EuroLeague
The EuroLeague is a European men's professional basketball club competition. The league is widely recognised as the top-tier and the most prestigious men's basketball league in Europe. The league consists of 20 teams, of which 16 are given long-term licences and wild cards, making the league a semi-closed league. The league was first organized by FIBA in 1958, subsequently by ULEB in 2000 and then solely by Euroleague Basketball.
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The EuroLeague is Europe's top professional men's basketball competition, featuring 20 teams competing at the highest level of the sport on the continent. Since its founding in 1958, it has become the most prestigious basketball league in Europe and is now operated independently by Euroleague Basketball.
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Article
41 sectionsContents
- History
- FIBA era and the 2000 split
- ULEB era: 2001-2009
- 2009: Euroleague Basketball
- League era: 2016- present
- Title sponsorship
- Names of the competition
- Licences
- Competition systems
- Tournament systems
- League system
- Format
- Qualification
- European professional basketball club rankings
- Current clubs
- Results
- [[FIBA]] era (1958–2001)
- [[ULEB]] and [[Euroleague Basketball|ECA]] era (2000–present)
- Team statistics
- Titles by club
- Titles by nation
- Records
- FIBA era
- Modern era (2000-present)
- EuroLeague awards
- Season statistical leaders
- All-time leaders
- Individual performances
- Attendances
- Season averages
- Historic average attendances
- Individual game highest attendance
- Media coverage
- Broadcasters
- Sponsors
- See also
- Men's competitions
- Women's competitions
- IWBF Basketball
- References
- External links
The EuroLeague is a European men's professional basketball club competition. The league is widely recognised as the top-tier and the most prestigious men's basketball league in Europe. The league consists of 20 teams, of which 16 are given long-term licences and wild cards, making the league a semi-closed league. The league was first organized by FIBA in 1958, subsequently by ULEB in 2000 and then solely by Euroleague Basketball.
The competition was introduced in 1958 as the FIBA European Champions Cup (renamed 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. From 2010 to 2025, it was sponsored by Turkish Airlines.