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The EuroLeague is a European men's professional basketball club competition, widely recognized as the top and most prestigious men's basketball league in Europe. It has 20 teams, 16 of them holding long-term licences and wild cards, which makes it a semi-closed league. It was first organized by FIBA in 1958 as the FIBA European Champions Cup, renamed the FIBA EuroLeague in 1996, and then run by ULEB from 2000 and by Euroleague Basketball from the 2000-01 season. The FIBA European Champions Cup and the EuroLeague are regarded as the same competition, the change of name being a re-branding. Twenty-two clubs have won the title, 15 of them more than once, and Real Madrid lead with 11 titles ahead of CSKA Moscow with 8 and Panathinaikos with 7. Virtus Bologna won the first title of the Euroleague Basketball era in 2000-01.

Facts
Frequency
Frequency (category)
Annual 1
Classification
Scope
Continental 1
Founding Year
1958 1
EuroLeague
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Alba Berlin

EuroLeague

FC Bayern Munich (basketball)

EuroLeague

Limoges CSP

EuroLeague

Panathinaikos BC

EuroLeague

PBC CSKA Moscow

EuroLeague

Real Madrid Baloncesto

EuroLeague
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Competitors Include

Alba Berlin, Teams and Clubs
Source Alba Berlin (Wikipedia)
Alzhan Zharmukhamedov, Athletes
Source Alzhan Zharmukhamedov (Wikipedia)
Andrei Kirilenko, Athletes
Source Andrei Kirilenko (Wikipedia)
Andy Panko, Athletes
Source Andy Panko (Wikipedia)
Bobby Brown (basketball), Athletes
Source Bobby Brown (basketball) (Wikipedia)
Bobby Dixon, Athletes
Source Bobby Dixon (Wikipedia)
Bogdan Bogdanović (basketball), Athletes
Source Bogdan Bogdanović (basketball) (Wikipedia)
Branislav Prelević, Athletes
Source Branislav Prelević (Wikipedia)
Chris Welp, Athletes
Source Chris Welp (Wikipedia)
Chuck Eidson, Athletes
Source Chuck Eidson (Wikipedia)
Corey Albano, Athletes
Source Corey Albano (Wikipedia)
Deon Thomas, Athletes
Source Deon Thomas (Wikipedia)
Dimitrios Karadolamis, Athletes
Source Dimitrios Karadolamis (Wikipedia)
Dominic Waters, Athletes
Source Dominic Waters (Wikipedia)
Elias Harris, Athletes
Source Elias Harris (Wikipedia)
FC Bayern Munich (basketball), Teams and Clubs
Source FC Bayern Munich (basketball) (Wikipedia)
Gerald Fitch, Athletes
Source Gerald Fitch (Wikipedia)
Gerald Lewis (basketball), Athletes
Source Gerald Lewis (basketball) (Wikipedia)
Heiko Schaffartzik, Athletes
Source Heiko Schaffartzik (Wikipedia)
Ivica Žurić, Athletes
Source Ivica Žurić (Wikipedia)
Jaycee Carroll, Athletes
Source Jaycee Carroll (Wikipedia)
Johnny Rogers, Athletes
Source Johnny Rogers (Wikipedia)
José Miguel Antúnez, Athletes
Source José Miguel Antúnez (Wikipedia)
K. C. Rivers, Athletes
Source K. C. Rivers (Wikipedia)
Kęstutis Šeštokas, Athletes
Source Kęstutis Šeštokas (Wikipedia)
Léo Westermann, Athletes
Source Léo Westermann (Wikipedia)
Limoges CSP, Teams and Clubs
Source Limoges CSP (Wikipedia)
Mateusz Ponitka, Athletes
Source Mateusz Ponitka (Wikipedia)
Milenko Tepić, Athletes
Source Milenko Tepić (Wikipedia)
Nenad Krstić, Athletes
Source Nenad Krstić (Wikipedia)
Nikola Lončar, Athletes
Source Nikola Lončar (Wikipedia)
Panathinaikos BC, Teams and Clubs
Source Wikipedia: Panathinaikos BC
Patrick Femerling, Athletes
Source Patrick Femerling (Wikipedia)
PBC CSKA Moscow, Teams and Clubs
Source Wikipedia: PBC CSKA Moscow
Real Madrid Baloncesto, Teams and Clubs
Source Wikipedia: Real Madrid Baloncesto
Spencer Nelson, Athletes
Source Spencer Nelson (Wikipedia)
Steffen Hamann, Athletes
Source Steffen Hamann (Wikipedia)
Terrell McIntyre, Athletes
Source Terrell McIntyre (Wikipedia)
Toni Kukoč, Athletes
Source Toni Kukoč (Wikipedia)
Vítor Faverani, Athletes
Source Vítor Faverani (Wikipedia)
Zack Wright, Athletes
Source Zack Wright (Wikipedia)
Zoran Planinić, Athletes
Source Zoran Planinić (Wikipedia)

