EuroLeague

FIBA era and the 2000 split

The FIBA European Champions Cup was originally established by FIBA and it operated from 1958 until the summer of 2001. Since the 1987–88 FIBA European Champions Cup and until 2001, the winner was decided by a final four.

The 1999–00 season was the last before the split of 2000 between FIBA and various top clubs backed by ULEB who launched its own top-tier competition. In the summer of 2000 the Euroleague Basketball was found.

FIBA had previously used the EuroLeague name for the competition since 1996, but it had never trademarked the name. As FIBA had no legal recourse on the usage of the name, ULEB grasped the opportunity and started a new league under the name of Euroleague', while FIBA renamed its top-tier competition the FIBA SuproLeague. Thus, the2000–2001 season started with two top European professional club basketball competitions: FIBA SuproLeague (renamed from FIBA EuroLeague) and EuroLeague by ULEB.

Top clubs were split between the two leagues: Panathinaikos, Maccabi Tel Aviv, CSKA Moscow and Efes Pilsen stayed with FIBA, while Olympiacos, Kinder Bologna, Real Madrid Teka, FC Barcelona, Paf Wennington Bologna, PAOK, Žalgiris Kaunas, Benetton Treviso, AEK and Tau Cerámica joined ULEB.^[8][9] The first Euroleague champion of the new era in 2000-01 was decided by a best of three series.

ULEB era: 2001-2009

In May 2001, Europe had two continental champions, Maccabi of the FIBA SuproLeague and Kinder Bologna of the ULEB Euroleague. Both organizations realized the need to come up with a unified competition and Euroleague Basketball negotiated terms and dictated proceedings which FIBA agreed to their terms. As a result, European club competition was fully integrated under Euroleague Basketball's umbrella and teams that competed in the FIBA SuproLeague during the 2000–01 season joined it as well.

The authority in European professional basketball was divided over club-country lines. FIBA stayed in charge of national team competitions (like the FIBA EuroBasket, the FIBA World Cup, and the Summer Olympics), while ULEB and Euroleague Basketball took over the major European club competition, establishing 3-year licences with top clubs - not based on sporting merit.

From that point on, FIBA's Korać Cup and Saporta Cup competitions lasted one more season and then Euroleague Basketball launched the ULEB Cup, now known as the EuroCup, following another major disagreement with FIBA who launched its own two competitions as an answer.

2009: Euroleague Basketball

In 2009, Euroleague Properties S.A. (EP) was created and the competition's company Euroleague Basketball under Jordi Bertomeu took full control, limiting ULEB's role. During all this period many top European clubs had permanent presence in the competition via licences and regardless of their domestic performances.

In October 2015, FIBA tried to take control back, tempting 8 top European clubs (Panathinaikos, Olympiakos, Real Madrid, Barcelona, Maccabi Tel Aviv, CSKA Moscow, Fenerbahce and Efes Pilsen) to sign long-term licenses with the Federation in a 16-team brand new European league called the FIBA Basketball Champions League in a round-robin format (the other 8 spots would be decided on domestic performances). The clubs rejected the proposal, but they came up with an almost identical plan a few weeks later.

League era: 2016- present

In November 2015, Euroleague Basketball and IMG agreed on a 10-year joint venture. Both Euroleague Basketball and IMG will manage the commercial operation, and the management of all global rights covering both media and marketing.^[10] The deal was worth €630 million guaranteed over 10 years, with projected revenues reaching €900 million.^[11] Along with the deal the league changed into a true league format, with 16 teams playing each other team in the regular season followed by the playoffs. The A-licensed clubs were assured of participation for the following ten years in the new format.

