Basketball Champions League
Current season, competition or edition: 2016–17 Basketball Champions League | |
| Sport | Basketball |
|---|---|
| Founded | 2016 |
| Inaugural season | 2016–17 |
| No. of teams | 32 |
| Confederation | FIBA Europe |
| Official website | Official website |
The Basketball Champions League is a proposed international basketball competition launched by FIBA Europe, to be contested by the European basketball clubs. The first tournament is due to commence in September 2016, with the aim to rival with Euroleague.
Creation and adoption
After the decission of the Euroleague to reduce its competition up to 16 teams, 11 of them with a 10-year franchise,[1] on 3 November 2015, FIBA confirmed the launching of a new European basketball club competition[2] with a qualification based in the sporting merit.[3]
Format
For more details on this topic, see 2016–17 Basketball Champions League#Format.
The competition is expected to be played by 32 countries, divided in four groups of eight teams. 16 teams would qualify to the playoffs where four teams will join the Final Four.[4]
See also
References
- ↑ "Euroleague Basketball A-licence clubs and IMG agree on 10-year joint venture". Euroleague Basketball. 10 November 2015. Retrieved 12 November 2015.
- ↑ "FIBA confirms launch of Basketball Champions League". FIBA Europe. 27 November 2015.
- ↑ "Basketball Champions League Working Groups make significant headway". FIBA. 28 January 2016.
- ↑ "FIBA to present the format of the new Basketball Champions League". Sportando. 27 January 2016. Retrieved 8 February 2016.
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