Basketball Champions League rankings

The Basketball Champions League rankings are the competition's criteria for ordering teams and leagues according to their performance with the aim to give an objective process for determining the participation of clubs each season.[1]

Ranking calculation

The clubs receive 2 points for a win and no points for a defeat from the regular season and the following stages. Bonus points are added to the number of points scored in a season. Since the 2020–21 season, 3 points were awarded instead of 2 points for a regular season win due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the change of competition format.[1]

Bonus points are allocated for:[1]

  • Clubs that are eliminated in the qualifying rounds (1 bonus point for the first round, 2 for the second round and 4 for the third round if it is played)
  • Clubs that qualify for the regular season of the Champions League (5 bonus points).
  • Clubs that qualify for the round of 16 of the Champions League (5 bonus points). Since the 2021–22 season, only the 8 group winners.
  • Clubs that qualify for the quarterfinals of the Champions League (3 bonus points).
  • Clubs that qualify for the Final Four of the Champions League (4 bonus points and 1 additional point if finishes third, 2 if second and 4 if it wins the competition).

Country coefficient

The country coefficient is used to rank the basketball leagues of Europe, and thus determine the maximum number of clubs from an association that will participate in the Basketball Champions League. This coefficient is determined by the results of the clubs of the leagues in the Basketball Champions League games over the past three seasons. The number of points awarded each season is divided by the number of clubs that participated for that association in that season. This number is then rounded up to one decimal place (e.g. 2⅔ would be rounded to 2.7).[1]

Current ranking

The ranking below takes into account of each league's performance in European competitions from 2019–20 to 2021–22, with the 2021–22 season currently taking place.

As of May 2023 the ranking is as follows:[2]

Ranking League Coefficient Teams
2020-21 2021–22 2022-23 Total
1 Spain Spain 36.75 37.50 28.50 102.75 0/6
2 Germany Germany 30.00 18.00 19.75 67.75 0/4
3 France France 19.00 18.33 27.33 64.67 0/3
4 Turkey Turkey 21.80 23.60 18.20 63.60 0/5
5 Israel Israel 15.00 19.67 27.33 62.00 0/3
6 Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosnia and Herzegovina 24.00 17.00 15.00 56.00 0/1
7 Czech Republic Czech Republic 36.00 6.50 6.50 49.00 0/2
8 Hungary Hungary 14.00 27.00 6.00 47.00 0/2
9 Greece Greece 13.00 9.25 22.00 44.25 0/3
10 Italy Italy 17.67 12.67 11.00 41.33 0/2
11 Romania Romania 1.00 38.00 2.00 41.00 0/1
12 Russia Russia 33.00 7.50 0.00 40.50 0/0
13 Latvia Latvia 18.00 12.00 8.00 38.00 0/1
14 Lithuania Lithuania 6.50 15.00 15.00 36.50 0/2
15 Belgium Belgium 6.50 11.00 17.00 34.50 0/1
16 Ukraine Ukraine 1.00 23.00 2.00 26.00 0/1
17 Denmark Denmark 14.00 2.00 8.00 24.00 0/1
18 Portugal Portugal 2.00 1.00 18.00 21.00 0/1
19 Poland Poland 3.00 8.00 8.00 19.00 0/1
20 Belarus Belarus 11.00 4.00 0.00 15.00 0/0
21 Estonia Estonia 0.00 11.00 1.00 12.00 0/1
22 Cyprus Cyprus 5.00 1.00 2.00 8.00 0/1
23 Switzerland Switzerland 1.00 4.00 2.00 7.00 0/1
24 Netherlands Netherlands 2.00 2.00 2.00 6.00 0/1
25 Slovakia Slovakia 0.00 0.00 4.00 4.00 0/1
26 Serbia Serbia 0.00 0.00 4.00 4.00 0/1
27 Finland Finland 0.00 1.00 2.00 3.00 0/1
28 United Kingdom Great Britain 1.00 1.00 1.00 3.00 0/1
29 Austria Austria 0.00 1.00 2.00 3.00 0/1
30 Croatia Croatia 0.00 2.00 0.00 2.00 0/0
31 Montenegro Montenegro 0.00 2.00 0.00 2.00 0/0
32 Bulgaria Bulgaria 1.00 1.00 0.00 2.00 0/0
33 Sweden Sweden 0.00 0.00 1.00 1.00 0/1
34 North Macedonia North Macedonia 0.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 0/1
35 Kosovo Kosovo 0.00 0.00 1.00 1.00 0/1
— (NR) Albania Albania 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0/0
Armenia Armenia 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0/0
Azerbaijan Azerbaijan 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0/0
Georgia (country) Georgia 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0/0
Iceland Iceland 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0/0
Republic of Ireland Ireland 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0/0
Luxembourg Luxembourg 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0/0
Malta Malta 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0/0
Moldova Moldova 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0/0
Norway Norway 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0/0
Slovenia Slovenia 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0/0
  Indicates active countries which have all their teams still competing in this year's Basketball Champions League.
  Indicates active countries which have some teams still competing in this year's Basketball Champions League.
  Indicates countries which have no teams remaining in this year's Basketball Champions League.

