The 2022–23 Basketball Champions League is the 7th season of the
Basketball Champions League
The Basketball Champions League (BCL) is an annual professional basketball competition for European clubs, organised by FIBA. It is the top-level competition organised by FIBA Europe, therefore the champion participates in the FIBA Intercontin ...
(BCL), the premier European
professional
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basketball
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competition for
clubs
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Arts, entertainment, and media
* ''Club'' (magazine)
* Club, a ''Yie Ar Kung-Fu'' character
* Clubs (suit), a suit of playing cards
* Club music
* "Club", by Kelsea Ballerini from the album ''kelsea''
Brands and enterprises
...
launched by
FIBA
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.
Team allocation
A total of 52 teams from 29 countries will participate in the 2022–23 Basketball Champions League.
Teams
League positions after eventual playoffs of the previous season shown in parentheses. The
Basketball Champions League rankings are taken into consideration.
* TH: Champions League title holders
* FEC:
FIBA Europe Cup
The FIBA Europe Cup (FEC) is an annual professional club basketball competition organised by FIBA for eligible European clubs. It is FIBA's European-wide second level. Clubs mainly qualify for the competition based on their performance in nation ...
champions.
* WC:
Wild card.
Referees
A total of 60 officials set to work on the 2022–23 season in Basketball Champions League:
Schedule
The schedule of the competition will be as follows.
Qualifying rounds
Draw
The 24 teams will be divided into six pots based firstly on the
competition's club ranking and, for clubs that have not yet participated in the competition, on the
country ranking. For the quarterfinals round of qualifications, teams from Pot 6 will be drawn against teams from Pot 3, and teams from Pot 4 will face teams from Pot 5. Clubs from Pot 1 and 2 will be seeded, and will enter directly in the semifinals stage of qualifications and will face the winners from the quarterfinals round. The winners of the semifinals stage will face each other in the finals of qualifications. The four winners of the finals will then qualify for the
regular season
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and join the 28 directly qualified teams in the main draw.
The rest of the teams will be demoted, if they apply, to the
FIBA Europe Cup
The FIBA Europe Cup (FEC) is an annual professional club basketball competition organised by FIBA for eligible European clubs. It is FIBA's European-wide second level. Clubs mainly qualify for the competition based on their performance in nation ...
.
;Notes
: Indicates teams with no club points, therefor using the country points as a tiebreaker.
Qualification Group A (Skopje, North Macedonia)
Qualification Group B (Málaga, Spain)
Qualification Group C (Lisbon, Portugal)
Qualification Group D (Belgrade, Serbia)
Regular season
Draw
The 28 teams that entered in the regular season directly were divided into four pots based firstly on the club ranking and, for clubs that have not yet participated in the competition, on the country ranking. The country protection rule will apply for the stage of the draw. Clubs cannot be drawn in groups with other clubs from the same country.
;Notes
: Indicates teams with no club points, therefor using the country points as a tiebreaker.
Group A
Group B
Group C
Group D
Group E
Group F
Group G
Group H
Play-ins
The Play-ins will take place from January 3 to 18. The teams classified in second and third place in their respective groups of Basketball Champions League, will go on to the Play-ins. Winners will advance to the round of 16. The first legs will be played on 3–4 January, the second legs on 10–11 January. Eventual third legs will be played on 17–18 January.
Round of 16
The Round of 16 will take place from January 24 until March 22, 2023. The groups will be formed by the winners of each Regular Season Group and by eight Play-Ins winners. The 16 teams were divided in 4 groups, 4 teams each. The first two of each groups advanced to the quarter-finals.
Group I
Group J
Group K
Group L
Individual awards
MVP of the Month
See also
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2022–23 EuroLeague
The 2022–23 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague was the 23rd season of the modern era of the EuroLeague, and the 13th under the title sponsorship of Turkish Airlines. Including the competition's previous incarnation as the FIBA Europe Champions Cup, i ...
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2022–23 EuroCup Basketball
The 2022–23 EuroCup Basketball season was the 21st season of Euroleague Basketball's secondary level professional club basketball tournament. It is the 15th season since it was renamed from the ULEB Cup to the EuroCup, and the seventh and fin ...
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2022–23 FIBA Europe Cup
The 2022–23 FIBA Europe Cup is the eighth season of the FIBA Europe Cup, the second-level European professional club basketball competition organised FIBA. The regular season began on 12 October 2022.
Team allocation
18 teams eliminated in the ...
References
External links
Official website
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