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The 2024–25 Basketball Champions League was the 9th season of the Basketball Champions League (BCL), the European professional basketball competition for clubs launched by FIBA. The season began on 1 October 2024 and ended on 11 May 2025.

Season2024–25
DatesQualifying:
15–22 September 2024
Competition proper:
1 October 2024 – 11 May 2025
TeamsCompetition proper: 32
Total: 52 (from 29 countries)
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Basketball Champions League
Unicaja Cup Ceremony
Season2024–25
DatesQualifying:
15–22 September 2024
Competition proper:
1 October 2024 – 11 May 2025
TeamsCompetition proper: 32
Total: 52 (from 29 countries)
Regular season
Season MVPMarcelo Huertas
(Tenerife)
Finals
ChampionsSpain Unicaja (2nd title)
Runners-upTurkey Galatasaray
Third placeGreece AEK Betsson BC
Fourth placeSpain Lenovo Tenerife
Final Four MVPTyson Carter
(Unicaja)
Awards
Best CoachTxus Vidorreta
Best Young PlayerNolan 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
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Unicaja Málaga were the defending champions,[1] and successfully defended their title by defeating Galatasaray in the final of the Final Four, which was hosted in the Sunel Arena in Athens for a second time in history.[2]

Team allocation

The country ranking based on the country 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 the 2023–24 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 4 invitations (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]

National Federations ranking

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

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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 —
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Teams

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]
Notes
  1. ^
    Netherlands (NED): ZZ Leiden would have qualified as the winners of the 2023-24 BNXT Dutch Playoffs, but withdrew from applying because their arena did not meet FIBA Europe's capacity standards.[9] As a result, the spot was given to Heroes Den Bosch, second in the national league.

Referees

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.

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Qualifying rounds

Draw

The draw for the qualifying rounds was held on 26 June 2024 at the Patrick Baumann House in Mies, 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 the club ranking and by the country 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 the regular season and join the 28 directly qualified teams in the main draw. The rest of the teams will qualify, if they apply, to the FIBA Europe Cup.

Champions paths

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Pot 1
Team Pts
Portuguese Basketball Federation SL Benfica25
Czech Basketball Federation ERA Nymburk22
Pot 2
Team Pts
Estonian Basketball Association Kalev/Cramo12
Swiss Basketball Fribourg Olympic7
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Pot 3
Team Pts
Slovak Basketball Association Patrioti Levice5
Swedish Basketball Federation Norrköping Dolphins5
Pot 4
Team Pts
Cyprus Basketball Federation Keravnos2
Basketball Finland Nokia4.00†
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Pot 5
Team Pts
Basketball Federation of Kosovo Trepça2.00†
Bulgarian Basketball Federation Rilski Sportist1.00†
Pot 6
Team Pts
Georgian Basketball Federation Kutaisi 20101.00†
Azerbaijan Basketball Federation Sabah0.00†
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League paths

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Pot 1
Team Pts
German Basketball Federation Telekom Baskets Bonn80
Hellenic Basketball Federation PAOK Mateco43
Pot 2
Team Pts
Italian Basketball Federation Banco di Sardegna Sassari33
French Federation of Basketball Cholet11
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Pot 3
Team Pts
Basketball Nederland Heroes den Bosch4
Lithuanian Basketball Federation Juventus2
Pot 4
Team Pts
Romanian Basketball Federation CSM Oradea1
Basketball Belgium Windrose Giants Antwerp1
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Pot 5
Team Pts
British Basketball Caledonia Gladiators0
Spanish Basketball Federation MoraBanc Andorra 103.40†
Pot 6
Team Pts
Turkish Basketball Federation Petkim Spor65.20†
Basketball Federation of Serbia Spartak Office Shoes5.00†
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Notes
^† Indicates teams with no club points, therefore using the country points as a tiebreaker.

