2023–24 EuroCup Basketball

For the equivalent women's tournament, see 2023–24 EuroCup Women.

The 2023–24 EuroCup Basketball season was the 22nd season of Euroleague Basketball's secondary level professional club basketball tournament. It was the 16th season since it was renamed from the ULEB Cup to the EuroCup, and the first season under the new title sponsorship name of BKT^[1] The season began on 3 October 2023 and will end at the latest on 17 April 2024 with the Finals.

BKT EuroCup1
Season	2023–24
Dates	3 October 2023–12 April 2024
Games played	180 + Playoffs
Teams	20
Regular season
Season MVP	T. J. Shorts (Paris)
Finals
Champions	Paris Basketball (1st title)
Runners-up	Mincidelice JL Bourg
Semifinalists	Beşiktaş Emlakjet London Lions
Finals MVP	T. J. Shorts (Paris)
Awards
Coach of the Year	Tuomas Iisalo
Rising Star	Zaccharie Risacher
Statistical leaders
Points Deividas Sirvydis 18.9 Rebounds Trevion Williams 10.8 Assists T. J. Shorts 7.3 Index Rating T. J. Shorts 23.2
Records
Biggest home win	Gran Canaria 111–82 Ulm (11 October 2023)
Biggest away win	Trento 60–98 Cluj (15 November 2023)
Highest scoring	Cluj 120–111 Lietkabelis (29 November 2023)
Lowest scoring	Aris 59–61 Cluj (1 November 2023)
Highest attendance	Beşiktaş 82–71 JL Bourg (29 March 2024) – 16,000
Lowest attendance	London 90–98 Hapoel (2 November 2023) – 85
← 2022–23 2024–25 → All statistics correct as of 9 November 2023. 1 Sponsored name, referring to BKT.

Dreamland Gran Canaria were the defending champions after refusing to take part in the 2023–24 EuroLeague via spot granted to the title holders,^[2] but were eliminated in eighthfinals.

Paris Basketball swept Mincidelice JL Bourg to achieve its first continental crown by winning its first EuroCup title in an almost perfect season with 22 wins and only one loss balance that earned it the right to secure a spot in the 2024–25 EuroLeague. It was also the second French side to win the EuroCup after AS Monaco triumph in the 2020–21 season.^[3][4]

Format changes

The format changes consisted of reformatting the Playoffs. Access to the stage has been reduced with only six teams per group qualifying instead of eight, with the top two from each group bypassing the Eighthfinals and proceeding directly to the Quarterfinals. Furthermore, the Semifinals and Finals have been switched back to a best-of-three series format, returning to it after two seasons.^[5][6]

Team allocation

A total of 20 teams from 14 countries participatedin the 2023–24 EuroCup season. On June 29, 2023, Euroleague Basketball confirmed the team list for this season.^[5][7] Three new teams joined the competition and Wolves will make their debut appearance.

Teams

League positions after playoffs of the previous season shown in parentheses (TH: EuroCup title holders).

Qualified teams for 2023–24 EuroCup Basketball (by entry round)

Regular season
Budućnost VOLI (3rd)[Note ABA]	Joventut Badalona (4th)
Cedevita Olimpija (4th)[Note ABA]	Dreamland Gran Canaria (7th)TH
Mincidelice JL Bourg (4th)	Türk Telekom (3rd)
Paris Basketball (9th)	Beşiktaş Emlakjet (14th)
ratiopharm Ulm (1st)	Aris Midea (8th)
Veolia Towers Hamburg (15th)	Hapoel Shlomo Tel Aviv (2nd)
Umana Reyer Venezia (5th)	Śląsk Wrocław (2nd)
Dolomiti Energia Trento (6th)	U-BT Cluj-Napoca (1st)
7bet-Lietkabelis (3rd)	Prometey (1st)[Note LEBL]
Wolves (5th)	London Lions (1st)

Notes

1. ^
   ABA League (ABA): Budućnost VOLI and Cedevita Olimpija qualified through the ABA League.
2. ^
   Latvian–Estonian Basketball League (LEBL): Prometey qualified through the Latvian–Estonian Basketball League.

