2025–26 EuroCup Basketball

BKT EuroCup1
Season2025–26
Dates30 September 2025 – 1 May 2026
Teams20
Records
Biggest home winBahçeşehir Koleji 105–68 Veolia Towers Hamburg
(30 December 2025)
Biggest away winPanionios Cosmorama Travel 61–106 Türk Telekom
(21 January 2026)
Highest scoringNeptūnas 103–118 Umana Reyer Venezia
(2 January 2026)
Lowest scoringPanionios Cosmorama Travel 56–66 Cosea JL Bourg
(15 October 2025)
2026–27
1 Sponsored name, referring to BKT.

The 2025–26 EuroCup Basketball season will be the 24th season of Euroleague Basketball's secondary level professional club basketball tournament. It will be the 18th season since it was renamed from the ULEB Cup to the EuroCup, and the third season under the new title sponsorship name of BKT.[1] The season will begin on 30 September 2025 and will end at the latest on 1 May 2026 with the Finals.

Team allocation

A total of 20 teams from 13 countries are set to participate in the 2025–26 EuroCup season. On June 19, 2025, Euroleague Basketball confirmed the team list for this season.[2]

Teams

League positions after playoffs of the previous season shown in parentheses.

Notes
  1. ^
    ABA League (ABA): Budućnost VOLI and Cedevita Olimpija qualified through the ABA League.
  2. ^
    Israel (ISR): Hapoel Bank Yahav Jerusalem finished as finalist of the Israeli League that was cancelled before the last championship game of the Finals due to the Iran–Israel war.

Round and draw dates

The schedule of the competition will be as follows.[2][3]

Schedule for 2025–26 EuroCup Basketball
Phase Round Draw date First leg Second leg Third leg
Regular season Round 1 4 July 2025 30 September–1 October 2025
Round 2 7–8 October 2025
Round 3 14–15 October 2025
Round 4 21–22 October 2025
Round 5 28–29 October 2025
Round 6 4–5 November 2025
Round 7 11–12 November 2025
Round 8 18–19 November 2025
Round 9 4–5 December 2025
Round 10 9–10 December 2025
Round 11 16–17 December 2025
Round 12 30 December 2025–2 January 2026
Round 13 6–7 January 2026
Round 14 13–14 January 2026
Round 15 20–21 January 2026
Round 16 27–28 January 2026
Round 17 3–4 February 2026
Round 18 10–11 February 2026
Playoffs Eighthfinals 10–11 March 2026
Quarterfinals 17–18 March 2026
Semifinals 31 March 2026 3 April 2026 8 April 2026
Finals 22 April 2026 28 April 2026 1 May 2026

Draw

The draw was held on 4 July 2025 in Barcelona, Spain.[3][4]

The 20 teams were drawn into two groups of 10, with the restriction that teams from the same league could not be drawn against each other, except when there were more than two teams from the same league participating in the regular season. For the draw, the teams were seeded into 10 pots, in accordance with the Club Ranking, based on their performance in European competitions during a three-year period and the lowest possible position that any club from that league can occupy in the draw is calculated by adding the results of the worst performing team from each league.[3]

Pot 1
Team
Israel Hapoel Midtown Jerusalem
Turkey Türk Telekom
Pot 2
Team
France Cosea JL Bourg
Spain Baxi Manresa
Pot 3
Team
Germany ratiopharm Ulm
Romania U-BT Cluj-Napoca
Pot 4
Team
Turkey Beşiktaş Gain
Turkey Bahçeşehir Koleji
Pot 5
Team
Italy Umana Reyer Venezia
Montenegro Budućnost VOLI
Pot 6
Team
Greece Aris Betsson
Greece Panionios Cosmorama Travel
Pot 7
Team
Lithuania Lietkabelis
Lithuania Neptūnas
Pot 8
Team
Italy Dolomiti Energia Trento
Slovenia Cedevita Olimpija
Pot 9
Team
Germany Veolia Towers Hamburg
Germany Niners Chemnitz
Pot 10
Team
United Kingdom London Lions
Poland Śląsk Wrocław

The fixtures will be decided after the draw, using a computer draw not shown to public, with the following match sequence:[3]

Note: Positions for scheduling do not use the seeding pots, e.g., Team 1 is not necessarily the team from Pot 1 in the draw.

