Basketball Champions League rankings

Last updated June 25, 2024

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]

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]

Clubs that are eliminated in the qualifying rounds (1 bonus point for the first round, 2 for the second round and 4 for the third round if it is played)
Clubs that qualify for the regular season of the Champions League (5 bonus points).
Clubs that qualify for the Play-in round of the Champions League (1 bonus point).
Clubs that qualify for the round of 16 of the Champions League (5 bonus points). Since the 2021–22 season, only the 8 group winners.
Clubs that qualify for the quarterfinals of the Champions League (3 bonus points).
Clubs that qualify for the Final Four of the Champions League (4 bonus points and 1 additional point if finishes third, 2 if second and 4 if it wins the competition).

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 2021–22 to 2023–24.

As of May 2024 the ranking is as follows:

Ranking 2024	Ranking 2023	League	Coefficient				Teams
Ranking 2024	Ranking 2023	League	2021–22	2022-23	2023-24	Total	Teams
1	1	Spain	37.50	30.50	35.40	103.4	0/5
2	5	Israel	19.67	28.33	23.67	71.67	0/3
3	3	France	18.33	26.33	25.50	70.16	0/4
4	4	Turkey	23.60	17.80	23.80	65.20	0/5
5	9	Greece	9.25	21.00	30.50	60.75	0/4
6	2	Germany	18.00	21.00	21.50	60.50	0/4
7	8	Hungary	27.00	6.00	11.00	44.00	0/1
8	11	Romania	38.00	2.00	1.00	41.00	0/1
9	14	Lithuania	15.00	13.00	9.00	39.00	0/2
10	6	Bosnia and Herzegovina	17.00	15.00	5.00	37.00	0/1
11	15	Belgium	11.00	17.00	8.50	36.50	0/2
12	10	Italy	12.67	11.00	9.75	33.42	0/4
13	13	Latvia	12.00	8.00	11.00	31.00	0/1
14	18	Portugal	1.00	18.00	8.00	27.00	0/1
15	16	Ukraine	23.00	2.00	0.00	25.00	0/0
16	19	Poland	8.00	8.00	6.50	22.50	0/2
17	7	Czech Republic	6.50	6.50	5.00	18.00	0/1
18	21	Estonia	11.00	1.00	1.00	13.00	0/1
19	17	Denmark	2.00	8.00	2.00	12.00	0/1
20	12	Russia	7.50	0.00	0.00	7.50	0/0
21	23	Switzerland	4.00	2.00	1.00	7.00	0/1
22	24	Netherlands	2.00	2.00	2.00	6.00	0/1
23	33	Sweden	0.00	1.00	4.00	5.00	0/1
24	22	Cyprus	1.00	2.00	2.00	5.00	0/1
25	25	Slovakia	0.00	4.00	1.00	5.00	0/1
26	26	Serbia	0.00	4.00	1.00	5.00	0/1
27	27	Finland	1.00	2.00	1.00	4.00	0/1
28	20	Belarus	4.00	0.00	0.00	4.00	0/0
29	31	Montenegro	2.00	0.00	1.00	3.00	0/1
30	29	Austria	1.00	2.00	0.00	3.00	0/1
31	35	Kosovo	0.00	1.00	1.00	2.00	0/1
32	28	Great Britain	1.00	1.00	0.00	2.00	0/1
33	30	Croatia	2.00	0.00	0.00	2.00	0/0
34	36	Georgia	0.00	0.00	1.00	1.00	0/1
35	32	Bulgaria	1.00	0.00	0.00	1.00	0/0
36	34	North Macedonia	0.00	1.00	0.00	1.00	0/0
	— (NR)	Albania	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0/0
		Armenia	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0/0
		Azerbaijan	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0/0
		Iceland	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0/0
		Ireland	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0/0
		Luxembourg	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0/0
		Malta	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0/0
		Moldova	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0/0
		Norway	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0/0
		Slovenia	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0/0

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.

Years	1st Place	Coeff.	2nd Place	Coeff.	3rd Place	Coeff.
2016–2019	Liga ACB	101.75	LNB Pro A	91.25	Super League	90.75
2017–2020	Liga ACB	86.75	Basket League	81.75	National Basketball League	81.67
2018–2021	Liga ACB	105.50	National Basketball League	94.67	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:

League	1st	2nd	3rd	Total
Liga ACB	3	0	0	3
National Basketball League	0	1	1	2
LNB Pro A	0	1	0	1
Basket League	0	1	0	1
Basketball Super League	0	0	1	1
VTB United League	0	0	1	1

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:^[2]

Ranking	Club	League	Points
Ranking	Club	League	2020–21	2021–22	2022–23	Total
1	Lenovo Tenerife	Spain	36	53	50	139
7	SIG Strasbourg	France	37	28	36	101
3	Hapoel Holon	Israel	33	41	26	100
4	Hapoel Bank Yahav Jerusalem	Israel	11	17	54	82
5	BAXI Manresa	Spain	0	48	33	81
6	Unicaja	Spain	0	29	49	78
7	AEK	Greece	27	8	38	73
8	Hereda San Pablo Burgos	Spain	53	20	0	73
9	Pınar Karşıyaka	Turkey	42	17	12	71
10	Tofaş	Turkey	24	33	12	69
11	JDA Dijon	France	17	25	26	68
12	Rytas	Lithuania	11	26	29	66
13	MHP Riesen Ludwigsburg	Germany	0	44	20	64
14	Telekom Baskets Bonn	Germany	0	0	62	62
15	Galatasaray Nef	Turkey	8	27	24	59
16	ERA Nymburk	Czech Republic	36	11	11	58
17	Igokea	Bosnia and Herzegovina	24	17	15	56
18	Darüşşafaka	Turkey	8	24	23	55
19	Falco Szombathely	Hungary	14	27	11	52
20	Filou Oostende	Belgium	11	21	17	49
21	Casademont Zaragoza	Spain	47	0	0	47
22	Nizhny Novgorod	Russia	33	11	0	44
23	Banco di Sardegna Sassari	Italy	21	8	11	40
24	U-BT Cluj-Napoca	Romania	1	38	0	39
25	VEF Rīga	Latvia	18	12	8	38

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.

Years	Club	Points
2016–2019	Iberostar Tenerife	137
2017–2020	AEK	132
2018–2021	Lenovo Tenerife	133
2019–2022	Lenovo Tenerife	123
2020–2023	Lenovo Tenerife	139

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

Rank	Club	Total
1	Lenovo Tenerife	4
2	AEK	1

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References

1 2 3 4 5 "Access List Principles". Basketball Champions League. Retrieved 2 October 2021.
↑ "Club Ranking". Basketball Champions League. Retrieved 16 May 2023.

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Ranking calculation

Country coefficient

Current ranking

Top leagues by period

Club ranking

Current ranking

Top club by period

See also

Related Research Articles

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