2024–25 FIBA Europe Cup

FIBA Europe Cup
Season2024–25
DatesQualifying:
24–27 September 2024
Competition proper:
8 October 2024–23 April 2025
TeamsCompetition proper: 40 (from 21 countries)
Total: 44 (from 25 countries)
2025–26

The 2024–25 FIBA Europe Cup is the 10th season of the FIBA Europe Cup, a European basketball competition for clubs launched by FIBA Europe.

Team allocation

A total of 44 teams from 25 of the 50 FIBA Europe member associations participate in the 2024–25 FIBA Europe Cup season, out of which 15 teams of the Basketball Champions League qualifying rounds had opted in to participate in the FIBA Europe Cup as they do not reached the Basketball Champions League regular season, out of which a maximum of 18 could join the regular season.[1][2]

Teams

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

  • 1st, 2nd, 3rd, etc.: League position after eventual Playoffs
  • CL QR: Transferred from Champions League qualifying rounds
Qualified teams for 2024–25 FIBA Europe Cup (by entry round)
Regular season
Germany MHP Riesen Ludwigsburg (8th) France ESSM Le Portel (8th) France Cholet (CL QR)
Germany Löwen Braunschweig (12th) Hungary NHSZ Szolnoki Olajbányász (2nd) Georgia (country) Kutaisi 2010 (CL QR)
Poland PGE Spójnia Stargard (4th) Portugal Porto (2nd) United Kingdom Caledonia Gladiators (CL QR)
Poland Anwil Włocławek (5th) Romania Argeș Pitești (4th) Greece PAOK mateco (CL QR)
Turkey Bursaspor Yörsan (9th) Spain Casademont Zaragoza (12th) Italy Banco di Sardegna Sassari (CL QR)
Turkey Tofaş (11th) Azerbaijan Sabah (CL QR) Kosovo Trepça (CL QR)
Belgium Hubo Limburg United (3rd) Belgium Windrose Giants Antwerp (CL QR) Romania CSM CSU Oradea (CL QR)
Bulgaria Balkan (2nd) Bulgaria Rilski Sportist (CL QR) Slovakia Patrioti Levice (CL QR)
Cyprus Petrolina AEK Larnaca (2nd) Cyprus Keravnos (CL QR) Sweden Norrköping Dolphins (CL QR)
Estonia Pärnu Sadam (4th) Estonia Kalev/Cramo (CL QR) Switzerland Fribourg Olympic (CL QR)
Qualifying round
Belgium Spirou (5th) Hungary Alba Fehérvár (3rd) Romania CSM Constanța (7th)
Croatia Dinamo Zagreb (4th) Kosovo Peja (3rd) Slovakia Prievidza (3rd)
Cyprus Anorthosis Famagusta (3rd) Lithuania Neptūnas (6th) Spain Surne Bilbao Basket (13th)
France JDA Bourgogne Dijon (9th) Malta Visit Malta Starlites Naxxar (1st) Ukraine Dnipro (1st)
Greece Maroussi (9th) Portugal Sporting CP (5th)

Round and draw dates

The schedule of the competition is as follows.

Schedule for 2024–25 FIBA Europe Cup
Phase Round Draw date First leg Second leg
Qualifying round 19 July 2024 24 September 2024 26–27 September 2024
Regular season Round 1 8–9 October 2024
Round 2 15–16 October 2024
Round 3 22–23 October 2024
Round 4 29–30 October 2024
Round 5 5–6 November 2024
Round 6 12–13 November 2024
Second round Round 1 4 December 2024
Round 2 11 December 2024
Round 3 8 January 2025
Round 4 15 January 2025
Round 5 29 January 2025
Round 6 5 February 2025
Play-offs Quarter-finals 5 March 2025 12 March 2025
Semi-finals 26 March 2025 2 April 2025
Finals 16 April 2025 23 April 2025

Qualifying round

The qualifying round took place from 24 to 27 September 2024 in two-legged ties in which the series winners advanced to the regular season. As clubs that have opted in from the Basketball Champions League qualifying rounds could qualify to the Basketball Champions League regular season, this led to three additional spots in the regular season of the FIBA Europe Cup opening up to be filled by the best loser series in the qualifying round.[3]

It was the first time that basketball team from Malta will participate in international competition since the 1992–93 FIBA European Cup.

