EuroLeague

Turkish Airlines EuroLeague

Founded	FIBA era 14 December 1957; 63 years ago (1957-12-14)[1]
First season	FIBA era 1958 Euroleague Basketball era 2000–01
Region	Europe
Confederation	FIBA Europe
Number of teams	18
Current champions	Anadolu Efes (1st title)
Most championships	Real Madrid (10 titles)
TV partners	List of broadcasters
Website	euroleague.net
2021–22 EuroLeague

The EuroLeague, known as the Turkish Airlines EuroLeague for sponsorship reasons, is a European professional basketball club competition, The league is widely recognised as the top-tier league in Europe, meanwhile it is not part of the European basketball pyramid by the FIBA. The league consists of 18 teams, of which 16 are given long-term licences and wild cards,^[2] making the league a semi-closed league.^[3][4] The league organized by Euroleague Basketball since 2000.

Introduced in 2000, the competition replaced the FIBA EuroLeague (which was previously called the FIBA European Champions Cup, or simply the European Cup), which had been run by FIBA since 1958. The FIBA European Champions Cup and the EuroLeague are considered to be the same competition, with the change of name being simply a re-branding.

The EuroLeague is one of the most popular indoor sports leagues in the world, with an average attendance of 8,780 for league matches in the 2017–18 season. That was the fifth-highest of any professional indoor sports league in the world (the highest outside the United States), and the second-highest of any professional basketball league in the world, only behind the National Basketball Association (NBA).

The EuroLeague title has been won by 21 clubs, 13 of which have won the title more than once. The most successful club in the competition is Real Madrid, with ten titles. The current champions are Anadolu Efes, who defeated FC Barcelona in the 2021 final, winning the club's first title.

History[]

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The FIBA European Champions Cup was originally established by FIBA and it operated under its umbrella from 1958 until the summer of 2000, concluding with the 1999–00 season. Euroleague Basketball was created after the end of the FIBA European Champions Cup.

FIBA had previously used the EuroLeague name for the competition since 1996 but had never trademarked the name. As FIBA had no legal recourse on the usage of the name, it started a new league named the FIBA SuproLeague. The following 2000–2001 season started with two top European professional club basketball competitions: FIBA SuproLeague (renamed from FIBA EuroLeague) and Euroleague.

Top clubs were split between the two leagues: Panathinaikos, Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv, CSKA Moscow and Efes Pilsen stayed with FIBA, while Olympiacos, Kinder Bologna, Real Madrid Teka, FC Barcelona, Paf Wennington Bologna, Žalgiris Kaunas, Benetton Treviso, AEK and Tau Cerámica joined Euroleague Basketball.

In May 2001, Europe had two continental champions, Maccabi of the FIBA SuproLeague and Kinder Bologna of the 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 Euroleague Basketball took over the European professional club competitions. 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.

League era[]

In November 2015, Euroleague Basketball and IMG agreed on 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.^[5] The deal was worth €630 million guaranteed over 10 years, with projected revenues reaching €900 million.^[6] 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 club 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 assess to the league through domestic leagues anymore.^[7]

Title sponsorship[]

On 26 July 2010, Turkish Airlines and Euroleague Basketball announced a €15 million strategic agreement to sponsor the top European basketball competition across the globe. According to the agreement, starting with the 2010–11 season, the top European competition would be named Turkish Airlines Euroleague Basketball. Similarly, the EuroLeague Final Four would be named the Turkish Airlines EuroLeague Final Four, whereby the new league title would appear in all media accordingly. This title partnership was set to run for five seasons, with the option of extending it to an additional five.^[8][9] On 23 October 2013, Turkish Airlines and Euroleague Basketball agreed to extend their partnership, up until 2020.^[10]

Names of the competition[]

• FIBA era: (1958–2001)
  • FIBA European Champions Cup: (1958–1991)
  • FIBA European League ("FIBA Euro League"): (1991–1996)
  • FIBA EuroLeague: (1996–2000)^[11]
  • FIBA SuproLeague: (2000–2001)
• Euroleague Basketball era: (2000–present)
  • Euroleague: (2000–2016)
  • 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 Euroleague Basketball.

Competition systems[]

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.

