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2023–24 FIBA Europe Cup

The 2023–24 FIBA Europe Cup was the 9th season of the FIBA Europe Cup, a European basketball competition for clubs launched by FIBA Europe. The season began on 18 October 2023 and ended on 24 April 2024.

FIBA Europe Cup
Season2023–24
DatesQualifying:
2–5 October 2023
Competition proper:
18 October 2023–24 April 2024
TeamsCompetition proper: 40[i] (from 25 countries)
Total: 53[ii] (from 27 countries)
Finals
ChampionsGermany Niners Chemnitz
  Runners-upTurkey Bahçeşehir Koleji
SemifinalistsItaly Itelyum Varese
Spain Surne Bilbao Basket
Finals MVPCanada Kaza Kajami-Keane
Statistical leaders
Points United States Christian Vital 21.9
Rebounds United States Travis Taylor 14.2
Assists Canada Olivier Hanlan 9.0
Index Rating Canada Olivier Hanlan 21.6

For this season, the number of teams in regular season was increased from 32 to 40 teams. The finals were contested by German club Niners Chemnitz and Turkish club Bahçeşehir Koleji, with the former winning heir first European and Europe Cup title.[1]

Anwil Włocławek were the defending champions, but were eliminated in the regular season.

Team allocation

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A total of 53 teams from 27 of the 50 FIBA Europe member associations were expected to participate in the 2023–24 FIBA Europe Cup season, but finally 51 teams from 27 of the 50 FIBA Europe member associations participated in the competition. On July 20, 2023, FIBA Europe confirmed 35 teams to take part in the competition.[2] On August 2, 2023, FIBA Europe confirmed the 21 teams of the Basketball Champions League qualifying rounds had opted in to participate in the FIBA Europe Cup in case they do not reach the Basketball Champions League regular season, out of which a maximum of 20 could join the regular season.[3] On October 2, 2023, 18 of the 21 teams that had opted in to participate in the FIBA Europe Cup regular season joined from Basketball Champions League qualifying rounds after Benfica, Cholet and SIG Strasbourg qualified for the Basketball Champions League.[4] On October 9, 2023, FIBA Europe suspended all games involving Israeli teams (Bnei Herzliya, Hapoel Galil Elyon, and Ironi Ness Ziona) from regular season onwards in response to the Israel–Hamas war.[5]

Teams

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The labels in the parentheses show how each team qualified for the place of its starting round (TH: FIBA Europe Cup title holders):

  • 1st, 2nd, 3rd, etc.: League position after eventual Playoffs
  • CL QR: Transferred from Champions League qualifying rounds
Qualified teams for 2023–24 FIBA Europe Cup (by entry round)
Regular season
  Happy Casa Brindisi (CL QR)   Ironi Ness Ziona (CL QR)[Note ISR]   Norrköping Dolphins (CL QR)   Arconic Alba Fehérvár (2nd)
  Itelyium Varese (CL QR)   Peja (CL QR)   Caledonia Gladiators (CL QR)   Hapoel Galil Elyon (5th)[Note ISR]
  AEK Larnaca (CL QR)   CBet Jonava (CL QR)   PGE Spójnia Stargard (5th)   ZZ Leiden (1st)
  Bakken Bears (CL QR)   Mornar Barsko zlato (CL QR)   Anwil Włocłavek (7th)TH   Sporting CP (2nd)
  Kalev/Cramo (CL QR)   Heroes Den Bosch (CL QR)   Balkan (1st)   ABC Sibiu (3rd)
  Karhu (CL QR)   Legia Warsaw (CL QR)   ERA Nymburk (3rd)   Surne Bilbao Basket (12th)
  TSU Tbilisi (CL QR)   CSM Oradea (CL QR)   Gravelines Dunkerque (10th)   Bahçeşehir Koleji (9th)
  Göttingen (CL QR)   Patrioti Levice (CL QR)   Niners Chemnitz (8th)
Qualifying tournaments
  Keravnos (2nd)   Sabah (1st)   Egis Körmend (3rd)   FC Porto (3rd)
  Anorthosis Famagusta (4th)   Chernomorets (2nd)   Tindastóll (1st)   Rapid București (4th)
  Rabotnički (4th)   KVIS Pardubice (4th)   Bnei Herzliya (7th)[Note ISR]   Casademont Zaragoza (13th)
  Feniks 2010 (7th)   Pärnu Sadam (3rd)   Trepça (2nd)   Manisa BB (11th)
  Borås Basket (2nd)   Kataja (3rd)   Nevėžis Optibet (8th)
  Jämtland (3rd)   Rostock Seawolves (9th)   Donar (2nd)
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    NOTE: On October 9, 2023, FIBA Europe suspended all games involving Israeli teams (Bnei Herzliya, Hapoel Galil Elyon, and Ironi Ness Ziona) from regular season onwards in response to the Israel–Hamas war.[5]

