Basketball Champions League
Unicaja Cup Ceremony
Season	2024–25
Dates	Qualifying: 15–22 September 2024 Competition proper: 1 October 2024 – 11 May 2025
Teams	Competition proper: 32 Total: 52 (from 29 countries)
Regular season
SeasonMVP	Marcelo Huertas (Tenerife)
Finals
Champions	Unicaja (2nd title)
Runners-up	Galatasaray
Third place	AEK Betsson BC
Fourth place	Lenovo Tenerife
Final Four MVP	Tyson Carter (Unicaja)
Awards
Best Coach	Txus Vidorreta
Best Young Player	Nolan Traoré
Statistical leaders
Points Amin Stevens (Ironi Ramat Gan) 21.9 Rebounds Kenneth Faried (Reggiana) 7.9 Assists Kendale McCullum (Ironi Ramat Gan) 7.9
←2023–24 2025–26 →

The2024–25 Basketball Champions League was the 9th season of theBasketball Champions League (BCL), the Europeanprofessionalbasketball competition forclubs launched byFIBA. The season began on 1 October 2024 and ended on 11 May 2025.

Unicaja Málaga were the defending champions,^[1] and successfully defended their title by defeatingGalatasaray in thefinal of theFinal Four, which was hosted in theSunel Arena inAthens for a second time in history.^[2]

The country ranking based on thecountry coefficients is used to determine the number of clubs from each national federation that enters various stages of the BCL:^[3]

• All countries, if they entered, each have at least one team qualify.^{[citation needed]}
• The winners of the2023–24 Basketball Champions League are given an additional entry if they do not qualify for the 2024–25 Basketball Champions League through their domestic league.^[4]
• The organiser may grant access to the League through the attribution of up to 4invitations (wild cards) to the Regular Season or to the Qualification Rounds.^[4]
• 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.^[4]

For the 2024–25 Basketball Champions League, the countries are allocated places according to their 2024country coefficients, which takes into account their performance from 2021–22 to 2023–24.

National Federations ranking for 2024–25 Basketball Champions League

Rank National Federation Coeff. Teams 1  Spain 103.40 4+1 BCL 2  Israel 71.67 2 3  France 70.16 3 4  Turkey 65.20 4 5  Greece 60.75 5 6  Germany 60.50 4 7  Hungary 44.00 1 8  Romania 41.00 9  Lithuania 39.00 2 10  Bosnia and Herzegovina 37.00 1 11  Belgium 36.50 2 12  Italy 33.42 3 13  Latvia 31.00 1 14  Portugal 27.00 15  Ukraine 25.00 0 16  Poland 22.50 2 17  Czech Republic 18.00 1 18  Estonia 13.00 19  Denmark 12.00 0 20  Russia (suspended)[5] 7.50 21  Switzerland 7.00 1 22  Netherlands 6.00 23  Sweden 5.00

Rank National Federation Coeff. Teams 24  Cyprus 5.00 1 25  Slovakia 5.00 26  Serbia 5.00 2 27  Finland 4.00 1 28  Belarus (suspended)[5] 4.00 0 29  Montenegro 3.00 30  Austria 3.00 31  Kosovo 2.00 1 32  Great Britain 2.00 33  Croatia 2.00 0 34  Georgia 1.00 1 35  Bulgaria 1.00 36  North Macedonia 1.00 0 NR  Azerbaijan — 1  Albania — 0  Armenia —  Iceland —  Ireland —  Luxembourg —  Moldova —  Norway —  Slovenia —

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^[4]
• AV: Allocated vacancy^[4]

Qualified teams for 2024–25 Basketball Champions League (by entry round)^[6][7]

