2023–24 Basketball Champions League

European basketball competition

Basketball league season

Basketball Champions League

The Štark Arena in Belgrade hosted the Final Four

Season| 2023–24
Dates| Qualifying:
24 September – 1 October 2023
Competition proper:
17 October 2023 – 28 April 2024
Teams| Competition proper: 32
Total: 53 (from 28 countries)
Regular season
Season MVP| Marcelo Huertas
(Tenerife)
Finals
Champions|  Unicaja (1st title)
Runners-up|  Lenovo Tenerife
Third place|  UCAM Murcia
Fourth place|  Peristeri
Final Four MVP| Kendrick Perry
(Unicaja)
Awards
Best Coach| Vassilis Spanoulis
(Peristeri)
Best Young Player| Tidjane Salaün
(Cholet)
Statistical leaders
| Points|  Kyle Guy (Tenerife)|  21.5

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Rebounds|  Austin Wiley (Tofaş)|  8.9
Assists|  Joe Ragland (Peristeri)|  8.9

← 2022–23

2024–25 →

The 2023–24 Basketball Champions League was the 8th season of the Basketball Champions League (BCL), the premier[citation needed] European professional basketball competition for clubs launched by FIBA. The season began on 17 October 2023 and ended with the championship game on 28 April 2024.[1]

Telekom Baskets Bonn were the defending champions, but were eliminated by Peristeri in the quarter-finals. The Štark Arena in Belgrade hosted the Final Four and the championship game, the second time the competition had a neutral venue for its conclusion.[1] Unicaja won its first Champions League title following their win over Lenovo Tenerife in the final.[2] As champions, Unicaja also qualified for the 2024 FIBA Intercontinental Cup.

## Team allocation

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### Country rankings

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The BCL Country Ranking is used to define the number of clubs each country is entitled to enter into the various stages of the BCL.

The results are based on the results of the past three seasons (the 2020-21, 2021-22 and 2022-23 seasons).[3]

| Rank  | Association  | Average points  | Teams

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1  |  Spain | 104.75  | 5
2  |  Germany | 69.00  | 4
3  |  France | 63.77
4  |  Turkey | 63.20  | 5
5  |  Israel | 63.00  | 3
6  |  Bosnia and Herzegovina | 63.00  | 1
7  |  Czech Republic | 56.00
8  |  Hungary | 49.00
9  |  Greece | 43.25  | 4
10  |  Italy | 41.33
11  |  Romania | 41.00  | 1
12  |  Russia (suspended) | 40.50  | 0
13  |  Latvia | 38.00  | 1
14  |  Belgium | 34.50  | 2
15  |  Lithuania | 34.50
16  |  Ukraine | 26.00  |

17  |  Denmark | 24.00  | 1
18  |  Portugal | 21.00
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19  |  Poland | 19.00  | 2
20  |  Belarus | 15.00  | 0
21  |  Estonia | 12.00  | 1
22  |  Cyprus | 8.00
23  |  Switzerland | 7.00
24  |  Netherlands | 4.00
25  |  Slovakia | 4.00
26  |  Serbia | 4.00
27  |  Finland | 3.00
28  |  Great Britain | 3.00
29  |  Austria | 3.00  | 0
30  |  Croatia | 2.00
31  |  Montenegro | 2.00
32  |  Bulgaria | 2.00
33  |  Sweden | 1.00  | 1
34  |  North Macedonia | 1.00  | 0
35  |  Kosovo | 1.00  | 1

### Teams

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A total of 54 teams from 29 countries participated in the 2023–24 Basketball Champions League.[4] 15 of them were domestic champions in the previous season. Two teams were invited as a wild card entries.[5]

If one or more clubs do not exercise their right to participate in the BCL, the FIBA may decide to allocate the respective place(s) to other clubs of the same or other National Federation(s).[6]

League positions after playoffs of the previous season shown in parentheses. The Basketball Champions League rankings are taken into consideration.

