{"id":511562,"date":"2026-08-25T17:45:15","date_gmt":"2026-08-25T15:45:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/?p=511562"},"modified":"2026-08-25T18:13:14","modified_gmt":"2026-08-25T16:13:14","slug":"euroleague-three-italian-clubs-among-11-candidates-for-new-franchises","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/euroleague-three-italian-clubs-among-11-candidates-for-new-franchises\/","title":{"rendered":"EuroLeague, three Italian clubs among 11 candidates for new franchises"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"isSelectedEnd\">A total of <strong>11 clubs<\/strong> have submitted EuroLeague franchise proposals worth nearly <strong>\u20ac700 million in affiliation fees<\/strong>, ahead of the planned expansion beginning with the 2027-28 season. The candidates include <strong>three Italian clubs: Virtus Bologna, Napoli Basketball and Maxima Roma<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"isSelectedEnd\">The complete list, initially reported by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurohoops.net\/en\/euroleague\/2001625\/the-11-candidates-for-the-eight-new-euroleague-franchises\/\">Eurohoops<\/a> and now confirmed by <strong>Alessandro Luigi Maggi<\/strong>, features <strong>Crvena Zvezda, Partizan Belgrade, Dubai Basketball, Valencia, Hapoel Tel Aviv, Paris Basketball, Virtus Bologna, Maxima Roma, Napoli Basketball, PAOK and London Lions.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"isSelectedEnd\">EuroLeague has stated that <strong>up to eight<\/strong> of the 11 candidates could receive long-term licenses and join the 13 current shareholders. The goal is to have <strong>21 franchises in a 24-team competition<\/strong> from the 2027-28 season, with a final decision expected by the end of September.<\/p>\n<p>The situation in Rome is particularly noteworthy. <strong>Paul Matiasic\u2019s Maxima Roma<\/strong> pursuing a EuroLeague franchise could leave the NBA Europe path open for <strong>BC Roma SPQR<\/strong>. The overall picture remains complex, however, as a potential partnership between the NBA and EuroLeague Basketball has not yet been definitively ruled out.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Virtus Bologna, Napoli Basket and Roma Maxima are competing for a place in the league\u2019s new long-term franchise model.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":174,"featured_media":409687,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_spbk_hide_featured":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[199],"tags":[],"rumors":[407],"typology":[183],"posizionamento":[],"class_list":["post-511562","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-euroleague","rumors-basket-rumors","typology-rumors"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2024\/10\/euroleague-logo-1.webp","digistream_id":0,"digistream":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/511562","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/174"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=511562"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/511562\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/409687"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=511562"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=511562"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=511562"},{"taxonomy":"rumors","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rumors?post=511562"},{"taxonomy":"typology","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/typology?post=511562"},{"taxonomy":"posizionamento","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posizionamento?post=511562"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}