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Basketball Champions League rankings

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The Basketball Champions League rankings are the competition's criteria for ordering teams and leagues according to their performance with the aim to give an objective process for determining the participation of clubs each season.[1]

Ranking calculation

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The clubs receive 2 points for a win and no points for a defeat from the regular season and the following stages. Bonus points are added to the number of points scored in a season. Since the 2020–21 season, 3 points were awarded instead of 2 points for a regular season win due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the change of competition format.[1]

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 Play-in round of the Champions League (1 bonus point).
  • Clubs that qualify for the round of 16 of the Champions League (5 bonus points). Since the 2021–22 season, only the 8 group winners.
  • 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).

Country coefficient

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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. The number of points awarded each season is divided by the number of clubs 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).[1]

Current ranking

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The ranking below takes into account of each league's performance in European competitions from 2021–22 to 2023–24.

As of May 2024 the ranking is as follows:

Ranking

2024

Ranking

2023

League Coefficient Teams
2021–22 2022-23 2023-24 Total
1 1 Spain Spain 37.50 30.50 35.40 103.4 0/5
2 5 Israel Israel 19.67 28.33 23.67 71.67 0/3
3 3 France France 18.33 26.33 25.50 70.16 0/4
4 4 Turkey Turkey 23.60 17.80 23.80 65.20 0/5
5 9 Greece Greece 9.25 21.00 30.50 60.75 0/4
6 2 Germany Germany 18.00 21.00 21.50 60.50 0/4
7 8 Hungary Hungary 27.00 6.00 11.00 44.00 0/1
8 11 Romania Romania 38.00 2.00 1.00 41.00 0/1
9 14 Lithuania Lithuania 15.00 13.00 9.00 39.00 0/2
10 6 Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosnia and Herzegovina 17.00 15.00 5.00 37.00 0/1
11 15 Belgium Belgium 11.00 17.00 8.50 36.50 0/2
12 10 Italy Italy 12.67 11.00 9.75 33.42 0/4
13 13 Latvia Latvia 12.00 8.00 11.00 31.00 0/1
14 18 Portugal Portugal 1.00 18.00 8.00 27.00 0/1
15 16 Ukraine Ukraine 23.00 2.00 0.00 25.00 0/0
16 19 Poland Poland 8.00 8.00 6.50 22.50 0/2
17 7 Czech Republic Czech Republic 6.50 6.50 5.00 18.00 0/1
18 21 Estonia Estonia 11.00 1.00 1.00 13.00 0/1
19 17 Denmark Denmark 2.00 8.00 2.00 12.00 0/1
20 12 Russia Russia 7.50 0.00 0.00 7.50 0/0
21 23 Switzerland Switzerland 4.00 2.00 1.00 7.00 0/1
22 24 Netherlands Netherlands 2.00 2.00 2.00 6.00 0/1
23 33 Sweden Sweden 0.00 1.00 4.00 5.00 0/1
24 22 Cyprus Cyprus 1.00 2.00 2.00 5.00 0/1
25 25 Slovakia Slovakia 0.00 4.00 1.00 5.00 0/1
26 26 Serbia Serbia 0.00 4.00 1.00 5.00 0/1
27 27 Finland Finland 1.00 2.00 1.00 4.00 0/1
28 20 Belarus Belarus 4.00 0.00 0.00 4.00 0/0
29 31 Montenegro Montenegro 2.00 0.00 1.00 3.00 0/1
30 29 Austria Austria 1.00 2.00 0.00 3.00 0/1
31 35 Kosovo Kosovo 0.00 1.00 1.00 2.00 0/1
32 28 United Kingdom Great Britain 1.00 1.00 0.00 2.00 0/1
33 30 Croatia Croatia 2.00 0.00 0.00 2.00 0/0
34 36 Georgia (country) Georgia 0.00 0.00 1.00 1.00 0/1
35 32 Bulgaria Bulgaria 1.00 0.00 0.00 1.00 0/0
36 34 North Macedonia North Macedonia 0.00 1.00 0.00 1.00 0/0
(NR) Albania Albania 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0/0
Armenia Armenia 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0/0
Azerbaijan Azerbaijan 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0/0
Iceland Iceland 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0/0
Republic of Ireland Ireland 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0/0
Luxembourg Luxembourg 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0/0
Malta Malta 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0/0
Moldova Moldova 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0/0
Norway Norway 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0/0
Slovenia Slovenia 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

