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The 2023–24 FIBA Europe Cup was the 9th season of the FIBA Europe Cup, a European basketball competition for clubs launched by FIBA Europe. The season began on 18 October 2023 and ended on 24 April 2024.

Season2023–24
DatesQualifying:
2–5 October 2023
Competition proper:
18 October 2023–24 April 2024
TeamsCompetition proper: 40[i] (from 25 countries)
Total: 53[ii] (from 27 countries)
ChampionsGerman Basketball Federation Niners Chemnitz (1st title)
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2023–24 FIBA Europe Cup
Season2023–24
DatesQualifying:
2–5 October 2023
Competition proper:
18 October 2023–24 April 2024
TeamsCompetition proper: 40[i] (from 25 countries)
Total: 53[ii] (from 27 countries)
Finals
ChampionsGerman Basketball Federation Niners Chemnitz (1st title)
Runners-upTurkish Basketball Federation Bahçeşehir Koleji
Semi-finalistsItalian Basketball Federation Itelyum Varese
Spanish Basketball Federation Surne Bilbao Basket
Finals MVPCanada Kaza Kajami-Keane
Statistical leaders
Points United States Christian Vital 21.9
Rebounds United States Travis Taylor 14.2
Assists Canada Olivier Hanlan 9.0
Index Rating Canada Olivier Hanlan 21.6
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For this season, the number of teams in regular season was increased from 32 to 40 teams. The finals were contested by German club Niners Chemnitz and Turkish club Bahçeşehir Koleji, with Chemnitz winning their first European and Europe Cup title.[1]

Anwil Włocławek were the defending champions, but were eliminated in the regular season.

Team allocation

A total of 53 teams from 27 of the 50 FIBA Europe member associations were expected to participate in the 2023–24 FIBA Europe Cup season, but finally 51 teams from 27 of the 50 FIBA Europe member associations participated in the competition. On July 20, 2023, FIBA Europe confirmed 35 teams to take part in the competition.[2] On August 2, 2023, FIBA Europe confirmed the 21 teams of the Basketball Champions League qualifying rounds had opted in to participate in the FIBA Europe Cup in case they do not reach the Basketball Champions League regular season, out of which a maximum of 20 could join the regular season.[3] On October 2, 2023, 18 of the 21 teams that had opted in to participate in the FIBA Europe Cup regular season joined from Basketball Champions League qualifying rounds after Benfica, Cholet and SIG Strasbourg qualified for the Basketball Champions League.[4] On October 9, 2023, FIBA Europe suspended all games involving Israeli teams (Bnei Herzliya, Hapoel Galil Elyon, and Ironi Ness Ziona) from regular season onwards due to them being unable to host home games because of the Gaza war.[5]

Teams

The labels in the parentheses show how each team qualified for the place of its starting round (TH: FIBA Europe Cup title holders):

  • 1st, 2nd, 3rd, etc.: League position after eventual Playoffs
  • CL QR: Transferred from Champions League qualifying rounds
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    NOTE: On October 9, 2023, FIBA Europe suspended all games involving Israeli teams (Bnei Herzliya, Hapoel Galil Elyon, and Ironi Ness Ziona) from regular season onwards in response to the Gaza war.[5]

Schedule

The schedule of the competition is as follows.[6]

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Schedule for 2023–24 FIBA Europe Cup
Phase Round Draw date First leg Second leg
Qualifying tournaments 8 August 2023 2–5 October 2023
Regular season Round 1 18 October 2023
Round 2 25 October 2023
Round 3 1 November 2023
Round 4 8 November 2023
Round 5 15 November 2023
Round 6 22 November 2023
Second round Round 1 6 December 2023
Round 2 13 December 2023
Round 3 10 January 2024
Round 4 24 January 2024
Round 5 31 January 2024
Round 6 7 February 2024
Play-offs Quarter-finals 6 March 2024 13 March 2024
Semi-finals 27 March 2024 3 April 2024
Finals 17 April 2024 24 April 2024
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Qualifying tournaments

The qualifying tournaments took place from 2 to 5 October 2023 with six tournaments consisting of three teams, while one tournament will feature four teams. The winner of each tournament advanced to the regular season, which has been expanded for the 2023–24 season to feature 40 clubs split across 10 groups of four. As clubs that have opted in from the Basketball Champions League qualifying rounds could qualify to the Basketball Champions League regular season, this led to additional spots in the regular season of the FIBA Europe Cup opening up to be filled by the best ranked runners-up in the qualifying tournaments.

