2024–25 EuroLeague

For the equivalent women's tournament, see 2024–25 EuroLeague Women.
Turkish Airlines EuroLeague1
Season2024–25
Duration3 October 2024 – 25 May 2025
Games played63
Teams18
Statistical leaders
Points United States Carsen Edwards 19.6
Rebounds Russia Joel Bolomboy 9.0
Assists Israel Tamir Blatt 9.0
Index Rating Bulgaria Sasha Vezenkov 23.6
Records
Biggest home winPanathinaikos 92-68 LDLC ASVEL
(30 October 2024)
Biggest away winAlba Berlin 70–86 Anadolu Efes
(31 October 2024)
Highest scoringBayern Munich 109–107 Paris
(17 October 2024)
Winning streak5 games
Žalgiris
Losing streak5 games
Alba Berlin
Highest attendance20,991
Crvena zvezda 94–98 Barcelona
(18 October 2024)
Lowest attendance0
All the homes games of Maccabi Tel Aviv played in Serbia
2025–26 →
All statistics correct as of 1 November 2024.
1 Sponsored league name, referring to Turkish Airlines.

The 2024–25 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague will be the 25th season of the modern era of the EuroLeague, and the 15th under the title sponsorship of Turkish Airlines. Including the competition's previous incarnation as the FIBA Europe Champions Cup, this will be the 68th season of the premier basketball competition for European men's clubs. The season will begin on 3 October 2024 and will end on 25 May 2025 with the Final Four.[1]

For the fourth straight season, CSKA Moscow had their EuroLeague license rescinded following the Russian invasion of Ukraine.[2]

This will be the second straight season under the new format with the play-in tournament for seventh- to tenth-placed teams in the regular season.

Panathinaikos AKTOR are the defending champions.

Teams

Team changes (pre-season)

A total of 18 teams will participate in the league, including 17 teams from the 2023–24 season and one promoted from the 2023–24 EuroCup.[1]

On April 12, 2024, Paris Basketball achieved its first continental crown by winning its first EuroCup title after it swept Mincidelice JL Bourg in an almost perfect season with 22 wins and only one loss balance that earned the right to play in the league. It will be the debut season of the team from the French capital in the European top flight.[3] On the other hand, Valencia Basket was relegated to EuroCup after a two-year stay in the European top league.[4]

Increase Promoted from EuroCup Decrease Relegated to EuroCup

Venues and locations

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Location of teams in 2024–25 EuroLeague
Team Home city Arena Capacity Season Last season
Germany ALBA Berlin Berlin Uber Arena 14,500[5] 17th 18th
Turkey Anadolu Efes Istanbul Basketbol Gelişim Merkezi 10,000[6] 34th 10th
Spain Barcelona Barcelona Palau Blaugrana 7,585[7] 39th 6th
Spain Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz Buesa Arena 15,431[8] 26th 8th
Germany Bayern Munich Munich SAP Garden 12,500[9] 10th 15th
Serbia Crvena zvezda Meridianbet Belgrade Belgrade Arena 18,386[10] 16th 16th
Aleksandar Nikolić Hall 8,000[11]
Italy EA7 Emporio Armani Milan Milan Unipol Forum 12,700[12] 34th 12th
Turkey Fenerbahçe Beko Istanbul Ülker Sports and Event Hall 13,000[13] 23rd 4th
France LDLC ASVEL Décines-Charpieu LDLC Arena 12,523[14] 25th 17th
Villeurbanne Astroballe 5,556[15]
Israel Maccabi Playtika Tel Aviv Tel Aviv Serbia Aleksandar Nikolić Hall 8,000[16][17] 62nd 7th
France Monaco Monaco Salle Gaston Médecin 4,090[18] 4th 5th
Greece Olympiacos Piraeus Peace and Friendship Stadium 12,300[19] 36th 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Greece Panathinaikos AKTOR Athens OAKA Altion 18,300[20] 46th 1st place, gold medalist(s)
France Paris Basketball Paris Adidas Arena 8,000[21] 1st Increase 1st place, gold medalist(s) (EuroCup)
Accor Arena 15,705[22]
Serbia Partizan Mozzart Bet Belgrade Belgrade Arena 18,386[23] 24th 11th
Aleksandar Nikolić Hall 8,000[24]
Spain Real Madrid Madrid WiZink Center 15,000[25] 57th 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Italy Virtus Segafredo Bologna Bologna Virtus Segafredo Arena 9,980[26] 20th 9th
Unipol Arena 8,278[27]
Lithuania Žalgiris Kaunas Žalgirio Arena 15,415[28] 34th 14th


