European professional club basketball system

The European professional club basketball system or European professional club basketball pyramid is a series of interconnected competitions for professional basketball clubs in Europe. The system has a hierarchical format with a promotion and demotion system between competitions at different levels.

The tier pyramid

There are currently four different competitions on the pyramid – the 1st tier level EuroLeague, the 2nd tier level EuroCup, FIBA's self-anointed 2nd-tier level (which is disputed by Euroleague Basketball, which considers it as the 3rd-tier level) Champions League, and the 4th tier level FIBA Europe Cup. The EuroLeague and EuroCup competitions are organized by Euroleague Basketball, and the Champions League and FIBA Europe Cup competitions are organized by FIBA Europe.[1]

The tier levels

For the 2017–18 season, the European professional club basketball system is as follows:[1]

Level Competition
1 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague
(16 teams)
2
(disputed)		 7DAYS EuroCup
(24 teams)
3
(disputed)		 Champions League
(32 teams)
4 FIBA Europe Cup
(32 teams)

Evolution of the European basketball competitions

The table below shows the tier structure of the pyramid for both the former FIBA era, and the current Euroleague Basketball era. Current competitions are indicated in green.[1]

Years/Tiers 1st tier 2nd tier 3rd tier 4th tier
1958–1965 FIBA European Champions Cup
1965–1971 FIBA European Cup Winners' Cup
1971–1991 FIBA Korać Cup
1991–1996 FIBA European League FIBA European Cup
1996–1998 FIBA EuroLeague FIBA EuroCup
1998–2000 FIBA Saporta Cup
2000–2001 FIBA SuproLeague (disputed)
Euroleague (disputed)
2001–2002 Euroleague
2002–2003 ULEB Cup FIBA Europe Champions Cup
2003–2005 FIBA Europe League FIBA Europe Cup
2005–2007 FIBA EuroCup FIBA EuroCup Challenge
2007–2008
2008–2010 Eurocup EuroChallenge
2010–2015 Turkish Airlines Euroleague
2015–2016 FIBA Europe Cup
2016–present Turkish Airlines EuroLeague 7DAYS EuroCup (disputed) Champions League (disputed) FIBA Europe Cup

History

The evolution of the names of the various international European inter–continental and European inter–regional professional club basketball competitions (1990—2015):[1]

There also have been a few other international club basketball competitions played in Europe, which do not exist anymore. Many others have changed their names multiple times.

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "European Basketball Main Page - eurobasket". www.eurobasket.com. Retrieved 20 June 2017.
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