After the new format of the EuroLeague and FIBA implementing national team windows, a conflict between the two organizations emerged. EuroLeague has been criticised by FIBA as well as several national federations for creating a 'closed league' and ignoring the principle of meritocracy. In July 2019, EuroLeague announced that from the 2019–20 season there will be no direct access to the league through domestic leagues anymore, effectively making it a closed league.^[12]

The EuroLeague saw increasing influence from the Middle East during the 2020s. The league had another milestone event in 2025, when it hosted the Final Four in Abu Dhabi, as the first final tournament to be held outside of Europe.^[13] The league further expanded to 20 teams in the 2025–26 season.^[14] As part of the expansion, Dubai Basketball was given a 5-year license, thus becoming the first team from outside of Europe (excluding Israeli teams) to play in the competition.^[15]

Title sponsorship

In years 2010–2025, EuroLeague was sponsored by Turkish Airlines. In a five-year €15 million deal, starting in the 2010–11 season, the competition was named 'Turkish Airlines Euroleague Basketball'. The agreement included an option to extend it for another five years.^[16][17] The option was activated in October 2013, extending the sponsorship deal until 2020.^[18] On July 1, 2025, it has ended sponsor naming rights of Turkish Airlines. In September 2025, EuroLeague announced a four-year partnership with the Abu Dhabi Department of Culture and Tourism and Etihad Airways, designating them as Main Partners of the EuroLeague and EuroCup competitions and Final Four Presenting Partner. The agreement includes brand visibility for Experience Abu Dhabi and Etihad Airways across arenas, live broadcasts and team jerseys in all EuroLeague and EuroCup games.^[19]

Names of the competition

• FIBA era: (1958–2001)
  • FIBA European Champions Cup: (1958–1991)
  • FIBA European League: (1991–1996)
  • FIBA EuroLeague: (1996–2000)^[20]
  • FIBA SuproLeague: (2000–2001)
• Euroleague Basketball era: (2000–present)
  • ULEB Euroleague: (2000–2001)
  • Euroleague: (2001–2016)
  • EuroLeague: (2016–present)

*There were two competitions during the 2000–01 season. The SuproLeague, which was organized by FIBA, and the Euroleague, which was organized by ULEB and Euroleague Basketball.

Licences

The main difference between the competition run by FIBA Europe and the modern one since 2000 has been the licenses that guaranteed a club's participation in the Euroleague regardless of their performance in their national championship. The 3-year guaranteed participation was granted by an A-license. In 2009 the A-Licenses granted were 13, while in 2012 they became 14.

Until 2015, many major clubs would compete with a 3-year licence, while others would get a wild card or a B-License for one year. In 2015, 11 clubs signed long-term licenses with the Euroleague Basketball (until 2026) and they also became the company's shareholders leaving only 5 spots to other teams to participate. In 2021–22 season, ASVEL and Bayern Munich were added to the shareholders' group taking the number to 13. As of the 2025–26 season, the Euroleague Basketball offers 3-year licenses to clubs other than the 13 shareholders with the fee being 5 million euros in total (about 1.7 million euros per year).^[21] The EuroLeague Board of Directors, composed of the 13 shareholders, is responsible to evaluate each individual request of a club for a 3-year license. In 2025, Euroleague Basketball granted 3-year licenses (until 2028) to the following clubs:

• KK Crvena Zvezda
• KK Partizan
• Virtus Bologna
• Valencia Basket
• Dubai BC (5-year license, until 2030)

A-Licenses history

Wild cards history

Tournament systems

The EuroLeague operated under a tournament system, from its inaugural 1958 season, through the 2015–16 season.

• FIBA European Champions Cup (1958 to 1986–87): The champions of European national domestic leagues, and the then current European Champions Cup title holders (except for the 1986–87 season), competing against each other, played in a tournament system. The league culminated with either a single game final, or a 2-game aggregate score finals (3 games if needed to break a tie).
• FIBA European Champions Cup (1987–88 to 1990–91): The champions of European national domestic leagues, competing against each other, played in a tournament system. The league culminated with a Final Four.
• FIBA European League (1991–92 to 1995–96): The champions of the European national domestic leagues, the then current European League title holders, along with some of the other biggest teams from the most important national domestic leagues, played in a tournament system. The league culminated with a Final Four.
• FIBA EuroLeague (1996–97 to 1999–00): The champions of the best European national domestic leagues, along with some of the other biggest teams from the most important national domestic leagues, played in a tournament system. The league culminated with a Final Four.
• *Euroleague (2000–01): Some of the European national domestic league champions, and some of the runners-up from various national domestic leagues, played in a tournament system. The league culminated with a best of 5 playoff finals.
• *FIBA SuproLeague (2000–01): Some of the European national domestic league champions, and some of the runners-up from various national domestic leagues, played in a tournament system. The league culminated with a Final Four.
• Euroleague (2001–02 to 2015–16): The champions of the best European national domestic leagues, along with some of the other biggest teams from the most important national domestic leagues, played in a tournament system. The league culminated with a Final Four.