Schedule

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The schedule of the competition is as follows.[6]

Schedule for 2023–24 FIBA Europe Cup
Phase Round Draw date First leg Second leg
Qualifying tournaments 8 August 2023 2–5 October 2023
Regular season Round 1 18 October 2023
Round 2 25 October 2023
Round 3 1 November 2023
Round 4 8 November 2023
Round 5 15 November 2023
Round 6 22 November 2023
Second round Round 1 6 December 2023
Round 2 13 December 2023
Round 3 10 January 2024
Round 4 24 January 2024
Round 5 31 January 2024
Round 6 7 February 2024
Play-offs Quarter-finals 6 March 2024 13 March 2024
Semi-finals 27 March 2024 3 April 2024
Finals 17 April 2024 24 April 2024

Qualifying tournaments

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The qualifying tournaments took place from 2 to 5 October 2023 with six tournaments consisting of three teams, while one tournament will feature four teams. The winner of each tournament advanced to the regular season, which has been expanded for the 2023–24 season to feature 40 clubs split across 10 groups of four. As clubs that have opted in from the Basketball Champions League qualifying rounds could qualify to the Basketball Champions League regular season, this led to additional spots in the regular season of the FIBA Europe Cup opening up to be filled by the best ranked runners-up in the qualifying tournaments.

Qualifying tournament A

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Pos Team
 Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification SAB RAP DON RAB
1   Sabah 3 3 0 248 224 +24 6 Advance to regular season — — — 83–81
2   Rapid București 3 2 1 227 212 +15 5 71–90 — 69–65 —
3   Donar 3 1 2 202 206 −4 4 72–75 — — 65–62
4   Rabotnički (H) 3 0 3 200 235 −35 3 — 57–87 — —
Source: FIBA Europe Cup
(H) Hosts

Qualifying tournament B

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Pos Team
 Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification MBB POR NEV
1   Manisa BB (H) 2 2 0 178 158 +20 4 Advance to regular season — 80–70 —
2   FC Porto 2 1 1 170 164 +6 3 — — 100–84
3   Nevėžis Optibet 2 0 2 172 198 −26 2 88–98 — —
Source: FIBA Europe Cup
(H) Hosts

Qualifying tournament C

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Pos Team
 Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification TRE TIN PÄR
1   Trepça 2 2 0 154 136 +18 4 Advance to regular season — — 77–67
2   Tindastóll 2 1 1 138 139 −1 3 69–77 — —
3   Pärnu Sadam (H) 2 0 2 129 146 −17 2 — 62–69 —
Source: FIBA Europe Cup
(H) Hosts

Qualifying tournament D

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Pos Team
 Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification KAT BOR CHE
1   Kataja (H) 2 1 1 167 163 +4 3 Advance to regular season — 71–78 —
2   Borås Basket 2 1 1 183 180 +3 3 — — 105–109
3   Chernomorets 2 1 1 194 201 −7 3 85–96 — —
Source: FIBA Europe Cup
(H) Hosts

Qualifying tournament E

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Pos Team
 Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification ROS KER FEN
1   Rostock Seawolves 2 2 0 194 146 +48 4 Advance to regular season — 93–74 —
2   Keravnos (H) 2 1 1 181 153 +28 3 — — 107–60
3   Feniks 2010 2 0 2 132 208 −76 2 72–101 — —
Source: FIBA Europe Cup
(H) Hosts

Qualifying tournament F

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Pos Team
 Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification BNH KÖR ANO
1   Bnei Herzliya 2 2 0 184 151 +33 4 Advance to regular season — 97–88 —
2   Egis Körmend (H) 2 1 1 179 184 −5 3 — — 91–87
3   Anorthosis Famagusta 2 0 2 150 178 −28 2 63–87 — —
Source: FIBA Europe Cup
(H) Hosts

Qualifying tournament G

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Pos Team
 Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification CAZ JÄM PAR
1   Casademont Zaragoza 2 2 0 175 153 +22 4 Advance to regular season — — 94–88
2   Jämtland (H) 2 1 1 142 157 −15 3 65–81 — —
3   KVIS Pardubice 2 0 2 164 171 −7 2 — 76–77 —
Source: FIBA Europe Cup
(H) Hosts

Lucky losers

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The additional spots were made available after French clubs Cholet and SIG Strasbourg both qualified for the Basketball Champions League. The two lucky losers were determined by the best ranked second-placed clubs from the FIBA Europe Cup Qualifying Tournaments in accordance to Section D of the Official Basketball Rules.

