The 2023–24 EuroLeague Women was the 66th edition of the European women's club basketball championship organized by FIBA, and the 27th edition since being rebranded as the EuroLeague Women. Fenerbahçe Alagoz Holding are the defending champions.
The Turkish side successfully defended their crown by defeating first-time finalists Villeneuve d'Ascq LM to become back-to-back champions in the competition.
This season had record-breaking success on digital platforms.
Format After the qualifiers, sixteen teams play in the regular season. They were divided into 2 groups of 8, with the top 4 advancing to the quarter-finals. In the quarter-finals, the eight teams left played in four best-of-three play-offs, and whoever wins the series make the final four.
Rankings The results were based on the results of the past three seasons.
Associations 1–4 can have three teams qualify. Associations 5–8 each have two teams qualify. Associations 9–10 each have one team qualify directly into the regular season. Associations below the top 10 can have one team qualify for the qualification round.
If a club who qualified for the regular season doesn't take the place, it will be given to another club who entered.
RankAssociationAverage pointsTeams1 Turkey217.3332 Spain180.003 France152.674 Hungary126.6725 Russia109.3306 Italy87.3327 Czech Republic57.3318 Poland44.0029 Belgium27.33010 Israel20.6711 Latvia18.00112 Greece17.67013 Romania14.00114 Switzerland12.670
RankAssociationAverage pointsTeams15 Slovakia7.33016 Ukraine6.3317 Serbia5.3317 Great Britain5.33119 Portugal4.00019 Luxembourg4.0021 Germany 2.6721 Lithuania2.6723 Croatia2.0023 Belarus2.0023 Sweden2.0026 Bulgaria1.3326 Iceland1.3328 Norway0.67
Teams The teams were announced on 13 July 2024. League positions of the previous season shown in parentheses (TH EL: EuroLeague Women title holders; TH EC: EuroCup Women title holders). Also, S means that the team in the qualifying round was seeded. Regular season ZVVZ USK Praha (1st) AZS UMCS Lublin (1st) LDLC ASVEL FémininTH EC (1st) Valencia Basket (1st) Basket Landes (CW, 5th) Casademont Zaragoza (CW, 4th) ESB Villeneuve-d'Ascq (2nd) Perfumerias Avenida (2nd) SERCO Uni Győr (2nd) Fenerbahçe Alagoz HoldingTH EL (1st) Beretta Famila Schio (1st) Çukurova Basketbol Mersin (2nd) Virtus Segafredo Bologna (2nd)Qualifying round London Lions (1st) KGHM BC Polkowice S (2nd) DVTK HUN-Therm S (3rd) ACS Sepsi SIC (1st) TTT Riga S (1st) Beşiktaş (7th)
Round and draw dates Schedule Phase Round Round date Qualification round 20–27 September 2023Regular season Matchday 1 4 October 2023 Matchday 2 11 October 2023 Matchday 3 18 October 2023 Matchday 4 25 October 2023 Matchday 5 31 October 2023 Matchday 6 22 November 2023 Matchday 7 29 November 2023 Matchday 8 6 December 2023 Matchday 9 13 December 2023 Matchday 10 20 December 2023 Matchday 11 10 January 2024 Matchday 12 17 January 2024 Matchday 13 24 January 2024 Matchday 14 30 January 2024Quarter-finals First leg 21 February 2024 Second leg 28 February 2024 Third leg 6 March 2024Final four Semi-finals 12 April 2024 Final 14 April 2024
Draw The draw was held on 9 August 2023 in Munich, Germany.
Draw rules are as follows.
A maximum of two clubs from the same country can be in the same regular season group for countries that have up to three clubs in total. Each group can have a maximum of two countries that are represented by two clubs each. If there are exactly two clubs from the same country, those clubs shall be drawn into different groups if possible.
Seed 1Seed 2Seed 3Seed 4 Fenerbahçe Alagoz Holding Perfumerías Avenida Beretta Famila Schio ZVVZ USK Praha Çukurova Basketbol Mersin Valencia Basket LDLC ASVEL Féminin ESB Villeneuve-d'Ascq Seed 5Seed 6Seed 7Seed 8 Basket Landes AZS UMCS Lublin Virtus Segafredo Bologna Casademont Zaragoza SERCO Uni Győr Qualifier 1 Qualifier 2 Qualifier 3
Qualification round The winners advance to the regular season, while the losers drop down to the EuroCup regular season.
Regular season
The top four teams in each group will qualify to the Quarterfinals.
If teams are level on record at the end of the regular season, tiebreakers are applied in the following order:
Head-to-head record Head-to-head point differential Head-to-head points scored Point differential for the entire regular season Points scored for the entire regular season
Casademont Zaragoza, AZS UMCS Lublin and ACS Sepsi SIC will make their debut, while SERCO Uni Győr and Villeneuve d'Ascq LM return after a seven year and five year absence respectively. EuroCup Women holders, LDLC ASVEL Féminin, return for the first time since 2020–21.