Logos[]

Evolution of the EuroLeague logo
2000–2005	2005–2010	2010–2016	2016–present

Format[]

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Starting with the 2016–17 season, the EuroLeague is made up of 18 teams, which each play every other team twice (once at home and once away) in a double round robin league regular season, for a total of 34 games played by each team.^{[citation needed]}

The top 8 placed teams at the end of the regular season advance to playoffs, each playing a 5-game playoff series against a single opponent. The regular season standings are used to determine which teams play each other, and in each pairing the higher placed team has home-court advantage in the series, playing 3 of the 5 games at home. The winners of each of the four playoff series advance to the Final Four, held at a predetermined site. The Final Four features two semi-finals, a third place game, and the championship game, all on the same weekend.^{[citation needed]}

Each team plays a maximum 41 games per season: 34 in the regular season, a maximum of 5 during the playoffs, and 2 in the Final Four.^{[citation needed]}

Qualification[]

Currently, 13 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 thirteen licensed clubs are currently:

Anadolu Efes ASVEL Baskonia Bayern Munich

CSKA Moscow FC Barcelona Fenerbahçe Maccabi Tel Aviv

Olimpia Milano Olympiacos Panathinaikos Real Madrid

Žalgiris

The remaining 5 EuroLeague places are held by 5 associated clubs that have annual licences, of which one has two-year wild card, 2 have one-year wild-cards and two are the finalists of the previous season's 2nd-tier European competition, the EuroCup.

Previous EuroLeague formats[]

European professional basketball club rankings[]

Arena standards[]

Effective as of the 2012–13 season, EuroLeague clubs with what was at the time an "A License" had to host their home EuroLeague games in arenas that have a seating capacity of at least 10,000 people. This same minimum 10,000-seat arena capacity rule, now currently applies to all EuroLeague clubs with a long-term license.

Previously, in 2008, the Euroleague Basketball had originally decided to increase the minimum arena seating requirement to 10,000, within four years time, to force EuroLeague clubs to move into and/or build bigger arenas. This was done in hopes of increasing revenues through more ticket sales. Conversely, associated clubs, must currently play in arenas that seat at least 5,000 people.

Current clubs[]

These are the teams that participate in the 2021–22 EuroLeague season:

Team	Home city	Arena	Capacity
ALBA Berlin	Berlin	Mercedes-Benz Arena	14,500[12]
Anadolu Efes	Istanbul	Sinan Erdem Dome	16,000[13]
A|X Armani Exchange Milan	Milan	Mediolanum Forum	12,700[14]
Barcelona	Barcelona	Palau Blaugrana	7,585[15]
Bayern Munich	Munich	Audi Dome	6,700[16]
Crvena zvezda mts	Belgrade	Štark Arena	18,386[17]
		Aleksandar Nikolić Hall	8,000[18]
CSKA Moscow	Moscow	Megasport Arena	13,344[19]
Fenerbahçe Beko	Istanbul	Ülker Sports and Event Hall	13,059[20]
LDLC ASVEL	Villeurbanne	Astroballe	5,556[21]
Maccabi Playtika Tel Aviv	Tel Aviv	Menora Mivtachim Arena	10,383[22]
Monaco	Fontvieille	Azur Arena Antibes	5,249
Olympiacos	Piraeus	Peace and Friendship Stadium	11,640[23]
Panathinaikos OPAP	Athens	O.A.K.A.	18,989[24]
Real Madrid	Madrid	WiZink Center	15,000[25]
TD Systems Baskonia	Vitoria-Gasteiz	Buesa Arena	15,504[26]
UNICS	Kazan	Basket-Hall Kazan	7,482
Žalgiris	Kaunas	Žalgirio Arena	15,415[27]
Zenit Saint Petersburg	Saint Petersburg	Sibur Arena	7,120[28]

Results[]