* TH: Champions League title holders
* WC: Wild card.
* AV: Allocation vacant.NOTE

NOTE: According to BCL rankings, National Federations of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Czechia and Hungary should had two berths in Regular season, as well as one berth for the champion of Romania (U-BT Cluj Napoca decided to play Eurocup), and one berth for the Russian representative (banned from competition). Their places were allocated to the teams from Turkey (3), Spain (1) and Poland (1).[citation needed]

Qualified teams for 2023–24 Basketball Champions League (by entry round)  Regular season

Pınar Karşıyaka (2nd) |  AEK (6th)WC |  JDA Dijon (5th) |  Opava (1st)
Bursaspor İnfo Yatırım (5th) |  Unicaja (3rd) |  Le Mans Sarthe (6th) |  Falco Szombathely (1st)
Darüşşafaka Lassa (6th)AV |  Lenovo Tenerife (6th) |  Hapoel Jerusalem (3th) |  VEF Rīga (1st)
Tofaş (7th)AV |  UCAM Murcia (9th) |  Hapoel Holon (4th) |  Rytas (2nd)
Galatasaray Nef (8th)AV |  Río Breogán (10th)AV |  Bertram Derthona (3rd) |  King Szczecin (1st)AV
Peristeri bwin (3rd) |  Telekom Baskets Bonn (2nd)TH |  Dinamo Sassari (4th) |
PAOK (4th) |  MHP Riesen Ludwigsburg (4th) |  Filou Oostende (1st) |
Promitheas (5th)WC |  EWE Baskets Oldenburg (6th) |  Igokea (1st) |
Qualifying rounds
Cholet (7th) |  Kalev/Cramo (1st) |  CBet Jonava (4th) |  Patrioti Levice (1st)
SIG Strasbourg (8th)WC |  Karhu (2nd) |  Mornar Barsko zlato (3rd) |  Monbus Obradoiro (11th)
Happy Casa Brindisi (7th) |  TSU Tbilisi (1st) |  Heroes Den Bosch (3rd)[Note NED] |  Norrköping Dolphins (1st)
Openjobmetis Varese (13th)WC |  Göttingen (7th) |  Legia Warsaw (4th)WC |  Fribourg Olympic (1st)
Telenet Giants Antwerp (2nd) |  Caledonia Gladiators (4th) |  Benfica (1st) |
AEK Larnaca (1st) |  Ironi Ness Ziona (6th) |  CSM Oradea (2nd) |
Bakken Bears (1st) |  Peja (1st) |  FMP Meridian (2nd) |

Notes

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Netherlands (NED): ZZ Leiden would have qualified as the winners of the 2022-23 BNXT Dutch Playoffs, but withdrew from applying because their arena did not meet FIBA Europe's capacity standards.[7] As a result, the spot was given to Heroes Den Bosch, third in the national league.

## Qualifying rounds

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### Draw

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The draw for the qualifying rounds will be made on 5 July 2023. The 25 teams were divided into six pots. The top eight national champions from the unrepresented nations were placed into Pots 1 and 2, and the remaining clubs into Pots 3–6. Pots are arranged based on the competition's club ranking and, for clubs that have not yet participated in the competition, on the country ranking.[8]

The three winners of the finals will then qualify for the regular season and join the 29 directly qualified teams in the main draw. The rest of the teams will be demoted, if they apply, to the FIBA Europe Cup.[8]

### Venue

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On July 27, 2023, it was announced that Antalya Sports Hall in Antalya, Turkey, has been selected as the host city for the Qualification Rounds which was scheduled to take place from 24 September to 1 October.[9]

#### Champions Path

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Bakken Bears | 24
Benfica | 18
Kalev/Cramo | 11
Patrioti Levice | 4
Pot 2  | Team  | Pts

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Norrköping Dolphins | 1
AEK Larnaca | 1
Peja | 1.00†
TSU Tbilisi | 0.00†

#### Main Path

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Pot 3  | Team  | Pts

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SIG Strasbourg | 100
Happy Casa Brindisi | 35
Cholet | 11
Legia Warszaw | 8
Pot 6  | Team  | Pts

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CSM Oradea | 41.00†
CBet Jonava | 36.50†
Telenet Giants Antwerp | 34.50†
Winner of the Preliminary round
Preliminary Pot  | Team  | Pts

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Caledonia Gladiators | 3.00†
Fribourg Olympic | 7
Pot 4  | Team  | Pts

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FMP Meridian | 4
Heroes Den Bosch | 2
Karhu | 2
Mornar Bar | 2
Pot 5  | Team  | Pts

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Monbus Obradoiro | 102.25†
Göttingen | 67.75†
Ironi Ness Ziona | 62.00†
Openjobmetis Varese | 41.33†

Notes

^† Indicates teams with no club points, therefore using the country points as a tiebreaker.

