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2024–25 EuroLeague

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For the equivalent women's tournament, see 2024–25 EuroLeague Women.
Turkish Airlines EuroLeague1
Season2024–25
Duration3 October 2024 – 25 May 2025
Games played90
Teams18
Statistical leaders
Points United States Carsen Edwards 21.0
Rebounds Cape Verde Edy Tavares
United States Trevion Williams		 7.9
Assists Israel Tamir Blatt 8.7
Index Rating Bulgaria Sasha Vezenkov 22.9
Records
Biggest home winBayern Munich 115–88 Alba Berlin
(14 November 2024)
Biggest away winAlba Berlin 70–86 Anadolu Efes
(31 October 2024)
Barcelona 87–103 Paris
(15 November 2024)
Highest scoringBayern Munich 109–107 Paris
(17 October 2024)
Winning streak6 games
Paris
Losing streak6 games
Partizan
Highest attendance20,991
Crvena zvezda 94–98 Barcelona
(18 October 2024)
Lowest attendance0
Three (3) games of Maccabi Tel Aviv played in Serbia
2025–26 →
All statistics correct as of 15 November 2024.
1 Sponsored league name, referring to Turkish Airlines.

The 2024–25 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague will be the 25th season of the modern era of the EuroLeague, and the 15th under the title sponsorship of Turkish Airlines. Including the competition's previous incarnation as the FIBA Europe Champions Cup, this will be the 68th season of the premier basketball competition for European men's clubs. The season will begin on 3 October 2024 and will end on 25 May 2025 with the Final Four.[1]

For the fourth straight season, CSKA Moscow had their EuroLeague license rescinded following the Russian invasion of Ukraine.[2]

This will be the second straight season under the new format with the play-in tournament for seventh- to tenth-placed teams in the regular season.

Panathinaikos AKTOR are the defending champions.

Teams

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Team changes (pre-season)

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A total of 18 teams will participate in the league, including 17 teams from the 2023–24 season and one promoted from the 2023–24 EuroCup.[1]

On 12 April 2024, Paris Basketball achieved its first continental crown by winning its first EuroCup title after it swept Mincidelice JL Bourg in an almost perfect season with 22 wins and only one loss balance that earned the right to play in the league. It will be the debut season of the team from the French capital in the European top flight.[3] Valencia Basket were due to be relegated to the EuroCup.[4]

Increase Promoted from EuroCup Decrease Relegated to EuroCup

Venues and locations

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Location of teams in 2024–25 EuroLeague
Team Home city Arena Capacity Season Last season
Germany ALBA Berlin Berlin Uber Arena 14,500[5] 17th 18th
Turkey Anadolu Efes Istanbul Basketbol Gelişim Merkezi 10,000[6] 34th 10th
Spain Barcelona Barcelona Palau Blaugrana 7,585[7] 39th 6th
Spain Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz Buesa Arena 15,431[8] 26th 8th
Germany Bayern Munich Munich SAP Garden 12,500[9] 10th 15th
Serbia Crvena zvezda Meridianbet Belgrade Belgrade Arena 18,386[10] 16th 16th
Aleksandar Nikolić Hall 8,000[11]
Italy EA7 Emporio Armani Milan Milan Unipol Forum 12,700[12] 34th 12th
Turkey Fenerbahçe Beko Istanbul Ülker Sports and Event Hall 13,000[13] 23rd 4th
France LDLC ASVEL Décines-Charpieu LDLC Arena 12,523[14] 25th 17th
Villeurbanne Astroballe 5,556[15]
Israel Maccabi Playtika Tel Aviv Tel Aviv Serbia Aleksandar Nikolić Hall 8,000[16][17] 62nd 7th
France Monaco Monaco Salle Gaston Médecin 4,090[18] 4th 5th
Greece Olympiacos Piraeus Peace and Friendship Stadium 12,300[19] 36th 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Greece Panathinaikos AKTOR Athens OAKA Altion 18,300[20] 46th 1st place, gold medalist(s)
France Paris Basketball Paris Adidas Arena 8,000[21] 1st Increase 1st place, gold medalist(s) (EuroCup)
Accor Arena 15,705[22]
Serbia Partizan Mozzart Bet Belgrade Belgrade Arena 18,386[23] 24th 11th
Aleksandar Nikolić Hall 8,000[24]
Spain Real Madrid Madrid WiZink Center 15,000[25] 57th 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Italy Virtus Segafredo Bologna Bologna Virtus Segafredo Arena 9,980[26] 20th 9th
Unipol Arena 8,278[27]
Lithuania Žalgiris Kaunas Žalgirio Arena 15,415[28] 34th 14th


