The Basketball Champions League has announced which will be the 28 teams that will access the group stage of the 2024/2025 edition and the 24 teams that will participate in the preliminaries that will try to win the three places available to access the group stage. Among the Italians, Reggio Emilia and Bertram Tortona are already in the groups, while Dinamo Sassari will have to go through the preliminaries. This is the list of the 28 teams already admitted to the group stage:
AEK betsson (GRE); BAXI Manresa (ESP); Bertram Derthona Tortona (ITA); Falco Szombathely (HUN); Filou Oostende (BEL); FMP SoccerBet (SRB); Galatasaray (TUR); Hapoel Netanel Holon (ISR); Igokea m:tel (BIH); King Szczecin (POL); Kolossos Rhodes (GRE); La Laguna Tenerife (ESP); Maccabi Ramat Gan (ISR); Manisa Büyükşehir Belediyespor (TUR); Nanterre 92 (FRA); NINERS Chemnitz (GER); Reggiana Basketball (ITA); Peristeri (GRE); Pinar Karsiyaka (TUR); Promitheas Patras (GRE); RASTA Old (GER); Rytas Vilnius (LTU); Saint-Quentin Basket-Ball (FRA); UCAM Murcia (ESP); Unicaja (ESP); FEV Riga (LAT); WKS Slask Wroclaw (POL); Wurzburg Baskets (GER).
These are the 24 teams that will participate in the preliminaries:
Aliaga Petkimspor (TUR); BC Kutaisi 2010 (GEO); BC Nokia (FIN); Caledonia Gladiators (GBR); Cholet Basket (FRA); CSM CSU Oradea (ROU); Dinamo Banco di Sardegna Sassari (ITA); ERA Nymburk (CZE); Friborg Olympic (SUI); Heroes den Bosch (NED); Juventus Utena (LTU); Kalev/Cramo (EST); Keravnos BC (CYP); MoraBanc Andorra (ESP); Norrkoping Dolphins (SWE); PAOK mateco (GRE); Patriots Levice (SVK); Rilski Sportist (BUL); SL Benfica (POR); Sabah (AZE); Spartak Subotica (SRB); Telenet Giants Antwerp (BEL); Telekom Baskets Bonn (GER); Trepca (KOS).
The teams will be divided into four tournaments which will be held in mid-September, while the Regular-Season will start on 1 October 2024. The draw ceremony for both the groups and the qualifying tournaments will be held at 11am on 26 June and will be visible on the BCL Youtube channel.