Pos Grp Team
 Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1 E   Keravnos 2 1 1 181 153 +28 3 Advance to regular season
2 B   FC Porto 2 1 1 170 164 +6 3
3 D   Borås Basket 2 1 1 183 180 +3 3
4 C   Tindastóll 2 1 1 138 139 −1 3
5 F   Egis Körmend 2 1 1 179 184 −5 3
6 G   Jämtland 2 1 1 142 157 −15 3
7 A   Rapid București 2 1 1 140 155 −15 3
Source: FIBA Europe Cup

Regular season

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The regular season was expanded with eight teams, from 32 to 40, which were divided in 10 groups of four.

Group A

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Pos Team
 Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification BAL SPO ALB BNH
1   Balkan 4 3 1 326 317 +9 7 Advance to second round — 81–70 85–79 —
2   Sporting CP 4 2 2 345 338 +7 6 90–72 — 83–79 —
3   Arconic Alba Fehérvár 4 1 3 342 358 −16 5 78–88 106–102 — —
4   Bnei Herzliya 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Withdrawal — — — —
Source: FIBA Europe Cup

Group B

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Pos Team
 Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification SBB ANW CAL SIB
1   Surne Bilbao Basket 6 6 0 505 399 +106 12 Advance to second round — 76–71 106–58 89–64
2   Anwil Włocłavek 6 3 3 469 409 +60 9 79–83 — 93–72 84–71
3   Caledonia Gladiators 6 3 3 431 475 −44 9 59–78 66–63 — 96–67
4   ABC Sibiu 6 0 6 379 501 −122 6 68–73 41–79 68–80 —
Source: FIBA Europe Cup

Group C

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Pos Team
 Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification JSK ROS AEK KAU
1   CBet Jonava 6 4 2 542 504 +38 10 Advance to second round — 84–65 80–87 98–94
2   Rostock Seawolves 6 4 2 504 473 +31 10 86–81 — 86–73 93–65
3   AEK Larnaca 6 3 3 473 492 −19 9 84–95 78–76 — 66–75
4   Karhu 6 1 5 494 544 −50 7 88–104 92–98 80–85 —
Source: FIBA Europe Cup

Group D

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Pos Team
 Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification BAH NYM SAB MOR
1   Bahçeşehir Koleji 6 5 1 547 464 +83 11 Advance to second round — 88–89 99–80 103–68
2   ERA Nymburk 6 5 1 547 472 +75 11 91–96 — 95–61 78–62
3   Sabah 6 1 5 451 528 −77 7 65–83 89–97 — 81–74
4   Mornar Barsko zlato 6 1 5 431 512 −81 7 71–78 76–97 80–75 —
Source: FIBA Europe Cup

Group E

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Pos Team
 Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification MBB POR BAK NOR
1   Manisa BB 6 5 1 478 435 +43 11 Advance to second round — 75–66 85–80 79–52
2   FC Porto 6 4 2 501 468 +33 10 84–67 — 89–78 84–64
3   Bakken Bears 6 2 4 505 512 −7 8 76–82 113–99 — 69–75
4   Norrköping Dolphins 6 1 5 421 490 −69 7 77–90 71–79 82–89 —
Source: FIBA Europe Cup

Group F

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Pos Team
 Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification CAZ KAL BRI INZ
1   Casademont Zaragoza 4 3 1 331 309 +22 7 Advance to second round — 71–78 91–72 —
2   Kalev/Cramo 4 2 2 295 301 −6 6 72–78 — 76–70 —
3   Happy Casa Brindisi 4 1 3 311 327 −16 5 87–91 82–69 — —
4   Ironi Ness Ziona 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Withdrawal — — — —
Source: FIBA Europe Cup

Group G

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Pos Team
 Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification LEI GRA TRE HGE
1   ZZ Leiden 4 3 1 287 273 +14 7 Advance to second round — 77–69 80–76 —
2   Gravelines Dunkerque 4 2 2 294 248 +46 6 74–46 — 83–49 —
3   Trepça 4 1 3 255 315 −60 5 54–84 76–68 — —
4   Hapoel Galil Elyon 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Withdrawal — — — —
Source: FIBA Europe Cup