Year	Finalists				Semi-finalists
	Champion	Score	Runner-up		Third place	Fourth place
1958 Details	Rīgas ASK	170–152 (86–81 / 71–84)	Academic		Real Madrid and Budapesti Honvéd
1958–59 Details	Rīgas ASK	148–125 (79–58 / 67–69)	Academic		Lech Poznań OKK Beograd
1959–60 Details	Rīgas ASK	130–113 (51–61 / 69–62)	Dinamo Tbilisi		Slovan Orbis Praha and Polonia Warszawa
1960–61 Details	CSKA Moscow	148–128 (87–62 / 66–61)	Rīgas ASK		CCA București and Real Madrid
1961–62 Details	Dinamo Tbilisi	90–83	Real Madrid		CSKA Moscow and AŠK Olimpija
1962–63 Details	CSKA Moscow	259–240 (86–69 / 91–74 / 99–80)	Real Madrid		Dinamo Tbilisi and Spartak ZJŠ Brno
1963–64 Details	Real Madrid	183–174 (110–99 / 84–64)	Spartak ZJŠ Brno		Simmenthal Milano and OKK Beograd
1964–65 Details	Real Madrid	157–150 (88–81 / 76–62)	CSKA Moscow		OKK Beograd and Ignis Varese
1965–66 Details	Simmenthal Milano	77–72	Slavia VŠ Praha		CSKA Moscow	AEK
1966–67 Details	Real Madrid	91–83	Simmenthal Milano		Slavia VŠ Praha	AŠK Olimpija
1967–68 Details	Real Madrid	98–95	Spartak ZJŠ Brno		Zadar and Simmenthal Milano
1968–69 Details	CSKA Moscow	103–99 (2 OT's)	Real Madrid		Spartak ZJŠ Brno and Standard Liège
1969–70 Details	Ignis Varese	79–74	CSKA Moscow		Real Madrid and Slavia VŠ Praha
1970–71 Details	CSKA Moscow	67–53	Ignis Varese		Slavia VŠ Praha and Real Madrid
1971–72 Details	Ignis Varese	70–69	Jugoplastika		Panathinaikos and Real Madrid
1972–73 Details	Ignis Varese	71–66	CSKA Moscow		Simmenthal Milano and Crvena zvezda
1973–74 Details	Real Madrid	84–82	Ignis Varese		Berck and Radnički Belgrade
1974–75 Details	Ignis Varese	79–66	Real Madrid		Berck and Zadar
1975–76 Details	Mobilgirgi Varese	81–74	Real Madrid		Birra Forst Cantù and ASVEL
1976–77 Details	Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv	78–77	Mobilgirgi Varese		CSKA Moscow	Real Madrid
1977–78 Details	Real Madrid	75–67	Mobilgirgi Varese		ASVEL	Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv
1978–79 Details	Bosna	75–67	Emerson Varese		Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv	Real Madrid
1979–80 Details	Real Madrid	89–85	Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv		Bosna	Sinudyne Bologna
1980–81 Details	Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv	80–79	Sinudyne Bologna		Nashua EBBC	Bosna
1981–82 Details	Squibb Cantù	86–80	Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv		Partizan	FC Barcelona
1982–83 Details	Ford Cantù	69–68	Billy Milano		Real Madrid	CSKA Moscow
1983–84 Details	Banco di Roma	79–73	FC Barcelona		Jollycolombani Cantù	Bosna
1984–85 Details	Cibona	87–78	Real Madrid		Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv	CSKA Moscow
1985–86 Details	Cibona	94–82	Žalgiris		Simac Milano	Real Madrid
1986–87 Details	Tracer Milano	71–69	Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv		Orthez	Zadar
1987–88 Details	Tracer Milano	90–84	Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv		Partizan	Aris
1988–89 Details	Jugoplastika	75–69	Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv		Aris	FC Barcelona
1989–90 Details	Jugoplastika	72–67	FC Barcelona Banca Catalana		Limoges CSP	Aris
1990–91 Details	POP 84	70–65	FC Barcelona Banca Catalana		Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv	Scavolini Pesaro
1991–92 Details	Partizan	71–70	Montigalà Joventut		Philips Milano	Estudiantes Argentaria
1992–93 Details	Limoges CSP	59–55	Benetton Treviso		PAOK	Real Madrid Teka
1993–94 Details	7up Joventut	59–57	Olympiacos		Panathinaikos	FC Barcelona Banca Catalana
1994–95 Details	Real Madrid Teka	73–61	Olympiacos		Panathinaikos	Limoges CSP
1995–96 Details	Panathinaikos	67–66	FC Barcelona Banca Catalana		CSKA Moscow	Real Madrid Teka
1996–97 Details	Olympiacos	73–58	FC Barcelona Banca Catalana		Smelt Olimpija	ASVEL
1997–98 Details	Kinder Bologna	58–44	AEK		Benetton Treviso	Partizan Zepter
1998–99 Details	Žalgiris	82–74	Kinder Bologna		Olympiacos	Teamsystem Bologna
1999–00 Details	Panathinaikos	73–67	Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv		Efes Pilsen	FC Barcelona
2000–01 Details	Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv	81–67	Panathinaikos		Efes Pilsen	CSKA Moscow
2000–01 Details	Kinder Bologna	3–2 play-off	Tau Cerámica		Paf Wennington Bologna and AEK
2001–02 Details	Panathinaikos	89–83	Kinder Bologna		Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv and Benetton Treviso
2002–03 Details	FC Barcelona	76–65	Benetton Treviso		Montepaschi Siena	CSKA Moscow
2003–04 Details	Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv	118–74	Skipper Bologna		CSKA Moscow	Montepaschi Siena
2004–05 Details	Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv	90–78	Tau Cerámica		Panathinaikos	CSKA Moscow
2005–06 Details	CSKA Moscow	73–69	Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv		Tau Cerámica	Winterthur FC Barcelona
2006–07 Details	Panathinaikos	93–91	CSKA Moscow		Unicaja	Tau Cerámica
2007–08 Details	CSKA Moscow	91–77	Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv		Montepaschi Siena	Tau Cerámica
2008–09 Details	Panathinaikos	73–71	CSKA Moscow		Regal FC Barcelona	Olympiacos
2009–10 Details	Regal FC Barcelona	86–68	Olympiacos		CSKA Moscow	Partizan
2010–11 Details	Panathinaikos	78–70	Maccabi Electra Tel Aviv		Montepaschi Siena	Real Madrid
2011–12 Details	Olympiacos	62–61	CSKA Moscow		FC Barcelona Regal	Panathinaikos
2012–13 Details	Olympiacos	100–88	Real Madrid		CSKA Moscow	FC Barcelona Regal
2013–14 Details	Maccabi Electra Tel Aviv	98–86 (OT)	Real Madrid		FC Barcelona	CSKA Moscow
2014–15 Details	Real Madrid	78–59	Olympiacos		CSKA Moscow	Fenerbahçe Ülker
2015–16 Details	CSKA Moscow	101–96 (OT)	Fenerbahçe		Lokomotiv Kuban	Laboral Kutxa
2016–17 Details	Fenerbahçe	80–64	Olympiacos		CSKA Moscow	Real Madrid
2017–18 Details	Real Madrid	85–80	Fenerbahçe Doğuş		Žalgiris	CSKA Moscow
2018–19 Details	CSKA Moscow	91–83	Anadolu Efes	Real Madrid	Fenerbahçe Beko
2019–20 Details	Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe
2020–21 Details	Anadolu Efes	86–81	FC Barcelona		AX Armani Exchange Milan	CSKA Moscow
2021–22 Details

