2023–24 Basketball Champions League

Basketball Champions League
The Štark Arena in Belgrade hosted the Final Four
Season2023–24
DatesQualifying:
24 September – 1 October 2023
Competition proper:
17 October 2023 – 28 April 2024
TeamsCompetition proper: 32
Total: 53 (from 28 countries)
Regular season
Season MVPMarcelo Huertas
(Tenerife)
Finals
ChampionsSpain Unicaja (1st title)
  Runners-upSpain Lenovo Tenerife
Third placeSpain UCAM Murcia
Fourth placeGreece Peristeri
Final Four MVPKendrick Perry
(Unicaja)
Awards
Best CoachVassilis Spanoulis
(Peristeri)
Best Young PlayerTidjane Salaün
(Cholet)
Statistical leaders
Points Kyle Guy (Tenerife) 21.5
Rebounds Austin Wiley (Tofaş) 8.9
Assists Joe Ragland (Peristeri) 8.9

The 2023–24 Basketball Champions League was the 8th season of the Basketball Champions League (BCL), the premier[citation needed] European professional basketball competition for clubs launched by FIBA. The season began on 17 October 2023 and ended with the championship game on 28 April 2024.[1]

Telekom Baskets Bonn were the defending champions, but were eliminated by Peristeri in the quarter-finals. The Štark Arena in Belgrade hosted the Final Four and the championship game, the second time the competition had a neutral venue for its conclusion.[1] Unicaja won its first Champions League title following their win over Lenovo Tenerife in the final.[2] As champions, Unicaja also qualified for the 2024 FIBA Intercontinental Cup.

Team allocation

Country rankings

The BCL Country Ranking is used to define the number of clubs each country is entitled to enter into the various stages of the BCL.

The results are based on the results of the past three seasons (the 2020-21, 2021-22 and 2022-23 seasons).[3]

Rank Association Average points Teams
1  Spain 104.75 5
2  Germany 69.00 4
3  France 63.77
4  Turkey 63.20 5
5  Israel 63.00 3
6  Bosnia and Herzegovina 63.00 1
7  Czech Republic 56.00
8  Hungary 49.00
9  Greece 43.25 4
10  Italy 41.33
11  Romania 41.00 1
12  Russia (suspended) 40.50 0
13  Latvia 38.00 1
14  Belgium 34.50 2
15  Lithuania 34.50
16  Ukraine 26.00
0
17  Denmark 24.00 1
18  Portugal 21.00
Rank Association Average points Teams
19  Poland 19.00 2
20  Belarus 15.00 0
21  Estonia 12.00 1
22  Cyprus 8.00
23  Switzerland 7.00
24  Netherlands 4.00
25  Slovakia 4.00
26  Serbia 4.00
27  Finland 3.00
28  Great Britain 3.00
29  Austria 3.00 0
30  Croatia 2.00
31  Montenegro 2.00
32  Bulgaria 2.00
33  Sweden 1.00 1
34  North Macedonia 1.00 0
35  Kosovo 1.00 1

Teams

A total of 54 teams from 29 countries participated in the 2023–24 Basketball Champions League.[4] 15 of them were domestic champions in the previous season. Two teams were invited as a wild card entries.[5]

If one or more clubs do not exercise their right to participate in the BCL, the FIBA may decide to allocate the respective place(s) to other clubs of the same or other National Federation(s).[6]

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

  • TH: Champions League title holders
  • WC: Wild card.
  • AV: Allocation vacant.NOTE

NOTE: According to BCL rankings, National Federations of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Czechia and Hungary should had two berths in Regular season, as well as one berth for the champion of Romania (U-BT Cluj Napoca decided to play Eurocup), and one berth for the Russian representative (banned from competition). Their places were allocated to the teams from Turkey (3), Spain (1) and Poland (1).[citation needed]

