The 2024–25 FIBA Europe Cup is the 10th season of the FIBA Europe Cup, a European basketball competition for clubs launched by FIBA Europe.
| FIBA Europe Cup | |
|---|---|
| Season | 2024–25 |
| Dates | Qualifying: 24–27 September 2024 Competition proper: 8 October 2024–23 April 2025 |
| Teams | Competition proper: 40 (from 21 countries) Total: 44 (from 25 countries) |
← 2023–24 2025–26 → | |
Team allocation
A total of 44 teams from 25 of the 50 FIBA Europe member associations participate in the 2024–25 FIBA Europe Cup season, out of which 15 teams of the Basketball Champions League qualifying rounds had opted in to participate in the FIBA Europe Cup as they do not reached the Basketball Champions League regular season, out of which a maximum of 18 could join the regular season.[1][2]
Teams
The labels in the parentheses show how each team qualified for the place of its starting round:
- 1st, 2nd, 3rd, etc.: League position after eventual Playoffs
- CL QR: Transferred from Champions League qualifying rounds
Round and draw dates
The schedule of the competition is as follows.
| Phase | Round | Draw date | First leg | Second leg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Qualifying round | 19 July 2024 | 24 September 2024 | 26–27 September 2024 | |
| Regular season | Round 1 | 8–9 October 2024 | ||
| Round 2 | 15–16 October 2024 | |||
| Round 3 | 22–23 October 2024 | |||
| Round 4 | 29–30 October 2024 | |||
| Round 5 | 5–6 November 2024 | |||
| Round 6 | 12–13 November 2024 | |||
| Second round | Round 1 | 4 December 2024 | ||
| Round 2 | 11 December 2024 | |||
| Round 3 | 8 January 2025 | |||
| Round 4 | 15 January 2025 | |||
| Round 5 | 29 January 2025 | |||
| Round 6 | 5 February 2025 | |||
| Play-offs | Quarter-finals | 5 March 2025 | 12 March 2025 | |
| Semi-finals | 26 March 2025 | 2 April 2025 | ||
| Finals | 16 April 2025 | 23 April 2025 | ||
Qualifying round
The qualifying round took place from 24 to 27 September 2024 in two-legged ties in which the series winners advanced to the regular season. As clubs that have opted in from the Basketball Champions League qualifying rounds could qualify to the Basketball Champions League regular season, this led to three additional spots in the regular season of the FIBA Europe Cup opening up to be filled by the best loser series in the qualifying round.[3]
It was the first time that basketball team from Malta will participate in international competition since the 1992–93 FIBA European Cup.
| Team 1 | Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
JDA Bourgogne Dijon  | 200–141 |  Dinamo Zagreb | 95–84 | 105–57 |
Sporting CP  | 148–141 |  Spirou | 69–69 | 79–72 |
Alba Fehérvár  | 189–186 |  Prievidza | 85–102 | 104–84 |
Dnipro  | 142–153 |  CSM Constanța | 71–69 | 71–84 |
Anorthosis Famagusta  | 168–149 |  Visit Malta Starlites Naxxar | 81–74 | 87–75 |
Peja  | 156–204 |  Maroussi | 75–98 | 81–106 |
Surne Bilbao Basket  | 169–125 |  Neptūnas | 74–66 | 95–59 |
Source: FIBA
Lucky losers
The additional spots were made available after SL Benfica, Aliaga Petkim and Telekom Baskets Bonn qualified for the Basketball Champions League. The three lucky losers were determined by the best loser series from the FIBA Europe Cup Qualifying Round in accordance to Section D of the Official Basketball Rules.[2]
| Pos | Team | PF | PA | PD | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Prievidza
|
186 | 189 | −3 | Advance to regular season |
| 2 | Spirou
|
141 | 148 | −7 | |
| 3 | Dnipro
|
142 | 153 | −11 | |
| 4 | Visit Malta Starlites Naxxar
|
149 | 168 | −19 | |
| 5 | Neptūnas
|
125 | 169 | −44 | |
| 6 | Peja
|
156 | 204 | −48 | |
| 7 | Dinamo Zagreb
|
141 | 200 | −59 |
Regular season
The regular season will be played by 40 teams divided into 10 groups of four in which 15 teams receive direct spots, 10 teams advance from the qualifying round and 15 teams come from the Basketball Champions League qualifying rounds. It will begin on 8 October 2024 and will conclude on 13 November 2024. In each group, teams will play against each other home-and-away in a round-robin format. And the end of the regular season, the top team from each regular season group plus the best six second-placed teams will advance to the second round, while the rest of the teams will be eliminated after the regular season.[3]
No team from Israel will participate in this competition for the second season in-a-row.