Managerial changes

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Main article: List of 2024–25 EuroLeague transactions
Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Replaced with Date of appointment
Spain Baskonia Montenegro Duško Ivanović End of contract 27 May 2024[29] Pre-season Spain Pablo Laso 28 June 2024[30]
Spain Barcelona Spain Roger Grimau Sacked 8 June 2024[31] Spain Joan Peñarroya 14 June 2024[32]
Germany Bayern Munich Spain Pablo Laso Resigned 28 June 2024[33] Canada Gordon Herbert 25 July 2024[34]
France Paris Basketball Finland Tuomas Iisalo 8 July 2024[35] Brazil Tiago Splitter 15 July 2024[36]

Referees

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A total of 68 Euroleague Basketball officials are set to work on the 2024-25 season in EuroLeague and EuroCup:

Regular season

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Main article: 2024–25 EuroLeague regular season

The regular season will begin on 3 October 2024 and will conclude on 11 April 2025. The 18 teams will play against each other home-and-away in a round-robin format over 34 rounds where only 10 teams will advance to the postseason. Moreover, the top six teams from regular season will receive a bye to the playoffs, while the teams placed from seventh to 10th will participate in the play-in to get the last two playoff spots. At the tail end of the standings, teams placed from 11th to 18th will be eliminated after the regular season.

League table

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Pos Team
 Pld W L PF PA PD Qualification
1 Turkey Fenerbahçe Beko 11 9 2 871 827 +44 Qualification to playoffs
2 Greece Olympiacos 11 8 3 951 877 +74
3 Germany Bayern Munich 11 8 3 986 938 +48
4 France Paris Basketball 11 8 3 941 895 +46
5 Greece Panathinaikos AKTOR 11 7 4 942 893 +49
6 France Monaco 11 7 4 932 888 +44
7 Lithuania Žalgiris 11 7 4 825 809 +16 Qualification to play-in
8 Spain Barcelona 11 7 4 929 918 +11
9 Turkey Anadolu Efes 11 6 5 922 905 +17
10 Spain Real Madrid 11 5 6 922 904 +18
11 Serbia Crvena zvezda Meridianbet 11 5 6 892 878 +14
12 Italy EA7 Emporio Armani Milan 11 5 6 938 950 −12
13 Spain Baskonia 11 4 7 833 874 −41
14 Serbia Partizan Mozzart Bet 11 3 8 880 902 −22
15 Israel Maccabi Playtika Tel Aviv 11 3 8 905 958 −53
16 France LDLC ASVEL 11 3 8 880 941 −61
17 Italy Virtus Segafredo Bologna 11 2 9 878 933 −55
18 Germany ALBA Berlin 11 2 9 850 987 −137
Updated to match(es) played on 22 November 2024. Source: EuroLeague
Rules for classification: Regular season tiebreakers

