EuroLeague

For the women's league, see EuroLeague Women. For other uses, see Euro league.

Turkish Airlines EuroLeague

Organising body	Euroleague Basketball
Founded	FIBA era 14 December 1957;66 years ago (1957-12-14) [1] Euroleague Basketball era 9 June 2000;24 years ago (2000-06-09) [2]
First season	FIBA European Champions Cup 1958 FIBA European League 1991–92 FIBA EuroLeague 1996–97 FIBA SuproLeague 2000–01 Euroleague 2000–01 EuroLeague 2016–17
Region	Europe
Number of teams	18
Level on pyramid	1
Related competitions	EuroCup
Current champions	Panathinaikos (7th title) (2023–24)
Most championships	Real Madrid (11 titles)
TV partners	tv.euroleague.net
Website	euroleaguebasketball.net/euroleague
2024–25 EuroLeague

The EuroLeague, officially the Turkish Airlines EuroLeague, is a European men's professional basketball club competition. The league is widely recognised as the top-tier men's league in Europe. ^{[3] [4]} The league consists of 18 teams, of which 16 are given long-term licences and wild cards, ^[5] making the league a semi-closed league. ^{[6] [7]} The league was first organized by FIBA in 1958, subsequently by ULEB in 2000 and then solely the Euroleague Basketball.

The competition was introduced in 1958 as the FIBA European Champions Cup (renamed the FIBA EuroLeague in 1996), which operated under FIBA's umbrella until Euroleague Basketball was created for the 2000–01 season. The FIBA European Champions Cup and the EuroLeague are considered to be the same competition, with the change of name being simply a re-branding.

The EuroLeague is one of the most popular indoor sports leagues in the world, with an average attendance of 10,383 for league matches in the 2023–24 season. This was the fifth-highest of any professional indoor sports league in the world (the highest outside the United States), and the second-highest of any professional basketball league in the world, only behind the National Basketball Association (NBA).

The EuroLeague title has been won by 22 clubs, 14 of which have won it more than once. The most successful club in the competition is Real Madrid, with eleven titles.

History

Main article: FIBA European Champions Cup and EuroLeague history

The FIBA European Champions Cup was originally established by FIBA and it operated from 1958 until the summer of 2000, concluding with the 1999–00 season. Euroleague Basketball was created after the end of the FIBA European Champions Cup.

FIBA had previously used the flying pigeon name for the competition since 1996 but had never trademarked the name. As FIBA had no legal recourse on the usage of the name, it started a new league named the FIBA SuproLeague. The following 2000–2001 season started with two top European professional club basketball competitions: FIBA SuproLeague (renamed from FIBA EuroLeague) and Euroleague.

Top clubs were split between the two leagues: Panathinaikos, Maccabi Tel Aviv, CSKA Moscow and Efes Pilsen stayed with FIBA, while Olympiacos, Kinder Bologna, Real Madrid Teka, FC Barcelona, Paf Wennington Bologna, Žalgiris Kaunas, Benetton Treviso, AEK and Tau Cerámica joined Euroleague Basketball. ^{[8] [9]}

In May 2001, Europe had two continental champions, Maccabi of the FIBA SuproLeague and Kinder Bologna of the Euroleague. Both organizations realized the need to come up with a unified competition and Euroleague Basketball negotiated terms and dictated proceedings which FIBA agreed to their terms. As a result, European club competition was fully integrated under Euroleague Basketball's umbrella and teams that competed in the FIBA SuproLeague during the 2000–01 season joined it as well.

The authority in European professional basketball was divided over club-country lines. FIBA stayed in charge of national team competitions (like the FIBA EuroBasket, the FIBA World Cup, and the Summer Olympics), while Euroleague Basketball took over the European professional club competitions. From that point on, FIBA's Korać Cup and Saporta Cup competitions lasted one more season and then Euroleague Basketball launched the ULEB Cup, now known as the EuroCup.

League era

In November 2015, Euroleague Basketball and IMG agreed on a 10-year joint venture. Both Euroleague Basketball and IMG will manage the commercial operation, and the management of all global rights covering both media and marketing. ^[10] The deal was worth €630 million guaranteed over 10 years, with projected revenues reaching €900 million. ^[11] Along with the deal the league changed into a true league format, with 16 teams playing each other team in the regular season followed by the playoffs. The A-licensed clubs were assured of participation for the following ten years in the new format. After the new format of the EuroLeague and FIBA implementing national team windows, a conflict between the two organizations emerged. EuroLeague has been criticised by FIBA as well as several national federations for creating a 'closed league' and ignoring the principle of meritocracy. In July 2019, EuroLeague announced that from the 2019–20 season there will be no direct access to the league through domestic leagues anymore. ^[12]

Title sponsorship

Main article: Turkish Airlines

On 26 July 2010, Turkish Airlines and Euroleague Basketball announced a €15 million strategic agreement to sponsor the top European basketball competition across the globe. According to the agreement, starting with the 2010–11 season, the top European competition would be named Turkish Airlines Euroleague Basketball. Similarly, the EuroLeague Final Four would be named the Turkish Airlines EuroLeague Final Four, whereby the new league title would appear in all media accordingly. This title partnership was set to run for five seasons, with the option of extending it to an additional five. ^{[13] [14]} On 23 October 2013, Turkish Airlines and Euroleague Basketball agreed to extend their partnership, up until 2020. ^[15]

Names of the competition

A EuroLeague game in 2019.

• FIBA era: (1958–2001)
  • FIBA European Champions Cup: (1958–1991)
  • FIBA European League: (1991–1996)
  • FIBA EuroLeague: (1996–2000) ^[16]
  • FIBA SuproLeague: (2000–2001)
• Euroleague Basketball era: (2000–present)
  • Euroleague: (2000–2016)
  • EuroLeague: (2016–present)

*There were two competitions during the 2000–01 season. The SuproLeague, which was organized by FIBA, and the Euroleague, which was organized by Euroleague Basketball.