*There were two competitions during the 2000–01 season. The SuproLeague, which was organized by FIBA, and the Euroleague, which was organized by Euroleague Basketball.

League system

Starting with the 2016–17 season, the EuroLeague operates under a league format.

• EuroLeague (2016–17 to present): The champions of the best European national domestic leagues, along with some of the other biggest teams from the most important national domestic leagues, playing in a true European-wide league system format. The league culminates with a Final Four.

Qualification

Currently (and since the suspension of Russian teams because of the Russian invasion of Ukraine^[26]), 12 out of the 18 EuroLeague places are held by licensed clubs that have long-term licenses with Euroleague Basketball, and are members of the Shareholders Executive Board. These twelve licensed clubs are:

The remaining six EuroLeague places are held by associated clubs that have annual licences, of which one has a two-year wild card, three have one-year wild-cards and two are the finalists of the previous season's 2nd-tier European competition, the EuroCup. From the 2020–21 season, however, if the better of the two teams from the EuroCup makes it to the playoffs, it keeps the place for the following year.^[27]

European professional basketball club rankings

FIBA era (1958–2001)

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#	Year	Finalists				Semi-finalists
		Champion	Score	Runner-up		Third place	Fourth place
1	1958 Details	Rīgas ASK	170–152 (86–81 / 71–84)	Academic Sofia		Real Madrid BC and Budapesti Honvéd
2	1958–59 Details	Rīgas ASK	148–125 (79–58 / 67–69)	Academic Sofia		KKS Lech Poznań OKK Beograd
3	1959–60 Details	Rīgas ASK	130–113 (61–51 / 69–62)	BC Dinamo Tbilisi		Slovan Praha BK and KKS Polonia Warszawa
4	1960–61 Details	CSKA Moscow	148–128 (87–62 / 66–61)	Rīgas ASK		Steaua București and Real Madrid BC
5	1961–62 Details	BC Dinamo Tbilisi	90–83	Real Madrid BC		CSKA Moscow and KK Olimpija Ljubljana
6	1962–63 Details	CSKA Moscow	259–240 (86–69 / 91–74 / 99–80)	Real Madrid BC		BC Dinamo Tbilisi and BC Brno
7	1963–64 Details	Real Madrid BC	183–174 (110–99 / 84–64)	BC Brno		Olimpia Milano and OKK Beograd
8	1964–65 Details	Real Madrid BC	157–150 (88–81 / 76–62)	CSKA Moscow		OKK Beograd and Pallacanestro Varese
9	1965–66 Details	Olimpia Milano	77–72	Slavia VŠ Praha		CSKA Moscow	AEK BC
10	1966–67 Details	Real Madrid BC	91–83	Olimpia Milano		Slavia VŠ Praha	KK Olimpija Ljubljana
11	1967–68 Details	Real Madrid BC	98–95	BC Brno		KK Zadar and Olimpia Milano
12	1968–69 Details	CSKA Moscow	103–99 (2 OT's)	Real Madrid BC		BC Brno and Standard Liège
13	1969–70 Details	Pallacanestro Varese	79–74	CSKA Moscow		Real Madrid BC and Slavia VŠ Praha
14	1970–71 Details	CSKA Moscow	67–53	Pallacanestro Varese		Slavia VŠ Praha and Real Madrid BC