Tournament 1

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

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
 
 
 
September 19
 
 
Portuguese Basketball Federation Benfica 89
 
September 17
 
Bulgarian Basketball Federation Rilski Sportist 88
 
Bulgarian Basketball Federation Rilski Sportist 71
 
September 21
 
Basketball Finland Nokia 64
 
Portuguese Basketball Federation Benfica 91
 
 
Swiss Basketball Fribourg Olympic 85
 
 
September 19
 
 
Swiss Basketball Fribourg Olympic 80
 
September 17
 
Swedish Basketball Federation Norrköping Dolphins 79
 
Azerbaijan Basketball Federation Sabah 71
 
 
Swedish Basketball Federation Norrköping Dolphins 75
 

Source: FIBA

Tournament 2

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

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
 
 
 
September 20
 
 
Czech Basketball Federation ERA Nymburk 84
 
September 18
 
Basketball Federation of Kosovo Trepça 78
 
Basketball Federation of Kosovo Trepça 82
 
September 22
 
Cyprus Basketball Federation Keravnos 79
 
Czech Basketball Federation ERA Nymburk 80
 
 
Estonian Basketball Association Kalev/Cramo 66
 
 
September 20
 
 
Estonian Basketball Association Kalev/Cramo 84
 
September 18
 
Slovak Basketball Association Patrioti Levice 76
 
Georgian Basketball Federation Kutaisi 2010 87
 
 
Slovak Basketball Association Patrioti Levice 111
 

Source: FIBA

Tournament 3

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

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
 
 
 
September 19
 
 
Hellenic Basketball Federation PAOK mateco 81
 
September 17
 
Romanian Basketball Federation CSM Oradea 80
 
British Basketball Caledonia Gladiators 59
 
September 21
 
Romanian Basketball Federation CSM Oradea 90
 
Hellenic Basketball Federation PAOK mateco 69
 
 
Turkish Basketball Federation Petkim Spor 79
 
 
September 19
 
 
French Federation of Basketball Cholet 70
 
September 17
 
Turkish Basketball Federation Petkim Spor 76
 
Turkish Basketball Federation Petkim Spor 92
 
 
Basketball Nederland Heroes Den Bosch 72
 

Source: FIBA

Tournament 4

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

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
 
 
 
September 20
 
 
German Basketball Federation Telekom Baskets Bonn 99
 
September 18
 
Spanish Basketball Federation MoraBanc Andorra 91
 
Spanish Basketball Federation MoraBanc Andorra 91
 
September 22
 
Basketball Belgium Windrose Giants Antwerp 73
 
German Basketball Federation Telekom Baskets Bonn 78
 
 
Italian Basketball Federation Banco di Sardegna Sassari 71
 
 
September 20
 
 
Italian Basketball Federation Banco di Sardegna Sassari 77
 
September 18
 
Lithuanian Basketball Federation Juventus 73
 
Basketball Federation of Serbia Spartak Office Shoes 84
 
 
Lithuanian Basketball Federation Juventus 87
 

Source: FIBA

Regular season

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 the Basketball Champions League Final Four in May 2025.[12]

Notes
^† Indicates teams with no club points, therefore using the country points as a tiebreaker.

