40-401: European Champions Cup may refer to: FIBA European Champions Cup , the former men's basketball club championship of Europe and officially recognized as predecessor to today's Euroleague IIHF European Champions Cup , an annual ice hockey tournament, featuring the champions of national IIHF competitions UEFA Champions League , formerly known as
80-401: A 'closed league' and ignoring the principle of meritocracy . In July 2019, EuroLeague announced that from the 2019–20 season there will be no direct access to the league through domestic leagues anymore. On 26 July 2010, Turkish Airlines and Euroleague Basketball announced a €15 million strategic agreement to sponsor the top European basketball competition across the globe. According to
120-422: A European basketball club legend, and even when it took the club 15 years to win it again, it found success in other European competitions, too. Madrid downed Olimpia Milano in the 1984 Cup Winners' Cup , on free throws made by Brian Jackson , then Petrović had 62 points in the 1989 Cup Winners' Cup final, against Snaidero Caserta . Madrid added a 1988 Korać Cup title, against Cibona Zagreb . Real Madrid won
160-680: A developmental basketball team, called Real Madrid B , that plays in the amateur -level Spanish 4th-tier Liga EBA . For at least half a century, Madrid has been a standard-bearer in European basketball, accumulating a record ten continental titles, based on its dominance in the 1960s. Its early dominance in Spain has resulted in another untouchable cache of 36 national domestic league and 28 national cup trophies. And almost every time that Madrid did not play in Europe's top-tier level competition, it won
200-481: A different continental trophy – four Saporta Cups , a Korać Cup , and a ULEB Cup – as a stepping-stone back to the big time. Players like Emiliano Rodríguez , Clifford Luyk , Wayne Brabender , Walter Szczerbiak , Juan Antonio Corbalán , Dražen Petrović , Mirza Delibašić , Arvydas Sabonis , and Dejan Bodiroga have turned Real Madrid into one of the biggest basketball clubs in the world. Madrid won as many as 7 EuroLeague titles between 1964 and 1980, becoming
240-464: A five-game playoff series against a single opponent. The regular season standings are used to determine which teams play each other, and in each pairing the higher placed team has home-court advantage in the series, playing three of the five games at home. The winners of each of the four playoff series advance to the Final Four , held at a predetermined site. The Final Four features two semi-finals,
280-632: A record 11 EuroLeague Championships , a record 4 Saporta Cups , and a record 5 Intercontinental Cups . Madrid has also won 3 Triple Crowns , which constitute a treble of the national league, cup, and continental league won in a single season. Some of the club's star players over the years have included: Carmelo Cabrera , Arvydas Sabonis , Dražen Petrović , Rudy Fernández , Sergio Rodriguez , Sergio Llull , Felipe Reyes , Serge Ibaka , Mirza Delibašić , Dražen Dalipagić , Nikola Mirotić , Juan Antonio Corbalán , Fernando Martín , Alberto Herreros , Dejan Bodiroga , and Luka Dončić . Real Madrid also has
320-567: A third place game, and the championship game , all on the same weekend. Each team plays a maximum 41 games per season: 34 in the regular season, a maximum of 5 during the playoffs, and 2 in the Final Four. Currently (and since the suspension of Russian teams because of the Russian invasion of Ukraine ), 12 out of the 18 EuroLeague places are held by licensed clubs that have long-term licenses with Euroleague Basketball , and are members of
360-492: A true league format, with 16 teams playing each other team in the regular season followed by the playoffs. The A-licensed clubs were assured of participation for the following ten years in the new format. After the new format of the EuroLeague and FIBA implementing national team windows, a conflict between the two organizations emerged. EuroLeague has been criticised by FIBA as well as several national federations for creating
400-787: Is a Spanish professional basketball club that was founded in 1931, as a division of the Real Madrid CF multi sports club . They play domestically in the Liga ACB , and internationally in the EuroLeague . They are widely regarded as the greatest basketball club in Europe . Real Madrid currently ranks first in the European professional basketball club rankings . Similarly to the Real Madrid athletic association football club,
