The historical European national basketball league rankings are the rankings for each of the different European regional and domestic basketball leagues that are or were eligible to participate in Europe's international continental professional club basketball competitions.
History
Over the history of European-wide club basketball competitions, dating back to the old FIBA European Champions Cup (now known as the EuroLeague), which began in 1958, three European national domestic leagues stood out in prominence under the old ratings system that was based only on basketball game competition results, and was originally overseen by FIBA, and then later by Euroleague Basketball Company. The Italian Lega A, which was the top league historically, the Spanish ACB, which was the second best league historically, and the Greek Basket League, which was the third best league historically. The old ratings system, which was used from 1958–2007, included only basketball game competition related results.
Also, the old USSR Premiere League, and the old Yugoslav First Federal League, were additional leagues that historically were among the elite of Europe before they folded. The old Yugoslav First Federal League exists in a similar form today, as the Adriatic ABA League, and the old USSR Premiere League exists in a similar form today, as the VTB United League.
FIBA EuroLeague domestic league rankings (by country) 1958 – 2001
The FIBA EuroLeague domestic league rankings (by country), from 1958–2001, including the FIBA SuproLeague 2000–01 season. These were the domestic league rankings that were based on play in the first-tier European competition, the EuroLeague. These rankings were part of the old rating system, which was used from 1958–2007, and included only basketball game competition related results as rankings criteria.
Rk
League (by country)
TP
P
CW
GP
W
D
L
PS
PSA
PSD
RP
1.
Italy
10
67
12
977
612
2
363
80889
75345
5544
1226
2.
Spain
8
63
9
941
590
3
348
80184
72717
7467
1183
3.
Greece
8
59
3
705
414
1
290
54924
53421
1503
829
4.
France
14
56
1
660
327
1
332
51834
51304
530
655
5.
Israel
6
51
3
537
307
0
230
45033
43217
1816
614
6.
Croatia
4
32
5
465
252
0
213
37334
36852
482
504
7.
Russia
4
30
4
360
207
0
153
29383
27478
1905
414
8.
Turkey
13
51
0
412
202
0
210
30815
31405
−590
404
9.
Germany
15
53
0
377
154
1
222
29700
30618
−918
309
10.
Belgium
8
39
0
292
136
4
152
23767
23731
36
276
11.
Serbia
5
19
1
225
116
1
108
18671
18301
370
233
12.
Czech Republic
6
33
0
207
108
3
96
17074
16496
578
219
13.
Bulgaria
8
36
0
184
87
2
95
14910
15021
−111
176
14.
Slovenia
3
16
0
185
87
0
98
13923
13865
58
174
15.
Netherlands
14
34
0
214
83
1
130
18140
18637
−497
167
16.
Poland
10
33
0
150
60
1
89
12113
12618
−505
121
17.
Lithuania
2
9
1
100
54
0
46
8323
8056
267
108
18.
Hungary
7
33
0
116
51
0
65
9750
9802
−52
102
19.
Romania
4
28
0
107
46
0
61
8153
8633
−480
92
20.
Finland
12
36
0
130
44
1
85
10400
11304
−904
89
21.
Austria
9
38
0
145
44
1
100
11574
12565
−991
89
22.
Bosnia-Herzegovina
3
6
1
65
40
0
25
5806
5602
204
80
23.
England
15
27
0
124
34
2
88
9866
11266
−1400
70
24.
Sweden
11
33
0
128
33
1
94
10196
11531
−1335
67
25.
Switzerland
12
29
0
99
28
2
69
8123
9160
−1037
58
26.
Portugal
8
31
0
137
28
1
108
10100
12003
−1903
57
27.
Latvia
1
7
3
34
23
0
11
2745
2527
218
46
28.
Albania
5
24
0
66
19
1
46
5281
5958
−677
39
29.
Georgia
2
6
1
25
13
0
12
1921
1929
−8
26
30.
Slovakia
4
9
0
32
13
0
19
2612
2733
−121
26
31.
Ukraine
1
5
0
18
10
1
7
1571
1542
29
21
32.
Scotland
5
13
0
38
10
1
27
2977
3512
−535
21
33.
Estonia
2
5
0
24
9
0
15
2123
2180
−57
18
34.
Luxembourg
10
38
0
93
8
1
84
6028
8812
−2784
17
35.