15	1971–72 Details	Pallacanestro Varese	70–69	KK Split		Panathinaikos BC and Real Madrid BC
16	1972–73 Details	Pallacanestro Varese	71–66	CSKA Moscow		Olimpia Milano and Crvena zvezda
17	1973–74 Details	Real Madrid BC	84–82	Pallacanestro Varese		Berck BC and Radnički Belgrade
18	1974–75 Details	Pallacanestro Varese	79–66	Real Madrid		Berck BC and KK Zadar
19	1975–76 Details	Pallacanestro Varese	81–74	Real Madrid BC		Pallacanestro Cantù and ASVEL Villeurbanne
20	1976–77 Details	Maccabi Tel Aviv	78–77	Pallacanestro Varese		CSKA Moscow	Real Madrid BC
21	1977–78 Details	Real Madrid BC	75–67	Pallacanestro Varese		ASVEL Villeurbanne	Maccabi Tel Aviv
22	1978–79 Details	KK Bosna Sarajevo	96–93	Pallacanestro Varese		Maccabi Tel Aviv	Real Madrid BC
23	1979–80 Details	Real Madrid BC	89–85	Maccabi Tel Aviv		KK Bosna Sarajevo	Virtus Bologna
24	1980–81 Details	Maccabi Tel Aviv	80–79	Virtus Bologna		Heroes Den Bosch	KK Bosna Sarajevo
25	1981–82 Details	Pallacanestro Cantù	86–80	Maccabi Tel Aviv		Partizan Belgrade	FC Barcelona Bàsquet
26	1982–83 Details	Pallacanestro Cantù	69–68	Olimpia Milano		Real Madrid BC	CSKA Moscow
27	1983–84 Details	Virtus Roma	79–73	FC Barcelona Bàsquet		Pallacanestro Cantù	KK Bosna Sarajevo
28	1984–85 Details	Cibona Zagreb	87–78	Real Madrid		Maccabi Tel Aviv	CSKA Moscow
29	1985–86 Details	Cibona Zagreb	94–82	BC Žalgiris Kaunas		Olimpia Milano	Real Madrid BC
30	1986–87 Details	Olimpia Milano	71–69	Maccabi Tel Aviv		Pau Orthez	KK Zadar
31	1987–88 Details	Olimpia Milano	90–84	Maccabi Tel Aviv		Partizan Belgrade	Aris Thessaloniki BC
32	1988–89 Details	KK Split	75–69	Maccabi Tel Aviv		Aris Thessaloniki BC	FC Barcelona Bàsquet
33	1989–90 Details	KK Split	72–67	FC Barcelona Bàsquet		Limoges CSP	Aris Thessaloniki BC
34	1990–91 Details	KK Split	70–65	FC Barcelona Bàsquet		Maccabi Tel Aviv	Victoria Libertas Pesaro
35	1991–92 Details	Partizan Belgrade	71–70	Joventut Badalona		Olimpia Milano	CB Estudiantes
36	1992–93 Details	Limoges CSP	59–55	Pallacanestro Treviso		PAOK BC	Real Madrid BC
37	1993–94 Details	Joventut Badalona	59–57	Olympiacos BC		Panathinaikos BC	FC Barcelona Bàsquet
38	1994–95 Details	Real Madrid BC	73–61	Olympiacos BC		Panathinaikos BC	Limoges CSP
39	1995–96 Details	Panathinaikos BC	67–66	FC Barcelona Bàsquet		CSKA Moscow	Real Madrid BC
40	1996–97 Details	Olympiacos BC	73–58	FC Barcelona Bàsquet		KK Olimpija Ljubljana	ASVEL Villeurbanne
41	1997–98 Details	Virtus Bologna	58–44	AEK BC		Pallacanestro Treviso	Partizan Belgrade
42	1998–99 Details	BC Žalgiris Kaunas	82–74	Virtus Bologna		Olympiacos BC	Fortitudo Bologna
43	1999–00 Details	Panathinaikos BC	73–67	Maccabi Tel Aviv		Anadolu Efes SK	FC Barcelona Bàsquet
44	2000–01 Details	Maccabi Tel Aviv	81–67	Panathinaikos BC		Anadolu Efes SK	CSKA Moscow

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ULEB and ECA era (2000–present)