#### Pre-qualifier

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The pre-qualifier round match consists of a one leg match that is expected to take place at a neutral venue.

The winner of the pre-qualifiers round match will be drawn to Pot 6 and advanced to the main qualifying rounds. The losers of the pre-qualifiers is transferred (if they apply) to the FIBA Europe Cup

Team 1  |  Score | Team 2

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Fribourg Olympic | 57–51  |  Caledonia Gladiators

### Qualification Group I

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| Quarter-finals| | Semi-finals| | Final

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| 25 September| | | | |

|  Bakken Bears| 103

| 27 September

|  Peja| 79 |

|  Bakken Bears| 68

| 25 September

| |  Norrköping Dolphins| 78 |

|  Kalev| 78

| | 29 September

|  Norrköping Dolphins| 82 |

|  Norrköping Dolphins| 73

| 25 September

| |  Benfica| 83

|  Benfica| 122

| 27 September|

|  TSU Tbilisi| 62 |

|  Benfica| 87

| 25 September

| |  AEK Larnaca| 59 |

|  Patrioti Levice| 66

|  AEK Larnaca | 74 |

### Qualification Group II

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| Quarter-finals| | Semi-finals| | Final

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| 27 September| | | | |

|  Cholet| 76

| 29 September

|  Antwerp Giants| 72 |

|  Cholet| 96

| 27 September

| |  Varese| 88 |

|  FMP| 71

| | 1 October

|  Varese| 73 |

|  Cholet| 80

| 27 September

| |  Brindisi| 69

|  Brindisi | 77

| 29 September|

|  Oradea| 74 |

|  Brindisi| 78

| 27 September

| |  Heroes Den Bosch| 63 |

|  Heroes Den Bosch| 96

|  Göttingen| 84 |

### Qualification Group III

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| Quarter-finals| | Semi-finals| | Final

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| 26 September| | | | |

|  SIG Strasbourg| 83

| 28 September

|  Jonava| 78 |

|  SIG Strasbourg| 79

| 26 September

| |  Ironi Ness Ziona| 74 |

|  Karhu| 56

| | 30 September

|  Ironi Ness Ziona| 92 |

|  SIG Strasbourg| 82

| 26 September

| |  Obradoiro| 78

|  Legia Warsaw| 70

| 28 September|

|  Fribourg Olympic| 59 |

|  Legia Warsaw| 66

| 26 September

| |  Obradoiro| 74 |

|  Mornar Bar| 56

|  Obradoiro| 90 |

## Regular season

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### Draw

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The 29 teams that entered in the regular season directly were divided into four pots based firstly on the club ranking and, for clubs that have not yet participated in the competition, on the country ranking. The country protection rule will apply for the stage of the draw. Clubs cannot be drawn in groups with other clubs from the same country.[8]

Pot 1  | Team  | Pts

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Lenovo Tenerife | 135
Hapoel Holon | 98
Hapoel Jerusalem | 78
Unicaja | 75
Pınar Karşıyaka | 71
Tofaş | 69
AEK | 67
JDA Dijon | 65
Pot 2  | Team  | Pts

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MHP Riesen Ludwigsburg | 64
Rytas | 62
Galatasaray Nef | 61
Telekom Baskets Bonn | 56
Igokea | 56
Falco Szombathely | 52
Darüşşafaka Lassa | 52
Filou Oostende | 49
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Dinamo Sassari | 40
VEF Rīga | 38
UCAM Murcia | 33
Peristeri bwin | 30
PAOK | 26
EWE Baskets Oldenburg | 8
Bursaspor İnfo Yatırım | 63.60†
Promitheas | 44.25†
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Opava | 4
Le Mans Sarthe | 2
Río Breogán | 1
Bertram Derthona | 41.33†
King Szczecin | 19.00†
Benfica (Winner QF–T1)
Cholet (Winner QF–T2)
SIG Strasbourg (Winner QF–T3)

Notes

^† Indicates teams with no club points, therefore using the country points as a tiebreaker.

