By Eurohoops team / info@eurohoops.net
Following today’s ratification from the Basketball Champions League board, the 29-club lineup for the competition’s Regular Season was officially announced, alongside the 24 teams participating in the Qualification Round tournaments for the remaining three tickets available.
“The complete lineup features 16 National League champions – marked in the following list with an asterisk -, eight of which are in the Regular Season. Out of the 29 teams entering the Regular Season directly, 10 are newcomers to the BCL”, it was announced.
These are the 29 clubs already qualified for the Regular Season stage:
AEK Betsson BC (GRE); ALBA BERLIN (GER); Bnei Penlink Herzliya (ISR); Cholet Basket (FRA); Dreamland Gran Canaria (ESP); ERA Nymburk* (CZE); Filou Oostende* (BEL); FIT/One Wurzburg Baskets (GER); Galatasaray (TUR); Hapoel Netanel Holon (ISR); Igokea m:tel* (BIH); Joventut Badalona (ESP); Karditsa Iaponiki (GRE); La Laguna Tenerife (ESP); Le Mans Sarthe Basket (FRA); Mersin Sports Club (TUR); MLP Academics Heidelberg (GER); NHSZ-Szolnoki Olajbanyasz* (HUN); Pallacanestro Trieste (ITA); Promitheas Patras Vikos Cola (GRE); Rytas Vilnius (LTU); Sabah BC* (AZE); SL Benfica* (POR); Spartak Office Shoes (SRB); Tofas Bursa (TUR); Trapani Shark (ITA); Unicaja (ESP); VEF Riga* (LAT); and the champions of Poland (Start Lublin or Legia Warszawa).
It’s now official that Dreamland Gran Canaria and Joventut Badalona have left the BKT EuroCup, while ALBA Berlin won’t be playing anymore in the EuroLeague.
“The 24 clubs that will compete in the Qualification Round will be drawn into three tournaments, with the winner of each tournament advancing to the Regular Season”, BCL’s statement said. These are the 24 teams, in alphabetical order, the national champions marked with an asterisk:
Bakken Bears* (DEN); Bursaspor Basketbol (TUR); CSM CSU Oradea (ROU); Elan Chalon (FRA); Falco Szombathely (HUN); Fribourg Olympic Basket (SUI); Heroes Den Bosch* (NED); Juventus Utena (LTU); Kalev/Cramo* (EST); Karhu Basket Kauhajoki (FIN); Kutaisi 2010* (GEO); Lowen Braunschweig (GER); Pallacanestro Reggiana (ITA); PAOK mateco (GRE); Patrioti Levice* (SVK); Pelister Bitola (MKD); Petrolina AEK Larnaca* (CYP); Porto (POR); Rilski Sportist* (BUL); SC Derby (MNE); Trepca* (KOS); UCAM Murcia (ESP); Windrose Giants Antwerp (BEL); and the runners-up from the Polish League Finals.
“The Qualification Round tournaments will take place from September 23 to 28, while the Regular Season will get underway on October 7, 2025. The draw ceremony for the Regular Season groups and the Qualification Round tournaments will take place in Lausanne, Switzerland, on Wednesday, July 2, and will be livestreamed on the official BCL YouTube channel.
PHOTO CREDIT: Basketball Champions League