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Basketball Champions League
Basketball Champions League
	The Štark Arena in Belgrade hosted the Final Four
Season	2023–24
Dates	Qualifying: ; 24 September – 1 October 2023 ; Competition proper: ; 17 October 2023 – 28 April 2024
Teams	Competition proper: 32 ; Total: 53 (from 28 countries)
Regular season
Season MVP	Marcelo Huertas; (Tenerife)
Finals
Champions	Unicaja (1st title)
Runners-up	Lenovo Tenerife
Third place	UCAM Murcia
Fourth place	Peristeri
Final Four MVP	Kendrick Perry; (Unicaja)
Awards
Best Coach	Vassilis Spanoulis; (Peristeri)
Best Young Player	Tidjane Salaün; (Cholet)
Statistical leaders
Points
Points	Kyle Guy (Tenerife)
Rebounds	Austin Wiley (Tofaş)
Assists	Joe Ragland (Peristeri)
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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
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	4
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	2
16	Ukraine	26.00	0
17	Denmark	24.00	1
18	Portugal	21.00	1

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
Pınar Karşıyaka (2nd)	AEK (6th)^WC	JDA Dijon (5th)	Opava (1st)
Bursaspor İnfo Yatırım (5th)	Unicaja (3rd)	Le Mans Sarthe (6th)	Falco Szombathely (1st)
Darüşşafaka Lassa (6th)^AV	Lenovo Tenerife (6th)	Hapoel Jerusalem (3th)	VEF Rīga (1st)
Tofaş (7th)^AV	UCAM Murcia (9th)	Hapoel Holon (4th)	Rytas (2nd)
Galatasaray Nef (8th)^AV	Río Breogán (10th)^AV	Bertram Derthona (3rd)	King Szczecin (1st)^AV
Peristeri bwin (3rd)	Telekom Baskets Bonn (2nd)^TH	Dinamo Sassari (4th)
PAOK (4th)	MHP Riesen Ludwigsburg (4th)	Filou Oostende (1st)
Promitheas (5th)^WC	EWE Baskets Oldenburg (6th)	Igokea (1st)
Qualifying rounds
Cholet (7th)	Kalev/Cramo (1st)	CBet Jonava (4th)	Patrioti Levice (1st)
SIG Strasbourg (8th)^WC	Karhu (2nd)	Mornar Barsko zlato (3rd)	Monbus Obradoiro (11th)
Happy Casa Brindisi (7th)	TSU Tbilisi (1st)	Heroes Den Bosch (3rd)^{[Note NED]}	Norrköping Dolphins (1st)
Openjobmetis Varese (13th)^WC	Göttingen (7th)	Legia Warsaw (4th)^WC	Fribourg Olympic (1st)
Telenet Giants Antwerp (2nd)	Caledonia Gladiators (4th)	Benfica (1st)
AEK Larnaca (1st)	Ironi Ness Ziona (6th)	CSM Oradea (2nd)
Bakken Bears (1st)	Peja (1st)	FMP Meridian (2nd)

Notes

^
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
Bakken Bears	24
Benfica	18
Kalev/Cramo	11
Patrioti Levice	4

Pot 2
Team	Pts
Norrköping Dolphins	1
AEK Larnaca	1
Peja	1.00^†
TSU Tbilisi	0.00^†

Main Path

Pot 3
Team	Pts
SIG Strasbourg	100
Happy Casa Brindisi	35
Cholet	11
Legia Warszaw	8

Pot 6
Team	Pts
CSM Oradea	41.00^†
CBet Jonava	36.50^†
Telenet Giants Antwerp	34.50^†
Winner of the Preliminary round

Preliminary Pot
Team	Pts
Caledonia Gladiators	3.00^†
Fribourg Olympic	7

Pot 4
Team	Pts
FMP Meridian	4
Heroes Den Bosch	2
Karhu	2
Mornar Bar	2

Pot 5
Team	Pts
Monbus Obradoiro	102.25^†
Göttingen	67.75^†
Ironi Ness Ziona	62.00^†
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	57–51	Caledonia Gladiators

