The 2025–26 EuroLeague Women was the 68th edition of the premier European women's club basketball championship organized by FIBA, and the 29th edition since being rebranded from the FIBA Women's European Champions Cup to the EuroLeague Women. The season began on 18 September 2025 and ended on 19 April 2026 with the Final Six.
This edition was the second straight season under the new format.
The winners of the EuroLeague Women automatically qualify for next season's edition and also qualify for the 2026 SuperCup.
ZVVZ USK Praha are the defending champions, having won their second title last season.
Format Regular season (First round) After the qualifiers, 16 teams will be split into 4 groups of four, where the top three from each group advances to the second round. The fourth place teams drop down to the EuroCup Women knockout stage. The advancing teams' records from the first round are carried over into the next round.
Regular season (Second round) The 12 remaining teams form 2 groups of six and will play the teams they have not played in the first round. In both groups, the top 2 will play the Semi-Final play-ins while 3rd and 4th play the Quarter-Final play-ins. The teams who finish fifth and sixth are eliminated.
Play-ins The play-ins will decide who makes the final six and where each team will start in the final six. The top 2 play the Semi-Final play-ins and the third and fourth teams play the Quarter-Final play-ins. Unlike last season, the play-ins are played as a best of three series, rather than a home and away aggregate format. The higher-seeded teams play the second leg at home.
The winners of the Semi-Final play-ins will automatically progress to the semifinals of the final six, while the victors of the Quarter-Final play-ins will reach the quarterfinals of the final six. The losers of the Quarter-Final play-ins are eliminated.
Final Six The final six is held in a centralised venue and decide the champion. The losers of the Semi-Final play-ins plus the winners of the Quarter-Final play-ins contest the quarterfinals. The two winners move on to the semifinals to play the teams who automatically qualify for this round. Whoever triumphs in the semifinals reach the final while the losers play the third place match.
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 Turkey262.0032 France184.673 Spain176.334 Italy115.3325 Czech Republic110.676 Hungary81.337 Poland51.338 Belgium26.0009 Greece21.33110 Israel20.00010 Great Britain20.0012 Romania18.00113 Lithuania 11.33
RankAssociationAverage pointsTeams14 Portugal10.67015 Slovakia10.0015 Germany10.0017 Latvia8.0018 Switzerland7.3319 Serbia6.00120 Luxembourg5.33021 Croatia3.3322 Finland1.3322 Armenia1.3322 Cyprus1.3322 Bulgaria1.33
Teams The labels in the parentheses show how each team qualified for the place of its starting round: TH EL: EuroLeague Women title holders TH EC: EuroCup Women title holders 1st, 2nd, 3rd etc.: League position of the previous season RS: Regular season winners CW: Cup winners CR: Cup runners-up
Also, S means that the team in the qualifying round was seeded.
The teams were announced on 6 July 2025, with a total of 21 clubs registering for the competition. Starting this season, the host team of the Final Six are allowed to enter the qualifiers if they had they not qualified on merit (however, this spot wasn't taken as Casademont Zaragoza qualified via their domestic league). Another rule change is that the EuroLeague Women title holders can take part regardless of their domestic league result.