Regular season
Peristeri Domino's(3rd)	Niners Chemnitz(3rd)FEC	Maccabi Ironi Ramat Gan(5th)	Falco-Vulcano Szombathely(1st)
Promitheas Patras(5th)	FIT/One Würzburg Baskets(4th)	Hapoel Netanel Holon(6th)	VEF Rīga(1st)
Kolossos H Hotels(6th)	Rasta Vechta(6th)	Pallacanestro Reggiana(5th)	Rytas(1st)
AEK Betsson(7th)	Pinar Karşıyaka(4th)	Bertram Derthona Tortona(8th)	FMP Soccerbet(4th)
UCAM Murcia(2nd)	Galatasaray(5th)	King Szczecin(2nd)AV[8]
Unicaja(3rd)TH	Manisa BBSK(6th)	Śląsk Wrocław(3rd)
La Laguna Tenerife(6th)	Nanterre 92(5th)	Filou Oostende(1st)
BAXI Manresa(8th)	Saint-Quentin Basket-Ball(6th)	Igokea m:tel(1st)
Qualifying rounds
Sabah(1st)	Nokia(1st)	Dinamo Banco di Sardegna Sassari(10th)	Spartak Office Shoes(7th)
Windrose Giants Antwerp(2nd)	Cholet(7th)	Trepça(1st)	Patrioti Levice(1st)
Rilski Sportist(1st)	Kutaisi 2010(1st)	Juventus(5th)	Morabanc Andorra(11th)
ERA Nymburk(1st)	Telekom Baskets Bonn(7th)	Heroes den Bosch(2nd)[Note NED]	Norrköping Dolphins1st)
Keravnos(1st)	Caledonia Gladiators(5th)	SL Benfica(1st)	Fribourg Olympic(1st)
Kalev/Cramo(1st)	PAOK mateco(8th)	CSM CSU Oradea(2nd)	Petkim Spor(7th)

Notes

A total of 54 officials are set to work on the 2024–25 season in Basketball Champions League:^[10] After the 2023–24 season, five referees left the squad, two were added.

The draw for the qualifying rounds was held on 26 June 2024 at the Patrick Baumann House inMies, Switzerland.^[11][12]

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 theclub ranking and by thecountry 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 theregular season and join the 28 directly qualified teams in the main draw. The rest of the teams will qualify, if they apply, to theFIBA Europe Cup.

Pot 1 Team Pts SL Benfica 25 ERA Nymburk 22

Pot 2 Team Pts Kalev/Cramo 12 Fribourg Olympic 7

Pot 3 Team Pts Patrioti Levice 5 Norrköping Dolphins 5

Pot 4 Team Pts Keravnos 2 Nokia 4.00†

Pot 5 Team Pts Trepça 2.00† Rilski Sportist 1.00†

Pot 6 Team Pts Kutaisi 2010 1.00† Sabah 0.00†

Pot 1 Team Pts Telekom Baskets Bonn 80 PAOK Mateco 43

Pot 2 Team Pts Banco di Sardegna Sassari 33 Cholet 11

Pot 3 Team Pts Heroes den Bosch 4 Juventus 2

Pot 4 Team Pts CSM Oradea 1 Windrose Giants Antwerp 1

Pot 5 Team Pts Caledonia Gladiators 0 MoraBanc Andorra 103.40†

Pot 6 Team Pts Petkim Spor 65.20† Spartak Office Shoes 5.00†

Notes

The tournament 1 will be played on September 17–21, 2024 at the Gloria Sports Arena inAntalya, Turkey.^[13]

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
					September 19
					Benfica	89
	September 17
					Rilski Sportist	88
	Rilski Sportist	71
									September 21
	Nokia	64
									Benfica	91
									Fribourg Olympic	85
					September 19
					Fribourg Olympic	80
	September 17
					Norrköping Dolphins	79
	Sabah	71
	Norrköping Dolphins	75

Source:FIBA

The tournament 2 will be played on September 18–22, 2024 at the Gloria Sports Arena inAntalya, Turkey.^[13]

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
					September 20
					ERA Nymburk	84
	September 18
					Trepça	78
	Trepça	82
									September 22
	Keravnos	79
									ERA Nymburk	80
									Kalev/Cramo	66
					September 20
					Kalev/Cramo	84
	September 18
					Patrioti Levice	76
	Kutaisi 2010	87
	Patrioti Levice	111

Source:FIBA

The tournament 3 will be played on September 17–21, 2024 at the Gloria Sports Arena inAntalya, Turkey.^[13]

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
					September 19
					PAOK mateco	81
	September 17
					CSM Oradea	80
	Caledonia Gladiators	59
									September 21
	CSM Oradea	90
									PAOK mateco	69
									Petkim Spor	79
					September 19
					Cholet	70
	September 17
					Petkim Spor	76
	Petkim Spor	92
	Heroes Den Bosch	72

