The 2023–24 EuroCup Women was the 22nd edition of FIBA Europe's second-tier international competition for women's basketball clubs under such name. LDLC ASVEL Féminin are the defending champions, but won't defend their title because they're taking part in the 2023–24 EuroLeague Women.
London Lions became the first British team to ever win a European title in basketball after beating Beşiktaş in the final.
Format After the qualifiers, 48 teams are divided into 12 groups of 4. with the top 2 plus the 8 best third place teams advancing to the knockout stage. In the knockout stage, teams are seeded based on their results in the regular season. Each tie in the knockout stage is played in a home and away format, where the winner on aggregate wins the tie and advances to the next round.
Rankings The results are based on the results of the past three seasons.
RankAssociationAverage pointsTeams1 Turkey217.3362 Spain180.0043 France152.6754 Hungary126.6725 Russia109.3306 Italy87.3327 Czech Republic57.3348 Poland44.0039 Belgium27.3310 Israel20.67211 Latvia18.00112 Greece17.67313 Romania14.00214 Switzerland12.671
RankAssociationAverage pointsTeams15 Slovakia7.33316 Ukraine6.33017 Serbia5.3317 Great Britain5.33219 Portugal4.00319 Luxembourg4.00221 Germany 2.67121 Lithuania2.6723 Croatia2.0023 Belarus2.00023 Sweden2.0026 Bulgaria1.3326 Iceland1.3328 Norway0.67
Rule change Starting this year, FIBA Europe has decided to change the format to a pan-European competition and scrapped conferences in the regular season.
Teams The teams were announced on 13 July 2023. The teams with the S in the qualifying round means they were seeded. Teams with EL lost their EuroLeague Women Qualification round Play Off and dropped down to the EuroCup. Regular season London Lions EL TTT Riga EL Beşiktaş EL Kangoeroes Basket Mechelen (1st) Castors Braine (2nd) Basket Namur Capitale (3rd) ŽKK Ragusa Dubrovnik (1st) Žabiny Brno (2nd) KP TANY Brno (3rd) Levharti Chomutov (4th) Lattes Montpellier (3rd) Tango Bourges Basket (4th) Roche Vendée Basket (6th) Union Féminine Angers (7th) Flammes Carolo Basket (8th) Rutronik Stars Keltern (1st) Caledonia Gladiators (3rd) Olympiacos SFP (1st) Panathinaikos AC (2nd) KSC Szekszárd (4th) NKA Universitas Pecs (5th) Elitzur Landco Ramla (1st) Ramat Hasharon (4th) Umana Reyer Venice (3rd) BDS Dinamo Sassari (5th) Kibirkštis (1st) BBC Gréngewald Hueschtert (1st) T71 Diddeleng (2nd) InvestInTheWest Enea Gorzow (3rd) MB Zagłębie Sosnowiec (4th) VBW Arka Gdynia (6th) GDESSA-Barreiro (1st) SL Benfica (2nd) CMS Constanța (2nd) Piešťanské Čajky (1st) Slavia Banská Bystrica (2nd) Spar Girona (5th) Lointek Gernika Bizkaia (6th) Cadí La Seu (7th) Movistar Estudiantes (8th) BCF Elfic Fribourg (1st) Galatasaray Cagdas Factoring (3rd) Emlak Konut SK (5th) Bursa Uludag Basketbol (10th) Melikgazi Kayseri (11th)Qualification round Ostrava (7th) Eleftheria Moschatou S (3rd) Sportiva Azoris Hotels S (3rd) CS Universitatea Cluj (6th) MBK Ružomberok S (3rd) Antalya Toroslar BC (12th)
Schedule PhaseRoundDates Draw 9 August 2023Qualification round Gameday 1 21 September 2023Gameday 2 28 September 2023Regular season Gameday 1 12 October 2023 Gameday 2 19 October 2023 Gameday 3 26 October 2023 Gameday 4 1 November 2023 Gameday 5 23 November 2023 Gameday 6 30 November 2023Play-off round 1 Gameday 1 14 December 2023 Gameday 2 21 December 2023Round of 16 Gameday 1 11 January 2024 Gameday 2 18 January 2024Quarter-finals Gameday 1 22 February 2024 Gameday 2 29 February 2024Semi-finals Gameday 1 7 March 2024 Gameday 2 14 March 2024Finals Gameday 1 3 April 2024 Gameday 2 10 April 2024
Draw The seeding was announced on the 4 August 2023. The draw was on the 9 August 2023. The seeding was decided by the FIBA Club Rankings. The only restriction was that, unlike previous seasons, clubs from the same country could not be drawn into the same group.
Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4 EL Play-Off Loser 1 EL Play-Off Loser 2 EL Play-Off Loser 3 Spar Girona Tango Bourges Basket Galatasaray Cagdas Factoring Umana Reyer Venice KSC Szekszárd Lattes Montpellier Flammes Carolo Basket Elitzur Landco Ramla BCF Elfic Fribourg VBW Arka Gdynia Olympiacos SFP Cadí La Seu Castors Braine Lointek Gernika Bizkaia InvestInTheWest Enea Gorzow Kangoeroes Basket Mechelen Union Féminine Angers NKA Universitas Pecs KP TANY Brno Basket Namur Capitale Movistar Estudiantes Roche Vendée Basket Žabiny Brno Melikgazi Kayseri BDS Dinamo Sassari Panathinaikos AC Piešťanské Čajky SL Benfica Kibirkštis BBC Gréngewald Hueschtert Rutronik Stars Keltern Bursa Uludag Basketbol Ramat Hasharon Slavia Banská Bystrica T71 Diddeleng ŽKK Ragusa Dubrovnik Emlak Konut SK Levharti Chomutov MB Zagłębie Sosnowiec CMS Constanța Caledonia Gladiators GDESSA-Barreiro Play Off Winner 1 Play Off Winner 2 Play Off Winner 3
Qualification round The draw for the qualification round was conducted on 9 August 2023. The first legs were held on 20–21 September 2023 while the second legs were held on 27 September 2023.
Regular season
48 teams are divided into 12 groups of 4, where the top 2, plus the eight best third placed teams, advance to play-off round 1.
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
This season, Caledonia Gladiators, CMS Constanța, MB Zagłębie Sosnowiec, GDESSA-Barreiro, Levharti Chomutov, Eleftheria Moschatou, Emlak Konut SK and Antalya Toroslar BC are making their debuts this year in the regular season.
Group A
Group B
Group C
Group D
Group E
Group F
Group G
Group H
Group I
Group J
Group K
Group L
Ranking of third place teams Due to the withdrawal of both Israeli teams, the games involving the fourth place teams in each group were not counted for the third place ranking.
Seeding Due to the withdrawal of both Israeli teams, the games involving the fourth place teams in each group were not counted.
Knockout stage Bracket
Play-off round 1
Round of 16
Notes
Quarterfinals
Notes
Matches
Beşiktaş won 148–131 on aggregate
London Lions won 169–149 on aggregate
Umana Reyer Venice won 171–148 on aggregate
Spar Girona won 160–145 on aggregate
Semifinals London Lions became the first British club to reach a final of a club basketball competition.
