The European professional club basketball system or European professional club basketball pyramid is a series of interconnected competitions for professional basketball clubs in Europe. The system has a hierarchical format with a promotion and demotion system between competitions at different levels.
Video European professional club basketball system
The tier pyramid
There are currently four different competitions on the pyramid - the 1st tier level EuroLeague, the 2nd tier level EuroCup, FIBA's self-anointed 2nd-tier level (which is disputed by Euroleague Basketball, which considers it as the 3rd-tier level) Champions League, and the 4th tier level FIBA Europe Cup. The EuroLeague and EuroCup competitions are organized by Euroleague Basketball, and the Champions League and FIBA Europe Cup competitions are organized by FIBA Europe.
The tier levels
For the 2017-18 season, the European professional club basketball system is as follows:
Evolution of the European basketball competitions
The table below shows the tier structure of the pyramid for both the former FIBA era, and the current Euroleague Basketball era. Current competitions are indicated in green.
History
The evolution of the names of the various international European inter-continental and European inter-regional professional club basketball competitions (1990--2015):
- 1990--1991:
- FIBA European Champions' Cup
- FIBA European Cup Winners' Cup (last season)
- FIBA Kora? Cup
- 1991--1992:
- FIBA European League ("FIBA Euro League") (previously named FIBA European Champions' Cup)
- FIBA European Cup (previously named FIBA European Cup Winners' Cup)
- FIBA Kora? Cup
- 1992--1996:
- FIBA European League ("FIBA Euro League")
- FIBA European Cup
- FIBA Kora? Cup
- 1996--1997:
- FIBA EuroLeague (previously named FIBA European League ("FIBA Euro League"))
- FIBA EuroCup (previously named FIBA European Cup)
- FIBA Kora? Cup
- 1997--1998:
- FIBA EuroLeague
- FIBA EuroCup (last season)
- FIBA Kora? Cup
- 1998--1999:
- FIBA EuroLeague
- FIBA Saporta Cup (previously named EuroCup)
- FIBA Kora? Cup
- 1999--2000:
- FIBA EuroLeague (last FIBA Europe-sanctioned season)
- FIBA Saporta Cup
- FIBA Kora? Cup
- 2000--2001:
- Euroleague (first Euroleague Basketball-sanctioned season)
- FIBA SuproLeague (previously known as FIBA EuroLeague, when it was still organized by FIBA Europe)
- FIBA Saporta Cup
- FIBA Kora? Cup
- 2001--2002:
- Euroleague (combination of Euroleague Basketball and FIBA SuproLeague)
- FIBA Saporta Cup (last season)
- FIBA Kora? Cup (last season)
- Adriatic League (first season)
- 2002--2003:
- Euroleague
- ULEB Cup (first season)
- FIBA Europe Champions Cup (first season)
- Adriatic League
- 2003--2004:
- Euroleague
- ULEB Cup
- FIBA Europe League (first season)
- FIBA Europe Cup (previously named FIBA Europe Champions Cup)
- Adriatic League
- 2004--2005:
- Euroleague
- ULEB Cup
- FIBA Europe League
- FIBA Europe Cup
- Adriatic League
- Baltic League (first season)
- 2005--2006:
- Euroleague
- ULEB Cup
- FIBA EuroCup (previously named FIBA Europe League)
- FIBA EuroCup Challenge (previously named FIBA Europe Cup)
- Adriatic League
- Baltic League
- 2006--2007:
- Euroleague
- ULEB Cup
- FIBA EuroCup
- FIBA EuroCup Challenge (last season)
- Adriatic League
- Baltic League
- 2007--2008:
- Euroleague
- ULEB Cup
- FIBA EuroCup
- Adriatic League
- Baltic League
- 2008--2009:
- Euroleague
- Eurocup (previously named ULEB Cup)
- FIBA EuroChallenge (previously named FIBA EuroCup)
- Adriatic League
- Balkan International League (first season)
- Baltic League
- 2009--2010:
- Euroleague
- Eurocup
- FIBA EuroChallenge
- VTB United League (first season)
- Adriatic League
- Balkan International League
- Baltic League
- 2010--2015:
- Euroleague
- Eurocup
- FIBA EuroChallenge
- VTB United League
- Adriatic League
- Balkan International League
- Baltic League
- 2015--2016:
- Euroleague
- Eurocup
- FIBA Europe Cup (first season)
- VTB United League
- Adriatic League
- Alpe Adria Cup (first season)
- Balkan International League
- Baltic League
- 2016--2017:
- EuroLeague (previously named Euroleague)
- EuroCup (previously named Eurocup)
- Champions League (first season)
- FIBA Europe Cup
- VTB United League
- Adriatic League
- Alpe Adria Cup
- Balkan International League
- Baltic League
- 2017--2018:
- EuroLeague
- EuroCup
- Champions League
- FIBA Europe Cup
- VTB United League
- Adriatic League
- Alpe Adria Cup
- Balkan International League
- Baltic League
There also have been a few other international club basketball competitions played in Europe, which do not exist anymore. Many others have changed their names multiple times.
Maps European professional club basketball system
See also
- League system
- Spanish basketball league system
- Greek basketball league system
- Italian basketball league system
- French basketball league system
- Russian basketball league system
- Turkish basketball league system
- German basketball league system
- Serbian basketball league system
- Polish basketball league system
- Hungarian basketball league system
- South American professional club basketball system
References
External links
- EuroLeague official website
- EuroCup official website
- Basketball Champions League official website
- FIBA Europe Cup official website
Source of article : Wikipedia
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