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27-473: The venue is the home ground of the EuroLeague and Italian Serie A professional basketball team AX Armani Exchange Milan . In May 2024, the current sponsor, Unipol , took over naming rights in a deal that will run to 2027. The Forum of Assago was built by Giuseppe Cabassi and his son Luca in 1990. It was named in several different way due to different sponsorships during the years: from 1993 to 2006 it

54-401: 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

81-464: 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,

108-567: 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

135-492: 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

162-667: 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 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

189-412: 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

216-466: 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

243-708: The EuroLeague Final Four in 2014 . The forum was the venue for 2018 World Figure Skating Championships . Some matches of the 2018 FIVB Volleyball World Championship were held at the venue. The venue also hosted some group phase matches of the FIBA EuroBasket 2022 which Italy hosted alongside Czech Republic in Prague , Georgia in Tbilisi and Germany in Berlin and Cologne . In July 2024

270-627: 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 the EuroLeague are considered to be the same competition, with the change of name being simply a re-branding. The EuroLeague

297-730: The Italian National Olympic Committee and the Council of Europe. It is also one of two facilities in Italy, along with Palazzo dello Sport in Rome, to be part of the European Arenas Association network. For the 2014 Euroleague Final Four the venue has been renovated and the capacity increased from 11,500 to 12,700. It was again renovated in 2017, with new internal signs and new colors in

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324-537: 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 the league a semi-closed league . The league was first organized by FIBA in 1958, subsequently by ULEB in 2000 and then solely

351-463: The 19th World Kendo Championship was held at the forum. It will be the figure skating and short track venue during the 2026 Winter Olympics . [REDACTED] Media related to Assago Forum at Wikimedia Commons NOTE: During the Olympic Games, venues that have naming rights sold may not use their name during the Olympic Games. EuroLeague The EuroLeague , officially

378-510: 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

405-602: 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 ,

432-661: The FIBA SuproLeague and Kinder Bologna of 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

459-484: 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

486-626: 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,

513-660: 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

540-488: 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 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

567-539: The corridors of the rings, also including the reconstruction of the floor. The arena has hosted the 1994 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships , the 2003 IIHF Continental Cup Superfinal of ice hockey (together with Lugano 's Pista La Resega ), WWE Raw and WWE SmackDown in 2007, and the 2009 World Amateur Boxing Championships . Since 2011, the Forum has also been home to La Grande Sfida , an annual tennis exhibition event played every Christmas. The arena also hosted

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594-591: 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: List of attendance figures at domestic professional sports leagues The table below lists domestic professional sports leagues from around

621-753: 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 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

648-532: The world by total attendances for the last completed season for which data is available. The following points should be considered: * Seating room only This list is sorted by average attendance per game/match, with a minimum of 2,000. It covers leagues which normally would play in an outdoor stadium, as opposed to those leagues that use indoor arenas. Some outdoor league stadiums are equipped with either retractable or non-retractable roofs where weather conditions (such as rain or extreme heat/cold) would not allow

675-593: 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

702-455: Was named Fila Forum, from 2006 to 2008 DatchForum and then, from 2009 to 2023, Mediolanum Forum. The venue is located in the big Milanofiori complex and it covers an area of 40,000 sqm. The layout of the rooms is organized on 4 superimposed levels below the stands of the central arena. There are also private panoramic rooms (called "SkyBox") on the top floor. The Forum received the 1994 European Prize for Architecture for sports venues awarded by

729-504: 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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