EuroLeague

For other uses, see Euro league.

Turkish Airlines EuroLeague

Founded	FIBA era 14 December 1957; 61 years ago (1957-12-14)[1] Euroleague Basketball era 9 June 2000; 18 years ago (2000-06-09)[2]
First season	FIBA era 1958 Euroleague Basketball era 2000–01
Region	Europe
Confederation	FIBA Europe
Number of teams	16
Current champions	Real Madrid (10th title)
Most championships	Real Madrid (10 titles)
TV partners	List of broadcasters
Website	Official website
2018–19 EuroLeague

The EuroLeague, known as the Turkish Airlines EuroLeague for sponsorship reasons, is the top-tier European professional basketball club competition, organized by Euroleague Basketball since 2000.

Introduced in 2000, the competition replaced the FIBA EuroLeague (which was previously called the FIBA European Champions Cup, or simply the European Cup), which had been run by FIBA since 1958. The FIBA European Champions Cup and the EuroLeague are considered to be the same competition, with the change of name being simply a re-branding.

The EuroLeague is one of the most popular indoor sports leagues in the world, with an average attendance of 8,780 for league matches in the 2017–18 season. That was the fifth-highest of any professional indoor sports league in the world (the highest outside the United States), and the second-highest of any professional basketball league in the world, only behind the National Basketball Association (NBA).

The EuroLeague title has been won by 21 different clubs, 13 of which have won the title more than once. The most successful club in the competition is Real Madrid, with ten titles. Real Madrid are also the current champions, having defeated Fenerbahçe in the 2018 final.

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  1 History
  
  
  
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  2 Competition systems
  
  
  
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  4 Format
  
  
  
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    4.1 Previous EuroLeague formats
    
  
  
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    4.2 European national domestic league and club rankings
    
  
  
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  5 Current clubs
  


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  6 Results
  
  
  
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    6.1 Finals
    
  
  
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  7 Records
  
  
  
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    7.1 EuroLeague awards
    
  
  
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  8 EuroLeague versus NBA games
  


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History

Main article: FIBA European Champions Cup and EuroLeague history

The FIBA European Champions Cup was originally established by FIBA and it operated under its umbrella from 1958 until the summer of 2000, concluding with the 1999–00 season. That was when Euroleague Basketball was created.

Euroleague Trophy

FIBA had never trademarked the "EuroLeague" name, even though it had used that name for the competition since 1996. Euroleague Basketball simply appropriated the name, and since FIBA had no legal recourse to do anything about it, it was forced to find a new name for its championship series. Thus, the following 2000–2001 season started with two separate top European professional club basketball competitions: the FIBA SuproLeague (previously known as the FIBA EuroLeague) and the brand new Euroleague 2000–01 season.

The rift in European professional club basketball initially showed no signs of letting up. Top clubs were also split between the two leagues: Panathinaikos, Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv, CSKA Moscow and Efes Pilsen stayed with FIBA, while Olympiacos, Kinder Bologna, Real Madrid Teka, FC Barcelona, Paf Wennington Bologna, Benetton Treviso, AEK and Tau Cerámica joined Euroleague Basketball.

In May 2001, Europe had two continental champions, Maccabi of the FIBA SuproLeague and Kinder Bologna of the Euroleague. The leaders of both organizations realized the need to come up with a unified competition. Although only a year old, Euroleague Basketball negotiated from a position of strength and dictated proceedings. FIBA essentially had no choice but to agree to Euroleague Basketball's terms. As a result, European club competition was fully integrated under Euroleague Basketball's umbrella and teams that competed in the FIBA SuproLeague during the 2000–01 season joined it as well.

In essence, the authority in European professional basketball was divided over club-country lines. FIBA stayed in charge of national team competitions (like the FIBA EuroBasket, the FIBA World Cup, and the Summer Olympics), while Euroleague Basketball took over the European professional club competitions. From that point on, FIBA's Korać Cup and Saporta Cup competitions lasted only one more season before folding, which was when Euroleague Basketball launched the ULEB Cup, now known as the EuroCup.