Group H

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Pos Team
 Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification CHE SPÓ PEJ HDB
1   Niners Chemnitz 6 6 0 543 403 +140 12 Advance to second round — 97–75 98–72 88–61
2   PGE Spójnia Stargard 6 3 3 476 505 −29 9 66–84 — 79–83 73–65
3   Peja 6 2 4 495 560 −65 8 63–99 87–91 — 99–84
4   Heroes Den Bosch 6 1 5 474 520 −46 7 66–77 89–92 109–91 —
Source: FIBA Europe Cup

Group I

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Pos Team
 Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification GÖT VAR KER TBI
1   Göttingen 6 5 1 559 494 +65 11 Advance to second round — 104–109 90–71 86–81
2   Itelyum Varese 6 5 1 583 529 +54 11 79–91 — 97–90 109–83
3   Keravnos 6 1 5 454 526 −72 7 69–102 80–95 — 84–79
4   TSU Tbilisi 6 1 5 472 519 −47 7 85–86 81–94 63–60 —
Source: FIBA Europe Cup

Group J

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Pos Team
 Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification LEG ORA LEV KAT
1   Legia Warsaw 6 5 1 498 459 +39 11 Advance to second round — 90–79 74–63 85–62
2   CSM Oradea 6 4 2 537 487 +50 10 93–74 — 91–93 105–92
3   Patrioti Levice 6 2 4 449 480 −31 8 77–86 65–82 — 68–55
4   Kataja 6 1 5 459 517 −58 7 85–89 73–87 92–83 —
Source: FIBA Europe Cup

Ranking of second-placed teams

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Pos Grp Team
 Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1 D   ERA Nymburk 4 3 1 372 334 +38 7 Advance to second round
2 I   Itelyum Varese 4 3 1 380 365 +15 7
3 G   Gravelines Dunkerque 4 2 2 294 248 +46 6
4 J   CSM Oradea 4 2 2 345 322 +23 6
5 A   Sporting CP 4 2 2 345 338 +7 6
6 E   FC Porto 4 2 2 338 333 +5 6
7 C   Rostock Seawolves 4 2 2 313 316 −3 6
8 F   Kalev/Cramo 4 2 2 295 301 −6 6
9 B   Anwil Włocłavek 4 1 3 306 297 +9 5
10 H   PGE Spójnia Stargard 4 1 3 311 351 −40 5
Source: FIBA Europe Cup

Second round

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Group K

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Pos Team
 Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification SBB POR GÖT BAL
1   Surne Bilbao Basket 6 5 1 504 438 +66 11 Advance to quarter-finals — 90–86 75–73 90–63
2   FC Porto 6 4 2 507 453 +54 10 72–75 — 82–64 92–80
3   Göttingen 6 3 3 477 469 +8 9 82–80 81–87 — 76–70
4   Balkan 6 0 6 413 541 −128 6 62–94 63–88 75–101 —
Source: FIBA Europe Cup

Group L

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Pos Team
 Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification BAH LEG SPO JSK
1   Bahçeşehir Koleji 6 6 0 568 456 +112 12 Advance to quarter-finals — 100–90 99–87 119–79
2   Legia Warsaw 6 4 2 560 496 +64 10 66–77 — 93–84 111–72
3   Sporting CP 6 2 4 518 542 −24 8 67–82 86–99 — 103–88
4   CBet Jonava 6 0 6 464 616 −152 6 67–91 77–101 81–91 —
Source: FIBA Europe Cup

Group M

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Pos Team
 Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification NYM CAZ GRA MBB
1   ERA Nymburk 6 4 2 445 394 +51 10 Advance to quarter-finals — 70–64 72–57 84–62
2   Casademont Zaragoza 6 4 2 472 445 +27 10 82–79 — 101–90 88–71
3   Gravelines Dunkerque 6 3 3 442 460 −18 9 74–71 70–69 — 73–80
4   Manisa BB 6 1 5 400 460 −60 7 55–69 65–68 67–78 —
Source: FIBA Europe Cup

Group N

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Pos Team
 Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification CHE VAR ORA LEI
1   Niners Chemnitz 6 5 1 549 467 +82 11 Advance to quarter-finals — 109–85 101–98 78–57
2   Itelyum Varese 6 3 3 534 527 +7 9 90–78 — 100–81 79–82
3   CSM Oradea 6 2 4 526 553 −27 8 79–95 96–103 — 90–77
4   ZZ Leiden 6 2 4 432 494 −62 8 58–88 81–77 77–82 —
Source: FIBA Europe Cup

Play-offs

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The play-offs began on 6 March and concluded on 17 and 24 April 2024 with the Finals.

