2025–26 EuroCup Basketball

2025–26 EuroCup Basketball

The 2025–26 EuroCup Basketball season is the 24th season of Euroleague Basketball's secondary level professional club basketball tournament. It is 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. The season began on 30 September 2025 and will end at the latest on 1 May 2026 with the Finals.

Team allocation

2025–26 EuroCup Basketball

The 2025–26 EuroCup season features 20 teams from 13 countries. On June 19, 2025, Euroleague Basketball confirmed the team list for the season.

Teams

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

Round and draw dates

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.

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.

Team
Hapoel Midtown Jerusalem
Türk Telekom
Team
Cosea JL Bourg
Baxi Manresa
Team
ratiopharm Ulm
U-BT Cluj-Napoca
Team
Beşiktaş Gain
Bahçeşehir Koleji
Team
Umana Reyer Venezia
Budućnost VOLI
Team
Aris Betsson
Panionios Cosmorama Travel
Team
Lietkabelis
Neptūnas
Team
Dolomiti Energia Trento
Cedevita Olimpija
Team
Veolia Towers Hamburg
Niners Chemnitz
Team
London Lions
Śląsk Wrocław

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

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).

Regular season

2025–26 EuroCup Basketball

The regular season began on 30 September 2025 and concluded on 11 February 2026. 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 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.

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Qualification
1	Hapoel Midtown Jerusalem	18	13	5	1702	1506	+196	Advance to quarterfinals
2	Bahçeşehir Koleji	18	12	6	1593	1475	+118
3	Cedevita Olimpija	18	12	6	1596	1413	+183	Advance to eighthfinals
4	Umana Reyer Venezia	18	11	7	1593	1538	+55
5	Baxi Manresa	18	11	7	1624	1619	+5
6	U-BT Cluj-Napoca	18	9	9	1714	1657	+57
7	Aris Betsson	18	8	10	1500	1593	−93
8	Neptūnas	18	7	11	1637	1725	−88
9	Śląsk Wrocław	18	5	13	1516	1680	−164
10	Veolia Towers Hamburg	18	2	16	1472	1741	−269

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Qualification
1	Beşiktaş Gain	18	13	5	1666	1489	+177	Advance to quarterfinals
2	Cosea JL Bourg	18	13	5	1495	1383	+112
3	Budućnost VOLI	18	12	6	1598	1461	+137	Advance to eighthfinals
4	Türk Telekom	18	12	6	1562	1352	+210
5	Dolomiti Energia Trento	18	11	7	1486	1513	−27
6	Niners Chemnitz	18	9	9	1449	1458	−9
7	ratiopharm Ulm	18	7	11	1470	1622	−152
8	London Lions	18	5	13	1335	1437	−102
9	Lietkabelis	18	5	13	1415	1502	−87
10	Panionios Cosmorama Travel	18	3	15	1349	1608	−259

Playoffs

2025–26 EuroCup Basketball

The playoffs began on 11 March with the eighthfinals and will end at the latest on 1 May 2026 with the Finals. In the playoffs, teams play 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 play 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.

Bracket

	Eighthfinals			Quarterfinals			Semifinals			Finals
				Cosea JL Bourg	83
	Cedevita Olimpija	73			Cedevita Olimpija	79
	Niners Chemnitz	65						Cosea JL Bourg	71			0
						Türk Telekom	99			1
				Hapoel Midtown Jerusalem	90
	Türk Telekom	98			Türk Telekom	91
	Baxi Manresa	81
				Beşiktaş Gain	77
	Umana Reyer Venezia	90			Dolomiti Energia Trento	76
	Dolomiti Energia Trento	94						Beşiktaş Gain	91			1
						Bahçeşehir Koleji	72			0
				Bahçeşehir Koleji	75
	Budućnost VOLI	82			U-BT Cluj-Napoca	72
	U-BT Cluj-Napoca	100

Eighthfinals

Home team	Score	Away team
Cedevita Olimpija	73–65	Niners Chemnitz
Türk Telekom	98–81	Baxi Manresa
Budućnost VOLI	82–100	U-BT Cluj-Napoca
Umana Reyer Venezia	90–94	Dolomiti Energia Trento

Quarterfinals

The quarterfinals were played on 17–18 March 2026.