440-518: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages FIBA European Champions Cup The EuroLeague , officially the Turkish Airlines EuroLeague , is a European men's professional basketball club competition. The league is widely recognised as the top-tier men's league in Europe. The league consists of 18 teams, of which 16 are given long-term licences and wild cards, making
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#1732765604331480-607: The 2015 EuroLeague championship against Olympiacos . Madrid's Andrés Nocioni was named the Final Four MVP . This title was called La Novena . Following the EuroLeague title, the 2014–15 ACB season 's championship was also won by Real. Because Real also won the national Spanish Cup and the national Spanish Supercup that season, the club won its first "Quadruble crown". On 27 September 2015, 34 years after their last FIBA Intercontinental Cup title, Real Madrid won their fifth FIBA Intercontinental Cup trophy, after defeating
520-412: The 2016–17 season , the EuroLeague operates under a league format. Starting with the 2016–17 season , the EuroLeague is made up of 18 teams, with each playing every other team twice (once at home and once away) in a double round robin league regular season , for a total of 34 games played by each team. The top eight placed teams at the end of the regular season advance to playoffs , each playing
560-614: The Brazilian League club Bauru . Sergio Llull was named the MVP of the tournament . Real Madrid thus made it a record five FIBA Intercontinental Cup titles won, and with the Intercontinental Cup title. On 20 May 2018, Real Madrid conquered again the EuroLeague , achieving their tenth title ever. The considered major leader of the team that season would be a Slovenian guard/forward named Luka Dončić , who became
600-466: The EuroCup . In November 2015, Euroleague Basketball and IMG agreed on a 10-year joint venture. Both Euroleague Basketball and IMG will manage the commercial operation, and the management of all global rights covering both media and marketing. The deal was worth €630 million guaranteed over 10 years, with projected revenues reaching €900 million. Along with the deal the league changed into
640-1019: The Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame : Unofficial edition ACB Most Valuable Player ACB Finals MVP All-ACB First Team All-ACB Second Team ACB Three Point Shootout Champion ACB Slam Dunk Champion ACB Most Spectacular Player of the Year Spanish Cup MVP Spanish Supercup MVP EuroLeague MVP EuroLeague Final Four MVP FIBA Intercontinental Cup MVP All-EuroLeague First Team All-EuroLeague Second Team EuroLeague Rising Star EuroLeague Best Defender Players who are currently on
680-650: The championship game after previously winning the title after 5 years. Real Madrid came back at the championship game after the previous season, they lost the championship game versus Anadolu Efes 57—58 in the final . Sergio Llull winning the cluch 2-point shot at 3.1 seconds, but Real Madrid beating Olympiacos 78—79 in the final. Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA -sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationalities not displayed. Notes: Blue † – homegrown player ; Red * – overseas player ; Green ‡ – youth player The following former Real Madrid players are inducted into
720-544: The 1992 Saporta Cup trophy against PAOK , on a buzzer-beating jumper by Rickey Brown . It was not until Sabonis arrived in Madrid, when Real won its eighth EuroLeague title in 1995, by beating Olympiacos in the final . Madrid next won the 1997 Saporta Cup title against Verona , but no more European-wide trophies came for the club in the next decade. Madrid still found success at home, winning Spanish League titles in 2000 and 2005. It all changed in 2007, when Joan Plaza
760-510: The 2000–01 season. The SuproLeague , which was organized by FIBA , and the Euroleague , which was organized by Euroleague Basketball . The EuroLeague operated under a tournament system, from its inaugural 1958 season , through the 2015–16 season . *There were two competitions during the 2000–01 season. The SuproLeague , which was organized by FIBA , and the Euroleague , which was organized by Euroleague Basketball . Starting with
