2026–27 Basketball Champions League

A total of 54 teams from 29 of the 50 FIBA Europe member associations are set to participate in the 2026–27 Basketball Champions League.^[4] The country ranking based on the country coefficients^[5] is used to determine the number of participating teams for each country:^[6]

• All countries, if they entered, each have at least one team qualify.^[7]
• The winners of the 2025–26 Basketball Champions League are given an additional entry if they do not qualify for the 2026–27 Basketball Champions League through their domestic league.
• The organizer 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.
• 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 country.

Country ranking

For the 2026–27 Basketball Champions League, the countries are allocated places according to their country coefficients, which takes into account their performance from 2023–24 to 2025–26.^[5]

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Country ranking for 2026–27 Basketball Champions League

Rank Country Coeff. Teams 1  Spain 101.20 4+1 2  Turkey 68.65 2+2 3  Greece 65.75 2+2 4  Czech Republic 65.00 2+1 5  France 62.58 3+0 6  Germany 53.25 3+2 7  Israel 52.00 2+0 8  Lithuania 50.50 2+0 9  Italy 45.25 2+0 10  Hungary 39.00 1+0 11  Latvia 27.00 0+1 12  Bosnia and Herzegovina 24.00 1+0 13  Portugal 21.00 1+1 14  Belgium 21.00 1+0 15  Serbia 20.50 1+0 16  Slovakia 20.00 0+1 17  Poland 19.00 1+1

Rank Country Coeff. Teams 18  Azerbaijan 9.00 1+1 19  Estonia 7.00 0+0 20  Switzerland 6.00 0+2 21  Netherlands 5.00 0+1 22  Denmark 5.00 0+1 23  Sweden 4.00 0+0 24  Romania 4.00 0+1 25  Kosovo 4.00 0+0 26  Finland 3.00 0+1 27  Cyprus 3.00 0+1 28  Georgia 3.00 0+1 29  Bulgaria 3.00 0+1 30  Great Britain 2.00 0+1 31  Montenegro 2.00 0+0 32  North Macedonia 1.00 0+0 33  Austria 0.00 0+1 34  Croatia 0.00 1+0

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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 champions
• 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, etc.: League positions of the previous season

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Qualified teams for 2026–27 Basketball Champions League (by entry round)^[4]

Regular season
Asisa Joventut (3rd)	Slavia Prague ERA NBK (1st)	Trabzonspor (6th)
UCAM Murcia (7th)	KVIS Pardubice (2nd)	Galatasaray MCT Technic (7th)
Surne Bilbao (8th)FEC	AEK (4th)	Sabah (1st)
Unicaja (9th)	Peristeri Betsson (6th)	Windrose Giants Antwerp (1st)
Nanterre 92 (3rd)	Hapoel Netanel Holon (4th)	Igokea m:tel (2nd)
Cholet (4th)	Bnei Penlink Herzliya (5th)	Cibona (1st)
SIG Strasbourg (8th)	Pallacanestro Reggiana (6th)	Falco Szombathely (1st)
Alba Berlin (1st)	Openjobmetis Varese (9th)	Legia Warsaw (1st)
BMA365 Bamberg (3rd)	Juventus (2nd)	Porto (1st)
Telekom Baskets Bonn (4th)	Rytas (5th)TH	Spartak Office Shoes (1st)
Qualifying rounds
Fitness First Würzburg Baskets (5th)	Vienna (3rd)	VEF Rīga (4th)
Rasta Vechta (7th)	Absheron Lions (2nd)	Landstede Hammers (1st)
Kolossos H Hotels (8th)	Rilski Sportist (3rd)	Dziki Warsaw (3rd)
Promitheas Patras (10th)	Petrolina AEK Larnaca (1st)	Benfica (2nd)
Fribourg Olympic (1st)	Opava (3rd)	CSM CSU Raiffeisen Oradea (2nd)
Lions de Genève (2nd)	Bakken Bears (1st)	Patrioti Levice (1st)
Yukatel Denizli Basket (9th)	Salon Vilpas (1st)	Río Breogán (11th)
Biotekno Körfez Basket (11th)	Batumi (1st)	Manchester Basketball (3rd)

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The schedule will be announced soon, possibly at the draw of the regular season and qualifiers. ^[8]

The 24 teams will face in two qualifying round tournaments. The qualifying tournaments will take place from 14 to 20 September 2026. In the tournament "Country Representation 1" will be the eight champions and finalists from countries which are not in the regular season announced teams. In the tournament "Country Representration 2" will be the remaining 16 next best ranked teams. The winner of both qualifying tournaments will advance to the regular season of the Basketball Champions League. ^[8]

Draw

The draw for the qualifying rounds was held on 8 July 2026 at the Patrick Baumann House of Basketball in Mies, Switzerland. The draw will be streamed live on the official Youtube channel of the Basketball Champions League. ^[9][8]

Pots for Country Representation 1

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Pot 1 Team Pts[10] Patrioti Levice 7 Fribourg Olympic 6

Pot 2 Team Pts Bakken Bears 5 Raiffeisen Oradea 4

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Pot 3 Team Pts Petrolina AEK Larnaca 2 Landstede Hammers 5.00†

Pot 4 Team Pts Salon Vilpas 3.00† Batumi 3.00†

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Pots for Country Representation 2

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Pot 1 Team Pts Promitheas 63 Würzburg Baskets 52 VEF Rīga 27 Benfica 24

Pot 2 Team Pts Biotekno Körfez 24 Río Breogán 17 Rasta Vechta 8 Opava 5

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Pot 3 Team Pts Kolossos H Hotels 5 Rilski Sportist 3 Yukatel Denizli Basket 68.65† Dziki Warsaw 19.00†

Pot 4 Team Pts Absheron Lions 9.00† Lions de Genève 6.00† Manchester Basketball 2.00† Vienna 0.00†

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Notes

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

Country Representation 1

The tournament 1 will be played on September 16–20, 2026.

