2024–25 EuroCup Basketball
BKT EuroCup1 | |
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Season | 2024–25 |
Dates | 24 September 2024 – 16 April 2025 |
Teams | 20 |
← 2023–24 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
[edit]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
[edit]League positions after playoffs of the previous season shown in parentheses.
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Valencia Basket (5th) | Hapoel Shlomo Tel Aviv (2nd) |
Dreamland Gran Canaria (7th) | Hapoel Bank Yahav Jerusalem (3rd) |
Joventut Badalona (10th) | Umana Reyer Venezia (4th) |
Beşiktaş Fibabanka (3rd) | Dolomiti Energia Trento (7th) |
Türk Telekom (8th) | 7bet-Lietkabelis (3rd) |
Bahçeşehir Koleji (13th) | Wolves Twinsbet (4th) |
Budućnost VOLI (3rd)[Note ABA] | Cosea JL Bourg (4th) |
Cedevita Olimpija (5th)[Note ABA] | Aris Midea (4th) |
ratiopharm Ulm (5th) | Trefl Sopot (1st) |
Veolia Towers Hamburg (9th) | U-BT Cluj-Napoca (1st) |
- Notes
Round and draw dates
[edit]The schedule of the competition is as follows.[2]
Phase | Round | Draw date | First leg | Second leg | Third leg |
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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
[edit]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]
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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.
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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
[edit]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 octafinals 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
[edit]Standings
[edit]Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Qualification |
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1 | Bahçeşehir Koleji | 12 | 10 | 2 | 1009 | 873 | +136 | Advance to quarterfinals |
2 | Dreamland Gran Canaria | 12 | 9 | 3 | 943 | 863 | +80 | |
3 | ratiopharm Ulm | 12 | 8 | 4 | 1039 | 1040 | −1 | Advance to octafinals |
4 | Hapoel Shlomo Tel Aviv | 12 | 7 | 5 | 1052 | 969 | +83 | |
5 | Beşiktaş Fibabanka | 12 | 7 | 5 | 1043 | 993 | +50 | |
6 | Wolves Twinsbet | 12 | 6 | 6 | 984 | 1039 | −55 | |
7 | Budućnost VOLI | 12 | 5 | 7 | 999 | 1016 | −17 | |
8 | Joventut Badalona | 12 | 4 | 8 | 936 | 1004 | −68 | |
9 | Dolomiti Energia Trento | 12 | 4 | 8 | 945 | 1016 | −71 | |
10 | Trefl Sopot | 12 | 0 | 12 | 895 | 1032 | −137 |
Rules for classification: All points scored in extra period(s) are not 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 | Valencia Basket | 12 | 11 | 1 | 1162 | 981 | +181 | Advance to quarterfinals |
2 | Hapoel Bank Yahav Jerusalem | 12 | 7 | 5 | 1016 | 951 | +65 | |
3 | Türk Telekom | 12 | 7 | 5 | 953 | 949 | +4 | Advance to octafinals |
4 | Cedevita Olimpija | 12 | 7 | 5 | 1006 | 1005 | +1 | |
5 | Cosea JL Bourg | 12 | 6 | 6 | 1048 | 1006 | +42 | |
6 | U-BT Cluj-Napoca | 12 | 6 | 6 | 1057 | 1068 | −11 | |
7 | Umana Reyer Venezia | 12 | 6 | 6 | 969 | 1009 | −40 | |
8 | 7bet-Lietkabelis | 12 | 4 | 8 | 989 | 1031 | −42 | |
9 | Aris Midea | 12 | 3 | 9 | 903 | 962 | −59 | |
10 | Veolia Towers Hamburg | 12 | 3 | 9 | 927 | 1068 | −141 |
Rules for classification: All points scored in extra period(s) are not counted in the standings, nor for any tie-break situation.
Results
[edit]Awards
[edit]MVP of the round
[edit]Regular season
[edit]Round | Player | Team | PIR | Ref. |
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1 | Ante Tomić | Joventut Badalona | 32 | [5] |
2 | Jared Harper | Hapoel Jerusalem | 27 | [6] |
3 | Johnathan Motley | Hapoel Tel Aviv | 34 | [7] |
4 | Anthony Cowan Jr. | Wolves Twinsbet | 33 | [8] |
5 | Axel Bouteille | Bahçeşehir Koleji | 34 | [9] |
Marko Pecarski | 7bet-Lietkabelis Panevėžys | |||
6 | Jared Harper (x2) | Hapoel Jerusalem | 43 | [10] |
7 | Anthony Brown | Türk Telekom | 45 | [11] |
8 | Zavier Simpson | U-BT Cluj-Napoca | 34 | [12] |
9 | Jared Harper (x3) | Hapoel Jerusalem | 38 | [13] |
10 | Braian Angola | Türk Telekom | 34 | [14] |
11 | Anthony Cowan Jr. (x2) | Wolves Twinsbet | 33 | [15] |
12 | Kenan Kamenjaš | Budućnost VOLI | 34 | [16] |
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 "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.
- ^ a b "2024-25 BKT EuroCup Draw: Criteria and procedure | EuroCup". Euroleague Basketball. 26 June 2024. Retrieved 28 July 2024.
- ^ "Euroleague Basketball approves potential alternative venues for Israeli teams' home games". Euroleague Basketball. 11 July 2024. Retrieved 28 July 2024.
- ^ "Round 1 MVP: Ante Tomic, Joventut Badalona". Euroleague Basketball. 2 October 2024. Retrieved 26 September 2024.
- ^ "Round 2 MVP: Jared Harper, Hapoel Bank Yahav Jerusalem". Euroleague Basketball. 7 October 2024. Retrieved 3 October 2024.
- ^ "Round 3 MVP: Johnathan Motley, Hapoel Shlomo Tel Aviv". Euroleague Basketball. 10 October 2024. Retrieved 11 October 2024.
- ^ "Round 4 MVP: Anthony Cowan Jr., Wolves Twinsbet Vilnius". Euroleague Basketball. 18 October 2024. Retrieved 18 October 2024.
- ^ "Round 5 co-MVPs: Marko Pecarski and Axel Bouteille". Euroleague Basketball. 24 October 2024. Retrieved 24 October 2024.
- ^ "Round 6 MVP: Jared Harper, Hapoel Bank Yahav Jerusalem". Euroleague Basketball. 31 October 2024. Retrieved 31 October 2024.
- ^ "Round 7 MVP: Anthony Brown, Turk Telekom Ankara". Euroleague Basketball. 7 November 2024. Retrieved 7 November 2024.
- ^ "Round 8 MVP: Zavier Simpson, U-BT Cluj-Napoca". Euroleague Basketball. 14 November 2024. Retrieved 14 November 2024.
- ^ "Round 9 MVP: Jared Harper, Hapoel Bank Yahav Jerusalem". Euroleague Basketball. 1 December 2024. Retrieved 30 November 2024.
- ^ "Round 10 MVP: Braian Angola, Turk Telekom Ankara". Euroleague Basketball. 6 December 2024. Retrieved 6 December 2024.
- ^ "Round 11 MVP: Anthony Cowan Jr., Wolves Twinsbet Vilnius". Euroleague Basketball. 12 December 2024. Retrieved 12 December 2024.
- ^ "Round 12 MVP: Kenan Kamenjas, Buducnost VOLI Podgorica". Euroleague Basketball. 25 December 2024. Retrieved 19 December 2024.