Overview

• Alba Berlin will compete in the Basketball Champions League for the first time after a 24-year run in the Euroleague and Eurocup.
• Group winners advance directly to the round of 16 while runners-up must navigate best-of-three play-ins.
• Quarterfinal ties will be decided over a maximum of three games with semifinals and the final staged as a Final Four.
• The 10th edition of the Basketball Champions League begins on October 7 with exact match dates yet to be announced.
• Three other German clubs—Löwen Braunschweig, Fit/ONE Würzburg Baskets and MLP Academics Heidelberg—also qualified for this season’s competition.