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2024–25 EuroLeague Women

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EuroLeague Women
Season2024–25
DatesQualifying:
18–25 September 2024
Regular season:
9 October 2024 – 28 January 2025
Play Ins:
19–26 February 2025
Final Six:
9–13 April 2025
TeamsCompetition proper: 16
Total: 19 (from 9 countries)

The 2024–25 EuroLeague Women is the 67th edition of the European women's club basketball championship organized by FIBA, and the 28th edition since being rebranded as the EuroLeague Women. Fenerbahçe Opet are the two-time defending champions.

Format

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Starting this season, a new format will be introduced after FIBA Europe announced a change to the format on 10 May 2024.[1] On 15 May 2024, the format was explained.[2]

  • Regular season (First round)

After the qualifiers, 16 teams will be split into 4 groups of four, where the top three from each group advances to the second round. The fourth place teams drop down to the EuroCup Women knockout stage. The advancing teams' records from the first round are carried over into the next round.

  • Regular season (Second round)

The 12 remaining teams form 2 groups of six and will play the teams they have not played in the first round. In both groups, the top 2 will play the Semi-Final play-ins while 3rd and 4th play the Quarter-Final play-ins. The teams who finish fifth and sixth are eliminated.

  • Play Ins

The play ins will decide who makes the final six and where each team will start in the final six. The top 2 play the Semi-Final play-ins and the third and fourth teams play the Quarter-Final play-ins. Both play ins are played in a home and away aggregate format. The higher-seeded teams play the second leg at home.

The winners of the Semi-Final play-ins will automatically progress to the semifinals of the final six, while the victors of the Quarter-Final play-ins will reach the quarterfinals of the final six. The losers of the Quarter-Final play-ins are eliminated.

  • Final Six

The final six is held in a centralised venue and decide the champion. The losers of the Semi-Final play-ins plus the winners of the Quarter-Final play-ins contest the quarterfinals. The two winners move on to the semifinals to play the teams who automatically qualify for this round. Whoever triumphs in the semifinals reach the final while the losers play the third place match.

Rankings

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The results were based on the results of the past three seasons.[3]

  • Associations 1–4 can have three teams qualify.
  • Associations 5–8 each have two teams qualify.
  • Associations 9–10 each have one team qualify directly into the regular season.
  • Associations below the top 10 can have one team qualify for the qualification round.

If a club who qualified for the regular season doesn't take the place, it will be given to another club who entered.

Teams

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The teams were announced on 5 July 2024.[5][6] League positions of the previous season shown in parentheses (TH EL: EuroLeague Women title holders).[7] Also, S means that the team in the qualifying round was seeded.

Regular season
Czech Republic ZVVZ USK Praha (1st) Italy Beretta Famila Schio (2nd)
France ESB Villeneuve-d'Ascq (1st) Poland KGHM BC Polkowice (1st)
France Tango Bourges Basket (CW, 5th) Spain Valencia Basket (1st)
Greece Olympiacos SFP (1st) Spain Perfumerias Avenida (2nd)
Hungary DVTK HUN-Therm (1st) Turkey Fenerbahçe OpetTH EL (1st)
Hungary Uni Győr (2nd) Turkey CBK Mersin (2nd)
Italy Umana Reyer Venezia (1st)
Qualifying round
Czech Republic Žabiny Brno (2nd) Romania CMS Constanța (1st)
France Basket Landes S (2nd) Spain Casademont Zaragoza S (3rd)
Hungary TARR KSC Szekszárd S (3rd) Turkey Beşiktaş (3rd)

Round and draw dates

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Schedule

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Phase Round Round date[8]
Qualification round First Leg 17–18 September 2024
Second Leg 24–25 September 2024
Regular season
(First Round)
Matchday 1 9–10 October 2024
Matchday 2 16–17 October 2024
Matchday 3 23–24 October 2024
Matchday 4 29–30 October 2024
Matchday 5 20–21 November 2024
Matchday 6 27 November 2024
Regular season
(Second Round)
Matchday 7 11 December 2024
Matchday 8 18 December 2024
Matchday 9 8 January 2025
Matchday 10 15 January 2025
Matchday 11 22 January 2025
Matchday 12 28 January 2025
Play Ins First Leg 19 February 2025
Second Leg 26 February 2025
Final Six Quarterfinals 9 April 2025
Semifinals 11 April 2025
Final 13 April 2025

Draw

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The seeding was announced on 15 July 2024.[9] The draw took place in Munich, Germany on the 18 July 2024.[10] Only a maximum of one club from the same country can be in the same regular season group.

Seed 1 Seed 2 Seed 3 Seed 4
Turkey Fenerbahçe
Czech Republic ZVVZ USK Praha
Turkey CBK Mersin
Spain Perfumerias Avenida
Italy Beretta Famila Schio
France ESB Villeneuve-d'Ascq
France Tango Bourges Basket
Spain Valencia Basket
Italy Umana Reyer Venezia
Hungary DVTK HUN-Therm
Poland KGHM BC Polkowice
Greece Olympiacos SFP
Hungary Uni Győr
N/A Qualifier 1[a]
N/A Qualifier 2[b]
N/A Qualifier 3[c]
  1. ^ The eventual team in this slot was Czech Republic Žabiny Brno.
  2. ^ The eventual team in this slot was Spain Casademont Zaragoza.
  3. ^ The eventual team in this slot was France Basket Landes.