Results

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Home \ Away BER EFS FCB BKN BAY CZV MIL FBB ASV MTA ASM OLY PAO PBB PAR RMB VIR ZAL
ALBA Berlin Germany — 70–86 105–101 71–78 84–79 77–87 83–92
Anadolu Efes Turkey — 88–97 78–83 69–81 91–89 84–93
Barcelona Spain 88–73 — 91–68 90–83 86–71 87–103 87–103
Baskonia Spain 80–57 84–89 — 88–83 75–87 88–82 76–72
Bayern Munich Germany 115–88 — 84–80 109–107 97–89 77–74
Crvena zvezda Meridianbet Serbia 92–71 94–98 78–71 — 77–81 77–89
EA7 Emporio Armani Milan Italy 84–96 — 98–86 79–74 85–76 99–90 82–85
Fenerbahçe Beko Turkey 87–76 57–76 — 84–82 82–71 76–81 89–72
LDLC ASVEL France 76–69 71–84 77–74 73–77 — 87–85
Maccabi Playtika Tel Aviv Israel 93–91 89–82 — 91–94 79–91 79–78
Monaco France 90–98 93–80 103–92 85–79 — 80–87 101–85
Olympiacos Greece 95–74 92–69 89–68 94–92 — 79–69 74–68
Panathinaikos AKTOR Greece 94–79 92–68 93–87 89–94 —
Paris Basketball France 67–65 77–80 84–80 — 74–71 83–77
Partizan Mozzart Bet Serbia 79–87 86–78 81–88 74–79 — 69–70
Real Madrid Spain 98–84 64–74 95–72 90–86 93–86 — 98–86
Virtus Segafredo Bologna Italy 67–76 84–87 82–86 84–77 77–82 — 68–71
Žalgiris Lithuania 74–67 86–84 65–72 78–63 63–62 —
Updated to match(es) played on 21 November 2024. Source: EuroLeague
Legend: Blue = home team win; Red = away team win.
Matches with lighter background shading were decided after overtime.

Awards

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All official awards of the 2024–25 EuroLeague.

MVP of the Round

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Main article: EuroLeague MVP of the Round
Regular season
Round Player Team PIR Ref.
1 Israel Tamir Blatt Israel Maccabi Playtika Tel Aviv 36 [37]
2 France Neal Sako France LDLC ASVEL 30 [38]
Bulgaria Sasha Vezenkov Greece Olympiacos
3 Bulgaria Sasha Vezenkov (2) Greece Olympiacos 31 [39]
4 France Théo Maledon France LDLC ASVEL 36 [40]
5 North Macedonia T. J. Shorts France Paris Basketball 38 [41]
6 Puerto Rico Shabazz Napier Germany Bayern Munich 26 [42]
7 United States Zach LeDay Italy EA7 Emporio Armani Milan 29 [43]
8 Czech Republic Jan Veselý Spain FC Barcelona 28 [44]
9 Serbia Filip Petrušev Serbia Crvena zvezda Meridianbet 38 [45]
10 France Théo Maledon (2) France LDLC ASVEL 36 [46]
North Macedonia T. J. Shorts (2) France Paris Basketball

MVP of the Month

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Main article: EuroLeague MVP of the Month
Month Round Player Team Ref.
2024
October 1–7 United States Kevin Punter Spain Barcelona [47]

Attendances

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Pos Team Total High Low Average Change
1 Serbia Partizan Mozzart Bet[Note 3] 86,929 20,112 7,494 17,386 −12.7%†
2 Greece Panathinaikos AKTOR 61,790 18,020 12,750 15,448 +1.0%†
3 Serbia Crvena zvezda Meridianbet[Note 3] 76,280 20,991 7,467 15,256 −14.5%†
4 Lithuania Žalgiris 74,997 15,325 14,773 14,999 +1.5%†
5 Greece Olympiacos 67,344 12,349 9,737 11,224 −2.7%†
6 Germany Bayern Munich 55,300 11,200 10,500 11,060 +77.9%†
7 Turkey Fenerbahçe Beko[Note 2] 59,136 12,712 1,570 9,856 −2.1%†
8 Turkey Anadolu Efes 47,025 9,967 8,909 9,405 −24.6%†
9 Germany ALBA Berlin 55,461 11,856 7,044 9,244 −1.7%†
10 Spain Baskonia 54,889 10,840 8,143 9,148 −8.2%†
11 Italy EA7 Emporio Armani Milan 51,111 10,072 7,550 8,519 −15.2%†
12 Spain Real Madrid 50,291 10,175 7,123 8,382 −6.0%†
13 France Paris Basketball 41,491 11,764 6,915 8,298 n/a1
14 Italy Virtus Segafredo Bologna 45,510 8,213 7,018 7,585 −5.6%†
15 France LDLC ASVEL 37,151 8,987 5,433 7,430 −1.8%†
16 Spain Barcelona 28,736 6,103 5,368 5,747 −10.8%†
17 France Monaco 26,178 5,000 4,007 4,363 +7.7%†
18 Israel Maccabi Playtika Tel Aviv[Note 1] 888 655 233 444 −31.5%†
League total 919,619 20,991 1,570 9,996 −4.8%†

Updated to match(es) played on 21 November 2024. Source: EuroLeague
Notes:
1: Team did not participate in the last EuroLeague regular season.