Quarter-finals Semi-finals Finals
               
  Niners Chemnitz 98 102 200
  Casademont Zaragoza 64 86 150
  Niners Chemnitz 98 73 171
  Surne Bilbao Basket 73 82 155
  Surne Bilbao Basket 64 81 145
  Legia Warsaw 83 53 136
  Niners Chemnitz 85 95 180
  Bahçeşehir Koleji 74 105 179
  Bahçeşehir Koleji 80 88 168
  FC Porto 90 52 142
  Bahçeşehir Koleji 80 81 161
  Itelyum Varese 81 73 154
  ERA Nymburk 65 76 141
  Itelyum Varese 80 91 171

Quarter-finals

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The first legs were played on 6 March, and the second legs were played on 13 March 2024.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Surne Bilbao Basket   145–136   Legia Warsaw 64–83 81–53
Bahçeşehir Koleji   168–142   FC Porto 80–90 88–52
ERA Nymburk   141–171   Itelyum Varese 65–80 76–91
Niners Chemnitz   200–150   Casademont Zaragoza 98–64 102–86

Semi-finals

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The first legs were played on 27 March, and the second legs were played on 3 April 2024.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Niners Chemnitz   171–155   Surne Bilbao Basket 98–73 73–82
Bahçeşehir Koleji   161–154   Itelyum Varese 80–81 81–73

Finals

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Main article: 2024 FIBA Europe Cup Finals

The first leg was played on 17 April, and the second leg was played on 24 April 2024.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Niners Chemnitz   180–179   Bahçeşehir Koleji 85–74 95–105

Individual awards

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FIBA Europe Cup Final MVP

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Player Team Ref.
  Kaza Kajami-Keane   Niners Chemnitz [7]

MVP of the Month

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Month Player Club Ref.
2023
October
   Willie Cauley-Stein   Pallacanestro Varese
[8]
November
   Olivier Hanlan   Pallacanestro Varese
[9]
December
   Philip Scrubb   Bahçeşehir Koleji
[10]
2024
January
   Christian Vital   Legia Warsaw
[11]
February
March
   Jeff Garrett   Niners Chemnitz
[12]

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ Finally, 37 teams from 24 countries participated as the three Israeli teams Bnei Herzliya, Hapoel Galil Elyon and Ironi Ness Ziona were suspended its games by FIBA Europe from regular season onwards in response to the Israel–Hamas war.
  2. ^ Finally, 51 teams from 27 countries participated as two Israeli teams Hapoel Galil Elyon and Ironi Ness Ziona did not make the debut appearance because its games were suspended by FIBA Europe from regular season onwards in response to the Israel–Hamas war.

References

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  1. ^ "NINERS Chemnitz land maiden European title with FIBA Europe Cup triumph". FIBA.basketball. Retrieved 25 April 2024.
  2. ^ "FIBA Europe Cup clubs and Qualifiers format revealed for 2023–24 season". FIBA.basketball. 20 July 2023. Retrieved 20 July 2023.
  3. ^ "Draw seedings, BCL opt-ins confirmed for FIBA Europe Cup 2023–24 Regular Season". FIBA.basketball. 2 August 2023. Retrieved 14 August 2023.
  4. ^ "18 teams join FIBA Europe Cup Regular Season from Basketball Champions League Qualifiers". FIBA.basketball. 2 October 2023. Retrieved 10 February 2024.
  5. ^ a b "FIBA Europe suspends games involving Israeli teams". FIBA.basketball. 9 October 2023. Retrieved 10 February 2024.
  6. ^ "Regulations governing the FIBA Europe Cup 2023–2024" (PDF). FIBA.basketball. Retrieved 14 August 2023.
  7. ^ "Kajami-Keane takes MVP award with Finals scoring record". FIBA.basketball. 25 April 2024. Retrieved 24 April 2024.
  8. ^ "Cauley-Stein picks up FIBA Europe Cup MVP crown for October". FIBA Europe Cup. 1 November 2023. Retrieved 1 November 2023.
  9. ^ "Hanlan earns FIBA Europe Cup MVP honor for November". FIBA Europe Cup. 1 December 2023. Retrieved 2 December 2023.
  10. ^ "Scrubb scoops MVP honors for December". FIBA Europe Cup. 19 December 2023. Retrieved 1 January 2024.
  11. ^ "Vital lands MVP honor for January–February". FIBA Europe Cup. 12 February 2024. Retrieved 8 March 2024.
  12. ^ "Garrett claims MVP honors for March". FIBA Europe Cup. 1 April 2024. Retrieved 6 April 2024.
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