Qualified teams for 2023–24 Basketball Champions League (by entry round)
Regular season
Turkey Pınar Karşıyaka (2nd) Greece AEK (6th)WC France JDA Dijon (5th) Czech Republic Opava (1st)
Turkey Bursaspor İnfo Yatırım (5th) Spain Unicaja (3rd) France Le Mans Sarthe (6th) Hungary Falco Szombathely (1st)
Turkey Darüşşafaka Lassa (6th)AV Spain Lenovo Tenerife (6th) Israel Hapoel Jerusalem (3th) Latvia VEF Rīga (1st)
Turkey Tofaş (7th)AV Spain UCAM Murcia (9th) Israel Hapoel Holon (4th) Lithuania Rytas (2nd)
Turkey Galatasaray Nef (8th)AV Spain Río Breogán (10th)AV Italy Bertram Derthona (3rd) Poland King Szczecin (1st)AV
Greece Peristeri bwin (3rd) Germany Telekom Baskets Bonn (2nd)TH Italy Dinamo Sassari (4th)
Greece PAOK (4th) Germany MHP Riesen Ludwigsburg (4th) Belgium Filou Oostende (1st)
Greece Promitheas (5th)WC Germany EWE Baskets Oldenburg (6th) Bosnia and Herzegovina Igokea (1st)
Qualifying rounds
France Cholet (7th) Estonia Kalev/Cramo (1st) Lithuania CBet Jonava (4th) Slovakia Patrioti Levice (1st)
France SIG Strasbourg (8th)WC Finland Karhu (2nd) Montenegro Mornar Barsko zlato (3rd) Spain Monbus Obradoiro (11th)
Italy Happy Casa Brindisi (7th) Georgia (country) TSU Tbilisi (1st) Netherlands Heroes Den Bosch (3rd)[Note NED] Sweden Norrköping Dolphins (1st)
Italy Openjobmetis Varese (13th)WC Germany Göttingen (7th) Poland Legia Warsaw (4th)WC Switzerland Fribourg Olympic (1st)
Belgium Telenet Giants Antwerp (2nd) United Kingdom Caledonia Gladiators (4th) Portugal Benfica (1st)
Cyprus AEK Larnaca (1st) Israel Ironi Ness Ziona (6th) Romania CSM Oradea (2nd)
Denmark Bakken Bears (1st) Kosovo Peja (1st) Serbia FMP Meridian (2nd)

Notes

  1. ^
    Netherlands (NED): ZZ Leiden would have qualified as the winners of the 2022-23 BNXT Dutch Playoffs, but withdrew from applying because their arena did not meet FIBA Europe's capacity standards.[7] As a result, the spot was given to Heroes Den Bosch, third in the national league.

Qualifying rounds

Draw

The draw for the qualifying rounds will be made on 5 July 2023. The 25 teams were divided into six pots. The top eight national champions from the unrepresented nations were placed into Pots 1 and 2, and the remaining clubs into Pots 3–6. Pots are arranged based on the competition's club ranking and, for clubs that have not yet participated in the competition, on the country ranking.[8]

The three winners of the finals will then qualify for the regular season and join the 29 directly qualified teams in the main draw. The rest of the teams will be demoted, if they apply, to the FIBA Europe Cup.[8]

Venue

On July 27, 2023, it was announced that Antalya Sports Hall in Antalya, Turkey, has been selected as the host city for the Qualification Rounds which was scheduled to take place from 24 September to 1 October.[9]

Champions Path

Pot 1
Team Pts
Denmark Bakken Bears 24
Portugal Benfica 18
Estonia Kalev/Cramo 11
Slovakia Patrioti Levice 4
Pot 2
Team Pts
Sweden Norrköping Dolphins 1
Cyprus AEK Larnaca 1
Kosovo Peja 1.00
Georgia (country) TSU Tbilisi 0.00

Main Path

Pot 3
Team Pts
France SIG Strasbourg 100
Italy Happy Casa Brindisi 35
France Cholet 11
Poland Legia Warszaw 8
Pot 6
Team Pts
Romania CSM Oradea 41.00
Lithuania CBet Jonava 36.50
Belgium Telenet Giants Antwerp 34.50
Winner of the Preliminary round
Preliminary Pot
Team Pts
United Kingdom Caledonia Gladiators 3.00
Switzerland Fribourg Olympic 7
Pot 4
Team Pts
Serbia FMP Meridian 4
Netherlands Heroes Den Bosch 2
Finland Karhu 2
Montenegro Mornar Bar 2
Pot 5
Team Pts
Spain Monbus Obradoiro 102.25
Germany Göttingen 67.75
Israel Ironi Ness Ziona 62.00
Italy Openjobmetis Varese 41.33
Notes
^† Indicates teams with no club points, therefore using the country points as a tiebreaker.