Eight national associations will be represented this season, down by one compared to 2022–23. Belgium and Greece are replaced solely by Romania, who are present in the regular season for the first time since 2012–13. This is the first time since 2020–21 that the regular season contains three French teams. Poland come into this season with two representatives in the regular season for the first time since 2017–18.
Group A
Group B
Quarter-finals Format The eight remaining teams are divided into four playoffs, played in a best-of-three format. The first team to win two games wins the tie. If needed, a game three will take place with the team who had the higher seed hosting the match.
Seeding The seeding is based on the results of the regular season. Group 1st2nd3rd4thA Fenerbahçe Alagoz Holding DVTK HUN-Therm Casademont Zaragoza Beretta Famila SchioB ZVVZ USK Praha Çukurova Basketbol Mersin Villeneuve d'Ascq LM Perfumerías Avenida
Bracket Villeneuve d'Ascq LM became the first unseeded team in seven years to win a series.
Matches
Fenerbahçe Alagoz Holding won the series 2–0
Villeneuve d'Ascq LM won the series 2–1
ZVVZ USK Praha won the series 2–1
Çukurova Basketbol Mersin won the series 2–1
Final Four
The Final Four was held at the Servet Tazegul Spor Salonu in Mersin, Turkey.
Bracket
Semifinals
Third place game
Final
2023–24 EuroLeague Women Champions Fenerbahçe Alagoz HoldingSecond title
Awards Voting for the awards started on 18 February 2024.
EuroLeague MVP PlayerTeam Emma Meesseman Fenerbahçe Alagoz Holding
EuroLeague Final Four MVP PlayerTeam Kayla McBride Fenerbahçe Alagoz Holding
All-EuroLeague Teams First TeamSecond Team Marina Mabrey Çukurova Basketbol Mersin Yvonne Anderson Fenerbahçe Alagoz Holding Kayla McBride Fenerbahçe Alagoz Holding Kennedy Burke ESB Villeneuve-d'Ascq Leonie Fiebich Casademont Zaragoza Valériane Ayayi ZVVZ USK Praha Emma Meesseman Fenerbahçe Alagoz Holding Janelle Salaün ESB Villeneuve-d'Ascq Ezi Magbegor ZVVZ USK Praha Elizabeth Williams Çukurova Basketbol Mersin
Defensive Player of the Year PlayerTeam Yvonne Anderson Fenerbahçe Alagoz Holding
Young Player of the Year PlayerTeam Sika Koné Perfumerias Avenida
Coach of the Year PlayerTeam Rachid Meziane ESB Villeneuve-d'Ascq
Best Play of the Season PlayerTeam Destiny Slocum SERCO Uni Győr
Club Excellence Award Team Casademont Zaragoza
MVP of the Month MonthPlayerTeam October Kayla McBride Fenerbahçe Alagoz Holding November Emma Meesseman Fenerbahçe Alagoz Holding December Kennedy Burke ESB Villeneuve-d'Ascq January Marina Mabrey Çukurova Basketbol Mersin February Napheesa Collier Fenerbahçe Alagoz Holding
Team of the Month RoundPGSGSFPFC October Kayla McBride( ) Cecilia Zandalasini( Virtus Segafredo Bologna) Leonie Fiebich( Casademont Zaragoza) Emma Meesseman( ) Ezi Magbegor( ZVVZ USK Praha) November Mariona Ortiz( Casademont Zaragoza) Marina Mabrey( ) Sika Koné( Perfumerias Avenida) Emma Meesseman( ) Nyara Sabally( ZVVZ USK Praha) December Kayla McBride( ) Brianna Fraser( KGHM BC Polkowice) Kennedy Burke( ESB Villeneuve-d'Ascq) Emma Meesseman( ) Nyara Sabally( ZVVZ USK Praha) January Arella Guirantes( Beretta Famila Schio) Marina Mabrey( ) Kennedy Burke( ESB Villeneuve-d'Ascq) Emma Meesseman( ) Laura Gil( Perfumerias Avenida) February Yvonne Anderson( ) Réka Lelik( DVTK HUN-Therm) Napheesa Collier( ) Janelle Salaün( ESB Villeneuve-d'Ascq) Ezi Magbegor( ZVVZ USK Praha)
