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EuroLeague
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. The league consists of 18 teams, of which 16 are given long-term licences and wild cards,[3] making the league a semi-closed league.[4][5] The league was first organized by FIBA in 1958, subsequently by ULEB in 2000 and then solely the Euroleague Basketball.
| Founded | FIBA era 14 December 1957[1] Euroleague Basketball era 9 June 2000[2] |
|---|---|
| First season | FIBA era 1958 Euroleague Basketball era 2000–01 |
| Region | Europe |
| Confederation | FIBA Europe |
| Number of teams | 18 |
| Current champions | Anadolu Efes (2nd title) |
| Most championships | Real Madrid (10 titles) |
| TV partners | List of broadcasters |
| Website | euroleaguebasketball.net |
| 2022–23 EuroLeague | |
The competition was introduced in 1958 as the FIBA European Champions Cup (renamed to the FIBA EuroLeague in 1996), which operated under FIBA's umbrella until Euroleague Basketball was created for the 2000–01 season. 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. This 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 22 clubs, 14 of which have won the title more than once. The most successful club in the competition is Real Madrid, with ten titles. The current champion is Anadolu Efes, which defeated Real Madrid in the 2022 final, winning the club's second and back-to-back Euroleague 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.
Euroleague Trophy
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 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.[6] The deal was worth €630 million guaranteed over 10 years, with projected revenues reaching €900 million.[7] 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 access to the league through domestic leagues anymore.[8]
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.[9][10] On 23 October 2013, Turkish Airlines and Euroleague Basketball agreed to extend their partnership, up until 2020.[11]
Names of the competition
A EuroLeague game, in 2018.
- FIBA era: (1958–2001)
- FIBA European Champions Cup: (1958–1991)
- FIBA European League ("FIBA Euro League"): (1991–1996)
- FIBA EuroLeague: (1996–2000)[12]
- 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.
Format
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The setting of the 2014 EuroLeague Final Four, in Milan.
Starting with the 2016–17 season, the EuroLeague is made up of 18 teams, with each playing 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 (and since the suspension of Russian teams because of the Russian invasion of Ukraine[13]), 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 6 EuroLeague places are held by 6 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.[14]
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 had 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 2022–23 EuroLeague season:
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Location of teams in 2022–23 EuroLeagueResults
Team statistics
Titles by club
Titles by nation
| Rank | Country | Club | Titles | Runners-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Spain | Real Madrid | 10 | 9 |
| FC Barcelona | 2 | 6 | ||
| Joventut Badalona | 1 | 1 | ||
| Baskonia | – | 2 | ||
| 4 clubs | 13 | 18 | ||
| 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 | Anadolu Efes | 2 | 1 |
| Fenerbahçe | 1 | 2 | ||
| 2 clubs | 3 | 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,[34] 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.[35] 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.[36]
Winners of the Runner-up trophy:[37]
| clubs | trophies | years |
|---|---|---|
| Real Madrid | 3 | 2013, 2014, 2022 |
| 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.[38]
- 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), 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 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.[39]
- 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 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.[40] 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.[41][42]
- 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.[43][44]
- 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.[45]
EuroLeague awards
Statistical leaders
All-time leaders
Since the beginning of the 2000–01 season (Euroleague Basketball era):
Individual performances
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 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 |
- ^ Season was curtailed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Four games, for different reasons, were played under closed doors and are not included in this table.
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 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 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.[46] However, it is not included in the table as the official data is 18,300.[47]
Media coverage
The EuroLeague season is broadcast on television, and can be seen in up to 201 countries and territories.[48] It can be seen by up to 245 million (800 million via satellite) households weekly in China.[49]
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.[50]
The EuroLeague Final Four is broadcast on television in up to 213 countries and territories.[51] The EuroLeague also has its own internet pay TV service, called EuroLeague TV.
