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June 26th 2024

Unicaja already knows the path of 24-25 BCL

Unicaja already knows the initial path of the 2024-25 Basketball Champions League. After the draw held in Ginegra (Switzerland), the Malaga team has been placed in Group B along with Filou Oostende (Belgium), King Szczecin (Poland) and a team from the Qualification Round. This is how Unicaja begins its 4th participation in the Basketball Champions League, in a season in which the Malaga team will defend its title.

The curtain on the 2024-25 season of the Basketball Champions League was officially raised on Wednesday, following the conclusion of the draw for the Qualification Round tournaments and the Regular Season.

Carlos Cabezas, a legend of reigning BCL champions Unicaja and a former FIBA Basketball World Cup and EuroBasket champion, alongside Czech international Vojtech Hruban, the first player in BCL history to score 1,000 career points, were on hand in the Patrick Baumann House of Basketball to assist with the draw procedure. Before starting, our President, Antonio J. López Nieto has picked up the check for 1 million euros as winner of BCL 23/24.

 

The Season 9 field includes teams from 29 countries, between the Regular Season and the Qualification Rounds.

All 28 clubs that are placed directly in the Regular Season had participated in the play-offs for the title of their respective domestic leagues last season.

There are 17 domestic league champions at the starting line, five of which are in the Regular Season, while the remaining 12 are from countries that will battle it out in the first two (of four total) Qualification Round tournaments.

 

Regular Season draw results:

 

The eight group winners will clinch a berth in the Round of 16, while the second- and third-placed teams in each group will advance to the Play-Ins. The pairings in this phase are predetermined, with each second-placed team facing the third-placed team in the adjacent group, as follows:

 

Play-Ins:

Team A2 v Team B3
Team B2 v Team A3

Team C2 v Team D3
Team D2 v Team C3

Team E2 v Team F3
Team F2 v Team E3

Team G2 v Team H3
Team H2 v Team G3

 

Round of 16

The eight Play-In winners will join the eight Regular Season group winners to form the four groups in the Round of 16 phase. The two top teams in each group will qualify for the Quarter-Finals, from where the four participants of the season-ending Final Four tournament will emerge.

 

Group I
Team A1
Team E1
Winner C2/D3
Winner G2/H3

 

Group J
Team B1
Team F1
Winner D2/C3
Winner H2/G3

 

Group K
Team C1
Team G1
Winner B2/A3
Winner E2/F3

 

Group L
Team D1
Team H1
Winner A2/B3
Winner F2/E3

 

The 2024-25 Regular Season of the Basketball Champions League is scheduled to tip off on October 1, 2024