Team statistics[]

Titles by club[]

Rank	Club	Titles	Runner-up	Champion years
1	Real Madrid	10	8	1963–64, 1964–65, 1966–67, 1967–68, 1973–74, 1977–78, 1979–80, 1994–95, 2014–15, 2017–18
2	CSKA Moscow	8	6	1960–61, 1962–63, 1968–69, 1970–71, 2005–06, 2007–08, 2015–16, 2018–19
3	Maccabi Tel Aviv	6	9	1976–77, 1980–81, 2000–01, 2003–04, 2004–05, 2013–14
4	Panathinaikos	6	1	1995–96, 1999–00, 2001–02, 2006–07, 2008–09, 2010–11
5	Varese	5	5	1969–70, 1971–72, 1972–73, 1974–75, 1975–76
6	Olympiacos	3	5	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
–	Split	3	1	1988–89, 1989–90, 1990–91
10	FC Barcelona	2	6	2002–03, 2009–10
11	Virtus Bologna	2	3	1997–98, 2000–01
12	Cantù	2	–	1981–82, 1982–83
–	Cibona	2	–	1984–85, 1985–86
14	Fenerbahçe	1	2	2016–17
15	Dinamo Tbilisi	1	1	1961–62
–	Joventut Badalona	1	1	1993–94
–	Žalgiris	1	1	1998–99
–	Anadolu Efes	1	1	2020–21
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	–