In November 2015, Euroleague Basketball and IMG agreed on 10-year joint venture. Both Euroleague Basketball and IMG will manage the commercial operation, and the management of all global rights covering both media and marketing.^[3] The deal was worth €630 million euros guaranteed over 10 years, with projected revenues reaching €900 million euros.^[4]

Title sponsorship

On 26 July 2010, Turkish Airlines and Euroleague Basketball announced a €15 million strategic agreement to sponsor the top European basketball competition across the globe. According to the agreement, starting with the 2010–11 season, the top European competition would be named Turkish Airlines Euroleague Basketball. Similarly, the EuroLeague Final Four would be named the Turkish Airlines EuroLeague Final Four, whereby the new league title would appear in all media accordingly. This title partnership was set to run for five seasons, with the option of extending it to an additional five.^[5][6] On 23 October 2013, Turkish Airlines and Euroleague Basketball agreed to extend their partnership, up until 2020.^[7]

Names of the competition

A EuroLeague game in Madrid, in 2009.

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  FIBA era: (1958–2001)
  
  
  
  • FIBA European Champions Cup: (1958–1991)
  
  
  • FIBA European League ("FIBA Euro League"): (1991–1996)
  
  
  • FIBA EuroLeague: (1996–2000)^[8]
    
  
  
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  Euroleague Basketball era: (2000–present)
  
  
  
  • Euroleague: (2000–2016).
  
  
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*There were two separate competitions during the 2000–01 season. The SuproLeague, which was organized by FIBA, and the Euroleague, which was organized by Euroleague Basketball.

Competition systems

Tournament systems

The EuroLeague operated under a tournament system, from its inaugural 1958 season, through the 2015–16 season.

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  FIBA European Champions Cup (1958 to 1986–87): The champions of European national domestic leagues, and the then current European Champions Cup title holders (except for the 1986–87 season), competing against each other, played in a tournament system. The league culminated with either a single game final, or a 2-game aggregate score finals (3 games if needed to break a tie).


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  FIBA European Champions Cup (1987–88 to 1990–91): The champions of European national domestic leagues, competing against each other, played in a tournament system. The league culminated with a Final Four.


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  FIBA European League (1991–92 to 1995–96): The champions of the European national domestic leagues, the then current European League title holders, along with some of the other biggest teams from the most important national domestic leagues, played in a tournament system. The league culminated with a Final Four.


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  FIBA EuroLeague (1996–97 to 1999–00): The champions of the best European national domestic leagues, along with some of the other biggest teams from the most important national domestic leagues, played in a tournament system. The league culminated with a Final Four.


• *Euroleague (2000–01): Some of the European national domestic league champions, and some of the runners-up from various national domestic leagues, played in a tournament system. The league culminated with a best of 5 playoff finals.


• *FIBA SuproLeague (2000–01): Some of the European national domestic league champions, and some of the runners-up from various national domestic leagues, played in a tournament system. The league culminated with a Final Four.


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  Euroleague (2001–02 to 2015–16): The champions of the best European national domestic leagues, along with some of the other biggest teams from the most important national domestic leagues, played in a tournament system. The league culminated with a Final Four.

*There were two separate competitions during the 2000–01 season. The SuproLeague, which was organized by FIBA, and the Euroleague, which was organized by Euroleague Basketball.

League system

Starting with the 2016–17 season, the EuroLeague operates under a league format.

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  EuroLeague (2016–17 to present): The champions of the best European national domestic leagues, along with some of the other biggest teams from the most important national domestic leagues, playing in a true European-wide league system format. The league culminates with a Final Four.

Logos

Evolution of the EuroLeague logo
2000–2005	2005–2010	2010–2016	2016–present

Format

The setting of the 2014 EuroLeague Final Four, in Milan.

Starting with the 2016–17 season, the EuroLeague is made up of 16 teams, which each play each other twice, once at home and once away, in a true league style regular season format, totaling 30 games.