Competition systems

Tournament systems

The EuroLeague operated under a tournament system, from its inaugural 1958 season, through the 2015–16 season.

• FIBA European Champions Cup (1958 to 1986–87): The champions of European national domestic leagues, and the then current European Champions Cup title holders (except for the 1986–87 season), competing against each other, played in a tournament system. The league culminated with either a single game final, or a 2-game aggregate score finals (3 games if needed to break a tie).
• FIBA European Champions Cup (1987–88 to 1990–91): The champions of European national domestic leagues, competing against each other, played in a tournament system. The league culminated with a Final Four.
• FIBA European League (1991–92 to 1995–96): The champions of the European national domestic leagues, the then current European League title holders, along with some of the other biggest teams from the most important national domestic leagues, played in a tournament system. The league culminated with a Final Four.
• FIBA EuroLeague (1996–97 to 1999–00): The champions of the best European national domestic leagues, along with some of the other biggest teams from the most important national domestic leagues, played in a tournament system. The league culminated with a Final Four.
• *Euroleague (2000–01): Some of the European national domestic league champions, and some of the runners-up from various national domestic leagues, played in a tournament system. The league culminated with a best of 5 playoff finals.
• *FIBA SuproLeague (2000–01): Some of the European national domestic league champions, and some of the runners-up from various national domestic leagues, played in a tournament system. The league culminated with a Final Four.
• Euroleague (2001–02 to 2015–16): The champions of the best European national domestic leagues, along with some of the other biggest teams from the most important national domestic leagues, played in a tournament system. The league culminated with a Final Four.

*There were two competitions during the 2000–01 season. The SuproLeague, which was organized by FIBA, and the Euroleague, which was organized by Euroleague Basketball.

League system

Starting with the 2016–17 season, the EuroLeague operates under a league format.

• EuroLeague (2016–17 to present): The champions of the best European national domestic leagues, along with some of the other biggest teams from the most important national domestic leagues, playing in a true European-wide league system format. The league culminates with a Final Four.

Format

The setting of the 2014 EuroLeague Final Four in Milan

Starting with the 2016–17 season, the EuroLeague is made up of 18 teams, with each playing every other team twice (once at home and once away) in a double round robin league regular season, for a total of 34 games played by each team.^{[ citation needed ]}

The top eight placed teams at the end of the regular season advance to playoffs, each playing a five-game playoff series against a single opponent. The regular season standings are used to determine which teams play each other, and in each pairing the higher placed team has home-court advantage in the series, playing three of the five games at home. The winners of each of the four playoff series advance to the Final Four, held at a predetermined site. The Final Four features two semi-finals, a third place game, and the championship game, all on the same weekend.^{[ citation needed ]}

Each team plays a maximum 41 games per season: 34 in the regular season, a maximum of 5 during the playoffs, and 2 in the Final Four.^{[ citation needed ]}

Qualification

Currently (and since the suspension of Russian teams because of the Russian invasion of Ukraine ^[17] ), 12 out of the 18 EuroLeague places are held by licensed clubs that have long-term licenses with Euroleague Basketball, and are members of the Shareholders Executive Board. These twelve licensed clubs are:

Anadolu Efes ASVEL Baskonia Bayern Munich

FC Barcelona Fenerbahçe Maccabi Tel Aviv Olimpia Milano

Olympiacos Panathinaikos Real Madrid Žalgiris

The remaining six EuroLeague places are held by associated clubs that have annual licences, of which one has a two-year wild card, three have one-year wild-cards and two are the finalists of the previous season's 2nd-tier European competition, the EuroCup. From the 2020–21 season, however, if the better of the two teams from the EuroCup makes it to the playoffs, it keeps the place for the following year. ^[18]

European professional basketball club rankings

Main article: European professional basketball club rankings

Current clubs

These are the teams that participate in the 2024–25 EuroLeague season:

ALBA

ASVEL

Barcelona

Baskonia

Bayern

Maccabi

Milan

Monaco

Olympiacos

Panathinaikos

Paris

Real Madrid

Virtus

Žalgiris

Belgrade

Istanbul

Belgrade teams
Crvena zvezda
Partizan

Istanbul teams
Anadolu Efes
Fenerbahçe

class=notpageimage|

Location of teams in 2024–25 EuroLeague

Team	Home city	Arena	Capacity	Season	Last season
ALBA Berlin	Berlin	Uber Arena	14,500 [19]	17th	18th
Anadolu Efes	Istanbul	Basketbol Gelişim Merkezi	10,000 [20]	34th	10th
Barcelona	Barcelona	Palau Blaugrana	7,585 [21]	39th	6th
Baskonia	Vitoria-Gasteiz	Buesa Arena	15,431 [22]	26th	8th
Bayern Munich	Munich	SAP Garden	12,500 [23]	10th	15th
Crvena zvezda Meridianbet	Belgrade	Belgrade Arena	18,386 [24]	16th	16th
		Aleksandar Nikolić Hall	8,000 [25]
EA7 Emporio Armani Milan	Milan	Unipol Forum	12,700 [26]	34th	12th
Fenerbahçe Beko	Istanbul	Ülker Sports and Event Hall	13,000 [27]	23rd	4th
LDLC ASVEL	Décines-Charpieu	LDLC Arena	12,523 [28]	25th	17th
	Villeurbanne	Astroballe	5,556 [29]
Maccabi Playtika Tel Aviv	Tel Aviv	Aleksandar Nikolić Hall	8,000 [30] [31]	62nd	7th
Monaco	Monaco	Salle Gaston Médecin	4,090 [32]	4th	5th
Olympiacos	Piraeus	Peace and Friendship Stadium	12,300 [33]	36th
Panathinaikos AKTOR	Athens	OAKA Altion	18,300 [34]	46th
Paris Basketball	Paris	Adidas Arena	8,000 [35]	1st	(EuroCup)
		Accor Arena	15,705 [36]
Partizan Mozzart Bet	Belgrade	Belgrade Arena	18,386 [37]	24th	11th
		Aleksandar Nikolić Hall	8,000 [38]
Real Madrid	Madrid	WiZink Center	15,000 [39]	57th
Virtus Segafredo Bologna	Bologna	Virtus Segafredo Arena	9,980 [40]	20th	9th
		Unipol Arena	8,278 [41]
Žalgiris	Kaunas	Žalgirio Arena	15,415 [42]	34th	14th

