2025–26 FIBA Europe Cup

The 2025–26 FIBA Europe Cup was the 11th season of the FIBA Europe Cup, a European basketball competition for clubs launched by FIBA Europe.

FIBA Europe Cup
Season	2025–26
Dates	Qualifying: 24 September – 1 October 2025 Competition proper: 14 October 2025 – 29 April 2026
Teams	Competition proper: 40 (from 12 countries) Total: 47 (from 19 countries)
Finals
Champions	Surne Bilbao Basket (2nd title)
Runners-up	PAOK mateco
Semi-finalists	Falco Szombathely UCAM Murcia
Finals MVP	Darrun Hilliard
Statistical leaders
Points Zoltán Perl 18.7 Rebounds Jake Van Tubbergen 7.9 Assists Melwin Pantzar 6.4 Efficiency Yannick Franke 18.9
← 2024–25 2026–27 →

Bilbao Basket are the defending champions, and will defend their title in the competition.

Team allocation

A total of 47 teams from 19 of the 50 FIBA Europe member associations will be expected to participate in the 2024–25 FIBA Europe Cup season. The official list of teams were announced by FIBA on 11 July 2025.

After the release of the teams, Rīgas Zeļļi from Latvia withdrew from the qualifying round, which led to the automatic placement in the regular season of Peristeri, based on the Club Competition Rankings.

Teams

The labels in the parentheses show how each team qualified for the place of its starting round:

• 1st, 2nd, 3rd, etc.: League position after eventual Playoffs
• CL QR: Transferred from Champions League qualifying rounds
• TH: Title holders

Qualified teams for 2025–26 FIBA Europe Cup (by entry round)

Regular season
Surne Bilbao BasketTH (16th)	Pallacanestro Reggiana (CL QR)	Cedevita Junior (5th)
UCAM Murcia (CL QR)	Dinamo Sassari (10th)	Bakken Bears (CL QR)
Casademont Zaragoza (12th)	Start Lublin (CL QR)	JDA Dijon (8th)
Petrolina AEK Larnaca (CL QR)	Energa Trefl Sopot (3rd)	Kutaisi 2010 (CL QR)
Keravnos (2nd)	Porto (CL QR)	Falco Szombathely (CL QR)
Kalev/Cramo (CL QR)	Sporting CP (3rd)	Petkim Spor (11th)
University of Tartu (2nd)	CSM CSU Raiffeisen Oradea (CL QR)	Trepça (CL QR)
Löwen Braunschweig (CL QR)	Vâlcea 1924 (3rd)	Pelister (CL QR)
Rostock Seawolves (10th)	Neftçi İK (2nd)
PAOK (CL QR)	Windrose Giants Antwerp (CL QR)
Peristeri (8th)	Rilski Sportist (CL QR)
Qualifying round
Kangoeroes Mechelen (2nd)	Anwil Wloclawek (4th)	Cibona (3rd)
Balkan (3rd)	Prievidza (3rd)	PUMPA Basket Brno (2nd)
Anorthosis Famagusta (3rd)	Dnipro (1st)	Rasta Vechta (12th)
Transcom Pärnu (5th)	Absheron Lions (3rd)	Bashkimi (2nd)
Corona Brașov (5th)	Bosna BH Telecom (2nd)	Rīgas Zeļļi (3rd)

Draw

The draw for both the qualifying rounds and regular season was held on 23 July 2025 in Munich, Germany.

Qualifying round

The qualifying round took place on 24 September and 1 October 2025 in two-legged ties in which the series winners advanced to the regular season.