Qualifying tournament A

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Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification SAB RAP DON RAB
1 Azerbaijan Basketball Federation Sabah 3 3 0 248 224 +24 6 Advance to regular season — — — 83–81
2 Romanian Basketball Federation Rapid București 3 2 1 227 212 +15 5 71–90 — 69–65 —
3 Basketball Nederland Donar 3 1 2 202 206 −4 4 72–75 — — 65–62
4 Basketball Federation of North Macedonia Rabotnički (H) 3 0 3 200 235 −35 3 — 57–87 — —
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Source: FIBA Europe Cup
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Qualifying tournament B

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Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification MBB POR NEV
1 Turkish Basketball Federation Manisa BB (H) 2 2 0 178 158 +20 4 Advance to regular season — 80–70 —
2 Portuguese Basketball Federation FC Porto 2 1 1 170 164 +6 3 — — 100–84
3 Lithuanian Basketball Federation Nevėžis Optibet 2 0 2 172 198 −26 2 88–98 — —
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Source: FIBA Europe Cup
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Qualifying tournament C

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Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification TRE TIN PÄR
1 Basketball Federation of Kosovo Trepça 2 2 0 154 136 +18 4 Advance to regular season — — 77–67
2 Icelandic Basketball Association Tindastóll 2 1 1 138 139 −1 3 69–77 — —
3 Estonian Basketball Association Pärnu Sadam (H) 2 0 2 129 146 −17 2 — 62–69 —
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Source: FIBA Europe Cup
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Qualifying tournament D

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Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification KAT BOR CHE
1 Basketball Finland Kataja (H) 2 1 1 167 163 +4 3 Advance to regular season — 71–78 —
2 Swedish Basketball Federation Borås Basket 2 1 1 183 180 +3 3 — — 105–109
3 Bulgarian Basketball Federation Chernomorets 2 1 1 194 201 −7 3 85–96 — —
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Source: FIBA Europe Cup
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Qualifying tournament E

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Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification ROS KER FEN
1 German Basketball Federation Rostock Seawolves 2 2 0 194 146 +48 4 Advance to regular season — 93–74 —
2 Cyprus Basketball Federation Keravnos (H) 2 1 1 181 153 +28 3 — — 107–60
3 Basketball Federation of North Macedonia Feniks 2010 2 0 2 132 208 −76 2 72–101 — —
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Source: FIBA Europe Cup
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Qualifying tournament F

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Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification BNH KÖR ANO
1 Israeli Basketball Association Bnei Herzliya 2 2 0 184 151 +33 4 Advance to regular season — 97–88 —
2 Hungarian Basketball Federation Egis Körmend (H) 2 1 1 179 184 −5 3 — — 91–87
3 Cyprus Basketball Federation Anorthosis Famagusta 2 0 2 150 178 −28 2 63–87 — —
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Source: FIBA Europe Cup
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Qualifying tournament G

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Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification CAZ JÄM PAR
1 Spanish Basketball Federation Casademont Zaragoza 2 2 0 175 153 +22 4 Advance to regular season — — 94–88
2 Swedish Basketball Federation Jämtland (H) 2 1 1 142 157 −15 3 65–81 — —
3 Czech Basketball Federation KVIS Pardubice 2 0 2 164 171 −7 2 — 76–77 —
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Source: FIBA Europe Cup
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Lucky losers

The additional spots were made available after French clubs Cholet and SIG Strasbourg both qualified for the Basketball Champions League. The two lucky losers were determined by the best ranked second-placed clubs from the FIBA Europe Cup Qualifying Tournaments in accordance to Section D of the Official Basketball Rules.

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Pos Grp Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1 E Cyprus Basketball Federation Keravnos 2 1 1 181 153 +28 3 Advance to regular season
2 B Portuguese Basketball Federation FC Porto 2 1 1 170 164 +6 3
3 D Swedish Basketball Federation Borås Basket 2 1 1 183 180 +3 3
4 C Icelandic Basketball Association Tindastóll 2 1 1 138 139 −1 3
5 F Hungarian Basketball Federation Egis Körmend 2 1 1 179 184 −5 3
6 G Swedish Basketball Federation Jämtland 2 1 1 142 157 −15 3
7 A Romanian Basketball Federation Rapid București 2 1 1 140 155 −15 3
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Regular season

The regular season was expanded with eight teams, from 32 to 40, which were divided in 10 groups of four.