Montenegro
1
1
0
19
8
0
11
1361
1375
−14
16
36.
FYR Macedonia
1
3
0
8
4
0
4
604
622
−18
8
37.
Egypt
3
12
0
28
4
0
24
1997
2686
−689
8
38.
Cyprus
7
14
0
36
4
0
32
2431
3690
−1259
8
39.
Iceland
4
12
0
22
3
0
19
1538
2230
−692
6
40.
Morocco
8
13
0
30
3
0
27
1814
2699
−885
6
41.
Belarus
1
1
0
3
2
0
1
290
252
38
4
42.
Ireland
2
2
0
4
1
0
3
300
408
−108
2
43.
Syria
4
8
0
18
1
0
17
1300
1719
−419
2
44.
Tunisia
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
45.
Lebanon
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
46.
Norway
2
2
0
4
0
0
4
278
456
−178
0
47.
Northern Ireland
2
5
0
8
0
0
8
342
711
−369
0
48.
Denmark
7
14
0
36
0
0
36
2179
3688
−1509
0
Euroleague Basketball domestic league rankings (by country) 2000 – 2007
The Euroleague Basketball Company domestic league rankings (by country), from 2000–2007. These were the domestic league rankings that were based on play in the first-tier European competition, the EuroLeague. These rankings were part of the old rating system, which was used from 1958–2007, and included only basketball game competition related results, as a rankings criteria.
Rk
League (by country)
TP
P
CW
GP
W
D
L
PS
PSA
PSD
RP
1.
Spain
7
29
1
561
327
0
234
44371
42618
1753
654
2.
Italy
9
28
1
532
295
0
237
42534
41654
880
590
3.
Greece
6
23
2
426
232
0
194
33490
32889
601
464
4.
Russia
4
9
1
189
133
0
56
15326
14182
1144
266
5.
Turkey
4
13
0
242
129
0
113
18164
18002
162
258
6.
Israel
2
8
2
145
93
0
52
12277
11581
696
186
7.
Slovenia
2
9
0
147
65
0
82
11310
11518
-208
130
8.
France
4
13
0
186
62
0
124
13974
14855
-881
124
9.
Lithuania
2
9
0
136
56
0
80
10696
10885
-189
112
10.
Croatia
3
10
0
148
56
0
92
11429
12036
-607
112
11.
Germany
5
9
0
120
36
0
84
8804
9661
-857
72
12.
Poland
2
6
0
96
33
0
63
6940
7489
-549
66
13.
Serbia
1
6
0
90
28
0
62
6868
7317
-449
56
14.
Belgium
2
3
0
42
12
0
30
3316
3576
-260
24
15.
Montenegro
1
3
0
40
12
0
28
3185
3540
-355
24
16.
Switzerland
1
2
0
10
3
0
7
777
914
-137
6
17.
England
1
2
0
24
1
0
23
1685
2144
-459
2
18.
Sweden
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
19.
Portugal
2
2
0
12
0
0
12
896
1181
-285
0
Overall combined European domestic league rankings (by country) 1958 – 2007
The overall combined European domestic league rankings (by country), from 1958–2007. These were the all-time domestic league rankings that were based on play in all of the European continental-wide club basketball competitions, the EuroLeague, the Saporta Cup, the Korać Cup, the EuroCup, the EuroChallenge, and the EuroCup Challenge. These rankings were part of the old rating system, which was used from 1958–2007, and included only basketball game competition related results, as a rankings criteria.
Rk
League (by country)
TP
P
CW
GP
W
D
L
PS
PSA
PSD
RP
1.
Italy
34
273
38
3262
2038
16
1208
273126
255930
17196
4092
2.
Spain
36
264
27
3171
1988
16
1167
266721
246860
19861
3992
3.
Greece
21
261
13
2548
1457
9
1082
203754
197261
6493
2923
4.
France
37
268
7
2497
1312
13
1172
203001
198372
4629
2637
5.
Russia
21
141
12
1522
929
6
587
126364
119080
7284
1864
6.
Israel
19
197
6
1684
912
6
766
140448
136428
4020
1830
7.
Turkey
26
212
2
1612
826
4
782
124071
124464
-393
1656
8.
Croatia
14
145
10
1442
756
12
674
118639
116319
2320
1524
9.