Notes
Matches
Beşiktaş won 149–126 on aggregate
London Lions won 140–127 on aggregate
Final
Matches
London Lions won 149–145 on aggregate
2023–24 EuroCup Women Champions London LionsFirst title
Awards Finals MVP PlayerTeam Karlie Samuelson London Lions
MVP of the Month MonthPlayerTeam October Myisha Hines-Allen Galatasaray Cagdas Factoring November Jessica Shepard Umana Reyer Venice December NaLyssa Smith Galatasaray Cagdas Factoring January Gintarė Petronytė Melikgazi Kayseri February Karlie Samuelson London Lions March Li Yueru Beşiktaş
MVP of the Round
Regular season RoundPGSGSFPFC 1 Dana Evans( Beşiktaş) Alexandra Wilke( Rutronik Stars Keltern) Myisha Hines-Allen() Kelsey Bone( Antalya Toroslar BC) Lauren Scherf( Flammes Carolo Basket) 2 Aaryn Ellenberg-Wiley( Melikgazi Kayseri) Karlie Samuelson( London Lions) Regan Magarity( Spar Girona) Trinity Baptiste( Bursa Uludag Basketbol) Kelsey Bone( Antalya Toroslar BC) 3 Aisha Sheppard( Antalya Toroslar BC) Holly Winterburn( London Lions) Kayla Alexander( Tango Bourges Basket) Kelsey Bone( Antalya Toroslar BC) Myisha Hines-Allen() 4 Marine Dursus( Union Féminine Angers) Kamilė Nacickaitė( Tango Bourges Basket) Jessica Shepard( Umana Reyer Venice) Jacinta Monroe( KSC Szekszárd) Rennia Davis( VBW Arka Gdynia) 5 Samantha Logic( ) Holly Winterburn( London Lions) Amanda Cahill( ) Kayla Alexander( Tango Bourges Basket) Gintarė Petronytė( Melikgazi Kayseri) 6 Pauline Astier( Tango Bourges Basket) Karolina Šotolová( Žabiny Brno) Mia Loyd( T71 Diddeleng) Jessica Shepard( Umana Reyer Venice) Kelsey Bone( Antalya Toroslar BC)
Playoffs Play-off Round 1 RoundPGSGSFPFC Ieva Pulvere( TTT Riga) Jessica January( MB Zagłębie Sosnowiec) Joyner Holmes( Melikgazi Kayseri) NaLyssa Smith() Lauren Scherf( Flammes Carolo Basket) Katsiaryna Snytsina( London Lions) Jazmine Jones( Panathinaikos AC) Mya Hollingshed( BDS Dinamo Sassari) Myisha Hines-Allen( Galatasaray Cagdas Factoring) Channon Fluker( Bursa Uludag Basketbol)
Round of 16 RoundPGSGSFPFC Kyra Lambert( TTT Riga) Jovana Nogić( Beşiktaş) NaLyssa Smith() Myisha Hines-Allen() Gintarė Petronytė( Melikgazi Kayseri) Julie Vanloo() Dana Evans( Beşiktaş) Alisia Jenkins( Lattes Montpellier) Weronika Telenga() Gintarė Petronytė( Melikgazi Kayseri)
Quarterfinals RoundPGSGSFPFC Ygueravide( Spar Girona) Karlie Samuelson( London Lions) Garance Rabot( Lattes Montpellier) Megan Gustafson( London Lions) Dearica Hamby( Melikgazi Kayseri) Karlie Samuelson( London Lions) Magali Mendy( Spar Girona) Megan Gustafson( London Lions) Jessica Shepard( Umana Reyer Venice) Li Yueru( Beşiktaş)
Semifinals RoundPGSGSFPFC Matilde Villa( Umana Reyer Venice) Dana Evans( Beşiktaş) Temi Fagbenle( London Lions) Regan Magarity( Spar Girona) Li Yueru( Beşiktaş) Marta Canella( Spar Girona) Holly Winterburn( London Lions) Temi Fagbenle( London Lions) Jessica Shepard( Umana Reyer Venice) Li Yueru( Beşiktaş)
Marketing On 3 August 2023, FIBA Europe unveiled a new logo for the tournament. Their reasons behind the logo refresh were:
See also 2023–24 EuroLeague Women 2023–24 EuroLeague Women qualification round 2023 FIBA Europe SuperCup Women 2023–24 EuroCup Basketball
References
External links EuroCup Women website 2022–23 Belgian League Table 2022–23 Croatian League Table 2022–23 German League Table 2022–23 Greek League Table 2022–23 Israeli League Table 2022–23 Lithuanian League Table 2022–23 Luxembourgish League Table 2022–23 Hungarian League Table 2022–23 Portuguese League Table 2022–23 Romanian League Table 2022–23 Swiss League Table