Sponsors
- Title sponsor
- Premium partners
- 7DAYS
- Adidas
- Tempobet (only in Germany)
- Fonbet (only in Russia)
- Nesine (only in Turkey)
- bwin (Greece and Spain)
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See also
- Men's competitions
- Women's competitions
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For the women s league see EuroLeague Women For other uses see Euro league 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 The league consists of 18 teams of which 16 are given long term licences and wild cards 3 making the league a semi closed league 4 5 The league was first organized by FIBA in 1958 subsequently by ULEB in 2000 and then solely the Euroleague Basketball Turkish Airlines EuroLeagueFoundedFIBA era14 December 1957 65 years ago 1957 12 14 1 Euroleague Basketball era9 June 2000 22 years ago 2000 06 09 2 First seasonFIBA era1958Euroleague Basketball era2000 01RegionEuropeConfederationFIBA EuropeNumber of teams18Current championsAnadolu Efes 2nd title Most championshipsReal Madrid 10 titles TV partnersList of broadcastersWebsiteeuroleaguebasketball net2022 23 EuroLeagueThe competition was introduced in 1958 as the FIBA European Champions Cup renamed to the FIBA EuroLeague in 1996 which operated under FIBA s umbrella until Euroleague Basketball was created for the 2000 01 season 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 This 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 22 clubs 14 of which have won the title more than once The most successful club in the competition is Real Madrid with ten titles The current champion is Anadolu Efes which defeated Real Madrid in the 2022 final winning the club s second and back to back Euroleague title Contents 1 History 1 1 League era 1 2 Title sponsorship 1 3 Names of the competition 2 Competition systems 2 1 Tournament systems 2 2 League system 3 Format 3 1 Qualification 3 2 Previous EuroLeague formats 3 3 European professional basketball club rankings 3 4 Arena standards 4 Current clubs 5 Results 6 Team statistics 6 1 Titles by club 6 2 Titles by nation 7 Runner up trophy 8 Records 8 1 EuroLeague awards 8 2 Statistical leaders 8 3 All time leaders 8 4 Individual performances 9 EuroLeague versus NBA games 10 Attendances 10 1 Season averages 10 2 Historic average attendances 10 3 Individual game highest attendance 11 Media coverage 12 Sponsors 13 See also 14 References 15 External linksHistory EditThis section needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed April 2021 Learn how and when to remove this template message Main article FIBA European Champions Cup and EuroLeague history 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 Euroleague Trophy 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 Tel Aviv CSKA Moscow and Efes Pilsen stayed with FIBA while Olympiacos Kinder Bologna Real Madrid Teka FC Barcelona Paf Wennington Bologna Zalgiris Kaunas Benetton Treviso AEK and Tau Ceramica 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 Korac Cup and Saporta Cup competitions lasted one more season and then Euroleague Basketball launched the ULEB Cup now known as the EuroCup League era Edit 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 6 The deal was worth 630 million guaranteed over 10 years with projected revenues reaching 900 million 7 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 access to the league through domestic leagues anymore 8 Title sponsorship Edit Main article Turkish Airlines 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 9 10 On 23 October 2013 Turkish Airlines and Euroleague Basketball agreed to extend their partnership up until 2020 11 Names of the competition Edit A EuroLeague game in 2018 FIBA era 1958 2001 FIBA European Champions Cup 1958 1991 FIBA European League FIBA Euro League 1991 1996 FIBA EuroLeague 1996 2000 12 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 EditTournament systems Edit 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 Edit 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 Format EditThis section needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed April 2021 Learn how and when to remove this template message The setting of the 2014 EuroLeague Final Four in Milan Starting with