The groups of Galatasaray, Manisa BBSK, P. Karşıyaka and Aliağa Petkimspor, which will represent Turkey in the Basketball Champions League (BCL) this season, were announced.
The official draw ceremony for the 9th season of the Basketball Champions League (BCL) was held today at the Patrick Baumann Basketball House in Switzerland. The opponents of Galatasaray, Manisa BBSK, P. Karşıyaka and Aliağa Petkimspor, who will represent Turkey in the BCL regular season, and Aliağa Petkimspor, who will take part in the qualifiers, were announced with the draw.
In the BCL 2024-25 season, 28 clubs will start directly from the regular season, while 4 teams will be added from the qualifying rounds and a total of 32 teams will compete in the regular season. The qualifying tournaments of the BCL’s 2024-25 season will take place on September 15-22 and the regular season will start on October 1.
In the Qualifying Round, 24 teams will compete in 4 separate tournaments. Two of these tournaments will be the Champions Road Tournament featuring the 12 local league champions, while the other two will consist of other teams competing for qualification.
The regular season will follow the same format as previous seasons with eight groups of four teams. The group leaders will advance directly to the Last 16 Round, while the second and third-placed teams will play a play-in series in January. The BCL Final Four for the 2024-25 season will take place on May 8-11, 2025.
The BCL regular season and knockout tournament groups are as follows
Group A
Hapoel Holon
Igokea
Nanterre 92
Baskets Würzburg
Group B
Unicaja
Filou Ostend
King Szczecin
Qualifying Round 3 winner
Group C
La Laguna Tenerife
P. Karsiyaka
Saint-Quentin
Kolossos H Hotels
Group D
Galatasaray
Promitheas Patras
Rasta Vechta
Qualifying Round 2 winner
Group E
AEK Betsson BC
VEF Riga
Maccabi Ironi Ramat Gan
Qualifying Round 4 winner
Group F
Rytas Vilnius
Falco Szombathely
Pallacanestro Reggiana
WKS Slask Wroclaw
Group G
BAXI Manresa
Bertram Derthona Tortona
Niners Chemnitz
Qualifying Round 1 winner
Group H
UCAM Murcia
Peristeri
Manisa BBSK
FMP Soccerbet
Qualifying Round 1
Quarter Finals
Rilski Sportist-BC Nokia
Morning- Norrkoping Dolphins
Semi-Finals
Quarter Final 1 Winner-SL Benfica
Quarter Final 2 Winner-Fribourg Olympic
Qualifying Round 2
Quarter Finals
Trepca-Keravnos BC
BC Kutaisi 2010-Patrioti Levice
Semi-Finals
Quarter Final 1 Winner-ERA Nymburk
Quarter Final 2 Winner-Kalev/Cramo
Qualifying Round 3
Quarter Finals
Caledonia Gladiators-CSM CSU Oradea
Aliaga Petkimspor-Heroes den Bosch
Semi-Finals
Quarter Final 1 Winner-PAOK mateco
Quarter Final 2 Winner-Cholet Basket
Qualifying Round 4
Quarter Finals
MoraBanc Andorra-Windrose Giants Antwerp
Spartak Office Shoes-Juventus Utena
Semi-Finals
Quarter Final 1 Winner-Telekom Baskets Bonn
Quarterfinal 2 Winner-Dinamo Banco di Sardegna Sassari