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#	Year	Finalists				Semi-finalists
		Champion	Score	Runner-up		Third place	Fourth place
1 (45)	2000–01 Details	Virtus Bologna	3–2 play-off	Saski Baskonia		Fortitudo Bologna and AEK BC
2 (46)	2001–02 Details	Panathinaikos BC	89–83	Virtus Bologna		Maccabi Tel Aviv and Pallacanestro Treviso
3 (47)	2002–03 Details	FC Barcelona Bàsquet	76–65	Pallacanestro Treviso		Mens Sana Siena	CSKA Moscow
4 (48)	2003–04 Details	Maccabi Tel Aviv	118–74	Fortitudo Bologna		CSKA Moscow	Mens Sana Siena
5 (49)	2004–05 Details	Maccabi Tel Aviv	90–78	Saski Baskonia		Panathinaikos BC	CSKA Moscow
6 (50)	2005–06 Details	CSKA Moscow	73–69	Maccabi Tel Aviv		Saski Baskonia	FC Barcelona Bàsquet
7 (51)	2006–07 Details	Panathinaikos BC	93–91	CSKA Moscow		BC Málaga	Saski Baskonia
8 (52)	2007–08 Details	CSKA Moscow	91–77	Maccabi Tel Aviv		Mens Sana Siena	Saski Baskonia
9 (53)	2008–09 Details	Panathinaikos BC	73–71	CSKA Moscow		FC Barcelona Bàsquet	Olympiacos BC
10 (54)	2009–10 Details	FC Barcelona Bàsquet	86–68	Olympiacos BC		CSKA Moscow	Partizan Belgrade
11 (55)	2010–11 Details	Panathinaikos BC	78–70	Maccabi Tel Aviv		Mens Sana Siena	Real Madrid BC
12 (56)	2011–12 Details	Olympiacos BC	62–61	CSKA Moscow		FC Barcelona Bàsquet	Panathinaikos BC
13 (57)	2012–13 Details	Olympiacos BC	100–88	Real Madrid BC		CSKA Moscow	FC Barcelona Bàsquet
14 (58)	2013–14 Details	Maccabi Tel Aviv	98–86 (OT)	Real Madrid BC		FC Barcelona Bàsquet	CSKA Moscow
15 (59)	2014–15 Details	Real Madrid BC	78–59	Olympiacos BC		CSKA Moscow	Fenerbahçe SK
16 (60)	2015–16 Details	CSKA Moscow	101–96 (OT)	Fenerbahçe SK		Lokomotiv Kuban	Saski Baskonia
17 (61)	2016–17 Details	Fenerbahçe SK	80–64	Olympiacos BC		CSKA Moscow	Real Madrid BC
18 (62)	2017–18 Details	Real Madrid BC	85–80	Fenerbahçe SK		BC Žalgiris Kaunas	CSKA Moscow
19 (63)	2018–19 Details	CSKA Moscow	91–83	Anadolu Efes SK		Real Madrid BC	Fenerbahçe SK
20 (64)	2019–20 Details	Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
21 (65)	2020–21 Details	Anadolu Efes SK	86–81	FC Barcelona Bàsquet		Olimpia Milano	CSKA Moscow
22 (66)	2021–22 Details	Anadolu Efes SK	58–57	Real Madrid BC		FC Barcelona Bàsquet	Olympiacos BC
23 (67)	2022–23 Details	Real Madrid BC	79–78	Olympiacos BC		AS Monaco	FC Barcelona Bàsquet
24 (68)	2023–24 Details	Panathinaikos BC	95–80	Real Madrid BC		Olympiacos BC	Fenerbahçe SK
25 (69)	2024–25 Details	Fenerbahçe SK	81–70	AS Monaco		Olympiacos BC	Panathinaikos BC
26 (70)	2025–26 Details

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Titles by club

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Rank	Club	Titles	Runner-up	Champion years
1	Real Madrid	11	10	1963–64, 1964–65, 1966–67, 1967–68, 1973–74, 1977–78, 1979–80, 1994–95, 2014–15, 2017–18, 2022–23
2	CSKA Moscow	8	6	1960–61, 1962–63, 1968–69, 1970–71, 2005–06, 2007–08, 2015–16, 2018–19
3	Panathinaikos	7	1	1995–96, 1999–00, 2001–02, 2006–07, 2008–09, 2010–11, 2023–24
4	Maccabi Tel Aviv	6	9	1976–77, 1980–81, 2000–01, 2003–04, 2004–05, 2013–14
5	Varese	5	5	1969–70, 1971–72, 1972–73, 1974–75, 1975–76
6	Olympiacos	3	6	1996–97, 2011–12, 2012–13
7	Olimpia Milano	3	2	1965–66, 1986–87, 1987–88
8	Rīgas ASK	3	1	1958, 1958–59, 1959–60
9	Split	3	1	1988–89, 1989–90, 1990–91
10	Barcelona	2	6	2002–03, 2009–10
11	Virtus Bologna	2	3	1997–98, 2000–01
12	Fenerbahçe	2	2	2016–17, 2024–25
13	Anadolu Efes	2	1	2020–21, 2021–22
14	Cantù	2	–	1981–82, 1982–83
–	Cibona	2	–	1984–85, 1985–86
16	Dinamo Tbilisi	1	1	1961–62
–	Joventut Badalona	1	1	1993–94
–	Žalgiris	1	1	1998–99
19	Bosna	1	–	1978–79
–	Virtus Roma	1	–	1983–84
–	Partizan	1	–	1991–92
–	Limoges CSP	1	–	1992–93
23	Academic	–	2	–
–	Brno	–	2	–
–	Treviso	–	2	–
–	Baskonia	–	2	–
27	USK Praha	–	1	–
–	AEK	–	1	–
–	Fortitudo Bologna	–	1	–
–	Monaco	–	1	–

