2023–24 Basketball Champions League

Basketball Champions League
Basketball Champions League
Season	2023–24
Dates	Qualifying: ; 24 September – 1 October 2023 ; Competition proper: ; 17 October 2023 – May 2024
Number of teams	Competition proper: 32 ; Total: 53 (from 28 countries)
	← 2022–23 2024–25 →

The 2023–24 Basketball Champions League is the 8th season of the Basketball Champions League (BCL), the premier European professional basketball competition for clubs launched by FIBA. The season will begin on 17 October 2023.

Telekom Baskets Bonn are the defending champions.

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).^[1]

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

Rank	Association	Average points	Teams
18	Portugal	21.00	1
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 will participate in the 2023–24 Basketball Champions League.^[2] 15 of them were domestic champions in the previous season.

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.

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)^WC	Lenovo Tenerife (6th)	Hapoel Jerusalem (3th)	VEF Rīga (1st)
Tofaş (7th)^WC	UCAM Murcia (9th)	Hapoel Holon (4th)	Rytas (2nd)
Galatasaray Nef (8th)^WC	Rio Breogan (10th)	Bertram Derthona (3rd)	King Szczecin (1st)
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)	Mornar Barsko zlato (3rd)	Monbus Obradoiro (11th)
SIG Strasbourg (8th)	Karhu (2nd)	Heroes Den Bosch (3rd)^{[Note NED]}	Norrköping Dolphins (1st)
Happy Casa Brindisi (7th)	TSU Tbilisi (1st)	Legia Warsaw (4th)	Fribourg Olympic (1st)
Openjobmetis Varese (13th)	Göttingen (7th)	Benfica (1st)	Caledonia Gladiators (4th)
Telenet Giants Antwerp (2nd)	Ironi Ness Ziona (6th)	CSM Oradea (2nd)
AEK Larnaca (1st)	Peja (1st)	FMP Meridian (2nd)
Bakken Bears (1st)	CBet Jonava (4th)	Patrioti Levice (1st)

Notes

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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.^[3] 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.^[4]

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.^[4]

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.^[5]

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.^[4]

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
Rio Breogan	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	Rio Breogan	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	Qualification	UNI	SIG	CHO	TOF
1	Unicaja	Advance to quarter-finals	—
2	SIG Strasbourg	Advance to quarter-finals		—
3	Cholet				—
4	Tofaş					—

First match(es) will be played: 23 January 2024. Source: Round of 16 Standings

Group J

Pos	Team	Qualification	DIJ	BON	LUD	GAL
1	JDA Dijon	Advance to quarter-finals	—
2	Telekom Baskets Bonn	Advance to quarter-finals		—
3	MHP Riesen Ludwigsburg				—
4	Galatasaray Ekmas					—

First match(es) will be played: 23 January 2024. Source: Round of 16 Standings

Group K

Pos	Team	Qualification	TFE	JER	PER	KAR
1	Lenovo Tenerife	Advance to quarter-finals	—
2	Hapoel Jerusalem	Advance to quarter-finals		—
3	Peristeri				—
4	Pınar Karşıyaka					—

First match(es) will be played: 23 January 2024. Source: Round of 16 Standings

Group L

Pos	Team	Qualification	AEK	UCM	PRO	HOL
1	AEK	Advance to quarter-finals	—
2	UCAM Murcia	Advance to quarter-finals		—
3	Promitheas				—
4	Hapoel Holon					—

First match(es) will be played: 23 January 2024. Source: Round of 16 Standings

Individual awards

MVP of the Month

Month	Player	Club	Ref.
2023
October	Vernon Carey Jr.	Pınar Karşıyaka	^[6]
November	Levi Randolph	AEK	^[7]
December	Justin Tillman	Hapoel Jerusalem	^[8]
2024
January
February
March
April

Team of the Month

Year	Month	Player	Team
2023	October	Chris Dowe	Derthona Basket
		Justin Tillman	AEK
		Gregor Hrovat	JDA Dijon
		David McCormack	Darüşşafaka Lassa
		Vernon Carey Jr.	Pınar Karşıyaka
	November	Marcelo Huertas	Lenovo Tenerife
		David Holston	JDA Dijon
		Kendall Smith	PAOK
		Levi Randolph	Hapoel Jerusalem
		Justin Tillman	AEK
	December	Muhammad-Ali Abdur-Rahkman	Darüşşafaka Lassa
		Levi Randolph (x2)	Hapoel Jerusalem
		Pierre-Antoine Gillet	Filou Oostende
		Gytis Radzevičius	Rytas Vilnius
		David McCormack (x2)	Galatasaray Ekmas

References

↑ "Country Ranking". FIBA.basketball.
↑ "Newcomers, returnees, familiar challengers: These are the teams of BCL's Season 8". FIBA.basketball. Retrieved 27 June 2023.
↑ "Tekort aan zitplaatsen kost ZZ Leiden Champions League: 'Dramatische keuze'". nos.nl (in Dutch). 29 June 2023. Retrieved 10 July 2023.
1 2 3 "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.

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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.^[3] As a result, the spot was given to Heroes Den Bosch, third in the national league.

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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

Individual awards

MVP of the Month

Team of the Month

See also

References

External links