Group A

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Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification WUE NAN HOL IGO
1 Germany FIT/One Würzburg Baskets 6 4 2 513 489 +24 10 Advance to round of 16 — 88–96 85–76 98–80
2 France Nanterre 92 6 3 3 500 492 +8 9 Advance to play-ins 83–88 — 87–77 78–83
3 Israel Hapoel Netanel Holon 6 3 3 472 478 −6 9 71–69 70–76 — 92–82
4 Bosnia and Herzegovina Igokea m:tel 6 2 4 493 519 −26 8 83–85 86–80 79–86 —
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Source: Group Standings
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 UNI PET OOS SZC
1 Spain Unicaja 6 6 0 584 432 +152 12 Advance to round of 16 — 112–82 98–82 83–60
2 Turkey Petkim Spor 6 4 2 475 503 −28 10 Advance to play-ins 56–108 — 77–74 90–63
3 Belgium Filou Oostende 6 2 4 468 480 −12 8 85–92 76–85 — 67–55
4 Poland King Szczecin 6 0 6 388 500 −112 6 67–91 70–85 73–84 —
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Source: Group Standings
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 TFE KSK SAI KOL
1 Spain La Laguna Tenerife 6 6 0 502 396 +106 12 Advance to round of 16 — 85–82 96–57 93–74
2 Turkey Pinar Karşıyaka 6 4 2 501 451 +50 10 Advance to play-ins 76–87 — 84–74 95–79
3 France Saint-Quentin 6 2 4 429 473 −44 8 61–71 67–93 — 84–54
4 Greece Kolossos H Hotels 6 0 6 387 499 −112 6 47–71 59–71 75–86 —
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Source: Group Standings
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 NYM GAL PRO VEC
1 Czech Republic ERA Nymburk 6 5 1 516 452 +64 11 Advance to round of 16 — 80–70 75–85 93–74
2 Turkey Galatasaray 6 4 2 492 471 +21 10 Advance to play-ins 75–87 — 91–74 103–91
3 Greece Promitheas 6 2 4 478 503 −25 8 78–86 75–79 — 78–86
4 Germany Rasta Vechta 6 1 5 471 531 −60 7 70–95 64–74 86–88 —
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Source: Group Standings
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 AEK BON MRG RIG
1 Greece AEK Betsson 6 4 2 494 463 +31 10 Advance to round of 16 — 96–65 80–71 80–70
2 Germany Telekom Baskets Bonn 6 4 2 474 485 −11 10 Advance to play-ins 93–74 — 80–76 78–75
3 Israel Maccabi Ironi Ramat Gan 6 3 3 492 494 −2 9 95–84 78–86 — 78–71
4 Latvia VEF Rīga 6 1 5 464 482 −18 7 69–80 86–72 93–94 —
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Source: Group Standings
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 RYT FAL PAL SLA
1 Lithuania Rytas 6 5 1 542 479 +63 11 Advance to round of 16 — 103–83 94–84 98–75
2 Hungary Falco-Vulcano Szombathely 6 3 3 472 484 −12 9 Advance to play-ins 72–82 — 78–71 67–74
3 Italy Unahotels Reggio Emilia 6 3 3 458 462 −4 9 77–67 79–88 — 74–70
4 Poland Śląsk Wrocław 6 1 5 447 494 −47 7 88–98 75–84 65–73 —
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Source: Group Standings
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 MAN DER CHE BEN
1 Spain BAXI Manresa 6 5 1 562 465 +97 11 Advance to round of 16 — 100–82 105–59 92–64
2 Italy Bertram Derthona Tortona 6 5 1 497 456 +41 11 Advance to play-ins 102–85 — 87–81 77–71
3 Germany Niners Chemnitz 6 1 5 450 512 −62 7 78–89 61–77 — 103–75
4 Portugal Benfica 6 1 5 427 503 −76 7 80–91 58–72 79–68 —
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Source: Group Standings
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 UCM MAN PER FMP
1 Spain UCAM Murcia 6 5 1 508 455 +53 11 Advance to round of 16 — 97–103 83–76 86–50
2 Turkey Manisa Basket 6 4 2 536 523 +13 10 Advance to play-ins 72–78 — 79–77 103–84
3 Greece Peristeri Domino's 6 2 4 449 457 −8 8 76–81 90–78 — 72–66
4 Serbia FMP Soccerbet 6 1 5 445 503 −58 7 78–83 97–101 70–58 —
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Source: Group Standings
Legend: Blue = home team win; Red = away team win.

Play-ins

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.

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Team 1 Series Team 2 Game 1 Game 2 Game 3
Nanterre 92 France 2–1 Belgium Filou Oostende 78–88 76–67 76–71
Karşıyaka Basket Turkey 0–2 Greece Promitheas 77–81 68–84 —
Telekom Baskets Bonn Germany 0–2 Italy Pallacanestro Reggiana 91–94 70–73 —
Bertram Derthona Tortona Italy 2–0 Greece Peristeri Domino's 69–59 73–65 —
Petkim Spor Turkey 2–1 Israel Hapoel Netanel Holon 82–81 62–65 93–85
Galatasaray Turkey 2–1 France Saint-Quentin 84–63 79–90 75–73
Falco-Vulcano Szombathely Hungary 2–1 Israel Maccabi Ironi Ramat Gan 88–81 69–76 106–100
Manisa Basket Turkey 2–0 Germany Niners Chemnitz 87–86 87–84 —
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Round of 16

The Round of 16 took place from January 28 until March 26, 2025. The groups was formed by the winners of each Regular Season Group and by eight Play-Ins winners. The 16 teams were divided into four groups of four teams each. The first two of each groups advanced to the quarter-finals.

