European professional club basketball system

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The European professional club basketball system or European professional club basketball pyramid is a series of interconnected competitions for professional basketball clubs in Europe. The system has a hierarchical format with a promotion and demotion system between competitions at different levels. There are currently three different competitions on the pyramid – the 1st tier Euroleague, the 2nd tier Eurocup, and the 3rd tier FIBA Europe Cup. The 1st and 2nd tier competitions are organized by Euroleague Basketball Company, and the 3rd tier competition is organized by FIBA Europe.

The tier pyramid

The table below shows the tier structure of the pyramid for both the former FIBA era, and the current Euroleague Basketball era. Current competitions are indicated in green.

Evolution of the European basketball competitions

Year 1st tier 2nd tier 3rd tier 4th tier
1958 FIBA European Champions Cup
1958–59
1959–60
1960–61
1961–62
1962–63
1963–64
1964–65
1965–66 FIBA European Cup Winners' Cup
1966–67
1967–68
1968–69
1969–70
1970–71
1971–72 FIBA Korać Cup
1972–73
1973–74
1974–75
1975–76
1976–77
1977–78
1978–79
1979–80
1980–81
1981–82
1982–83
1983–84
1984–85
1985–86
1986–87
1987–88
1988–89
1989–90
1990–91
1991–92 FIBA European League FIBA European Cup
1992–93
1993–94
1994–95
1995–96
1996–97 FIBA Euroleague FIBA EuroCup
1997–98
1998–99 FIBA Saporta Cup
1999–2000
2000–01 FIBA SuproLeague
2000–01 Euroleague
2001–02
2002–03 ULEB Cup FIBA Europe Champions Cup
2003–04 FIBA Europe League FIBA Europe Cup
2004–05
2005–06 FIBA EuroCup FIBA EuroCup Challenge
2006–07
2007–08
2008–09 Eurocup EuroChallenge
2009–10
2010–11
2011–12
2012–13
2013–14
2014–15
2015–16 FIBA Europe Cup
2016-17

History

The evolution of the names of the various international European inter–continental and European inter–regional professional club basketball competitions (1990—2015):

  • 1990—1991:
    • FIBA European Champions' Cup
    • FIBA European Cup Winners' Cup (last season)
    • FIBA Korać Cup
  • 1991—1992:
    • FIBA European League ("FIBA Euro League") (previously named FIBA European Champions' Cup)
    • FIBA European Cup (previously named FIBA European Cup Winners' Cup)
    • FIBA Korać Cup
  • 1992—1993:
    • FIBA European League ("FIBA Euro League")
    • FIBA European Cup
    • FIBA Korać Cup
  • 1993—1994:
    • FIBA European League ("FIBA Euro League")
    • FIBA European Cup
    • FIBA Korać Cup
  • 1994—1995:
    • FIBA European League ("FIBA Euro League")
    • FIBA European Cup
    • FIBA Korać Cup
  • 1995—1996:
    • FIBA European League ("FIBA Euro League")
    • FIBA European Cup (last season)
    • FIBA Korać Cup
  • 1996—1997:
    • FIBA Euroleague (previously named FIBA European Championship ("FIBA Euro League"))
    • FIBA EuroCup (previously named FIBA European Cup)
    • FIBA Korać Cup
  • 1997—1998:
    • FIBA Euroleague
    • FIBA EuroCup (last season)
    • FIBA Korać Cup
  • 1998—1999:
    • FIBA Euroleague
    • FIBA Saporta Cup (previously named EuroCup)
    • FIBA Korać Cup
  • 1999—2000:
    • FIBA Euroleague (last FIBA Europe–sanctioned season)
    • FIBA Saporta Cup
    • FIBA Korać Cup
  • 2000—2001:
    • Euroleague (first Euroleague Basketball–sanctioned season)
    • FIBA SuproLeague (previously known as FIBA Euroleague, when it was still organized by FIBA Europe)
    • FIBA Saporta Cup
    • FIBA Korać Cup
  • 2001—2002:
    • Euroleague (combination of Euroleague Basketball and FIBA SuproLeague)
    • FIBA Saporta Cup (last season)
    • FIBA Korać Cup (last season)
    • Adriatic League (first season)
  • 2002—2003:
    • Euroleague
    • ULEB Cup (first season)
    • FIBA Europe Champions Cup (first season)
    • Adriatic League
  • 2003—2004:
    • Euroleague
    • ULEB Cup
    • FIBA Europe League (first season)
    • FIBA Europe Cup (previously named FIBA Europe Champions Cup)
    • Adriatic League
  • 2004—2005:
    • Euroleague
    • ULEB Cup
    • FIBA Europe League
    • FIBA Europe Cup
    • Adriatic League
    • Baltic League (first season)
  • 2005—2006:
    • Euroleague
    • ULEB Cup
    • FIBA EuroCup (previously named FIBA Europe League)
    • FIBA EuroCup Challenge (previously named FIBA Europe Cup)
    • Adriatic League
    • Baltic League
  • 2006—2007:
    • Euroleague
    • ULEB Cup
    • FIBA EuroCup
    • FIBA EuroCup Challenge (last season)
    • Adriatic League
    • Baltic League
  • 2007—2008:
    • Euroleague
    • ULEB Cup
    • FIBA EuroCup
    • Adriatic League
    • Baltic League
  • 2008—2009:
    • Euroleague
    • Eurocup (previously named ULEB Cup)
    • FIBA EuroChallenge (previously named FIBA EuroCup)
    • Adriatic League
    • Balkan International League (first season)
    • Baltic League
  • 2009—2010:
    • Euroleague
    • Eurocup
    • FIBA EuroChallenge
    • VTB United League (first season)
    • Adriatic League
    • Balkan International League
    • Baltic League
  • 2010—2011:
    • Euroleague
    • Eurocup
    • FIBA EuroChallenge
    • VTB United League
    • Adriatic League
    • Balkan International League
    • Baltic League
  • 2011—2012:
    • Euroleague
    • Eurocup
    • FIBA EuroChallenge
    • VTB United League
    • Adriatic League
    • Balkan International League
    • Baltic League
  • 2012—2013:
    • Euroleague
    • Eurocup
    • FIBA EuroChallenge
    • VTB United League
    • Adriatic League
    • Balkan International League
    • Baltic League
  • 2013—2014:
    • Euroleague
    • Eurocup
    • FIBA EuroChallenge
    • VTB United League
    • Adriatic League
    • Balkan International League
    • Baltic League
  • 2014—2015:
    • Euroleague
    • Eurocup
    • FIBA EuroChallenge (last season)
    • VTB United League
    • Adriatic League
    • Balkan International League
    • Baltic League
  • 2015—2016:
    • Euroleague
    • Eurocup
    • FIBA Europe Cup
    • VTB United League
    • Adriatic League
    • Balkan International League
    • Baltic League

There also have been a few other international club basketball competitions played in Europe, which do not exist anymore. Many others have changed their names multiple times.

See also

References

External links

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