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Titles by nation

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Rank	Country	Club	Titles	Runners-up
1.	Spain	Real Madrid	11	10
		FC Barcelona	2	6
		Joventut Badalona	1	1
		Baskonia	–	2
		4 clubs	14	19
2.	Italy
		Varese	5	5
		Olimpia Milano	3	2
		Virtus Bologna	2	3
		Cantù	2	–
		Virtus Roma	1	–
		Treviso	–	2
		Fortitudo Bologna	–	1
		7 clubs	13	13
3.	Greece	Panathinaikos	7	1
		Olympiacos	3	6
		AEK	–	1
		3 clubs	10	8
4.	Soviet Union*	CSKA Moscow	4	3
		Rīgas ASK	3	1
		Dinamo Tbilisi	1	1
		Žalgiris	-	1
		4 clubs	8	6
5.	Yugoslavia*	Split	3	1
		Cibona	2	–
		Bosna	1	–
		Partizan	1	–
		4 clubs	7	1
6.	Israel	Maccabi Tel Aviv	6	9
7.	Russia	CSKA Moscow	4	3
–	Turkey	Fenerbahçe	2	2
		Anadolu Efes	2	1
		2 clubs	4	3
9.	France	Limoges CSP	1	–
		Monaco	–	1
		2 clubs	1	1
10.	Lithuania	Žalgiris	1	–
11.	Czechoslovakia*	Brno	–	2
		USK Praha	–	1
		2 clubs	0	3
12.	Bulgaria	Academic	–	2

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• Countries marked with an asterisk no longer exist.

FIBA era

• Real Madrid has been the most successful team, having won the competition a record eleven times (four since 2000–01).^[60]
• Split (1988–89, 1989–90, 1990–91), is the only team to have won the competition three times in a row in the modern EuroLeague Final Four era (1987–88 season to present).
• Rīgas ASK, as a Soviet League club in the late 1950s and early 1960s (1958, 1958–59, 1959–60), is the only team to have won the competition three times in a row in the pre-EuroLeague Final Four era.
• Real Madrid (1963–64, 1964–65) & (1966–67, 1967–68), along with Varese (1971–72, 1972–73) & (1974–75, 1975–76), are the only teams to have won the European Championship twice in a row on two occasions in the pre-modern EuroLeague Final Four era.
• Cantù (1981–82, 1982–83), Cibona (1984–85, 1985–86), and Olimpia Milano (1986–87, 1987–88), are the other three teams to have won the European Championship twice in a row (only for one time) in the pre-modern EuroLeague Final Four era.
• The most points ever scored in a single game by an individual in the league's overall history (since 1958), is 99 points, by Radivoj Korać of OKK Beograd, on 14 January 1965, during the 1964–65 season, in a game against Alvik.^[61][62]
• The most points ever scored in a single game by an individual in the league since Euroleague Basketball has owned the competition (2000), is 50 points, by Nigel Hayes of Fenerbahçe, on 29 March 2024, during the 2023–24 season, in a game against Alba Berlin.^[63]
• The most points ever scored in a single EuroLeague Finals game by an individual is 47 points, in the 1978–79 season, by Žarko Varajić of Bosna, in a game against Emerson Varese on 5 April 1979.^[64]
• In a small area of less than 40 km² (25 mi²), north of Milan, there are 3 clubs that have won a total of 10 FIBA European Champions' Cups, and played in a total of 16 finals: Pallacanestro Varese (5), Olimpia Milano (3) and Cantù (2)