Home team	Score	Away team
Hapoel Midtown Jerusalem	90–91	Türk Telekom
Cosea JL Bourg	83–79	Cedevita Olimpija
Beşiktaş Gain	77–76	Dolomiti Energia Trento
Bahçeşehir Koleji	75–72	U-BT Cluj-Napoca

Semifinals

The first legs were played on 31 March, the second legs on 3 April and the third legs on 8 April 2026, if necessary.

Team 1	Series	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg	3rd leg
Cosea JL Bourg	0–1	Türk Telekom	71–99	3 Apr	8 Apr
Beşiktaş Gain	1–0	Bahçeşehir Koleji	91–72	3 Apr	8 Apr

Finals

The first legs will be played on 22 April, the second legs on 28 April and the third legs on 1 May 2026, if necessary.

Team 1	Series	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg	3rd leg
Winner of Semifinal A		Winner of Semifinal B	22 Apr	28 Apr	1 May

Awards

MVP of the Round

<table><thead><tr><th>Round</th><th>Player</th><th>Team</th><th>PIR</th><th>Ref.</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>1</td><td>Bryce Jones</td><td>Aris Thessaloniki</td><td>33</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Michalis Lountzis</td><td>Panionios</td></tr><tr><td>2</td><td>D.J. Stewart</td><td>Cedevita Olimpija</td><td>41</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>3</td><td>Chris Ledlum</td><td>Ratiopharm Ulm</td><td>29</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>4</td><td>Dušan Miletić</td><td>U-BT Cluj-Napoca</td><td>31</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>5</td><td>Jared Harper</td><td>Hapoel Bank Yahav Jerusalem</td><td>36</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>6</td><td>Jared Harper (x2)</td><td>Hapoel Bank Yahav Jerusalem</td><td>37</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Bryce Jones (x2)</td><td>Aris Thessaloniki</td></tr><tr><td>James Karnik</td><td>Neptūnas Klaipėda</td></tr><tr><td>7</td><td>Cassius Winston</td><td>Hapoel Bank Yahav Jerusalem</td><td>37</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>8</td><td>Kevin Yebo</td><td>Niners Chemnitz</td><td>38</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>9</td><td>Ante Žižić</td><td>Beşiktaş Gain</td><td>36</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>10</td><td>Andrej Jakimovski</td><td>Dolomiti Energia Trento</td><td>43</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>11</td><td>Mitch Creek</td><td>U-BT Cluj-Napoca</td><td>43</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>12</td><td>DeVante' Jones</td><td>Dolomiti Energia Trento</td><td>37</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Fatts Russell</td><td>U-BT Cluj-Napoca</td></tr><tr><td>13</td><td>Rihards Lomažs</td><td>Neptūnas Klaipėda</td><td>36</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>14</td><td>Ante Žižić (x2)</td><td>Beşiktaş Gain</td><td>34</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>15</td><td>DeVante' Jones (x2)</td><td>Dolomiti Energia Trento</td><td>43</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>16</td><td>Malachi Flynn</td><td>Bahçeşehir Koleji</td><td>35</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>17</td><td>Jared Harper (x3)</td><td>Hapoel Bank Yahav Jerusalem</td><td>33</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>18</td><td>Tyler Cavanaugh</td><td>Bahçeşehir Koleji</td><td>32</td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>

Playoffs

Round	Player	Team	PIR	Ref.
Eighthfinals	Iverson Molinar	U-BT Cluj-Napoca	39
Quarterfinals	Kyle Allman	Türk Telekom	31