Qualification Group I

Quarter-finals		Semi-finals		Final

25 September

Bakken Bears	103
		27 September
Peja	79
		Bakken Bears	68
25 September
		Norrköping Dolphins	78
Kalev	78
				29 September
Norrköping Dolphins	82
				Norrköping Dolphins	73
25 September
				Benfica	83
Benfica	122
		27 September
TSU Tbilisi	62
		Benfica	87
25 September
		AEK Larnaca	59
Patrioti Levice	66

AEK Larnaca	74

Qualification Group II

Quarter-finals		Semi-finals		Final

27 September

Cholet	76
		29 September
Antwerp Giants	72
		Cholet	96
27 September
		Varese	88
FMP	71
				1 October
Varese	73
				Cholet	80
27 September
				Brindisi	69
Brindisi	77
		29 September
Oradea	74
		Brindisi	78
27 September
		Heroes Den Bosch	63
Heroes Den Bosch	96

Göttingen	84

Qualification Group III

Quarter-finals		Semi-finals		Final

26 September

SIG Strasbourg	83
		28 September
Jonava	78
		SIG Strasbourg	79
26 September
		Ironi Ness Ziona	74
Karhu	56
				30 September
Ironi Ness Ziona	92
				SIG Strasbourg	82
26 September
				Obradoiro	78
Legia Warsaw	70
		28 September
Fribourg Olympic	59
		Legia Warsaw	66
26 September
		Obradoiro	74
Mornar Bar	56

Obradoiro	90

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
Lenovo Tenerife	135
Hapoel Holon	98
Hapoel Jerusalem	78
Unicaja	75
Pınar Karşıyaka	71
Tofaş	69
AEK	67
JDA Dijon	65

Pot 2
Team	Pts
MHP Riesen Ludwigsburg	64
Rytas	62
Galatasaray Nef	61
Telekom Baskets Bonn	56
Igokea	56
Falco Szombathely	52
Darüşşafaka Lassa	52
Filou Oostende	49

Pot 3
Team	Pts
Dinamo Sassari	40
VEF Rīga	38
UCAM Murcia	33
Peristeri bwin	30
PAOK	26
EWE Baskets Oldenburg	8
Bursaspor İnfo Yatırım	63.60^†
Promitheas	44.25^†

Pot 4
Team	Pts
Opava	4
Le Mans Sarthe	2
Río Breogán	1
Bertram Derthona	41.33^†
King Szczecin	19.00^†
Benfica (Winner QF–T1)
Cholet (Winner QF–T2)
SIG Strasbourg (Winner QF–T3)

Notes

^† Indicates teams with no club points, therefore using the country points as a tiebreaker.

Group A

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

Source: Groups standings

Group B

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

Source: Groups standings

Group C

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

Source: Groups standings

Group D

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

Source: Groups standings

Group E

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

Source: Groups standings

Group F

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

Source: Groups standings

Group G

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

Source: Groups standings

Group H

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

Source: Groups standings

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	0–2	Promitheas	68–78	78–91	—
Rytas	0–2	Peristeri bwin	92–110	80–83	—
Cholet	2–1	Dinamo Sassari	72–93	95–91	93–77
MHP Riesen Ludwigsburg	2–1	Darüşşafaka Lassa	82–63	72–83	99–73
Pınar Karşıyaka	2–1	Río Breogán	89–85	73–80	86–76
Hapoel Holon	2–1	Filou Oostende	80–70	61–71	78–72
PAOK	1–2	Tofaş	63–95	88–87 (OT)	71–84
Basket Derthona	0–2	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 v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification	UNI	TOF	SIG	CHO
1	Unicaja	6	6	0	510	422	+88	12	Advance to quarter-finals	—	89–70	91–62	85–70
2	Tofaş	6	2	4	462	466	−4	8	Advance to quarter-finals	76–80	—	93–71	84–71
3	SIG Strasbourg	6	2	4	470	510	−40	8		70–79	78–65	—	96–84
4	Cholet	6	2	4	474	518	−44	8		74–86	77–74	98–93	—

Source: Round of 16 Standings

Group J

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

Source: Round of 16 Standings

Group K

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

Source: Round of 16 Standings

Group L

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

Source: Round of 16 Standings

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]