Qualification round

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The winners advance to the regular season, while the losers drop down to the EuroCup regular season.[10]

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Žabiny Brno Czech Republic 147–139 Hungary TARR KSC Szekszárd 67–66 80–73
CMS Constanța Romania 109–146 Spain Casademont Zaragoza 57–75 52–71
Beşiktaş Turkey 128–164 France Basket Landes 70–84 58–80

Regular season

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If teams are level on record at the end of the regular season, tiebreakers are applied in the following order:


  1. Head-to-head record
  2. Head-to-head point differential
  3. Head-to-head points scored
  4. Point differential for the entire regular season
  5. Points scored for the entire regular season


Overall, eight countries are present in the regular season, with the only difference being Greece taking the of Romania. For the first time since 2014–15, Czech Republic will have two teams in the regular season.

First round

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Group A

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Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification SCH AVE LAN DVTK
1 Italy Beretta Famila Schio 4 3 1 298 257 +41 7 Second round 92–58 64–60
2 Spain Perfumerias Avenida 4 2 2 276 287 −11 6 69–79 81–52
3 France Basket Landes 4 2 2 233 255 −22 6 55–54
4 Hungary DVTK HUN-Therm 4 1 3 244 252 −8 5 EuroCup Women 70–63 64–68 56–66
Updated to match(es) played on 31 October 2024. Source: FIBA
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Points difference; 3) Points scored.

Group B

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Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification MER TAN ZAB OLY
1 Turkey CBK Mersin (Q) 4 4 0 326 283 +43 8 Second round 80–76 88–74
2 France Tango Bourges Basket 4 2 2 321 280 +41 6 66–77 91–70
3 Czech Republic Žabiny Brno (Q) 4 2 2 313 304 +9 6 92–61
4 Greece Olympiacos SFP 4 0 4 245 338 −93 4 EuroCup Women 67–81 53–88 64–77
Updated to match(es) played on 31 October 2024. Source: FIBA
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Points difference; 3) Points scored.
(Q) Qualified for the phase indicated

Group C

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Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification FEN CAS POL VIL
1 Turkey Fenerbahçe Opet (Q) 4 4 0 350 279 +71 8 Second round 84–64 95–75
2 Spain Casademont Zaragoza (Q) 4 3 1 281 273 +8 7 76–73 95–75
3 Poland KGHM BC Polkowice 4 1 3 314 301 +13 5 88–90 63–72 90–63
4 France ESB Villeneuve-d'Ascq 4 0 4 243 335 −92 4 EuroCup Women 52–81 53–69
Updated to match(es) played on 31 October 2024. Source: FIBA
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Points difference; 3) Points scored.
(Q) Qualified for the phase indicated

Group D

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Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification REY VAL PRA GYO
1 Italy Umana Reyer Venezia (Q) 4 3 1 303 280 +23 7 Second round 75–67 66–86 82–68
2 Spain Valencia Basket (Q) 4 3 1 288 260 +28 7 82–60 74–59
3 Czech Republic ZVVZ USK Praha 4 2 2 294 281 +13 6 64–67 82–62
4 Hungary Uni Győr 4 0 4 254 318 −64 4 EuroCup Women 59–80
Updated to match(es) played on 31 October 2024. Source: FIBA
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Points difference; 3) Points scored.
(Q) Qualified for the phase indicated

Second round

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Group E

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Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification Team 1 Team 2 Team 3 Team 4 Team 5 Team 6
1 Team 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Semifinal play in
2 Team 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Team 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Quarterfinal play in
4 Team 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Team 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Team 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: FIBA
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Points difference; 3) Points scored.

Group F

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Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification Team 1 Team 2 Team 3 Team 4 Team 5 Team 6
1 Team 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Semifinal play in
2 Team 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Team 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Quarterfinal play in
4 Team 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Team 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Team 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: FIBA
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Points difference; 3) Points scored.

Play ins

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Final six

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Bracket

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QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
 
          
 
 
 
 
11 April
 
 
 
 
9 April
 
 
 
 
 
13 April
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
11 April
 
 
 
 
9 April
 
 Third place
 
 
 
13 April
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Awards

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EuroLeague MVP

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Player Team Ref.

EuroLeague Final Four MVP

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Player Team Ref.

All-EuroLeague Teams

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First Team Second Team

Defensive Player of the Year

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Player Team Ref.

Young Player of the Year

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Player Team Ref.

Coach of the Year

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Player Team Ref.

Best Play of the Season

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Player Team Ref.

Club Excellence Award

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Player Team Ref.

MVP of the Month

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Month Player Team Ref.
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Team of the Month

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12 N/A
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Final Six
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See also

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References

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  1. ^ "FIBA Europe Board convenes in Portoroz, approves reshaping of EuroLeague Women". FIBA.basketball.
  2. ^ "New EuroLeague Women format explained". FIBA.basketball.
  3. ^ https://assets.fiba.basketball/image/upload/euroleague-women-208858-regulations.pdf
  4. ^ "Country Ranking". FIBA.basketball.
  5. ^ "EuroLeague Women confirms participating clubs for 2024-25 season". FIBA.basketball.
  6. ^ Peštálová, Barbora (July 5, 2024). "Žabiny zpátky v Eurolize? Postup chtějí urvat v kvalifikaci". Žabiny Brno.
  7. ^ "EuroLeague Women announces list of participants for 2023-24 campaign". FIBA.basketball.
  8. ^ https://assets.fiba.basketball/image/upload/euroleague-women-208858-regulations.pdf
  9. ^ "Seedings set for 2024-25 Regular Season draw". FIBA.basketball.
  10. ^ a b "EuroLeague Women 2024-25 Regular Season groups, Qualifiers pairings drawn". FIBA.basketball.
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