The country ranking based on the country coefficients is used to determine the number of clubs from each national federation that enters various stages of the BCL:[2]
All countries, if they entered, each have at least one team qualify.[citation needed]
The winners of the 2023–24 Basketball Champions League are given an additional entry if they do not qualify for the 2024–25 Basketball Champions League through their domestic league.[3]
The organiser may grant access to the League through the attribution of up to 4 invitations (wild cards) to the Regular Season or to the Qualification Rounds.[3]
If one or more clubs do not use their right to participate in the Basketball Champions League, the organiser may decide to allocate the respective place(s) to other clubs of the same or other National Federations.[3]
For the 2024–25 Basketball Champions League, the countries are allocated places according to their 2024 country coefficients, which takes into account their performance from 2021–22 to 2023–24.
National Federations ranking for 2024–25 Basketball Champions League
Netherlands (NED):ZZ Leiden would have qualified as the winners of the 2023-24 BNXT Dutch Playoffs, but withdrew from applying because their arena did not meet FIBA Europe's capacity standards. As a result, the spot was given to Heroes den Bosch, second in the national league.[citation needed]
The draw for the qualifying rounds will be made on 26 June 2024.[7]
The 24 teams were divided into twelve pots. The national champions from the unrepresented nations were placed into the Pots 1-6 which will be drawn into the two Champions paths, and the remaining clubs into the Pots 1–6 which will be drawn into the two Main paths. Pots are arranged based on the competition's club ranking and, for clubs that have not yet participated in the competition, on the country ranking.
Teams from pot 1 and pot 2 will be drawn directly into the Semi-Finals of the tournaments, while the teams in the other four pots will enter the tournament from the Quarter-Finals.
The four winners of the finals will then qualify for the regular season and join the 28 directly qualified teams in the main draw. The rest of the teams will be demoted, if they apply, to the FIBA Europe Cup.
The 28 teams that entered in the regular season directly were divided into four pots based firstly on the club ranking and, for clubs that have not yet participated in the (Regular season of) competition, on the three-year country ranking. The country protection rule will apply for the stage of the draw. Clubs cannot be drawn in groups with other clubs from the same country.[7]
^ abcdeCompetition Regulations 2024-25(PDF). FIBA. 31 May 2024. p. 5. Retrieved 19 June 2024. The Organiser may grant access to the BCL through the attribution of up to four (4) invitations to the Regular Season or to the Qualification Rounds.