### Group A

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1  |  Unicaja | 6  | 4  | 2  | 490  | 442  | +48  | 10  | Advance to round of 16 |  | -- | 83–74  | 81–64  | 88–65
2  |  Le Mans Sarthe | 6  | 3  | 3  | 477  | 463  | +14  | 9  | Advance to play-ins |  | 85–78  | -- | 96–68  | 63–81
3  |  Peristeri bwin | 6  | 3  | 3  | 463  | 493  | −30  | 9  |  | 76–73  | 78–86  | -- | 87–70
4  |  Falco Szombathely | 6  | 2  | 4  | 456  | 488  | −32  | 8  |  |  | 78–87  | 75–73  | 87–90  | --

Source: Groups standings

### Group B

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1  |  JDA Dijon | 6  | 5  | 1  | 526  | 441  | +85  | 11  | Advance to round of 16 |  | -- | 87–83  | 88–80  | 99–64
2  |  Rytas | 6  | 4  | 2  | 509  | 455  | +54  | 10  | Advance to play-ins |  | 79–77  | -- | 77–75  | 99–63
3  |  Promitheas | 6  | 3  | 3  | 516  | 475  | +41  | 9  |  | 68–71  | 78–76  | -- | 115–66
4  |  Opava | 6  | 0  | 6  | 432  | 612  | −180  | 6  |  |  | 67–104  | 75–95  | 97–100  | --

Source: Groups standings

### Group C

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1  |  Lenovo Tenerife | 6  | 4  | 2  | 490  | 443  | +47  | 10  | Advance to round of 16 |  | -- | 95–75  | 72–63  | 76–55
2  |  Cholet | 6  | 3  | 3  | 485  | 495  | −10  | 9  | Advance to play-ins |  | 85–91  | -- | 97–86  | 74–73
3  |  Darüşşafaka Lassa | 6  | 3  | 3  | 488  | 500  | −12  | 9  |  | 88–84  | 80–91  | -- | 87–81
4  |  VEF Rīga | 6  | 2  | 4  | 431  | 456  | −25  | 8  |  |  | 77–72  | 70–63  | 75–84  | --

Source: Groups standings

### Group D

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| Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification  |  | AEK  | LUD  | DIN  | SZC

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1  |  AEK | 6  | 5  | 1  | 528  | 461  | +67  | 11  | Advance to round of 16 |  | -- | 84–79  | 110–79  | 86–64
2  |  MHP Riesen Ludwigsburg | 6  | 3  | 3  | 480  | 490  | −10  | 9  | Advance to play-ins |  | 83–79  | -- | 79–89  | 82–78
3  |  Dinamo Sassari | 6  | 2  | 4  | 509  | 543  | −34  | 8  |  | 79–83  | 80–97  | -- | 97–81
4  |  King Szczecin | 6  | 2  | 4  | 473  | 496  | −23  | 8  |  |  | 77–86  | 80–60  | 93–85  | --

Source: Groups standings

### Group E

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| Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification  |  | SIG  | KAR  | OOS  | OLD

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1  |  SIG Strasbourg | 6  | 4  | 2  | 487  | 467  | +20  | 10  | Advance to round of 16 |  | -- | 80–65  | 81–68  | 85–77
2  |  Pınar Karşıyaka | 6  | 3  | 3  | 495  | 487  | +8  | 9  | Advance to play-ins |  | 87–72  | -- | 94–77  | 85–83
3  |  Filou Oostende | 6  | 3  | 3  | 462  | 499  | −37  | 9  |  | 87–84  | 78–76  | -- | 88–83
4  |  EWE Baskets Oldenburg | 6  | 2  | 4  | 504  | 495  | +9  | 8  |  |  | 83–85  | 97–88  | 81–64  | --

