European professional club basketball system

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. There are currently three different competitions on the pyramid – the 1st tier Euroleague, the 2nd tier Eurocup, and the 3rd tier FIBA Europe Cup. The 1st and 2nd tier competitions are organized by Euroleague Basketball Company, and the 3rd tier competition is organized by FIBA Europe.

The tier pyramid

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.

Evolution of the European basketball competitions

Year 1st tier 2nd tier 3rd tier 4th tier
1958 FIBA European Champions Cup
1958–59
1959–60
1960–61
1961–62
1962–63
1963–64
1964–65
1965–66FIBA European Cup Winners' Cup
1966–67
1967–68
1968–69
1969–70
1970–71
1971–72 FIBA Korać Cup
1972–73
1973–74
1974–75
1975–76
1976–77
1977–78
1978–79
1979–80
1980–81
1981–82
1982–83
1983–84
1984–85
1985–86
1986–87
1987–88
1988–89
1989–90
1990–91
1991–92FIBA European LeagueFIBA European Cup
1992–93
1993–94
1994–95
1995–96
1996–97 FIBA EuroleagueFIBA EuroCup
1997–98
1998–99 FIBA Saporta Cup
1999–2000
2000–01 FIBA SuproLeague
2000–01 Euroleague
2001–02
2002–03 ULEB Cup FIBA Europe Champions Cup
2003–04 FIBA Europe League FIBA Europe Cup
2004–05
2005–06 FIBA EuroCupFIBA EuroCup Challenge
2006–07
2007–08
2008–09 EurocupEuroChallenge
2009–10
2010–11
2011–12
2012–13
2013–14
2014–15
2015–16 FIBA Europe Cup

History

The evolution of the names of the various international European inter–continental and European inter–regional professional club basketball competitions (1990—2015):

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.

See also

References

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