2023–24 EuroCup Basketball


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The 2023–24 EuroCup Basketball season was the 22nd season of Euroleague Basketball's secondary level professional club basketball tournament. It was the 16th season since it was renamed from the ULEB Cup to the EuroCup, and the first season under the new title sponsorship name of BKT[1] The season began on 3 October 2023 and will end at the latest on 17 April 2024 with the Finals.

BKT EuroCup1
Season2023–24
Dates3 October 2023–12 April 2024
Games played180
Teams20
Regular season
Season MVPT. J. Shorts (Paris)
Finals
ChampionsFrance Paris Basketball (1st title)
  Runners-upFrance Mincidelice JL Bourg
SemifinalistsTurkey Beşiktaş Emlakjet
United Kingdom London Lions
Finals MVPT. J. Shorts (Paris)
Awards
Coach of the YearTuomas Iisalo
Rising StarZaccharie Risacher
Statistical leaders
Points Deividas Sirvydis 18.9
Rebounds Trevion Williams 10.8
Assists T. J. Shorts 7.3
Index Rating T. J. Shorts 23.2
Records
Biggest home winGran Canaria 111–82 Ulm
(11 October 2023)
Biggest away winTrento 60–98 Cluj
(15 November 2023)
Highest scoringCluj 120–111 Lietkabelis
(29 November 2023)
Lowest scoringAris 59–61 Cluj
(1 November 2023)
Highest attendanceBeşiktaş 82–71 JL Bourg
(29 March 2024) – 16,000
Lowest attendanceLondon 90–98 Hapoel
(2 November 2023) – 85
All statistics correct as of 9 November 2023.1 Sponsored name, referring to BKT.

Dreamland Gran Canaria were the defending champions after refusing to take part in the 2023–24 EuroLeague via spot granted to the title holders,[2] but were eliminated in eighthfinals.

Paris Basketball swept Mincidelice JL Bourg to achieve its first continental crown by winning its first EuroCup title in an almost perfect season with 22 wins and only one loss balance that earned it the right to secure a spot in the 2024–25 EuroLeague. It was also the second French side to win the EuroCup after AS Monaco triumph in the 2020–21 season.[3][4]

The format changes consisted of reformatting the Playoffs. Access to the stage has been reduced with only six teams per group qualifying instead of eight, with the top two from each group bypassing the Eighthfinals and proceeding directly to the Quarterfinals. Furthermore, the Semifinals and Finals have been switched back to a best-of-three series format, returning to it after two seasons.[5][6]

A total of 20 teams from 14 countries participatedin the 2023–24 EuroCup season. On June 29, 2023, Euroleague Basketball confirmed the team list for this season.[5][7] Three new teams joined the competition and Wolves will make their debut appearance.

League positions after playoffs of the previous season shown in parentheses (TH: EuroCup title holders).

Notes
  1. ^

    ABA League (ABA): Budućnost VOLI and Cedevita Olimpija qualified through the ABA League.

  2. ^

    Latvian–Estonian Basketball League (LEBL): Prometey qualified through the Latvian–Estonian Basketball League.

Round and draw dates

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The schedule of the competition was as follows.[8][9]

Schedule for 2023–24 EuroCup Basketball
Phase Round Draw date First leg Second leg Third leg
Regular season Round 1 7 July 2023 3–4 October 2023
Round 2 10–11 October 2023
Round 3 17–18 October 2023
Round 4 24–25 October 2023
Round 5 31 October–1 November 2023
Round 6 7–8 November 2023
Round 7 14–15 November 2023
Round 8 21–22 November 2023
Round 9 28–29 November 2023
Round 10 5–6 December 2023
Round 11 12–13 December 2023
Round 12 19–20 December 2023
Round 13 26–27 December 2023
Round 14 9–10 January 2024
Round 15 16–17 January 2024
Round 16 23–24 January 2024
Round 17 30–31 January 2024
Round 18 6–7 February 2024
Playoffs Eighthfinals 5–6 March 2024
Quarterfinals 12–13 March 2024
Semifinals 26 March 2024 29 March 2024 3 April 2024
Finals 9 April 2024 12 April 2024 17 April 2024

The draw was held on 7 July 2023 in Barcelona, Spain.[10][9]

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.[11][9]

Pot 1
Team
  Dreamland Gran Canaria
  Hapoel Shlomo Tel Aviv
Pot 2
Team
  Joventut Badalona
  Budućnost VOLI
Pot 3
Team
  Cedevita Olimpija
  ratiopharm Ulm
Pot 4
Team
  Mincidelice JL Bourg
  Paris Basketball
Pot 5
Team
  Umana Reyer Venezia
  Türk Telekom
Pot 6
Team
  7bet-Lietkabelis
  Wolves
Pot 7
Team
  Aris Midea
  Beşiktaş Emlakjet
Pot 8
Team
  Veolia Towers Hamburg
  Dolomiti Energia Trento
Pot 9
Team
  Śląsk Wrocław
  Prometey
Pot 10
Team
  London Lions
  U-BT Cluj-Napoca

The fixtures were decided after the draw, using a computer draw not shown to public, with the following match sequence:[8]

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 were scheduling restrictions: for example, teams from the same city in general were not 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).[8]

Location of teams of the 2023–24 EuroCup regular season.
  Red: Group A;   Green: Group B.

