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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]

Country coefficient

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 2018–19 to 2020–21, with the 2020–21 season currently taking place.

As of 17 April 2021 the ranking is as follows:[2]

Ranking League Coefficient Teams
2018–19 2019–20 2020-21 Total
1 Spain Spain 25.00 37.00 30.50 92.50 3/4
2 Czech Republic Czech Republic 8.67 41.00 37.00 86.67 1/1
3 Russia Russia 15.00 30.00 34.00 79.00 1/1
4 Germany Germany 21.00 20.67 34.00 75.67 0/1
5 Greece Greece 24.75 28.67 21.00 74.42 0/3
6 Israel Israel 21.00 28.00 22.50 71.50 1/3
7 Italy Italy 25.75 23.50 20.33 69.58 0/3
8 Turkey Turkey 20.00 25.50 21.20 66.70 1/5
9 France France 23.50 24.00 17.50 65.00 1/4
10 Belgium Belgium 21.00 20.50 11.00 52.00 0/2
11 Lithuania Lithuania 14.00 20.50 11.00 45.50 0/2
12 Latvia Latvia 17.00 4.50 22.00 43.50 0/1
13 Hungary Hungary 1.00 17.00 14.00 32.00 0/1
14 Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.00 0.00 28.00 28.00 0/1
15 Poland Poland 8.50 8.67 5.00 22.17 0/2
16 Denmark Denmark 2.00 1.00 14.00 17.00 0/1
17 Belarus Belarus 1.00 1.00 11.00 13.00 0/1
18 Montenegro Montenegro 0.00 13.00 0.00 13.00 0/0
19 Switzerland Switzerland 11.00 2.00 0.00 13.00 0/1
20 Cyprus Cyprus 1.00 2.00 5.00 8.00 0/1
21 Slovenia Slovenia 7.00 0.00 0.00 7.00 0/0
22 Finland Finland 4.00 2.00 0.00 6.00 0/0
23 Bulgaria Bulgaria 2.00 1.00 0.00 3.00 0/1
24 Netherlands Netherlands 2.00 1.00 0.00 3.00 0/1
25 Sweden Sweden 1.00 2.00 0.00 3.00 0/0
26 Portugal Portugal 1.00 2.00 0.00 3.00 0/1
27 Romania Romania 1.00 1.00 0.00 2.00 0/1
28 Ukraine Ukraine 0.00 2.00 0.00 2.00 0/1
29 Kosovo Kosovo 1.00 1.00 0.00 2.00 0/0
30 Austria Austria 0.00 1.00 0.00 1.00 0/0
31 Slovakia Slovakia 0.00 1.00 0.00 1.00 0/0
32 United Kingdom Great Britain 1.00 0.00 0.00 1.00 0/1
33 Georgia (country) Georgia 1.00 0.00 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
Croatia Croatia 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0/0
Estonia Estonia 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
North Macedonia North Macedonia 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0/0
Norway Norway 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0/0
Serbia 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 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

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 2 0 0 2
France LNB Pro A 0 1 0 1
Greece Basket League 0 1 0 1
Turkey Basketball Super League 0 0 1 1
Czech Republic National Basketball League 0 0 1 1

Club ranking

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.

Round Points awarded
Champions League
First qualifying round elimination 1.0
Second qualifying round elimination 2.0
Third qualifying round elimination 4.0
Regular season participation 5.0
Win in group stage or subsequent round 2.0
Round of 16 participation 5.0
Quarter-finals participation 3.0
Final Four participation 4.0
Third place 1.0
Second place 2.0
Champion 4.0

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 Spain 36 49 34 119
AEK Athens Greece Greece 46 41 32 119
3 Bandırma Turkey Turkey 37 28 26 91
4 Nymburk Czech Republic Czech Republic 32 13 38 83
4 Beşiktaş Turkey Turkey 31 28 24 83
6 Hapoel Jerusalem Israel Israel 0 43 36 79
7 Murcia Spain Spain 40 38 0 78
8 Neptūnas Lithuania Lithuania 26 26 17 69
PAOK Greece Greece 26 28 15 69
10 SIG Strasbourg France France 34 21 13 68
11 Oostende Belgium Belgium 17 19 28 64
12 Nanterre 92 France France 28 35 0 63
13 Nizhny Novgorod Russia Russia 2 29 30 61
14 Bamberg Germany Germany 0 41 19 60
15 Telekom Baskets Germany Germany 15 17 26 58
16 Antwerp Giants Belgium Belgium 4 40 13 57
17 Riesen Ludwigsburg Germany Germany 45 11 0 56
18 Reyer Venezia Italy Italy 21 32 0 53
Monaco France France 53 0 0 53
20 Dinamo Sassari Italy Italy 19 0 32 51
21 Virtus Bologna Italy Italy 0 50 0 50
22 Bayreuth Germany Germany 34 15 0 49
23 Hapoel Holon Israel Israel 11 19 17 47
24 JDA Dijon France France 0 13 30 43
25 Lietkabelis Lithuania 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 Spain Canarias 137
2017–2020 Greece AEK Athens 132

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

Rank Club Total
1 Spain Canarias 1
1 Greece AEK Athens 1

References

  1. ^ a b c "Access List Principles". Basketball Champions League. Retrieved 16 October 2019.
  2. ^ "Country Ranking". Basketball Champions League. Retrieved 16 October 2019.
  3. ^ "Club Ranking". Basketball Champions League. Retrieved 16 October 2019.