	Quarter-finals September 16				Semi-finals September 18				Final September 20
	Patrioti Levice	87
	Salon Vilpas	90
					Salon Vilpas
					Bakken Bears
	Bakken Bears	89
	Landstede Hammers	78
	Fribourg Olympic	85
	Batumi	86
					Batumi
					Raiffeisen Oradea
	Raiffeisen Oradea	95
	Petrolina AEK Larnaca	87

Source: FIBA

Country Representation 2

The tournament 2 will be played on September 14–20, 2026.

	Eight-finals September 14–15				Quarter-finals September 17				Semi-Finals September 19				Final September 20
	VEF Rīga	105
	Absheron Lions	88
					VEF Rīga	95
					Dziki Warsaw	102
	Opava	99
	Dziki Warsaw	116
									Dziki Warsaw
									Río Breogán
	Würzburg Baskets	73
	Manchester Basketball	74
					Manchester Basketball	84
					Río Breogán	105
	Río Breogán	126
	Rilski Sportist	80
	Promitheas	92
	Vienna	82
					Promitheas	94
					Biotekno Körfez	93
	Biotekno Körfez	91
	Kolossos H Hotels	79
									Promitheas
									Rasta Vechta
	Benfica	87
	Lions de Genève	78
					Benfica	88
					Rasta Vechta	98
	Rasta Vechta	101
	Yukatel Denizli Basket	98

Source: FIBA

The regular season will be played by 32 teams divided into eight groups of four in which 30 teams receive direct spots plus the two qualifying round tournaments winners. The regular season will begin on 6 October and will conclude on 23 December 2026. In each group, teams will play against each other home-and-away in a round-robin format where the eight group winners from each regular season group will qualify directly to the round of 16. Moreover, the second-placed and third-placed will qualify to the play-ins, where the series winners will qualify for the round of 16, while the remaining last-placed teams will be eliminated after the regular season.

Group A

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Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification		NAN	VIL	SAB	TRA
1	Nanterre 92	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Advance to round of 16		—
2	Rytas	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Advance to play-ins			—
3	Sabah	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					—
4	Trabzonspor	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						—

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First match(es) will be played: October 6, 2026. Source: FIBA
Legend: Blue = home team win; Red = away team win.

Group B

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Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification		CIB	GSM	WAR	SIG
1	Cibona	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Advance to round of 16		—
2	Galatasaray MCT Technic	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Advance to play-ins			—
3	Legia Warszawa	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					—
4	SIG Strasbourg	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						—

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First match(es) will be played: October 6, 2026. Source: FIBA
Legend: Blue = home team win; Red = away team win.

Group C

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Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification		AEK	HOL	WGA	QR1
1	AEK	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Advance to round of 16		—
2	Falco KC Szombathely	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Advance to play-ins			—
3	Windrose Giants Antwerp	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					—
4	Winner QR1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						—

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First match(es) will be played: October 6, 2026. Source: FIBA
Legend: Blue = home team win; Red = away team win.

Group D

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Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification		BAM	VAR	PER	MUR
1	BMA365 Bamberg Baskets	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Advance to round of 16		—
2	Pallacanestro Varese	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Advance to play-ins			—
3	Peristeri Betsson	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					—
4	UCAM Murcia	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						—

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First match(es) will be played: October 6, 2026. Source: FIBA
Legend: Blue = home team win; Red = away team win.

Group E

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Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification		JUV	PAR	REG	UNI
1	Juventus Utena	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Advance to round of 16		—
2	KVIS Pardubice	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Advance to play-ins			—
3	Pallacanestro Reggiana	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					—
4	Unicaja	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						—

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First match(es) will be played: October 6, 2026. Source: FIBA
Legend: Blue = home team win; Red = away team win.

Group F

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Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification		CHO	HOL	SPA	QR2
1	Cholet	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Advance to round of 16		—
2	Hapoel Holon	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Advance to play-ins			—
3	Spartak Office Shoes	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					—
4	Winner QR2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						—

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First match(es) will be played: October 6, 2026. Source: FIBA
Legend: Blue = home team win; Red = away team win.

Group G

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Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification		ALB	IGO	PRA	BIL
1	Alba Berlin	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Advance to round of 16		—
2	Igokea m:tel	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Advance to play-ins			—
3	Slavia Praha ERA NBK	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					—
4	Surne Bilbao	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						—

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First match(es) will be played: October 6, 2026. Source: FIBA
Legend: Blue = home team win; Red = away team win.

Group H

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Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification		JOV	HER	POR	BON
1	Asisa Joventut	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Advance to round of 16		—
2	Bnei Penlink Herzliya	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Advance to play-ins			—
3	FC Porto	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					—
4	Telekom Baskets Bonn	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						—

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First match(es) will be played: October 6, 2026. Source: FIBA
Legend: Blue = home team win; Red = away team win.

Notes

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

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