Source:FIBA

The tournament 4 will be played on September 18–22, 2024 at the Gloria Sports Arena inAntalya, Turkey.^[13]

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
					September 20
					Telekom Baskets Bonn	99
	September 18
					MoraBanc Andorra	91
	MoraBanc Andorra	91
									September 22
	Windrose Giants Antwerp	73
									Telekom Baskets Bonn	78
									Banco di Sardegna Sassari	71
					September 20
					Banco di Sardegna Sassari	77
	September 18
					Juventus	73
	Spartak Office Shoes	84
	Juventus	87

Source:FIBA

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.^[11]

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 theBasketball Champions League Final Four in May 2025.^[12]

Pot 1 Team Pts 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 2 Team Pts Peristeri 55 Filou Oostende 55 Karşıyaka Basket 52 Falco Szombathely 49 Igokea 37 VEF Rīga 31 Promitheas 30 Bertram Derthona Tortona 21

Pot 3 Team Pts Rasta Vechta 17 King Szczecin 11 Pallacanestro Reggiana 11 Niners Chemnitz 4 Maccabi Ironi Ramat Gan 71.67† Nanterre 92 70.16† Saint-Quentin 70.16† Manisa Basket 65.20†

Pot 4 Team Pts Kolossos H Hotels 60.75† Würzburg Baskets 60.50† Śląsk Wrocław 22.50† FMP Soccerbet 5.00† (Winner QF–T1) (Winner QF–T2) (Winner QF–T3) (Winner QF–T4)

Notes

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification		WUE	NAN	HOL	IGO
1	FIT/One Würzburg Baskets	6	4	2	513	489	+24	10	Advance toround of 16		—	88–96	85–76	98–80
2	Nanterre 92	6	3	3	500	492	+8	9	Advance toplay-ins		83–88	—	87–77	78–83
3	Hapoel Netanel Holon	6	3	3	472	478	−6	9			71–69	70–76	—	92–82
4	Igokea m:tel	6	2	4	493	519	−26	8			83–85	86–80	79–86	—

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification		UNI	PET	OOS	SZC
1	Unicaja	6	6	0	584	432	+152	12	Advance toround of 16		—	112–82	98–82	83–60
2	Petkim Spor	6	4	2	475	503	−28	10	Advance toplay-ins		56–108	—	77–74	90–63
3	Filou Oostende	6	2	4	468	480	−12	8			85–92	76–85	—	67–55
4	King Szczecin	6	0	6	388	500	−112	6			67–91	70–85	73–84	—

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification		TFE	KSK	SAI	KOL
1	La Laguna Tenerife	6	6	0	502	396	+106	12	Advance toround of 16		—	85–82	96–57	93–74
2	Pinar Karşıyaka	6	4	2	501	451	+50	10	Advance toplay-ins		76–87	—	84–74	95–79
3	Saint-Quentin	6	2	4	429	473	−44	8			61–71	67–93	—	84–54
4	Kolossos H Hotels	6	0	6	387	499	−112	6			47–71	59–71	75–86	—

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification		NYM	GAL	PRO	VEC
1	ERA Nymburk	6	5	1	516	452	+64	11	Advance toround of 16		—	80–70	75–85	93–74
2	Galatasaray	6	4	2	492	471	+21	10	Advance toplay-ins		75–87	—	91–74	103–91
3	Promitheas	6	2	4	478	503	−25	8			78–86	75–79	—	78–86
4	Rasta Vechta	6	1	5	471	531	−60	7			70–95	64–74	86–88	—

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification		AEK	BON	MRG	RIG
1	AEK Betsson	6	4	2	494	463	+31	10	Advance toround of 16		—	96–65	80–71	80–70
2	Telekom Baskets Bonn	6	4	2	474	485	−11	10	Advance toplay-ins		93–74	—	80–76	78–75
3	Maccabi Ironi Ramat Gan	6	3	3	492	494	−2	9			95–84	78–86	—	78–71
4	VEF Rīga	6	1	5	464	482	−18	7			69–80	86–72	93–94	—