The top 8 placed teams at the end of the regular season advance to the playoffs, which are held as four individual 5 game playoff series. The higher placed team in the regular season standings of each playoff match up has home-court advantage in each playoff series, playing 3 out of the 5 games at home. The winners of each of the four playoff series advance to the Final Four, which is held at a predetermined site. The Final Four features two semifinals games, a third place game, and the championship game.

Each team plays a maximum 37 games per season, versus 31 in the previous tournament format.

Currently, 11 out of the 16 EuroLeague places are held by licensed clubs that have long-term licenses with Euroleague Basketball, and are members of the Shareholders Executive Board. These eleven licensed clubs are currently:

Anadolu Efes Baskonia CSKA Moscow FC Barcelona

Fenerbahçe Maccabi Tel Aviv Olimpia Milano Olympiacos

Panathinaikos Real Madrid Žalgiris

The remaining 5 EuroLeague places are held by associated clubs that have annual licences. These five associated clubs are awarded through one place going to the winner of the previous season's 2nd-tier European competition, the EuroCup, with the other four places going to a combination of European national domestic league winners and wild cards.

Previous EuroLeague formats

Main article: EuroLeague historical league formats

European national domestic league and club rankings

Main articles: European national basketball league rankings and European professional basketball club rankings

Arena standards

Effective as of the 2012–13 season, EuroLeague clubs with what was at the time an "A License" had to host their home EuroLeague games in arenas that have a seating capacity of at least 10,000 people. This same minimum 10,000 seat arena capacity rule, now currently applies to all EuroLeague clubs with a long-term license.

Previously, in 2008, the Euroleague Basketball had originally decided to increase the minimum arena seating requirement to 10,000, within four years time, in order to force EuroLeague clubs to move into and/or build bigger arenas. This was done in hopes of increasing revenues through more ticket sales. Conversely, associated clubs, must currently play in arenas that seat at least 5,000 people.

Current clubs

These are the teams that participate in the 2018–19 EuroLeague season:

Team	Home city	Arena	Capacity
Anadolu Efes	Istanbul	Sinan Erdem Dome	7004160000000000000♠16,000
AX Armani Exchange Olimpia	Milan	Mediolanum Forum	7004127000000000000♠12,700[9]
Bayern Munich	Munich	Audi Dome	7003670000000000000♠6,700
Budućnost VOLI	Podgorica	Morača Sports Center	7003600000000000000♠6,000[10]
CSKA Moscow	Moscow	Megasport Arena	7004133440000000000♠13,344[11]
Darüşşafaka	Istanbul	Volkswagen Arena	7003524000000000000♠5,240
FC Barcelona Lassa	Barcelona	Palau Blaugrana	7003758500000000000♠7,585[12]
Fenerbahçe	Istanbul	Ülker Sports Arena	7004130590000000000♠13,059
Herbalife Gran Canaria	Las Palmas	Gran Canaria Arena	7004115000000000000♠11,500
Khimki	Khimki	Mytishchi Arena	7003728000000000000♠7,280
Kirolbet Baskonia	Vitoria-Gasteiz	Fernando Buesa Arena	7004155040000000000♠15,504[13]
Maccabi FOX Tel Aviv	Tel Aviv	Menora Mivtachim Arena	7004110600000000000♠11,060[14]
Olympiacos	Piraeus	Peace and Friendship Stadium	7004120000000000000♠12,000[15]
Panathinaikos	Athens	Olympic Sports Center Athens	7004189890000000000♠18,989[16]
Real Madrid	Madrid	WiZink Center	7004150000000000000♠15,000[17]
Žalgiris	Kaunas	Žalgirio Arena	7004155520000000000♠15,552[18]

