2024–25 EuroLeague Women

EuroLeague Women
Season2024–25
DatesQualifying:
18–25 September 2024
Regular season:
9 October 2024 – 28 January 2025
Play Ins:
19–26 February 2025
Final Six:
9–13 April 2025
TeamsCompetition proper: 16
Total: 19 (from 9 countries)

The 2024–25 EuroLeague Women is the 67th edition of the European women's club basketball championship organized by FIBA, and the 28th edition since being rebranded as the EuroLeague Women. Fenerbahçe Opet are the two-time defending champions.

Format

Starting this season, a new format will be introduced after FIBA Europe announced a change to the format on 10 May 2024.[1] On 15 May 2024, the format was explained.[2]

  • 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. Both play ins are played in a home and away aggregate format. The higher-seeded teams play the second leg at home.

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.

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.

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

Teams

The teams were announced on 5 July 2024.[5][6] League positions of the previous season shown in parentheses (TH EL: EuroLeague Women title holders).[7] Also, S means that the team in the qualifying round was seeded.

Regular season
Czech Republic ZVVZ USK Praha (1st) Italy Beretta Famila Schio (2nd)
France ESB Villeneuve-d'Ascq (1st) Poland KGHM BC Polkowice (1st)
France Tango Bourges Basket (CW, 5th) Spain Valencia Basket (1st)
Greece Olympiacos SFP (1st) Spain Perfumerias Avenida (2nd)
Hungary DVTK HUN-Therm (1st) Turkey Fenerbahçe OpetTH EL (1st)
Hungary Uni Győr (2nd) Turkey CBK Mersin (2nd)
Italy Umana Reyer Venezia (1st)
Qualifying round
Czech Republic Žabiny Brno (2nd) Romania CMS Constanța (1st)
France Basket Landes S (2nd) Spain Casademont Zaragoza S (3rd)
Hungary TARR KSC Szekszárd S (3rd) Turkey Beşiktaş (3rd)

Round and draw dates

Schedule

Phase Round Round date[8]
Qualification round First Leg 17–18 September 2024
Second Leg 24–25 September 2024
Regular season
(First Round)
Matchday 1 9–10 October 2024
Matchday 2 16–17 October 2024
Matchday 3 23–24 October 2024
Matchday 4 29–30 October 2024
Matchday 5 20–21 November 2024
Matchday 6 27 November 2024
Regular season
(Second Round)
Matchday 7 11 December 2024
Matchday 8 18 December 2024
Matchday 9 8 January 2025
Matchday 10 15 January 2025
Matchday 11 22 January 2025
Matchday 12 28 January 2025
Play Ins First Leg 19 February 2025
Second Leg 26 February 2025
Final Six Quarterfinals 9 April 2025
Semifinals 11 April 2025
Final 13 April 2025

Draw

The seeding was announced on 15 July 2024.[9] The draw took place in Munich, Germany on the 18 July 2024.[10] Only a maximum of one club from the same country can be in the same regular season group.

Seed 1 Seed 2 Seed 3 Seed 4
Turkey Fenerbahçe
Czech Republic ZVVZ USK Praha
Turkey CBK Mersin
Spain Perfumerias Avenida
Italy Beretta Famila Schio
France ESB Villeneuve-d'Ascq
France Tango Bourges Basket
Spain Valencia Basket
Italy Umana Reyer Venezia
Hungary DVTK HUN-Therm
Poland KGHM BC Polkowice
Greece Olympiacos SFP
Hungary Uni Győr
N/A Qualifier 1[a]
N/A Qualifier 2[b]
N/A Qualifier 3[c]
  1. ^ The eventual team in this slot was Czech Republic Žabiny Brno.
  2. ^ The eventual team in this slot was Spain Casademont Zaragoza.
  3. ^ The eventual team in this slot was France Basket Landes.

Qualification round

The winners advance to the regular season, while the losers drop down to the EuroCup regular season.[10]

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Žabiny Brno Czech Republic 147–139 Hungary TARR KSC Szekszárd 67–66 80–73
CMS Constanța Romania 109–146 Spain Casademont Zaragoza 57–75 52–71
Beşiktaş Turkey 128–164 France Basket Landes 70–84 58–80

Regular season

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 the only difference being Greece taking the of Romania. For the first time since 2014–15, Czech Republic will have two teams in the regular season.