Belgium
34
215
0
1404
612
13
779
113094
114491
-1397
1237
10.
Serbia
19
117
5
1109
615
3
491
92091
88718
3373
1233
11.
Germany
32
201
2
1355
577
7
771
106843
109839
-2996
1161
12.
Poland
22
116
0
833
388
4
441
65384
66460
-1076
780
13.
Slovenia
18
86
1
764
361
3
400
59738
59857
-119
725
14.
Lithuania
12
70
3
670
345
1
324
54015
52933
1082
691
15.
Czech Republic
13
117
1
678
295
6
377
55156
55923
-767
596
16.
Ukraine
16
72
1
517
258
3
256
42062
41800
262
519
17.
Bulgaria
17
116
0
582
256
7
319
47087
48316
-1229
519
18.
Portugal
20
128
0
693
233
4
456
53339
58281
-4942
470
19.
Netherlands
23
103
0
585
219
6
360
46915
48933
-2018
444
20.
Hungary
23
125
0
535
209
8
318
42986
44644
-1658
426
21.
Latvia
9
35
3
295
153
2
140
24406
24036
370
308
22.
Bosnia-Herzegovina
12
49
1
329
149
4
176
26172
26722
-550
302
23.
Cyprus
13
107
1
462
139
4
319
33244
40229
-6985
282
24.
Austria
22
128
0
485
128
3
354
37331
41980
-4649
259
25.
Switzerland
24
102
0
381
124
3
254
30646
34282
-3636
251
26.
Finland
19
98
0
382
122
2
258
30131
32664
-2533
246
27.
Sweden
18
86
0
356
119
1
236
28652
31144
-2492
239
28.
Romania
12
78
1
314
118
2
194
23741
26118
-2377
238
29.
England
35
82
0
362
112
6
244
28636
31617
-2981
230
30.
Slovakia
10
54
0
266
98
2
166
21163
22145
-982
198
31.
Estonia
6
25
0
180
60
1
119
13960
14973
-1013
121
32.
FYR Macedonia
13
44
0
220
56
2
162
16186
18286
-2100
114
33.
Montenegro
2
12
0
130
54
0
76
10168
10590
-422
108
34.
Georgia
7
22
1
74
25
0
49
5804
6427
-623
50
35.
Albania
6
39
0
94
21
1
72
7144
8508
-1364
43
36.
Iceland
10
34
0
98
19
0
79
7868
9570
-1702
38
37.
Luxembourg
16
111
0
244
16
1
227
16241
23808
-7567
33
38.
Scotland
11
25
0
64
14
2
48
4930
6122
-1192
30
39.
Denmark
10
26
0
78
12
0
66
5404
7409
-2005
24
40.
Belarus
4
9
0
35
10
0
25
2510
2905
-395
20
41.
Azerbaijan
2
4
0
17
4
0
13
1370
1705
-335
8
42.
Egypt
3
19
0
37
4
0
33
2600
3556
-956
8
43.
Morocco
10
16
0
36
3
0
33
2181
3336
-1155
6
44.
Norway
6
8
0
30
2
1
27
2084
2878
-794
5
45.
Ireland
3
3
0
8
2
0
6
582
736
-154
4
46.
Moldova
2
3
0
6
1
0
5
418
520
-102
2
47.
Syria
6
10
0
18
1
0
17
1300
1719
-419
2
48.
Lebanon
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
49.
Tunisia
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
50.
Wales
1
1
0
2
0
0
2
151
167
-16
0
51.
Armenia
1
1
0
2
0
0
2
130
173
-43
0
52.
Malta
2
2
0
4
0
0
4
227
370
-143
0
53.
San Marino
2
3
0
6
0
0
6
363
604
-241
0
54.
Northern Ireland
2
5
0
8
0
0
8
342
711
-369
0
Top 3 ranked leagues in the overall combined rankings 1958 – 2007
The rankings, as of 2007, are based on 70 percent basketball game competition results, and 30 percent TV revenues/ratings, attendance figures, and arena capacities.[1][2] The allocation criteria are based in this ranking.
The rankings, as of 2007, are based on 70 percent basketball game competition results, and 30 percent TV revenues/ratings, attendance figures, and arena capacities. The allocation criteria are based in this ranking.
In 2012, Euroleague Basketball decided to update the rankings every year, and take into account the results from the previous seasons.