Group A

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Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification BAL SPO ALB BNH
1 Bulgarian Basketball Federation Balkan 4 3 1 326 317 +9 7 Advance to second round — 81–70 85–79 —
2 Portuguese Basketball Federation Sporting CP 4 2 2 345 338 +7 6 90–72 — 83–79 —
3 Hungarian Basketball Federation Arconic Alba Fehérvár 4 1 3 342 358 −16 5 78–88 106–102 — —
4 Israeli Basketball Association Bnei Herzliya 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Withdrawal — — — —
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Source: FIBA Europe Cup
Legend: Blue = home team win; Red = away team win.

Group B

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Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification SBB ANW CAL SIB
1 Spanish Basketball Federation Surne Bilbao Basket 6 6 0 505 399 +106 12 Advance to second round — 76–71 106–58 89–64
2 Polish Basketball Federation Anwil Włocłavek 6 3 3 469 409 +60 9 79–83 — 93–72 84–71
3 British Basketball Caledonia Gladiators 6 3 3 431 475 −44 9 59–78 66–63 — 96–67
4 Romanian Basketball Federation ABC Sibiu 6 0 6 379 501 −122 6 68–73 41–79 68–80 —
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Source: FIBA Europe Cup
Legend: Blue = home team win; Red = away team win.

Group C

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Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification JSK ROS AEK KAU
1 Lithuanian Basketball Federation CBet Jonava 6 4 2 542 504 +38 10 Advance to second round — 84–65 80–87 98–94
2 German Basketball Federation Rostock Seawolves 6 4 2 504 473 +31 10 86–81 — 86–73 93–65
3 Cyprus Basketball Federation AEK Larnaca 6 3 3 473 492 −19 9 84–95 78–76 — 66–75
4 Basketball Finland Karhu 6 1 5 494 544 −50 7 88–104 92–98 80–85 —
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Source: FIBA Europe Cup
Legend: Blue = home team win; Red = away team win.

Group D

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Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification BAH NYM SAB MOR
1 Turkish Basketball Federation Bahçeşehir Koleji 6 5 1 547 464 +83 11 Advance to second round — 88–89 99–80 103–68
2 Czech Basketball Federation ERA Nymburk 6 5 1 547 472 +75 11 91–96 — 95–61 78–62
3 Azerbaijan Basketball Federation Sabah 6 1 5 451 528 −77 7 65–83 89–97 — 81–74
4 Basketball Federation of Montenegro Mornar Barsko zlato 6 1 5 431 512 −81 7 71–78 76–97 80–75 —
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Source: FIBA Europe Cup
Legend: Blue = home team win; Red = away team win.

Group E

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Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification MBB POR BAK NOR
1 Turkish Basketball Federation Manisa BB 6 5 1 478 435 +43 11 Advance to second round — 75–66 85–80 79–52
2 Portuguese Basketball Federation FC Porto 6 4 2 501 468 +33 10 84–67 — 89–78 84–64
3 Danish Basketball Association Bakken Bears 6 2 4 505 512 −7 8 76–82 113–99 — 69–75
4 Swedish Basketball Federation Norrköping Dolphins 6 1 5 421 490 −69 7 77–90 71–79 82–89 —
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Source: FIBA Europe Cup
Legend: Blue = home team win; Red = away team win.

Group F

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Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification CAZ KAL BRI INZ
1 Spanish Basketball Federation Casademont Zaragoza 4 3 1 331 309 +22 7 Advance to second round — 71–78 91–72 —
2 Estonian Basketball Association Kalev/Cramo 4 2 2 295 301 −6 6 72–78 — 76–70 —
3 Italian Basketball Federation Happy Casa Brindisi 4 1 3 311 327 −16 5 87–91 82–69 — —
4 Israeli Basketball Association Ironi Ness Ziona 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Withdrawal — — — —
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Source: FIBA Europe Cup
Legend: Blue = home team win; Red = away team win.

Group G

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Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification LEI GRA TRE HGE
1 Basketball Nederland ZZ Leiden 4 3 1 287 273 +14 7 Advance to second round — 77–69 80–76 —
2 French Federation of Basketball Gravelines Dunkerque 4 2 2 294 248 +46 6 74–46 — 83–49 —
3 Basketball Federation of Kosovo Trepça 4 1 3 255 315 −60 5 54–84 76–68 — —
4 Israeli Basketball Association Hapoel Galil Elyon 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Withdrawal — — — —
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Source: FIBA Europe Cup
Legend: Blue = home team win; Red = away team win.