Team 1Agg. Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
JDA Bourgogne Dijon France200–141Croatia Dinamo Zagreb95–84105–57
Sporting CP Portugal148–141Belgium Spirou69–6979–72
Alba Fehérvár Hungary189–186Slovakia Prievidza85–102104–84
Dnipro Ukraine142–153Romania CSM Constanța71–6971–84
Anorthosis Famagusta Cyprus168–149Malta Visit Malta Starlites Naxxar81–7487–75
Peja Kosovo156–204Greece Maroussi75–9881–106
Surne Bilbao Basket Spain169–125Lithuania Neptūnas74–6695–59

Source: FIBA

Lucky losers

The additional spots were made available after SL Benfica, Aliaga Petkim and Telekom Baskets Bonn qualified for the Basketball Champions League. The three lucky losers were determined by the best loser series from the FIBA Europe Cup Qualifying Round in accordance to Section D of the Official Basketball Rules.[2]

Pos Team PF PA PD Qualification
1 Slovakia Prievidza 186 189 −3 Advance to regular season
2 Belgium Spirou 141 148 −7
3 Ukraine Dnipro 142 153 −11
4 Malta Visit Malta Starlites Naxxar 149 168 −19
5 Lithuania Neptūnas 125 169 −44
6 Kosovo Peja 156 204 −48
7 Croatia Dinamo Zagreb 141 200 −59
Source: FIBA

Regular season

The regular season will be played by 40 teams divided into 10 groups of four in which 15 teams receive direct spots, 10 teams advance from the qualifying round and 15 teams come from the Basketball Champions League qualifying rounds. It will begin on 8 October 2024 and will conclude on 13 November 2024. In each group, teams will play against each other home-and-away in a round-robin format. And the end of the regular season, the top team from each regular season group plus the best six second-placed teams will advance to the second round, while the rest of the teams will be eliminated after the regular season.[3]

No team from Israel will participate in this competition for the second season in-a-row.

Group A

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification TOF BLB AEK KER
1 Turkey Tofaş 6 6 0 586 489 +97 12 Advance to second round 102–90 99–81 93–61
2 Germany Löwen Braunschweig 6 3 3 515 487 +28 9 92–97 89–59 78–71
3 Cyprus Petrolina AEK Larnaca 6 2 4 426 514 −88 8 69–96 63–72 82–73
4 Cyprus Keravnos 6 1 5 507 544 −37 7 96–99 95–94 91–92
Source: FIBA

Group B

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification ZAR LEV BUR ANO
1 Spain Casademont Zaragoza 6 5 1 542 491 +51 11 Advance to second round 92–71 106–84 92–77
2 Slovakia Patrioti Levice 6 4 2 514 487 +27 10 96–80 63–78 100–68
3 Turkey Bursaspor Yörsan 6 3 3 513 504 +9 9 87–89 97–101 86–79
4 Cyprus Anorthosis Famagusta 6 0 6 438 525 −87 6 76–83 72–83 66–81
Source: FIBA

Group C

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification CHO FRI ANT CSM
1 France Cholet 6 6 0 569 445 +124 12 Advance to second round 90–75 90–77 106–63
2 Switzerland Fribourg Olympic 6 4 2 554 479 +75 10 81–85 102–84 103–76
3 Belgium Windrose Giants Antwerp 6 2 4 481 526 −45 8 81–94 67–89 84–81
4 Romania CSM Constanța 6 0 6 435 589 −154 6 68–104 77–104 70–88
Source: FIBA

Group D

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification SAS ANW SCP DNI
1 Italy Banco di Sardegna Sassari 6 6 0 517 406 +111 12 Advance to second round 69–66 88–71 94–62
2 Poland Anwil Włocławek 6 4 2 553 435 +118 10 83–86 93–63 114–71
3 Portugal Sporting CP 6 1 5 424 495 −71 7 69–82 83–97 70–78
4 Ukraine Dnipro 6 1 5 386 544 −158 7 55–98 63–100 57–68
Source: FIBA

Group E

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification ORA ARG STA PSD
1 Romania CSM CSU Oradea 6 5 1 479 433 +46 11 Advance to second round 78–74 77–75 85–67
2 Romania Argeș Pitești 6 3 3 430 422 +8 9 80–78 77–63 67–65
3 Poland PGE Spójnia Stargard 6 3 3 440 424 +16 9 65–77 65–62 83–59
4 Estonia Pärnu Sadam 6 1 5 408 478 −70 7 72–84 73–70 72–89
Source: FIBA

Group F

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification KAL ESS ALB RIL
1 Estonia Kalev/Cramo 6 5 1 503 436 +67 11 Advance to second round 66–63 95–89 88–76
2 France ESSM Le Portel 6 4 2 479 416 +63 10 54–77 104–73 74–60
3 Hungary Alba Fehérvár 6 3 3 528 564 −36 9 93–90 80–104 100–88
4 Bulgaria Rilski Sportist 6 0 6 428 522 −94 6 61–87 60–80 83–93
Source: FIBA

Group G

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification SBA MAR DOL SAB
1 Belgium Spirou 6 5 1 499 476 +23 11 Advance to second round 79–69 93–86 82–81
2 Greece Maroussi 6 4 2 490 444 +46 10 87–70 99–80 82–71
3 Sweden Norrköping Dolphins 6 2 4 474 513 −39 8 85–97 74–71 73–83
4 Azerbaijan Sabah 6 1 5 443 473 −30 7 68–78 70–82 70–74
Source: FIBA

