{"id":444284,"date":"2025-05-29T12:59:23","date_gmt":"2025-05-29T10:59:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/?p=444284"},"modified":"2025-05-29T13:01:20","modified_gmt":"2025-05-29T11:01:20","slug":"euroleague-with-20-teams-virtus-bologna-awaits-the-official-announcement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/euroleague-with-20-teams-virtus-bologna-awaits-the-official-announcement\/","title":{"rendered":"EuroLeague expands to 20 teams: three-year licenses for Virtus, five-year deal for Dubai"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>EuroLeague, moving towards 20 teams. This was announced by Eurodevotion, who anticipate the first leaks from the EuroLeague shareholders&#8217; meeting.<\/p>\n<p>In this way, with the confirmation of Virtus Bologna in the maximum continental competition, the anticipation of the past few days by <a href=\"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/euroleague-2025-26-format-decision-looms-as-virtus-bologna-waits\/\">Sportando and RealOlimpia Milano would be confirmed<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"852\" data-end=\"1134\">EuroLeague shareholders have approved the league\u2019s expansion to <strong data-start=\"916\" data-end=\"928\">20 teams<\/strong>, <em data-start=\"930\" data-end=\"942\">BasketNews<\/em> reports. <strong data-start=\"952\" data-end=\"970\">Virtus Bologna<\/strong>, <strong data-start=\"972\" data-end=\"984\">Valencia<\/strong>, <strong data-start=\"986\" data-end=\"996\">Monaco<\/strong>, <strong data-start=\"998\" data-end=\"1010\">Partizan<\/strong>, and <strong data-start=\"1016\" data-end=\"1033\">Crvena Zvezda<\/strong> will receive <strong data-start=\"1047\" data-end=\"1070\">three-year licenses<\/strong>, while <strong data-start=\"1078\" data-end=\"1087\">Dubai<\/strong> is set to join with a <strong data-start=\"1110\" data-end=\"1133\">five-year agreement<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1136\" data-end=\"1284\"><strong data-start=\"1136\" data-end=\"1155\">Hapoel Tel Aviv<\/strong> joins as EuroCup champion, while <strong data-start=\"1189\" data-end=\"1198\">Paris<\/strong> has been awarded a <strong data-start=\"1218\" data-end=\"1240\">one-year wild card<\/strong>, possibly linked to the NBA Europe project.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1286\" data-end=\"1378\">The <strong data-start=\"1290\" data-end=\"1321\">single-round format remains<\/strong>, meaning a grueling <strong data-start=\"1342\" data-end=\"1368\">38-game regular season<\/strong> is ahead.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">BREAKING NEWS &#8211; Actually we can confirm that <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/EuroLeague?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@euroleague<\/a> 2025\/26 will be played with 20 teams. Details later about the format.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/EuroLeague?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#EuroLeague<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/V67IN7Jav8\">https:\/\/t.co\/V67IN7Jav8<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Eurodevotion (@eurodevotion) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/eurodevotion\/status\/1928025777292878271?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 29, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">The EuroLeague&#8217;s expansion from 18 to 20 teams, starting from the 2025-26 season, has been confirmed with three teams \u2013 Valencia Basket, Hapoel Tel Aviv, and Dubai Basketball \u2013 joining the competition, per sources.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Donatas Urbonas (@Urbodo) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Urbodo\/status\/1928035710910525670?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 29, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>EuroLeague, moving towards 20 teams. 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