Modern era (2000-present)

• Maccabi Tel Aviv (2003–04, 2004–05), Olympiacos (2011–12, 2012–13), and Anadolu Efes (2020–21, 2021–22) are the only teams to have won the EuroLeague twice in a row, becoming back-to-back EuroLeague champions in the Euroleague Basketball era (2000–01 season to present).
• Fenerbahçe are the only team which stayed undefeated at home after a 30-game regular season and secured the best record after a regular season (25–5) under the new format (2016–17 season to present). They are also the earliest EuroLeague Playoffs qualifiers ever in the modern EuroLeague era.^[65]
• Istanbul is the only city from which nine clubs have played in the competition: Beşiktaş, Darüşşafaka, Eczacıbaşı, Efes, Fenerbahçe, Galatasaray, Istanbul Technical University, Modaspor, and Ülker have participated in the EuroLeague.
• Although Israel is located in the Middle East, its teams play in the EuroLeague, as its national federation is a member of FIBA Europe and its top professional league is a member of ULEB. Similarly, the Israel Football Association is a member of UEFA, enabling its national team and clubs to play in UEFA competitions.
• The record score differential for a EuroLeague Finals game was achieved at the 2004 Finals, in Tel Aviv, where the home club, Maccabi Tel Aviv, defeated Skipper Bologna, by a score of 118–74 (a 44-point difference).
• A crowd of 22,567, which filled Belgrade Arena on 5 March 2009, for a 2008–09 season Top 16 game between Partizan and Panathinaikos is the league's official all seated attendance record.^[66] Before that, a crowd of 18,500 all seated fans occurred at a Panathinaikos home game at the Olympic Indoor Hall, in Athens, against Tau Cerámica, on 12 April 2006, during the 2005–06 third quarterfinal playoff game.

EuroLeague awards

Season statistical leaders

All-time leaders

Since the beginning of the 2000–01 season (Euroleague Basketball era):

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	Average		Accumulated
Games Played	-		Sergio Llull	464
Games Started	-		Kostas Papanikolaou	343
Minutes Played	Anthony Parker	35:00	Kostas Sloukas	10185:23
Points	Alphonso Ford	22.22	Mike James	5596
Rebounds	Joseph Blair	10.05	Edy Tavares	2016
Assists	Codi Miller-McIntyre	6.1	Nick Calathes	2174
Steals	Manu Ginóbili	2.73	Nick Calathes	469
Blocks	Grigorij Khizhnyak	3.19	Edy Tavares	511
Index Rating	Anthony Parker	21.41	Mike James	5787
Assist-Turnover ratio	Jerian Grant	3.2	-
Free Τhrows	Panagiotis Liadelis	6.74	Mike James	1247
Free Τhrows %	Kendrick Nunn	95.9%	-
Free Τhrows Attempted	Panagiotis Liadelis	7.71	Mike James	1552
2-Pointers	Kaspars Kambala	6.55	Jan Veselý	1624
2-Pointers %	Donta Hall	74.1%	-
2-Pointers Attempted	Alphonso Ford	12.02	Jan Veselý	2637
3-Pointers	Justin Dentmon	2.88	Sergio Llull	692
3-Pointers %	Fran Pilepić	50.45%	-
3-Pointers Attempted	Alexey Shved	7.07	Sergio Llull	2104
Field Goals	Alphonso Ford	8.11	Mike James	1752
Field Goals %	Edy Tavares	72.98%	-
Field Goals Attempted	Alphonso Ford	16.09	Mike James	4428
True Shooting %	Donta Hall	74.3%	-
Double doubles	-		Mirsad Türkcan	50
Triple doubles	-		Nikola Vujčić	2
Fouls Drawn	Dragan Lukovski	6.04	Vassilis Spanoulis	1583
Fouls Committed	Shaun Stonerook	3.73	Jan Veselý	1118
Blocks Against	Kaspars Kambala	0.81	Vassilis Spanoulis	231
Turnovers	Will Solomon	3.13	Vassilis Spanoulis	1087

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Individual performances

Season averages

All averages include playoffs and Final Four games.

