2023–24 FIBA Europe Cup


The 2023–24 FIBA Europe Cup was the 9th season of the FIBA Europe Cup, a European basketball competition for clubs launched by FIBA Europe. The season began on 18 October 2023 and ended on 24 April 2024.
For this season, the number of teams in regular season was increased from 32 to 40 teams. The finals were contested by German club Niners Chemnitz and Turkish club Bahçeşehir Koleji, with Chemnitz winning their first European and Europe Cup title.
Anwil Włocławek were the defending champions, but were eliminated in the regular season.

Team allocation

A total of 53 teams from 27 of the 50 FIBA Europe member associations were expected to participate in the 2023–24 FIBA Europe Cup season, but finally 51 teams from 27 of the 50 FIBA Europe member associations participated in the competition. On July 20, 2023, FIBA Europe confirmed 35 teams to take part in the competition. On August 2, 2023, FIBA Europe confirmed the 21 teams of the Basketball Champions League qualifying rounds had opted in to participate in the FIBA Europe Cup in case they do not reach the Basketball Champions League regular season, out of which a maximum of 20 could join the regular season. On October 2, 2023, 18 of the 21 teams that had opted in to participate in the FIBA Europe Cup regular season joined from Basketball Champions League qualifying rounds after Benfica, Cholet and SIG Strasbourg qualified for the Basketball Champions League. On October 9, 2023, FIBA Europe suspended all games involving Israeli teams from regular season onwards due to them being unable to host home games because of the Gaza war.

Teams

The labels in the parentheses show how each team qualified for the place of its starting round :
  • 1st, 2nd, 3rd, etc.: League position after eventual Playoffs
  • CL QR: Transferred from Champions League qualifying rounds

Schedule

The schedule of the competition is as follows.

Qualifying tournaments

The qualifying tournaments took place from 2 to 5 October 2023 with six tournaments consisting of three teams, while one tournament will feature four teams. The winner of each tournament advanced to the regular season, which has been expanded for the 2023–24 season to feature 40 clubs split across 10 groups of four. As clubs that have opted in from the Basketball Champions League qualifying rounds could qualify to the Basketball Champions League regular season, this led to additional spots in the regular season of the FIBA Europe Cup opening up to be filled by the best ranked runners-up in the qualifying tournaments.

Qualifying tournament G

Lucky losers

The additional spots were made available after French clubs Cholet and SIG Strasbourg both qualified for the Basketball Champions League. The two lucky losers were determined by the best ranked second-placed clubs from the FIBA Europe Cup Qualifying Tournaments in accordance to Section D of the Official Basketball Rules.

Regular season

The regular season was expanded with eight teams, from 32 to 40, which were divided in 10 groups of four.

Group H

Play-offs

The play-offs began on 6 March and concluded on 17 and 24 April 2024 with the Finals.

Quarter-finals

The first legs were played on 6 March, and the second legs were played on 13 March 2024.

Semi-finals

The first legs were played on 27 March, and the second legs were played on 3 April 2024.

Finals

The first leg was played on 17 April, and the second leg was played on 24 April 2024.