The regular season started on 3 October 2023 and ended on 7 February 2024. In each group, teams played against each other home-and-away in a round-robin format where only six teams advanced to the playoffs. Moreover, the top two teams in each regular season group received 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 were eliminated after the regular season. Alongside 17 returning teams from last season, Wolves made its debut appearance, and Aris Midea and Beşiktaş Emlakjet welcomed back to the EuroCup eight years later.

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Qualification
1   Paris Basketball 18 17 1 1754 1401 +353 Advance to quarterfinals
2   Hapoel Shlomo Tel Aviv 18 13 5 1729 1600 +129
3   London Lions 18 12 6 1608 1546 +62 Advance to eighthfinals
4   Prometey 18 10 8 1598 1574 +24
5   Joventut Badalona 18 10 8 1517 1503 +14
6   Beşiktaş Emlakjet 18 9 9 1400 1428 −28
7   Wolves 18 8 10 1462 1550 −88
8   Umana Reyer Venezia 18 8 10 1507 1538 −31
9   Veolia Towers Hamburg 18 2 16 1478 1762 −284
10   Cedevita Olimpija 18 1 17 1509 1660 −151

Source: EuroCup
Rules for classification: All points scored in extra period(s) were not counted in the standings, nor for any tie-break situation.

Source: EuroCup
Legend: Blue = home team win; Red = away team win.
Matches with lighter background shading were decided after overtime.

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Qualification
1   Mincidelice JL Bourg 18 14 4 1486 1368 +118 Advance to quarterfinals
2   U-BT Cluj-Napoca 18 13 5 1519 1461 +58
3   Dreamland Gran Canaria 18 12 6 1567 1408 +159 Advance to eighthfinals
4   ratiopharm Ulm 18 10 8 1502 1522 −20
5   Aris Midea 18 9 9 1335 1334 +1
6   Türk Telekom 18 8 10 1433 1421 +12
7   Budućnost VOLI 18 8 10 1413 1443 −30
8   Dolomiti Energia Trento 18 7 11 1409 1485 −76
9   7bet-Lietkabelis 18 7 11 1466 1544 −78
10   Śląsk Wrocław 18 2 16 1371 1515 −144

Source: EuroCup
Rules for classification: All points scored in extra period(s) were not counted in the standings, nor for any tie-break situation.

Source: EuroCup
Legend: Blue = home team win; Red = away team win.
Matches with lighter background shading were decided after overtime.

In the playoffs, teams played against each other in a knockout tournament into four rounds from eighthfinals to finals. At the end of the regular season, the six teams from each group with the most wins qualified for the playoffs. The two top teams from each regular season group received a bye and qualified directly to the quarterfinals. The remaining eight qualified teams entered the eighthfinals to compete in a single-game format in which the third-placed teams of each group faced off against the sixth-placed teams of the opposite groups and the fourth-placed teams of each group faced off against the fifth-placed teams of the opposite groups. The four winning teams from eighthfinals entered the quarterfinals to faced off in a single-game format in the home of the two top teams from each regular season group. The higher-placed regular season team in each matchup enjoyed home court advantage in eighthfinals and quarterfinals. From semifinals onwards, teams played in best-of-three series with the first leg and third leg, if necessary, in the home court of the higher-placed regular season team to crown the EuroCup champion.[12][13]

Eighthfinals Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
  Paris Basketball 86
  ratiopharm Ulm 79   Joventut Badalona 70
  Joventut Badalona 88   Paris Basketball 99 93 2
  London Lions 86 85 0
  U-BT Cluj-Napoca 79
  London Lions 100   London Lions 91
  Türk Telekom 77   Paris Basketball 77 89 2
  Mincidelice JL Bourg 64 81 0
  Mincidelice JL Bourg 95
  Prometey 95   Prometey 82
  Aris Midea 67   Mincidelice JL Bourg 86 71 89 2
  Beşiktaş Emlakjet 74 82 63 1
  Hapoel Shlomo Tel Aviv 89
  Dreamland Gran Canaria 78   Beşiktaş Emlakjet 94
  Beşiktaş Emlakjet 80

The eighthfinals were played on 5 and 6 March 2024.

Home teamScoreAway team
London Lions  100–77  Türk Telekom
ratiopharm Ulm  79–88  Joventut Badalona
Dreamland Gran Canaria  78–80  Beşiktaş Emlakjet
Prometey  95–67  Aris Midea

The quarterfinals were played on 12–14 March 2024.

Home teamScoreAway team
Paris Basketball  86–70  Joventut Badalona
U-BT Cluj-Napoca  79–91  London Lions
Mincidelice JL Bourg  95–82  Prometey
Hapoel Shlomo Tel Aviv  89–94  Beşiktaş Emlakjet

The first legs were played on 26 March, the second legs on 29 March and the third legs on 3 April 2024, if necessary.

