2025–26 EuroCup Basketball
| BKT EuroCup1 | |
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| Season | 2025–26 |
| Dates | 30 September 2025 – 1 May 2026 |
| Teams | 20 |
← 2024–25 2026–27 →
1 Sponsored name, referring to BKT. | |
The 2025–26 EuroCup Basketball season will be the 24th season of Euroleague Basketball's secondary level professional club basketball tournament. It will be the 18th season since it was renamed from the ULEB Cup to the EuroCup, and the third season under the new title sponsorship name of BKT.[1] The season will begin on 30 September 2025 and will end at the latest on 1 May 2026 with the Finals.
Team allocation
[edit]A total of 20 teams from 13 countries are set to participate in the 2025–26 EuroCup season. On June 19, 2025, Euroleague Basketball confirmed the team list for this season.[2]
Teams
[edit]League positions after playoffs of the previous season shown in parentheses.
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 ratiopharm Ulm (2nd)
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 Dolomiti Energia Trento (5th)
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| Niners Chemnitz (6th)
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Umana Reyer Venezia (8th)
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| Veolia Towers Hamburg (13th)
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 Lietkabelis (3rd)
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 Beşiktaş Gain (2nd)
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Neptūnas (8th)
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| Bahçeşehir Koleji (4th)
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 Cosea JL Bourg (4th)
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| Türk Telekom (8th)
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 Hapoel Bank Yahav Jerusalem[Note ISR]
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 Budućnost VOLI (2nd)[Note ABA]
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 Śląsk Wrocław (9th)
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 Cedevita Olimpija (6th)[Note ABA]
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 U-BT Cluj-Napoca (1st)
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 Panionios (7th)
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 Baxi Manresa (10th)
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| Aris Midea (9th)
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 London Lions (1st)
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- Notes
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- ^ Israel (ISR): Hapoel Bank Yahav Jerusalem finished as finalist of the Israeli League that was cancelled no declaring champions before the last championship game of the Finals due to the Iran–Israel war.
Round and draw dates
[edit]The schedule of the competition will be as follows.[2][3]
| Phase | Round | Draw date | First leg | Second leg | Third leg |
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| Regular season | Round 1 | 4 July 2025 | 30 September–1 October 2025 | ||
| Round 2 | 7–8 October 2025 | ||||
| Round 3 | 14–15 October 2025 | ||||
| Round 4 | 21–22 October 2025 | ||||
| Round 5 | 28–29 October 2025 | ||||
| Round 6 | 4–5 November 2025 | ||||
| Round 7 | 11–12 November 2025 | ||||
| Round 8 | 18–19 November 2025 | ||||
| Round 9 | 4–5 December 2025 | ||||
| Round 10 | 9–10 December 2025 | ||||
| Round 11 | 16–17 December 2025 | ||||
| Round 12 | 30 December 2025–2 January 2026 | ||||
| Round 13 | 6–7 January 2026 | ||||
| Round 14 | 13–14 January 2026 | ||||
| Round 15 | 20–21 January 2026 | ||||
| Round 16 | 27–28 January 2026 | ||||
| Round 17 | 3–4 February 2026 | ||||
| Round 18 | 10–11 February 2026 | ||||
| Playoffs | Eighthfinals | 10–11 March 2026 | |||
| Quarterfinals | 17–18 March 2026 | ||||
| Semifinals | 31 March 2026 | 3 April 2026 | 8 April 2026 | ||
| Finals | 22 April 2026 | 28 April 2026 | 1 May 2026 | ||
Draw
[edit]The draw was held on 4 July 2025 in Barcelona, Spain.[3][4]
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]
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The fixtures will be decided after the draw, using a computer draw not shown to public, with the following match sequence:[3]
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.
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There will be scheduling restrictions: for example, teams from the same city in general will not be 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).[3]
Regular season
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The regular season will begin on 30 September 2025 and will conclude on 11 February 2026. In each group, teams will 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 14 returning teams from last season, London Lions and Śląsk Wrocław returned to the EuroCup two years later, Neptūnas returned 10 years later, Panionios returned 12 years later, while Baxi Manresa and Niners Chemnitz will make their debut appearance in the EuroCup.
Group A
[edit]Standings
[edit]| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Qualification |
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| 1 | Hapoel Bank Yahav Jerusalem
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0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Advance to quarterfinals |
| 2 | Baxi Manresa
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0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 3 | U-BT Cluj-Napoca
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0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Advance to eighthfinals |
| 4 | Bahçeşehir Koleji
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0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 5 | Umana Reyer Venezia
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0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 6 | Aris Midea
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0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 7 | Neptūnas
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0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 8 | Cedevita Olimpija
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0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 9 | Veolia Towers Hamburg
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0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 10 | Śląsk Wrocław
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0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Rules for classification: All points scored in extra period(s) will not be counted in the standings, nor for any tie-break situation.
Results
[edit]Group B
[edit]Standings
[edit]| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Qualification |
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| 1 | Türk Telekom
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0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Advance to quarterfinals |
| 2 | Cosea JL Bourg
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0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 3 | ratiopharm Ulm
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0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Advance to eighthfinals |
| 4 | Beşiktaş Gain
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0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 5 | Budućnost VOLI
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0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 6 | Panionios
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0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 7 | Lietkabelis
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0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 8 | Dolomiti Energia Trento
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0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 9 | Niners Chemnitz
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0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 10 | London Lions
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0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Rules for classification: All points scored in extra period(s) will not be counted in the standings, nor for any tie-break situation.
Results
[edit]See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "BKT TIRES becomes EuroCup title sponsor and renews as Euroleague Partner | EuroCup". Euroleague Basketball. 7 July 2023. Retrieved 7 July 2023.
- ^ a b "2025–26 EuroLeague and EuroCup season teams and calendar confirmed | Euroleague Basketball". Euroleague Basketball. 19 June 2025. Retrieved 19 June 2025.
- ^ a b c d e "2025-26 BKT EUROCUP DRAW CRITERIA AND PROCEDURE | EuroCup". Euroleague Basketball. 27 June 2025. Retrieved 27 June 2025.
- ^ "2025-26 EuroCup draw seedings confirmed". basketnews.com. 27 June 2025. Retrieved 30 June 2025.
External links
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