Round and draw dates

The schedule of the competition was as follows.^[8][9]

Schedule for 2023–24 EuroCup Basketball

Phase	Round	Draw date	First leg	Second leg	Third leg
Regular season	Round 1	7 July 2023	3–4 October 2023
	Round 2		10–11 October 2023
	Round 3		17–18 October 2023
	Round 4		24–25 October 2023
	Round 5		31 October–1 November 2023
	Round 6		7–8 November 2023
	Round 7		14–15 November 2023
	Round 8		21–22 November 2023
	Round 9		28–29 November 2023
	Round 10		5–6 December 2023
	Round 11		12–13 December 2023
	Round 12		19–20 December 2023
	Round 13		26–27 December 2023
	Round 14		9–10 January 2024
	Round 15		16–17 January 2024
	Round 16		23–24 January 2024
	Round 17		30–31 January 2024
	Round 18		6–7 February 2024
Playoffs	Eighthfinals		5–6 March 2024
	Quarterfinals		12–13 March 2024
	Semifinals		26 March 2024	29 March 2024	3 April 2024
	Finals		9 April 2024	12 April 2024	17 April 2024

Draw

The draw was held on 7 July 2023 in Barcelona, Spain.^[10][9]

The 20 teams were drawn into two groups of 10, with the restriction that teams from the same league could not be drawn against each other, except when there were more than two teams from the same league participating in the regular season. For the draw, the teams were seeded into 10 pots, in accordance with the Club Ranking, based on their performance in European competitions during a three-year period and the lowest possible position that any club from that league can occupy in the draw is calculated by adding the results of the worst performing team from each league.^[11][9]

Pot 1 Team Dreamland Gran Canaria Hapoel Shlomo Tel Aviv	Pot 2 Team Joventut Badalona Budućnost VOLI
Pot 3 Team Cedevita Olimpija ratiopharm Ulm	Pot 4 Team Mincidelice JL Bourg Paris Basketball
Pot 5 Team Umana Reyer Venezia Türk Telekom	Pot 6 Team 7bet-Lietkabelis Wolves
Pot 7 Team Aris Midea Beşiktaş Emlakjet	Pot 8 Team Veolia Towers Hamburg Dolomiti Energia Trento
Pot 9 Team Śląsk Wrocław Prometey	Pot 10 Team London Lions U-BT Cluj-Napoca

The fixtures were decided after the draw, using a computer draw not shown to public, with the following match sequence:^[8]

Note: Positions for scheduling do not use the seeding pots, e.g., Team 1 is not necessarily the team from Pot 1 in the draw.

Round Matches Round 1 10 v 5, 6 v 4, 7 v 3, 8 v 2, 9 v 1 Round 2 1 v 10, 2 v 9, 3 v 8, 4 v 7, 5 v 6 Round 3 10 v 6, 7 v 5, 8 v 4, 9 v 3, 1 v 2 Round 4 2 v 10, 3 v 1, 4 v 9, 5 v 8, 6 v 7 Round 5 10 v 7, 8 v 6, 9 v 5, 1 v 4, 2 v 3 Round 6 3 v 10, 4 v 2, 5 v 1, 6 v 9, 7 v 8 Round 7 10 v 8, 9 v 7, 1 v 6, 2 v 5, 3 v 4 Round 8 10 v 4, 5 v 3, 6 v 2, 7 v 1, 8 v 9 Round 9 9 v 10, 1 v 8, 2 v 7, 3 v 6, 4 v 5

Round Matches Round 10 5 v 10, 4 v 6, 3 v 7, 2 v 8, 1 v 9 Round 11 10 v 1, 9 v 2, 8 v 3, 7 v 4, 6 v 5 Round 12 6 v 10, 5 v 7, 4 v 8, 3 v 9, 2 v 1 Round 13 10 v 2, 1 v 3, 9 v 4, 8 v 5, 7 v 6 Round 14 7 v 10, 6 v 8, 5 v 9, 4 v 1, 3 v 2 Round 15 10 v 3, 2 v 4, 1 v 5, 9 v 6, 8 v 7 Round 16 8 v 10, 7 v 9, 6 v 1, 5 v 2, 4 v 3 Round 17 4 v 10, 3 v 5, 2 v 6, 1 v 7, 9 v 8 Round 18 10 v 9, 8 v 1, 7 v 2, 6 v 3, 5 v 4

There were scheduling restrictions: for example, teams from the same city in general were not scheduled to play at home on the same round (to avoid them playing at home on the same day or on consecutive days, due to logistics and crowd control).^[8]

Regular season

Bourg

Paris

Hamburg

Ulm

Aris

H. Tel Aviv

Venezia

Trento

Lietkabelis

Wolves

Budućnost

Śląsk

Cluj

Olimpija

Joventut

Gran Canaria
(not on map)

Beşiktaş

Türk Telekom

Prometey

London

Location of teams of the 2023–24 EuroCup regular season.
Red: Group A; Green: Group B.