Features

Basketball, Sports
Source EuroLeague (Wikipedia)
Sources
1. EuroLeague (Wikipedia)
  • Lead paragraph 2
    The competition was introduced in 1958 as the FIBA European Champions Cup (renamed the FIBA EuroLeague in 1996), which operated under FIBA's umbrella until Euroleague Basketball was created for the 2000-01 season.
  • Competition format
    Each team plays a maximum 45 games per season: 38 in the regular season, a maximum of 5 during the playoffs, and 2 in the Final Four.
  • Lead paragraph 1
    The EuroLeague is a European men's professional basketball club competition.
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Alzhan Zharmukhamedov (Wikipedia)
Competitors Include: Alzhan Zharmukhamedov, Awards, club career
Quote, Competitors Include: Alzhan Zharmukhamedov, Awards, club career
FIBA European Champions Cup (EuroLeague) Champion: 1971
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Wikipedia: Real Madrid Baloncesto
WikipediaCompetitors Include: Real Madrid Baloncesto, Lead
Quote, Competitors Include: Real Madrid Baloncesto, Lead
They play domestically in the Liga ACB, and internationally in the EuroLeague.
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Wikipedia: PBC CSKA Moscow
WikipediaCompetitors Include: PBC CSKA Moscow, Lead
Quote, Competitors Include: PBC CSKA Moscow, Lead
The club is a member of the VTB United League, and was a member of the EuroLeague.
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Wikipedia: Panathinaikos BC
WikipediaCompetitors Include: Panathinaikos BC, Lead
Quote, Competitors Include: Panathinaikos BC, Lead
The team has won seven EuroLeague Championships, forty Greek Basket League Championships, twenty-two Greek Cups, one Intercontinental Cup, one Greek Super Cup, and two Triple Crowns.
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Branislav Prelević (Wikipedia)
Competitors Include: Branislav Prelević, Career section
Quote, Competitors Include: Branislav Prelević, Career section
Prelević participated in the EuroLeague for the first time
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Jaycee Carroll (Wikipedia)
Competitors Include: Jaycee Carroll, Career section
Quote, Competitors Include: Jaycee Carroll, Career section
Over 36 EuroLeague games, Carroll averaged 9.4 points per game.
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Heiko Schaffartzik (Wikipedia)
Competitors Include: Heiko Schaffartzik, Career section
Quote, Competitors Include: Heiko Schaffartzik, Career section
he played his first season in the Euroleague
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Bobby Brown (basketball) (Wikipedia)
Competitors Include: Bobby Brown (basketball), Lead, third paragraph
Quote, Competitors Include: Bobby Brown (basketball), Lead, third paragraph
Brown won the EuroLeague's Alphonso Ford EuroLeague Top Scorer Trophy in 2013.
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Elias Harris (Wikipedia)
Competitors Include: Elias Harris, Lead paragraph
Quote, Competitors Include: Elias Harris, Lead paragraph
Elias Harris (born 6 July 1989) is a German professional basketball player who last played for Bayern Munich of the Bundesliga (BBL) and the EuroLeague.
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Zoran Planinić (Wikipedia)
Competitors Include: Zoran Planinić, Professional career [competed-in]
Quote, Competitors Include: Zoran Planinić, Professional career [competed-in]
In his first season with the team, he averaged 8.4 points and 3.7 assists, over 23 EuroLeague games.
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K. C. Rivers (Wikipedia)
Competitors Include: K. C. Rivers, Professional career, Real Madrid
Quote, Competitors Include: K. C. Rivers, Professional career, Real Madrid
Rivers helped his team to secure its third straight EuroLeague Finals appearance
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Léo Westermann (Wikipedia)
Competitors Include: Léo Westermann, Professional career, Partizan
Quote, Competitors Include: Léo Westermann, Professional career, Partizan