Group H

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Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification CHE SPÓ PEJ HDB
1 German Basketball Federation Niners Chemnitz 6 6 0 543 403 +140 12 Advance to second round — 97–75 98–72 88–61
2 Polish Basketball Federation PGE Spójnia Stargard 6 3 3 476 505 −29 9 66–84 — 79–83 73–65
3 Basketball Federation of Kosovo Peja 6 2 4 495 560 −65 8 63–99 87–91 — 99–84
4 Basketball Nederland Heroes Den Bosch 6 1 5 474 520 −46 7 66–77 89–92 109–91 —
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Source: FIBA Europe Cup
Legend: Blue = home team win; Red = away team win.

Group I

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Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification GÖT VAR KER TBI
1 German Basketball Federation Göttingen 6 5 1 559 494 +65 11 Advance to second round — 104–109 90–71 86–81
2 Italian Basketball Federation Itelyum Varese 6 5 1 583 529 +54 11 79–91 — 97–90 109–83
3 Cyprus Basketball Federation Keravnos 6 1 5 454 526 −72 7 69–102 80–95 — 84–79
4 Georgian Basketball Federation TSU Tbilisi 6 1 5 472 519 −47 7 85–86 81–94 63–60 —
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Source: FIBA Europe Cup
Legend: Blue = home team win; Red = away team win.

Group J

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Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification LEG ORA LEV KAT
1 Polish Basketball Federation Legia Warsaw 6 5 1 498 459 +39 11 Advance to second round — 90–79 74–63 85–62
2 Romanian Basketball Federation CSM Oradea 6 4 2 537 487 +50 10 93–74 — 91–93 105–92
3 Slovak Basketball Association Patrioti Levice 6 2 4 449 480 −31 8 77–86 65–82 — 68–55
4 Basketball Finland Kataja 6 1 5 459 517 −58 7 85–89 73–87 92–83 —
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Source: FIBA Europe Cup
Legend: Blue = home team win; Red = away team win.

Ranking of second-placed teams

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Pos Grp Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1 D Czech Basketball Federation ERA Nymburk 4 3 1 372 334 +38 7 Advance to second round
2 I Italian Basketball Federation Itelyum Varese 4 3 1 380 365 +15 7
3 G French Federation of Basketball Gravelines Dunkerque 4 2 2 294 248 +46 6
4 J Romanian Basketball Federation CSM Oradea 4 2 2 345 322 +23 6
5 A Portuguese Basketball Federation Sporting CP 4 2 2 345 338 +7 6
6 E Portuguese Basketball Federation FC Porto 4 2 2 338 333 +5 6
7 C German Basketball Federation Rostock Seawolves 4 2 2 313 316 −3 6
8 F Estonian Basketball Association Kalev/Cramo 4 2 2 295 301 −6 6
9 B Polish Basketball Federation Anwil Włocłavek 4 1 3 306 297 +9 5
10 H Polish Basketball Federation PGE Spójnia Stargard 4 1 3 311 351 −40 5
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Second round

Group K

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Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification SBB POR GÖT BAL
1 Spanish Basketball Federation Surne Bilbao Basket 6 5 1 504 438 +66 11 Advance to quarter-finals — 90–86 75–73 90–63
2 Portuguese Basketball Federation FC Porto 6 4 2 507 453 +54 10 72–75 — 82–64 92–80
3 German Basketball Federation Göttingen 6 3 3 477 469 +8 9 82–80 81–87 — 76–70
4 Bulgarian Basketball Federation Balkan 6 0 6 413 541 −128 6 62–94 63–88 75–101 —
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Source: FIBA Europe Cup
Legend: Blue = home team win; Red = away team win.

Group L

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Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification BAH LEG SPO JSK
1 Turkish Basketball Federation Bahçeşehir Koleji 6 6 0 568 456 +112 12 Advance to quarter-finals — 100–90 99–87 119–79
2 Polish Basketball Federation Legia Warsaw 6 4 2 560 496 +64 10 66–77 — 93–84 111–72
3 Portuguese Basketball Federation Sporting CP 6 2 4 518 542 −24 8 67–82 86–99 — 103–88
4 Lithuanian Basketball Federation CBet Jonava 6 0 6 464 616 −152 6 67–91 77–101 81–91 —
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Source: FIBA Europe Cup
Legend: Blue = home team win; Red = away team win.

