The 2024–25 Basketball Champions League was the 9th season of the Basketball Champions League (BCL), the European professional basketball competition for clubs launched by FIBA. The season began on 1 October 2024 and ended on 11 May 2025.
Unicaja Málaga were the defending champions, and successfully defended their title by defeating Galatasaray in the final of the Final Four, which was hosted in the Sunel Arena in Athens for a second time in history.
Team allocation The country ranking based on the country coefficients is used to determine the number of clubs from each national federation that enters various stages of the BCL: All countries, if they entered, each have at least one team qualify. The winners of the 2023–24 Basketball Champions League are given an additional entry if they do not qualify for the 2024–25 Basketball Champions League through their domestic league. The organiser may grant access to the League through the attribution of up to 4 invitations (wild cards) to the Regular Season or to the Qualification Rounds. If one or more clubs do not use their right to participate in the Basketball Champions League, the organiser may decide to allocate the respective place(s) to other clubs of the same or other National Federations.
National Federations ranking For the 2024–25 Basketball Champions League, the countries are allocated places according to their 2024 country coefficients, which takes into account their performance from 2021–22 to 2023–24. +National Federations ranking for 2024–25 Basketball Champions LeagueRankNational FederationCoeff.Teams1103.404+1 BCL271.672370.163465.204560.755660.504744.001841.00939.0021037.0011136.5021233.42 31331.0011427.001525.0001622.5021718.00 11813.001912.00020 (suspended)7.50217.001226.00235.00RankNational FederationCoeff.Teams245.001255.00265.002274.00128 (suspended)4.000293.00303.00312.001322.00332.000341.001351.00361.000NR—1—0———————
Teams The labels in the parentheses show how each team qualified for the place of its starting round: TH: Title holders FEC: FIBA Europe Cup title holders 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, etc.: League positions of the previous season WC: Wild card AV: Allocated vacancy
+Qualified teams for 2024–25 Basketball Champions League (by entry round)Regular season Peristeri Domino's Niners Chemnitz FEC Maccabi Ironi Ramat Gan Falco-Vulcano Szombathely Promitheas Patras FIT/One Würzburg Baskets Hapoel Netanel Holon VEF Rīga Kolossos H Hotels Rasta Vechta Pallacanestro Reggiana Rytas AEK Betsson Pinar Karşıyaka Bertram Derthona Tortona FMP Soccerbet UCAM Murcia Galatasaray King Szczecin AV Unicaja TH Manisa BBSK Śląsk Wrocław La Laguna Tenerife Nanterre 92 Filou Oostende BAXI Manresa Saint-Quentin Basket-Ball Igokea m:tel Qualifying rounds Sabah Nokia Dinamo Banco di Sardegna Sassari Spartak Office Shoes Windrose Giants Antwerp Cholet Trepça Patrioti Levice Rilski Sportist Kutaisi 2010 Juventus Morabanc Andorra ERA Nymburk Telekom Baskets Bonn Heroes den Bosch Norrköping Dolphins Keravnos Caledonia Gladiators SL Benfica Fribourg Olympic Kalev/Cramo PAOK mateco CSM CSU Oradea Petkim Spor Notes
Referees A total of 54 officials are set to work on the 2024–25 season in Basketball Champions League: After the 2023–24 season, five referees left the squad, two were added. Referees of the 2024−25 season Geert Jacobs Ademir Zurapović Martin Horozov Ventsislav Velikov Josip Jurčević Martin Vulić Ilias Kounelles Ivor Matějek Mihkel Männiste Alexandre Deman Nicolas Maestre Valentin Oliot Yohan Rosso Carsten Straube Georgios Poursanidis Péter Praksch Cecilia Montgomery-Toth Ofer Manheim Lorenzo Baldini Saverio Lanzarini Manuel Mazzoni Andris Aunkrogers Mārtiņš Kozlovskis Gatis Saliņš Juozas Barkauskas Gvidas Gedvilas Gintaras Mačiulis Igor Mitrovski Gizella Viola Györgyi Julio Anaya Wojciech Liszka Michał Proc Dariusz Zapolski Paulo Marques Marius Ciulin Aleksandar Glišić Petar Pesic Siniša Prpa Marek Kúkelčík Zdenko Tomašovič Boris Krejić Blaž Zupančič Fernando Calatrava Luis Castillo Antonio Conde Ariadna Chueca Alberto Sánchez Kerem Baki Orhan Cagri Hekimoglu Mehmet Karabilecen Can Mavisu Yener Yılmaz Zafer Yılmaz Sergiy Zashchuk
Qualifying rounds Draw The draw for the qualifying rounds was held on 26 June 2024 at the Patrick Baumann House in Mies, Switzerland.
