2020–21 Basketball Champions League

The 2020–21 Basketball Champions League will be the fifth season of the Basketball Champions League (BCL), a European-wide professional basketball competition for clubs launched and managed by FIBA.

2020–21 Basketball Champions League
Competition details
Season 2020–21
Teams 44[1]
Dates TBA
2021–22 →

The start date of the season is not known yet as the previous season will be delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Teams

Country ranking

For the 2020–21 Basketball Champions League, the countries are allocated places according to their place on the Basketball Champions League rankings,[2] which takes into account their performance in European competitions from 2017–18 to 2019–20.[3]

Note: The play-offs of the 2019–20 season have yet to be completed, which can change the standings.
Country ranking for 2020–21 Basketball Champions League
Rank Country Points Teams Notes
1  Spain 79.00 4
2  Czech Republic 78.67 3
3  Greece 77.42
4  France 75.83
5  Turkey 73.75
6  Germany 72.67
7  Italy 65.75
8  Israel 58.50 2
9  Russia 50.67
10  Belgium 49.83
11  Lithuania 47.83
12  Latvia 38.50
13  Poland 32.67
14  Hungary 22.00 1
15  Slovenia 20.00
16  Montenegro 15.00
17   Switzerland 13.00
18  Finland 10.00
19  Netherlands 7.00
Rank Country Points Teams Notes
20  Bulgaria 7.00 1
21  Belarus 6.00
22  Denmark 5.00
23  Portugal 5.00
24  Romania 4.00
25  Ukraine 4.00
26  Cyprus 4.00
27  Sweden 4.00
28  Kosovo 3.00
29  Austria 2.00
30  Georgia 2.00
31  Estonia 2.00
32  Slovakia 2.00
33  Great Britain 1.00
34  Bosnia and Herzegovina 1.00
35  North Macedonia 1.00

Team allocation

44 teams will play in the 2020–21 Basketball Champions League.[4] The following list has not been fully confirmed.

  • Abd: Abandoned season because of the COVID-19 pandemic
  • 1st, 2nd, etc.: Place in the domestic competition
  • CLR: Teams qualified based on their Basketball Champions League rankings
  • Teams in bold have been confirmed.
  • Teams in italic are eligible because of their league position but have to be confirmed
Possible qualified teams for 2020–21 Basketball Champions League (by entry round)
Regular season
Pınar Karşıyaka (Abd-2nd)[5] Limoges CSP (WC) AEK (Abd-2nd)[6] Rytas (Abd-2nd)[7]
Galatasaray Doğa Sigorta (Abd-3rd)[8] Dinamo Sassari (Abd-2nd)[9] Peristeri (Abd-3rd)[6] Nizhny Novgorod (BCL PO)[6]
Tofaş (Abd-5th)[10] Happy Casa Brindisi (Abd-5th) MHP Riesen Ludwigsburg (1st/2nd) San Pablo Burgos (TBD)[6]
Darüşşafaka Tekfen (Abd-6th)[7] Fortitudo Bologna (WC)[11] EWE Baskets Oldenburg (4th)[12]
Türk Telekom (BCL QF)[13] Casademont Zaragoza (6th)[14] Filou Oostende (Abd-1st)[6]
JDA Dijon (CLR)[Note FRA] Iberostar Tenerife (7th)[15] ERA Nymburk (Abd-1st)[6]
Strasbourg (CLR)[Note FRA] RETAbet Bilbao (8th)[7] Hapoel Bank Yahav Jerusalem (TBD)[6]
Qualifying rounds
(number of rounds and teams to be announced)
Start Lublin (Abd-2nd)[16] Cholet (Abd-8th) [17] Hapoel Holon[6] Neptūnas (Abd-4th)[6]
Belfius Mons-Hainaut (Abd-2nd)[18] Brose Bamberg (5th-8th) VEF Riga (Abd-1st)[6] Parma (Abd-5th)[19]
Sporting CP (Abd-1st)[20] Bakken Bears (Abd-1st)[21] Falco (Abd-1st)[6] Opava (Abd-2nd)[6]
Balkan (Abd-1st)[6] Klosterneuburg Dukes (Abd-1st)[6] Salon Vilpas (Abd-1st)[6]
London Lions[22] (Abd-2nd) Borås (Abd-1st)[6] Fribourg Olympic (Abd-1st)[6] U-BT Cluj Napoca (Abd-1st)[23]
Sigal Prishtina (Abd-1st) Keravnos (Abd-1st)[6] Dnipro (Abd-1st)[24] Landstede Hammers (Abd-1st)[6]
Anwil Włocławek (Abd-3rd)[6] Igokea (Abd-1st)[6] Inter Bratislava (Abd-1st) Kalev/Cramo (Abd-1st)[6]
Notes
  1. ^
    France (FRA): The LNB ruled the 2019–20 Pro A season void without a classification. As a result, the BCL ruled that teams from France were selected on their BCL club rankings. JDA Dijon and SIG Strasbourg qualified as such.[25]

Applicants

The following clubs are known to have applied but are not assured of a spot based on sporting merits:

Unconfirmed
Hapoel Tel Aviv (TBD)[26] Juventus (Abd-5th)[27]
Aris (Abd-13th)[28] Donar (Abd-2nd)
Iraklis (Abd-7th) Kyiv-Basket (Abd-2nd)[29]

See also

References
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