Round Matches
Round 1 10 v 5, 6 v 4, 7 v 3, 8 v 2, 9 v 1
Round 2 1 v 10, 2 v 9, 3 v 8, 4 v 7, 5 v 6
Round 3 10 v 6, 7 v 5, 8 v 4, 9 v 3, 1 v 2
Round 4 2 v 10, 3 v 1, 4 v 9, 5 v 8, 6 v 7
Round 5 10 v 7, 8 v 6, 9 v 5, 1 v 4, 2 v 3
Round 6 3 v 10, 4 v 2, 5 v 1, 6 v 9, 7 v 8
Round 7 10 v 8, 9 v 7, 1 v 6, 2 v 5, 3 v 4
Round 8 10 v 4, 5 v 3, 6 v 2, 7 v 1, 8 v 9
Round 9 9 v 10, 1 v 8, 2 v 7, 3 v 6, 4 v 5
Round Matches
Round 10 5 v 10, 4 v 6, 3 v 7, 2 v 8, 1 v 9
Round 11 10 v 1, 9 v 2, 8 v 3, 7 v 4, 6 v 5
Round 12 6 v 10, 5 v 7, 4 v 8, 3 v 9, 2 v 1
Round 13 10 v 2, 1 v 3, 9 v 4, 8 v 5, 7 v 6
Round 14 7 v 10, 6 v 8, 5 v 9, 4 v 1, 3 v 2
Round 15 10 v 3, 2 v 4, 1 v 5, 9 v 6, 8 v 7
Round 16 8 v 10, 7 v 9, 6 v 1, 5 v 2, 4 v 3
Round 17 4 v 10, 3 v 5, 2 v 6, 1 v 7, 9 v 8
Round 18 10 v 9, 8 v 1, 7 v 2, 6 v 3, 5 v 4

There will be scheduling restrictions: for example, teams from the same city in general will not be scheduled to play at home on the same round (to avoid them playing at home on the same day or on consecutive days, due to logistics and crowd control).[3]

Regular season

Location of teams of the 2025–26 EuroCup regular season.
Red: Group A; Green: Group B.

The regular season will begin on 30 September 2025 and will conclude on 11 February 2026. In each group, teams will play against each other home-and-away in a round-robin format where only six teams will advance to the playoffs. Moreover, the top two teams in each regular season group will receive first round playoff byes, skipping the eighthfinals to be placed directly into the quarterfinals. At the tail end of the standings, four teams from each group will be eliminated after the regular season.

Alongside 14 returning teams from last season, London Lions and Śląsk Wrocław returned to the EuroCup two years later, Neptūnas returned 10 years later, Panionios returned 12 years later, while Baxi Manresa and Niners Chemnitz will make their debut appearance in the EuroCup.

Group A

Standings

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Qualification
1 Israel Hapoel Midtown Jerusalem 18 13 5 1702 1506 +196 Advance to quarterfinals
2 Turkey Bahçeşehir Koleji 18 12 6 1593 1475 +118
3 Slovenia Cedevita Olimpija 18 12 6 1596 1413 +183 Advance to eighthfinals
4 Italy Umana Reyer Venezia 18 11 7 1593 1538 +55
5 Spain Baxi Manresa 18 11 7 1624 1619 +5
6 Romania U-BT Cluj-Napoca 18 9 9 1714 1657 +57
7 Greece Aris Betsson 18 8 10 1500 1593 −93
8 Lithuania Neptūnas 18 7 11 1637 1725 −88
9 Poland Śląsk Wrocław 18 5 13 1516 1680 −164
10 Germany Veolia Towers Hamburg 18 2 16 1472 1741 −269
Source: EuroCup
Rules for classification: All points scored in extra period(s) will not be counted in the standings, nor for any tie-break situation.

Results

Home \ Away ARI BKS MAN COL JLM NEP WKS UBT URV HAM
Aris Betsson Greece 76–86 79–86 60–89 77–96 83–64 85–78 88–98 90–86 98–76
Bahçeşehir Koleji Turkey 81–79 92–96 92–76 82–90 85–100 80–82 84–72 93–74 105–68
Baxi Manresa Spain 113–99 67–81 99–82 101–94 97–96 74–62 101–99 75–91 99–72
Cedevita Olimpija Slovenia 80–59 59–67 76–69 81–84 91–94 108–74 86–80 93–65 93–73
Hapoel Midtown Jerusalem Israel 103–76 82–94 105–69 84–99 110–93 86–69 114–104 98–66 86–76
Neptūnas Lithuania 87–93 86–91 100–87 85–104 98–92 103–87 102–107 103–118 97–88
Śląsk Wrocław Poland 107–113 99–91 90–96 81–114 72–115 95–85 94–93 92–104 92–81
U-BT Cluj-Napoca Romania 111–92 90–98 110–86 87–93 89–101 118–97 94–92 103–102 103–92
Umana Reyer Venezia Italy 81–85 94–85 97–93 86–84 83–80 89–69 103–76 90–83 90–55
Veolia Towers Hamburg Germany 89–92 85–106 94–116 74–88 85–100 94–98 99–96 76–95 95–87
Source: EuroCup
Legend: Blue = home team win; Red = away team win.
Matches with lighter background shading were decided after overtime.

Group B

Standings

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Qualification
1 Turkey Beşiktaş Gain 18 13 5 1666 1489 +177 Advance to quarterfinals
2 France Cosea JL Bourg 18 13 5 1495 1383 +112
3 Montenegro Budućnost VOLI 18 12 6 1598 1461 +137 Advance to eighthfinals
4 Turkey Türk Telekom 18 12 6 1562 1352 +210
5 Italy Dolomiti Energia Trento 18 11 7 1486 1513 −27
6 Germany Niners Chemnitz 18 9 9 1449 1458 −9
7 Germany ratiopharm Ulm 18 7 11 1470 1622 −152
8 United Kingdom London Lions 18 5 13 1335 1437 −102
9 Lithuania Lietkabelis 18 5 13 1415 1502 −87
10 Greece Panionios Cosmorama Travel 18 3 15 1349 1608 −259
Source: EuroCup
Rules for classification: All points scored in extra period(s) will not be counted in the standings, nor for any tie-break situation.