Source: Groups standings

### Group F

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1  |  Telekom Baskets Bonn | 6  | 3  | 3  | 497  | 473  | +24  | 9  | Advance to round of 16 |  | -- | 74–75  | 86–71  | 82–92
2  |  Hapoel Holon | 6  | 3  | 3  | 463  | 456  | +7  | 9  | Advance to play-ins |  | 65–72  | -- | 84–79  | 74–75
3  |  Rio Breogan | 6  | 3  | 3  | 462  | 459  | +3  | 9  |  | 97–92  | 82–72  | -- | 68–48
4  |  Bursaspor İnfo Yatırım | 6  | 3  | 3  | 439  | 473  | −34  | 9  |  |  | 73–91  | 74–93  | 77–65  | --

Source: Groups standings

### Group G

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1  |  Hapoel Jerusalem | 6  | 5  | 1  | 513  | 440  | +73  | 11  | Advance to round of 16 |  | -- | 71–61  | 99–96  | 97–68
2  |  PAOK | 6  | 3  | 3  | 455  | 478  | −23  | 9  | Advance to play-ins |  | 79–77  | -- | 79–85  | 76–74
3  |  Galatasaray Ekmas | 6  | 3  | 3  | 513  | 492  | +21  | 9  |  | 70–85  | 77–88  | -- | 98–78
4  |  Benfica | 6  | 1  | 5  | 443  | 514  | −71  | 7  |  |  | 66–84  | 94–72  | 63–87  | --

Source: Groups standings

### Group H

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1  |  UCAM Murcia | 6  | 5  | 1  | 517  | 427  | +90  | 11  | Advance to round of 16 |  | -- | 87–75  | 115–89  | 72–47
2  |  Bertram Derthona | 6  | 5  | 1  | 500  | 484  | +16  | 11  | Advance to play-ins |  | 78–74  | -- | 91–85  | 91–84
3  |  Tofaş | 6  | 2  | 4  | 532  | 551  | −19  | 8  |  | 75–90  | 80–88  | -- | 99–65
4  |  Igokea | 6  | 0  | 6  | 435  | 522  | −87  | 6  |  |  | 63–79  | 74–77  | 102–104  | --

Source: Groups standings

## Play-ins

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The Play-ins took place from 2 to 17 January 2024. The teams classified in second and third place in their respective groups of Basketball Champions League, went to the Play-ins. Winners advanced to the round of 16. The first legs were played on 2–3 January, the second legs on 9–10 January. Eventual third legs were played on 16–17 January.

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Le Mans Sarthe | 0–2  |  Promitheas | 68–78  | 78–91  | —
Rytas | 0–2  |  Peristeri bwin | 92–110  | 80–83  | —
Cholet | 2–1  |  Dinamo Sassari | 72–93  | 95–91  | 93–77
MHP Riesen Ludwigsburg | 2–1  |  Darüşşafaka Lassa | 82–63  | 72–83  | 99–73
Pınar Karşıyaka | 2–1  |  Río Breogán | 89–85  | 73–80  | 86–76
Hapoel Holon | 2–1  |  Filou Oostende | 80–70  | 61–71  | 78–72
PAOK | 1–2  |  Tofaş | 63–95  | 88–87 (OT)  | 71–84
Basket Derthona | 0–2  |  Galatasaray Ekmas | 70–71  | 89–95  | —

## Round of 16

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The Round of 16 will take place from January 24 until March 22, 2024. The groups will be formed by the winners of each Regular Season Group and by eight Play-Ins winners. The 16 teams were divided in 4 groups, 4 teams each. The first two of each groups advanced to the quarter-finals.