Managerial changes

Main article: List of 2024–25 EuroLeague transactions
Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Replaced with Date of appointment
Spain Baskonia Montenegro Duško Ivanović End of contract 27 May 2024[29] Pre-season Spain Pablo Laso 28 June 2024[30]
Spain Barcelona Spain Roger Grimau Sacked 8 June 2024[31] Spain Joan Peñarroya 14 June 2024[32]
Germany Bayern Munich Spain Pablo Laso Resigned 28 June 2024[33] Canada Gordon Herbert 25 July 2024[34]
France Paris Basketball Finland Tuomas Iisalo 8 July 2024[35] Brazil Tiago Splitter 15 July 2024[36]

Referees

A total of 68 Euroleague Basketball officials are set to work on the 2024-25 season in EuroLeague and EuroCup:

Regular season

Main article: 2024–25 EuroLeague regular season

The regular season will begin on 3 October 2024 and will conclude on 11 April 2025. The 18 teams will play against each other home-and-away in a round-robin format over 34 rounds where only 10 teams will advance to the postseason. Moreover, the top six teams from regular season will receive a bye to the playoffs, while the teams placed from seventh to 10th will participate in the play-in to get the last two playoff spots. At the tail end of the standings, teams placed from 11th to 18th will be eliminated after the regular season.

League table

Pos Team
 Pld W L PF PA PD Qualification
1 Lithuania Žalgiris 8 6 2 599 577 +22 Qualification to playoffs
2 Germany Bayern Munich 8 6 2 695 685 +10
3 Greece Panathinaikos AKTOR 7 5 2 601 551 +50
4 Spain Barcelona 7 5 2 586 568 +18
5 Turkey Fenerbahçe Beko 7 5 2 549 531 +18
6 France Paris Basketball 8 5 3 662 647 +15
7 Greece Olympiacos 7 4 3 577 536 +41 Qualification to play-in
8 Turkey Anadolu Efes 7 4 3 606 583 +23
9 Spain Baskonia 7 4 3 537 515 +22
10 France Monaco 7 4 3 571 554 +17
11 Serbia Crvena zvezda Meridianbet 8 4 4 643 622 +21
12 Israel Maccabi Playtika Tel Aviv 7 3 4 564 589 −25
13 Spain Real Madrid 8 3 5 662 660 +2
14 Italy EA7 Emporio Armani Milan 8 3 5 660 691 −31
15 France LDLC ASVEL 7 2 5 546 593 −47
16 Serbia Partizan Mozzart Bet 8 2 6 631 650 −19
17 Italy Virtus Segafredo Bologna 7 1 6 549 590 −41
18 Germany ALBA Berlin 8 1 7 586 682 −96
Updated to match(es) played on 1 November 2024. Source: EuroLeague
Rules for classification: Regular season tiebreakers

Results

Home \ Away BER EFS FCB BKN BAY CZV MIL FBB ASV MTA ASM OLY PAO PBB PAR RMB VIR ZAL
ALBA Berlin Germany — 70–86 71–78 84–79 77–87 83–92
Anadolu Efes Turkey — 88–97 78–83 91–89
Barcelona Spain 88–73 — 90–83 86–71
Baskonia Spain 80–57 — 88–83 88–82 76–72
Bayern Munich Germany — 84–80 109–107 97–89
Crvena zvezda Meridianbet Serbia 94–98 78–71 — 77–81
EA7 Emporio Armani Milan Italy 84–96 — 79–74 99–90 82–85
Fenerbahçe Beko Turkey 57–76 — 84–82 82–71 76–81 89–72
LDLC ASVEL France 76–69 71–84 — 87–85
Maccabi Playtika Tel Aviv Israel 93–91 89–82 — 79–91 79–78
Monaco France 93–80 85–79 — 80–87 101–85
Olympiacos Greece 95–74 89–68 — 79–69 74–68
Panathinaikos AKTOR Greece 94–79 92–68 —
Paris Basketball France 67–65 77–80 84–80 —
Partizan Mozzart Bet Serbia 86–78 74–79 — 69–70
Real Madrid Spain 95–72 90–86 93–86 —
Virtus Segafredo Bologna Italy 67–76 84–87 — 68–71
Žalgiris Lithuania 74–67 86–84 78–63 63–62 —
Updated to match(es) played on 1 November 2024. Source: EuroLeague
Legend: Blue = home team win; Red = away team win.
Matches with lighter background shading were decided after overtime.