Pre-qualifier

The pre-qualifier round match consists of a one leg match that is expected to take place at a neutral venue.

The winner of the pre-qualifiers round match will be drawn to Pot 6 and advanced to the main qualifying rounds. The losers of the pre-qualifiers is transferred (if they apply) to the FIBA Europe Cup

Team 1  Score  Team 2
Fribourg Olympic Switzerland 57–51 United Kingdom Caledonia Gladiators

Qualification Group I

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
25 September
 
 
Denmark Bakken Bears103
 
27 September
 
Kosovo Peja79
 
Denmark Bakken Bears68
 
25 September
 
Sweden Norrköping Dolphins78
 
Estonia Kalev78
 
29 September
 
Sweden Norrköping Dolphins82
 
Sweden Norrköping Dolphins73
 
25 September
 
Portugal Benfica83
 
Portugal Benfica122
 
27 September
 
Georgia (country) TSU Tbilisi62
 
Portugal Benfica87
 
25 September
 
Cyprus AEK Larnaca59
 
Slovakia Patrioti Levice66
 
 
Cyprus AEK Larnaca 74
 

Qualification Group II

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
27 September
 
 
France Cholet76
 
29 September
 
Belgium Antwerp Giants72
 
France Cholet96
 
27 September
 
Italy Varese88
 
Serbia FMP71
 
1 October
 
Italy Varese73
 
France Cholet80
 
27 September
 
Italy Brindisi69
 
Italy Brindisi 77
 
29 September
 
Romania Oradea74
 
Italy Brindisi78
 
27 September
 
Netherlands Heroes Den Bosch63
 
Netherlands Heroes Den Bosch96
 
 
Germany Göttingen84
 

Qualification Group III

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
26 September
 
 
France SIG Strasbourg83
 
28 September
 
Lithuania Jonava78
 
France SIG Strasbourg79
 
26 September
 
Israel Ironi Ness Ziona74
 
Finland Karhu56
 
30 September
 
Israel Ironi Ness Ziona92
 
France SIG Strasbourg82
 
26 September
 
Spain Obradoiro78
 
Poland Legia Warsaw70
 
28 September
 
Switzerland Fribourg Olympic59
 
Poland Legia Warsaw66
 
26 September
 
Spain Obradoiro74
 
Montenegro Mornar Bar56
 
 
Spain Obradoiro90
 

Regular season

Draw

The 29 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.[8]

Pot 1
Team Pts
Spain Lenovo Tenerife 135
Israel Hapoel Holon 98
Israel Hapoel Jerusalem 78
Spain Unicaja 75
Turkey Pınar Karşıyaka 71
Turkey Tofaş 69
Greece AEK 67
France JDA Dijon 65
Pot 2
Team Pts
Germany MHP Riesen Ludwigsburg 64
Lithuania Rytas 62
Turkey Galatasaray Nef 61
Germany Telekom Baskets Bonn 56
Bosnia and Herzegovina Igokea 56
Hungary Falco Szombathely 52
Turkey Darüşşafaka Lassa 52
Belgium Filou Oostende 49
Pot 3
Team Pts
Italy Dinamo Sassari 40
Latvia VEF Rīga 38
Spain UCAM Murcia 33
Greece Peristeri bwin 30
Greece PAOK 26
Germany EWE Baskets Oldenburg 8
Turkey Bursaspor İnfo Yatırım 63.60
Greece Promitheas 44.25
Pot 4
Team Pts
Czech Republic Opava 4
France Le Mans Sarthe 2
Spain Río Breogán 1
Italy Bertram Derthona 41.33
Poland King Szczecin 19.00
Portugal Benfica (Winner QF–T1)
France Cholet (Winner QF–T2)
France SIG Strasbourg (Winner QF–T3)
Notes
^† Indicates teams with no club points, therefore using the country points as a tiebreaker.

