2023–24 EuroLeague Women
The 2023–24 EuroLeague Women is set to be the 66th edition of the European women's club basketball championship organized by FIBA, and the 27th edition since being rebranded as the EuroLeague Women. Fenerbahçe Alagoz Holding are the defending champions.
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| Season | 2023–24 |
| Dates | Qualifying: 20–27 September 2023 Regular season: 4 October 2023 – 14 April 2024 |
| Number of teams | Competition proper: 16 Total: 19 (from 10 countries) |
← 2022–23 2024–25 → | |
Format
After the qualifiers, sixteen teams play in the regular season. They are divided into 2 groups of 8, with the top 4 advancing to the quarter-finals. In the quarter-finals, the eight teams left play in four best-of-three play-offs, and whoever wins the series make the final four.
Rankings
The results are based on the results of the past three seasons.[1]
- Associations 1–4 can have three teams qualify.
- Associations 5–8 each have two teams qualify.
- Associations 9–10 each have one team qualify directly into the regular season.
- Associations below the top 10 can have one team qualify for the qualification round.
If a club who qualified for the regular season doesn't take the place, it will be given to another club who entered.[2]
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Teams
League positions of the previous season shown in parentheses (TH EL: EuroLeague Women title holders; TH EC: EuroCup Women title holders).[3] Also, S means that the team in the qualifying round was seeded.
Round and draw dates
Schedule
| Phase | Round | Round date[2] |
|---|---|---|
| Qualification round | 20–27 September 2023 | |
| Regular season | Matchday 1 | 4 October 2023 |
| Matchday 2 | 11 October 2023 | |
| Matchday 3 | 18 October 2023 | |
| Matchday 4 | 25 October 2023 | |
| Matchday 5 | 31 October 2023 | |
| Matchday 6 | 22 November 2023 | |
| Matchday 7 | 29 November 2023 | |
| Matchday 8 | 6 December 2023 | |
| Matchday 9 | 13 December 2023 | |
| Matchday 10 | 20 December 2023 | |
| Matchday 11 | 10 January 2024 | |
| Matchday 12 | 17 January 2024 | |
| Matchday 13 | 24 January 2024 | |
| Matchday 14 | 30 January 2024 | |
| Quarter-finals | First leg | 21 February 2024 |
| Second leg | 28 February 2024 | |
| Third leg | 6 March 2024 | |
| Final four | Semi-finals | 12 April 2024 |
| Final | 14 April 2024 |
Draw
The draw was held on 9 August 2023 in Munich, Germany.[4]
Draw rules are as follows.
- A maximum of two clubs from the same country can be in the same regular season group for countries that have up to three clubs in total.
- Each group can have a maximum of two countries that are represented by two clubs each.
- If there are exactly two clubs from the same country, those clubs shall be drawn into different groups if possible.
| Seed 1 | Seed 2 | Seed 3 | Seed 4 |
|---|---|---|---|
 Fenerbahçe Alagoz Holding Perfumerías Avenida |
 Beretta Famila Schio ZVVZ USK Praha |
Çukurova Basketbol Mersin Valencia Basket |
 LDLC ASVEL Féminin ESB Villeneuve-d'Ascq |
| Seed 5 | Seed 6 | Seed 7 | Seed 8 |
|---|---|---|---|
Basket Landes AZS UMCS Lublin |
Virtus Segafredo Bologna Casademont Zaragoza |
 SERCO Uni Győr Qualifier 1[lower-alpha 1] |
Qualifier 2[lower-alpha 2] Qualifier 3[lower-alpha 3] |
- The eventual team in this slot was DVTK HUN-Therm.
- The eventual team in this slot was ACS Sepsi SIC.
- The eventual team in this slot was BC Polkowice.
Qualification round
The winners advance to the regular season, while the losers drop down to the EuroCup regular season.
| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
London Lions  |
121–135 | DVTK HUN-Therm |
48–63 | 73–72 |
ACS Sepsi SIC  |
122–116 |  TTT Riga |
59–54 | 63–62 |
| Beşiktaş |
121–136 | BC Polkowice |
57–58 | 64–78 |
Regular season
Red: Group A; 
Green: Group B.The top four teams in each group will qualify to the Quarterfinals.