Group A
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification | TOF | BLB | KER | AEK | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Tofaş
|
3 | 3 | 0 | 297 | 240 | +57 | 6 | Advance to second round | — | 102–90 | 99–81 | ||
| 2 |  Löwen Braunschweig
|
3 | 1 | 2 | 273 | 256 | +17 | 4 | Possible second round based on ranking | — | 89–59 | |||
| 3 | Keravnos
|
3 | 1 | 2 | 249 | 275 | −26 | 4 | 95–94 | — | ||||
| 4 | Petrolina AEK Larnaca
|
3 | 1 | 2 | 210 | 258 | −48 | 4 | 69–96 | 82–73 | — |
Group B
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification | ZAR | LEV | BUR | ANO | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Casademont Zaragoza
|
3 | 2 | 1 | 278 | 257 | +21 | 5 | Advance to second round | — | 106–84 | 92–77 | ||
| 2 | Patrioti Levice
|
3 | 2 | 1 | 242 | 230 | +12 | 5 | Possible second round based on ranking | 96–80 | — | 63–78 | ||
| 3 | Bursaspor
|
3 | 2 | 1 | 248 | 248 | 0 | 5 | — | 86–79 | ||||
| 4 | Anorthosis Famagusta
|
3 | 0 | 3 | 228 | 261 | −33 | 3 | 72–83 | — |
Group C
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification | CHO | FRI | ANT | CSM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cholet
|
4 | 4 | 0 | 375 | 300 | +75 | 8 | Advance to second round | — | 90–75 | 106–63 | ||
| 2 |  Fribourg Olympic
|
4 | 2 | 2 | 348 | 318 | +30 | 6 | Possible second round based on ranking | 81–85 | — | 103–76 | ||
| 3 | Windrose Giants Antwerp
|
3 | 1 | 2 | 236 | 253 | −17 | 4 | 81–94 | 67–89 | — | |||
| 4 | CSM Constanța
|
3 | 0 | 3 | 209 | 297 | −88 | 3 | 70–88 | — |
Group D
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification | SAS | DNI | ANW | SCP | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Banco di Sardegna Sassari
|
4 | 4 | 0 | 343 | 252 | +91 | 8 | Advance to second round | — | 94–62 | 69–66 | ||
| 2 | Dnipro
|
5 | 1 | 4 | 323 | 444 | −121 | 6 | Possible second round based on ranking | 55–98 | — | 57–68 | ||
| 3 |  Anwil Włocławek
|
3 | 2 | 1 | 273 | 203 | +70 | 5 | 114–71 | — | 93–63 | |||
| 4 | Sporting CP
|
4 | 1 | 3 | 270 | 310 | −40 | 5 | 69–82 | 70–78 | — |
Group E
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification | ORA | STA | ARG | PSD | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | CSM CSU Oradea
|
3 | 3 | 0 | 239 | 221 | +18 | 6 | Advance to second round | — | 77–75 | 78–74 | ||
| 2 | PGE Spójnia Stargard
|
3 | 2 | 1 | 229 | 211 | +18 | 5 | Possible second round based on ranking | — | 65–62 | |||
| 3 | Argeș Pitești
|
3 | 1 | 2 | 203 | 208 | −5 | 4 | — | 67–65 | ||||
| 4 |  Pärnu Sadam
|
3 | 0 | 3 | 209 | 240 | −31 | 3 | 72–84 | 72–89 | — |
Group F
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification | KAL | ESS | ALB | RIL | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kalev/Cramo
|
4 | 4 | 0 | 325 | 267 | +58 | 8 | Advance to second round | — | 66–63 | 95–89 | ||
| 2 | ESSM Le Portel
|
4 | 2 | 2 | 301 | 276 | +25 | 6 | Possible second round based on ranking | 54–77 | — | 104–73 | ||
| 3 | Alba Fehérvár
|
4 | 2 | 2 | 355 | 370 | −15 | 6 | — | 100–88 | ||||
| 4 |  Rilski Sportist
|
4 | 0 | 4 | 292 | 360 | −68 | 4 | 61–87 | 60–80 | 83–93 | — |
Group G