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    Maccabi Playtika Tel Aviv played their home games at Aleksandar Nikolic Hall in Serbia's capital, Belgrade, due to security concerns derived from the ongoing armed conflict in Israel.[48]
    2. Maccabi's attendance not included in league total.
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    Fenerbahçe Beko game against Maccabi Playtika Tel Aviv was relocated to Žalgiris Arena in Kaunas, Lithuania due to security concerns. [49]
  3. ^
    Crvena zvezda Meridianbet and Partizan Mozzart Bet played two and one game respectively at Aleksandar Nikolić Hall due to availability reasons of Belgrade Arena. [50]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b "Assembly of Syndicate Shareholders of ECA approves 2024-25 teams lists, season calendar and new Financial Fair Play new regulations". Euroleague Basketball. 17 June 2024. Retrieved 17 June 2024.
  2. ^ Askounis, Johnny (5 August 2022). "CSKA seeking legal assessment on exclusion from EuroLeague". Eurohoops. Retrieved 23 December 2022.
  3. ^ "Paris wins EuroCup, earns promotion to 2024-25 EuroLeague". basketnews.com. 12 April 2024. Retrieved 12 April 2024.
  4. ^ Barkas, Aris (13 April 2024). "The EuroLeague line-up for the 2024-25 season almost set with Paris being the new face". Eurohoops. Retrieved 18 November 2024.
  5. ^ "Uber Arena". feeds.incrowdsports.com. Retrieved 23 August 2024. capacity: 14500
  6. ^ "Efes to play in new arena in the 2024-25 EuroLeague season". basketnews.com. 20 August 2024. Retrieved 23 August 2024.
  7. ^ "Palau Blaugrana". feeds.incrowdsports.com. Retrieved 23 August 2024. capacity: 7585
  8. ^ "Buesa Arena". feeds.incrowdsports.com. Retrieved 23 August 2024. capacity: 15431
  9. ^ "SAP Garden". feeds.incrowdsports.com. Retrieved 23 August 2024. capacity: 12500
  10. ^ "Belgrade Arena". feeds.incrowdsports.com. Retrieved 23 August 2024. capacity: 18386
  11. ^ "Aleksandar Nikolić Hall". feeds.incrowdsports.com. Retrieved 23 August 2024. capacity: 8000
  12. ^ "Unipol Forum". www.legabasket.it. Retrieved 11 September 2024. Capienza 12700 posti
  13. ^ "Ülker Sports and Event Hall". feeds.incrowdsports.com. Retrieved 23 August 2024. capacity: 13000
  14. ^ "LDLC Arena". feeds.incrowdsports.com. Retrieved 23 August 2024. capacity: 12523
  15. ^ "Astroballe". feeds.incrowdsports.com. Retrieved 23 August 2024. capacity: 5556
  16. ^ "Euroleague Basketball approves potential alternative venues for Israeli teams' home games". Euroleague Basketball. 11 July 2024. Retrieved 28 July 2024.
  17. ^ "Aleksandar Nikolić Hall". feeds.incrowdsports.com. Retrieved 23 August 2024. capacity: 8000
  18. ^ "Salle Gaston Médecin". feeds.incrowdsports.com. Retrieved 23 August 2024. capacity: 4090
  19. ^ "Peace and Friendship Stadium". feeds.incrowdsports.com. Retrieved 23 August 2024. capacity: 12300
  20. ^ "OAKA Altion". feeds.incrowdsports.com. Retrieved 23 August 2024. capacity: 18300
  21. ^ "Adidas Arena". feeds.incrowdsports.com. Retrieved 23 August 2024. capacity: 8000
  22. ^ "Accor Arena". feeds.incrowdsports.com. Retrieved 23 August 2024. capacity: 15705