Team 1	Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Absheron Lions	149–150	Anorthosis Famagusta	89–73	60–77
Bashkimi	151–168	Anwil Włocławek	80–75	71–93
Bosna	164–139	Kangoeroes Mechelen	82–57	82–82
Rasta Vechta	165–142	Balkan	79–63	86–79
Cibona	185–184	Prievidza	91–83	94–101
Corona Brașov	178–133	Dnipro	83–69	95–64
Brno	164–144	Transcom Pärnu	83–75	81–69

Lucky losers

The additional spots were made available after Patrioti Levice, Bursaspor and Élan Chalon qualified for the Basketball Champions League. The three lucky losers were determined by the best loser series from the FIBA Europe Cup Qualifying Round in accordance to Section D of the Official Basketball Rules.

Pos	Team	PF	PA	PD	Qualification
1	Prievidza	184	185	−1	Advance to regular season
2	Absheron Lions	149	150	−1
3	Bashkimi	151	168	−17
4	Transcom Pärnu	144	164	−20
5	Balkan	142	165	−23
6	Kangoeroes Mechelen	139	164	−25
7	Dnipro	133	178	−45

Source: FIBA

Regular season

The regular season was played by 40 teams divided into 10 groups of four in which 14 teams received direct spots, 10 teams advanced from the qualifying round and 16 teams came from the Basketball Champions League qualifying rounds. It began on 14 October 2025 and concluded on 19 November 2025. In each group, teams were played against each other home-and-away in a round-robin format. And the end of the regular season, the top team from each regular season group plus the best six second-placed teams will advance to the second round, while the rest of the teams will be eliminated after the regular season.

Vâlcea 1924 and Neftçi İK will make their debut appearances in a European competition.

No team from Israel participated in the competition for the third season in-a-row.

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification		MUR	BOS	LUB	RIL
1	UCAM Murcia	6	5	1	507	424	+83	11	Advance to second round		—	87–63	80–75	77–63
2	Bosna BH Telecom	6	4	2	465	439	+26	10			87–72	—	79–70	91–64
3	Start Lublin	6	2	4	478	509	−31	8			75–102	90–80	—	76–73
4	Rilski Sportist	6	1	5	412	490	−78	7			61–89	56–65	95–92	—

Source: FIBA

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification		ROS	ANT	TAR	PRT
1	Rostock Seawolves	6	5	1	535	457	+78	11	Advance to second round		—	95–80	100–82	96–68
2	Windrose Giants Antwerp	6	3	3	504	476	+28	9			63–75	—	110–73	81–72
3	University of Tartu	6	2	4	497	544	−47	8			77–94	81–91	—	94–78
4	Porto	6	2	4	456	515	−59	8			87–75	80–79	71–90	—

Source: FIBA

Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification		CSM	PET	AEK	COR
1	CSM CSU Raiffeisen Oradea	6	5	1	505	466	+39	11	Advance to second round		—	77–71	89–75	87–65
2	Petkim Spor	6	4	2	516	439	+77	10			84–73	—	101–58	85–74
3	Petrolina AEK	6	3	3	486	508	−22	9			86–89	84–78	—	93–68
4	Corona Brașov	6	0	6	448	542	−94	6			85–90	73–97	83–90	—

Source: FIBA

Group D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification		CED	PRI	KER	PEL
1	Cedevita Junior	6	5	1	531	468	+63	11	Advance to second round		—	88–85	85–68	94–76
2	Prievidza	6	4	2	539	451	+88	10			83–64	—	82–68	97–82
3	Keravnos	6	2	4	468	541	−73	8			82–105	59–109	—	99–86
4	Pelister	6	1	5	482	560	−78	7			74–95	90–83	74–92	—

Source: FIBA

Group E

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification		BIL	PRS	BRN	KUT
1	Surne Bilbao Basket	6	5	1	617	415	+202	11	Advance to second round		—	81–84	115–100	117–54
2	Peristeri	6	5	1	525	435	+90	11			64–86	—	87–75	102–67
3	PUMPA Basket Brno	6	1	5	456	540	−84	7			51–105	73–87	—	73–80
4	Kutaisi 2010	6	1	5	382	590	−208	7			62–113	53–101	66–84	—