The regular season started on 3 October 2023 and ended on 7 February 2024. In each group, teams played against each other home-and-away in a round-robin format where only six teams advanced to the playoffs. Moreover, the top two teams in each regular season group received first round playoff byes, skipping the eighthfinals to be placed directly into the quarterfinals. At the tail end of the standings, four teams from each group were eliminated after the regular season. Alongside 17 returning teams from last season, Wolves made its debut appearance, and Aris Midea and Beşiktaş Emlakjet welcomed back to the EuroCup eight years later.

Group A

Standings

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Qualification
1	Paris Basketball	18	17	1	1754	1401	+353	Advance to quarterfinals
2	Hapoel Shlomo Tel Aviv	18	13	5	1729	1600	+129
3	London Lions	18	12	6	1608	1546	+62	Advance to eighthfinals
4	Prometey	18	10	8	1598	1574	+24
5	Joventut Badalona	18	10	8	1517	1503	+14
6	Beşiktaş Emlakjet	18	9	9	1400	1428	−28
7	Wolves	18	8	10	1462	1550	−88
8	Umana Reyer Venezia	18	8	10	1507	1538	−31
9	Veolia Towers Hamburg	18	2	16	1478	1762	−284
10	Cedevita Olimpija	18	1	17	1509	1660	−151

Source: EuroCup
Rules for classification: All points scored in extra period(s) were not counted in the standings, nor for any tie-break situation.

Results

Home \ Away	BJK	COL	HTA	CJB	LDN	PBB	PRM	URV	HAM	WLV
Beşiktaş Emlakjet	—	73–66	73–94	81–85	80–83	72–95	92–70	74–68	90–78	72–59
Cedevita Olimpija	83–88	—	80–95	87–88	85–92	77–93	83–90	93–104	83–86	78–86
Hapoel Shlomo Tel Aviv	81–75	100–73	—	103–99	96–100	86–104	105–113	100–81	118–101	89–80
Joventut Badalona	62–63	83–81	85–91	—	76–87	94–101	79–76	89–81	108–76	107–98
London Lions	93–72	101–95	90–98	80–82	—	102–106	89–88	76–69	81–83	80–85
Paris Basketball	63–68	119–66	114–87	89–82	94–77	—	93–72	100–70	120–91	105–78
Prometey	89–70	105–100	98–89	94–80	87–99	79–96	—	89–82	97–77	91–64
Umana Reyer Venezia	106–96	95–87	81–97	79–64	91–95	75–81	108–92	—	94–77	57–75
Veolia Towers Hamburg	83–94	83–114	72–111	90–96	94–100	69–105	83–97	83–90	—	71–84
Wolves	90–88	91–89	81–89	79–94	87–101	79–110	85–71	77–93	94–84	—

Source: EuroCup
Legend: Blue = home team win; Red = away team win.
Matches with lighter background shading were decided after overtime.

Group B

Standings

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Qualification
1	Mincidelice JL Bourg	18	14	4	1486	1368	+118	Advance to quarterfinals
2	U-BT Cluj-Napoca	18	13	5	1519	1461	+58
3	Dreamland Gran Canaria	18	12	6	1567	1408	+159	Advance to eighthfinals
4	ratiopharm Ulm	18	10	8	1502	1522	−20
5	Aris Midea	18	9	9	1335	1334	+1
6	Türk Telekom	18	8	10	1433	1421	+12
7	Budućnost VOLI	18	8	10	1413	1443	−30
8	Dolomiti Energia Trento	18	7	11	1409	1485	−76
9	7bet-Lietkabelis	18	7	11	1466	1544	−78
10	Śląsk Wrocław	18	2	16	1371	1515	−144

Source: EuroCup
Rules for classification: All points scored in extra period(s) were not counted in the standings, nor for any tie-break situation.

Results

Home \ Away	LIE	ARI	BUD	TRE	DGC	JLB	ULM	WKS	TTA	UBT
7bet-Lietkabelis	—	84–74	81–83	92–93	84–92	100–96	94–90	91–75	93–86	92–87
Aris Midea	69–60	—	76–75	84–77	66–82	68–76	88–99	93–71	68–66	59–61
Budućnost VOLI	76–65	63–65	—	98–96	90–77	78–74	80–84	103–89	73–96	77–79
Dolomiti Energia Trento	76–70	69–67	78–97	—	73–87	72–79	83–85	85–79	101–96	60–98
Dreamland Gran Canaria	88–77	93–65	97–70	76–98	—	84–76	111–82	81–77	73–83	111–113
Mincidelice JL Bourg	104–71	72–65	78–73	79–67	92–84	—	81–85	90–74	86–67	92–88
ratiopharm Ulm	99–74	66–86	84–67	80–70	103–99	84–89	—	108–103	79–85	81–85
Śląsk Wrocław	71–75	63–80	79–80	75–84	68–92	63–72	100–88	—	70–86	67–70
Türk Telekom	88–73	85–95	79–77	78–70	69–82	64–68	78–91	71–80	—	95–84
U-BT Cluj-Napoca	120–111	90–74	89–74	88–83	70–92	89–98	86–75	80–76	80–71	—

