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 | |||||||||||||
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Season | 2024–25 | ||||||||||||
Duration | 3 October 2024 – 25 May 2025 | ||||||||||||
Games played | 90 | ||||||||||||
Teams | 18 | ||||||||||||
Statistical leaders | |||||||||||||
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Records | |||||||||||||
Biggest home win | Bayern Munich 115–88 Alba Berlin (14 November 2024) | ||||||||||||
Biggest away win | Alba Berlin 70–86 Anadolu Efes (31 October 2024) Barcelona 87–103 Paris (15 November 2024) | ||||||||||||
Highest scoring | Bayern Munich 109–107 Paris (17 October 2024) | ||||||||||||
Winning streak | 6 games Paris | ||||||||||||
Losing streak | 6 games Partizan | ||||||||||||
Highest attendance | 20,991 Crvena zvezda 94–98 Barcelona (18 October 2024) | ||||||||||||
Lowest attendance | 0 Three (3) games of Maccabi Tel Aviv played in Serbia | ||||||||||||
← 2023–24 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For the fourth straight season, CSKA Moscow had their EuroLeague license rescinded following the Russian invasion of Ukraine.[2]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
editTeam changes (pre-season)
editA 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 |
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Venues and locations
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Managerial changes
editTeam | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Position in table | Replaced with | Date of appointment |
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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
editA total of 68 Euroleague Basketball officials are set to work on the 2024-25 season in EuroLeague and EuroCup:
- Gentian Cici
- Leandro Lezcano
- Nick van den Broeck
- Dragan Porobić
- Denis Hadžić
- Josip Radojković
- Luka Kardum
- Sreten Radović
- Tomislav Hordov
- Robert Vyklický
- Aare Halliko
- Rain Peerandi
- Hugues Thépénier
- Joseph Bissang
- Maxime Boubert
- Mehdi Difallah
- Thomas Bissuel
- Anne Panther
- Christian Theis
- Robert Lottermoser
- Steve Bittner
- Eduard Udyanskyy
- Ioannis Foufis
- Vassilis Pitsilkas
- Vasiliki Tsaroucha
- Adar Peer
- Amit Balak
- Noam Gordon
- Seffi Shemmesh
- Carmelo Paternicò
- Guido Giovannetti
- Manuel Attard
- Michele Rossi
- Kristaps Konstantinovs
- Oļegs Latiševs
- Artūras Šukys
- Gytis Vilius
- Jurgis Laurinavičius
- Igor Dragojević
- Miloš Koljenšić
- Jakub Zamojski
- Marcin Kowalski
- Piotr Pastusiak
- Tomasz Trawicki
- Sérgio Silva
- Ilija Belošević
- Marko Juras
- Milivoje Jovčić
- Stefan Ćalić
- Uroš Nikolić
- Uroš Obrknežević
- Damir Javor
- Mario Majkić
- Milan Nedović
- Saša Pukl
- Sašo Petek
- Alberto Baena
- Carlos Cortés
- Carlos Peruga
- Emilio Pérez
- Jordi Aliaga
- Juan Carlos García
- Miguel Ángel Pérez
- Sergio Manuel
- Saulius Račys
- Emin Moğulkoç
- Hüseyin Çelik
- Borys Ryzhyk
Regular season
editThe 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 |
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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 |
Rules for classification: Regular season tiebreakers
Results
editAwards
editAll official awards of the 2024–25 EuroLeague.
MVP of the Round
edit- Regular season
Round | Player | Team | PIR | Ref. |
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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
editMonth | Round | Player | Team | Ref. |
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2024 | ||||
October | 1–7 | Kevin Punter | Barcelona | [47] |
Attendances
editPos | Team | Total | High | Low | Average | Change |
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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.
- ^ 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]Maccabi's attendance not included in league total.
- ^ Fenerbahçe Beko game against Maccabi Playtika Tel Aviv was relocated to Žalgiris Arena in Kaunas, Lithuania due to security concerns. [49]
- ^ 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
editReferences
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