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The 2023–24 FIBA Europe Cup is the 9th season of the FIBA Europe Cup, a European basketball competition for clubs launched by
FIBA Europe FIBA Europe is the administrative body for basketball in Europe, within the International Basketball Federation (FIBA), which includes all 50 national European basketball federations. In reaction to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, FIBA Euro ...
. For this season, the number of teams in regular season was increased from 32 to 40 teams.


Team allocation

A total of 53 teams from 27 of the 50 FIBA Europe member associations were expected to participate in the 2023–24 FIBA Europe Cup season, but finally 51 teams from 27 of the 50 FIBA Europe member associations participated in the competition. On July 20, 2023, FIBA Europe confirmed 35 teams to take part in the competition. On August 2, 2023, FIBA Europe confirmed the 21 teams of the Basketball Champions League qualifying rounds had opted in to participate in the FIBA Europe Cup in case they do not reach the Basketball Champions League regular season, out of which a maximum of 20 could join the regular season. On October 2, 2023, 18 of the 21 teams that had opted in to participate in the FIBA Europe Cup regular season joined from Basketball Champions League qualifying rounds after Benfica, Cholet and SIG Strasbourg qualified for the Basketball Champions League. On October 9, 2023, FIBA Europe suspended all games involving Israeli teams (
Bnei Herzliya Bnei Herzliya Basket (, lit. ''Sons of Herzliya''), is a professional basketball club that is based in Herzliya, in the Sharon district in Israel. The club plays in the Israeli Basketball Premier League, the top division of Israeli basketball. It ...
, Hapoel Galil Elyon, and Ironi Ness Ziona) from regular season onwards in response to the Israel–Hamas war.


Teams

The labels in the parentheses show how each team qualified for the place of its starting round (TH: FIBA Europe Cup title holders): *1st, 2nd, 3rd, etc.: League position after eventual Playoffs *CL QR: Transferred from Champions League qualifying rounds


Schedule

The schedule of the competition is as follows.


Qualifying tournaments

The qualifying tournaments took place from 2 to 5 October 2023 with six tournaments consisting of three teams, while one tournament will feature four teams. The winner of each tournament advanced to the regular season, which has been expanded for the 2023–24 season to feature 40 clubs split across 10 groups of four. As clubs that have opted in from the Basketball Champions League qualifying rounds could qualify to the Basketball Champions League regular season, this lead to additional spots in the regular season of the FIBA Europe Cup opening up to be filled by the best ranked runners-up in the qualifying tournaments.


Qualifying tournament A


Qualifying tournament B


Qualifying tournament C


Qualifying tournament D


Qualifying tournament E


Qualifying tournament F


Qualifying tournament G


Lucky losers

The additional spots were made available after French clubs Cholet and SIG Strasbourg both qualified for the Basketball Champions League. The two lucky losers were determined by the best ranked second-placed clubs from the FIBA Europe Cup Qualifying Tournaments in accordance to Section D of the Official Basketball Rules.


Regular season

The regular season was expanded with eight teams, from 32 to 40, which were divided in 10 groups of four.


Group A


Group B


Group C


Group D


Group E


Group F


Group G


Group H


Group I


Group J


Ranking of second-placed teams


Second round


Group K


Group L


Group M


Group N


Play-offs

The play-offs will begin on 6 March and will conclude on 17 and 24 April 2024 with the Finals.


Quarter-finals

The first legs will be played on 6 March, and the second legs will be played on 13 March 2024.


Semi-finals

The first legs will be played on 27 March, and the second legs will be played on 3 April 2024.


Finals

The first leg will be played on 17 April, and the second leg will be played on 24 April 2024.


Individual awards


MVP of the Month


See also

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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 ...
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2023–24 EuroCup Basketball The 2023–24 EuroCup Basketball season will be the 22nd season of Euroleague Basketball's secondary level professional club basketball tournament. It is the 16th season since it was renamed from the ULEB Cup to the EuroCup, and the first seaso ...
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2023–24 Basketball Champions League The 2023–24 Basketball Champions League is the 8th season of the Basketball Champions League (BCL), the premier European professional basketball competition for clubs launched by FIBA. The season will begin on 17 October 2023. Telekom ...


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References


External links


Official website
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