Results

Main articles: EuroLeague Finals and EuroLeague Final Four

1. 1958–2001: FIBA European Champions Cup
2. 2001–Ongoing: EuroLeague

#	Year	Finalists				Semi-finalists
		Champion	Score	Runner-up		Third place	Fourth place
1	1958 Details	Rīgas ASK	170–152 (86–81 / 71–84)	Academic		Real Madrid and Budapesti Honvéd
2	1958–59 Details	Rīgas ASK	148–125 (79–58 / 67–69)	Academic		Lech Poznań OKK Beograd
3	1959–60 Details	Rīgas ASK	130–113 (61–51 / 69–62)	Dinamo Tbilisi		Slovan Orbis Praha and Polonia Warszawa
4	1960–61 Details	CSKA Moscow	148–128 (87–62 / 66–61)	Rīgas ASK		CCA București and Real Madrid
5	1961–62 Details	Dinamo Tbilisi	90–83	Real Madrid		CSKA Moscow and AŠK Olimpija
6	1962–63 Details	CSKA Moscow	259–240 (86–69 / 91–74 / 99–80)	Real Madrid		Dinamo Tbilisi and Spartak ZJŠ Brno
7	1963–64 Details	Real Madrid	183–174 (110–99 / 84–64)	Spartak ZJŠ Brno		Simmenthal Milano and OKK Beograd
8	1964–65 Details	Real Madrid	157–150 (88–81 / 76–62)	CSKA Moscow		OKK Beograd and Ignis Varese
9	1965–66 Details	Simmenthal Milano	77–72	Slavia VŠ Praha		CSKA Moscow	AEK
10	1966–67 Details	Real Madrid	91–83	Simmenthal Milano		Slavia VŠ Praha	AŠK Olimpija
11	1967–68 Details	Real Madrid	98–95	Spartak ZJŠ Brno		Zadar and Simmenthal Milano
12	1968–69 Details	CSKA Moscow	103–99 (2 OT's)	Real Madrid		Spartak ZJŠ Brno and Standard Liège
13	1969–70 Details	Ignis Varese	79–74	CSKA Moscow		Real Madrid and Slavia VŠ Praha
14	1970–71 Details	CSKA Moscow	67–53	Ignis Varese		Slavia VŠ Praha and Real Madrid
15	1971–72 Details	Ignis Varese	70–69	Jugoplastika		Panathinaikos and Real Madrid
16	1972–73 Details	Ignis Varese	71–66	CSKA Moscow		Simmenthal Milano and Crvena zvezda
17	1973–74 Details	Real Madrid	84–82	Ignis Varese		Berck and Radnički Belgrade
18	1974–75 Details	Ignis Varese	79–66	Real Madrid		Berck and Zadar
19	1975–76 Details	Mobilgirgi Varese	81–74	Real Madrid		Birra Forst Cantù and ASVEL
20	1976–77 Details	Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv	78–77	Mobilgirgi Varese		CSKA Moscow	Real Madrid
21	1977–78 Details	Real Madrid	75–67	Mobilgirgi Varese		ASVEL	Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv
22	1978–79 Details	Bosna	96–93	Emerson Varese		Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv	Real Madrid
23	1979–80 Details	Real Madrid	89–85	Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv		Bosna	Sinudyne Bologna
24	1980–81 Details	Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv	80–79	Sinudyne Bologna		Nashua EBBC	Bosna
25	1981–82 Details	Squibb Cantù	86–80	Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv		Partizan	FC Barcelona
26	1982–83 Details	Ford Cantù	69–68	Billy Milano		Real Madrid	CSKA Moscow
27	1983–84 Details	Banco di Roma	79–73	FC Barcelona		Jollycolombani Cantù	Bosna
28	1984–85 Details	Cibona	87–78	Real Madrid		Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv	CSKA Moscow
29	1985–86 Details	Cibona	94–82	Žalgiris		Simac Milano	Real Madrid
30	1986–87 Details	Tracer Milano	71–69	Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv		Orthez	Zadar
31	1987–88 Details	Tracer Milano	90–84	Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv		Partizan	Aris
32	1988–89 Details	Jugoplastika	75–69	Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv		Aris	FC Barcelona
33	1989–90 Details	Jugoplastika	72–67	FC Barcelona Banca Catalana		Limoges CSP	Aris
34	1990–91 Details	POP 84	70–65	FC Barcelona Banca Catalana		Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv	Scavolini Pesaro
35	1991–92 Details	Partizan	71–70	Montigalà Joventut		Philips Milano	Estudiantes Argentaria
36	1992–93 Details	Limoges CSP	59–55	Benetton Treviso		PAOK	Real Madrid Teka
37	1993–94 Details	7up Joventut	59–57	Olympiacos		Panathinaikos	FC Barcelona Banca Catalana
38	1994–95 Details	Real Madrid Teka	73–61	Olympiacos		Panathinaikos	Limoges CSP
39	1995–96 Details	Panathinaikos	67–66	FC Barcelona Banca Catalana		CSKA Moscow	Real Madrid Teka
40	1996–97 Details	Olympiacos	73–58	FC Barcelona Banca Catalana		Smelt Olimpija	ASVEL
41	1997–98 Details	Kinder Bologna	58–44	AEK		Benetton Treviso	Partizan Zepter
42	1998–99 Details	Žalgiris	82–74	Kinder Bologna		Olympiacos	Teamsystem Bologna
43	1999–00 Details	Panathinaikos	73–67	Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv		Efes Pilsen	FC Barcelona
44	2000–01 Details	Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv	81–67	Panathinaikos		Efes Pilsen	CSKA Moscow
45	2000–01 Details	Kinder Bologna	3–2 play-off	Tau Cerámica		Paf Wennington Bologna and AEK
46	2001–02 Details	Panathinaikos	89–83	Kinder Bologna		Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv and Benetton Treviso
47	2002–03 Details	FC Barcelona	76–65	Benetton Treviso		Montepaschi Siena	CSKA Moscow
48	2003–04 Details	Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv	118–74	Skipper Bologna		CSKA Moscow	Montepaschi Siena
49	2004–05 Details	Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv	90–78	Tau Cerámica		Panathinaikos	CSKA Moscow
50	2005–06 Details	CSKA Moscow	73–69	Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv		Tau Cerámica	Winterthur FC Barcelona
51	2006–07 Details	Panathinaikos	93–91	CSKA Moscow		Unicaja	Tau Cerámica
52	2007–08 Details	CSKA Moscow	91–77	Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv		Montepaschi Siena	Tau Cerámica
53	2008–09 Details	Panathinaikos	73–71	CSKA Moscow		Regal FC Barcelona	Olympiacos
54	2009–10 Details	Regal FC Barcelona	86–68	Olympiacos		CSKA Moscow	Partizan
55	2010–11 Details	Panathinaikos	78–70	Maccabi Electra Tel Aviv		Montepaschi Siena	Real Madrid
56	2011–12 Details	Olympiacos	62–61	CSKA Moscow		FC Barcelona Regal	Panathinaikos
57	2012–13 Details	Olympiacos	100–88	Real Madrid		CSKA Moscow	FC Barcelona Regal
58	2013–14 Details	Maccabi Electra Tel Aviv	98–86 (OT)	Real Madrid		FC Barcelona	CSKA Moscow
59	2014–15 Details	Real Madrid	78–59	Olympiacos		CSKA Moscow	Fenerbahçe Ülker
60	2015–16 Details	CSKA Moscow	101–96 (OT)	Fenerbahçe		Lokomotiv Kuban	Laboral Kutxa
61	2016–17 Details	Fenerbahçe	80–64	Olympiacos		CSKA Moscow	Real Madrid
62	2017–18 Details	Real Madrid	85–80	Fenerbahçe Doğuş		Žalgiris	CSKA Moscow
63	2018–19 Details	CSKA Moscow	91–83	Anadolu Efes	Real Madrid	Fenerbahçe Beko
-	2019–20 Details	Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
64	2020–21 Details	Anadolu Efes	86–81	FC Barcelona		AX Armani Exchange Milan	CSKA Moscow
65	2021–22 Details	Anadolu Efes	58–57	Real Madrid		FC Barcelona	Olympiacos
66	2022–23 Details	Real Madrid	79–78	Olympiacos		Monaco	FC Barcelona
67	2023–24 Details	Panathinaikos AKTOR	95–80	Real Madrid		Olympiacos	Fenerbahçe Beko

