2025–26 EuroLeague Women

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The 2025–26 EuroLeague Women was the 68th edition of the premier European women's club basketball championship organized by FIBA, and the 29th edition since being rebranded from the FIBA Women's European Champions Cup to the EuroLeague Women. The season began on 18 September 2025 and ended on 19 April 2026 with the Final Six.

Season2025–26
DatesQualifying:
17–24 September 2025
Regular season:
8 October 2025 – 4 February 2026
Play-Ins:
18 February – 3 March 2026
Final Six:
15–19 April 2026
TeamsCompetition proper: 16
Total: 21 (from 11 countries)
Season MVPHungary Dorka Juhász
Quick facts EuroLeague Women, Season ...
EuroLeague Women
Season2025–26
DatesQualifying:
17–24 September 2025
Regular season:
8 October 2025 – 4 February 2026
Play-Ins:
18 February – 3 March 2026
Final Six:
15–19 April 2026
TeamsCompetition proper: 16
Total: 21 (from 11 countries)
Regular season
Season MVPHungary Dorka Juhász
Finals
ChampionsTurkish Basketball Federation Fenerbahçe Opet
(3rd title)
Runners-upTurkish Basketball Federation Galatasaray Çağdaş Faktoring
Third placeSpanish Basketball Federation Casademont Zaragoza
Fourth placeSpanish Basketball Federation Spar Girona
Final Four MVPBelgium Julie Allemand
Statistical leaders
Points Slovenia Jessica Shepard 17.0
Rebounds Slovenia Jessica Shepard 9.5
Assists Belgium Julie Allemand 7.6
Steals France Gabby Williams 3.0
Blocks Finland Awak Kuier 1.6
Efficiency Slovenia Jessica Shepard 21.5
Records
Biggest home winGalatasaray 104–54 Sopron Basket
(26 November 2025)
Biggest away winOlympiacos 47–99 Fenerbahçe
(26 November 2025)
Highest scoringFenerbahçe 113–65 DVTK
(29 October 2025)
Lowest scoringUmana Reyer Venezia 57–56 Basket Landes
(26 November 2025)
Winning streak8 games
Fenerbahçe
Losing streak6 games
VBW Gdynia
Sopron Basket
Highest attendance10,828
officially three matches
Lowest attendance200
officially four matches
Close

This edition was the second straight season under the new format.

The winners of the EuroLeague Women automatically qualify for next season's edition and also qualify for the 2026 SuperCup.

ZVVZ USK Praha are the defending champions, having won their second title last season.

Format

  • Regular season (First round)

After the qualifiers, 16 teams will be split into 4 groups of four, where the top three from each group advances to the second round. The fourth place teams drop down to the EuroCup Women knockout stage. The advancing teams' records from the first round are carried over into the next round.

  • Regular season (Second round)

The 12 remaining teams form 2 groups of six and will play the teams they have not played in the first round. In both groups, the top 2 will play the Semi-Final play-ins while 3rd and 4th play the Quarter-Final play-ins. The teams who finish fifth and sixth are eliminated.

  • Play-ins

The play-ins will decide who makes the final six and where each team will start in the final six. The top 2 play the Semi-Final play-ins and the third and fourth teams play the Quarter-Final play-ins. Unlike last season, the play-ins are played as a best of three series, rather than a home and away aggregate format. The higher-seeded teams play the second leg at home.[1]

The winners of the Semi-Final play-ins will automatically progress to the semifinals of the final six, while the victors of the Quarter-Final play-ins will reach the quarterfinals of the final six. The losers of the Quarter-Final play-ins are eliminated.

  • Final Six

The final six is held in a centralised venue and decide the champion. The losers of the Semi-Final play-ins plus the winners of the Quarter-Final play-ins contest the quarterfinals. The two winners move on to the semifinals to play the teams who automatically qualify for this round. Whoever triumphs in the semifinals reach the final while the losers play the third place match.[2]

Rankings

The results were based on the results of the past three seasons.[3]

  • Associations 1–4 can have three teams qualify.
  • Associations 5–8 each have two teams qualify.
  • Associations 9–10 each have one team qualify directly into the regular season.
  • Associations below the top 10 can have one team qualify for the qualification round.[4]

If a club who qualified for the regular season doesn't take the place, it will be given to another club who entered.