the 2016 17 season the EuroLeague is made up of 18 teams with each playing 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 Edit Currently and since the suspension of Russian teams because of the Russian invasion of Ukraine 13 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 Anadolu Efes ASVEL Baskonia Bayern Munich FC Barcelona Fenerbahce Maccabi Tel Aviv Olimpia Milano Olympiacos Panathinaikos Real Madrid ZalgirisThe remaining 6 EuroLeague places are held by 6 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 14 Previous EuroLeague formats Edit Main article EuroLeague historical league formats European professional basketball club rankings Edit Main article European professional basketball club rankings Arena standards Edit 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 had 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 EditThese are the teams that participate in the 2022 23 EuroLeague season ALBA Anadolu Efes ASVEL Barcelona Baskonia Bayern Crvena zvezda Fenerbahce Maccabi Milan Monaco Olympiacos Panathinaikos Partizan Real Valencia Virtus Zalgirisclass notpageimage Location of teams in 2022 23 EuroLeague Team Home city Arena Capacity Kit manufacturer ALBA Berlin Berlin Mercedes Benz Arena 14 500 15 Adidas Anadolu Efes Istanbul Sinan Erdem Dome 16 000 16 Bilcee Barcelona Barcelona Palau Blaugrana 7 585 17 Nike Bayern Munich Munich Audi Dome 6 700 18 Adidas Cazoo Baskonia Vitoria Gasteiz Buesa Arena 15 504 19 Puma Crvena Zvezda Meridianbet Belgrade Aleksandar Nikolic Hall 8 000 20 Adidas EA7 Emporio Armani Milan Milan Mediolanum Forum 12 700 21 EA7 Fenerbahce Beko Istanbul Ulker Sports and Event Hall 13 059 22 Own Brand LDLC ASVEL Villeurbanne Astroballe 5 556 23 Adidas Maccabi Tel Aviv Tel Aviv Menora Mivtachim Arena 10 383 24 Puma AS Monaco Monaco Salle Gaston Medecin 4 600 25 Errea Olympiacos Piraeus Peace and Friendship Stadium 11 640 26 GSA Panathinaikos Athens OAKA Altion 18 989 27 Adidas Partizan Mozzart Bet Belgrade Stark Arena 18 386 28 Under Armour Real Madrid Madrid WiZink Center 15 000 29 Adidas Valencia Basket Valencia La Fonteta 9 000 30 Luanvi Virtus Segafredo Bologna Bologna Segafredo Arena 9 980 31 MacronPalaDozza 5 570 32 Zalgiris Kaunas Zalgirio Arena 15 415 33 GSAResults EditMain articles EuroLeague Finals and EuroLeague Final Four Year Finalists Semi finalistsChampion Score Runner up Third place Fourth place1958Details Rigas ASK 170 152 86 81 71 84 Academic Real Madrid and Budapesti Honved1958 59Details Rigas ASK 148 125 79 58 67 69 Academic Lech Poznan OKK Beograd1959 60Details Rigas ASK 130 113 51 61 69 62 Dinamo Tbilisi Slovan Orbis Praha and Polonia Warszawa1960 61Details CSKA Moscow 148 128 87 62 66 61 Rigas ASK CCA București and Real Madrid1961 62Details Dinamo Tbilisi 90 83 Real Madrid CSKA Moscow and ASK Olimpija1962 63Details CSKA Moscow 259 240 86 69 91 74 99 80 Real Madrid Dinamo Tbilisi and Spartak ZJS Brno1963 64Details Real Madrid 183 174 110 99 84 64 Spartak ZJS Brno Simmenthal Milano and OKK Beograd1964 65Details Real Madrid 157 150 88 81 76 62 CSKA Moscow OKK Beograd and Ignis Varese1965 66Details Simmenthal Milano 77 72 Slavia VS Praha CSKA Moscow AEK1966 67Details Real Madrid 91 83 Simmenthal Milano Slavia VS Praha ASK Olimpija1967 68Details Real Madrid 98 95 Spartak ZJS Brno Zadar and Simmenthal Milano1968 69Details CSKA Moscow 103 99 2 OT s Real Madrid Spartak ZJS Brno and Standard Liege1969 70Details Ignis Varese 79 74 CSKA Moscow Real Madrid and Slavia VS Praha1970 71Details CSKA Moscow 67 53 Ignis Varese Slavia VS Praha and Real Madrid1971 72Details Ignis Varese 70 69 Jugoplastika Panathinaikos and Real Madrid1972 73Details Ignis Varese 71 66 CSKA Moscow Simmenthal Milano and Crvena zvezda1973 74Details Real Madrid 84 82 Ignis Varese Berck and Radnicki Belgrade1974 75Details Ignis Varese 79 66 Real Madrid Berck and Zadar1975 76Details Mobilgirgi Varese 81 74 Real Madrid Birra Forst Cantu and ASVEL1976 77Details Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv 78 77 Mobilgirgi Varese CSKA Moscow Real Madrid1977 78Details Real Madrid 75 67 Mobilgirgi Varese ASVEL Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv1978 79Details Bosna 75 67 Emerson Varese Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv Real Madrid1979 80Details Real Madrid 89 85 Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv Bosna Sinudyne Bologna1980 81Details Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv 80 79 Sinudyne Bologna Nashua EBBC Bosna1981 82Details Squibb Cantu 86 80 Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv Partizan FC Barcelona1982 83Details Ford Cantu 69 68 Billy Milano Real Madrid CSKA Moscow1983 84Details Banco di Roma 79 73 FC Barcelona Jollycolombani Cantu Bosna1984 85Details Cibona 87 78 Real Madrid Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv CSKA Moscow1985 86Details Cibona 94 82 Zalgiris Simac Milano Real Madrid1986 87Details Tracer Milano 71 69 Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv Orthez Zadar1987 88Details Tracer Milano 90 84 Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv Partizan Aris1988 89Details Jugoplastika 75 69 Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv Aris FC Barcelona1989 90Details Jugoplastika 72 67 FC Barcelona Banca Catalana Limoges CSP Aris1990 91Details POP 84 70 65 FC Barcelona Banca Catalana Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv Scavolini Pesaro1991 92Details Partizan 71 70 Montigala Joventut Philips Milano Estudiantes Argentaria1992 93Details Limoges CSP 59 55 Benetton Treviso PAOK Real Madrid Teka1993 94Details 7up Joventut 59 57 Olympiacos Panathinaikos FC Barcelona Banca Catalana1994 95Details Real Madrid Teka 73 61 Olympiacos Panathinaikos Limoges CSP1995 96Details Panathinaikos 67 66 FC Barcelona Banca Catalana CSKA Moscow Real Madrid Teka1996 97Details Olympiacos 73 58 FC Barcelona Banca Catalana Smelt Olimpija ASVEL1997 98Details Kinder Bologna 58 44 AEK Benetton Treviso Partizan Zepter1998 99Details Zalgiris 82 74 Kinder Bologna Olympiacos Teamsystem Bologna1999 00Details Panathinaikos 73 67 Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv Efes Pilsen FC Barcelona2000 01Details Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv 81 67 Panathinaikos Efes Pilsen CSKA Moscow2000 01Details Kinder Bologna 3 2 play off Tau Ceramica Paf Wennington Bologna and AEK2001 02Details Panathinaikos 89 83 Kinder Bologna Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv and Benetton Treviso2002 03Details FC Barcelona 76 65 Benetton Treviso Montepaschi Siena CSKA Moscow2003 04Details Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv 118 74 Skipper Bologna CSKA Moscow Montepaschi Siena2004 05Details Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv 90 78 Tau Ceramica Panathinaikos CSKA Moscow2005 06Details CSKA Moscow 73 69 Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv Tau Ceramica Winterthur FC Barcelona2006 07Details Panathinaikos 93 91 CSKA Moscow Unicaja Tau Ceramica2007 08Details CSKA Moscow 91 77 Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv Montepaschi Siena Tau Ceramica2008 09Details Panathinaikos 73 71 CSKA Moscow Regal FC Barcelona Olympiacos2009 10Details Regal FC Barcelona 86 68 Olympiacos CSKA Moscow Partizan2010 11Details Panathinaikos 78 70 Maccabi Electra Tel Aviv Montepaschi Siena Real Madrid2011 12Details Olympiacos 62 61 CSKA Moscow FC Barcelona Regal Panathinaikos2012 13Details Olympiacos 100 88 Real Madrid CSKA Moscow FC Barcelona Regal2013 14Details Maccabi Electra Tel Aviv 98 86 OT Real Madrid FC Barcelona CSKA Moscow2014 15Details Real Madrid 78 59 Olympiacos CSKA Moscow Fenerbahce Ulker2015 16Details CSKA Moscow 101 96 OT Fenerbahce Lokomotiv Kuban Laboral Kutxa2016 17Details Fenerbahce 80 64 Olympiacos CSKA Moscow Real Madrid2017 18Details Real Madrid 85 80 Fenerbahce Dogus Zalgiris CSKA Moscow2018 19Details CSKA Moscow 91 83 Anadolu Efes Real Madrid Fenerbahce Beko2019 20Details Cancelled due to the COVID 19 pandemic in Europe2020 21Details Anadolu Efes 86 81 FC Barcelona AX Armani Exchange Milan CSKA Moscow2021 22Details Anadolu Efes 58 57 Real Madrid FC Barcelona OlympiacosTeam statistics EditTitles by club Edit Further information FIBA European Champions Cup and EuroLeague records and statistics Rank Club Titles Runner up Champion years1 Real Madrid 10 9 1963 64 1964 65 1966 67 1967 68 1973 74 1977 78 1979 80 1994 95 2014 15 2017 182 CSKA Moscow 8 6 1960 61 1962 63 1968 69 1970 71 2005 06 2007 08 2015 16 2018 