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification		RYT	FAL	PAL	SLA
1	Rytas	6	5	1	542	479	+63	11	Advance toround of 16		—	103–83	94–84	98–75
2	Falco-Vulcano Szombathely	6	3	3	472	484	−12	9	Advance toplay-ins		72–82	—	78–71	67–74
3	Unahotels Reggio Emilia	6	3	3	458	462	−4	9			77–67	79–88	—	74–70
4	Śląsk Wrocław	6	1	5	447	494	−47	7			88–98	75–84	65–73	—

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification		MAN	DER	CHE	BEN
1	BAXI Manresa	6	5	1	562	465	+97	11	Advance toround of 16		—	100–82	105–59	92–64
2	Bertram Derthona Tortona	6	5	1	497	456	+41	11	Advance toplay-ins		102–85	—	87–81	77–71
3	Niners Chemnitz	6	1	5	450	512	−62	7			78–89	61–77	—	103–75
4	Benfica	6	1	5	427	503	−76	7			80–91	58–72	79–68	—

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification		UCM	MAN	PER	FMP
1	UCAM Murcia	6	5	1	508	455	+53	11	Advance toround of 16		—	97–103	83–76	86–50
2	Manisa Basket	6	4	2	536	523	+13	10	Advance toplay-ins		72–78	—	79–77	103–84
3	Peristeri Domino's	6	2	4	449	457	−8	8			76–81	90–78	—	72–66
4	FMP Soccerbet	6	1	5	445	503	−58	7			78–83	97–101	70–58	—

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.

Team 1	Series	Team 2	Game 1	Game 2	Game 3
Nanterre 92	2–1	Filou Oostende	78–88	76–67	76–71
Karşıyaka Basket	0–2	Promitheas	77–81	68–84	—
Telekom Baskets Bonn	0–2	Pallacanestro Reggiana	91–94	70–73	—
Bertram Derthona Tortona	2–0	Peristeri Domino's	69–59	73–65	—
Petkim Spor	2–1	Hapoel Netanel Holon	82–81	62–65	93–85
Galatasaray	2–1	Saint-Quentin	84–63	79–90	75–73
Falco-Vulcano Szombathely	2–1	Maccabi Ironi Ramat Gan	88–81	69–76	106–100
Manisa Basket	2–0	Niners Chemnitz	87–86	87–84	—

The Round of 16 will take place from January 28 until March 26, 2025. The groups will be formed by the winners of each Regular Season Group and by eight Play-Ins winners. The 16 teams will be divided in 4 groups, 4 teams each. The first two of each groups advance to the quarter-finals.

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification		AEK	DER	WUE	PRO
1	AEK Betsson	6	5	1	493	449	+44	11	Advance toquarter-finals		—	93–86	84–77	97–76
2	Bertram Derthona Tortona	6	4	2	507	466	+41	10			83–82	—	80–74	97–77
3	FIT/One Würzburg Baskets	6	2	4	496	516	−20	8			71–77	80–79	—	115–119
4	Promitheas	6	1	5	465	530	−65	7			56–60	60–82	77–79	—

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification		UNI	GAL	RYT	MAN
1	Unicaja	6	5	1	550	503	+47	11	Advance toquarter-finals		—	97–91	92–74	91–73
2	Galatasaray	6	4	2	532	514	+18	10			86–84	—	89–81	104–81
3	Rytas	6	2	4	496	502	−6	8			82–83	86–66	—	98–74
4	Manisa Basket	6	1	5	508	567	−59	7			97–103	85–96	98–75	—

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification		TFE	PAL	MAN	PET
1	La Laguna Tenerife	6	6	0	515	450	+65	12	Advance toquarter-finals		—	91–69	81–71	90–83
2	Unahotels Reggio Emilia	6	3	3	486	498	−12	9			74–84	—	85–70	77–70
3	BAXI Manresa	6	2	4	492	516	−24	8			73–84	96–90	—	96–87
4	Petkim Spor	6	1	5	496	525	−29	7			80–85	87–91	89–86	—

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification		NYM	NAN	UCM	FAL
1	ERA Nymburk	6	5	1	549	451	+98	11	Advance toquarter-finals		—	86–90	85–70	96–68
2	Nanterre 92	6	4	2	505	512	−7	10			77–100	—	76–71	83–71
3	UCAM Murcia	6	3	3	485	474	+11	9			60–76	95–84	—	85–63
4	Falco-Vulcano Szombathely	6	0	6	467	569	−102	6			86–106	89–95	90–104	—

The playoffs will begin on 8 April 2025 and ends with the2025 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.