Team statistics

Titles by club

Further information: FIBA European Champions Cup and EuroLeague records and statistics

Rank	Club	Titles	Runner-up	Champion years
1	Real Madrid	11	10	1963–64, 1964–65, 1966–67, 1967–68, 1973–74, 1977–78, 1979–80, 1994–95, 2014–15, 2017–18, 2022–23
2	CSKA Moscow	8	6	1960–61, 1962–63, 1968–69, 1970–71, 2005–06, 2007–08, 2015–16, 2018–19
3	Panathinaikos	7	1	1995–96, 1999–00, 2001–02, 2006–07, 2008–09, 2010–11, 2023–24
4	Maccabi Tel Aviv	6	9	1976–77, 1980–81, 2000–01, 2003–04, 2004–05, 2013–14
5	Varese	5	5	1969–70, 1971–72, 1972–73, 1974–75, 1975–76
6	Olympiacos	3	6	1996–97, 2011–12, 2012–13
7	Olimpia Milano	3	2	1965–66, 1986–87, 1987–88
8	Rīgas ASK	3	1	1958, 1958–59, 1959–60
9	Split	3	1	1988–89, 1989–90, 1990–91
10	Barcelona	2	6	2002–03, 2009–10
11	Virtus Bologna	2	3	1997–98, 2000–01
12	Anadolu Efes	2	1	2020–21, 2021–22
13	Cantù	2	–	1981–82, 1982–83
–	Cibona	2	–	1984–85, 1985–86
15	Fenerbahçe	1	2	2016–17
16	Dinamo Tbilisi	1	1	1961–62
–	Joventut Badalona	1	1	1993–94
–	Žalgiris	1	1	1998–99
19	Bosna	1	–	1978–79
–	Virtus Roma	1	–	1983–84
–	Partizan	1	–	1991–92
–	Limoges CSP	1	–	1992–93
23	Academic	–	2	–
–	Brno	–	2	–
–	Treviso	–	2	–
–	Baskonia	–	2	–
27	USK Praha	–	1	–
–	AEK	–	1	–
–	Fortitudo Bologna	–	1	–