More information Rank, Association ...
Close

Teams

The labels in the parentheses show how each team qualified for the place of its starting round:

  • TH EL: EuroLeague Women title holders
  • TH EC: EuroCup Women title holders
  • 1st, 2nd, 3rd etc.: League position of the previous season
  • RS: Regular season winners
  • CW: Cup winners
  • CR: Cup runners-up

Also, S means that the team in the qualifying round was seeded.

The teams were announced on 6 July 2025, with a total of 21 clubs registering for the competition.[6][7] Starting this season, the host team of the Final Six are allowed to enter the qualifiers if they had they not qualified on merit (however, this spot wasn't taken as Casademont Zaragoza qualified via their domestic league).[1] Another rule change is that the EuroLeague Women title holders can take part regardless of their domestic league result.

Name changes

The following teams' names were changed during the season.

More information Original name, New name ...
Original name New name Matchday
Lithuania KibirkštisLithuania Kibirkštis-TOKSFirst leg of qualifiers
Close

Round and draw dates

Schedule

More information Phase, Draw date ...
PhaseDraw dateRoundRound date[8]
Qualification round28 July 2025First Leg17 September 2025
Second Leg24 September 2025
Regular season
(First Round)
Matchday 18 October 2025
Matchday 215 October 2025
Matchday 322 October 2025
Matchday 429 October 2025
Matchday 54 November 2025
Matchday 626 November 2025
Regular season
(Second Round)
Matchday 710 December 2025
Matchday 817 December 2025
Matchday 914 January 2026
Matchday 1021 January 2026
Matchday 1128 January 2026
Matchday 124 February 2026
Play-InsGame 118 February 2026
Game 225 February 2026
Game 33 March 2026
Final SixQuarterfinals15 April 2026
Semifinals17 April 2026
Final19 April 2026
Close

Draw

The seeding was announced on 16 July 2025.[9] The draw took place in Munich, Germany, on 23 July 2025.[10] Only a maximum of one club from the same country can be in the same regular season group.

More information Seed 1, Seed 2 ...
Close
  1. The eventual team in this slot was Spain Casademont Zaragoza.
  2. The eventual team in this slot was Italy Umana Reyer Venezia.
  3. The eventual team in this slot was Turkey Galatasaray Çağdaş Faktoring.
  4. The eventual team in this slot was Hungary DVTK HUN-Therm.
  5. The eventual team in this slot was France Tango Bourges Basket.

Qualification round

The draw for the qualification round was conducted on 23 July 2025. The winners advance to the regular season, while the losers drop down to the EuroCup regular season.

More information Team 1, Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score ...
Close

Regular season

Location of teams of the 2025–26 Euroleague Women regular season.
Red: Group A; Green: Group B; Yellow: Group C; Blue: Group D.

If teams are level on record at the end of the regular season, tiebreakers are applied in the following order:


  1. Head-to-head record
  2. Head-to-head point differential
  3. Head-to-head points scored
  4. Point differential for the entire regular season
  5. Points scored for the entire regular season


Overall, eight countries are present in the regular season, with no difference with the countries taking part. Flammes Carolo Basket make their return for the first time since 2019–20. Galatasaray Cagdas Factoring and Gdynia VBW return for the first time since 2021–22, Sopron Basket and Spar Girona come back after three years.

First round

Group A

More information Pos, Pld ...
Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification GIR TAN PRA ARK
1 Spanish Basketball Federation Spar Girona 6 5 1 489 387 +102 11 Second round 92–62 83–78 86–53
2 French Federation of Basketball Tango Bourges Basket 6 4 2 421 394 +27 10 69–63 57–77 83–62
3 Czech Basketball Federation ZVVZ USK Praha 6 3 3 457 411 +46 9 60–75 43–78 102–67
4 Polish Basketball Federation VBW Gdynia 6 0 6 355 530 175 6 EuroCup Women 65–90 57–72 51–97
Close
Source: EuroLeague Women
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Points difference; 3) Points scored.

Group B

More information Pos, Pld ...
Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification GAL SCH FLA SOP
1 Turkish Basketball Federation Galatasaray Cagdas Faktoring 6 6 0 471 378 +93 12 Second round 73–70 77–73 104–54
2 Italian Basketball Federation Beretta Famila Schio 6 4 2 452 415 +37 10 61–72 74–57 82–65
3 French Federation of Basketball Flammes Carolo Basket 6 2 4 419 410 +9 8 56–62 79–81 72–62
4 Hungarian Basketball Federation Sopron Basket 6 0 6 368 507 139 6 EuroCup Women 64–83 69–84 54–82
Close
Source: EuroLeague Women
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Points difference; 3) Points scored.