Source: EuroCup
Legend: Blue = home team win; Red = away team win.
Matches with lighter background shading were decided after overtime.

Playoffs

Main article: 2024 EuroCup Basketball Playoffs

In the playoffs, teams played against each other in a knockout tournament into four rounds from eighthfinals to finals. At the end of the regular season, the six teams from each group with the most wins qualified for the playoffs. The two top teams from each regular season group received a bye and qualified directly to the quarterfinals. The remaining eight qualified teams entered the eighthfinals to compete in a single-game format in which the third-placed teams of each group faced off against the sixth-placed teams of the opposite groups and the fourth-placed teams of each group faced off against the fifth-placed teams of the opposite groups. The four winning teams from eighthfinals entered the quarterfinals to faced off in a single-game format in the home of the two top teams from each regular season group. The higher-placed regular season team in each matchup enjoyed home court advantage in eighthfinals and quarterfinals. From semifinals onwards, teams played in best-of-three series with the first leg and third leg, if necessary, in the home court of the higher-placed regular season team to crown the EuroCup champion.^[12][13]

Bracket

	Eighthfinals					Quarterfinals					Semifinals								Finals
						Paris Basketball		86
	ratiopharm Ulm		79			Joventut Badalona		70
	Joventut Badalona		88								Paris Basketball		99	93		2
											London Lions		86	85		0
						U-BT Cluj-Napoca		79
	London Lions		100			London Lions		91
	Türk Telekom		77																Paris Basketball		77	89		2
																			Mincidelice JL Bourg		64	81		0
						Mincidelice JL Bourg		95
	Prometey		95			Prometey		82
	Aris Midea		67								Mincidelice JL Bourg		86	71	89	2
											Beşiktaş Emlakjet		74	82	63	1
						Hapoel Shlomo Tel Aviv		89
	Dreamland Gran Canaria		78			Beşiktaş Emlakjet		94
	Beşiktaş Emlakjet		80

Eighthfinals

The eighthfinals were played on 5 and 6 March 2024.

Home team	Score	Away team
London Lions	100–77	Türk Telekom
ratiopharm Ulm	79–88	Joventut Badalona
Dreamland Gran Canaria	78–80	Beşiktaş Emlakjet
Prometey	95–67	Aris Midea

Quarterfinals

The quarterfinals were played on 12–14 March 2024.

Home team	Score	Away team
Paris Basketball	86–70	Joventut Badalona
U-BT Cluj-Napoca	79–91	London Lions
Mincidelice JL Bourg	95–82	Prometey
Hapoel Shlomo Tel Aviv	89–94	Beşiktaş Emlakjet

Semifinals

The first legs were played on 26 March, the second legs on 29 March and the third legs on 3 April 2024, if necessary.

Team 1	Series	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg	3rd leg
Paris Basketball	2–0	London Lions	99–86	93–85	—
Mincidelice JL Bourg	2–1	Beşiktaş Emlakjet	86–74	71–82	89–63

Finals

Main article: 2024 EuroCup Finals

The first legs were played on 9 April, the second legs on 12 April and the third legs on 15 April 2024, if necessary.

Team 1	Series	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg	3rd leg
Paris Basketball	2–0	Mincidelice JL Bourg	77–64	89–81	—

Awards

EuroCup MVP

Player	Team	Ref.
T. J. Shorts	Paris Basketball	[14]

EuroCup Final MVP

Player	Team	Ref.
T. J. Shorts	Paris Basketball	[15]

BKT All–EuroCup Teams

BKT All–EuroCup First Team		BKT All–EuroCup Second Team		Ref
Player	Team	Player	Team
T. J. Shorts	Paris Basketball	Andrés Feliz	Joventut Badalona	[16][17]
Trevion Williams	Ratiopharm Ulm	Patrick Richard	U-BT Cluj-Napoca
Gabriel Olaseni	London Lions	Nadir Hifi	Paris Basketball
Isiaha Mike	Mincidelice JL Bourg	Deividas Sirvydis	Lietkabelis
Matt Morgan	London Lions	Emanuel Cățe	U-BT Cluj-Napoca

