2023–24 FIBA Europe Cup

FIBA Europe Cup
Season	2023–24
Dates	Qualifying: 2–5 October 2023 Competition proper: 18 October 2023–24 April 2024
Number of teams	Competition proper: 40[i] (from 25 countries) Total: 53[ii] (from 27 countries)
Finals
Champions	Niners Chemnitz
Runners-up	Bahçeşehir Koleji
Semifinalists	Itelyum Varese Surne Bilbao Basket
Finals MVP	Kaza Kajami-Keane
Statistical leaders
Points Christian Vital 21.9 Rebounds Travis Taylor 14.2 Assists Olivier Hanlan 9.0 Index Rating Olivier Hanlan 21.6
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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 the former winning heir first European and Europe Cup title.^[1]

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.^[2] 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.^[3] 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.^[4] On October 9, 2023, FIBA Europe suspended all games involving Israeli teams (Bnei Herzliya, Hapoel Galil Elyon, and Ironi Ness Ziona) from regular season onwards in response to the Israel–Hamas war.^[5]

Teams

The labels in the parentheses show how each team qualified for the place of its starting round (TH: FIBA Europe Cup title holders):

• 1st, 2nd, 3rd, etc.: League position after eventual Playoffs
• CL QR: Transferred from Champions League qualifying rounds

Qualified teams for 2023–24 FIBA Europe Cup (by entry round)

Regular season
Happy Casa Brindisi (CL QR)	Ironi Ness Ziona (CL QR)[Note ISR]	Norrköping Dolphins (CL QR)	Arconic Alba Fehérvár (2nd)
Itelyium Varese (CL QR)	Peja (CL QR)	Caledonia Gladiators (CL QR)	Hapoel Galil Elyon (5th)[Note ISR]
AEK Larnaca (CL QR)	CBet Jonava (CL QR)	PGE Spójnia Stargard (5th)	ZZ Leiden (1st)
Bakken Bears (CL QR)	Mornar Barsko zlato (CL QR)	Anwil Włocłavek (7th)TH	Sporting CP (2nd)
Kalev/Cramo (CL QR)	Heroes Den Bosch (CL QR)	Balkan (1st)	BC CSU Sibiu (3rd)
Karhu (CL QR)	Legia Warsaw (CL QR)	ERA Nymburk (3rd)	Surne Bilbao Basket (12th)
TSU Tbilisi (CL QR)	CSM Oradea (CL QR)	Gravelines Dunkerque (10th)	Bahçeşehir Koleji (9th)
Göttingen (CL QR)	Patrioti Levice (CL QR)	Niners Chemnitz (8th)
Qualifying tournaments
Keravnos (2nd)	Sabah (1st)	Egis Körmend (3rd)	FC Porto (3rd)
Anorthosis Famagusta (4th)	Chernomorets (2nd)	Tindastóll (1st)	Rapid București (4th)
Rabotnički (4th)	KVIS Pardubice (4th)	Bnei Herzliya (7th)[Note ISR]	Casademont Zaragoza (13th)
Feniks 2010 (7th)	Pärnu Sadam (3rd)	Trepça (2nd)	Manisa BB (11th)
Borås Basket (2nd)	Kataja (3rd)	Nevėžis Optibet (8th)
Jämtland (3rd)	Rostock Seawolves (9th)	Donar (2nd)

Schedule

The schedule of the competition is as follows.^[6]

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 lead 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 A

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification		SAB	RAP	DON	RAB
1	Sabah	3	3	0	248	224	+24	6	Advance to regular season		—	—	—	83–81
2	Rapid București	3	2	1	227	212	+15	5			71–90	—	69–65	—
3	Donar	3	1	2	202	206	−4	4			72–75	—	—	65–62
4	Rabotnički (H)	3	0	3	200	235	−35	3			—	57–87	—	—