Group C

More information Pos, Pld ...
Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification FEN VAL DVTK OLY
1 Turkish Basketball Federation Fenerbahçe Opet 6 6 0 541 364 +177 12 Second round 71–49 113–65 94–73
2 Spanish Basketball Federation Valencia Basket 6 4 2 497 399 +98 10 72–75 81–58 99–57
3 Hungarian Basketball Federation DVTK HUN-Therm 6 1 5 389 514 125 7[a] 58–89 64–99 87–63
4 Hellenic Basketball Federation Olympiacos SFP 6 1 5 383 533 150 7[a] EuroCup Women 47–99 74–97 69–57
Close
Source: EuroLeague Women
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Points difference; 3) Points scored.
Notes:
  1. DVTK HUN-Therm 144–132 Olympiacos SFP

Group D

More information Pos, Pld ...
Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification LAN REY CAS MER
1 French Federation of Basketball Basket Landes 6 4 2 390 374 +16 10 Second round 63–57 70–73 66–55
2 Italian Basketball Federation Umana Reyer Venezia 6 4 2 407 405 +2 10 57–56 68–61 72–62
3 Spanish Basketball Federation Casademont Zaragoza 6 3 3 444 417 +27 9 63–65 80–84 88–58
4 Turkish Basketball Federation ÇIMSA CBK Mersin 6 1 5 399 444 45 7 EuroCup Women 69–70 83–69 72–79
Close
Source: EuroLeague Women
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Points difference; 3) Points scored.

Second round

Group E

More information Pos, Pld ...
Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification GAL GIR PRA SCH TAN FLA
1 Turkish Basketball Federation Galatasaray Cagdas Faktoring 12 10 2 901 772 +129 22 Semifinal play-in 67–57 64–71 73–70 80–62 77–73
2 Spanish Basketball Federation Spar Girona 12 8 4 941 819 +122 20[a] 68–82 83–78 81–72 92–62 89–58
3 Czech Basketball Federation ZVVZ USK Praha 12 8 4 934 820 +114 20[a] Quarterfinal play-in 64–55 60–75 78–66 43–78 98–55
4 Italian Basketball Federation Beretta Famila Schio 12 7 5 932 887 +45 19 61–72 85–74 99–78 77–69 74–57
5 French Federation of Basketball Tango Bourges Basket 12 6 6 860 836 +24 18 72–82 69–63 57–77 92–81 85–57
6 French Federation of Basketball Flammes Carolo Basket 12 3 9 792 912 120 15 56–62 68–83 70–88 79–81 65–59
Close
Source: EuroLeague Women
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Points difference; 3) Points scored.
Notes:
  1. Spar Girona 158–138 ZVVZ USK Praha

Group F

More information Pos, Pld ...
Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification FEN LAN REY CAS VAL DVTK
1 Turkish Basketball Federation Fenerbahçe Opet 12 11 1 1011 753 +258 23 Semifinal play-in 78–69 96–48 69–67 71–49 113–65
2 French Federation of Basketball Basket Landes 12 8 4 828 780 +48 20 80–61 63–57 70–73 57–66 79–59
3 Italian Basketball Federation Umana Reyer Venezia 12 7 5 812 858 46 19[a] Quarterfinal play-in 61–71 57–56 68–61 69–55 83–81
4 Spanish Basketball Federation Casademont Zaragoza 12 7 5 871 815 +56 19[a] 64–95 63–65 80–84 81–71 66–40
5 Spanish Basketball Federation Valencia Basket 12 6 6 905 825 +80 18 72–75 72–76 81–73 63–70 81–58
6 Hungarian Basketball Federation DVTK HUN-Therm 12 1 11 768 969 201 13 58–89 70–77 69–71 60–79 64–99
Close
Source: EuroLeague Women
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Points difference; 3) Points scored.
Notes:
  1. Umana Reyer Venezia 152–141 Casademont Zaragoza