If teams are level on record at the end of the regular season, tiebreakers are applied in the following order:
- Head-to-head record
- Head-to-head point differential
- Head-to-head points scored
- Point differential for the entire regular season
- Points scored for the entire regular season
Eight national associations will be represented. Casademont Zaragoza, AZS UMCS Lublin and ACS Sepsi SIC will make their debut, while SERCO Uni Győr returns after seven years. EuroCup Women holders, LDLC ASVEL Féminin, return for the first time since 2020–21.
Group A
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification | FEN | DVTK | VAL | CAS | SCH | LUB | SEP | ASV | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fenerbahçe Alagoz Holding |
4 | 4 | 0 | 366 | 258 | +108 | 8 | Advance to quarter-finals | — | 96–66 | 90–64 | 106–57 | |||||
| 2 | DVTK HUN-Therm |
4 | 4 | 0 | 266 | 219 | +47 | 8 | — | 66–63 | 74–44 | |||||||
| 3 | Valencia Basket |
4 | 3 | 1 | 268 | 259 | +9 | 7 | — | 64–45 | 68–57 | |||||||
| 4 | Casademont Zaragoza |
4 | 2 | 2 | 286 | 261 | +25 | 6 | 71–74 | — | 85–57 | |||||||
| 5 | Beretta Famila Schio |
4 | 2 | 2 | 259 | 257 | +2 | 6 | 55–59 | — | 70–50 | |||||||
| 6 | AZS UMCS Lublin |
4 | 1 | 3 | 215 | 273 | −58 | 5 | — | 76–65 | ||||||||
| 7 | ACS Sepsi SIC |
4 | 0 | 4 | 237 | 299 | −62 | 4 | 58–70 | — | ||||||||
| 8 | LDLC ASVEL Féminin |
4 | 0 | 4 | 239 | 310 | −71 | 4 | 57–67 | 61–70 | 64–67 | — |
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Points difference; 3) Points scored.
Group B
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification | PRA | CUK | VIR | AVE | VIL | POL | GYOR | LAN | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ZVVZ USK Praha |
4 | 3 | 1 | 300 | 255 | +45 | 7 | Advance to quarter-finals | — | 85–63 | |||||||
| 2 | Çukurova Basketbol Mersin |
4 | 3 | 1 | 302 | 274 | +28 | 7 | — | 77–82 | 79–75 | |||||||
| 3 | Virtus Segafredo Bologna |
4 | 3 | 1 | 316 | 296 | +20 | 7 | — | 79–75 | 90–69 | |||||||
| 4 | Perfumerías Avenida |
4 | 2 | 2 | 289 | 285 | +4 | 6 | — | 79–65 | ||||||||
| 5 | Villeneuve d'Ascq LM |
4 | 2 | 2 | 296 | 302 | −6 | 6 | 60–69 | — | 93–92 | |||||||
| 6 | BC Polkowice |
4 | 2 | 2 | 282 | 310 | −28 | 6 | 75–68 | — | ||||||||
| 7 | SERCO Uni Győr |
4 | 1 | 3 | 309 | 327 | −18 | 5 | 64–83 | 74–85 | — | |||||||
| 8 | Basket Landes |
4 | 0 | 4 | 279 | 324 | −45 | 4 | 75–81 | — |
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Points difference; 3) Points scored.
Quarter-finals
| Team 1 | Series | Team 2 | Game 1 | Game 2 | Game 3 |
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See also
References
- "Country Ranking". FIBA.basketball.
- "Regulations governing the Euroleague Women 2023-2024" (PDF).
- "EuroLeague Women announces list of participants for 2023-24 campaign". FIBA.basketball.
- "EuroLeague Women 2023-24 Regular Season groups, Qualifiers pairings drawn". FIBA.basketball.