The 24 teams will face in four qualifying round tournaments, two of which belong to the Champions Path, which contains the domestic league champions, and the other two to the League Path, which contains the rest of the teams that vie for qualify to the regular season. In each path, teams were seeded into the six pots ordered by the club ranking and by the country ranking for clubs that have not yet participated in the competition. Teams from pot 1 and pot 2 were drawn directly into the semi-finals of the tournaments, while the teams in the other four pots will enter the tournament from the quarter-finals. The four winners of the finals will then qualify for the regular season and join the 28 directly qualified teams in the main draw. The rest of the teams will qualify, if they apply, to the FIBA Europe Cup.
Champions paths +Pot 1Team SL Benfica25 ERA Nymburk22+Pot 2Team Kalev/Cramo12 Fribourg Olympic 7 +Pot 3Team Patrioti Levice5 Norrköping Dolphins5+Pot 4Team Keravnos2 Nokia4.00 +Pot 5Team Trepça2.00 Rilski Sportist1.00+Pot 6Team Kutaisi 20101.00 Sabah0.00
League paths +Pot 1Team Telekom Baskets Bonn80 PAOK Mateco43+Pot 2Team Banco di Sardegna Sassari33 Cholet 11 +Pot 3Team Heroes den Bosch4 Juventus 2+Pot 4Team CSM Oradea1 Windrose Giants Antwerp1 +Pot 5Team Caledonia Gladiators0 MoraBanc Andorra103.40+Pot 6Team Petkim Spor65.20 Spartak Office Shoes5.00 Notes
Indicates teams with no club points, therefore using the country points as a tiebreaker.
Tournament 1 The tournament 1 will be played on September 17–21, 2024 at the Gloria Sports Arena in Antalya, Turkey.
Source: FIBA
Tournament 2 The tournament 2 will be played on September 18–22, 2024 at the Gloria Sports Arena in Antalya, Turkey.
Source: FIBA
Tournament 3 The tournament 3 will be played on September 17–21, 2024 at the Gloria Sports Arena in Antalya, Turkey.
Source: FIBA
Tournament 4 The tournament 4 will be played on September 18–22, 2024 at the Gloria Sports Arena in Antalya, Turkey.
Source: FIBA
Regular season The 28 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 (Regular season of) competition, on the three-year 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.
The 28 teams will play against each other in a group phase of eight groups with four teams. The first placed team of each group will directly join the Round of 16. The second and third placed teams will play in the Play Ins. The winner of each Play In match will join the Round of 16. Play Ins will be played in a Best of 3 format. In the Round of 16 the teams will be split in four groups of four teams. Each team plays against each other team in the Round of 16. The two first placed teams of each group will qualify for the Quarterfinals. The Quarterfinals will be played in a Best of 3 format. The winner of each Quarterfinal will be allowed to take place in the Basketball Champions League Final Four in May 2025.
+Pot 1Team La Laguna Tenerife 144 Unicaja 138 Hapoel Netanel Holon 92 Baxi Manresa 88 Galatasaray Basketbol 76 Rytas 69 UCAM Murcia 68 AEK Betsson 65+Pot 2Team Peristeri 55 Filou Oostende 55 Karşıyaka Basket 52 Falco Szombathely 49 37 VEF Rīga 31 Promitheas 30 Bertram Derthona Tortona 21+Pot 3Team Rasta Vechta17 King Szczecin 11 Pallacanestro Reggiana 11 Niners Chemnitz 4 Maccabi Ironi Ramat Gan 71.67 Nanterre 92 70.16 Saint-Quentin70.16 Manisa Basket 65.20+Pot 4Team Kolossos H Hotels 60.75 Würzburg Baskets 60.50 Śląsk Wrocław 22.50 FMP Soccerbet 5.00 Notes
Indicates teams with no club points, therefore using the country points as a tiebreaker.