Play-ins

Semifinal play-ins

More information Team 1, Series ...
Close

Quarterfinal play-ins

More information Team 1, Series ...
Close

Final six

On 2 December 2024, the Pabellón Príncipe Felipe in Zaragoza was announced as the host of the final six for the next three years, starting from 2025.[11]

Bracket

 
QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
 
          
 
 
 
 
17 April
 
 
Turkey Galatasaray Çağdaş Faktoring63
 
15 April
 
Spanish Basketball Federation Casademont Zaragoza56
 
France Basket Landes53
 
19 April
 
Spanish Basketball Federation Casademont Zaragoza69
 
Turkey Galatasaray Çağdaş Faktoring55
 
 
Turkey Fenerbahçe Opet68
 
 
17 April
 
 
Turkey Fenerbahçe Opet76
 
15 April
 
Spain Spar Girona59 Third place
 
Spain Spar Girona70
 
19 April
 
Italy Umana Reyer Venezia64
 
Spanish Basketball Federation Casademont Zaragoza66
 
 
Spain Spar Girona63
 



2025–26 EuroLeague Women Champions
Turkey
Fenerbahçe Opet
Third title

Awards

EuroLeague MVP

More information Player, Team ...
Player Team Ref.
Hungary Dorka JuhászTurkey Galatasaray[12]
Close

EuroLeague Final Six MVP

More information Player, Team ...
Close

All-EuroLeague Teams

Defensive Player of the Year

More information Player, Team ...
Close

Young Player of the Year

More information Player, Team ...
Player Team Ref.
France Leïla LacanFrance Basket Landes[15]
Close

Coach of the Year

More information Coach, Team ...
Coach Team Ref.
France Julie BarennesFrance Basket Landes[16]
Close

Best Play of the Season

More information Player, Team ...
Close

Legacy Award

More information Player, Ref. ...
Player Ref.
Belgium Ann Wauters[12]
Close

Club Excellence Award

More information Team, Ref. ...
Close

MVP of the Month

Team of the Month

MVP of the Round

First round
Second round
Play-Ins
Final Six

Statistics

Individual statistics

Efficiency

More information Rank, Name ...
Close

Source:[44]

Points

More information Rank, Name ...
Rank Name Team Games Points PPG
1.Slovenia Jessica ShepardItaly Beretta Famila Schio1525517.0
2.Mali Mariam CoulibalySpain Spar Girona1523715.8
3.France Iliana RupertTurkey Fenerbahçe Opet1625115.7
4.France Valériane AyayiCzech Republic ZVVZ USK Praha1421415.3
5.Belgium Emma MeessemanTurkey Fenerbahçe Opet1522314.9
Close

Source:[44]

Rebounds

More information Rank, Name ...
Close

Source:[44]

Assists

More information Rank, Name ...
Rank Name Team Games Assists APG
1.Belgium Julie AllemandTurkey Fenerbahçe Opet161227.6
2.France Coline FranchelinFrance Flammes Carolo Basket11706.4
3.Spain María CondeItaly Beretta Famila Schio15895.9
4.Spain Mariona OrtizSpain Casademont Zaragoza191065.6
France Pauline AstierCzech Republic ZVVZ USK Praha14795.6
Close

Source:[44]

Steals

More information Rank, Name ...
Rank Name Team Games Steals SPG
1.France Gabby WilliamsTurkey Fenerbahçe Opet10303.0
2.Spain Helena PueyoSpain Casademont Zaragoza18412.3
3.Spain Laëtitia GuapoFrance Tango Bourges Basket13272.1
France Coline FranchelinFrance Flammes Carolo Basket11262.1
Sweden Klara HolmSpain Spar Girona16342.1
Close

Source:[44]

Blocks

More information Rank, Name ...
Close

Source:[44]

Other statistics

More information Category, Player ...
Category Player Team Games Average
Turnovers France Coline FranchelinFrance Flammes Carolo Basket113.8
FT % France Iliana RupertTurkey Fenerbahçe Opet1688.2%
2-Point % France Iliana RupertTurkey Fenerbahçe Opet1668.9%
3-Point % Canada Bridget CarletonCzech Republic ZVVZ USK Praha1153.3%
Close