Qualifying tournament B

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification		MBB	POR	NEV
1	Manisa BB (H)	2	2	0	178	158	+20	4	Advance to regular season		—	80–70	—
2	FC Porto	2	1	1	170	164	+6	3			—	—	100–84
3	Nevėžis Optibet	2	0	2	172	198	−26	2			88–98	—	—

Qualifying tournament C

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification		TRE	TIN	PÄR
1	Trepça	2	2	0	154	136	+18	4	Advance to regular season		—	—	77–67
2	Tindastóll	2	1	1	138	139	−1	3			69–77	—	—
3	Pärnu Sadam (H)	2	0	2	129	146	−17	2			—	62–69	—

Qualifying tournament D

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification		KAT	BOR	CHE
1	Kataja (H)	2	1	1	167	163	+4	3	Advance to regular season		—	71–78	—
2	Borås Basket	2	1	1	183	180	+3	3			—	—	105–109
3	Chernomorets	2	1	1	194	201	−7	3			85–96	—	—

Qualifying tournament E

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification		ROS	KER	FEN
1	Rostock Seawolves	2	2	0	194	146	+48	4	Advance to regular season		—	93–74	—
2	Keravnos (H)	2	1	1	181	153	+28	3			—	—	107–60
3	Feniks 2010	2	0	2	132	208	−76	2			72–101	—	—

Qualifying tournament F

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification		BNH	KÖR	ANO
1	Bnei Herzliya	2	2	0	184	151	+33	4	Advance to regular season		—	97–88	—
2	Egis Körmend (H)	2	1	1	179	184	−5	3			—	—	91–87
3	Anorthosis Famagusta	2	0	2	150	178	−28	2			63–87	—	—

Qualifying tournament G

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification		CAZ	JÄM	PAR
1	Casademont Zaragoza	2	2	0	175	153	+22	4	Advance to regular season		—	—	94–88
2	Jämtland (H)	2	1	1	142	157	−15	3			65–81	—	—
3	KVIS Pardubice	2	0	2	164	171	−7	2			—	76–77	—

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.

Pos	Grp	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	E	Keravnos	2	1	1	181	153	+28	3	Advance to regular season
2	B	FC Porto	2	1	1	170	164	+6	3
3	D	Borås Basket	2	1	1	183	180	+3	3
4	C	Tindastóll	2	1	1	138	139	−1	3
5	F	Egis Körmend	2	1	1	179	184	−5	3
6	G	Jämtland	2	1	1	142	157	−15	3
7	A	Rapid București	2	1	1	140	155	−15	3

Regular season

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

Group A

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification		BAL	SPO	ALB	BNH
1	Balkan	4	3	1	326	317	+9	7	Advance to second round		—	81–70	85–79	—
2	Sporting CP	4	2	2	345	338	+7	6			90–72	—	83–79	—
3	Arconic Alba Fehérvár	4	1	3	342	358	−16	5			78–88	106–102	—	—
4	Bnei Herzliya	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Withdrawal		—	—	—	—

Group B

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification		SBB	ANW	CAL	SIB
1	Surne Bilbao Basket	6	6	0	505	399	+106	12	Advance to second round		—	76–71	106–58	89–64
2	Anwil Włocłavek	6	3	3	469	409	+60	9			79–83	—	93–72	84–71
3	Caledonia Gladiators	6	3	3	431	475	−44	9			59–78	66–63	—	96–67
4	ABC Sibiu	6	0	6	379	501	−122	6			68–73	41–79	68–80	—

Group C

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification		JSK	ROS	AEK	KAU
1	CBet Jonava	6	4	2	542	504	+38	10	Advance to second round		—	84–65	80–87	98–94
2	Rostock Seawolves	6	4	2	504	473	+31	10			86–81	—	86–73	93–65
3	AEK Larnaca	6	3	3	473	492	−19	9			84–95	78–76	—	66–75
4	Karhu	6	1	5	494	544	−50	7			88–104	92–98	80–85	—