Titles by nation[]

Rank	Country	Club	Titles	Runners-up
1.	Spain	Real Madrid	10	8
		FC Barcelona	2	6
		Joventut Badalona	1	1
		Baskonia	–	2
		4 clubs	13	17
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	6	1
		Olympiacos	3	5
		AEK	–	1
		3 clubs	9	7
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
8.	Turkey	Fenerbahçe	1	2
		Anadolu Efes	1	1
		2 clubs	2	3
9.	France	Limoges CSP	1	–
–	Lithuania	Žalgiris	1	–
11.	Czechoslovakia	Brno	–	2
		USK Praha	–	1
		2 clubs	0	3
12.	Bulgaria	Academic	–	2

Runner-up trophy[]

From 2012–13 season, Euroleague Basketball introduced a new innovation in the lobby of team sports. They replaced the second place medals for athletes with a Runner-up trophy for the team, incorporating partially individual sports' way of awarding into a team sport. But rather than the three first places awarding system, they preferred tennis' awarding system of the two finalists. So for the first time in the history of team sports, a runner up team can celebrate a European trophy,^[29] just like the silver and bronze medal of Olympic Games Winners, satisfying the common sense of runners-up value.

Various European Federations have moved similarly throughout the years. The LEN for example conduct a 3rd place game for the bronze medal.^[30] EuroLeague conduct a 3rd place game without awarding a medal. CEV on the other hand awards both the Runner-up & 3rd place game Winner with appropriate trophies.^[31]

Winners of the Runner-up trophy:^[32]

clubs	trophies	years
Real Madrid	2	2013, 2014
Olympiacos	2	2015, 2017
Fenerbahce	2	2016, 2018
Anadolu Efes	1	2019
Barcelona	1	2021

Records[]

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• Real Madrid has been the most successful team, having won the competition a record ten times.^[33]
• 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.
• Maccabi Tel Aviv (2003–04, 2004–05), and Olympiacos (2011–12, 2012–13), 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 who 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.^[34]
• 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.)
• 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).
• The record score differential for a EuroLeague Finals game was achieved at the 2004 Finals, in Tel Aviv, where the home club, Maccabi Elite, 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.^[35] 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.
• 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.^[36][37]
• The most points ever scored in a single game by an individual in the league since Euroleague Basketball has owned the competition (2000), is 49 points, by Shane Larkin of Efes Istanbul, on 29 November 2019, during the 2019–20 season, in a game against Bayern Munich.^[38][39]
• 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.^[40]

EuroLeague awards[]

Statistical leaders[]

All-time leaders[]

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

	Average		Accumulated
Games Played	-		Paulius Jankūnas	375
Games Started	-		Paulius Jankūnas	279
Minutes Played	Anthony Parker	35:00	Vassilis Spanoulis	9379:14
Points	Alphonso Ford	22.22	Vassilis Spanoulis	4455
Rebounds	Joseph Blair	10.05	Paulius Jankunas	1965
Assists	Nick Calathes	6.10	Vassilis Spanoulis	1607
Steals	Manu Ginóbili	2.73	Dimitris Diamantidis	434
Blocks	Grigorij Khizhnyak	3.19	Bryant Dunston	273
Index Rating	Anthony Parker	21.41	Vassilis Spanoulis	4183
Assist-Turnover ratio	Tomáš Satoranský	297.22%	-
Free Τhrows	Panagiotis Liadelis	6.74	Vassilis Spanoulis	1131
Free Τhrows %	Nando de Colo	93.97%	-
Free Τhrows Attempted	Panagiotis Liadelis	7.71	Vassilis Spanoulis	1451
2-Pointers	Kaspars Kambala	6.55	Georgios Printezis	1156
2-Pointers %	Edy Tavares	73.15%	-
2-Pointers Attempted	Alphonso Ford	12.02	Georgios Printezis	2127
3-Pointers	Justin Dentmon	2.88	Juan Carlos Navarro	623
3-Pointers %	Fran Pilepić	50.45%	-
3-Pointers Attempted	Alexey Shved	7.34	Juan Carlos Navarro	1669
Field Goals	Alphonso Ford	8.11	Vassilis Spanoulis	1403
Field Goals %	Edy Tavares	72.98%	-
Field Goals Attempted	Alphonso Ford	16.09	Vassilis Spanoulis	3402
True Shooting %	Edy Tavares	68.69%	-
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	Paulius Jankunas	970
Blocks Against	Kaspars Kambala	0.81	Vassilis Spanoulis	231
Turnovers	Will Solomon	3.13	Vassilis Spanoulis	1087