Group H

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification LUD JDA GLA TRE
1 Germany MHP Riesen Ludwigsburg 6 5 1 487 404 +83 11 Advance to second round 80–77 86–62 87–54
2 France JDA Bourgogne Dijon 6 4 2 557 446 +111 10 81–93 102–62 118–73
3 United Kingdom Caledonia Gladiators 6 3 3 351 425 −74 9 73–71 54–90 20–0
4 Kosovo Trepça 6 0 6 344 464 −120 6 57–70 84–89 76–80
Source: FIBA

Group I

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification FCP PAO HLU SZO
1 Portugal Porto 6 5 1 497 429 +68 11 Advance to second round 99–64 80–61 77–68
2 Greece PAOK mateco 6 5 1 495 450 +45 11 89–70 94–76 82–66
3 Belgium Hubo Limburg United 6 2 4 460 500 −40 8 76–83 70–74 77–74
4 Hungary NHSZ Szolnoki Olajbányász 6 0 6 443 516 −73 6 71–88 69–92 95–100
Source: FIBA

Group J

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification BIL BCP KUT BAL
1 Spain Surne Bilbao Basket 6 6 0 538 364 +174 12 Advance to second round 87–66 91–63 95–55
2 Slovakia Prievidza 6 4 2 484 473 +11 10 61–84 77–69 83–59
3 Georgia (country) Kutaisi 2010 6 2 4 472 534 −62 8 57–88 104–108 93–92
4 Bulgaria Balkan 6 0 6 416 539 −123 6 62–93 70–89 78–86
Source: FIBA

Ranking of second-placed teams

Pos Grp Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1 I Greece PAOK mateco 6 5 1 495 450 +45 11 Advance to second round
2 D Poland Anwil Włocławek 6 4 2 553 435 +118 10
3 H France JDA Bourgogne Dijon 6 4 2 557 446 +111 10
4 C Switzerland Fribourg Olympic 6 4 2 554 479 +75 10
5 F France ESSM Le Portel 6 4 2 479 416 +63 10
6 G Greece Maroussi 6 4 2 490 444 +46 10
7 B Slovakia Patrioti Levice 6 4 2 514 487 +27 10
8 J Slovakia Prievidza 6 4 2 484 473 +11 10
9 A Germany Löwen Braunschweig 6 3 3 515 487 +28 9
10 E Romania Argeș Pitești 6 3 3 430 422 +8 9
Source: FIBA

Second round

Group K

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification ZAR TOF MAR FCP
1 Spain Casademont Zaragoza 1 1 0 86 70 +16 2 Advance to quarter-finals 86–70
2 Turkey Tofaş 1 1 0 96 83 +13 2 96–83
3 Greece Maroussi 1 0 1 83 96 −13 1
4 Portugal Porto 1 0 1 70 86 −16 1
Updated to match(es) played on 4 December 2024. Source: FIBA

Group L

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification BIL CHO ESS SAS
1 Spain Surne Bilbao Basket 2 2 0 186 177 +9 4 Advance to quarter-finals 95–88
2 France Cholet 2 1 1 173 177 −4 3 85–82
3 France ESSM Le Portel 2 1 1 165 161 +4 3 83–76
4 Italy Banco di Sardegna Sassari 2 0 2 165 174 −9 2 89–91
Updated to match(es) played on 10 December 2024. Source: FIBA

Group M

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification ORA PAO KAL JDA
1 Romania CSM CSU Oradea 1 1 0 98 77 +21 2 Advance to quarter-finals 98–77
2 Greece PAOK mateco 1 1 0 79 71 +8 2
3 Estonia Kalev/Cramo 1 0 1 71 79 −8 1 71–79
4 France JDA Bourgogne Dijon 1 0 1 77 98 −21 1
Updated to match(es) played on 4 December 2024. Source: FIBA

Group N

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification FRI LUD ANW SBA
1 Switzerland Fribourg Olympic 1 1 0 92 62 +30 2 Advance to quarter-finals
2 Germany MHP Riesen Ludwigsburg 1 1 0 86 81 +5 2 86–81
3 Poland Anwil Włocławek 1 0 1 81 86 −5 1
4 Belgium Spirou 1 0 1 62 92 −30 1 62–92
Updated to match(es) played on 4 December 2024. Source: FIBA

Individual awards

MVP of the Month

Month Player Club Ref.
2024
October
France Bastien Vautier France Cholet Basket
November
United States Jeriah Horne Hungary Alba Fehérvár

References

  1. ^ "FIBA Europe Cup clubs announced for 2024-25 season". FIBA.basketball. 10 July 2024. Retrieved 14 July 2024.
  2. ^ a b "15 teams feed into FIBA Europe Cup Regular Season from Basketball Champions League Qualifiers". www.fiba.basketball. 23 September 2024. Retrieved 23 September 2024.
  3. ^ a b "Draw complete for FIBA Europe Cup 2024-25 Regular Season and Qualifiers". www.fiba.basketball. 19 July 2024. Retrieved 7 September 2024.
  4. ^ "Vautier lands MVP honors for October". FIBA Europe Cup. 4 November 2024. Retrieved 4 November 2024.
  5. ^ "Horne claims November MVP honors". FIBA Europe Cup. 29 November 2024. Retrieved 7 December 2024.

See also