Group D

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification		BAH	NYM	SAB	MOR
1	Bahçeşehir Koleji	6	5	1	547	464	+83	11	Advance to second round		—	88–89	99–80	103–68
2	ERA Nymburk	6	5	1	547	472	+75	11			91–96	—	95–61	78–62
3	Sabah	6	1	5	451	528	−77	7			65–83	89–97	—	81–74
4	Mornar Barsko zlato	6	1	5	431	512	−81	7			71–78	76–97	80–75	—

Group E

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification		MBB	POR	BAK	NOR
1	Manisa BB	6	5	1	478	435	+43	11	Advance to second round		—	75–66	85–80	79–52
2	FC Porto	6	4	2	501	468	+33	10			84–67	—	89–78	84–64
3	Bakken Bears	6	2	4	505	512	−7	8			76–82	113–99	—	69–75
4	Norrköping Dolphins	6	1	5	421	490	−69	7			77–90	71–79	82–89	—

Group F

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification		CAZ	KAL	BRI	INZ
1	Casademont Zaragoza	4	3	1	331	309	+22	7	Advance to second round		—	71–78	91–72	—
2	Kalev/Cramo	4	2	2	295	301	−6	6			72–78	—	76–70	—
3	Happy Casa Brindisi	4	1	3	311	327	−16	5			87–91	82–69	—	—
4	Ironi Ness Ziona	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Withdrawal		—	—	—	—

Group G

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification		LEI	GRA	TRE	HGE
1	ZZ Leiden	4	3	1	287	273	+14	7	Advance to second round		—	77–69	80–76	—
2	Gravelines Dunkerque	4	2	2	294	248	+46	6			74–46	—	83–49	—
3	Trepça	4	1	3	255	315	−60	5			54–84	76–68	—	—
4	Hapoel Galil Elyon	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Withdrawal		—	—	—	—

Group H

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification		CHE	SPÓ	PEJ	HDB
1	Niners Chemnitz	6	6	0	543	403	+140	12	Advance to second round		—	97–75	98–72	88–61
2	PGE Spójnia Stargard	6	3	3	476	505	−29	9			66–84	—	79–83	73–65
3	Peja	6	2	4	495	560	−65	8			63–99	87–91	—	99–84
4	Heroes Den Bosch	6	1	5	474	520	−46	7			66–77	89–92	109–91	—

Group I

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification		GÖT	VAR	KER	TBI
1	Göttingen	6	5	1	559	494	+65	11	Advance to second round		—	104–109	90–71	86–81
2	Itelyum Varese	6	5	1	583	529	+54	11			79–91	—	97–90	109–83
3	Keravnos	6	1	5	454	526	−72	7			69–102	80–95	—	84–79
4	TSU Tbilisi	6	1	5	472	519	−47	7			85–86	81–94	63–60	—

Group J

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification		LEG	ORA	LEV	KAT
1	Legia Warsaw	6	5	1	498	459	+39	11	Advance to second round		—	90–79	74–63	85–62
2	CSM Oradea	6	4	2	537	487	+50	10			93–74	—	91–93	105–92
3	Patrioti Levice	6	2	4	449	480	−31	8			77–86	65–82	—	68–55
4	Kataja	6	1	5	459	517	−58	7			85–89	73–87	92–83	—

Ranking of second-placed teams

Pos	Grp	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	D	ERA Nymburk	4	3	1	372	334	+38	7	Advance to second round
2	I	Itelyum Varese	4	3	1	380	365	+15	7
3	G	Gravelines Dunkerque	4	2	2	294	248	+46	6
4	J	CSM Oradea	4	2	2	345	322	+23	6
5	A	Sporting CP	4	2	2	345	338	+7	6
6	E	FC Porto	4	2	2	338	333	+5	6
7	C	Rostock Seawolves	4	2	2	313	316	−3	6
8	F	Kalev/Cramo	4	2	2	295	301	−6	6
9	B	Anwil Włocłavek	4	1	3	306	297	+9	5
10	H	PGE Spójnia Stargard	4	1	3	311	351	−40	5

