Basketball Champions League rankings

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]

Ranking calculation

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The clubs receive 2 points for a win and no points for a defeat from the regular season and the following stages. Bonus points are added to the number of points scored in a season. Since the 2020–21 season, 3 points were awarded instead of 2 points for a regular season win due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the change of competition format.[1]

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 Play-in round of the Champions League (1 bonus point).
  • Clubs that qualify for the round of 16 of the Champions League (5 bonus points). Since the 2021–22 season, only the 8 group winners.
  • 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).

Country coefficient

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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. The number of points awarded each season is divided by the number of clubs 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).[1]

Current ranking

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The ranking below takes into account of each league's performance in European competitions from 2021–22 to 2023–24.

As of May 2024 the ranking is as follows:

Ranking

2024

Ranking

2023

League Coefficient Teams
2021–22 2022-23 2023-24 Total
1 1   Spain 37.50 30.50 35.40 103.4 0/5
2 5   Israel 19.67 28.33 23.67 71.67 0/3
3 3   France 18.33 26.33 25.50 70.16 0/4
4 4   Turkey 23.60 17.80 23.80 65.20 0/5
5 9   Greece 9.25 21.00 30.50 60.75 0/4
6 2   Germany 18.00 21.00 21.50 60.50 0/4
7 8   Hungary 27.00 6.00 11.00 44.00 0/1
8 11   Romania 38.00 2.00 1.00 41.00 0/1
9 14   Lithuania 15.00 13.00 9.00 39.00 0/2
10 6   Bosnia and Herzegovina 17.00 15.00 5.00 37.00 0/1
11 15   Belgium 11.00 17.00 8.50 36.50 0/2
12 10   Italy 12.67 11.00 9.75 33.42 0/4
13 13   Latvia 12.00 8.00 11.00 31.00 0/1
14 18   Portugal 1.00 18.00 8.00 27.00 0/1
15 16   Ukraine 23.00 2.00 0.00 25.00 0/0
16 19   Poland 8.00 8.00 6.50 22.50 0/2
17 7   Czech Republic 6.50 6.50 5.00 18.00 0/1
18 21   Estonia 11.00 1.00 1.00 13.00 0/1
19 17   Denmark 2.00 8.00 2.00 12.00 0/1
20 12   Russia 7.50 0.00 0.00 7.50 0/0
21 23   Switzerland 4.00 2.00 1.00 7.00 0/1
22 24   Netherlands 2.00 2.00 2.00 6.00 0/1
23 33   Sweden 0.00 1.00 4.00 5.00 0/1
24 22   Cyprus 1.00 2.00 2.00 5.00 0/1
25 25   Slovakia 0.00 4.00 1.00 5.00 0/1
26 26   Serbia 0.00 4.00 1.00 5.00 0/1
27 27   Finland 1.00 2.00 1.00 4.00 0/1
28 20   Belarus 4.00 0.00 0.00 4.00 0/0
29 31   Montenegro 2.00 0.00 1.00 3.00 0/1
30 29   Austria 1.00 2.00 0.00 3.00 0/1
31 35   Kosovo 0.00 1.00 1.00 2.00 0/1
32 28   Great Britain 1.00 1.00 0.00 2.00 0/1
33 30   Croatia 2.00 0.00 0.00 2.00 0/0
34 36   Georgia 0.00 0.00 1.00 1.00 0/1
35 32   Bulgaria 1.00 0.00 0.00 1.00 0/0
36 34   North Macedonia 0.00 1.00 0.00 1.00 0/0
(NR)   Albania 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0/0
  Armenia 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0/0
  Azerbaijan 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0/0
  Iceland 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0/0
  Ireland 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0/0
  Luxembourg 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0/0
  Malta 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0/0
  Moldova 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0/0
  Norway 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0/0
  Slovenia 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

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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   Liga ACB 101.75   LNB Pro A 91.25   Super League 90.75
2017–2020   Liga ACB 86.75   Basket League 81.75   National Basketball League 81.67
2018–2021   Liga ACB 105.50   National Basketball League 94.67   VTB United League 87.00

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
  Liga ACB 3 0 0 3
  National Basketball League 0 1 1 2
  LNB Pro A 0 1 0 1
  Basket League 0 1 0 1
  Basketball Super League 0 0 1 1
  VTB United League 0 0 1 1

Club ranking

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The club coefficient is either the sum of the points earned by the club in the Basketball Champions League over the previous three seasons. This ranking is used by the BCL to determine a club's seeding in club competition draws.[1]

Current ranking

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The top 25 clubs as of May 2023 are as follows:[2]

Ranking Club League Points
2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 Total
1 Lenovo Tenerife   Spain 36 53 50 139
7 SIG Strasbourg   France 37 28 36 101
3 Hapoel Holon   Israel 33 41 26 100
4 Hapoel Bank Yahav Jerusalem   Israel 11 17 54 82
5 BAXI Manresa   Spain 0 48 33 81
6 Unicaja   Spain 0 29 49 78
7 AEK   Greece 27 8 38 73
8 Hereda San Pablo Burgos   Spain 53 20 0 73
9 Pınar Karşıyaka   Turkey 42 17 12 71
10 Tofaş   Turkey 24 33 12 69
11 JDA Dijon   France 17 25 26 68
12 Rytas   Lithuania 11 26 29 66
13 MHP Riesen Ludwigsburg   Germany 0 44 20 64
14 Telekom Baskets Bonn   Germany 0 0 62 62
15 Galatasaray Nef   Turkey 8 27 24 59
16 ERA Nymburk   Czech Republic 36 11 11 58
17 Igokea   Bosnia and Herzegovina 24 17 15 56
18 Darüşşafaka   Turkey 8 24 23 55
19 Falco Szombathely   Hungary 14 27 11 52
20 Filou Oostende   Belgium 11 21 17 49
21 Casademont Zaragoza   Spain 47 0 0 47
22 Nizhny Novgorod   Russia 33 11 0 44
23 Banco di Sardegna Sassari   Italy 21 8 11 40
24 U-BT Cluj-Napoca   Romania 1 38 0 39
25 VEF Rīga   Latvia 18 12 8 38
  Indicates teams still active in this year's Basketball Champions League.
  Indicates teams still active in this year's Basketball Champions League qualifying rounds.
  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

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The following data indicate the top-ranked clubs in each 3-year period.

Years Club Points
2016–2019   Iberostar Tenerife 137
2017–2020   AEK 132
2018–2021   Lenovo Tenerife 133
2019–2022   Lenovo Tenerife 123
2020–2023   Lenovo Tenerife 139

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

Rank Club Total
1   Lenovo Tenerife 4
2   AEK 1

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b c d e "Access List Principles". Basketball Champions League. Retrieved 2 October 2021.
  2. ^ "Club Ranking". Basketball Champions League. Retrieved 16 May 2023.
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