Source: FIBA

Group F

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification		PAK	LOW	WLO	TRP
1	PAOK	6	5	1	527	513	+14	11	Advance to second round		—	88–87	104–96	85–74
2	Löwen Braunschweig	6	4	2	502	488	+14	10			88–79	—	98–97	80–70
3	Anwil Wloclawek	6	3	3	563	526	+37	9			93–94	84–65	—	96–78
4	Trepça	6	0	6	454	519	−65	6			75–77	70–84	87–97	—

Source: FIBA

Group G

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification		SAS	SCP	RAS	VAL
1	Dinamo Sassari	6	4	2	535	461	+74	10	Advance to second round		—	89–72	105–94	94–73
2	Sporting CP	6	4	2	535	467	+68	10			80–77	—	78–75	121–67
3	Rasta Vechta	6	3	3	523	500	+23	9			77–73	98–82	—	88–90
4	Vâlcea 1924	6	1	5	428	593	−165	7			65–97	61–102	72–91	—

Source: FIBA

Group H

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification		ZAR	FAL	BAK	FAM
1	Casademont Zaragoza	6	5	1	571	449	+122	11	Advance to second round		—	97–82	105–75	89–61
2	Falco Szombathely	6	4	2	514	477	+37	10			74–90	—	83–76	98–56
3	Bakken Bears	6	2	4	514	519	−5	8			90–78	79–90	—	94–102
4	Anorthosis Famagusta	6	1	5	426	580	−154	7			67–112	79–87	61–100	—

Source: FIBA

Group I

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification		SOP	NEF	KAL	LIO
1	Energa Trefl Sopot	6	4	2	552	488	+64	10	Advance to second round		—	92–63	93–58	98–78
2	Neftçi İK	6	3	3	522	532	−10	9			92–87	—	95–84	86–95
3	Kalev/Cramo	6	3	3	495	539	−44	9			101–83	88–82	—	71–101
4	Absheron Lions	6	2	4	541	551	−10	8			96–99	86–104	85–93	—

Source: FIBA

Group J

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification		REG	JDA	CIB	BAS
1	Pallacanestro Reggiana	6	3	3	494	449	+45	9	Advance to second round		—	76–79	73–75	100–65
2	JDA Dijon	6	3	3	501	500	+1	9			88–96	—	94–85	84–93
3	Cibona	6	3	3	463	481	−18	9			65–73	76–73	—	93–79
4	Bashkimi	6	3	3	477	505	−28	9			77–76	74–83	89–69	—

Source: FIBA

Ranking of second-placed teams

Pos	Grp	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	E	Peristeri	6	5	1	525	435	+90	11	Advance to second round
2	D	Prievidza	6	4	2	539	451	+88	10
3	C	Petkim Spor	6	4	2	516	439	+77	10
4	G	Sporting CP	6	4	2	535	467	+68	10
5	H	Falco Szombathely	6	4	2	514	477	+37	10
6	A	Bosna BH Telecom	6	4	2	465	439	+26	10
7	F	Löwen Braunschweig	6	4	2	502	488	+14	10
8	B	Windrose Giants Antwerp	6	3	3	504	476	+28	9
9	J	JDA Dijon	6	3	3	501	500	+1	9
10	I	Neftçi İK	6	3	3	522	532	−10	9

Source: FIBA

Second round

It began on 10 December 2025 and will conclude on 11 February 2026. In each group, teams will play against each other home-and-away in a round-robin format. At the end of the second round, the top two teams from each regular season group will advance to the quarter-finals, while the rest of the teams will be eliminated.