Second round

Group K

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification		SBB	POR	GÖT	BAL
1	Surne Bilbao Basket	6	5	1	504	438	+66	11	Advance to quarter-finals		—	90–86	75–73	90–63
2	FC Porto	6	4	2	507	453	+54	10			72–75	—	82–64	92–80
3	Göttingen	6	3	3	477	469	+8	9			82–80	81–87	—	76–70
4	Balkan	6	0	6	413	541	−128	6			62–94	63–88	75–101	—

Group L

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification		BAH	LEG	SPO	JSK
1	Bahçeşehir Koleji	6	6	0	568	456	+112	12	Advance to quarter-finals		—	100–90	99–87	119–79
2	Legia Warsaw	6	4	2	560	496	+64	10			66–77	—	93–84	111–72
3	Sporting CP	6	2	4	518	542	−24	8			67–82	86–99	—	103–88
4	CBet Jonava	6	0	6	464	616	−152	6			67–91	77–101	81–91	—

Group M

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification		NYM	CAZ	GRA	MBB
1	ERA Nymburk	6	4	2	445	394	+51	10	Advance to quarter-finals		—	70–64	72–57	84–62
2	Casademont Zaragoza	6	4	2	472	445	+27	10			82–79	—	101–90	88–71
3	Gravelines Dunkerque	6	3	3	442	460	−18	9			74–71	70–69	—	73–80
4	Manisa BB	6	1	5	400	460	−60	7			55–69	65–68	67–78	—

Group N

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification		CHE	VAR	ORA	LEI
1	Niners Chemnitz	6	5	1	549	467	+82	11	Advance to quarter-finals		—	109–85	101–98	78–57
2	Itelyum Varese	6	3	3	534	527	+7	9			90–78	—	100–81	79–82
3	CSM Oradea	6	2	4	526	553	−27	8			79–95	96–103	—	90–77
4	ZZ Leiden	6	2	4	432	494	−62	8			58–88	81–77	77–82	—

Play-offs

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

	Quarter-finals							Semi-finals							Finals
	Niners Chemnitz		98	102	200
	Casademont Zaragoza		64	86	150
								Niners Chemnitz		98	73	171
								Surne Bilbao Basket		73	82	155
	Surne Bilbao Basket		64	81	145
	Legia Warsaw		83	53	136
															Niners Chemnitz		85	95	180
															Bahçeşehir Koleji		74	105	179
	Bahçeşehir Koleji		80	88	168
	FC Porto		90	52	142
								Bahçeşehir Koleji		80	81	161
								Itelyum Varese		81	73	154
	ERA Nymburk		65	76	141
	Itelyum Varese		80	91	171

Quarter-finals

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

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Surne Bilbao Basket	145–136	Legia Warsaw	64–83	81–53
Bahçeşehir Koleji	168–142	FC Porto	80–90	88–52
ERA Nymburk	141–171	Itelyum Varese	65–80	76–91
Niners Chemnitz	200–150	Casademont Zaragoza	98–64	102–86

Semi-finals

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

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Niners Chemnitz	171–155	Surne Bilbao Basket	98–73	73–82
Bahçeşehir Koleji	161–154	Itelyum Varese	80–81	81–73

Finals

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

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Niners Chemnitz	180–179	Bahçeşehir Koleji	85–74	95–105

Individual awards

FIBA Europe Cup Final MVP

Player	Team	Ref.
Kaza Kajami-Keane	Niners Chemnitz	[7]

MVP of the Month

Month	Player	Club	Ref.
2023
October	Willie Cauley-Stein	Pallacanestro Varese	[8]
November	Olivier Hanlan	Pallacanestro Varese	[9]
December	Philip Scrubb	Bahçeşehir Koleji	[10]
2024
January	Christian Vital	Legia Warsaw	[11]
February
March	Jeff Garrett	Niners Chemnitz	[12]

See also

• 2023–24 EuroLeague
• 2023–24 EuroCup Basketball
• 2023–24 Basketball Champions League

Notes

References

External links

• Official website