Group M

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Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification NYM CAZ GRA MBB
1 Czech Basketball Federation ERA Nymburk 6 4 2 445 394 +51 10 Advance to quarter-finals — 70–64 72–57 84–62
2 Spanish Basketball Federation Casademont Zaragoza 6 4 2 472 445 +27 10 82–79 — 101–90 88–71
3 French Federation of Basketball Gravelines Dunkerque 6 3 3 442 460 −18 9 74–71 70–69 — 73–80
4 Turkish Basketball Federation Manisa BB 6 1 5 400 460 −60 7 55–69 65–68 67–78 —
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Source: FIBA Europe Cup
Legend: Blue = home team win; Red = away team win.

Group N

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Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification CHE VAR ORA LEI
1 German Basketball Federation Niners Chemnitz 6 5 1 549 467 +82 11 Advance to quarter-finals — 109–85 101–98 78–57
2 Italian Basketball Federation Itelyum Varese 6 3 3 534 527 +7 9 90–78 — 100–81 79–82
3 Romanian Basketball Federation CSM Oradea 6 2 4 526 553 −27 8 79–95 96–103 — 90–77
4 Basketball Nederland ZZ Leiden 6 2 4 432 494 −62 8 58–88 81–77 77–82 —
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Source: FIBA Europe Cup
Legend: Blue = home team win; Red = away team win.

Play-offs

The play-offs began on 6 March and concluded on 17 and 24 April 2024 with the Finals.

Quarter-finals Semi-finals Finals
               
German Basketball Federation Niners Chemnitz 98 102 200
Spanish Basketball Federation Casademont Zaragoza 64 86 150
German Basketball Federation Niners Chemnitz 98 73 171
Spanish Basketball Federation Surne Bilbao Basket 73 82 155
Spanish Basketball Federation Surne Bilbao Basket 64 81 145
Polish Basketball Federation Legia Warsaw 83 53 136
German Basketball Federation Niners Chemnitz 85 95 180
Turkish Basketball Federation Bahçeşehir Koleji 74 105 179
Turkish Basketball Federation Bahçeşehir Koleji 80 88 168
Portuguese Basketball Federation FC Porto 90 52 142
Turkish Basketball Federation Bahçeşehir Koleji 80 81 161
Italian Basketball Federation Itelyum Varese 81 73 154
Czech Basketball Federation ERA Nymburk 65 76 141
Italian Basketball Federation Itelyum Varese 80 91 171

Quarter-finals

The first legs were played on 6 March, and the second legs were played on 13 March 2024.

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Surne Bilbao Basket Spain 145–136 Poland Legia Warsaw 64–83 81–53
Bahçeşehir Koleji Turkey 168–142 Portugal FC Porto 80–90 88–52
ERA Nymburk Czech Republic 141–171 Italy Itelyum Varese 65–80 76–91
Niners Chemnitz Germany 200–150 Spain Casademont Zaragoza 98–64 102–86
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Semi-finals

The first legs were played on 27 March, and the second legs were played on 3 April 2024.

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Niners Chemnitz Germany 171–155 Spain Surne Bilbao Basket 98–73 73–82
Bahçeşehir Koleji Turkey 161–154 Italy Itelyum Varese 80–81 81–73
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Finals

The first leg was played on 17 April, and the second leg was played on 24 April 2024.

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Niners Chemnitz Germany 180–179 Turkey Bahçeşehir Koleji 85–74 95–105
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Finals rosters

Germany Niners Chemnitz: Lansdowne, Garrett, Kajami-Keane, Krubally, Jonas Richter (C). Coach: Rodrigo Pastore
Turkey Bahçeşehir Koleji: Bouteille, Cavanaugh (C), Taylor, Boutsiele, Scrubb. Coach: Dejan Radonjić

Individual awards

FIBA Europe Cup Final MVP

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MVP of the Month

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Month Player Club Ref.
2023
October
United States Willie Cauley-SteinItaly Pallacanestro Varese
November
Canada Olivier HanlanItaly Pallacanestro Varese
December
Canada Philip ScrubbTurkey Bahçeşehir Koleji
2024
January
United States Christian VitalPoland Legia Warsaw
February
March
United States Jeff GarrettGermany Niners Chemnitz
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See also

Notes

  1. Finally, 37 teams from 24 countries participated as the three Israeli teams Bnei Herzliya, Hapoel Galil Elyon and Ironi Ness Ziona were suspended its games by FIBA Europe from regular season onwards in response to the Gaza war.
  2. Finally, 51 teams from 27 countries participated as two Israeli teams Hapoel Galil Elyon and Ironi Ness Ziona did not make the debut appearance because its games were suspended by FIBA Europe from regular season onwards in response to the Gaza war.

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