Titles by nation

Rank	Country	Club	Titles	Runners-up
1.	Spain	Real Madrid	11	10
		FC Barcelona	2	6
		Joventut Badalona	1	1
		Baskonia	–	2
		4 clubs	14	19
2.	Italy
		Varese	5	5
		Olimpia Milano	3	2
		Virtus Bologna	2	3
		Cantù	2	–
		Virtus Roma	1	–
		Treviso	–	2
		Fortitudo Bologna	–	1
		7 clubs	13	13
3.	Greece	Panathinaikos	7	1
		Olympiacos	3	6
		AEK	–	1
		3 clubs	10	8
4.	Soviet Union	CSKA Moscow	4	3
		Rīgas ASK	3	1
		Dinamo Tbilisi	1	1
		Žalgiris	-	1
		4 clubs	8	6
5.	Yugoslavia	Split	3	1
		Cibona	2	–
		Bosna	1	–
		Partizan	1	–
		4 clubs	7	1
6.	Israel	Maccabi Tel Aviv	6	9
7.	Russia	CSKA Moscow	4	3
8.	Turkey	Anadolu Efes	2	1
		Fenerbahçe	1	2
		2 clubs	3	3
9.	France	Limoges CSP	1	–
–	Lithuania	Žalgiris	1	–
11.	Czechoslovakia	Brno	–	2
		USK Praha	–	1
		2 clubs	0	3
12.	Bulgaria	Academic	–	2

Records

See also: EuroLeague records

• Real Madrid has been the most successful team, having won the competition a record eleven times. ^[43]
• Split (1988–89, 1989–90, 1990–91), is the only team to have won the competition three times in a row in the modern EuroLeague Final Four era (1987–88 season to present).
• Rīgas ASK, as a Soviet League club in the late 1950s and early 1960s (1958, 1958–59, 1959–60), is the only team to have won the competition three times in a row in the pre-EuroLeague Final Four era.
• Real Madrid (1963–64, 1964–65) & (1966–67, 1967–68), along with Varese (1971–72, 1972–73) & (1974–75, 1975–76), are the only teams to have won the European Championship twice in a row on two occasions in the pre-modern EuroLeague Final Four era.
• Cantù (1981–82, 1982–83), Cibona (1984–85, 1985–86), and Olimpia Milano (1986–87, 1987–88), are the other three teams to have won the European Championship twice in a row (only for one time) in the pre-modern EuroLeague Final Four era.
• Maccabi Tel Aviv (2003–04, 2004–05), Olympiacos (2011–12, 2012–13), and Anadolu Efes (2020–21, 2021–22) are the only teams to have won the EuroLeague twice in a row, becoming back-to-back EuroLeague champions in the Euroleague Basketball era (2000–01 season to present).
• Fenerbahçe are the only team which stayed undefeated at home after a 30-game regular season and secured the best record after a regular season (25–5) under the new format (2016–17 season to present). They are also the earliest EuroLeague Playoffs qualifiers ever in the modern EuroLeague era. ^[44]
• Istanbul is the only city from which nine clubs have played in the competition: Beşiktaş, Darüşşafaka, Eczacıbaşı, Efes, Fenerbahçe, Galatasaray, Istanbul Technical University, Modaspor, and Ülker have participated in the EuroLeague.
• Although Israel is located in the Middle East, its teams play in the EuroLeague, as its national federation is a member of FIBA Europe and its top professional league is a member of ULEB. Similarly, the Israel Football Association is a member of UEFA, enabling its national team and clubs to play in UEFA competitions.
• In a small area of less than 40 km² (25 mi²), north of Milan, there are 3 clubs that have won a total of 10 FIBA European Champions' Cups, and played in a total of 16 finals: Pallacanestro Varese (5), Olimpia Milano (3) and Cantù (2).
• The record score differential for a EuroLeague Finals game was achieved at the 2004 Finals, in Tel Aviv, where the home club, Maccabi Tel Aviv, defeated Skipper Bologna, by a score of 118–74 (a 44-point difference).
• A crowd of 22,567, which filled Belgrade Arena on 5 March 2009, for a 2008–09 season Top 16 game between Partizan and Panathinaikos is the league's official all seated attendance record. ^[45] Before that, a crowd of 18,500 all seated fans occurred at a Panathinaikos home game at the Olympic Indoor Hall, in Athens, against Tau Cerámica, on 12 April 2006, during the 2005–06 third quarterfinal playoff game.
• The most points ever scored in a single game by an individual in the league's overall history (since 1958), is 99 points, by Radivoj Korać of OKK Beograd, on 14 January 1965, during the 1964–65 season, in a game against Alvik. ^{[46] [47]}
• The most points ever scored in a single game by an individual in the league since Euroleague Basketball has owned the competition (2000), is 50 points, by Nigel Hayes of Fenerbahçe, on 29 March 2024, during the 2023–24 season, in a game against Alba Berlin. ^[48]
• The most points ever scored in a single EuroLeague Finals game by an individual is 47 points, in the 1978–79 season, by Žarko Varajić of Bosna, in a game against Emerson Varese on 5 April 1979. ^[49]

EuroLeague awards

Main article: Euroleague Awards

Statistical leaders

Main article: EuroLeague individual statistics

All-time leaders

Main article: EuroLeague career stats leaders since the 2000–01 season

Since the beginning of the 2000–01 season (Euroleague Basketball era):

