Draw seedings confirmed for FIBA Europe Cup Regular Season

Draw seedings confirmed for FIBA Europe Cup Regular Season

The Regular Season seedings for the 2024-25 FIBA Europe Cup season have now been confirmed

The Regular Season seedings for the 2024-25 FIBA Europe Cup season have now been confirmed.

The participating teams will learn their opponents as the draw takes place in Munich on Friday, July 19 at 11:00 CET, and will be streamed live on the official FIBA YouTube channel.

The Regular Season sees 40 teams split into 10 groups of four with 15 teams receiving direct berths, and a further 14 clubs competing in the Qualifiers for seven guaranteed berths.

Meanwhile, there are 19 clubs that have opted-in from the Basketball Champions League Qualification Rounds, of which a maximum of 18 will take part in the FIBA Europe Cup Regular Season.

The seedings for the FIBA Europe Cup Regular Season are as follows:

Seed 1:
Anwil Wloclawek (POL)
Cholet Basket (FRA)*
FC Porto (POR)
CSM Oradea (ROU)*
MHP Riesen Ludwigsburg (GER)
Telekom Baskets Bonn (GER)*
Tofas Bursa (TUR)
Loser BCL QRT 2 Final
Casademont Zaragoza (ESP)
SL Benfica (POR)*

Seed 2:
Loser BCL QRT 2 SF (Kutaisi/Levice v BC Kalev/Cramo)
Loser BCL QRT 2 SF (Trepca/Keravnos v ERA Nymburk)
Windrose Giants Antwerp (BEL)*
BC Balkan (BUL)
PAOK (GRE)*
Norrkoping Dolphins (SWE)*
BC Parnu Sadam (EST)
Petrolina AEK Larnaca (CYP)
Dinamo Banco di Sardgena (ITA)*
Rilski Sportist (BUL)*

Seed 3:
Fribourg Olympic (SUI)*
PGE Spojnia Stargard (POL)
Caledonia Gladiators (GBR)*
Sabah BC (AZE)
NHSZ – Szolnoki Olajbanyasz (HUN)
Bursaspor Info Yatirim (TUR)
Loser BCL Q QF (Trecpa v Keravnos)
Loser BCL Q QF (Kutaisi v Levice)
Aliaga Petkim (TUR)*
ESSM Le Portel (FRA)

Seed 4:
Winner FEC Qualifiers pairing 1
Winner FEC Qualifiers pairing 2
Winner FEC Qualifiers pairing 3
Winner FEC Qualifiers pairing 4
Winner FEC Qualifiers pairing 5
Winner FEC Qualifiers pairing 6
Winner FEC Qualifiers pairing 7
Basketball Lowen Braunschweig (GER)
FC Arges Pitesti (ROU)
Hubo Limburg United (BEL)

* Teams who opted in from the BCL Qualifiers have been provisionally placed in the draw. They will be replaced by a ‘Lucky Loser’ from the FIBA Europe Cup Qualifiers should they advance to the BCL Regular Season.

Any additional spots would be filled with the best ranked losing clubs from the FIBA Europe Cup Qualifiers in accordance to Section D of the Official Basketball Rules.

Qualifiers

There are 14 clubs that will compete in the FIBA Europe Cup Qualifiers in a home-and-away series, with the winner of each pairing joining the Regular Season field. These ties will be played on September 24 and 27, with the seeded clubs playing the return leg at home.

Seeded clubs:

Anorthosis Famagusta (CYP)
Bilbao Basket (ESP)
JDA Bourgogne Dijon (FRA)
Alba Fehervar (HUN)
BC Peja (KOS)
Sporting CP (POR)
BC Dnipro (UKR)

Non-seeded clubs:

Spirou Basket Charleroi (BEL)
Dinamo Zagreb (CRO)
Maroussi BC (GRE)
Neptunas Klaipeda (LTU)
Starlites (MLT)
CSM Constanta (ROU)
BC Prievidza (SVK)

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