The 2023–24 EuroLeague Women was the 66th edition of the European women's club
basketball championship organized by
FIBA, and the 27th edition since being rebranded as the
EuroLeague Women.
Fenerbahçe Alagoz Holding are the defending champions.
The Turkish side successfully defended their crown by defeating first-time finalists
Villeneuve d'Ascq LM to become back-to-back champions in the competition.
This season had record-breaking success on digital platforms.
Format
After the qualifiers, sixteen teams play in the
regular season. They were divided into 2 groups of 8, with the top 4 advancing to the quarter-finals. In the quarter-finals, the eight teams left played in four best-of-three play-offs, and whoever wins the series make the final four.
Rankings
The results were based on the results of the past three seasons.
*Associations 1–4 can have three teams qualify.
*Associations 5–8 each have two teams qualify.
*Associations 9–10 each have one team qualify directly into the
regular season.
*Associations below the top 10 can have one team qualify for the
qualification round
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If a club who qualified for the
regular season doesn't take the place, it will be given to another club who entered.
Teams
The teams were announced on 13 July 2024.
League positions of the previous season shown in parentheses (
TH EL: EuroLeague Women title holders;
TH EC: EuroCup Women title holders).
Also,
S means that the team in the qualifying round was seeded.
Round and draw dates
Schedule
Draw
The draw was held on 9 August 2023 in
Munich,
Germany.
Draw rules are as follows.
* A maximum of two clubs from the same country can be in the same regular season group for countries that have up to three clubs in total.
* Each group can have a maximum of two countries that are represented by two clubs each.
* If there are exactly two clubs from the same country, those clubs shall be drawn into different groups if possible.
Qualification round
The winners advance to the
regular season, while the losers drop down to the
EuroCup regular season.
Regular season
The top four teams in each group will qualify to the Quarterfinals.
If teams are level on record at the end of the regular season, tiebreakers are applied in the following order:
# Head-to-head record
# Head-to-head point differential
# Head-to-head points scored
# Point differential for the entire regular season
# Points scored for the entire regular season
Casademont Zaragoza,
AZS UMCS Lublin Klub Uczelniany Akademickiego Związku Sportowego Uniwersytetu Marii Curie-Skłodowskiej w Lublinie or KU AZS UMCS Lublin is a Polish university multi-sports club based in Lublin. It is the university sports club for the Maria Curie-Skłodowska Uni ...
and
ACS Sepsi SIC will make their debut, while
SERCO Uni Győr and
Villeneuve d'Ascq LM return after a
seven year and
five year absence respectively. EuroCup Women holders,
LDLC ASVEL Féminin
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On January 7, 20 ...
, return for the first time since
2020–21
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.
Eight national associations will be represented this season, down by one compared to
2022–23
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. Belgium and Greece are replaced solely by Romania, who are present in the regular season for the first time since
2012–13
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. This is the first time since
2020–21
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that the regular season contains three French teams. Poland come into this season with two representatives in the regular season for the first time since
2017–18.
Group A
Group B
Quarter-finals
Format
The eight remaining teams are divided into four playoffs, played in a best-of-three format. The first team to win two games wins the tie. If needed, a game three will take place with the team who had the higher seed hosting the match.
Seeding
The seeding is based on the results of the
regular season.
Bracket
Villeneuve d'Ascq LM became the first unseeded team in seven years to win a series.
Matches
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Fenerbahçe Alagoz Holding won the series 2–0 ''
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Villeneuve d'Ascq LM won the series 2–1 ''
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ZVVZ USK Praha
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won the series 2–1 ''
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Çukurova Basketbol Mersin won the series 2–1''
Final four
The Final four was held at the
Servet Tazegul Spor Salonu in
Mersin
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,
Turkey.
Bracket
Semifinals
Third place game
Final
Awards
Voting for the awards started on 18 February 2024.
EuroLeague MVP
EuroLeague Final Four MVP
All-EuroLeague Teams
Defensive Player of the Year
Young Player of the Year
Coach of the Year
Best Play of the Season
Club Excellence Award
MVP of the Month
Team of the Month
MVP of the Round
;Regular season
;Playoffs
;Final four
Marketing
For the first time,
FIBA Europe
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gave out digital medals.
See also
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2023–24 EuroCup Women
*
2023–24 EuroCup Women Qualification Round
*
2023 FIBA Europe SuperCup Women
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*
2023–24 EuroLeague
The 2023–24 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague is the 24th season of the modern era of the EuroLeague, and the 14th under the title sponsorship of Turkish Airlines. Including the competition's previous incarnation as the FIBA Europe Champions Cup, t ...
References
External links
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2022–23 Hungarian League Table2022–23 Romanian League Table
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