Group A

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification UNI LMS PER FAL
1 Spain Unicaja 6 4 2 490 442 +48 10 Advance to round of 16 83–74 81–64 88–65
2 France Le Mans Sarthe 6 3 3 477 463 +14 9 Advance to play-ins 85–78 96–68 63–81
3 Greece Peristeri bwin 6 3 3 463 493 −30 9 76–73 78–86 87–70
4 Hungary Falco Szombathely 6 2 4 456 488 −32 8 78–87 75–73 87–90

Group B

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification DIJ RYT PRO OPA
1 France JDA Dijon 6 5 1 526 441 +85 11 Advance to round of 16 87–83 88–80 99–64
2 Lithuania Rytas 6 4 2 509 455 +54 10 Advance to play-ins 79–77 77–75 99–63
3 Greece Promitheas 6 3 3 516 475 +41 9 68–71 78–76 115–66
4 Czech Republic Opava 6 0 6 432 612 −180 6 67–104 75–95 97–100

Group C

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification TFE CHO DAR VEF
1 Spain Lenovo Tenerife 6 4 2 490 443 +47 10 Advance to round of 16 95–75 72–63 76–55
2 France Cholet 6 3 3 485 495 −10 9 Advance to play-ins 85–91 97–86 74–73
3 Turkey Darüşşafaka Lassa 6 3 3 488 500 −12 9 88–84 80–91 87–81
4 Latvia VEF Rīga 6 2 4 431 456 −25 8 77–72 70–63 75–84

Group D

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification AEK LUD DIN SZC
1 Greece AEK 6 5 1 528 461 +67 11 Advance to round of 16 84–79 110–79 86–64
2 Germany MHP Riesen Ludwigsburg 6 3 3 480 490 −10 9 Advance to play-ins 83–79 79–89 82–78
3 Italy Dinamo Sassari 6 2 4 509 543 −34 8 79–83 80–97 97–81
4 Poland King Szczecin 6 2 4 473 496 −23 8 77–86 80–60 93–85

Group E

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification SIG KAR OOS OLD
1 France SIG Strasbourg 6 4 2 487 467 +20 10 Advance to round of 16 80–65 81–68 85–77
2 Turkey Pınar Karşıyaka 6 3 3 495 487 +8 9 Advance to play-ins 87–72 94–77 85–83
3 Belgium Filou Oostende 6 3 3 462 499 −37 9 87–84 78–76 88–83
4 Germany EWE Baskets Oldenburg 6 2 4 504 495 +9 8 83–85 97–88 81–64

Group F

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification BON HOL BRE BUR
1 Germany Telekom Baskets Bonn 6 3 3 497 473 +24 9 Advance to round of 16 74–75 86–71 82–92
2 Israel Hapoel Holon 6 3 3 463 456 +7 9 Advance to play-ins 65–72 84–79 74–75
3 Spain Rio Breogan 6 3 3 462 459 +3 9 97–92 82–72 68–48
4 Turkey Bursaspor İnfo Yatırım 6 3 3 439 473 −34 9 73–91 74–93 77–65

Group G

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification JER PAO GAL BEN
1 Israel Hapoel Jerusalem 6 5 1 513 440 +73 11 Advance to round of 16 71–61 99–96 97–68
2 Greece PAOK 6 3 3 455 478 −23 9 Advance to play-ins 79–77 79–85 76–74
3 Turkey Galatasaray Ekmas 6 3 3 513 492 +21 9 70–85 77–88 98–78
4 Portugal Benfica 6 1 5 443 514 −71 7 66–84 94–72 63–87