### Group I

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1  |  Unicaja | 6  | 6  | 0  | 510  | 422  | +88  | 12  | Advance to quarter-finals |  | -- | 89–70  | 91–62  | 85–70
2  |  Tofaş | 6  | 2  | 4  | 462  | 466  | −4  | 8  |  | 76–80  | -- | 93–71  | 84–71
3  |  SIG Strasbourg | 6  | 2  | 4  | 470  | 510  | −40  | 8  |  |  | 70–79  | 78–65  | -- | 96–84
4  |  Cholet | 6  | 2  | 4  | 474  | 518  | −44  | 8  |  | 74–86  | 77–74  | 98–93  | --

Source: Round of 16 Standings

### Group J

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1  |  Telekom Baskets Bonn | 6  | 5  | 1  | 500  | 466  | +34  | 11  | Advance to quarter-finals |  | -- | 80–75  | 89–74  | 89–76
2  |  MHP Riesen Ludwigsburg | 6  | 3  | 3  | 507  | 479  | +28  | 9  |  | 81–85  | -- | 71–59  | 100–80
3  |  JDA Dijon | 6  | 2  | 4  | 458  | 490  | −32  | 8  |  |  | 62–72  | 82–89  | -- | 85–76
4  |  Galatasaray Ekmas | 6  | 2  | 4  | 516  | 546  | −30  | 8  |  | 95–85  | 93–91  | 93–96  | --

Source: Round of 16 Standings

### Group K

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1  |  Lenovo Tenerife | 6  | 4  | 2  | 521  | 511  | +10  | 10  | Advance to quarter-finals |  | -- | 89–68  | 95–92  | 88–79
2  |  Peristeri | 6  | 3  | 3  | 473  | 475  | −2  | 9  |  | 90–82  | -- | 75–77  | 76–73
3  |  Hapoel Jerusalem | 6  | 3  | 3  | 485  | 479  | +6  | 9  |  |  | 85–61  | 61–76  | -- | 83–74
4  |  Pınar Karşıyaka | 6  | 2  | 4  | 514  | 528  | −14  | 8  |  | 97–106  | 93–88  | 98–87  | --

Source: Round of 16 Standings

### Group L

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1  |  UCAM Murcia | 6  | 4  | 2  | 490  | 453  | +37  | 10  | Advance to quarter-finals |  | -- | 90–81  | 78–61  | 100–89
2  |  Promitheas | 6  | 4  | 2  | 485  | 472  | +13  | 10  |  | 79–78  | -- | 92–93  | 80–79
3  |  Hapoel Holon | 6  | 4  | 2  | 474  | 480  | −6  | 10  |  |  | 64–60  | 65–74  | -- | 79–68
4  |  AEK | 6  | 0  | 6  | 490  | 534  | −44  | 6  |  | 79–84  | 67–79  | 108–112  | --

Source: Round of 16 Standings

## Playoffs

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Main article: 2023–24 Basketball Champions League playoffs

The playoffs will begin on 3 April 2024 and ends with the 2024 Basketball Champions League Final Four, which will be hosted in the Štark Arena in Belgrade, Serbia.[1]

| Quarterfinals| | Semifinals| | Final

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|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |

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|  Lenovo Tenerife| 83| 81| 78

| 26 April

|  Tofaş| 77| 90| 55 |

|  Lenovo Tenerife| 97

| |  Peristeri| 93|

|  Telekom Baskets Bonn| 89| 62| 77

| | 28 April

|  Peristeri| 78| 90| 89 |

|  Lenovo Tenerife| 75

| |  Unicaja| 80

|  UCAM Murcia| 98| 85| —

| 26 April|

|  MHP Riesen Ludwigsburg| 72| 72| — |

|  UCAM Murcia| 74

| |  Unicaja| 80| | Third place

|  Unicaja| 67| 90| —

| | 28 April

|  Promitheas| 54| 83| — |

|  Peristeri| 84

|  UCAM Murcia| 87

## Final Four

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Main article: 2024 Basketball Champions League Final Four

### Semifinals

[edit]

The semifinals were played on 26 April 2024.

Team 1  |  Score | Team 2

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Lenovo Tenerife | 97–93 |  Peristeri
UCAM Murcia | 74–80 |  Unicaja

### Third place game

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The third place game was played on 28 April 2024.

Team 1  |  Score | Team 2

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Peristeri | 84–87 |  UCAM Murcia

### Final

[edit]

The final was played on 28 April 2024.