Coach of the Year

Coach	Team	Ref.
Tuomas Iisalo	Paris Basketball	[18]

Rising Star

Player	Team	Ref.
Zaccharie Risacher	JL Bourg	[19]

MVP of the round

Regular season

Round	Player	Team	PIR	Ref.
1	T. J. Shorts	Paris Basketball	30	[20]
2	Matt Morgan	London Lions	30	[21]
3	Vladimír Brodziansky	Joventut Badalona	31	[22]
	Trevion Williams	ratiopharm Ulm
4	Tre'Shawn Thurman	Wolves	37	[23]
5	Andrew Andrews	Joventut Badalona	42	[24]
6	Rasheed Sulaimon	Wolves	36	[25]
7	Karel Guzmán	U-BT Cluj-Napoca	34	[26]
8	Xavier Munford	Hapoel Tel Aviv	35	[27]
9	Conor Morgan	London Lions	36	[28]
10	Matt Morgan (x2)	London Lions	32	[29]
	T. J. Shorts (x2)	Paris Basketball
11	Ondřej Balvín	Prometey Slobozhanske	28	[30]
12	T. J. Shorts (x3)	Paris Basketball	37	[31]
13	Tyrone Wallace	Türk Telekom	39	[32]
14	Kyle Wiltjer	Umana Reyer Venezia	39	[33]
15	Ángel Delgado	Beşiktaş Emlakjet	36	[34]
16	Tyrone Wallace (x2)	Türk Telekom	39	[35]
17	Emanuel Cățe	U-BT Cluj-Napoca	38	[36]
18	Marco Spissu	Umana Reyer Venezia	29	[37]

Playoffs

Round	Player	Team	PIR	Ref.
Eighthfinals	Andrés Feliz	Joventut Badalona	36	[38]
Quarterfinals	T. J. Shorts (x4)	Paris Basketball	28	[39]
Semifinals	T. J. Shorts (x5)	Paris Basketball	28.5	[40]

Average attendances

Pos	Team	Total	High	Low	Average
1	U-BT Cluj-Napoca	75,032	10,000	4,474	7,503†
2	Wolves	39,949	8,257	2,617	4,439†
3	Türk Telekom	38,178	5,378	3,382	4,242†
4	Dreamland Gran Canaria	38,445	6,407	2,278	3,845†
5	Mincidelice JL Bourg	42,616	3,574	2,383	3,278†
6	Beşiktaş Emlakjet[Note 2]	32,116	15,644	252	3,212†
7	Joventut Badalona	28,551	4,596	2,333	3,172†
8	Aris Midea	27,569	4,304	2,143	3,063†
9	London Lions	33,148	6,152	85	3,013†
10	Paris Basketball	32,103	7,998	835	2,675†
11	7bet-Lietkabelis	22,922	3,389	1,839	2,547†
12	Umana Reyer Venezia	22,645	3,056	1,683	2,516†
13	Budućnost VOLI	21,465	5,074	1,062	2,385†
14	ratiopharm Ulm	23,754	3,762	1,593	2,375†
15	Dolomiti Energia Trento	19,614	3,501	1,658	2,179†
16	Prometey[Note 1]	19,185	3,343	1,081	1,919†
17	Cedevita Olimpija	16,244	2,799	1,091	1,805†
18	Śląsk Wrocław	14,513	2,389	1,013	1,613†
19	Veolia Towers Hamburg	12,129	2,694	708	1,348†
20	Hapoel Shlomo Tel Aviv[Note 3]	4,182	3,362	0	2,091†
	League total	560,178	15,644	85	3,028[Note 4]†

Source: EuroCup

1. ^
   Due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Prometey played all their home games in Arena Riga in Riga, Latvia.
2. ^
   Beşiktaş Emlakjet game against Hapoel Shlomo Tel Aviv was relocated at Arena Stozice at Ljubljana, Slovenia due to security concerns.^[41]
3. ^
   Due to the Gaza war, Hapoel Shlomo Tel Aviv played all their home games at Aleksandar Nikolić Hall in Belgrade, Serbia behind closed doors.
4. ^
   Hapoel Shlomo Tel Aviv games are not included in league total.

See also

• 2023–24 EuroLeague
• 2023–24 Basketball Champions League
• 2023–24 FIBA Europe Cup
• 2023–24 EuroLeague Women
• 2023–24 EuroCup Women
• 2023–24 EuroCup Women Qualification Round