Awards

All official awards of the 2024–25 EuroLeague.

MVP of the Round

Main article: EuroLeague MVP of the Round
Regular season
Round Player Team PIR Ref.
1 Israel Tamir Blatt Israel Maccabi Playtika Tel Aviv 36 [37]
2 France Neal Sako France LDLC ASVEL 30 [38]
Bulgaria Sasha Vezenkov Greece Olympiacos
3 Bulgaria Sasha Vezenkov (2) Greece Olympiacos 31 [39]
4 France Théo Maledon France LDLC ASVEL 36 [40]
5 North Macedonia T. J. Shorts France Paris Basketball 38 [41]
6 Puerto Rico Shabazz Napier Germany Bayern Munich 26 [42]
7 United States Zach LeDay Italy EA7 Emporio Armani Milan 29 [43]

Attendances

Pos Team Total High Low Average Change
1 Serbia Crvena zvezda Meridianbet[Note 3] 48,159 20,991 7,937 16,053 −10.0%†
2 Serbia Partizan Mozzart Bet[Note 3] 47,631 20,111 7,494 15,877 −20.3%†
3 Greece Panathinaikos AKTOR 31,020 17,700 13,320 15,510 +1.4%†
4 Lithuania Žalgiris 59,672 15,015 14,773 14,918 +1.0%†
5 Greece Olympiacos 46,130 12,349 10,347 11,533 0.0%†
6 Germany Bayern Munich 32,900 11,200 10,500 10,967 +76.4%†
7 Turkey Anadolu Efes 28,800 9,967 8,926 9,600 −23.0%†
8 Germany ALBA Berlin 47,744 11,856 7,044 9,549 +1.5%†
9 Spain Baskonia 37,697 10,840 8,335 9,424 −5.5%†
10 Turkey Fenerbahçe Beko[Note 2] 46,720 12,712 1,570 9,344 −7.2%†
11 Spain Real Madrid 27,185 10,175 8,387 9,062 +1.7%†
12 France Paris Basketball 27,034 11,764 7,285 9,011 n/a1
13 Italy EA7 Emporio Armani Milan 33,806 10,072 7,550 8,452 −15.9%†
14 France LDLC ASVEL 22,966 8,987 5,496 7,655 +1.2%†
15 Italy Virtus Segafredo Bologna 22,817 7,944 7,239 7,606 −5.3%†
16 Spain Barcelona 16,695 5,785 5,368 5,565 −13.6%†
17 France Monaco 18,071 5,000 4,012 4,518 +11.5%†
18 Israel Maccabi Playtika Tel Aviv[Note 1] 655 655 0 655 +1.1%†
League total 595,047 20,991 1,570 10,086 −4.0%†

Updated to match(es) played on 1 November 2024. Source: EuroLeague
Notes:
1: Team did not participate in the last EuroLeague regular season.

  1. ^
    Maccabi Playtika Tel Aviv played their home games at Aleksandar Nikolic Hall in Serbia's capital, Belgrade, due to security concerns derived from the ongoing armed conflict in Israel.[44]
    2. Maccabi's attendance not included in league total.
  2. ^
    Fenerbahçe Beko game against Maccabi Playtika Tel Aviv was relocated to Žalgiris Arena in Kaunas, Lithuania due to security concerns. [45]
  3. ^
    Crvena zvezda Meridianbet and Partizan Mozzart Bet played two and one game respectively at Aleksandar Nikolić Hall due to availability reasons of Belgrade Arena. [46]

See also

References

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