Basket League 81.75 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg National Basketball League 81.67
2018–2021 Flag of Spain.svg Liga ACB 105.50 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg National Basketball League 94.67 Flag of Russia.svg VTB United League 87.00

The table shows the ranking of nations with respect to the total number of years in the top three of the rankings:

League1st2nd3rdTotal
Flag of Spain.svg Liga ACB 3003
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg National Basketball League 0112
Flag of France.svg LNB Pro A 0101
Flag of Greece.svg Basket League 0101
Flag of Turkey.svg Basketball Super League 0011
Flag of Russia.svg VTB United League 0011

Club ranking

The club coefficient is either the sum of the points earned by the club in the Basketball Champions League over the previous three seasons. This ranking is used by the BCL to determine a club's seeding in club competition draws. [1]

Current ranking

The top 25 clubs as of May 2023 are as follows: [3]

RankingClubLeaguePoints
2020–212021–222022–23Total
1 Lenovo Tenerife Flag of Spain.svg Spain 365350139
7 SIG Strasbourg Flag of France.svg France 372836101
3 Hapoel Holon Flag of Israel.svg Israel 334126100
4 Hapoel Bank Yahav Jerusalem Flag of Israel.svg Israel 11175482
5 BAXI Manresa Flag of Spain.svg Spain 0483381
6 Unicaja Flag of Spain.svg Spain 0294978
7 AEK Flag of Greece.svg Greece 2783873
8 Hereda San Pablo Burgos Flag of Spain.svg Spain 5320073
9 Pınar Karşıyaka Flag of Turkey.svg Turkey 42171271
10 Tofaş Flag of Turkey.svg Turkey 24331269
11 JDA Dijon Flag of France.svg France 17252668
12 Rytas Flag of Lithuania.svg Lithuania 11262966
13 MHP Riesen Ludwigsburg Flag of Germany.svg Germany 0442064
14 Telekom Baskets Bonn Flag of Germany.svg Germany 006262
15 Galatasaray Nef Flag of Turkey.svg Turkey 8272459
16 ERA Nymburk Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Czech Republic 36111158
17 Igokea Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg Bosnia and Herzegovina 24171556
18 Darüşşafaka Flag of Turkey.svg Turkey 8242355
19 Falco Szombathely Flag of Hungary.svg Hungary 14271152
20 Filou Oostende Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Belgium 11211749
21 Casademont Zaragoza Flag of Spain.svg Spain 470047
22 Nizhny Novgorod Flag of Russia.svg Russia 3311044
23 Banco di Sardegna Sassari Flag of Italy.svg Italy 2181140
24 U-BT Cluj-Napoca Flag of Romania.svg Romania 138039
25 VEF Rīga Flag of Latvia.svg Latvia 1812838
  Indicates teams still active in this year's Basketball Champions League.
  Indicates teams still active in this year's Basketball Champions League qualifying rounds.
  Indicates teams no longer active in this year's Basketball Champions League.
  Indicates teams that do not take part in this year's Basketball Champions League.

Top club by period

The following data indicate the top-ranked clubs in each 3-year period.

YearsClubPoints
2016–2019 Flag of Spain.svg Iberostar Tenerife 137
2017–2020 Flag of Greece.svg AEK 132
2018–2021 Flag of Spain.svg Lenovo Tenerife 133
2019–2022 Flag of Spain.svg Lenovo Tenerife 123
2020–2023 Flag of Spain.svg Lenovo Tenerife 139

Top-rated clubs listed by number of times they were top-ranked over a 3-year period:

RankClubTotal
1 Flag of Spain.svg Lenovo Tenerife 4
2 Flag of Greece.svg AEK 1

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  2. "Country Ranking". Basketball Champions League. Retrieved 14 October 2021.
  3. "Club Ranking". Basketball Champions League. Retrieved 16 May 2023.

See also