This article is about the basketball competition in Europe. For basketball competition in Americas, see Basketball Champions League Americas.
Basketball league
Basketball Champions League
Founded
21 March 2016; 8 years ago (2016-03-21)
First season
2016–17
Region
Europe
Confederation
FIBA Europe
Number of teams
32 (regular season) 56 (total)
Level on pyramid
1
International cup(s)
Intercontinental Cup
Current champions
Unicaja (1st title)
Most championships
Canarias San Pablo Burgos (2 titles each)
TV partners
livebasketball.tv (all games) International: See list
Website
championsleague.basketball
2023–24 Basketball Champions League
The Basketball Champions League (BCL), also commonly known as the FIBA Champions League, is an annual professional basketball competition for European clubs, organised by FIBA. It is the top-level competition organised by FIBA Europe, therefore the champion participates in the FIBA Intercontinental Cup.
Clubs qualify for the competition mostly based on performance in their national leagues and cup competitions. Although exceptional, some teams can be wildcarded.[1][2]
Each season consists of 32 teams. The inaugural season was held in 2016–17 and since then five different clubs won the competition. Canarias and San Pablo Burgos hold the joint record of most BCL titles with two each.
^"Champions League - Wild Card 2018-19 in arrivo per la Segafredo Bologna" (in Italian). Pianeta Basket. 6 March 2018.
^"Bamberg schenkt Euroleague ab" (in German). 18 June 2018.[permanent dead link]
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