Team 1  |  Score | Team 2

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Lenovo Tenerife | 75–80 |  Unicaja

## Individual awards

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### Season awards

[edit]

The annual season awards were announced on 27 April.

Award  | Player  | Club

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Most Valuable Player |  Marcelo Huertas |  Lenovo Tenerife
Final Four MVP |  Kendrick Perry |  Unicaja
Best Defensive Player |  Howard Sant-Roos |  UCAM Murcia
Best Young Player |  Tidjane Salaün |  Cholet
Best Coach |  Vassilis Spanoulis |  Peristeri

### Star Lineup

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First Team  | Second Team

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Player  | Team  | Player  | Team
Joe Ragland |  Peristeri |  Dylan Ennis |  UCAM Murcia
Marcelinho Huertas |  Lenovo Tenerife |  Hunter Hale |  Promitheas Patras
Kendrick Perry |  Unicaja |  Levi Randolph |  Hapoel Jerusalem
David Kravish |  Unicaja |  Dylan Osetkowski |  Unicaja
Austin Wiley |  Tofaş |  Vernon Carey Jr. |  Pınar Karşıyaka

### MVP of the Month

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Month  | Player  | Club  | Ref.

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|
|

2023

October

|  Vernon Carey Jr. |  Pınar Karşıyaka |

[10]

November

|  Justin Tillman |  AEK |

[11]

December

|  Levi Randolph |  Hapoel Jerusalem |

[12]

2024

January

|  Hunter Hale |  Promitheas Patras |

[13]

March

|  Joe Ragland |  Peristeri |

[14]

### Team of the Month

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Year  | Month  | Player  | Team  | Ref.

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2023  | October  |  Chris Dowe |  Derthona Basket |

[15]

Justin Tillman |  AEK
Gregor Hrovat |  JDA Dijon
David McCormack |  Darüşşafaka Lassa
Vernon Carey Jr. |  Pınar Karşıyaka
November  |  Marcelinho Huertas |  Lenovo Tenerife |

[16]

David Holston |  JDA Dijon
Kendall Smith |  PAOK
Levi Randolph |  Hapoel Jerusalem
Justin Tillman |  AEK
December  |  Muhammad-Ali Abdur-Rahkman |  Darüşşafaka Lassa |

[17]

Levi Randolph (x2) |  Hapoel Jerusalem
Pierre-Antoine Gillet |  Filou Oostende
Gytis Radzevičius |  Rytas Vilnius
David McCormack (x2) |  Galatasaray Ekmas
2024  | January  |  Marcelinho Huertas |  Lenovo Tenerife |

[18]

Hunter Hale |  Promitheas Patras
Craig Randall II |  Cholet Basket
Justin Smith |  Hapoel Holon
Austin Wiley |  Tofaş
March  |  Joe Ragland |  Peristeri |

[19]

Marcelinho Huertas (x2) |  Lenovo Tenerife
Jayvon Graves |  Riesen Ludwigsburg
Dustin Sleva |  UCAM Murcia
Jaime Echenique |  Promitheas Patras

## See also

[edit]

* 2023–24 EuroLeague
* 2023–24 EuroCup Basketball
* 2023–24 FIBA Europe Cup

## References

[edit]