Results

Finals

Main articles: EuroLeague Finals and EuroLeague Final Four

Year		Finalists				Semifinalists
		Champion	Score	Runner-up		Third place	Fourth place
1958 Details		Rīgas ASK	170–152 (86–81 / 71–84)	Academic		Real Madrid and Budapesti Honvéd
1958–59 Details		Rīgas ASK	148–125 (79–58 / 67–69)	Academic		Lech Poznań OKK Beograd
1959–60 Details		Rīgas ASK	130–113 (51–61 / 69–62)	Dinamo Tbilisi		Slovan Orbis Praha and Polonia Warszawa
1960–61 Details		CSKA Moscow	148–128 (87–62 / 66–61)	Rīgas ASK		CCA București and Real Madrid
1961–62 Details		Dinamo Tbilisi	90–83	Real Madrid		CSKA Moscow and AŠK Olimpija
1962–63 Details		CSKA Moscow	259–240 (86–69 / 91–74 / 99–80)	Real Madrid		Dinamo Tbilisi and Spartak ZJŠ Brno
1963–64 Details		Real Madrid	183–174 (110–99 / 84–64)	Spartak ZJŠ Brno		Simmenthal Milano and OKK Beograd
1964–65 Details		Real Madrid	157–150 (88–81 / 76–62)	CSKA Moscow		OKK Beograd and Ignis Varese
1965–66 Details		Simmenthal Milano	77–72	Slavia VŠ Praha		CSKA Moscow	AEK
1966–67 Details		Real Madrid	91–83	Simmenthal Milano		AŠK Olimpija	Slavia VŠ Praha
1967–68 Details		Real Madrid	98–95	Spartak ZJŠ Brno		Zadar and Simmenthal Milano
1968–69 Details		CSKA Moscow	103–99 (2 OT's)	Real Madrid		Spartak ZJŠ Brno and Standard Liège
1969–70 Details		Ignis Varese	79–74	CSKA Moscow		Real Madrid and Slavia VŠ Praha
1970–71 Details		CSKA Moscow	67–53	Ignis Varese		Slavia VŠ Praha and Real Madrid
1971–72 Details		Ignis Varese	70–69	Jugoplastika		Panathinaikos and Real Madrid
1972–73 Details		Ignis Varese	71–66	CSKA Moscow		Simmenthal Milano and Crvena zvezda
1973–74 Details		Real Madrid	84–82	Ignis Varese		Berck and Radnički Belgrade
1974–75 Details		Ignis Varese	79–66	Real Madrid		Berck and Zadar
1975–76 Details		Mobilgirgi Varese	81–74	Real Madrid		Birra Forst Cantù and ASVEL
1976–77 Details		Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv	78–77	Mobilgirgi Varese		CSKA Moscow	Real Madrid
1977–78 Details		Real Madrid	75–67	Mobilgirgi Varese		ASVEL	Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv
1978–79 Details		Bosna	75–67	Emerson Varese		Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv	Real Madrid
1979–80 Details		Real Madrid	89–85	Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv		Bosna	Sinudyne Bologna
1980–81 Details		Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv	80–79	Sinudyne Bologna		Nashua EBBC	Bosna
1981–82 Details		Squibb Cantù	86–80	Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv		Partizan	FC Barcelona
1982–83 Details		Ford Cantù	69–68	Billy Milano		Real Madrid	CSKA Moscow
1983–84 Details		Banco di Roma Virtus	79–73	FC Barcelona		Jollycolombani Cantù	Bosna
1984–85 Details		Cibona	87–78	Real Madrid		Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv	CSKA Moscow
1985–86 Details		Cibona	94–82	Žalgiris		Simac Milano	Real Madrid
1986–87 Details		Tracer Milano	71–69	Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv		Orthez	Zadar
1987–88 Details		Tracer Milano	90–84	Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv		Partizan	Aris
1988–89 Details		Jugoplastika	75–69	Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv		Aris	FC Barcelona
1989–90 Details		Jugoplastika	72–67	FC Barcelona		Limoges CSP	Aris
1990–91 Details		Pop 84	70–65	FC Barcelona		Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv	Scavolini Pesaro
1991–92 Details		Partizan	71–70	Montigalà Joventut		Philips Milano	Estudiantes Caja Postal
1992–93 Details		Limoges CSP	59–55	Benetton Treviso		PAOK	Real Madrid Teka
1993–94 Details		7up Joventut	59–57	Olympiacos		Panathinaikos	Banca Catalana FC Barcelona
1994–95 Details		Real Madrid Teka	73–61	Olympiacos		Panathinaikos	Limoges CSP
1995–96 Details		Panathinaikos	67–66	Banca Catalana FC Barcelona		CSKA Moscow	Real Madrid Teka
1996–97 Details		Olympiacos	73–58	Banca Catalana FC Barcelona		Smelt Olimpija	ASVEL
1997–98 Details		Kinder Bologna	58–44	AEK		Benetton Treviso	Partizan
1998–99 Details		Žalgiris	82–74	Kinder Bologna		Olympiacos	Teamsystem Bologna
1999–00 Details		Panathinaikos	73–67	Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv		Efes Pilsen	FC Barcelona
2000–01 Details		Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv	81–67	Panathinaikos		Efes Pilsen	CSKA Moscow
2000–01 Details		Kinder Bologna	3–2 play-off	Tau Cerámica		Paf Wennington Bologna and AEK
2001–02 Details		Panathinaikos	89–83	Kinder Bologna		Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv and Benetton Treviso
2002–03 Details		FC Barcelona	76–65	Benetton Treviso		Montepaschi Siena	CSKA Moscow
2003–04 Details		Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv	118–74	Skipper Bologna		CSKA Moscow	Montepaschi Siena
2004–05 Details		Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv	90–78	Tau Cerámica		Panathinaikos	CSKA Moscow
2005–06 Details		CSKA Moscow	73–69	Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv		Tau Cerámica	Winterthur FC Barcelona
2006–07 Details		Panathinaikos	93–91	CSKA Moscow		Unicaja	Tau Cerámica
2007–08 Details		CSKA Moscow	91–77	Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv		Montepaschi Siena	Tau Cerámica
2008–09 Details		Panathinaikos	73–71	CSKA Moscow		Regal FC Barcelona	Olympiacos
2009–10 Details		Regal FC Barcelona	86–68	Olympiacos		CSKA Moscow	Partizan
2010–11 Details		Panathinaikos	78–70	Maccabi Electra Tel Aviv		Montepaschi Siena	Real Madrid
2011–12 Details		Olympiacos	62–61	CSKA Moscow		FC Barcelona Regal	Panathinaikos
2012–13 Details		Olympiacos	100–88	Real Madrid		CSKA Moscow	FC Barcelona Regal
2013–14 Details		Maccabi Electra Tel Aviv	98–86 (OT)	Real Madrid		FC Barcelona	CSKA Moscow
2014–15 Details		Real Madrid	78–59	Olympiacos		CSKA Moscow	Fenerbahçe Ülker
2015–16 Details		CSKA Moscow	101–96 (OT)	Fenerbahçe		Lokomotiv Kuban	Laboral Kutxa
2016–17 Details		Fenerbahçe	80–64	Olympiacos		CSKA Moscow	Real Madrid
2017–18 Details		Real Madrid	85–80	Fenerbahçe Doğuş		Žalgiris	CSKA Moscow