	Average		Accumulated
Games Played	-		Kyle Hines	425
Games Started	-		Nick Calathes	311
Minutes Played	Anthony Parker	35:00	Vassilis Spanoulis	9379:14
Points	Alphonso Ford	22.22	Mike James	4623
Rebounds	Joseph Blair	10.05	Paulius Jankūnas	2010
Assists	Nick Calathes	5.8	Nick Calathes	2085
Steals	Manu Ginóbili	2.73	Nick Calathes	449
Blocks	Grigorij Khizhnyak	3.19	Edy Tavares	424
Index Rating	Anthony Parker	21.41	Nando de Colo	5054
Assist-Turnover ratio	Tomáš Satoranský	297.22%	-
Free Τhrows	Panagiotis Liadelis	6.74	Vassilis Spanoulis	1131
Free Τhrows %	Kendrick Nunn	95.9%	-
Free Τhrows Attempted	Panagiotis Liadelis	7.71	Vassilis Spanoulis	1451
2-Pointers	Kaspars Kambala	6.55	Jan Veselý	1487
2-Pointers %	Edy Tavares	73.15%	-
2-Pointers Attempted	Alphonso Ford	12.02	Jan Veselý	2394
3-Pointers	Justin Dentmon	2.88	Sergio Llull	632
3-Pointers %	Fran Pilepić	50.45%	-
3-Pointers Attempted	Alexey Shved	7.07	Sergio Llull	1891
Field Goals	Alphonso Ford	8.11	Vassilis Spanoulis	1403
Field Goals %	Edy Tavares	72.98%	-
Field Goals Attempted	Alphonso Ford	16.09	Vassilis Spanoulis	3402
True Shooting %	Edy Tavares	68.69%	-
Double doubles	-		Mirsad Türkcan	50
Triple doubles	-		Nikola Vujčić	2
Fouls Drawn	Dragan Lukovski	6.04	Vassilis Spanoulis	1583
Fouls Committed	Shaun Stonerook	3.73	Paulius Jankunas	998
Blocks Against	Kaspars Kambala	0.81	Vassilis Spanoulis	231
Turnovers	Will Solomon	3.13	Vassilis Spanoulis	1087

Individual performances

Main article: EuroLeague individual highs

EuroLeague versus NBA games

Main article: EuroLeague versus NBA games

Attendances

Season averages

All averages include playoffs and Final Four games.

Season	Total gate	Games	Average	Change	High avg.	Team	Low avg.	Team
2008–09	1,263,578	188	6,721		11,770	Panathinaikos	2,460	Panionios On Telecoms
2009–10	1,182,046	186	6,355	–5.4%	11,188	Maccabi Tel Aviv	1,440	Fenerbahçe Ülker
2010–11	1,383,449	185	7,478	+17.7%	13,926	Fenerbahçe Ülker	3,180	Khimki
2011–12	1,305,215	178	7,333	–1.9%	13,107	Žalgiris	3,283	Asseco Prokom
2012–13	1,867,145	253	7,366	+0.5%	13,425	Žalgiris	3,110	Asseco Prokom
2013–14	2,063,600	248	8,130	+10.4%	12,578	Partizan NIS	3,960	Budivelnyk
2014–15	2,013,305	251	8,184	+0.1%	14,483	Crvena Zvezda Telekom	1,949	PGE Turów
2015–16	1,832,920	250	7,332	–10.4%	11,060	Maccabi Playtika Tel Aviv	2,809	Khimki
2016–17	2,194,238	259	8,472	+5.4%	11,633	Baskonia	3,734	UNICS
2017–18	2,282,297	260	8,780	+3.6%	13,560	Žalgiris	3,900	Anadolu Efes
2018–19	2,153,445	260	8,282	–6.0%	14,808	Žalgiris	2,691	Darüşşafaka Tekfen
2019–20	2,138,504	222 [a]	8,588	+3.7%	14,221	Žalgiris	4,299	Zenit

1. Season was curtailed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Four games, for different reasons, were played under closed doors and are not included in this table.

Historic average attendances

This list shows the averages attendances of each team since the 16-team regular season was established in 2016. All averages include playoffs games.

Season	ALB	EFS	ASV	BAM	BAR	BKN	BAY	BUD	CZV	CSK	DSK	FNB	GAL	GCA	KHI	MTA	MGA	MON	MIL	OLY	PAO	PAR	RMA	UNK	VAL	VIR	ZAL	ZEN
2016–17		5,320		6,415	4,931	11,633			9,818	8,293	4,677	11,219	4,806			10,888			9,483	9,360	11,172		10,312	3,734			11,418
2017–18		3,900		6,188	5,679	11,351			6,277	8,211		11,566			6,022	10,731	7,272	7,472		8,913	13,005		10,030		6,753		13,560
2018–19		8,247			5,793	11,138	4,349	4,792		7,198	2,691	10,737		4,823	5,502	10,522			8,493	8,203	12,530		9,792				14,808
2019–20	9,930	13,113	5,326		5,977	10,661	4,688		11,744	7,050		9,862			5,189	10,038			8,491	7,287	9,858		9,649		7,433		14,221	4,299
2020–21	Season played under closed doors or limited attendance.
2021–22	3,825	11,876	4,237		5,174	6,885	2,673		6,042			5,545				8,429		3,536	4,893	7,037	3,883		5,943				7,630
2022–23	8,820	13,126	5,301		6,353	8,898	5,549		7,085			10,465				10,400		4,392	9,270	10,449	6,173	17,938	8,128		6,064	6,169	14,839
2023–24	9,406	12,471	7,565		6,444	9,970	6,218		17,842			10,065				*		4,052	10,051	11,535	15,299	19,916	8,914		6,369	8,033	14,773

Individual game highest attendance

^{[ citation needed ]}

Rank	Home team	Score	Away team	Attendance	Arena	Date	Ref
1	Partizan	63–56	Panathinaikos	22,567	Belgrade Arena	5 March 2009	Archived 22 July 2020 at the Wayback Machine
2	Partizan	76–67	Maccabi Tel Aviv	21,367	Belgrade Arena	1 April 2010	Archived 5 August 2020 at the Wayback Machine
3	Partizan	56–67	CSKA Moscow	21,352	Belgrade Arena	31 March 2009	Archived 31 July 2020 at the Wayback Machine

Note: Match between Panathinaikos and Barcelona on 18 April 2013, at OAKA Sports Center, was supposedly watched by about 30,000 spectators. ^[50] However, it is not included in the table as the official data is 18,300. ^[51]

As of 4/4/2023 Partizan holds 10 games in top 10 most attended games.^{[ citation needed ]}

Media coverage

The EuroLeague season is broadcast on television, and can be seen in up to 201 countries and territories. ^[52] It can be seen by up to 245 million (800 million via satellite) households weekly in China. ^[53]

EuroLeague basketball has been televised in the United States through the ESPN family of networks since 2023, starting with the playoffs of the 2022-2023 season. ^[54] It was also televised in the United States and Canada on NBA TV and available online through ESPN3 (in English) and ESPN Deportes (in Spanish) until the 2017–2018 season. Starting with the 2017-2018 Final Four playoffs, and continuing into the 2018-2019 and 2019-2020 seasons, the coverage moved to FloSports, ^[55] before returning later to the ESPN networks.