1. ^ a b c "Belgrade unveiled as Final Four host on night of Serbian legends". FIBA.basketball. 21 March 2024. Retrieved 27 March 2024.
2. ^ "Paint it green: Unicaja win maiden BCL title in Belgrade". FIBA.basketball. Retrieved 2 May 2024.
3. ^ "Country Ranking". FIBA.basketball.
4. ^ "Newcomers, returnees, familiar challengers: These are the teams of BCL's Season 8". FIBA.basketball. Retrieved 27 June 2023.
5. ^ "The BCL is BACK! Everything you need to know about the Basketball Champions League". Courtside 1891. 19 June 2023. Retrieved 19 June 2024.
6. ^ BCL Competition Regulations (PDF).
7. ^ "Tekort aan zitplaatsen kost ZZ Leiden Champions League: 'Dramatische keuze'". nos.nl (in Dutch). 29 June 2023. Retrieved 10 July 2023.
8. ^ a b c "Draw explained: Seedings revealed for Regular Season, format change for Qualification Rounds". FIBA. 3 July 2023. Retrieved 3 July 2023.
9. ^ "Antalya selected as host city for Basketball Champions League Qualification Rounds". championsleague.basketball. 27 July 2023. Retrieved 5 August 2023.
10. ^ "Youngest in BCL history: Vernon Carey Jr named October MVP". Basketball Champions League. 3 November 2023. Retrieved 3 November 2023.
11. ^ "The Queen has a new king: AEK's Justin Tillman is November MVP". Basketball Champions League. 4 December 2023. Retrieved 6 December 2023.
12. ^ "Levi Randolph is December MVP: "He should've gotten it last month, too"". Basketball Champions League. 29 December 2023. Retrieved 1 January 2024.
13. ^ ""It was just a matter of time" - Hunter Hale named MVP for January". Basketball Champions League. 2 February 2024. Retrieved 5 February 2024.
14. ^ "'Head of the snake' Ragland picks up March MVP honors, extends all-time lead". Basketball Champions League. 29 March 2024. Retrieved 6 April 2024.
15. ^ "Tortona, Dijon, AEK, Darussafaka and Karsiyaka with players on Team of the Month for October". Basketball Champions League. 2 November 2023. Retrieved 5 February 2024.
16. ^ "Tenerife, Dijon, PAOK, Jerusalem and AEK with players on team of the month". Basketball Champions League. 1 December 2023. Retrieved 5 February 2024.
17. ^ "Darussafaka, Jerusalem, Oostende, Rytas, Galatasaray represented on Team of the Month". Basketball Champions League. 28 December 2023. Retrieved 5 February 2024.
18. ^ "Team of the Month for January: Huertas, Hale, Randall, Smith, Wiley". Basketball Champions League. 1 February 2024. Retrieved 5 February 2024.
19. ^ "Team of the month for March: Ragland, Huertas, Graves, Sleva, Echenique". Basketball Champions League. 28 March 2024. Retrieved 6 April 2024.

## External links

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* v
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Champions|

* Unicaja

Runners-up|

* Lenovo Tenerife

Third|

* UCAM Murcia

Final Four|

* Peristeri bwin

Eliminated in the Quarterfinals|

* MHP Riesen Ludwigsburg
* Promitheas
* Telekom Baskets Bonn
* Tofaş

Eliminated in the Round of 16|

* Group I
* Group J
* Group K
* Group L

* * *

* AEK
* Cholet
* Galatasaray Ekmas
* Hapoel Holon
* Hapoel Jerusalem
* JDA Dijon
* Pınar Karşıyaka
* SIG Strasbourg

Eliminated in the Play-ins|

* Bertram Derthona
* Darüşşafaka Lassa
* Dinamo Sassari
* Filou Oostende
* Le Mans Sarthe
* PAOK
* Rio Breogan
* Rytas

Eliminated in the Regular Season|

* Group A
* Group B
* Group C
* Group D
* Group E
* Group F
* Group G
* Group H

* * *

* Benfica
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* Falco Szombathely
* Igokea
* King Szczecin
* Opava
* VEF Rīga

Eliminated in the Qualifying rounds|

* AEK Larnaca
* Bakken Bears
* Caledonia Gladiators
* CBet Jonava
* CSM Oradea
* FMP Meridian
* Fribourg Olympic
* Göttingen
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* Openjobmetis Varese
* Patrioti Levice
* Peja
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* TSU Tbilisi

* v
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* e

Unicaja Málaga 2023–24 Basketball Champions League champions

* 1 Osetkowski
* 3 Ejim
* 4 Kalinoski
* 6 Taylor
* 7 Barreiro
* 9 Díaz (C)
* 11 Carter
* 14 Đedović
* 23 Lima
* 34 Thomas
* 45 Kravish
* 55 Perry
* 77 Sima

* Head coach: Navarro

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Supercups|

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Continental
competitions|

* EuroLeague
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International
competitions|

* EuroBasket 2025 qualification

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Football|

* Men
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