Group H

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification UCM DER TOF IGO
1 Spain UCAM Murcia 6 5 1 517 427 +90 11 Advance to round of 16 87–75 115–89 72–47
2 Italy Bertram Derthona 6 5 1 500 484 +16 11 Advance to play-ins 78–74 91–85 91–84
3 Turkey Tofaş 6 2 4 532 551 −19 8 75–90 80–88 99–65
4 Bosnia and Herzegovina Igokea 6 0 6 435 522 −87 6 63–79 74–77 102–104

Play-ins

The Play-ins took place from 2 to 17 January 2024. 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 2–3 January, the second legs on 9–10 January. Eventual third legs were played on 16–17 January.

Team 1 Series Team 2 Game 1 Game 2 Game 3
Le Mans Sarthe France 0–2 Greece Promitheas 68–78 78–91
Rytas Lithuania 0–2 Greece Peristeri bwin 92–110 80–83
Cholet France 2–1 Italy Dinamo Sassari 72–93 95–91 93–77
MHP Riesen Ludwigsburg Germany 2–1 Turkey Darüşşafaka Lassa 82–63 72–83 99–73
Pınar Karşıyaka Turkey 2–1 Spain Río Breogán 89–85 73–80 86–76
Hapoel Holon Israel 2–1 Belgium Filou Oostende 80–70 61–71 78–72
PAOK Greece 1–2 Turkey Tofaş 63–95 88–87 (OT) 71–84
Basket Derthona Italy 0–2 Turkey Galatasaray Ekmas 70–71 89–95

Round of 16

The Round of 16 will take place from January 24 until March 22, 2024. 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 Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification UNI TOF SIG CHO
1 Spain Unicaja 6 6 0 510 422 +88 12 Advance to quarter-finals 89–70 91–62 85–70
2 Turkey Tofaş 6 2 4 462 466 −4 8 76–80 93–71 84–71
3 France SIG Strasbourg 6 2 4 470 510 −40 8 70–79 78–65 96–84
4 France Cholet 6 2 4 474 518 −44 8 74–86 77–74 98–93

Group J

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification BON LUD DIJ GAL
1 Germany Telekom Baskets Bonn 6 5 1 500 466 +34 11 Advance to quarter-finals 80–75 89–74 89–76
2 Germany MHP Riesen Ludwigsburg 6 3 3 507 479 +28 9 81–85 71–59 100–80
3 France JDA Dijon 6 2 4 458 490 −32 8 62–72 82–89 85–76
4 Turkey Galatasaray Ekmas 6 2 4 516 546 −30 8 95–85 93–91 93–96

Group K

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification TFE PER JER KAR
1 Spain Lenovo Tenerife 6 4 2 521 511 +10 10 Advance to quarter-finals 89–68 95–92 88–79
2 Greece Peristeri 6 3 3 473 475 −2 9 90–82 75–77 76–73
3 Israel Hapoel Jerusalem 6 3 3 485 479 +6 9 85–61 61–76 83–74
4 Turkey Pınar Karşıyaka 6 2 4 514 528 −14 8 97–106 93–88 98–87

Group L

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification UCM PRO HOL AEK
1 Spain UCAM Murcia 6 4 2 490 453 +37 10 Advance to quarter-finals 90–81 78–61 100–89
2 Greece Promitheas 6 4 2 485 472 +13 10 79–78 92–93 80–79
3 Israel Hapoel Holon 6 4 2 474 480 −6 10 64–60 65–74 79–68
4 Greece AEK 6 0 6 490 534 −44 6 79–84 67–79 108–112

Playoffs

The playoffs will begin on 3 April 2024 and ends with the 2024 Basketball Champions League Final Four, which will be hosted in the Štark Arena in Belgrade, Serbia.[1]

 
QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
 
                
 
 
 
 
Spain Lenovo Tenerife838178
 
26 April
 
Turkey Tofaş779055
 
Spain Lenovo Tenerife97
 
 
 
Greece Peristeri93
 
Germany Telekom Baskets Bonn896277
 
28 April
 
Greece Peristeri789089
 
Spain Lenovo Tenerife75
 
 
 
Spain Unicaja80
 
Spain UCAM Murcia9885
 
26 April
 
Germany MHP Riesen Ludwigsburg7272
 
Spain UCAM Murcia74
 
 
 
Spain Unicaja80Third place
 
Spain Unicaja6790
 
28 April
 
Greece Promitheas5483
 
Greece Peristeri84
 
 
Spain UCAM Murcia87
 

Final Four

Semifinals

The semifinals were played on 26 April 2024.