The EuroLeague Final Four is broadcast on television in up to 213 countries and territories. ^[56] The EuroLeague also has its own internet pay TV service, called EuroLeague TV.

Broadcasters

This is a partial list of television broadcasters that provide coverage of the EuroLeague.

Country/Region	Broadcaster	Language	Free/Pay TV
International	EuroLeague TV (online internet broadcast) [57] [58]	English	Pay
Balkans   Bosnia and Herzegovina   Croatia   Montenegro   North Macedonia   Serbia   Slovenia	SportKlub [57] [58]	Bosnian Croatian Montenegrin Macedonian Serbian Slovenian	Pay
Baltic states   Estonia   Latvia   Lithuania	Go3 Sport [57] [58]	Estonian Latvian Lithuanian	Pay
	TV3 [58]
Spain	Movistar Plus+, Deportes por Movistar Plus+ [58]	Spanish	Pay
United States	ESPN [59]	English	Pay
France	SKWEEK TV [57]	French	Pay
Monaco
Germany	Telekom Sport, also known as MagentaSport [57] [60]	German	Pay
Greece	Novasports [57]	Greek	Pay
Italy	Sky Sport Arena [58]	Italian	Pay
	DAZN [58]
Israel	Sport 5 [57] [58]	Hebrew	Pay
Turkey	S Sport Plus [57]	Turkish	Pay

Sponsors

Title sponsor

• Turkish Airlines

Premium partners

• 7DAYS
• Adidas
• Tempobet (only in Germany)
• Fonbet (only in Russia)
• Nesine (only in Turkey)
• bwin (Greece and Spain)

Global partners VODA VODA viagogo Detur Upper Deck DraftKings Kyocera VTB Arena Park VTB AX Armani Exchange Intersport Spalding Tadim

Regional partners Odeabank (only in Turkey) Head & Shoulders (only in Turkey) SEK (only in Turkey) Oscar Mayer (only in Spain) Endesa (only in Spain) youwin.tv Global partners of the Final Four Efes Acıbadem

Source: ^{[61] [62] [63] [64] [65] [66]}

See also

• European professional club basketball system
• All-EuroLeague Team
• EuroLeague Final Four