Titles by club

Further information: FIBA European Champions Cup and EuroLeague records and statistics and EuroLeague clubs performance comparison

Rank	Club	Titles	Runner-up	Champion years
1.	Real Madrid	10	8	1963–64, 1964–65, 1966–67, 1967–68, 1973–74, 1977–78, 1979–80, 1994–95, 2014–15, 2017–18
2.	CSKA Moscow	7	6	1960–61, 1962–63, 1968–69, 1970–71, 2005–06, 2007–08, 2015–16
3.	Maccabi Tel Aviv	6	9	1976–77, 1980–81, 2000–01, 2003–04, 2004–05, 2013–14
4.	Panathinaikos	6	1	1995–96, 1999–00, 2001–02, 2006–07, 2008–09, 2010–11
5.	Varese	5	5	1969–70, 1971–72, 1972–73, 1974–75, 1975–76
6.	Olympiacos	3	5	1996–97, 2011–12, 2012–13
7.	Olimpia Milano	3	2	1965–66, 1986–87, 1987–88
8.	Rīgas ASK	3	1	1958, 1958–59, 1959–60
-	Split	3	1	1988–89, 1989–90, 1990–91
10.	FC Barcelona	2	5	2002–03, 2009–10
11.	Virtus Bologna	2	3	1997–98, 2000–01
12.	Cantù	2		1981–82, 1982–83
-	Cibona	2		1984–85, 1985–86
14.	Fenerbahçe	1	2	2016–17
15.	Dinamo Tbilisi	1	1	1961–62
-	Joventut Badalona	1	1	1993–94
-	Žalgiris	1	1	1998–99
18.	Bosna	1		1978–79
-	Virtus Roma	1		1983–84
-	Partizan	1		1991–92
-	Limoges CSP	1		1992–93
22.	Academic		2
-	Brno		2
-	Treviso		2
-	Baskonia		2
26.	USK Praha		1
-	AEK		1
-	Fortitudo Bologna		1