Quarterfinals				Semifinals		Final



Lenovo Tenerife	83	81	78
				26 April
Tofaş	77	90	55
				Lenovo Tenerife	97

				Peristeri	93
Telekom Baskets Bonn	89	62	77
						28 April
Peristeri	78	90	89
						Lenovo Tenerife	75

						Unicaja	80
UCAM Murcia	98	85	—
				26 April
MHP Riesen Ludwigsburg	72	72	—
				UCAM Murcia	74

				Unicaja	80	Third place
Unicaja	67	90	—
						28 April
Promitheas	54	83	—
						Peristeri	84

						UCAM Murcia	87

Final Four

Semifinals

The semifinals were played on 26 April 2024.

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

Third place game

The third place game was played on 28 April 2024.

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Peristeri	84–87	UCAM Murcia

Final

The final was played on 28 April 2024.

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Lenovo Tenerife	75–80	Unicaja

Individual awards

Season awards

The annual season awards were announced on 27 April.

Award	Player	Club
Most Valuable Player	Marcelo Huertas	Lenovo Tenerife
Final Four MVP	Kendrick Perry	Unicaja
Best Defensive Player	Howard Sant-Roos	UCAM Murcia
Best Young Player	Tidjane Salaün	Cholet
Best Coach	Vassilis Spanoulis	Peristeri

Star Lineup

First Team		Second Team
Player	Team	Player	Team
Joe Ragland	Peristeri	Dylan Ennis	UCAM Murcia
Marcelinho Huertas	Lenovo Tenerife	Hunter Hale	Promitheas Patras
Kendrick Perry	Unicaja	Levi Randolph	Hapoel Jerusalem
David Kravish	Unicaja	Dylan Osetkowski	Unicaja
Austin Wiley	Tofaş	Vernon Carey Jr.	Pınar Karşıyaka

MVP of the Month

Month	Player	Club	Ref.
2023
October	Vernon Carey Jr.	Pınar Karşıyaka	^[10]
November	Justin Tillman	AEK	^[11]
December	Levi Randolph	Hapoel Jerusalem	^[12]
2024
January	Hunter Hale	Promitheas Patras	^[13]
March	Joe Ragland	Peristeri	^[14]

Team of the Month

Year	Month	Player	Team	Ref.
2023	October	Chris Dowe	Derthona Basket	^[15]
		Justin Tillman	AEK
		Gregor Hrovat	JDA Dijon
		David McCormack	Darüşşafaka Lassa
		Vernon Carey Jr.	Pınar Karşıyaka
	November	Marcelinho Huertas	Lenovo Tenerife	^[16]
		David Holston	JDA Dijon
		Kendall Smith	PAOK
		Levi Randolph	Hapoel Jerusalem
		Justin Tillman	AEK
	December	Muhammad-Ali Abdur-Rahkman	Darüşşafaka Lassa	^[17]
		Levi Randolph (x2)	Hapoel Jerusalem
		Pierre-Antoine Gillet	Filou Oostende
		Gytis Radzevičius	Rytas Vilnius
		David McCormack (x2)	Galatasaray Ekmas
2024	January	Marcelinho Huertas	Lenovo Tenerife	^[18]
		Hunter Hale	Promitheas Patras
		Craig Randall II	Cholet Basket
		Justin Smith	Hapoel Holon
		Austin Wiley	Tofaş
	March	Joe Ragland	Peristeri	^[19]
		Marcelinho Huertas (x2)	Lenovo Tenerife
		Jayvon Graves	Riesen Ludwigsburg
		Dustin Sleva	UCAM Murcia
		Jaime Echenique	Promitheas Patras

