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2024–25 EuroCup Basketball

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BKT EuroCup1
Season2024–25
Dates24 September 2024 – 16 April 2025
Teams20
2025–26 →
1 Sponsored name, referring to BKT.

The 2024–25 EuroCup Basketball season is the 23rd season of Euroleague Basketball's secondary level professional club basketball tournament. It is the 17th season since it was renamed from the ULEB Cup to the EuroCup, and the second season under the new title sponsorship name of BKT[1] The season began on 24 September 2024 and will end at the latest on 16 April 2025 with the Finals.

Team allocation

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A total of 20 teams from 12 countries participate in the 2024–25 EuroCup season. On June 17, 2024, Euroleague Basketball confirmed the team list for this season.[2]

Teams

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League positions after playoffs of the previous season shown in parentheses.

Notes
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    ABA League (ABA): Budućnost VOLI and Cedevita Olimpija qualified through the ABA League.

Round and draw dates

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The schedule of the competition is as follows.[2]

Schedule for 2024–25 EuroCup Basketball
Phase Round Draw date First leg Second leg Third leg
Regular season Round 1 5 July 2024 24–25 September 2024
Round 2 1–2 October 2024
Round 3 8–9 October 2024
Round 4 15–16 October 2024
Round 5 22–23 October 2024
Round 6 29–30 October 2024
Round 7 5–6 November 2024
Round 8 12–13 November 2024
Round 9 28–29 November 2024
Round 10 3–4 December 2024
Round 11 10–11 December 2024
Round 12 17–18 December 2024
Round 13 2–3 January 2025
Round 14 7–8 January 2025
Round 15 14–15 January 2025
Round 16 21–22 January 2025
Round 17 28–29 January 2025
Round 18 4–5 February 2025
Playoffs Eighthfinals 4–5 March 2025
Quarterfinals 11–12 March 2025
Semifinals 25 March 2025 28 March 2025 2 April 2025
Finals 8 April 2025 11 April 2025 16 April 2025

Draw

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The draw was held on 5 July 2024 in Barcelona, Spain.[3]

The 20 teams were drawn into two groups of 10, with the restriction that teams from the same league could not be drawn against each other, except when there were more than two teams from the same league participating in the regular season. For the draw, the teams were seeded into 10 pots, in accordance with the Club Ranking, based on their performance in European competitions during a three-year period and the lowest possible position that any club from that league can occupy in the draw is calculated by adding the results of the worst performing team from each league.[3]

Pot 1
Team
Spain Valencia Basket
Israel Hapoel Shlomo Tel Aviv
Pot 2
Team
Israel Hapoel Bank Yahav Jerusalem
Spain Dreamland Gran Canaria
Pot 3
Team
Spain Joventut Badalona
France Cosea JL Bourg
Pot 4
Team
Turkey Türk Telekom
Germany ratiopharm Ulm
Pot 5
Team
Montenegro Budućnost VOLI
Italy Umana Reyer Venezia
Pot 6
Team
Greece Aris Midea
Turkey Beşiktaş Fibabanka
Pot 7
Team
Turkey Bahçeşehir Koleji
Lithuania 7bet-Lietkabelis
Pot 8
Team
Lithuania Wolves Twinsbet
Slovenia Cedevita Olimpija
Pot 9
Team
Germany Veolia Towers Hamburg
Italy Dolomiti Energia Trento
Pot 10
Team
Poland Trefl Sopot
Romania U-BT Cluj-Napoca

The fixtures were decided after the draw, using a computer draw not shown to public, with the following match sequence:

Note: Positions for scheduling do not use the seeding pots, e.g., Team 1 is not necessarily the team from Pot 1 in the draw.

Round Matches
Round 1 10 v 5, 6 v 4, 7 v 3, 8 v 2, 9 v 1
Round 2 1 v 10, 2 v 9, 3 v 8, 4 v 7, 5 v 6
Round 3 10 v 6, 7 v 5, 8 v 4, 9 v 3, 1 v 2
Round 4 2 v 10, 3 v 1, 4 v 9, 5 v 8, 6 v 7
Round 5 10 v 7, 8 v 6, 9 v 5, 1 v 4, 2 v 3
Round 6 3 v 10, 4 v 2, 5 v 1, 6 v 9, 7 v 8
Round 7 10 v 8, 9 v 7, 1 v 6, 2 v 5, 3 v 4
Round 8 10 v 4, 5 v 3, 6 v 2, 7 v 1, 8 v 9
Round 9 9 v 10, 1 v 8, 2 v 7, 3 v 6, 4 v 5
Round Matches
Round 10 5 v 10, 4 v 6, 3 v 7, 2 v 8, 1 v 9
Round 11 10 v 1, 9 v 2, 8 v 3, 7 v 4, 6 v 5
Round 12 6 v 10, 5 v 7, 4 v 8, 3 v 9, 2 v 1
Round 13 10 v 2, 1 v 3, 9 v 4, 8 v 5, 7 v 6
Round 14 7 v 10, 6 v 8, 5 v 9, 4 v 1, 3 v 2
Round 15 10 v 3, 2 v 4, 1 v 5, 9 v 6, 8 v 7
Round 16 8 v 10, 7 v 9, 6 v 1, 5 v 2, 4 v 3
Round 17 4 v 10, 3 v 5, 2 v 6, 1 v 7, 9 v 8
Round 18 10 v 9, 8 v 1, 7 v 2, 6 v 3, 5 v 4