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification | SBA | MAR | DOL | SAB | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spirou
|
3 | 3 | 0 | 258 | 235 | +23 | 6 | Advance to second round | — | 79–69 | 82–81 | ||
| 2 | Maroussi
|
3 | 2 | 1 | 250 | 229 | +21 | 5 | Possible second round based on ranking | — | 99–80 | |||
| 3 |  Norrköping Dolphins
|
3 | 1 | 2 | 239 | 266 | −27 | 4 | 85–97 | — | ||||
| 4 |  Sabah
|
3 | 0 | 3 | 221 | 238 | −17 | 3 | 70–82 | 70–74 | — |
Group H
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification | LUD | JDA | GLA | TRE | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | MHP Riesen Ludwigsburg
|
3 | 3 | 0 | 236 | 196 | +40 | 6 | Advance to second round | — | 80–77 | 86–62 | ||
| 2 | JDA Bourgogne Dijon
|
3 | 2 | 1 | 285 | 207 | +78 | 5 | Possible second round based on ranking | — | 118–73 | |||
| 3 |  Caledonia Gladiators
|
3 | 1 | 2 | 196 | 252 | −56 | 4 | 54–90 | — | ||||
| 4 | Trepça
|
3 | 0 | 3 | 206 | 268 | −62 | 3 | 57–70 | 76–80 | — |
Group I
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification | PAO | FCP | HLU | SZO | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | PAOK mateco
|
3 | 3 | 0 | 245 | 206 | +39 | 6 | Advance to second round | — | 89–70 | 82–66 | ||
| 2 | Porto
|
3 | 2 | 1 | 227 | 218 | +9 | 5 | Possible second round based on ranking | — | 80–61 | 77–68 | ||
| 3 | Hubo Limburg United
|
3 | 1 | 2 | 231 | 249 | −18 | 4 | 70–74 | — | ||||
| 4 | NHSZ Szolnoki Olajbányász
|
3 | 0 | 3 | 229 | 259 | −30 | 3 | 95–100 | — |
Group J
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification | BIL | BCP | KUT | BAL | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Surne Bilbao Basket
|
3 | 3 | 0 | 267 | 173 | +94 | 6 | Advance to second round | — | 95–55 | |||
| 2 | Prievidza
|
3 | 2 | 1 | 227 | 223 | +4 | 5 | Possible second round based on ranking | 61–84 | — | 77–69 | ||
| 3 |  Kutaisi 2010
|
3 | 1 | 2 | 212 | 243 | −31 | 4 | 57–88 | — | ||||
| 4 | Balkan
|
3 | 0 | 3 | 203 | 270 | −67 | 3 | 70–89 | 78–86 | — |
Ranking of second-placed teams
| Pos | Grp | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | C | Fribourg Olympic
|
4 | 2 | 2 | 348 | 318 | +30 | 6 | Advance to second round |
| 2 | F | ESSM Le Portel
|
4 | 2 | 2 | 301 | 276 | +25 | 6 | |
| 3 | D | Dnipro
|
5 | 1 | 4 | 323 | 444 | −121 | 6 | |
| 4 | H | JDA Bourgogne Dijon
|
3 | 2 | 1 | 285 | 207 | +78 | 5 | |
| 5 | G | Maroussi
|
3 | 2 | 1 | 250 | 229 | +21 | 5 | |
| 6 | E | PGE Spójnia Stargard
|
3 | 2 | 1 | 229 | 211 | +18 | 5 | |
| 7 | B | Patrioti Levice
|
3 | 2 | 1 | 242 | 230 | +12 | 5 | |
| 8 | I | Porto
|
3 | 2 | 1 | 227 | 218 | +9 | 5 | |
| 9 | J | Prievidza
|
3 | 2 | 1 | 227 | 223 | +4 | 5 | |
| 10 | A | Löwen Braunschweig
|
3 | 1 | 2 | 273 | 256 | +17 | 4 |
References
- ^ "FIBA Europe Cup clubs announced for 2024-25 season". FIBA.basketball. 10 July 2024. Retrieved 14 July 2024.
- ^ a b "15 teams feed into FIBA Europe Cup Regular Season from Basketball Champions League Qualifiers". www.fiba.basketball. 23 September 2024. Retrieved 23 September 2024.
- ^ a b "Draw complete for FIBA Europe Cup 2024-25 Regular Season and Qualifiers". www.fiba.basketball. 19 July 2024. Retrieved 7 September 2024.