The 2024–25 FIBA Europe Cup was the 10th season of the

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Team allocation

A total of 44 teams from 25 of the 50 FIBA Europe member associations participated in the 2024–25 FIBA Europe Cup season, out of which 15 teams of the Basketball Champions League qualifying rounds had opted in to participate in the FIBA Europe Cup as they do not reached the Basketball Champions League regular season, out of which a maximum of 18 could join the regular season.

Teams

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

Round and draw dates

The schedule of the competition was as follows.

Qualifying round

The qualifying round took place from 24 to 27 September 2024 in

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s in which the series winners advanced to the regular season. As clubs that have opted in from the Basketball Champions League qualifying rounds could qualify to the Basketball Champions League regular season, this led to three additional spots in the regular season of the FIBA Europe Cup opening up to be filled by the best loser series in the qualifying round. It was the first time that basketball team from

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Lucky losers

The additional spots were made available after

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, Aliaga Petkim and

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qualified for the Basketball Champions League. The three lucky losers were determined by the best loser series from the FIBA Europe Cup Qualifying Round in accordance to Section D of the Official Basketball Rules.

Regular season

The regular season was played by 40 teams divided into 10 groups of four in which 15 teams received direct spots, 10 teams advanced from the

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and 15 teams came from the Basketball Champions League qualifying rounds. It began on 8 October 2024 and concluded on 13 November 2024. In each group, teams played against each other home-and-away in a

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. And the end of the regular season, the top team from each regular season group plus the best six second-placed teams advanced to the second round, while the rest of the teams were eliminated after the regular season. No team from

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participated in the competition for the second season in-a-row.

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

It began on 3 December 2024 and concluded on 5 February 2025. In each group, teams played against each other home-and-away in a

. And the end of the second round, the top two teams from each regular season group advanced to the quarter-finals, while the rest of the teams were eliminated after the regular season.

Group K

Group L

Group M

Group N

Play-offs

The play-offs began on 5 March and concluded on 23 April 2025 with the finals. In the

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Quarter-finals

The first legs were held on 5 March, and the second legs on 12 March 2025.

Semi-finals

The first legs were held on 26 March, and the second legs on 2 April 2025.

Finals

The first leg was held on 16 April, and the second leg on 23 April 2025.

Individual awards

Final MVP

MVP of the Month

References

External links

Official website
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