he averaged 9.6 points, 2.6 rebounds, and 4.1 assists per game in the EuroLeague.
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Deon Thomas (Wikipedia)
Competitors Include: Deon Thomas, Article text
Quote, Competitors Include: Deon Thomas, Article text
Thomas played two years in Israel for Maccabi Tel Aviv, winning the Israeli championship, the Israeli cup, and the Euroleague championship twice.
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Nenad Krstić (Wikipedia)
Competitors Include: Nenad Krstić, CSKA Moscow, Euroleague
Quote, Competitors Include: Nenad Krstić, CSKA Moscow, Euroleague
That earned him his first selection for the All-Euroleague First Team.
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Bobby Dixon (Wikipedia)
Competitors Include: Bobby Dixon, Fenerbahçe, 2017-18 EuroLeague
Quote, Competitors Include: Bobby Dixon, Fenerbahçe, 2017-18 EuroLeague
Over 20 EuroLeague games, he averaged 7 points
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Bogdan Bogdanović (basketball) (Wikipedia)
Competitors Include: Bogdan Bogdanović (basketball), Lead, EuroLeague
Quote, Competitors Include: Bogdan Bogdanović (basketball), Lead, EuroLeague
Bogdanović earned an All-EuroLeague First Team
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Mateusz Ponitka (Wikipedia)
Competitors Include: Mateusz Ponitka, Asseco Prokom, EuroLeague
Quote, Competitors Include: Mateusz Ponitka, Asseco Prokom, EuroLeague
He also played in the EuroLeague, averaging 8.8 points and 3.5 rebounds over 10 games.
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Andrei Kirilenko (Wikipedia)
Competitors Include: Andrei Kirilenko, Lead, 2012 EuroLeague
Quote, Competitors Include: Andrei Kirilenko, Lead, 2012 EuroLeague
leading the team to the 2012 EuroLeague Final
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Chris Welp (Wikipedia)
Competitors Include: Chris Welp, Professional career, Europe
Quote, Competitors Include: Chris Welp, Professional career, Europe
winning the EuroLeague title with them
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Spencer Nelson (Wikipedia)
Competitors Include: Spencer Nelson, Professional basketball
Quote, Competitors Include: Spencer Nelson, Professional basketball
while playing with Bamberg in the Euroleague
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Alba Berlin (Wikipedia)
Competitors Include: Alba Berlin, History
Quote, Competitors Include: Alba Berlin, History
Alba returned to the EuroLeague and reached the Top 16
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FC Bayern Munich (basketball) (Wikipedia)
Competitors Include: FC Bayern Munich (basketball), Lead
Quote, Competitors Include: FC Bayern Munich (basketball), Lead
internationally in the EuroLeague for their male team
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Ivica Žurić (Wikipedia)
Competitors Include: Ivica Žurić, Professional career
Quote, Competitors Include: Ivica Žurić, Professional career
Žurić competed in the EuroLeague for many years
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Nikola Lončar (Wikipedia)
Competitors Include: Nikola Lončar, Professional career
Quote, Competitors Include: Nikola Lončar, Professional career
he won the Euroleague in 1992
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Dominic Waters (Wikipedia)
Competitors Include: Dominic Waters, Professional career, Olympiacos
Quote, Competitors Include: Dominic Waters, Professional career, Olympiacos
Waters played in 21 EuroLeague games with the Reds
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Andy Panko (Wikipedia)
Competitors Include: Andy Panko, Professional career, EuroLeague
Quote, Competitors Include: Andy Panko, Professional career, EuroLeague
he signed with the Greek Basket League / EuroLeague club Panathinaikos
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Corey Albano (Wikipedia)
Competitors Include: Corey Albano, Professional career
Quote, Competitors Include: Corey Albano, Professional career
he won the 2001-02 Euroleague championship