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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 Spain Liga ACB 101.75 France LNB Pro A 91.25 Turkey Super League 90.75
2017–2020 Spain Liga ACB 86.75 Greece Basket League 81.75 Czech Republic National Basketball League 81.67
2018–2021 Spain Liga ACB 105.50 Czech Republic National Basketball League 94.67 Russia VTB United League 87.00

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
Spain Liga ACB 3 0 0 3
Czech Republic National Basketball League 0 1 1 2
France LNB Pro A 0 1 0 1
Greece Basket League 0 1 0 1
Turkey Basketball Super League 0 0 1 1
Russia VTB United League 0 0 1 1

Club ranking

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The club coefficient is either the sum of the points earned by the club in the Basketball Champions League over the previous three seasons. This ranking is used by the BCL to determine a club's seeding in club competition draws.[1]

Current ranking

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The top 25 clubs as of May 2023 are as follows:[2]

Ranking Club League Points
2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 Total
1 Lenovo Tenerife Spain Spain 36 53 50 139
7 SIG Strasbourg France France 37 28 36 101
3 Hapoel Holon Israel Israel 33 41 26 100
4 Hapoel Bank Yahav Jerusalem Israel Israel 11 17 54 82
5 BAXI Manresa Spain Spain 0 48 33 81
6 Unicaja Spain Spain 0 29 49 78
7 AEK Greece Greece 27 8 38 73
8 Hereda San Pablo Burgos Spain Spain 53 20 0 73
9 Pınar Karşıyaka Turkey Turkey 42 17 12 71
10 Tofaş Turkey Turkey 24 33 12 69
11 JDA Dijon France France 17 25 26 68
12 Rytas Lithuania Lithuania 11 26 29 66
13 MHP Riesen Ludwigsburg Germany Germany 0 44 20 64
14 Telekom Baskets Bonn Germany Germany 0 0 62 62
15 Galatasaray Nef Turkey Turkey 8 27 24 59
16 ERA Nymburk Czech Republic Czech Republic 36 11 11 58
17 Igokea Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosnia and Herzegovina 24 17 15 56
18 Darüşşafaka Turkey Turkey 8 24 23 55
19 Falco Szombathely Hungary Hungary 14 27 11 52
20 Filou Oostende Belgium Belgium 11 21 17 49
21 Casademont Zaragoza Spain Spain 47 0 0 47
22 Nizhny Novgorod Russia Russia 33 11 0 44
23 Banco di Sardegna Sassari Italy Italy 21 8 11 40
24 U-BT Cluj-Napoca Romania Romania 1 38 0 39
25 VEF Rīga Latvia Latvia 18 12 8 38
  Indicates teams still active in this year's Basketball Champions League.
  Indicates teams still active in this year's Basketball Champions League qualifying rounds.
  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

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

Years Club Points
2016–2019 Spain Iberostar Tenerife 137
2017–2020 Greece AEK 132
2018–2021 Spain Lenovo Tenerife 133
2019–2022 Spain Lenovo Tenerife 123
2020–2023 Spain Lenovo Tenerife 139

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

Rank Club Total
1 Spain Lenovo Tenerife 4
2 Greece AEK 1

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b c d e "Access List Principles". Basketball Champions League. Retrieved 2 October 2021.
  2. ^ "Club Ranking". Basketball Champions League. Retrieved 16 May 2023.
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