Group K

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification		MUR	FAL	ROS	SOP
1	UCAM Murcia	6	6	0	536	444	+92	12	Advance to quarter-finals		—	97–67	85–77	92–66
2	Falco Szombathely	6	3	3	466	489	−23	9			75–80	—	77–84	83–74
3	Rostock Seawolves	6	2	4	489	484	+5	8			82–89	75–78	—	97–72
4	Energa Trefl Sopot	6	1	5	451	525	−74	7			77–93	79–86	83–74	—

Source: FIBA

Group L

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification		BOS	REG	CSM	CED
1	Bosna BH Telecom	6	5	1	483	467	+16	11	Advance to quarter-finals		—	85–71	76–63	85–82
2	Pallacanestro Reggiana	6	4	2	508	442	+66	10			93–67	—	90–59	83–60
3	CSM CSU Raiffeisen Oradea	6	3	3	492	506	−14	9			79–84	81–77	—	103–79
4	Cedevita Junior	6	0	6	490	558	−68	6			79–86	90–94	100–107	—

Source: FIBA

Group M

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification		BIL	PAK	SCP	PRI
1	Surne Bilbao Basket	6	6	0	543	408	+135	12	Advance to quarter-finals		—	95–73	94–79	93–51
2	PAOK	6	4	2	519	449	+70	10			87–88	—	101–67	101–70
3	Sporting CP	6	1	5	454	522	−68	7			72–90	62–70	—	92–73
4	BC Prievidza	6	1	5	401	538	−137	7			46–83	67–87	94–82	—

Source: FIBA

Group N

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification		PRS	PET	ZAR	SAS
1	Peristeri	6	5	1	505	477	+28	11	Advance to quarter-finals		—	61–82	86–70	98–84
2	Petkim Spor	6	4	2	494	441	+53	10			85–87	—	98–75	82–70
3	Casademont Zaragoza	6	2	4	463	491	−28	8			80–92	76–71	—	68–69
4	Dinamo Sassari	6	1	5	446	499	−53	7			76–81	72–76	75–94	—

Source: FIBA

Play-offs

The play-offs will begin on 11 March and was conclude on 22–29 April 2026 with the finals. In the play-offs, teams played against each other over two legs on a home-and-away basis.

	Quarter-finals							Semi-finals							Finals
	UCAM Murcia		85	77	162
	Pallacanestro Reggiana		84	63	147
								UCAM Murcia		73	89	162
								PAOK		79	85	164
	Peristeri		77	88	165
	PAOK		101	80	181
															PAOK		79	74	153
															Surne Bilbao Basket		73	89	162
	Bosna BH Telecom		66	78	144
	Falco Szombathely		81	70	151
								Falco Szombathely		81	88	169
								Surne Bilbao Basket		98	95	193
	Surne Bilbao Basket		77	85	162
	Petkim Spor		69	60	129

Source: FIBA

Quarter-finals

The first legs was held on 11 March, and the second legs on 18 March 2026.

Team 1	Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
UCAM Murcia	162–147	Pallacanestro Reggiana	85–84	77–63
Peristeri	165–181	PAOK	77–101	88–80
Bosna BH Telecom	144–151	Falco Szombathely	66–81	78–70
Surne Bilbao Basket	162–129	Petkim Spor	77–69	85–60

Semi-finals

The first legs was held on 1 April, and the second legs on 8 April 2026.

Team 1	Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
UCAM Murcia	162–164	PAOK	73–79	89–85
Falco Szombathely	169–193	Surne Bilbao Basket	81–98	88–95

Finals

The first leg was held on 22 April, and the second leg on 29 April 2026.

Team 1	Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
PAOK	153–162	Surne Bilbao Basket	79–73	74–89

Individual awards

MVP of the Month

Month	Player	Team	Ref.
2025
October	Devonte Green	Neftçi
November	Cleveland Melvin	PAOK
December	Jake Van Tubbergen	Peristeri
2026
January	Yannick Franke	Petkim Spor
February	Edin Atić	Bosna BH Telecom
March	Zoltán Perl	Falco Szombathely

See also

• 2025–26 EuroLeague
• 2025–26 Basketball Champions League
• 2025–26 EuroCup Basketball

External links

• Official website