MVP of the Round Regular season RoundPGSGSFPFC 1 Cecilia Zandalasini( Virtus Segafredo Bologna) Kayla McBride( Fenerbahçe Alagoz Holding) Kennedy Burke( ESB Villeneuve-d'Ascq) Ezi Magbegor( ZVVZ USK Praha) Kristine Anigwe( SERCO Uni Győr) 2 Cecilia Zandalasini( Virtus Segafredo Bologna) Kayla McBride( Fenerbahçe Alagoz Holding) Napheesa Collier( Fenerbahçe Alagoz Holding) Ezi Magbegor( ZVVZ USK Praha) Elizabeth Williams( Fenerbahçe Alagoz Holding) 3 Kayla McBride( Fenerbahçe Alagoz Holding) Leonie Fiebich( Casademont Zaragoza) Elin Gustavsson( AZS UMCS Lublin) Ezi Magbegor( ZVVZ USK Praha) Kristine Anigwe( SERCO Uni Győr) 4 Maite Cazorla( ZVVZ USK Praha) Destiny Slocum( SERCO Uni Győr) Alina Iagupova( Çukurova Basketbol Mersin) Emma Meesseman( Fenerbahçe Alagoz Holding) Ana Tadić( DVTK HUN-Therm) 5 Nina Aho( DVTK HUN-Therm) Weronika Gajda( KGHM BC Polkowice) Arella Guirantes( Beretta Famila Schio) Nyara Sabally( ZVVZ USK Praha) Dragana Stanković( KGHM BC Polkowice) 6 Marina Mabrey( Çukurova Basketbol Mersin) Gabby Williams( LDLC ASVEL Féminin) Sika Koné( Perfumerias Avenida) Emma Meesseman( Fenerbahçe Alagoz Holding) Nikolina Milić( Fenerbahçe Alagoz Holding) 7 Mariona Ortiz( Casademont Zaragoza) Borislava Hristova( ACS Sepsi SIC) Leonie Fiebich( Valencia Basket) Emma Meesseman( Fenerbahçe Alagoz Holding) Natasha Howard( Fenerbahçe Alagoz Holding) 8 Veronica Burton( AZS UMCS Lublin) Borislava Hristova( ACS Sepsi SIC) Brianna Fraser( KGHM BC Polkowice) Emma Meesseman( Fenerbahçe Alagoz Holding) Elizabeth Williams( Fenerbahçe Alagoz Holding) 9 Morgan Green( ACS Sepsi SIC) Kayla McBride( Fenerbahçe Alagoz Holding) Kariata Diaby( ESB Villeneuve-d'Ascq) Natasha Howard( Fenerbahçe Alagoz Holding) Elizabeth Williams( Çukurova Basketbol Mersin) 10 Morgan Green( ACS Sepsi SIC) Kayla McBride( Fenerbahçe Alagoz Holding) Kennedy Burke( ESB Villeneuve-d'Ascq) Emese Hof( ZVVZ USK Praha) Ezi Magbegor( ZVVZ USK Praha) 11 Marina Mabrey( Çukurova Basketbol Mersin) Queralt Casas( Valencia Basket) Leonie Fiebich( Casademont Zaragoza) Aleksandra Zięmborska( AZS UMCS Lublin) Ezi Magbegor( ZVVZ USK Praha) 12 Marina Mabrey( Çukurova Basketbol Mersin) Bridget Carleton( SERCO Uni Győr) Alba Torrens( Valencia Basket) Kennedy Burke( ESB Villeneuve-d'Ascq) Emma Meesseman( Fenerbahçe Alagoz Holding) 13 Marina Mabrey( Çukurova Basketbol Mersin) Marine Johannès( LDLC ASVEL Féminin) Alexia Chartereau( LDLC ASVEL Féminin) Laura Gil( Perfumerias Avenida) Merritt Hempe( Valencia Basket) 14 Mariona Ortiz( Casademont Zaragoza) Gabby Williams( LDLC ASVEL Féminin) Nadia Fingall( Valencia Basket) Nerea Hermosa( Casademont Zaragoza) Emma Meesseman( Fenerbahçe Alagoz Holding)
Playoffs RoundPGSGSFPFC 1 Marina Mabrey( Çukurova Basketbol Mersin) Kayla McBride( Fenerbahçe Alagoz Holding) Kaila Charles( DVTK HUN-Therm) Napheesa Collier( Fenerbahçe Alagoz Holding) Ezi Magbegor( ZVVZ USK Praha) 2 Arella Guirantes( Beretta Famila Schio) Kennedy Burke( ESB Villeneuve-d'Ascq) Valériane Ayayi( ZVVZ USK Praha) Janelle Salaün( ESB Villeneuve-d'Ascq) Nikolina Milić( Fenerbahçe Alagoz Holding) 3 Marina Mabrey( Çukurova Basketbol Mersin) Réka Lelik( DVTK HUN-Therm) Nyara Sabally( ZVVZ USK Praha) Janelle Salaün( ESB Villeneuve-d'Ascq) Kariata Diaby( ESB Villeneuve-d'Ascq)
Final four RoundPGSGSFPFC Semifinals Olivia Époupa Kamiah Smalls( ESB Villeneuve-d'Ascq) Kayla McBride Valériane Ayayi( ZVVZ USK Praha) Nikolina Milić
Marketing For the first time, FIBA Europe gave out digital medals.
See also 2023–24 EuroCup Women 2023–24 EuroCup Women qualification round 2023 FIBA Europe SuperCup Women 2023–24 EuroLeague
References
External links
2022–23 Hungarian League Table 2022–23 Romanian League Table