There were scheduling restrictions: for example, teams from the same city in general were not scheduled to play at home on the same round (to avoid them playing at home on the same day or on consecutive days, due to logistics and crowd control). This restiction was applied to the two teams from Israel (Hapoel Bank Yahav Jerusalem and Hapoel Shlomo Tel Aviv) that play their home games at Arena Samokov in Samokov, Bulgaria due to the Israel–Hamas war.[4]

Regular season

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Location of teams of the 2024–25 EuroCup regular season.
Red: Group A; Green: Group B.

The regular season began on 24 September 2024 and will conclude on 5 February 2025. In each group, teams play against each other home-and-away in a round-robin format where only six teams will advance to the playoffs. Moreover, the top two teams in each regular season group will receive first round playoff byes, skipping the eighthfinals to be placed directly into the quarterfinals. At the tail end of the standings, four teams from each group will be eliminated after the regular season.

Alongside 16 returning teams from last season, four-time former champion Valencia Basket return to the EuroCup three years later, former champion Hapoel Bank Yahav Jerusalem return seven years later, Bahçeşehir Koleji return four years later, and Polish champion Trefl Sopot return 12 years later.

Group A

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Standings

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Pos Team
 Pld W L PF PA PD Qualification
1 Turkey Bahçeşehir Koleji 8 7 1 681 567 +114 Advance to quarterfinals
2 Spain Dreamland Gran Canaria 8 6 2 631 591 +40
3 Israel Hapoel Shlomo Tel Aviv 8 5 3 684 620 +64 Advance to eighthfinals
4 Lithuania Wolves Twinsbet 8 5 3 648 637 +11
5 Turkey Beşiktaş Fibabanka 8 4 4 688 662 +26
6 Germany ratiopharm Ulm 8 4 4 658 722 −64
7 Spain Joventut Badalona 8 3 5 608 629 −21
8 Montenegro Budućnost VOLI 8 3 5 641 672 −31
9 Italy Dolomiti Energia Trento 8 3 5 630 687 −57
10 Poland Trefl Sopot 8 0 8 609 691 −82
Updated to match(es) played on 13 November 2024. Source: EuroCup
Rules for classification: All points scored in extra period(s) are not counted in the standings, nor for any tie-break situation.

Results

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Home \ Away BKS BJK BUD TRE DGC HTA CJB ULM SOP WLV
Bahçeşehir Koleji Turkey — 87–66 110–70 90–82 79–67
Beşiktaş Fibabanka Turkey — 94–76 74–76 87–101 82–76 107–74
Budućnost VOLI Montenegro 75–92 — 92–83 86–89 105–100
Dolomiti Energia Trento Italy 64–85 — 79–73 87–85 84–78
Dreamland Gran Canaria Spain 66–63 84–81 — 125–78 66–68
Hapoel Shlomo Tel Aviv Israel 92–72 79–66 — 89–84
Joventut Badalona Spain 78–72 76–78 78–75 — 63–86
ratiopharm Ulm Germany 72–80 84–82 87–83 —
Trefl Sopot Poland 79–100 64–93 73–78 93–96 — 92–99
Wolves Twinsbet Lithuania 69–80 93–78 88–83 76–94 —
Updated to match(es) played on 13 November 2024. Source: EuroCup
Legend: Blue = home team win; Red = away team win.
Matches with lighter background shading were decided after overtime.