Team 1  Score  Team 2
Lenovo Tenerife Spain 97–93 Greece Peristeri
UCAM Murcia Spain 74–80 Spain Unicaja

Third place game

The third place game was played on 28 April 2024.

Team 1  Score  Team 2
Peristeri Greece 84–87 Spain UCAM Murcia

Final

The final was played on 28 April 2024.

Team 1  Score  Team 2
Lenovo Tenerife Spain 75–80 Spain Unicaja

Individual awards

Season awards

The annual season awards were announced on 27 April.

Award Player Club
Most Valuable Player Brazil Marcelo Huertas Spain Lenovo Tenerife
Final Four MVP Montenegro Kendrick Perry Spain Unicaja
Best Defensive Player Cuba Howard Sant-Roos Spain UCAM Murcia
Best Young Player France Tidjane Salaün France Cholet
Best Coach Greece Vassilis Spanoulis Greece Peristeri
First Team Second Team
Player Team Player Team
United StatesLiberia Joe Ragland Greece Peristeri Jamaica Dylan Ennis Spain UCAM Murcia
Brazil Marcelinho Huertas Spain Lenovo Tenerife United States Hunter Hale Greece Promitheas Patras
Montenegro Kendrick Perry Spain Unicaja United States Levi Randolph Israel Hapoel Jerusalem
United States David Kravish Spain Unicaja United States Dylan Osetkowski Spain Unicaja
United States Austin Wiley Turkey Tofaş United States Vernon Carey Jr. Turkey Pınar Karşıyaka

MVP of the Month

Month Player Club Ref.
2023
October
United States Vernon Carey Jr. Turkey Pınar Karşıyaka
November
United States Justin Tillman Greece AEK
December
United States Levi Randolph Israel Hapoel Jerusalem
2024
January
United States Hunter Hale Greece Promitheas Patras
March
United StatesLiberia Joe Ragland Greece Peristeri

Team of the Month

Year Month Player Team Ref.
2023 October United States Chris Dowe Italy Derthona Basket
United States Justin Tillman Greece AEK
Slovenia Gregor Hrovat France JDA Dijon
United States David McCormack Turkey Darüşşafaka Lassa
United States Vernon Carey Jr. Turkey Pınar Karşıyaka
November Brazil Marcelinho Huertas Spain Lenovo Tenerife
United States David Holston France JDA Dijon
United States Kendall Smith Greece PAOK
United States Levi Randolph Israel Hapoel Jerusalem
United States Justin Tillman Greece AEK
December United States Muhammad-Ali Abdur-Rahkman Turkey Darüşşafaka Lassa
United States Levi Randolph (x2) Israel Hapoel Jerusalem
Belgium Pierre-Antoine Gillet Belgium Filou Oostende
Lithuania Gytis Radzevičius Lithuania Rytas Vilnius
United States David McCormack (x2) Turkey Galatasaray Ekmas
2024 January Brazil Marcelinho Huertas Spain Lenovo Tenerife
United States Hunter Hale Greece Promitheas Patras
United States Craig Randall II France Cholet Basket
United States Justin Smith Israel Hapoel Holon
United States Austin Wiley Turkey Tofaş
March United StatesLiberia Joe Ragland Greece Peristeri
Brazil Marcelinho Huertas (x2) Spain Lenovo Tenerife
United States Jayvon Graves Germany Riesen Ludwigsburg
United States Dustin Sleva Spain UCAM Murcia
Colombia Jaime Echenique Greece Promitheas Patras

See also

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