  23. ^ "Belgrade Arena". feeds.incrowdsports.com. Retrieved 23 August 2024. capacity: 18386
  24. ^ "Aleksandar Nikolić Hall". feeds.incrowdsports.com. Retrieved 23 August 2024. capacity: 8000
  25. ^ "WiZink Center". feeds.incrowdsports.com. Retrieved 23 August 2024. capacity: 15000
  26. ^ "Virtus Segafredo Arena". feeds.incrowdsports.com. Retrieved 23 August 2024. capacity: 8900
  27. ^ "Unipol Arena". feeds.incrowdsports.com. Retrieved 23 August 2024. capacity: 8278
  28. ^ "Žalgirio Arena". feeds.incrowdsports.com. Retrieved 23 August 2024. capacity: 15415
  29. ^ "Baskonia, Dusko Ivanovic part ways". EuroLeague. 27 May 2024. Retrieved 27 May 2024.
  30. ^ "Baskonia appoints Pablo Laso as head coach". EuroLeague. 28 June 2024. Retrieved 28 June 2024.
  31. ^ "Barcelona sacks Roger Grimau as head coach". EuroLeague. 8 June 2024. Retrieved 8 June 2024.
  32. ^ "Barcelona names Joan Penarroya as head coach". EuroLeague. 14 June 2024. Retrieved 14 June 2024.
  33. ^ "Coach Laso leaves Bayern due to family reasons". EuroLeague. 28 May 2024. Retrieved 28 June 2024.
  34. ^ "Bayern tabs world champion Gordie Herbert as head coach". EuroLeague. 25 July 2024. Retrieved 25 July 2024.
  35. ^ "Tuomas Iisalon NBA-valmennuspestille sinetti". yle.fi. 8 July 2024. Retrieved 8 July 2024.
  36. ^ "Paris appoints Tiago Splitter as head coach". EuroLeague. 15 July 2024. Retrieved 15 July 2024.
  37. ^ "Round 1 MVP: Tamir Blatt, Maccabi Playtika Tel Aviv". EuroLeague. 5 October 2023. Retrieved 8 October 2024.
  38. ^ "Round 2 co-MVPs: Neal Sako and Sasha Vezenkov". EuroLeague. 12 October 2024. Retrieved 12 October 2024.
  39. ^ "Round 3 MVP: Sasha Vezenkov, Olympiacos Piraeus | EuroLeague". Euroleague Basketball. 2024-10-17. Retrieved 2024-10-17.
  40. ^ "Round 4 MVP: Theo Maledon, LDLC ASVEL Villeurbanne". Euroleague Basketball. 2024-10-19. Retrieved 2024-10-19.
  41. ^ "Round 5 MVP: TJ Shorts, Paris Basketball". Euroleague Basketball. 2024-10-27. Retrieved 2024-10-19.
  42. ^ "Round 6 MVP: Shabazz Napier, FC Bayern Munich". Euroleague Basketball. 2024-10-31. Retrieved 2024-10-31.
  43. ^ "Round 7 MVP: Zach LeDay, EA7 Emporio Armani Milan". Euroleague Basketball. 2024-11-02. Retrieved 2024-11-02.
  44. ^ "Round 8 MVP: Jan Vesely, FC Barcelona". Euroleague Basketball. 2024-11-02. Retrieved 2024-11-09.
  45. ^ "Round 9 MVP: Filip Petrusev, Crvena Zvezda Meridianbet Belgrade". Euroleague Basketball. 2024-11-13. Retrieved 2024-11-13.
  46. ^ "Round 10 co-MVPs: Theo Maledon, ASVEL and TJ Shorts, Paris". EuroLeague. 16 November 2024. Retrieved 17 November 2024.
  47. ^ "Barcelona's Kevin Punter named October MVP". EuroLeague. 4 November 2023.
  48. ^ "Euroleague Basketball approves potential alternative venues for Israeli teams' home games". euroleaguebasketball.net. Turkish Airlines Euroleague. 11 July 2024. Retrieved 11 July 2024.
  49. ^ "Round 6 game Fenerbahce vs. Maccabi relocated". euroleaguebasketball.net. Turkish Airlines Euroleague. 17 October 2024.
  50. ^ "Partizan and Crvena Zvezda temporarily forced out of Belgrade Arena". basketnews.com. BasketNews. 29 October 2024.
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