Group B

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Standings

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Pos Team
 Pld W L PF PA PD Qualification
1 Spain Valencia Basket 7 7 0 668 547 +121 Advance to quarterfinals
2 Israel Hapoel Bank Yahav Jerusalem 8 6 2 672 603 +69
3 France Cosea JL Bourg 8 5 3 674 626 +48 Advance to eighthfinals
4 Romania U-BT Cluj-Napoca 8 4 4 705 692 +13
5 Turkey Türk Telekom 8 4 4 611 611 0
6 Slovenia Cedevita Olimpija 8 4 4 654 686 −32
7 Italy Umana Reyer Venezia 8 3 5 625 670 −45
8 Lithuania 7bet-Lietkabelis 7 2 5 554 582 −28
9 Greece Aris Midea 8 2 6 592 641 −49
10 Germany Veolia Towers Hamburg 8 2 6 617 714 −97
Updated to match(es) played on 13 November 2024. Source: EuroCup
Rules for classification: All points scored in extra period(s) are not counted in the standings, nor for any tie-break situation.

Results

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Home \ Away LIE ARI COL JLB JLM TTA UBT URV HAM VBC
7bet-Lietkabelis Lithuania — 74–92 84–80 74–94 91–68 59–63
Aris Midea Greece — 75–82 68–78 63–68
Cedevita Olimpija Slovenia 76–72 — 83–90 83–94 87–82
Cosea JL Bourg France 88–91 — 67–63 84–73
Hapoel Bank Yahav Jerusalem Israel 86–77 — 73–81 94–66 89–74 64–80
Türk Telekom Turkey 72–66 78–70 — 99–80 87–101
U-BT Cluj-Napoca Romania 100–93 86–93 — 86–78 96–105
Umana Reyer Venezia Italy 95–75 66–88 75–67 — 80–68
Veolia Towers Hamburg Germany 93–69 80–100 89–77 67–103 —
Valencia Basket Spain 109–80 105–83 105–78 —
Updated to match(es) played on 13 November 2024. Source: EuroCup
Legend: Blue = home team win; Red = away team win.
Matches with lighter background shading were decided after overtime.

Awards

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MVP of the round

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Regular season

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Round Player Team PIR Ref.
1 Croatia Ante Tomić Spain Joventut Badalona 32 [5]
2 United States Jared Harper Israel Hapoel Jerusalem 27 [6]
3 United States Johnathan Motley Israel Hapoel Tel Aviv 34 [7]
4 United States Anthony Cowan Jr. Lithuania Wolves Twinsbet 33 [8]
5 France Axel Bouteille Turkey Bahçeşehir Koleji 34 [9]
Serbia Marko Pecarski Lithuania 7bet-Lietkabelis Panevėžys
6 United States Jared Harper (x2) Israel Hapoel Jerusalem 43 [10]
7 United States Anthony Brown Turkey Türk Telekom 45 [11]
8 United States Zavier Simpson Romania U-BT Cluj-Napoca 34 [12]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "BKT TIRES becomes EuroCup title sponsor and renews as Euroleague Partner | EuroCup". Euroleague Basketball. 7 July 2023. Retrieved 7 July 2023.
  2. ^ a b "Assembly of Syndicate Shareholders of ECA approves 2024-25 teams lists, season calendar and new Financial Fair Play new regulations". Euroleague Basketball. 17 June 2024. Retrieved 17 June 2024.
  3. ^ a b "2024-25 BKT EuroCup Draw: Criteria and procedure | EuroCup". Euroleague Basketball. 26 June 2024. Retrieved 28 July 2024.
  4. ^ "Euroleague Basketball approves potential alternative venues for Israeli teams' home games". Euroleague Basketball. 11 July 2024. Retrieved 28 July 2024.
  5. ^ "Round 1 MVP: Ante Tomic, Joventut Badalona". Euroleague Basketball. 2 October 2024. Retrieved 26 September 2024.
  6. ^ "Round 2 MVP: Jared Harper, Hapoel Bank Yahav Jerusalem". Euroleague Basketball. 7 October 2024. Retrieved 3 October 2024.
  7. ^ "Round 3 MVP: Johnathan Motley, Hapoel Shlomo Tel Aviv". Euroleague Basketball. 10 October 2024. Retrieved 11 October 2024.
  8. ^ "Round 4 MVP: Anthony Cowan Jr., Wolves Twinsbet Vilnius". Euroleague Basketball. 18 October 2024. Retrieved 18 October 2024.
  9. ^ "Round 5 co-MVPs: Marko Pecarski and Axel Bouteille". Euroleague Basketball. 24 October 2024. Retrieved 24 October 2024.
  10. ^ "Round 6 MVP: Jared Harper, Hapoel Bank Yahav Jerusalem". Euroleague Basketball. 31 October 2024. Retrieved 31 October 2024.
  11. ^ "Round 7 MVP: Anthony Brown, Turk Telekom Ankara". Euroleague Basketball. 7 November 2024. Retrieved 7 November 2024.
  12. ^ "Round 8 MVP: Zavier Simpson, U-BT Cluj-Napoca". Euroleague Basketball. 14 November 2024. Retrieved 14 November 2024.
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