Group A
Group B
Group C
Group D
Group E
Group F
Group G
Group H
Play-ins The Play-ins will take place from 7 to 22 January 2025. The teams classified in second and third place in their respective groups of Basketball Champions League, went to the Play-ins. The winners will advance to the round of 16. First legs will be played on 7–8 January, second legs on 14–15 January and if required, third legs will be played on 21–22 January.
Round of 16 The Round of 16 took place from January 28 until March 26, 2025. The groups was formed by the winners of each Regular Season Group and by eight Play-Ins winners. The 16 teams were divided into four groups of four teams each. The first two of each groups advanced to the quarter-finals.
Group I
Group J
Group K
Group L
Playoffs The playoffs began on 8 April 2025 and ends with the 2025 Basketball Champions League Final Four. The 8 qualified clubs have been ranked according to their final position within their respective group during the Round of 16 and their place in the Draw was based on this ranking. The teams having finished 1st of their Round of 16 group was placed in Pot 1, the teams having finished 2nd of their Round of 16 group was placed in Pot 2.
Qualified teams + Key to colors Seeded teams Unseeded teams GroupWinnersRunners-upI AEK Betsson Bertram Derthona TortonaJ Unicaja GalatasarayK La Laguna Tenerife Unahotels Reggio EmiliaL ERA Nymburk Nanterre 92
Bracket
Quarterfinals The quarterfinals was played in a best-of-3 series and started on April 8. The seeded teams played their first (and potential third) game at home, the unseeded teams played their second game at home. Second game was played April 15–16, and thirds on April 23.
Final Four
Semifinals
The semifinals were played on 9 May 2025.
Third place game The third place game was played on 11 May 2025.
Final The final was played on 11 May 2025.
Individual awards Season awards The annual season awards was announced during the Final Four weekend. Award Player Club Most Valuable Player Marcelo Huertas Lenovo Tenerife Final Four MVP Tyson Carter Unicaja Defensive Player of the Year Alberto Díaz Unicaja Best Young Player Nolan Traoré Saint-Quentin Best Coach Txus Vidorreta Lenovo Tenerife
Star Lineup First TeamSecond Team Player TeamPlayerTeam Marcelinho Huertas Lenovo Tenerife Kendrick Perry Unicaja Hunter Hale AEK Betsson Will Cummings Galatasaray James Palmer Jr. Galatasaray Desi Rodriguez Nanterre 92 Dylan Osetkowski Unicaja Derrick Alston Jr. Baxi Manresa Ismaël Kamagate Bertram Derthona Tortona Steven Enoch Rytas Vilnius
MVP of the Group Phase Player Club Gytis Radzevičius Rytas Vilnius
Team of the Group Phase Player Team Errick McCollum Karşıyaka Basket Gytis Radzevičius Rytas Vilnius Zac Seljaas FIT/One Wurzburg Baskets Derrick Alston Jr. BAXI Manresa Ismaël Kamagate Bertram Derthona Tortona
MVP of the Play-Ins Player Club Will Cummings Galatasaray
Team of the Play-Ins Player Team Cassius Winston Pallacanestro Reggiana Will Cummings Galatasaray Hugo Besson Manisa Basket Matt Tiby Falco-Vulcano Szombathely Jaime Echenique Petkim Spor
MVP of the Round of 16 Player Club James Palmer Galatasaray
Team of the Round of 16 Player Team Marcelo Huertas La Laguna Tenerife Tyson Carter Unicaja James Palmer Galatasaray Desi Rodriguez Nanterre 92 Grant Golden AEK Betsson
MVP of the Quarter-Finals Player Club Marcelo Huertas La Laguna Tenerife
Team of the Quarter-Finals Player Team Marcelo Huertas La Laguna Tenerife Hunter Hale AEK Betsson Will Cummings Galatasaray Tyson Carter Unicaja Giorgi Shermadini La Laguna Tenerife
See also 2024–25 EuroLeague 2024–25 EuroCup Basketball 2024–25 FIBA Europe Cup
References
External links Official website Qualifying rounds official website