More information Season, Total gate ...

Season	Total gate	Games	Average	Change	High avg.	Team	Low avg.	Team
2008–09	1,263,578	188	6,721		11,770	Panathinaikos	2,460	Panionios On Telecoms
2009–10	1,182,046	186	6,355	–5.4%	11,188	Maccabi Tel Aviv	1,440	Fenerbahçe Ülker
2010–11	1,383,449	185	7,478	+17.7%	13,926	Fenerbahçe Ülker	3,180	Khimki
2011–12	1,305,215	178	7,333	–1.9%	13,107	Žalgiris	3,283	Asseco Prokom
2012–13	1,867,145	253	7,366	+0.5%	13,425	Žalgiris	3,110	Asseco Prokom
2013–14	2,063,600	248	8,130	+10.4%	12,578	Partizan NIS	3,960	Budivelnyk
2014–15	2,013,305	251	8,184	+0.1%	14,483	Crvena Zvezda Telekom	1,949	PGE Turów
2015–16	1,832,920	250	7,332	–10.4%	11,060	Maccabi Playtika Tel Aviv	2,809	Khimki
2016–17	2,194,238	259	8,472	+5.4%	11,633	Baskonia	3,734	UNICS
2017–18	2,282,297	260	8,780	+3.6%	13,560	Žalgiris	3,900	Anadolu Efes
2018–19	2,153,445	260	8,282	–6.0%	14,808	Žalgiris	2,691	Darüşşafaka Tekfen
2019–20	2,138,504	222[a]	8,588	+3.7%	14,221	Žalgiris	4,299	Zenit

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Historic average attendances

This list shows the averages attendances of each team since the 16-team regular season was established in 2016. All averages include playoffs games.

Individual game highest attendance

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More information Rank, Home team ...

Rank	Home team	Score	Away team	Attendance	Arena	Date	Ref
1	Partizan	63–56	Panathinaikos	22,567	Belgrade Arena	5 March 2009	Archived 22 July 2020 at the Wayback Machine
2	Partizan	76–67	Maccabi Tel Aviv	21,367	Belgrade Arena	1 April 2010	Archived 5 August 2020 at the Wayback Machine
3	Partizan	56–67	CSKA Moscow	21,352	Belgrade Arena	31 March 2009	Archived 31 July 2020 at the Wayback Machine

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Note: Match between Panathinaikos and Barcelona on 18 April 2013, at OAKA Sports Center, was supposedly watched by about 30,000 spectators.^[67] However, it is not included in the table as the official data is 18,300.^[68]

As of 4/4/2023 Partizan holds 10 games in top 10 most attended games.^{[citation needed]}

Broadcasters

This is a partial list of television broadcasters that provide coverage of the EuroLeague.

More information Country/Region, Broadcaster ...

Country/Region	Broadcaster	Language	Free/Pay TV
International	EuroLeague TV (online internet broadcast)[74][75]	English	Pay/Free
Balkans Bosnia and Herzegovina Croatia Montenegro North Macedonia Serbia Slovenia	Arena Sport[74][75]	Bosnian Croatian Montenegrin Macedonian Serbian Slovenian	Pay
Baltic states Estonia Latvia Lithuania	Go3 Sport[74][75]	Estonian Latvian Lithuanian	Pay
	TV3[75]
Spain	Movistar Plus+, Deportes por Movistar Plus+[75]	Spanish	Pay
United States	FanDuel TV[76]	English	Pay
France	SKWEEK TV[74]	French	Pay
Monaco
Germany	Telekom Sport, also known as MagentaSport[74][77]	German	Pay
Greece	Novasports[74]	Greek	Pay
Italy	Sky Sport Arena[75]	Italian	Pay
	DAZN[75]
Israel	Sport 5[74][75]	Hebrew	Pay
Turkey	S Sport Plus[74]	Turkish	Pay
Philippines	One Sports Pilipinas Live (live streaming)	English	Pay

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Men's competitions

• EuroCup Basketball
• FIBA Champions League
• FIBA Europe Cup

Women's competitions

• EuroLeague Women
• EuroCup Women
• FIBA Europe SuperCup Women

IWBF Basketball

• IWBF Champions League
• EuroCup 1
• EuroCup 2
• EuroCup 3