Titles by nation

Rank	Country	Titles	Runners-up
1	Spain	13 Real Madrid (10), FC Barcelona (2), Joventut Badalona (1)	16 Real Madrid (8), FC Barcelona (5), Baskonia (2), Joventut Badalona (1)
2	Italy	13 Varese (5), Olimpia Milano (3), Cantù (2), Virtus Bologna (2), Virtus Roma (1)	13 Varese (5), Virtus Bologna (3), Olimpia Milano (2), Treviso (2), Fortitudo Bologna (1)
3	Greece	9 Panathinaikos (6), Olympiacos (3)	7 Olympiacos (5), AEK (1), Panathinaikos (1)
4	Soviet Union	8 CSKA Moscow (4), Rīgas ASK (3), Dinamo Tbilisi (1)	6 CSKA Moscow (3), Dinamo Tbilisi (1), Rīgas ASK (1), Žalgiris (1)
5	Yugoslavia	7 Split (3), Cibona (2), Bosna (1), Partizan (1)	1 Split (1)
6	Israel	6 Maccabi Tel Aviv (6)	9 Maccabi Tel Aviv (9)
7	Russia	3 CSKA Moscow (3)	3 CSKA Moscow (3)
8	Turkey	1 Fenerbahçe (1)	2 Fenerbahçe (2)
9	France	1 Limoges CSP (1)
	Lithuania	1 Žalgiris (1)
11	Czechoslovakia		3 Brno (2), USK Praha (1)
12	Bulgaria		2 Academic (2)

Records

See also: EuroLeague records

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  Real Madrid has been the most successful team, having won the competition a record ten times.^[19]
  


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  Split (1988–89, 1989–90, 1990–91), is the only team to have won the competition three times in a row, in the modern EuroLeague Final Four era (1987–88 season to present).


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  Rīgas ASK, as a Soviet League club in the late 1950s and early 1960s (1958, 1958–59, 1959–60), is the only team to have won the competition three times in a row, in the pre-EuroLeague Final Four era.


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  Real Madrid (1963–64, 1964–65) & (1966–67, 1967–68), along with Varese (1971–72, 1972–73) & (1974–75, 1975–76), are the only teams to have won the European Championship twice in a row, on two separate occasions, in the pre-modern EuroLeague Final Four era.


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  Cantù (1981–82, 1982–83), Cibona (1984–85, 1985–86), and Olimpia Milano (1986–87, 1987–88), are the other three teams to have won the European Championship twice in a row (only for one time), in the pre-modern EuroLeague Final Four era.


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  Maccabi Tel Aviv (2003–04, 2004–05), and Olympiacos (2011–12, 2012–13), are the only teams to have won the EuroLeague twice in a row, becoming back-to-back EuroLeague champions in the Euroleague Basketball era (2000–01 season to present).


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  Istanbul is the only city, from which nine different clubs have played in the competition: Beşiktaş, Darüşşafaka, Eczacıbaşı, Efes, Fenerbahçe, Galatasaray, Istanbul Technical University, Modaspor, and Ülker have participated in the EuroLeague, followed by Athens, with seven different clubs: AEK, Maroussi, Olympiacos, Panathinaikos, Panellinios, Panionios, and Peristeri.