Group I

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Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification AEK DER WUE PRO
1 Greece AEK Betsson 6 5 1 493 449 +44 11 Advance to quarter-finals — 93–86 84–77 97–76
2 Italy Bertram Derthona Tortona 6 4 2 507 466 +41 10 83–82 — 80–74 97–77
3 Germany FIT/One Würzburg Baskets 6 2 4 496 516 −20 8 71–77 80–79 — 115–119
4 Greece Promitheas 6 1 5 465 530 −65 7 56–60 60–82 77–79 —
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Source: Round of 16 Standings
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 UNI GAL RYT MAN
1 Spain Unicaja 6 5 1 550 503 +47 11 Advance to quarter-finals — 97–91 92–74 91–73
2 Turkey Galatasaray 6 4 2 532 514 +18 10 86–84 — 89–81 104–81
3 Lithuania Rytas 6 2 4 496 502 −6 8 82–83 86–66 — 98–74
4 Turkey Manisa Basket 6 1 5 508 567 −59 7 97–103 85–96 98–75 —
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Source: Round of 16 Standings
Legend: Blue = home team win; Red = away team win.

Group K

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Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification TFE PAL MAN PET
1 Spain La Laguna Tenerife 6 6 0 515 450 +65 12 Advance to quarter-finals — 91–69 81–71 90–83
2 Italy Unahotels Reggio Emilia 6 3 3 486 498 −12 9 74–84 — 85–70 77–70
3 Spain BAXI Manresa 6 2 4 492 516 −24 8 73–84 96–90 — 96–87
4 Turkey Petkim Spor 6 1 5 496 525 −29 7 80–85 87–91 89–86 —
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Source: Round of 16 Standings
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 NYM NAN UCM FAL
1 Czech Republic ERA Nymburk 6 5 1 549 451 +98 11 Advance to quarter-finals — 86–90 85–70 96–68
2 France Nanterre 92 6 4 2 505 512 −7 10 77–100 — 76–71 83–71
3 Spain UCAM Murcia 6 3 3 485 474 +11 9 60–76 95–84 — 85–63
4 Hungary Falco-Vulcano Szombathely 6 0 6 467 569 −102 6 86–106 89–95 90–104 —
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Source: Round of 16 Standings
Legend: Blue = home team win; Red = away team win.

Playoffs

The playoffs began on 8 April 2025 and ends with the 2025 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.

Qualified teams

Key to colors
Seeded teamsUnseeded teams

Bracket

 
QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
 
                
 
9–23 April
 
 
Czech Republic ERA Nymburk 8074–
 
9 May
 
Turkey Galatasaray 10690–
 
Turkey Galatasaray 90
 
9–23 April
 
Spain La Laguna Tenerife80
 
Spain La Laguna Tenerife 9377–
 
11 May
 
Italy Bertram Derthona8964–
 
Turkey Galatasaray 67
 
9–23 April
 
Spain Unicaja83
 
Greece AEK Betsson 7670104
 
9 May
 
France Nanterre 92698269
 
Greece AEK Betsson 65
 
9–23 April
 
Spain Unicaja71Third place
 
Spain Unicaja 10582–
 
11 May
 
Italy Unahotels Reggio Emilia6872–
 
Spain La Laguna Tenerife73
 
 
Greece AEK Betsson77
 

Quarterfinals

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

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

The coaches of Tenerife and Galatasaray in a press conference ahead of the final

Semifinals

The semifinals were played on 9 May 2025.

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Third place game

The third place game was played on 11 May 2025.

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

The final was played on 11 May 2025.

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Team 1  Score  Team 2
Galatasaray Turkey 67–83 Spain Unicaja Málaga
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Individual awards

Season awards

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

Star Lineup

MVP of the Group Phase

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Player Club Ref.
Lithuania Gytis RadzevičiusLithuania Rytas Vilnius
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Team of the Group Phase

MVP of the Play-Ins

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Player Club Ref.
United States Will CummingsTurkey Galatasaray
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Team of the Play-Ins

MVP of the Round of 16

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Player Club Ref.
United States James PalmerTurkey Galatasaray
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Team of the Round of 16

MVP of the Quarter-Finals

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Team of the Quarter-Finals

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