193 Maccabi Tel Aviv 6 9 1976 77 1980 81 2000 01 2003 04 2004 05 2013 144 Panathinaikos 6 1 1995 96 1999 00 2001 02 2006 07 2008 09 2010 115 Varese 5 5 1969 70 1971 72 1972 73 1974 75 1975 766 Olympiacos 3 5 1996 97 2011 12 2012 137 Olimpia Milano 3 2 1965 66 1986 87 1987 888 Rigas ASK 3 1 1958 1958 59 1959 60 Split 3 1 1988 89 1989 90 1990 9110 Barcelona 2 6 2002 03 2009 1011 Virtus Bologna 2 3 1997 98 2000 0112 Anadolu Efes 2 1 2020 21 2021 2213 Cantu 2 1981 82 1982 83 Cibona 2 1984 85 1985 8615 Fenerbahce 1 2 2016 1716 Dinamo Tbilisi 1 1 1961 62 Joventut Badalona 1 1 1993 94 Zalgiris 1 1 1998 9919 Bosna 1 1978 79 Virtus Roma 1 1983 84 Partizan 1 1991 92 Limoges CSP 1 1992 9323 Academic 2 Brno 2 Treviso 2 Baskonia 2 27 USK Praha 1 AEK 1 Fortitudo Bologna 1 Titles by nation Edit Rank Country Club Titles Runners up1 Spain Real Madrid 10 9FC Barcelona 2 6Joventut Badalona 1 1Baskonia 24 clubs 13 182 ItalyVarese 5 5Olimpia Milano 3 2Virtus Bologna 2 3Cantu 2 Virtus Roma 1 Treviso 2Fortitudo Bologna 17 clubs 13 133 Greece Panathinaikos 6 1Olympiacos 3 5AEK 13 clubs 9 74 Soviet Union CSKA Moscow 4 3Rigas ASK 3 1Dinamo Tbilisi 1 1Zalgiris 14 clubs 8 65 Yugoslavia Split 3 1Cibona 2 Bosna 1 Partizan 1 4 clubs 7 16 Israel Maccabi Tel Aviv 6 97 Russia CSKA Moscow 4 38 Turkey Anadolu Efes 2 1Fenerbahce 1 22 clubs 3 39 France Limoges CSP 1 Lithuania Zalgiris 1 11 Czechoslovakia Brno 2USK Praha 12 clubs 0 312 Bulgaria Academic 2Runner up trophy EditFrom 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 34 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 35 EuroLeague conduct a 3rd place game without awarding a medal CEV on the other hand awards both the Runner up amp 3rd place game Winner with appropriate trophies 36 Winners of the Runner up trophy 37 clubs trophies yearsReal Madrid 3 2013 2014 2022Olympiacos 2 2015 2017Fenerbahce 2 2016 2018Anadolu Efes 1 2019Barcelona 1 2021Records EditThis section needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed April 2017 Learn how and when to remove this template message See also EuroLeague records Real Madrid has been the most successful team having won the competition a record ten times 38 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 Rigas 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 amp 1966 67 1967 68 along with Varese 1971 72 1972 73 amp 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 Cantu 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 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 Fenerbahce 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 39 Istanbul is the only city from which nine clubs have played in the competition Besiktas Darussafaka Eczacibasi Efes Fenerbahce Galatasaray Istanbul Technical University Modaspor and Ulker 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 Cantu 2 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 40 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 Ceramica 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 Korac of OKK Beograd on 14 January 1965 during the 1964 65 season in a game against Alvik 41 42 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 43 44 The most points ever scored in a single EuroLeague Finals game by an individual is 47 points in the 1978 79 season by Zarko Varajic of Bosna in a game against Emerson Varese on 5 April 1979 45 EuroLeague awards Edit Main article Euroleague Awards Statistical leaders Edit Main article EuroLeague individual statistics All time leaders Edit Main article EuroLeague career stats leaders since the 2000 01 season Since the beginning of the 2000 01 season Euroleague Basketball era Average AccumulatedGames Played Paulius Jankunas 392Games Started Paulius Jankunas 283Minutes Played Anthony Parker 35 00 Vassilis Spanoulis 9379 14Points Alphonso Ford 22 22 Vassilis Spanoulis 4455Rebounds Joseph Blair 10 05 Paulius Jankunas 2010Assists Nick Calathes 6 09 Nick Calathes 1711Steals Manu Ginobili 2 73 Dimitris Diamantidis 434Blocks Grigorij Khizhnyak 3 19 Bryant Dunston 309Index Rating Anthony Parker 21 41 Nando de Colo 4319Assist Turnover ratio Tomas Satoransky 297 22 Free Throws Panagiotis Liadelis 6 74 Vassilis Spanoulis 1131Free Throws Nando de Colo 93 97 Free Throws Attempted Panagiotis