By Aris Barkas/ barkas@eurohoops.net
FC Barcelona decided to sign a new ten-year license to extend participation in the EuroLeague, according to Eurohoops sources.
The Catalonia giant informed remaining Euroleague Basketball shareholders on the team plan during a meeting on Tuesday.
Following a formal decision by Barca’s governing Board of Directors, the process is expected to be completed by the end of January.
BREAKING: Barcelona informed the rest of the EuroLeague shareholders that they decided to sign the new 10-year license. The process is expected to be completed at the end of the month, after a formal decision by the Barcelona’s club board. More on @Eurohoopsnet and @EurohoopsES
— Aris Barkas (@arbarkas) January 13, 2026
Barcelona, among the founding members, previously revealed intentions to pen a new long-term license with Euroleague Basketball, with president Joan Laporta sharing the club’s roadmap and a possible impact of the partnership between the NBA and FIBA, widely labeled as NBA Europe.
Fenerbahce Beko is expected request a prolongation beyond Friday’s deadline to make a decision between Euroleague Basketball and NBA Europe due to their current management situation, with president Sadettin Saran under judicial condition after being detained on suspicion of supplying narcotics, facilating drug use, and personal drug use on December 25. The 61-year-old executive may be forced to resign. Fener will hold an extraordinary company congress to address the issue at the end of the football season in Turkiye.
Uncertainty among Euroleague Basketball members extends to Real Madrid. However, Barca staying on board is obviously a positive for Euroleague Basketball to start the ongoing remote meeting amid projections for a clash with NBA Europe.
This is obviously a win for #Euroleague . Meeting still ongoing, Fenerbahce expected to ask more time to decide due to their management situation, nobody can predict what Real Madrid will do https://t.co/FNbRkl4NiJ
— Aris Barkas (@arbarkas) January 13, 2026
Except for LDLC ASVEL Villeurbanne, with the French club on the way to exiting Euroleague Basketball competitions, the rest of the shareholders have already committed to new long-term licenses in recent months.