Group	Winners	Runners-up
I	AEK Betsson	Bertram Derthona Tortona
J	Unicaja	Galatasaray
K	La Laguna Tenerife	Unahotels Reggio Emilia
L	ERA Nymburk	Nanterre 92

	Quarterfinals						Semifinals						Final
	9–23 April
	ERA Nymburk	80	74	–
							9 May
	Galatasaray	106	90	–
							Galatasaray			90
	9–23 April
							La Laguna Tenerife			80
	La Laguna Tenerife	93	77	–
													11 May
	Bertram Derthona	89	64	–
													Galatasaray			67
	9–23 April
													Unicaja			83
	AEK Betsson	76	70	104
							9 May
	Nanterre 92	69	82	69
							AEK Betsson			65
	9–23 April
							Unicaja			71			Third place
	Unicaja	105	82	–
													11 May
	Unahotels Reggio Emilia	68	72	–
													La Laguna Tenerife			73
													AEK Betsson			77

The quarterfinals will be played in a best-of-3 series and start on April 8. The seeded teams will play their first (and potential third) game at home, the unseeded teams will play their second game at home. Second game will be played April 15–16, and potential thirds on April 23.

Team 1	Series	Team 2	Game 1	Game 2	Game 3
ERA Nymburk	0–2	Galatasaray	80–106	74–90	—
La Laguna Tenerife	2–0	Bertram Derthona Tortona	93–89	77–64	—
AEK Betsson	2–1	Nanterre 92	76–69	70–82	104–69
Unicaja	2–0	Unahotels Reggio Emilia	105–68	82–72	—

The semifinals were played on 9 May 2025.

Team 1	Score	Team 2
La Laguna Tenerife	80–90	Galatasaray
AEK Athens	65–71	Unicaja Málaga

The third place game was played on 11 May 2025.

Team 1	Score	Team 2
La Laguna Tenerife	73–77	AEK Athens

The final was played on 11 May 2025.

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Galatasaray	67–83	Unicaja Málaga

The annual season awards was announced during the Final Four weekend.^[14]

Award	Player	Club
Most Valuable Player	Marcelo Huertas	Lenovo Tenerife
Final Four MVP	Tyson Carter	Unicaja
Best Defensive Player	Alberto Díaz	Unicaja
Best Young Player	Nolan Traoré	Saint-Quentin
Best Coach	Txus Vidorreta	Lenovo Tenerife

First Team		Second Team
Player	Team	Player	Team
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

Player	Club	Ref.
Gytis Radzevičius	Rytas Vilnius	[15]

Player	Team	Ref.
Errick McCollum	Karşıyaka Basket	[16]
Gytis Radzevičius	Rytas Vilnius
Zac Seljaas	FIT/One Wurzburg Baskets
Derrick Alston Jr.	BAXI Manresa
Ismaël Kamagate	Bertram Derthona Tortona

Player	Club	Ref.
Will Cummings	Galatasaray	[17]

Player	Team	Ref.
Cassius Winston	Pallacanestro Reggiana	[18]
Will Cummings	Galatasaray
Hugo Besson	Manisa Basket
Matt Tiby	Falco-Vulcano Szombathely
Jaime Echenique	Petkim Spor

Player	Club	Ref.
James Palmer	Galatasaray	[19]

Player	Team	Ref.
Marcelo Huertas	La Laguna Tenerife	[20]
Tyson Carter	Unicaja
James Palmer	Galatasaray
Desi Rodriguez	Nanterre 92
Grant Golden	AEK Betsson

Player	Club	Ref.
Marcelo Huertas	La Laguna Tenerife	[21]

Player	Team	Ref.
Marcelo Huertas	La Laguna Tenerife	[22]
Hunter Hale	AEK Betsson
Will Cummings	Galatasaray
Tyson Carter	Unicaja
Giorgi Shermadini	La Laguna Tenerife

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