European professional basketball club rankings

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The European professional basketball club rankings are determined by the results of the professional basketball clubs in the EuroLeague and the EuroCup over the previous three seasons, excluding the competition's qualifying rounds. This ranking is exhaustive and does not include all the European club as it is based on closed ligue participation. The FIBA proposes its own alternative rankings. [1]

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The clubs receive two points for a win and one point for a tie or loss, in games of the main stages (and onwards) of the EuroLeague and the EuroCup. Qualifying round results are not taken into account. Clubs also receive 2 bonus points for reaching the Top 16 stage of the EuroCup, 2 bonus points for reaching the last 8 stage, one bonus point for reaching the last 4 stage, and 1 bonus point for reaching the Finals. [2]

In case of a tie, the club with more wins in the last three seasons will rank higher. Should a tie persist, the ranking in the last EuroLeague or EuroCup season will determine the positions.

Current ranking

The top clubs in the current rankings are as follows (updated to 19 April 2024):

Rank
2024
Rank
2023
Mvmt.ClubCountry2021-222022-232023-24PointsLC
12 Green-Up-Arrow.svg +1 Real Madrid Flag of Spain.svg Spain 5973631951
23 Green-Up-Arrow.svg +1 Olympiacos Flag of Greece.svg Greece 5872571862
31 RedDownArrow.svg −2 FC Barcelona Flag of Spain.svg Spain 6166581853
46 Green-Up-Arrow.svg +2 Monaco Flag of France.svg France 526959180
59 Green-Up-Arrow.svg +4 Maccabi Tel Aviv Flag of Israel.svg Israel 5060571674
64 RedDownArrow.svg −2 Anadolu Efes Flag of Turkey.svg Turkey 5949521605
78 Green-Up-Arrow.svg +1 Fenerbahçe Flag of Turkey.svg Turkey 3861561556
85 RedDownArrow.svg −3 Olimpia Milano Flag of Italy.svg Italy 5449491527
910 Green-Up-Arrow.svg +1 Baskonia Flag of Spain.svg Spain 4052571498
1013 Green-Up-Arrow.svg +3 Virtus Bologna Flag of Italy.svg Italy 434855146
1118 Green-Up-Arrow.svg +7 Partizan Flag of Serbia.svg Serbia 316350144
127 RedDownArrow.svg −5 Bayern Munich Flag of Germany.svg Germany 5145471439
1311 RedDownArrow.svg −2 Žalgiris Flag of Lithuania.svg Lithuania 36564814010
1417 Green-Up-Arrow.svg +3 Panathinaikos Flag of Greece.svg Greece 3741 a 5913711
1512 RedDownArrow.svg −3 Valencia Basket Flag of Spain.svg Spain 404948137
1614 RedDownArrow.svg −2 Crvena zvezda Flag of Serbia.svg Serbia 405145136
1715 RedDownArrow.svg −2 ALBA Berlin Flag of Germany.svg Germany 404538123
1816 RedDownArrow.svg −3 ASVEL Flag of France.svg France 36424312112
1919 Disc Plain yellow dark.svg Gran Canaria Flag of Spain.svg Spain 374533115
2020 Disc Plain yellow dark.svg Joventut Flag of Spain.svg Spain 313933103
2127 Green-Up-Arrow.svg +6 Turk Telekom Flag of Turkey.svg Turkey 274429100
2225 Green-Up-Arrow.svg +3 JL Bourg Flag of France.svg France 24304599
2323 Disc Plain yellow dark.svg ratiopharm Ulm Flag of Germany.svg Germany 32363199
2421 RedDownArrow.svg −3 Budućnost Flag of Montenegro.svg Montenegro 31302687
2526 Green-Up-Arrow.svg +1 Reyer Venezia Flag of Italy.svg Italy 30302686
2628 Green-Up-Arrow.svg +2 Lietkabelis Flag of Lithuania.svg Lithuania 28312584
2742 Green-Up-Arrow.svg +15 Paris Basketball Flag of France.svg France 0344983
2837 Green-Up-Arrow.svg +9 Prometey Flag of Ukraine.svg Ukraine 0423577
2922 RedDownArrow.svg −7 Cedevita Olimpija Flag of Slovenia.svg Slovenia 36211976
3040 Green-Up-Arrow.svg +10 Hapoel Tel Aviv Flag of Israel.svg Israel 0383674
3135 Green-Up-Arrow.svg +4 Hamburg Towers Flag of Germany.svg Germany 25272072
3244 Green-Up-Arrow.svg +11 London Lions Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom 0294170
3324 RedDownArrow.svg −9 Bursaspor Flag of Turkey.svg Turkey 3929068
3432 RedDownArrow.svg −2 Aquila Basket Trento Flag of Italy.svg Italy 17222564
3539 Green-Up-Arrow.svg +4 WKS Śląsk Wrocław Flag of Poland.svg Poland 22192061
3647 Green-Up-Arrow.svg +11 U-BT Cluj-Napoca Flag of Romania.svg Romania 0233660
3729 RedDownArrow.svg −8 Promitheas Flag of Greece.svg Greece 2136057
38N/AN/A Beşiktaş Flag of Turkey.svg Turkey 003939
3934 RedDownArrow.svg −5 Andorra Flag of Spain.svg Spain 380038
4031 RedDownArrow.svg −9 Metropolitans 92 Flag of France.svg France 340034
41N/AN/A Aris Flag of Greece.svg Greece 003030
4238 RedDownArrow.svg −4 Brescia Flag of Italy.svg Italy 029029
43N/AN/A Wolves Flag of Lithuania.svg Lithuania 002626
4430 RedDownArrow.svg −14 CSKA Moscow Flag of Russia.svg Russia 0 b 00013
4543 RedDownArrow.svg −2 Lokomotiv Kuban Flag of Russia.svg Russia 0 b 000
4636 RedDownArrow.svg −10 UNICS Flag of Russia.svg Russia 0 b 000
4733 RedDownArrow.svg −14 Zenit Flag of Russia.svg Russia 0 b 000
  Indicates teams still competing in this season's EuroLeague or EuroCup.
Notes
^a Panathinaikos were docked two wins as a punishment by Euroleague Basketball for breaching Financial Fair Play regulations. [3]

