The Basketball Champions League rankings are the competition's criteria for ordering teams and leagues according to their performance with the aim to give an objective process for determining the participation of clubs each season.
Ranking calculation The clubs receive 2 points for a win and no points for a defeat from the regular season and the following stages. Bonus points are added to the number of points scored in a season. Since the 2020–21 season, 3 points were awarded instead of 2 points for a regular season win due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the change of competition format.
Bonus points are allocated for: Clubs that are eliminated in the qualifying rounds (1 bonus point for the first round, 2 for the second round and 4 for the third round if it is played) Clubs that qualify for the regular season of the Champions League (5 bonus points). Clubs that qualify for the Play-in round of the Champions League (1 bonus point). Clubs that qualify for the round of 16 of the Champions League (5 bonus points). Since the 2021–22 season, only the 8 group winners. Clubs that qualify for the quarterfinals of the Champions League (3 bonus points). Clubs that qualify for the Final Four of the Champions League (4 bonus points and 1 additional point if finishes third, 2 if second and 4 if it wins the competition).
Country coefficient The country coefficient is used to rank the basketball leagues of Europe, and thus determine the maximum number of clubs from an association that will participate in the Basketball Champions League. This coefficient is determined by the results of the clubs of the leagues in the Basketball Champions League games over the past three seasons. The number of points awarded each season is divided by the number of clubs that participated for that association in that season. This number is then rounded up to one decimal place (e.g. would be rounded to 2.7).
Current ranking The ranking below takes into account of each league's performance in European competitions from 2022–23 to 2024–25.
As of May 14, 2026 the ranking is as follows:
Ranking 2026Ranking 2025LeagueCoefficientTeams2023-242024-252025-26Total11 Spain32.2034.0034.00101.200/522 Turkey20.4027.7520.5068.650/435 Greece27.0017.0021.7565.750/447 Czechia5.0038.0022.0065.000/153 France23.2516.0023.3362.580/366 Germany18.5015.2519.5053.250/474 Israel20.0017.0015.0052.000/289 Lithuania9.5015.5025.5050.500/298 Italy10.2522.6712.3345.250/31010 Hungary11.0019.009.0039.000/21114 Latvia11.008.008.0027.000/11213 Bosnia and Herzegovina5.0011.008.0024.000/11312 Portugal8.008.008.0021.000/21411 Belgium9.007.504.5021.000/21517 Serbia1.004.5015.0020.500/11620 Slovakia1.002.0017.0020.000/11715 Poland6.506.506.0019.000/21832 Azerbaijan0.001.008.009.000/11921 Estonia1.004.002.007.000/12018 Switzerland1.004.001.006.000/12123 Netherlands2.001.002.005.000/12216 Denmark1.000.004.005.000/12319 Sweden2.002.000.004.000/02422 Romania1.002.001.004.000/12526 Kosovo1.002.001.004.000/12625 Finland1.001.001.003.000/12724 Cyprus1.001.001.003.000/12829 Georgia1.001.001.003.000/12927 Bulgaria0.002.001.003.000/13028 Great Britain1.001.000.002.000/03133 Montenegro1.000.001.002.000/13234 North Macedonia0.000.001.001.000/1— Ukraine0.000.000.000.000/0 Austria0.000.000.000.000/0 Russia0.000.000.000.000/0 Belarus0.000.000.000.000/0 Croatia0.000.000.000.000/0 Albania0.000.000.000.000/0 Armenia0.000.000.000.000/0 Iceland0.000.000.000.000/0 Ireland0.000.000.000.000/0 Luxembourg0.000.000.000.000/0 Malta0.000.000.000.000/0 Moldova0.000.000.000.000/0 Norway0.000.000.000.000/0 Slovenia0.000.000.000.000/0
NR No rank (league did not enter in any of the seasons used for computing coefficients)
Top leagues by period The following data indicates the three top-ranked leagues in each three-year period.
Years1st PlaceCoeff.2nd PlaceCoeff.3rd PlaceCoeff.2016–2019 Liga ACB101.75 LNB Pro A91.25 Super League90.752017–2020 Liga ACB86.75 Basket League81.7581.672018–2021 Liga ACB105.5094.67 VTB United League87.00
The table shows the ranking of nations with respect to the total number of years in the top three of the rankings:
League 1st 2nd 3rd Total Liga ACB3003 National Basketball League0112 LNB Pro A0101 Basket League0101 Basketball Super League0011 VTB United League0011
Club ranking The club coefficient is either the sum of the points earned by the club in the Basketball Champions League over the previous three seasons. This ranking is used by the BCL to determine a club's seeding in club competition draws.
Current ranking The top 25 clubs as of October 2025 are as follows:
Ranking Club League Points 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25 Total1Unicaja Spain4653571562La Laguna Tenerife Spain4645511423UCAM Murcia Spain3347311114Telekom Baskets Bonn Germany5634181085AEK Greece3225461036Galatasaray Turkey262345947Hapoel Bank Yahav Jerusalem Israel50310818Rytas Lithuania251829729Hapoel Netanel Holon Israel2427176810Peristeri Domino's Greece1736126511BAXI Manresa Spain330296212SIG Strasbourg France352606113Bertram Derthona Basket Italy021365714Karşıyaka Turkey1223185315JDA Bourgogne Dijon France232905216ERA Nymburk Czech Republic110384917Filou Oostende Belgium1717144817MHP Riesen Ludwigsburg Germany202804817Promitheas Patras Vikos Cola Greece030184820Falco-Vulcano Szombathely Hungary1111194121Pallacanestro Reggiana Italy110283922Darüşşafaka Turkey201703722Tofaş Turkey122503724PAOK mateco Greece141743525SL Benfica Portugal188834
Top club by period The following data indicate the top-ranked clubs in each 3-year period.
YearsClubPoints2016–2019 Iberostar Tenerife1372017–2020 AEK1322018–2021 Lenovo Tenerife1332019–2022 Lenovo Tenerife1232020–2023 Lenovo Tenerife139
Top-rated clubs listed by number of times they were top-ranked over a 3-year period:
Rank Club Total 1 Lenovo Tenerife 4 2 AEK 1
See also Historical European national basketball league rankings
References
External links Official website