Results

Home \ Away BJK BUD JLB TRE LIE LDN NIN PAN ULM TTA
Beşiktaş Gain Turkey 96–74 90–60 97–83 94–85 99–73 93–88 101–83 97–76 91–81
Budućnost VOLI Montenegro 82–79 96–84 96–107 95–81 94–63 97–81 91–63 101–71 91–81
Cosea JL Bourg France 99–103 88–73 73–91 93–65 86–85 85–82 81–79 97–66 88–80
Dolomiti Energia Trento Italy 87–74 91–90 48–79 78–74 85–73 94–105 88–87 76–68 60–80
Lietkabelis Lithuania 85–79 91–98 73–86 93–94 61–74 79–85 89–62 94–98 74–100
London Lions United Kingdom 98–96 59–86 68–72 87–71 58–66 70–78 97–72 72–73 77–89
Niners Chemnitz Germany 97–95 71–84 88–82 81–67 86–67 67–68 73–68 89–78 63–87
Panionios Cosmorama Travel Greece 74–114 97–85 56–66 87–91 72–79 79–78 89–86 69–94 61–106
ratiopharm Ulm Germany 99–101 90–103 64–96 87–100 79–89 87–86 88–76 103–96 53–87
Türk Telekom Turkey 84–93 79–72 76–80 92–86 85–75 88–63 79–62 95–67 93–96
Source: EuroCup
Legend: Blue = home team win; Red = away team win.
Matches with lighter background shading were decided after overtime.

Playoffs

Bracket

Eighthfinals Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
France Cosea JL Bourg
Slovenia Cedevita Olimpija  
Germany Niners Chemnitz  
 
Israel Hapoel Midtown Jerusalem
Turkey Türk Telekom  
Spain Baxi Manresa  
 
Turkey Bahçeşehir Koleji
Montenegro Budućnost VOLI  
Romania U-BT Cluj-Napoca  
 
Turkey Beşiktaş Gain
Italy Umana Reyer Venezia Italy
Italy Dolomiti Energia Trento

Awards

All official awards of the 2025–26 EuroCup.

MVP of the Round

Regular season
Round Player Team PIR Ref.
1 United States Bryce Jones Greece Aris Thessaloniki 33 [5]
Greece Michalis Lountzis Greece Panionios
2 United States D.J. Stewart Slovenia Cedevita Olimpija 41 [6]
3 United States Chris Ledlum Germany Ratiopharm Ulm 29 [7]
4 Serbia Dušan Miletić Romania U-BT Cluj-Napoca 31 [8]
5 United States Jared Harper Israel Hapoel Bank Yahav Jerusalem 36 [9]
6 United States Jared Harper (x2) Israel Hapoel Bank Yahav Jerusalem 37 [10]
United States Bryce Jones (x2) Greece Aris Thessaloniki
CanadaCzech Republic James Karnik Lithuania Neptūnas Klaipėda
7 United States Cassius Winston Israel Hapoel Bank Yahav Jerusalem 37 [11]
8 Germany Kevin Yebo Germany Niners Chemnitz 38 [12]
9 Croatia Ante Žižić Turkey Beşiktaş Gain 36 [13]
10 North Macedonia Andrej Jakimovski Italy Dolomiti Energia Trento 43 [14]
11 Australia Mitch Creek Romania U-BT Cluj-Napoca 43 [15]
12 United States DeVante' Jones Italy Dolomiti Energia Trento 37 [16]
United States Fatts Russell Romania U-BT Cluj-Napoca
13 Latvia Rihards Lomažs Lithuania Neptūnas Klaipėda 36 [17]
14 Croatia Ante Žižić (x2) Turkey Beşiktaş Gain 34 [18]
15 United States DeVante' Jones (x2) Italy Dolomiti Energia Trento 43 [19]
16 United States Malachi Flynn Turkey Bahçeşehir Koleji 35 [20]
17 United States Jared Harper (x3) Israel Hapoel Bank Yahav Jerusalem 33 [21]
18 United States Tyler Cavanaugh Turkey Bahçeşehir Koleji 32 [22]

See also

References

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  11. ^ "Round 7 MVP: Cassius Winston, Hapoel Midtown Jerusalem". Euroleague Basketball. November 13, 2025. Retrieved November 13, 2025.
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  19. ^ "Round 15 MVP: Devante' Jones, Trento". Euroleague Basketball. January 23, 2026. Retrieved January 22, 2026.
  20. ^ "Round 16 MVP: Malachi Flynn, Bahcesehir College Istanbul". Euroleague Basketball. January 29, 2026. Retrieved January 29, 2026.
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