First round

Group A

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification LAN SCH AVE DVTK
1 France Basket Landes 6 4 2 360 372 −12 10[a] Second round 68–59 59–58 55–54
2 Italy Beretta Famila Schio 6 4 2 428 382 +46 10[a] 64–60 92–58 71–57
3 Spain Perfumerias Avenida 6 3 3 401 401 0 9 81–52 69–79 67–55
4 Hungary DVTK HUN-Therm 6 1 5 356 390 −34 7 EuroCup Women 56–66 70–63 64–68
Source: FIBA
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Points difference; 3) Points scored.
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Basket Landes 128–123 Beretta Familia Schio

Group B

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification MER TAN ZAB OLY
1 Turkey CBK Mersin 6 6 0 477 386 +91 12 Second round 80–76 88–74 87–58
2 France Tango Bourges Basket 6 4 2 488 407 +81 10 66–77 91–70 82–62
3 Czech Republic Žabiny Brno 6 2 4 423 453 −30 8 45–64 65–85 92–61
4 Greece Olympiacos SFP 6 0 6 365 507 −142 6 EuroCup Women 67–81 53–88 64–77
Source: FIBA
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Points difference; 3) Points scored.

Group C

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification FEN CAS POL VIL
1 Turkey Fenerbahçe Opet 6 6 0 520 409 +111 12 Second round 84–64 90–61 95–75
2 Spain Casademont Zaragoza 6 4 2 418 412 +6 10 69–80 76–73 68–59
3 Poland KGHM BC Polkowice 6 1 5 458 491 −33 7[a] 88–90 63–72 90–63
4 France ESB Villeneuve-d'Ascq 6 1 5 402 486 −84 7[a] EuroCup Women 52–81 53–69 100–83
Source: FIBA
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Points difference; 3) Points scored.
Notes:
  1. ^ a b KGHM BC Polkowice 173–163 ESB Villeneuve-d'Ascq

Group D

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification VAL PRA REY GYO
1 Spain Valencia Basket 6 5 1 457 406 +51 11 Second round 82–60 83–72 74–59
2 Czech Republic ZVVZ USK Praha 6 4 2 475 442 +33 10 64–67 100–85 82–62
3 Italy Umana Reyer Venezia 6 3 3 460 463 −3 9 75–67 66–86 82–68
4 Hungary Uni Győr 6 0 6 404 485 −81 6 EuroCup Women 74–86 76–81 59–80
Source: FIBA
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Points difference; 3) Points scored.

Second round

Group E

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification MER LAN SCH TAN AVE ZAB
1 Turkey CBK Mersin 8 8 0 638 511 +127 16 Semifinal play in 86–52
2 France Basket Landes 8 5 3 501 514 −13 13[a] 76–73
3 Italy Beretta Famila Schio 8 5 3 556 536 +20 13[a] Quarterfinal play in 76–68
4 France Tango Bourges Basket 8 5 3 641 550 +91 13[a] 80–67
5 Spain Perfumerias Avenida 8 3 5 541 556 −15 11 73–75
6 Czech Republic Žabiny Brno 8 3 5 560 594 −34 11 69–65
Updated to match(es) played on 18 November 2024. Source: FIBA
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Points difference; 3) Points scored.
Notes:
  1. ^ a b c Basket Landes 76–73 Tango Bourges Basket

Group F

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification FEN VAL PRA CAS REY POL
1 Turkey Fenerbahçe Opet 8 8 0 674 551 +123 16 Semifinal play in 75–71
2 Spain Valencia Basket 8 7 1 613 544 +69 15 90–82
3 Czech Republic ZVVZ USK Praha 8 5 3 628 562 +66 13 Quarterfinal play in 82–45
4 Spain Casademont Zaragoza 8 5 3 564 558 +6 13 64–56
5 Italy Umana Reyer Venezia 8 3 5 587 606 −19 11 71–79
6 Poland KGHM BC Polkowice 8 1 7 559 639 −80 9 56–66
Updated to match(es) played on 18 November 2024. Source: FIBA
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Points difference; 3) Points scored.

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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.[11]

Bracket

 
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Awards

EuroLeague MVP

Player Team Ref.

EuroLeague Final Four MVP

Player Team Ref.

All-EuroLeague Teams

First Team Second Team

Defensive Player of the Year

Player Team Ref.

Young Player of the Year

Player Team Ref.

Coach of the Year

Player Team Ref.

Best Play of the Season

Player Team Ref.

Club Excellence Award

Player Team Ref.

MVP of the Month

Month Player Team Ref.
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January
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Team of the Month

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See also

References

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  10. ^ a b "EuroLeague Women 2024-25 Regular Season groups, Qualifiers pairings drawn". FIBA.basketball.
  11. ^ https://about.fiba.basketball/en/regions/europe/news/zaragoza-announced-as-multi-year-host-for-euroleague-women-final-six