800-602: The EuroCup makes it to the playoffs, it keeps the place for the following year. These are the teams that participate in the 2024–25 EuroLeague season: Since the beginning of the 2000–01 season ( Euroleague Basketball era): All averages include playoffs and Final Four games. This list shows the averages attendances of each team since the 16-team regular season was established in 2016. All averages include playoffs games. Note: Match between Panathinaikos and Barcelona on 18 April 2013, at OAKA Sports Center ,
840-521: The EuroLeague are considered to be the same competition, with the change of name being simply a re-branding. The EuroLeague is one of the most popular indoor sports leagues in the world, with an average attendance of 10,383 for league matches in the 2023–24 season . This was the fifth-highest of any professional indoor sports league in the world (the highest outside the United States), and the second-highest of any professional basketball league in
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#1732765604331880-562: The Euroleague. Both organizations realized the need to come up with a unified competition and Euroleague Basketball negotiated terms and dictated proceedings which FIBA agreed to their terms. As a result, European club competition was fully integrated under Euroleague Basketball's umbrella and teams that competed in the FIBA SuproLeague during the 2000–01 season joined it as well. The authority in European professional basketball
920-764: The European Cup, a football club tournament European Champions' Cup (bridge) , an annual bridge tournament organised by the European Bridge League . European Champion Clubs' Cup , the cup given to the winners of the UEFA Champions League European Champion Clubs Cup (athletics) , the sport of athletics meeting with the same name European Rugby Champions Cup , an annual European rugby union tournament See also [ edit ] European Cup (disambiguation) Topics referred to by
960-484: The Shareholders Executive Board. These twelve licensed clubs are: The remaining six EuroLeague places are held by associated clubs that have annual licences, of which one has a two-year wild card , three have one-year wild-cards and two are the finalists of the previous season's 2nd-tier European competition , the EuroCup . From the 2020–21 season, however, if the better of the two teams from
1000-551: The Spanish league playoffs; they lifted the club's 30th national league trophy by besting their arch-rivals, Winterthur FC Barcelona , 3–1 in the Spanish League title series in 2007. In Pablo Laso 's era, Real Madrid Baloncesto managed to find consistent success. Spanish top-tier level players of the time, like Sergio Rodríguez and Rudy Fernández , were acquired by the club. Also, ACB Rising Star winner Nikola Mirotić
1040-626: The United States through the ESPN family of networks since 2023, starting with the playoffs of the 2022-2023 season. It was also televised in the United States and Canada on NBA TV and available online through ESPN3 (in English) and ESPN Deportes (in Spanish) until the 2017–2018 season. Starting with the 2017-2018 Final Four playoffs, and continuing into the 2018-2019 and 2019-2020 seasons,
1080-732: The agreement, starting with the 2010–11 season, the top European competition would be named Turkish Airlines Euroleague Basketball. Similarly, the EuroLeague Final Four would be named the Turkish Airlines EuroLeague Final Four, whereby the new league title would appear in all media accordingly. This title partnership was set to run for five seasons, with the option of extending it to an additional five. On 23 October 2013, Turkish Airlines and Euroleague Basketball agreed to extend their partnership, up until 2020. *There were two competitions during
1120-413: The basketball team has been the most successful of its peers in both Spain and Europe. Real Madrid CF is the only European sports club to have become the European champions in both football and basketball in the same season. The Real Madrid squads have won a record 36 Spanish League championships, including in 7-in-a-row and 10-in-a-row sequences. They have also won a record 29 Spanish Cup titles,
1160-447: The club's history, having won 22 titles, which ties him with Lolo Sainz in the second place for most trophies won with Real Madrid, only behind Pedro Ferrándiz with 27. Laso is also the coach who has managed the most games for Madrid (860), having won 659 of them. He was succeeded at Real Madrid's helm by his assistant Chus Mateo . In the following 2022—23 season, Real Madrid won their eleventh EuroLeague title beating Olympiacos in