Men's competitions

• EuroCup Basketball
• FIBA Champions League
• FIBA Europe Cup

Women's competitions

• EuroLeague Women
• EuroCup Women
• FIBA Europe SuperCup Women

IWBF Basketball

• IWBF Champions League
• EuroCup 1
• EuroCup 2
• EuroCup 3

References

1. "Champions Cup 1958". linguasprt. Retrieved 22 March 2017.
2. WINNER PANATHINAIKOS. "ULEB History". ULEB. Archived from the original on 8 December 2013. Retrieved 2 January 2017.
3. Farrugia, Steve (14 November 2021). "The Best European Basketball Leagues: Teams And Players".
4. "Top 12 basketball leagues in the world". ESPN.com. 17 January 2017.
5. "ECA Board meets to take strategic decisions, approves postseason special regulations". Euroleague Basketball . 8 March 2021. Retrieved 8 March 2021.
6. dineshkachhwaha. "Super League: Siutat provides feedback from basketball on closed leagues". The Indian Paper. Archived from the original on 25 April 2021. Retrieved 21 April 2021.
7. ballineurope (7 July 2008). "Euroleague now a semi-closed league". BallinEurope. Retrieved 21 April 2021.
8. "Basket Euroleague Men". www.allcompetitions.com. Retrieved 29 May 2024.
9. . 24 August 2018 https://web.archive.org/web/20180824002317/http://www.linguasport.com/index_y.htm. Archived from the original on 24 August 2018. Retrieved 29 May 2024.{{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
10. "Euroleague Basketball A-licence clubs and IMG agree on 10-year joint venture". Euroleague Basketball. 10 November 2015. Archived from the original on 21 March 2016. Retrieved 6 April 2016.
11. "630 millions guaranteed by IMG". Eurohoops. 11 November 2015.
12. "The EuroLeague changes in the summer of 2020". Eurohoops. 11 July 2019. Retrieved 1 October 2019.
13. "Turkish Airlines And Euroleague Basketball Sign Strategic Partnership Agreememt" (Press release). Euroleague Basketball. 28 July 2010. Retrieved 29 July 2010.
14. "An important strategic partnership agreement between Turkish Airlines and Euroleague Basketball..." (Press release). Turkish Airlines. 26 July 2010. Archived from the original on 16 July 2011. Retrieved 29 July 2010.
15. "Turkish Airlines, Euroleague Basketball Cement Partnership Through 2020". turkishairlines.com. 23 October 2013. Retrieved 20 May 2015.
16. "The European Cup For Men's Champion Clubs – The Early Years | FIBA Europe". www.fibaeurope.com.
17. "EuroLeague suspended Russian teams". basketnews.com.
18. "ECA Shareholders Meeting officially tips off the 2019-20 season". Media Centre (Press release). Euroleague Basketball.
19. "Uber Arena". feeds.incrowdsports.com. Retrieved 23 August 2024. capacity: 14500
20. "Efes to play in new arena in the 2024-25 EuroLeague season". basketnews.com. 20 August 2024. Retrieved 23 August 2024.
21. "Palau Blaugrana". feeds.incrowdsports.com. Retrieved 23 August 2024. capacity: 7585
22. "Buesa Arena". feeds.incrowdsports.com. Retrieved 23 August 2024. capacity: 15431
23. "SAP Garden". feeds.incrowdsports.com. Retrieved 23 August 2024. capacity: 12500
24. "Belgrade Arena". feeds.incrowdsports.com. Retrieved 23 August 2024. capacity: 18386
25. "Aleksandar Nikolić Hall". feeds.incrowdsports.com. Retrieved 23 August 2024. capacity: 8000
26. "Unipol Forum". www.legabasket.it. Retrieved 11 September 2024. Capienza 12700 posti
27. "Ülker Sports and Event Hall". feeds.incrowdsports.com. Retrieved 23 August 2024. capacity: 13000
28. "LDLC Arena". feeds.incrowdsports.com. Retrieved 23 August 2024. capacity: 12523
29. "Astroballe". feeds.incrowdsports.com. Retrieved 23 August 2024. capacity: 5556
30. "Euroleague Basketball approves potential alternative venues for Israeli teams' home games". Euroleague Basketball . 11 July 2024. Retrieved 28 July 2024.
31. "Aleksandar Nikolić Hall". feeds.incrowdsports.com. Retrieved 23 August 2024. capacity: 8000
32. "Salle Gaston Médecin". feeds.incrowdsports.com. Retrieved 23 August 2024. capacity: 4090
33. "Peace and Friendship Stadium". feeds.incrowdsports.com. Retrieved 23 August 2024. capacity: 12300
34. "OAKA Altion". feeds.incrowdsports.com. Retrieved 23 August 2024. capacity: 18300
35. "Adidas Arena". feeds.incrowdsports.com. Retrieved 23 August 2024. capacity: 8000
36. "Accor Arena". feeds.incrowdsports.com. Retrieved 23 August 2024. capacity: 15705
37. "Belgrade Arena". feeds.incrowdsports.com. Retrieved 23 August 2024. capacity: 18386
38. "Aleksandar Nikolić Hall". feeds.incrowdsports.com. Retrieved 23 August 2024. capacity: 8000
39. "WiZink Center". feeds.incrowdsports.com. Retrieved 23 August 2024. capacity: 15000
40. "Virtus Segafredo Arena". feeds.incrowdsports.com. Retrieved 23 August 2024. capacity: 8900
41. "Unipol Arena". feeds.incrowdsports.com. Retrieved 23 August 2024. capacity: 8278
42. "Žalgirio Arena". feeds.incrowdsports.com. Retrieved 23 August 2024. capacity: 15415
43. "Eternal Llull gives to Real Madrid its 11th EuroLeague title". Eurohoops. 21 May 2023.
44. "Sloukas lets Fenerbahce stay perfect at home". euroleague.net. Euroleague Basketball . Retrieved 5 April 2019.
45. "Partizan sets crowd record at Belgrade Arena!". Euroleague.net. 5 March 2009. Retrieved 6 March 2009.
46. "Radivoj Korac's 99 points". Welcome to EUROLEAGUE BASKETBALL. 3 October 2024.
47. "101 Greats: Radivoj Korac". Welcome to EUROLEAGUE BASKETBALL. 3 October 2024.
48. "Hayes-Davis sets EuroLeague single-game scoring record with 50 points!". Euroleague Basketball. 29 March 2024.
49. "European club champions: 1958–2014". Welcome to EUROLEAGUE BASKETBALL. 3 October 2024.
50. "30.000 κόσμος στο "κλειστό"!" (in Greek). Gazzeta. 18 April 2013.
51. "Panathinaikos Athens vs. FC Barcelona Regal – Game". www.euroleague.net. 5 December 2023.
52. "Fenerbahce-Madrid Game of Week sets new TV reach record". Welcome to EUROLEAGUE BASKETBALL. 3 October 2024.
53. "– CSPN China to broadcast Turkish Airlines Euroleague". Euroleague.net. 16 December 2010.
54. "ESPN to bring the Turkish Airlines EuroLeague to U.S. audience". Euroleague Basketball. 8 May 2022. Retrieved 9 May 2023.
55. "FloSports Acquires EuroLeague Basketball Rights in North America". FloSports. 7 May 2018. Retrieved 3 October 2019.
56. "Record broadcast reach for 2017 Final Four!". Welcome to EUROLEAGUE BASKETBALL. 3 October 2024.
57. "EuroLeague live: where to watch?;". Basketnews.com. 8 May 2023. Retrieved 10 May 2024.
58. "TV Listings - EuroLeague". euroleaguebasketball.net. May 2024. Retrieved 24 May 2024.
59. "ESPN to bring the Turkish Airlines EuroLeague to U.S. Audience | EuroLeague". 8 May 2023.
60. "Basketball live bei MagentaSport". magentasport.de. Retrieved 16 May 2024.
61. "Global – Marketing Partners". Euroleague Basketball. Archived from the original on 7 November 2017. Retrieved 4 November 2017.
62. "Germany – Marketing Partners". Euroleague Basketball. Archived from the original on 7 November 2017. Retrieved 4 November 2017.
63. "Russia – Marketing Partners". Euroleague Basketball. Archived from the original on 7 November 2017. Retrieved 4 November 2017.
64. "Turkey – Marketing Partners". Euroleague Basketball. Archived from the original on 7 November 2017. Retrieved 4 November 2017.
65. "Spain – Marketing Partners". Euroleague Basketball. Archived from the original on 7 November 2017. Retrieved 4 November 2017.
66. "Greece – Marketing Partners". Euroleague Basketball. Archived from the original on 7 November 2017. Retrieved 4 November 2017.

External links

• EuroLeague – Official website
• EuroLeague TV – Official website
• Euroleague Basketball – Official website