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Gerald Fitch (Wikipedia)
Competitors Include: Gerald Fitch, Professional career, 2004-05
Quote, Competitors Include: Gerald Fitch, Professional career, 2004-05
Fitch then spent that season playing overseas in the Euroleague
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Limoges CSP (Wikipedia)
Competitors Include: Limoges CSP, Lead, EuroLeague
Quote, Competitors Include: Limoges CSP, Lead, EuroLeague
as well as the EuroLeague once, in 1993
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Dimitrios Karadolamis (Wikipedia)
Competitors Include: Dimitrios Karadolamis, Professional career
Quote, Competitors Include: Dimitrios Karadolamis, Professional career
Karadolamis played with Aris in the EuroLeague, during the EuroLeague 2007-08 season.
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Gerald Lewis (basketball) (Wikipedia)
Competitors Include: Gerald Lewis (basketball), Lead, Euroleague steals
Quote, Competitors Include: Gerald Lewis (basketball), Lead, Euroleague steals
he led the Euroleague in steals
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José Miguel Antúnez (Wikipedia)
Competitors Include: José Miguel Antúnez, Awards and accomplishments
Quote, Competitors Include: José Miguel Antúnez, Awards and accomplishments
EuroLeague Champion (1): 1994-95
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Kęstutis Šeštokas (Wikipedia)
Competitors Include: Kęstutis Šeštokas, Lead, trophies
Quote, Competitors Include: Kęstutis Šeštokas, Lead, trophies
His major trophies include the Euroleague title in 1999
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Milenko Tepić (Wikipedia)
Competitors Include: Milenko Tepić, Professional career, 2011
Quote, Competitors Include: Milenko Tepić, Professional career, 2011
won the EuroLeague in 2011
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Toni Kukoč (Wikipedia)
Competitors Include: Toni Kukoč, Professional career, Europe
Quote, Competitors Include: Toni Kukoč, Professional career, Europe
winning the prestigious EuroLeague
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Chuck Eidson (Wikipedia)
Competitors Include: Chuck Eidson, Professional career, Lietuvos rytas
Quote, Competitors Include: Chuck Eidson, Professional career, Lietuvos rytas
His most memorable performance was in the EuroLeague game against Maccabi Tel Aviv
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Johnny Rogers (Wikipedia)
Competitors Include: Johnny Rogers, Professional career, Europe
Quote, Competitors Include: Johnny Rogers, Professional career, Europe
With Panathinaikos, he won 2 EuroLeague championships (2000, 2002)
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Patrick Femerling (Wikipedia)
Competitors Include: Patrick Femerling, Professional career, FC Barcelona
Quote, Competitors Include: Patrick Femerling, Professional career, FC Barcelona
Femerling won the EuroLeague championship while playing for FC Barcelona
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Vítor Faverani (Wikipedia)
Competitors Include: Vítor Faverani, Professional career, Spain
Quote, Competitors Include: Vítor Faverani, Professional career, Spain
he played seven EuroLeague games for Málaga
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Zack Wright (Wikipedia)
Competitors Include: Zack Wright, Professional career
Quote, Competitors Include: Zack Wright, Professional career
signed with German EuroLeague team Brose Baskets
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Terrell McIntyre (Wikipedia)
Competitors Include: Terrell McIntyre, Lead, EuroLeague
Quote, Competitors Include: Terrell McIntyre, Lead, EuroLeague
he reached the EuroLeague Final Four in 2008, with Montepaschi Siena
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Steffen Hamann (Wikipedia)
Competitors Include: Steffen Hamann, Professional career, EuroLeague
Quote, Competitors Include: Steffen Hamann, Professional career, EuroLeague
and to the EuroLeague Top 16 stage
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