Individual performances[]

EuroLeague 50-40-90 club[]

EuroLeague versus NBA games[]

Attendances[]

Season averages[]

All averages include playoffs and Final Four games.

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 Electra 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

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.

Season	ALB	EFS	ASV	BAM	BAR	BKN	BAY	BUD	CZV	CSK	DSK	FNB	GAL	GCA	KHI	MTA	MGA	MIL	OLY	PAO	RMA	UNK	VAL	ZAL	ZEN
2016–17		5,320		6,415	4,931	11,633			9,818	8,293	4,677	11,219	4,806			10,888		9,483	9,360	11,172	10,312	3,734		11,418
2017–18		3,900		6,188	5,679	11,351			6,277	8,211		11,566			6,022	10,731	7,272	7,472	8,913	13,005	10,030		6,753	13,560
2018–19		8,247			5,793	11,138	4,349	4,792		7,198	2,691	10,737		4,823	5,502	10,522		8,493	8,203	12,530	9,792			14,808
2019–20	9,930	13,113	5,326		5,977	10,661	4,688		11,744	7,050		9,862			5,189	10,038		8,491	7,287	9,858	9,649		7,433	14,221	4,299

Individual game highest attendance[]

Rank	Home team	Score	Away team	Attendance	Arena	Date	Ref
1	Partizan	63–56	Panathinaikos	22,567	Belgrade Arena	5 March 2009	[1]
2	Partizan	76–67	Maccabi Electra Tel Aviv	21,367	Belgrade Arena	1 April 2010	[2]
3	Partizan	56–67	CSKA Moscow	21,352	Belgrade Arena	31 March 2009	[3]
4	Partizan	81–73	Maccabi Electra Tel Aviv	20,783	Belgrade Arena	30 March 2010	[4]

Note: Match between Panathinaikos and Barcelona on 18 April 2013, at OAKA Sports Center, was supposedly watched by about 30,000 spectators.^[41] However, it is not included in the table as the official data is 18,300.^[42]

Media coverage[]

The EuroLeague season is broadcast on television, and can be seen in up to 201 countries and territories.^[43] It can be seen by up to 245 million (800 million via satellite) households weekly in China.^[44]

It is also televised in the United States and Canada on NBA TV and available online through ESPN3 (in English) and ESPN Deportes (in Spanish) until 2017–18 season. From 2018 to 2019 season, the coverage is moved to FloSports.^[45]

The EuroLeague Final Four is broadcast on television in up to 213 countries and territories.^[46] The EuroLeague also has its own internet pay TV service, called EuroLeague TV.

Sponsors[]

Title sponsor

• Turkish Airlines

Premium partners

• 7DAYS
• Adidas
• Tempobet (only in Germany)
• Fonbet (only in Russia)
• Nesine (only in Turkey)
• bwin (Greece and Spain)

Source:^{[47][48][49][50][51][52]}

See also[]

• EuroCup Basketball
• 50 Greatest EuroLeague Contributors (2008)
• EuroLeague Awards
• EuroLeague Basketball 2001–10 All-Decade Team
• EuroLeague Basketball 2010–20 All-Decade Team
• EuroLeague Finals
• EuroLeague Final Four
• Euroleague Basketball Next Generation Tournament
• EuroLeague Women
• European Cup and EuroLeague records and statistics
• FIBA European Champions Cup and EuroLeague history
• FIBA EuroStars
• FIBA Festival
• Rosters of the top basketball teams in European club competitions
• NBA 2K14

References[]

External links[]

• Official website
• List of Winners with Rosters
• EuroLeague history – stats
• InterBasket.net EuroLeague basketball forum
• EuroLeague's Youtube channel