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]

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.

For the fourth straight season, CSKA Moscow had their EuroLeague license rescinded following the Russian invasion of Ukraine.[2]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 April 12, 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] On the other hand, Valencia Basket was relegated to EuroCup after a two-year stay in the European top league.[4]

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


Managerial changes

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Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Replaced with Date of appointment
  Baskonia   Duško Ivanović End of contract 27 May 2024[29] Pre-season   Pablo Laso 28 June 2024[30]
  Barcelona   Roger Grimau Sacked 8 June 2024[31]   Joan Peñarroya 14 June 2024[32]
  Bayern Munich   Pablo Laso Resigned 28 June 2024[33]   Gordon Herbert 25 July 2024[34]
  Paris Basketball   Tuomas Iisalo 8 July 2024[35]   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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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   Fenerbahçe Beko 10 8 2 785 745 +40 Qualification to playoffs
2   Panathinaikos AKTOR 10 7 3 865 809 +56
3   Olympiacos 10 7 3 859 808 +51
4   Paris Basketball 10 7 3 848 811 +37
5   Barcelona 10 7 3 851 818 +33
6   Bayern Munich 10 7 3 886 860 +26
7   Monaco 10 6 4 829 796 +33 Qualification to play-in
8   Anadolu Efes 10 6 4 838 812 +26
9   Žalgiris 10 6 4 741 732 +9
10   Crvena zvezda Meridianbet 10 5 5 815 789 +26
11   Real Madrid 10 4 6 824 820 +4
12   Baskonia 10 4 6 764 782 −18
13   EA7 Emporio Armani Milan 10 4 6 840 864 −24
14   Maccabi Playtika Tel Aviv 10 3 7 819 860 −41
15   LDLC ASVEL 10 3 7 788 838 −50
16   Partizan Mozzart Bet 10 2 8 791 825 −34
17   Virtus Segafredo Bologna 10 2 8 796 847 −51
18   ALBA Berlin 10 2 8 766 889 −123
Updated to match(es) played on 15 November 2024. Source: EuroLeague
Rules for classification: Regular season tiebreakers

Results

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Awards

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All official awards of the 2024–25 EuroLeague.

MVP of the Round

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Regular season
Round Player Team PIR Ref.
1   Tamir Blatt   Maccabi Playtika Tel Aviv 36 [37]
2   Neal Sako   LDLC ASVEL 30 [38]
  Sasha Vezenkov   Olympiacos
3   Sasha Vezenkov (2)   Olympiacos 31 [39]
4   Théo Maledon   LDLC ASVEL 36 [40]
5   T. J. Shorts   Paris Basketball 38 [41]
6   Shabazz Napier   Bayern Munich 26 [42]
7   Zach LeDay   EA7 Emporio Armani Milan 29 [43]
8   Jan Veselý   FC Barcelona 28 [44]
9   Filip Petrušev   Crvena zvezda Meridianbet 38 [45]
10   Théo Maledon (2)   LDLC ASVEL 36 [46]
  T. J. Shorts (2)   Paris Basketball

MVP of the Month

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Month Round Player Team Ref.
2024
October 1–7   Kevin Punter   Barcelona [47]

Attendances

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Pos Team Total High Low Average Change
1   Partizan Mozzart Bet[Note 3] 86,929 20,112 7,494 17,386 −12.7%
2   Panathinaikos AKTOR 61,790 18,020 12,750 15,448 +1.0%
3   Žalgiris 74,997 15,325 14,773 14,999 +1.5%
4   Crvena zvezda Meridianbet[Note 3] 55,626 20,991 7,467 13,907 −22.1%
5   Olympiacos 55,867 12,349 9,737 11,173 −3.1%
6   Bayern Munich 55,300 11,200 10,500 11,060 +77.9%
7   Fenerbahçe Beko[Note 2] 59,136 12,712 1,570 9,856 −2.1%
8   Anadolu Efes 38,116 9,967 8,926 9,529 −23.6%
9   ALBA Berlin 55,461 11,856 7,044 9,244 −1.7%
10   Baskonia 54,889 10,840 8,143 9,148 −8.2%
11   EA7 Emporio Armani Milan 43,293 10,072 7,550 8,659 −13.8%
12   Real Madrid 43,168 10,175 7,549 8,634 −3.1%
13   Paris Basketball 41,491 11,764 6,915 8,298 n/a1
14   Virtus Segafredo Bologna 38,048 8,213 7,018 7,610 −5.3%
15   LDLC ASVEL 37,151 8,987 5,433 7,430 −1.8%
16   Barcelona 28,736 6,103 5,368 5,747 −10.8%
17   Monaco 22,171 5,000 4,012 4,434 +9.4%
18   Maccabi Playtika Tel Aviv[Note 1] 888 655 233 444 −31.5%
League total 852,169 20,991 1,570 10,026 −4.6%

Updated to match(es) played on 15 November 2024. Source: EuroLeague
Notes:
1: Team did not participate in the last EuroLeague regular season.

  1. ^
    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.
  3. ^
    Fenerbahçe Beko game against Maccabi Playtika Tel Aviv was relocated to Žalgiris Arena in Kaunas, Lithuania due to security concerns. [49]
  4. ^
    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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