Liadelis 7 71 Vassilis Spanoulis 14512 Pointers Kaspars Kambala 6 55 Kyle Hines 11942 Pointers Edy Tavares 73 15 2 Pointers Attempted Alphonso Ford 12 02 Georgios Printezis 22003 Pointers Justin Dentmon 2 88 Juan Carlos Navarro 6233 Pointers Fran Pilepic 50 45 3 Pointers Attempted Alexey Shved 7 34 Juan Carlos Navarro 1669Field Goals Alphonso Ford 8 11 Vassilis Spanoulis 1403Field Goals Edy Tavares 72 98 Field Goals Attempted Alphonso Ford 16 09 Vassilis Spanoulis 3402True Shooting Edy Tavares 68 69 Double doubles Mirsad Turkcan 50Triple doubles Nikola Vujcic 2Fouls Drawn Dragan Lukovski 6 04 Vassilis Spanoulis 1583Fouls Committed Shaun Stonerook 3 73 Paulius Jankunas 998Blocks Against Kaspars Kambala 0 81 Vassilis Spanoulis 231Turnovers Will Solomon 3 13 Vassilis Spanoulis 1087Individual performances Edit Main article EuroLeague individual highsEuroLeague versus NBA games EditMain article EuroLeague versus NBA gamesAttendances EditSeason averages Edit All averages include playoffs and Final Four games Season Total gate Games Average Change High avg Team Low avg Team2008 09 1 263 578 188 6 721 11 770 Panathinaikos 2 460 Panionios On Telecoms2009 10 1 182 046 186 6 355 5 4 11 188 Maccabi Tel Aviv 1 440 Fenerbahce Ulker2010 11 1 383 449 185 7 478 17 7 13 926 Fenerbahce Ulker 3 180 Khimki2011 12 1 305 215 178 7 333 1 9 13 107 Zalgiris 3 283 Asseco Prokom2012 13 1 867 145 253 7 366 0 5 13 425 Zalgiris 3 110 Asseco Prokom2013 14 2 063 600 248 8 130 10 4 12 578 Partizan NIS 3 960 Budivelnyk2014 15 2 013 305 251 8 184 0 1 14 483 Crvena Zvezda Telekom 1 949 PGE Turow2015 16 1 832 920 250 7 332 10 4 11 060 Maccabi Playtika Tel Aviv 2 809 Khimki2016 17 2 194 238 259 8 472 5 4 11 633 Baskonia 3 734 UNICS2017 18 2 282 297 260 8 780 3 6 13 560 Zalgiris 3 900 Anadolu Efes2018 19 2 153 445 260 8 282 6 0 14 808 Zalgiris 2 691 Darussafaka Tekfen2019 20 2 138 504 222 a 8 588 3 7 14 221 Zalgiris 4 299 Zenit Season was curtailed due to the COVID 19 pandemic Four games for different reasons were played under closed doors and are not included in this table Historic average attendances Edit 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 ZEN2016 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 4182017 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 5602018 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 8082019 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 299Individual game highest attendance Edit Rank Home team Score Away team Attendance Arena Date Ref1 Partizan 63 56 Panathinaikos 22 567 Belgrade Arena 5 March 2009 1 2 Partizan 76 67 Maccabi 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 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 46 However it is not included in the table as the official data is 18 300 47 Media coverage EditMain article List of EuroLeague broadcasters The EuroLeague season is broadcast on television and can be seen in up to 201 countries and territories 48 It can be seen by up to 245 million 800 million via satellite households weekly in China 49 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 50 The EuroLeague Final Four is broadcast on television in up to 213 countries and territories 51 The EuroLeague also has its own internet pay TV service called EuroLeague TV Sponsors EditTitle sponsorTurkish AirlinesPremium partners7DAYS Adidas Tempobet only in Germany Fonbet only in Russia Nesine only in Turkey bwin Greece and Spain Global partnersVODA VODA viagogo Detur Upper Deck DraftKings Kyocera VTB Arena Park VTB AX Armani Exchange Intersport Spalding Tadim Regional partnersOdeabank only in Turkey Head amp Shoulders only in Turkey SEK only in Turkey Oscar Mayer only in Spain Endesa only in Spain youwin tvGlobal partners of the Final FourEfes Acibadem Source 52 53 54 55 56 57 See also Edit Sports portalMen s competitionsEuroLeague EuroCup Basketball Basketball Champions League FIBA Europe CupWomen s competitionsEuroLeague Women EuroCup Women SuperCup WomenReferences Edit Champions Cup 1958 linguasprt Retrieved 22 March 2017 ULEB History ULEB Archived from the original on 8 December 2013 Retrieved 2 January 2017 ECA Board meets to take strategic decisions approves postseason 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