Basketball Champions League rankings

The country coefficient is used to rank the basketball leagues of Europe, and thus determine the maximum number of clubs from an association that will participate in the Basketball Champions League.

This coefficient is determined by the results of the clubs of the leagues in the Basketball Champions League games over the past three seasons. Two points are awarded for each win by a club since the regular season. The number of points awarded each season is divided by the number of teams that participated for that association in that season. This number is then rounded up to one decimal place (e.g. 2⅔ would be rounded to 2.7).

Bonus points are added to the number of points scored in a season. Bonus points are allocated for:[1]

• Clubs that are eliminated in the qualifying rounds (1 bonus point for the first round, 2 for the second round and 4 for the third round if it is played)
• Clubs that qualify for the regular season of the Champions League (5 bonus points).
• Clubs that qualify for the round of 16 of the Champions League (5 bonus points).
• Clubs that qualify for the quarterfinals of the Champions League (3 bonus points).
• Clubs that qualify for the Final Four of the Champions League (4 bonus points and 1 additional point if finishes third, 2 if second and 4 if it wins the competition).

Current ranking

The ranking below takes into account of each league's performance in European competitions from 2015–16 to 2019–20, with the 2019–20 season currently taking place.

As of 11 March 2020 the ranking is as follows:[2]

Ranking	League	Coefficient				Teams
		2017–18	2018–19	2019–20	Total
1	Spain	24.75	25.00	29.25	79.00	3/4
2	Czech Republic	32.00	8.67	38.00	78.67	1/1
3	Greece	28.33	24.75	24.33	77.42	1/3
4	France	33.00	23.50	19.33	75.83	1/3
5	Turkey	29.00	20.00	24.75	73.75	1/4
6	Germany	31.00	21.00	20.67	72.67	0/3
7	Italy	16.50	25.75	23.50	65.75	0/2
8	Israel	11.00	21.00	26.50	58.50	1/2
9	Russia	5.67	15.00	30.00	50.67	1/1
10	Belgium	8.33	21.00	20.50	49.83	1/2
11	Lithuania	13.33	14.00	20.50	47.83	0/2
12	Latvia	17.00	17.00	4.50	38.50	0/2
13	Poland	15.50	8.50	8.67	32.67	0/3
14	Hungary	4.00	1.00	17.00	22.00	0/1
15	Slovenia	13.00	7.00	0.00	20.00	0/0
16	Montenegro	2.00	0.00	13.00	15.00	0/1
17	Switzerland	0.00	11.00	2.00	13.00	0/1
18	Finland	4.00	4.00	2.00	10.00	0/1
19	Netherlands	4.00	2.00	1.00	7.00	0/1
	Bulgaria	4.00	2.00	1.00	7.00	0/1
21	Belarus	4.00	1.00	1.00	6.00	0/1
22	Denmark	2.00	2.00	1.00	5.00	0/1
	Portugal	2.00	1.00	2.00	5.00	0/1
24	Romania	2.00	1.00	1.00	4.00	0/1
	Ukraine	2.00	0.00	2.00	4.00	0/1
	Cyprus	1.00	1.00	2.00	4.00	0/1
	Sweden	1.00	1.00	2.00	4.00	0/1
28	Kosovo	1.00	1.00	1.00	3.00	0/1
29	Austria	1.00	0.00	1.00	2.00	0/1
	Georgia	1.00	1.00	0.00	2.00	0/0
	Estonia	2.00	0.00	0.00	2.00	0/0
32	Slovakia	0.00	0.00	1.00	1.00	0/1
	Great Britain	0.00	1.00	0.00	1.00	0/0
	Bosnia and Herzegovina	1.00	0.00	0.00	1.00	0/0
	North Macedonia	1.00	0.00	0.00	1.00	0/0
— (NR)	Albania	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0/0
	Armenia	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0/0
	Azerbaijan	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0/0
	Croatia	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0/0
	Iceland	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0/0
	Ireland	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0/0
	Luxembourg	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0/0
	Malta	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0/0
	Moldova	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0/0
	Norway	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0/0
	Serbia	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0/0

  Indicates active countries which have all their teams still competing in this year's Basketball Champions League.

  Indicates active countries which have some teams still competing in this year's Basketball Champions League.

  Indicates countries which have no teams remaining in this year's Basketball Champions League.

^NR No rank (league did not enter in any of the seasons used for computing coefficients)

Top leagues by period

The following data indicates the three top-ranked leagues in each three-year period.

Years 1st Place Coeff. 2nd Place Coeff. 3rd Place Coeff. 2016–2019 Liga ACB 101.75 LNB Pro A 91.25 Super League 90.75

The table shows the ranking of nations with respect to the total number of years in the top three of the rankings:

League	1st	2nd	3rd	Total
Liga ACB	1	0	0	1
LNB Pro A	0	1	0	1
Basketball Super League	0	0	1	1

The club coefficient is either the sum of the points earned by the club in the Basketball Champions League over the previous three seasons.[1]

The clubs receive two points for a win since the regular season and no points for a defeat in games of the main stages of the tournament.

Qualifying round results are only taken into account for bonus points.

This ranking is used by the BCL to determine a club's seeding in club competition draws.

Current ranking

The top 25 clubs as of 11 March 2020 are as follows:[3]

Ranking	Club	League	Coefficient
			2017–18	2018–19	2019–20	Total
1	Canarias	Spain	36	49	34	119
	AEK Athens	Greece	46	41	32	119
3	Bandırma	Turkey	37	28	26	91
4	Nymburk	Czech Republic	32	13	38	83
4	Beşiktaş	Turkey	31	28	24	83
6	Hapoel Jerusalem	Israel	0	43	36	79
7	Murcia	Spain	40	38	0	78
8	Neptūnas	Lithuania	26	26	17	69
	PAOK	Greece	26	28	15	69
10	SIG Strasbourg	France	34	21	13	68
11	Oostende	Belgium	17	19	28	64
12	Nanterre 92	France	28	35	0	63
13	Nizhny Novgorod	Russia	2	29	30	61
14	Bamberg	Germany	0	41	19	60
15	Telekom Baskets	Germany	15	17	26	58
16	Antwerp Giants	Belgium	4	40	13	57
17	Riesen Ludwigsburg	Germany	45	11	0	56
18	Reyer Venezia	Italy	21	32	0	53
	Monaco	France	53	0	0	53
20	Dinamo Sassari	Italy	19	0	32	51
21	Virtus Bologna	Italy	0	50	0	50
22	Bayreuth	Germany	34	15	0	49
23	Hapoel Holon	Israel	11	19	17	47
24	JDA Dijon	France	0	13	30	43
25	Lietkabelis	Lithuania	0	15	24	39

  Indicates teams still active in this year's Basketball Champions League.

  Indicates teams no longer active in this year's Basketball Champions League.

  Indicates teams that do not take part in this year's Basketball Champions League.

Top club by period

The following data indicate the top-ranked clubs in each 3-year period.

Years Club Coeff. 2016–2019 Canarias 137

Top-rated clubs listed by number of times they were top-ranked over a 3-year period:

Rank	Club	Total
1	Canarias	1

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