The 2023–24

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was the 22nd edition of

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's second-tier international competition for

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clubs under such name. LDLC ASVEL Féminin are the defending champions, but won't defend their title because they're taking part in the

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. London Lions became the first British team to ever win a European title in basketball after beating

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in the final.

Format

After the qualifiers, 48 teams are divided into 12 groups of 4. with the top 2 plus the 8 best third place teams advancing to the

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. In the

, teams are seeded based on their results in the

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. Each tie in the

is played in a home and away format, where the winner on aggregate wins the tie and advances to the next round.

Rankings

The results are based on the results of the past three seasons.

Rule change

Starting this year,

has decided to change the format to a pan-European competition and scrapped conferences in the regular season.

Teams

The teams were announced on 13 July 2023. The teams with the S in the qualifying round means they were seeded. Teams with EL lost their EuroLeague Women Qualification round Play Off and dropped down to the EuroCup.

Schedule

Draw

The seeding was announced on the 4 August 2023. The draw was on the 9 August 2023. The seeding was decided by the FIBA Club Rankings. The only restriction was that, unlike previous seasons, clubs from the same country could not be drawn into the same group.

Qualification round

The draw for the qualification round was conducted on 9 August 2023. The first legs were held on 20–21 September 2023 while the second legs were held on 27 September 2023.

Regular season

48 teams are divided into 12 groups of 4, where the top 2, plus the eight best third placed teams, advance to play-off round 1. 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 This season,

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, CMS Constanța, MB Zagłębie Sosnowiec, GDESSA-Barreiro, Levharti Chomutov, Eleftheria Moschatou, Emlak Konut SK and Antalya Toroslar BC are making their debuts this year in the regular season.

Group A

Group B

Group C

Group D

Group E

Group F

Group G

Group H

Group I

Group J

Group K

Group L

Ranking of third place teams

Due to the withdrawal of both Israeli teams, the games involving the fourth place teams in each group were not counted for the third place ranking.

Seeding

Due to the withdrawal of both Israeli teams, the games involving the fourth place teams in each group were not counted.

Knockout stage

Bracket

Play-off round 1

Round of 16

Notes

Quarterfinals

Notes

Matches

won 148–131 on aggregate'' ---- '' London Lions won 169–149 on aggregate'' ---- '' Umana Reyer Venice won 171–148 on aggregate'' ---- '' Spar Girona won 160–145 on aggregate''

Semifinals

London Lions became the first British club to reach a final of a club basketball competition. Notes

Matches

won 149–126 on aggregate'' ---- '' London Lions won 140–127 on aggregate''

Final

Matches

'' London Lions won 149–145 on aggregate''

Awards

Finals MVP

MVP of the Month

MVP of the Round

Regular season

Playoffs

;Play-off Round 1 ;Round of 16 ;Quarterfinals ;Semifinals

Marketing

On 3 August 2023,

unveiled a new logo for the tournament. Their reasons behind the logo refresh were:

Format

Rankings

Rule change

Teams

Schedule

Draw

Qualification round

Regular season

Group A

Group B

Group C

Group D

Group E

Group F

Group G

Group H

Group I

Group J

Group K

Group L

Ranking of third place teams

Seeding

Knockout stage

Bracket

Play-off round 1

Round of 16

Quarterfinals

Matches

Semifinals

Matches

Final

Matches

Awards

Finals MVP

MVP of the Month

MVP of the Round

Regular season

Playoffs

Marketing

See also

References

External links