Individual game highs

More information Category, Player ...
Category Player Team Statistic Opponent
Efficiency Slovenia Jessica ShepardItaly Beretta Famila Schio39 Spain Spar Girona (22 January 2026)
Mali Mariam CoulibalySpain Spar Girona France Flammes Carolo Basket (17 December 2025)
Points Slovenia Jessica ShepardItaly Beretta Famila Schio31 Spain Spar Girona (22 January 2026)
Rebounds Mali Mariam CoulibalySpain Spar Girona15 Italy Umana Reyer Venezia (15 April 2026)
Assists Belgium Julie AllemandTurkey Fenerbahçe Opet12 Greece Olympiacos SFP (22 October 2025)
Spain Leticia RomeroSpain Valencia Basket Turkey Fenerbahçe Opet (16 October 2025)
Steals France Iliana RupertTurkey Fenerbahçe Opet8 France Basket Landes (4 February 2026)
Blocks Canada Laeticia AmihereSpain Spar Girona5 Czech Republic ZVVZ USK Praha (5 November 2025)
Close

Team statistics

More information Category, Team ...
Category Team Average
Efficiency Turkey Fenerbahçe Opet107.3
Points Turkey Fenerbahçe Opet81.7
Rebounds Turkey Galatasaray Çağdaş Faktoring41.1
Assists Turkey Fenerbahçe Opet25.1
Steals Turkey Fenerbahçe Opet10.7
Blocks Turkey Galatasaray Çağdaş Faktoring4.2
Turnovers Hungary DVTK HUN-Therm17.4
FT % Turkey Fenerbahçe Opet83.2%
2-Point % Turkey Fenerbahçe Opet59.1%
3-Point % Italy Beretta Famila Schio37.5%
Close

Team game highs

More information Category, Team ...
Category Team Statistic Opponent
Efficiency Turkey Fenerbahçe Opet161 Hungary DVTK HUN-Therm (29 October 2025)
Points Turkey Fenerbahçe Opet113 Hungary DVTK HUN-Therm (29 October 2025)
Rebounds Turkey Galatasaray Çağdaş Faktoring59 France Basket Landes (3 March 2026)
Assists Turkey Galatasaray Çağdaş Faktoring35 Hungary Sopron Basket (26 November 2025)
Steals Turkey Fenerbahçe Opet17 France Basket Landes (4 February 2026)
Blocks Turkey Galatasaray Çağdaş Faktoring9 Spain Spar Girona (14 January 2026)
Close

Attendances

More information Pos, Team ...
Pos Team Total High Low AverageChange
1 Final Six in Zaragoza 52,952 10,828 5,024 8,825 +166.9%
2 Spanish Basketball Federation Casademont Zaragoza 54,850 9,215 4,784 6,856 +48.4%
3 Spanish Basketball Federation Valencia Basket 21,290 4,307 2,963 3,548 +30.2%
4 French Federation of Basketball Tango Bourges Basket 19,593 3,362 2,100 2,799 −26.2%
5 Turkish Basketball Federation Fenerbahçe Opet 19,422 4,000 1,500 2,775 +223.4%
6 French Federation of Basketball Basket Landes 18,200 2,600 2,600 2,600 +0.5%
7 Spanish Basketball Federation Spar Girona 17,364 3,221 1,968 2,481 n/a1
8 French Federation of Basketball Flammes Carolo Basket 12,860 2,800 1,500 2,143 n/a1
9 Hungarian Basketball Federation DVTK HUN-Therm 14,000 2,800 1,300 2,000 +71.4%
10 Italian Basketball Federation Beretta Famila Schio 13,488 2,358 1,500 1,927 +13.4%
11 Italian Basketball Federation Umana Reyer Venezia 13,038 3,506 658 1,449 +24.9%
12 Turkish Basketball Federation ÇBK Mersin 3,500 1,500 1,000 1,167 −58.1%
13 Hungarian Basketball Federation Sopron Basket 2,650 900 850 883 n/a1
14 Turkish Basketball Federation Galatasaray Çağdaş Faktoring 7,607 1,104 200 845 n/a1
15 Czech Basketball Federation ZVVZ USK Praha 5,724 1,210 536 818 −27.8%
16 Polish Basketball Federation VBW Gdynia 800 300 200 267 n/a1
17 Hellenic Basketball Federation Olympiacos SFP 750 200 350 250 0.0%
League total 278,088 10,828 200 2,648 +12.3%
Close

Source: EuroLeague Women
Notes:
1: Team did not participate in the last EuroLeague regular season.

Notes

See also

References

Related Articles

Wikiwand AI