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^ ^a ^b ^c "Draw explained: Seedings revealed for Regular Season, format change for Qualification Rounds". FIBA. 3 July 2023. Retrieved 3 July 2023.
^ "Antalya selected as host city for Basketball Champions League Qualification Rounds". championsleague.basketball. 27 July 2023. Retrieved 5 August 2023.
^ "Youngest in BCL history: Vernon Carey Jr named October MVP". Basketball Champions League. 3 November 2023. Retrieved 3 November 2023.
^ "The Queen has a new king: AEK's Justin Tillman is November MVP". Basketball Champions League. 4 December 2023. Retrieved 6 December 2023.
^ "Levi Randolph is December MVP: "He should've gotten it last month, too"". Basketball Champions League. 29 December 2023. Retrieved 1 January 2024.
^ ""It was just a matter of time" - Hunter Hale named MVP for January". Basketball Champions League. 2 February 2024. Retrieved 5 February 2024.
^ "'Head of the snake' Ragland picks up March MVP honors, extends all-time lead". Basketball Champions League. 29 March 2024. Retrieved 6 April 2024.
^ "Tortona, Dijon, AEK, Darussafaka and Karsiyaka with players on Team of the Month for October". Basketball Champions League. 2 November 2023. Retrieved 5 February 2024.
^ "Tenerife, Dijon, PAOK, Jerusalem and AEK with players on team of the month". Basketball Champions League. 1 December 2023. Retrieved 5 February 2024.
^ "Darussafaka, Jerusalem, Oostende, Rytas, Galatasaray represented on Team of the Month". Basketball Champions League. 28 December 2023. Retrieved 5 February 2024.
^ "Team of the Month for January: Huertas, Hale, Randall, Smith, Wiley". Basketball Champions League. 1 February 2024. Retrieved 5 February 2024.
^ "Team of the month for March: Ragland, Huertas, Graves, Sleva, Echenique". Basketball Champions League. 28 March 2024. Retrieved 6 April 2024.

External links

Official website

[cnote_Note_NED] 
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.

[:0-1] "Belgrade unveiled as Final Four host on night of Serbian legends". FIBA.basketball. 21 March 2024. Retrieved 27 March 2024.

[2] "Paint it green: Unicaja win maiden BCL title in Belgrade". FIBA.basketball. Retrieved 2 May 2024.

[3] "Country Ranking". FIBA.basketball.

[4] "Newcomers, returnees, familiar challengers: These are the teams of BCL's Season 8". FIBA.basketball. Retrieved 27 June 2023.

[5] "The BCL is BACK! Everything you need to know about the Basketball Champions League". Courtside 1891. 19 June 2023. Retrieved 19 June 2024.

[6] BCL Competition Regulations (PDF).

[7] "Tekort aan zitplaatsen kost ZZ Leiden Champions League: 'Dramatische keuze'". nos.nl (in Dutch). 29 June 2023. Retrieved 10 July 2023.

[dr-8] "Draw explained: Seedings revealed for Regular Season, format change for Qualification Rounds". FIBA. 3 July 2023. Retrieved 3 July 2023.

[9] "Antalya selected as host city for Basketball Champions League Qualification Rounds". championsleague.basketball. 27 July 2023. Retrieved 5 August 2023.

[10] "Youngest in BCL history: Vernon Carey Jr named October MVP". Basketball Champions League. 3 November 2023. Retrieved 3 November 2023.

[11] "The Queen has a new king: AEK's Justin Tillman is November MVP". Basketball Champions League. 4 December 2023. Retrieved 6 December 2023.

[12] "Levi Randolph is December MVP: "He should've gotten it last month, too"". Basketball Champions League. 29 December 2023. Retrieved 1 January 2024.

[13] ""It was just a matter of time" - Hunter Hale named MVP for January". Basketball Champions League. 2 February 2024. Retrieved 5 February 2024.

[14] "'Head of the snake' Ragland picks up March MVP honors, extends all-time lead". Basketball Champions League. 29 March 2024. Retrieved 6 April 2024.

[15] "Tortona, Dijon, AEK, Darussafaka and Karsiyaka with players on Team of the Month for October". Basketball Champions League. 2 November 2023. Retrieved 5 February 2024.

[16] "Tenerife, Dijon, PAOK, Jerusalem and AEK with players on team of the month". Basketball Champions League. 1 December 2023. Retrieved 5 February 2024.

[17] "Darussafaka, Jerusalem, Oostende, Rytas, Galatasaray represented on Team of the Month". Basketball Champions League. 28 December 2023. Retrieved 5 February 2024.

[18] "Team of the Month for January: Huertas, Hale, Randall, Smith, Wiley". Basketball Champions League. 1 February 2024. Retrieved 5 February 2024.