• Although Israel is located in the Middle East, its teams play in the EuroLeague, as its national federation is a member of FIBA Europe and its top professional league is a member of ULEB. (Similarly, the Israel Football Association is a member of UEFA, enabling its national team and clubs to play in UEFA competitions.)


• In a small area of less than 40 km² (25 mi²), north of Milan, there are 3 clubs that have won a total of 10 FIBA European Champions' Cups, and played in a total of 16 finals: Pallacanestro Varese (5), Olimpia Milano (3) and Cantù (2).


• The record score differential for a EuroLeague Finals game was achieved at the 2004 Finals, in Tel Aviv, where the home club, Maccabi Elite, defeated Skipper Bologna, by a score of 118–74 (a 44-point difference).


• A crowd of 22,567, which filled Belgrade Arena on 5 March 2009, for a 2008–09 season Top 16 game between Partizan and Panathinaikos is the league's official all seated attendance record.^[20] Before that, a crowd of 19,700 all seated fans occurred at a Panathinaikos home game at the Olympic Indoor Hall, in Athens, against Tau Cerámica, on 12 April 2006, during the 2005–06 third quarterfinal playoff game.


• The most points ever scored in a single game in the league is 99 points, by Radivoj Korać of OKK Beograd, on January 14, 1965, during the 1964–65 season, in a game against Alvik.^[21]
  


• The most points ever scored in a single EuroLeague Finals game is 47 points, in the 1978–79 season, by Žarko Varajić of Bosna, in a game against Emerson Varese, on April 5, 1979.^[22]
  

EuroLeague awards

See also: EuroLeague awards

Statistical leaders

See also: EuroLeague individual statistics

All-time leaders

Main article: EuroLeague career stats leaders since the 2000–01 season

Since the beginning of the 2000–01 season (Euroleague Basketball era):

	Average		Accumulated
Points	Alphonso Ford	22.22	Juan Carlos Navarro	4,152
Rebounds	Joseph Blair	10.05	Felipe Reyes	1,734
Assists	Thomas Heurtel	5.72	Vassilis Spanoulis	1,287
Steals	Manu Ginóbili	2.73	Dimitris Diamantidis	434
Blocks	Grigorij Khizhnyak	3.19	Fran Vázquez	249
Index Rating	Anthony Parker	21.41	Juan Carlos Navarro	3,890

Individual performances

Main article: EuroLeague individual highs

EuroLeague versus NBA games

Main article: EuroLeague versus NBA games

Media coverage

Main article: List of EuroLeague broadcasters

The EuroLeague season is broadcast on television, and can be seen in up to 201 countries and territories.^[23] It can be seen by up to 245 million (800 million via satellite) households weekly in China.^[24] It is also televised in the United States and Canada on NBA TV, and available online through ESPN3 (in English) and ESPN Deportes (in Spanish). The EuroLeague Final Four is broadcast on television in up to 213 countries and territories.^[25]

The EuroLeague also has its own internet pay TV service, called EuroLeague TV.

Sponsors

Title sponsor

• Turkish Airlines

Premium partners

• 7DAYS


• Adidas


• Tempobet (only in Germany)


• FONBET (only in Russia)


• Nesine (only in Turkey)


• 
  bwin (Greece&Spain)

Global partners VODA VODA viagogo Detur Upper Deck DraftKings Kyocera VTB Arena Park VTB AX Armani Exchange Intersport Spalding Tadim

Regional partners Odeabank (only in Turkey) Head & Shoulders (only in Turkey) SEK (only in Turkey) Oscar Mayer (only in Spain) Endesa (only in Spain) youwin.tv Global partners of the Final Four Efes Acıbadem

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See also

• 
  Basketball portal
  

• 50 Greatest EuroLeague Contributors (2008)


• EuroLeague Awards


• EuroLeague Basketball 2001–10 All-Decade Team


• Euroleague Basketball Manager


• EuroLeague Finals


• EuroLeague Final Four


• EuroLeague Women


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• FIBA EuroStars


• FIBA Festival


• Rosters of the top basketball teams in European club competitions


• NBA 2K14

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