1200-528: The coverage moved to FloSports , before returning later to the ESPN networks. The EuroLeague Final Four is broadcast on television in up to 213 countries and territories. The EuroLeague also has its own internet pay TV service, called EuroLeague TV . This is a partial list of television broadcasters that provide coverage of the EuroLeague. Source: Real Madrid Baloncesto Real Madrid Baloncesto (English: Real Madrid Basketball)
1240-403: The designated MVP of the EuroLeague on all accounts at 19 years old. On 5 June 2022, Pablo Laso suffered a heart attack. Exactly one month later, Real Madrid parted ways with him citing "medical reasons exclusively" and adding that keeping him as a coach in his health condition would have been "a risk that this institution cannot assume". Laso left Real Madrid as one of the greatest coaches in
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1280-634: The league a semi-closed league . The league was first organized by FIBA in 1958, subsequently by ULEB in 2000 and then solely the 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
1320-441: The same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title European Champions Cup . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=European_Champions_Cup&oldid=1176955053 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
1360-409: The two leagues: Panathinaikos , Maccabi Tel Aviv , CSKA Moscow and Efes Pilsen stayed with FIBA, while Olympiacos , Kinder Bologna , Real Madrid Teka , FC Barcelona , Paf Wennington Bologna , Žalgiris Kaunas , Benetton Treviso , AEK and Tau Cerámica joined Euroleague Basketball . In May 2001, Europe had two continental champions, Maccabi of the FIBA SuproLeague and Kinder Bologna of
1400-510: The world, only behind the National Basketball Association (NBA). The EuroLeague title has been won by 22 clubs, 14 of which have won it more than once. The most successful club in the competition is Real Madrid , with eleven titles. The FIBA European Champions Cup was originally established by FIBA and it operated from 1958 until the summer of 2000, concluding with the 1999–00 season . Euroleague Basketball
1440-466: Was a part of the team's mix, along with Sergio Llull and Felipe Reyes , to give Real Madrid a strong home grown core of players. This group of players gave Real Madrid Baloncesto 6 Copa del Reys (Spanish Cup) titles, 7 Spanish Super Cup titles, 6 Liga ACB (Spanish League) titles, 2 EuroLeague championships, and an FIBA Intercontinental Cup championship. On 17 May 2015, after waiting 20 years to win another EuroLeague championship, Real Madrid won
1480-636: Was created after the end of the FIBA European Champions Cup. FIBA had previously used the flying pigeon name for the competition since 1996 but had never trademarked the name. As FIBA had no legal recourse on the usage of the name, it started a new league named the FIBA SuproLeague . The following 2000–2001 season started with two top European professional club basketball competitions: FIBA SuproLeague (renamed from FIBA EuroLeague) and Euroleague. Top clubs were split between
1520-657: Was divided over club-country lines. FIBA stayed in charge of national team competitions (like the FIBA EuroBasket , the FIBA World Cup , and the Summer Olympics ), while Euroleague Basketball took over the European professional club competitions. From that point on, FIBA's Korać Cup and Saporta Cup competitions lasted one more season and then Euroleague Basketball launched the ULEB Cup, now known as
1560-576: Was promoted to the club's head coach position. With the help of players like Louis Bullock , Felipe Reyes , and Álex Mumbrú , Madrid added a new trophy to its roll of honours, the ULEB Cup , as it won 12 of its last 13 games and downed Lietuvos Rytas by a score of 75–87 in the 2007 ULEB Cup Final. Moreover, Madrid finished in 2nd place in the 2006–07 Spanish League regular season, and stayed strong in its play in Palacio Vistalegre during
1600-504: Was supposedly watched by about 30,000 spectators. However, it is not included in the table as the official data is 18,300. As of 4/4/2023 Partizan holds 10 games in top 10 most attended games. The EuroLeague season is broadcast on television, and can be seen in up to 201 countries and territories. It can be seen by up to 245 million (800 million via satellite) households weekly in China. EuroLeague basketball has been televised in
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