[19] "Team of the month for March: Ragland, Huertas, Graves, Sleva, Echenique". Basketball Champions League. 28 March 2024. Retrieved 6 April 2024.

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v t e Basketball Champions League
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Seasons	2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25
Playoffs	2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24
Final Four / Eight	2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
Finals	2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
Awards	MVP of the Season Top Scorer Final Four MVP Star Lineup Best Young Player Game Day MVP Best Coach
Finals Final Four Awards Records and statistics Rankings European club system

v t e 2023–24 Basketball Champions League
Champions	Unicaja
Runners-up	Lenovo Tenerife
Third	UCAM Murcia
Final Four	Peristeri bwin
Eliminated in the Quarterfinals	MHP Riesen Ludwigsburg Promitheas Telekom Baskets Bonn Tofaş
Eliminated in the Round of 16	Group I Group J Group K Group L AEK Cholet Galatasaray Ekmas Hapoel Holon Hapoel Jerusalem JDA Dijon Pınar Karşıyaka SIG Strasbourg
Eliminated in the Play-ins	Bertram Derthona Darüşşafaka Lassa Dinamo Sassari Filou Oostende Le Mans Sarthe PAOK Rio Breogan Rytas
Eliminated in the Regular Season	Group A Group B Group C Group D Group E Group F Group G Group H Benfica Bursaspor İnfo Yatırım EWE Baskets Oldenburg Falco Szombathely Igokea King Szczecin Opava VEF Rīga
Eliminated in the Qualifying rounds	AEK Larnaca Bakken Bears Caledonia Gladiators CBet Jonava CSM Oradea FMP Meridian Fribourg Olympic Göttingen Happy Casa Brindisi Heroes Den Bosch Ironi Ness Ziona Kalev/Cramo Karhu Legia Warsaw Monbus Obradoiro Mornar Barsko zlato Norrköping Dolphins Openjobmetis Varese Patrioti Levice Peja Telenet Giants Antwerp TSU Tbilisi

v t e 2023–24 in European men's basketball
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Continental competitions	EuroLeague Regular season Playoffs Final Four EuroCup Playoffs Finals Champions League Playoffs Final Four FIBA Europe Cup Playoffs Finals
International competitions	EuroBasket 2025 qualification

v t e 2023–24 European club competitions
Football	Men Champions League Europa League Europa Conference League Super Cup Youth League Women Champions League
Football variants	Futsal Champions League Women's European Champions Beach soccer Euro Winners Cup Women's Euro Winners Cup
Basketball	Men EuroLeague EuroCup Champions League FIBA Europe Cup Women EuroLeague EuroCup SuperCup
Volleyball	Men Champions League CEV Cup Challenge Cup Women Champions League CEV Cup Challenge Cup
Handball	Men Champions League European League European Cup Women Champions League European League European Cup
Water polo	Men Champions League Euro Cup Challenger Cup Super Cup Women Champions League Euro Cup Challenger Cup Super Cup
Rugby union	Men Champions Cup Challenge Cup Super Cup
Ice hockey	Men Champions Hockey League Continental Cup
Indoor hockey	Men EuroHockey Indoor Club Cup Women EuroHockey Indoor Club Cup
Field hockey	Men Euro Hockey League Trophy I Trophy II Women Euro Hockey League Trophy I Trophy II
Roller hockey	Men Champions League World Skate Europe Cup Continental Cup Women European League
Lacrosse	Men Ken Galluccio Cup
Floorball	Men Champions Cup Women Champions Cup
Korfball	Mixed Champions League Challenger Cup Satellite Cup

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Team allocation

Country rankings

Teams

Qualifying rounds

Draw

Venue

Champions Path

Main Path

Pre-qualifier

Qualification Group I

Qualification Group II

Qualification Group III

Regular season

Draw

Group A

Group B

Group C

Group D

Group E

Group F

Group G

Group H

Play-ins

Round of 16

Group I

Group J

Group K

Group L

Playoffs

Final Four

Semifinals

Third place game

Final

Individual awards

Season awards

Star Lineup

MVP of the Month

Team of the Month

See also

References

External links