^b The four Russian teams were suspended in season 2021-22 because of the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine. As the Russian invasion of Ukraine did not cease, the records of all regular season matches against Russian teams in Euroleague and Eurocup were annulled.

Minimum points ranking

Minimum points ranking is a method for calculating points for every country association participated in Euroleague and Eurocup competitions in the last three-year period. It represents results of the worst-performing team from each country/league that will be added together every year to create a position for that country/league. This is the lowest possible position that any club from that country/league can occupy in the draw. Main purpose is to rank teams (that haven't participated in the last three-year period) for the Eurocup draw. [4]

Country2020-212021-222022-23Points
Flag of Israel.svg Israel 485038136
Flag of Spain.svg Spain 24333996
Flag of France.svg France 22243076
Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg ABA League 24302175
Flag of Lithuania.svg Lithuania 12303173
Flag of Turkey.svg Turkey 12292970
Flag of Greece.svg Greece 12213669
Flag of Germany.svg Germany 14272768
Flag of Russia.svg Russia 3420054
Flag of Italy.svg Italy 12182252
Flag of Ukraine.svg Ukraine004242
Flag of Poland.svg Poland 0221941
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom002929
Flag of Romania.svg Romania002323
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Belgium 110011

Top club by period

The top-ranked clubs in each 3-year period listed by year:[ citation needed ]

YearsClubRanking
2008–2011 Flag of Spain.svg FC Barcelona 132
2009–2012131
2010–2013144
2011–2014 Flag of Russia.svg CSKA Moscow 164
2012–2015178
2013–2016178
2014–2017186
2015–2018193
2016–2019205

See also

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