By Eurohoops team/ info@eurohoops.net
The draw for the 10th season of the Basketball Champions League took place at the Olympic Museum in Lausanne, Switzerland, officially setting the stage for the 2025/26 campaign.
A total of 29 teams were directly placed into the Regular Season groups, while 24 others learned their potential paths through the Qualification Round Tournaments.
Scheduled for late September, the Qualification Rounds will follow a single-elimination format, with only three teams ultimately securing their place in the Regular Season.
Champions Path (Qualification Round Tournament 1)
Quarter-Finals
QF1: Patrioti Levice (SVK) vs. Petrolina AEK Larnaca (CYP)
QF2: Kalev/Cramo (EST) vs. Rilski Sportist (BUL)
QF3: Bakken Bears (DEN) vs. Kutaisi 2010 (GEO)
QF4: Heroes Den Bosch (NED) vs. Trepca (KOS)
Semi-Finals
QF1 winners vs. QF2 winners
QF3 winners vs. QF4 winners
Qualification Round Tournament 2
Quarter-Finals
QF1: PAOK mateco (GRE) vs. SC Derby (MNE)
QF2: Bursaspor Basketbol (TUR) vs. Lowen Braunschweig (GER)
QF3: Pallacanestro Reggiana (ITA) vs. Pelister Bitola (MKD)
QF4: CSM CSU Oradea (ROU) vs. Windrose Antwerp Giants (BEL)
Semi-Finals
QF1 winners vs. QF2 winners
QF3 winners vs. QF4 winners
Qualification Round Tournament 3
Quarter-Finals
QF1: UCAM Murcia (ESP) vs. PGE Start Lublin (POL)
QF2: Karhu Basket Kauhajoki (FIN) vs. Uniclub Bet Juventus Utena (LTU)
QF3: Falco Szombathely (HUN) vs. FC Porto (POR)
QF4: Fribourg Olympic Basket (SUI) vs. Elan Chalon (FRA)
Semi-Finals
QF1 winners vs. QF2 winners
QF3 winners vs. QF4 winners
The Regular Season will be played in the same format as the previous seasons, with 32 teams placed in eight groups of four.
The top team from each Regular Season group will advance directly to the Round of 16, while the second-placed and third-placed move to the best-of-three Play-Ins in January.
Group A
Rytas Vilnius (LTU)
Promitheas Patras Vikos Cola (GRE)
Legia Warszawa (POL)
MLP Academics Heidelberg (GER)
Group B
ALBA BERLIN (GER)
ERA Nymburk (CZE)
Sabah BC (AZE)
Winner QRT3
Group C
Joventut Badalona (ESP)
Hapoel Netanel Holon (ISR)
Cholet Basket (FRA)
Winner QRT2
Group D
La Laguna Tenerife (ESP)
Tofas Bursa (TUR)
Bnei Penlink Herzliya (ISR)
Trapani Shark (ITA)
Group E
Galatasaray MCT Technic (TUR)
Igokea m:tel (BIH)
FIT/One Wurzburg Baskets (GER)
Pallacanestro Trieste (ITA)
Group F
AEK Betsson BC (GRE)
VEF Riga (LAT)
NHSZ-Szolnoki Olajbanyasz (HUN)
Winner QRT1
Group G
Unicaja (ESP)
Filou Oostende (BEL)
Mersin Sports Club (TUR)
Karditsa Iaponiki (GRE)
Group H
Dreamland Gran Canaria (ESP)
SL Benfica (POR)
Le Mans Sarthe Basket (FRA)
Spartak Office Shoes (SRB)