Team 1SeriesTeam 21st leg2nd leg3rd leg
Paris Basketball  2–0  London Lions99–8693–85—
Mincidelice JL Bourg  2–1  Beşiktaş Emlakjet86–7471–8289–63

The first legs were played on 9 April, the second legs on 12 April and the third legs on 15 April 2024, if necessary.

Team 1SeriesTeam 21st leg2nd leg3rd leg
Paris Basketball  2–0  Mincidelice JL Bourg77–6489–81—
Player Team Ref.
  T. J. Shorts   Paris Basketball [14]
Player Team Ref.
  T. J. Shorts   Paris Basketball [15]
All–7DAYS EuroCup First Team All–7DAYS EuroCup Second Team Ref
Player Team Player Team
  T. J. Shorts   Paris Basketball   Andrés Feliz   Joventut Badalona [1][2]
  Trevion Williams   Ratiopharm Ulm   Patrick Richard   U-BT Cluj-Napoca
  Gabriel Olaseni   London Lions   Nadir Hifi   Paris Basketball
  Isiaha Mike   Mincidelice JL Bourg   Deividas Sirvydis   Lietkabelis
  Matt Morgan   London Lions   Emanuel Cățe   U-BT Cluj-Napoca
Coach Team Ref.
  Tuomas Iisalo   Paris Basketball [16]
Player Team Ref.
  Zaccharie Risacher   JL Bourg [17]
Round Player Team PIR Ref.
1   T. J. Shorts   Paris Basketball 30 [18]
2   Matt Morgan   London Lions 30 [19]
3   Vladimír Brodziansky   Joventut Badalona 31 [20]
  Trevion Williams   ratiopharm Ulm
4   Tre'Shawn Thurman   Wolves 37 [21]
5   Andrew Andrews   Joventut Badalona 42 [22]
6   Rasheed Sulaimon   Wolves 36 [23]
7   Karel Guzmán   U-BT Cluj-Napoca 34 [24]
8   Xavier Munford   Hapoel Tel Aviv 35 [25]
9   Conor Morgan   London Lions 36 [26]
10   Matt Morgan (x2)   London Lions 32 [27]
  T. J. Shorts (x2)   Paris Basketball
11   Ondřej Balvín   Prometey Slobozhanske 28 [28]
12   T. J. Shorts (x3)   Paris Basketball 37 [29]
13   Tyrone Wallace   Türk Telekom 39 [30]
14   Kyle Wiltjer   Umana Reyer Venezia 39 [31]
15   Ángel Delgado   Beşiktaş Emlakjet 36 [32]
16   Tyrone Wallace (x2)   Türk Telekom 39 [33]
17   Emanuel Cățe   U-BT Cluj-Napoca 38 [34]
18   Marco Spissu   Umana Reyer Venezia 29 [35]
Round Player Team PIR Ref.
Eighthfinals   Andrés Feliz   Joventut Badalona 36 [36]
Quarterfinals   T. J. Shorts (x4)   Paris Basketball 28 [37]
Semifinals   T. J. Shorts (x5)   Paris Basketball 28.5 [38]
Pos Team Total High Low Average
1   U-BT Cluj-Napoca 75,032 10,000 4,474 7,503†
2   Wolves 39,949 8,257 2,617 4,439†
3   Türk Telekom 38,178 5,378 3,382 4,242†
4   Dreamland Gran Canaria 38,445 6,407 2,278 3,845†
5   Mincidelice JL Bourg 42,616 3,574 2,383 3,278†
6   Beşiktaş Emlakjet[Note 2] 32,116 15,644 252 3,212†
7   Joventut Badalona 28,551 4,596 2,333 3,172†
8   Aris Midea 27,569 4,304 2,143 3,063†
9   London Lions 33,148 6,152 85 3,013†
10   Paris Basketball 32,103 7,998 835 2,675†
11   7bet-Lietkabelis 22,922 3,389 1,839 2,547†
12   Umana Reyer Venezia 22,645 3,056 1,683 2,516†
13   Budućnost VOLI 21,465 5,074 1,062 2,385†
14   ratiopharm Ulm 23,754 3,762 1,593 2,375†
15   Dolomiti Energia Trento 19,614 3,501 1,658 2,179†
16   Prometey[Note 1] 19,185 3,343 1,081 1,919†
17   Cedevita Olimpija 16,244 2,799 1,091 1,805†
18   Śląsk Wrocław 14,513 2,389 1,013 1,613†
19   Veolia Towers Hamburg 12,129 2,694 708 1,348†
20   Hapoel Shlomo Tel Aviv[Note 3] 4,182 3,362 0 2,091†
League total 560,178 15,644 85 3,028[Note 4]†
  1. ^
  2. ^
  3. ^
  4. ^

    Hapoel Shlomo Tel Aviv games are not included in league total.

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