NR No rank (league did not enter in any of the seasons used for computing coefficients)

Top leagues by period

The following data indicates the three top-ranked leagues in each three-year period.

Years 1st Place Coeff. 2nd Place Coeff. 3rd Place Coeff.
2016–2019 Spain Liga ACB 101.75 France LNB Pro A 91.25 Turkey Super League 90.75
2017–2020 Spain Liga ACB 86.75 Greece Basket League 81.75 Czech Republic National Basketball League 81.67
2018–2021 Spain Liga ACB 105.50 Czech Republic National Basketball League 94.67 Russia VTB United League 87.00

The table shows the ranking of nations with respect to the total number of years in the top three of the rankings:

League 1st 2nd 3rd Total
Spain Liga ACB 3 0 0 3
Czech Republic National Basketball League 0 1 1 2
France LNB Pro A 0 1 0 1
Greece Basket League 0 1 0 1
Turkey Basketball Super League 0 0 1 1
Russia VTB United League 0 0 1 1

Club ranking

The club coefficient is either the sum of the points earned by the club in the Basketball Champions League over the previous three seasons. This ranking is used by the BCL to determine a club's seeding in club competition draws.[1]

Current ranking

The top 25 clubs as of May 2023 are as follows:[3]

Ranking Club League Points
2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 Total
1Lenovo TenerifeSpain Spain 365350 139
7SIG StrasbourgFrance France 372836 101
3Hapoel HolonIsrael Israel 334126 100
4Hapoel Bank Yahav JerusalemIsrael Israel 111754 82
5BAXI ManresaSpain Spain 04833 81
6UnicajaSpain Spain 02949 78
7AEKGreece Greece 27838 73
8Hereda San Pablo BurgosSpain Spain 53200 73
9Pınar KarşıyakaTurkey Turkey 421712 71
10TofaşTurkey Turkey 243312 69
11JDA DijonFrance France 172526 68
12RytasLithuania Lithuania 112629 66
13MHP Riesen LudwigsburgGermany Germany 04420 64
14Telekom Baskets BonnGermany Germany 0062 62
15Galatasaray NefTurkey Turkey 82724 59
16ERA NymburkCzech Republic Czech Republic 361111 58
17IgokeaBosnia and Herzegovina Bosnia and Herzegovina 241715 56
18DarüşşafakaTurkey Turkey 82423 55
19Falco SzombathelyHungary Hungary 142711 52
20Filou OostendeBelgium Belgium 112117 49
21Casademont ZaragozaSpain Spain 4700 47
22Nizhny NovgorodRussia Russia 33110 44
23Banco di Sardegna SassariItaly Italy 21811 40
24U-BT Cluj-NapocaRomania Romania 1380 39
25VEF RīgaLatvia Latvia 18128 38
  Indicates teams still active in this year's Basketball Champions League.
  Indicates teams still active in this year's Basketball Champions League qualifying rounds.
  Indicates teams no longer active in this year's Basketball Champions League.
  Indicates teams that do not take part in this year's Basketball Champions League.

Top club by period

The following data indicate the top-ranked clubs in each 3-year period.

Years Club Points
2016–2019 Spain Iberostar Tenerife 137
2017–2020 Greece AEK 132
2018–2021 Spain Lenovo Tenerife 133
2019–2022 Spain Lenovo Tenerife 123
2020–2023 Spain Lenovo Tenerife 139

Top-rated clubs listed by number of times they were top-ranked over a 3-year period:

Rank Club Total
1 Spain Lenovo Tenerife 4
2 Greece AEK 1

References
  1. "Access List Principles". Basketball Champions League. Retrieved 2 October 2021.
  2. "Country Ranking". Basketball Champions League. Retrieved 14 October 2021.
  3. "Club Ranking". Basketball Champions League. Retrieved 16 May 2023.

See also
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