Regular season Fenerbahçe Opet (1st) ÇIMSA CBK Mersin (2nd) Basket Landes (1st) Flammes Carolo Basket (4th, CW) Valencia Basket (1st) Spar Girona (3rd, RS) Beretta Famila Schio (1st) ZVVZ USK Praha TH EL (1st) Sopron Basket (1st) VBW Gdynia (1st) Olympiacos SFP (1st)Qualifying round Galatasaray Cagdas Faktoring S (3rd) Tango Bourges Basket S (5th, RS) Casademont Zaragoza S (2nd) Umana Reyer Venezia S (2nd) DVTK HUN-Therm S (2nd) Žabiny Brno (2nd) AZS UMCS Lublin (5th) ACS Sepsi SIC (1st) Kibirkštis-TOKS (1st) KKZ Crvena zvezda (1st)
Name changes The following teams' names were changed during the season. Original nameNew name Kibirkštis Kibirkštis-TOKS First leg of qualifiers
Round and draw dates Schedule Phase Draw date Round Round dateQualification round 28 July 2025 First Leg 17 September 2025 Second Leg 24 September 2025Regular season(First Round) Matchday 1 8 October 2025 Matchday 2 15 October 2025 Matchday 3 22 October 2025 Matchday 4 29 October 2025 Matchday 5 4 November 2025 Matchday 6 26 November 2025Regular season(Second Round) Matchday 7 10 December 2025 Matchday 8 17 December 2025 Matchday 9 14 January 2026 Matchday 10 21 January 2026 Matchday 11 28 January 2026 Matchday 12 4 February 2026Play-Ins Game 1 18 February 2026 Game 2 25 February 2026 Game 3 3 March 2026Final Six Quarterfinals 15 April 2026 Semifinals 17 April 2026 Final 19 April 2026
Draw The seeding was announced on 16 July 2025. The draw took place in Munich, Germany, on 23 July 2025. Only a maximum of one club from the same country can be in the same regular season group.
Seed 1Seed 2Seed 3Seed 4 Fenerbahçe Opet ZVVZ USK Praha ÇİMSA ÇBK Mersin Beretta Famila Schio Valencia Basket Spar Girona Basket Landes Sopron Basket Olympiacos SFP VBW Gdynia Flammes Carolo Basket Qualifier 1 Qualifier 2 Qualifier 3 Qualifier 4 Qualifier 5
Qualification round The draw for the qualification round was conducted on 23 July 2025. The winners advance to the regular season, while the losers drop down to the EuroCup regular season.
Regular season
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
Overall, eight countries are present in the regular season, with no difference with the countries taking part. Flammes Carolo Basket make their return for the first time since 2019–20. Galatasaray Cagdas Factoring and Gdynia VBW return for the first time since 2021–22, Sopron Basket and Spar Girona come back after three years.
First round Group A
Group B
Group C
Group D
Second round Group E
Group F
Play-ins
Semifinal play-ins
Quarterfinal play-ins
Final six
On 2 December 2024, the Pabellón Príncipe Felipe in Zaragoza was announced as the host of the final six for the next three years, starting from 2025.
Bracket
2025–26 EuroLeague Women Champions Fenerbahçe OpetThird title
Awards EuroLeague MVP PlayerTeam Dorka Juhász Galatasaray
EuroLeague Final Six MVP PlayerTeam Julie Allemand Fenerbahçe Opet
All-EuroLeague Teams First TeamSecond TeamThird Team Julie Allemand Mariona Ortiz Justė Jocytė Leïla Lacan Gabby Williams Kayla McBride Emma Meesseman Murjanatu Musa Helena Pueyo Iliana Rupert Mariam Coulibaly Kaila Charles Dorka Juhász Jessica Shepard Awak Kuier
Defensive Player of the Year PlayerTeam Gabby Williams Fenerbahçe Opet
Young Player of the Year PlayerTeam Leïla Lacan Basket Landes
Coach of the Year CoachTeam Julie Barennes Basket Landes
Best Play of the Season PlayerTeam Marine Johannès Galatasaray Çağdaş Faktoring
Legacy Award Player Ann Wauters
Club Excellence Award Team Fenerbahçe Opet
MVP of the Month MonthPlayerTeam October Iliana Rupert Fenerbahçe Opet November Julie Allemand Fenerbahçe Opet December Mariam Coulibaly Spar Girona January Leïla Lacan Basket Landes February Dorka Juhász
Team of the Month MonthPGSGSFPFC October Julie Allemand ( Fenerbahçe Opet) Klara Holm ( Spar Girona) Kamiah Smalls ( Galatasaray Çağdaş Faktoring) Iliana Rupert ( Fenerbahçe Opet) Kayla Alexander ( Valencia Basket) November Julie Allemand ( Fenerbahçe Opet) Alix Duchet ( Tango Bourges Basket) Dorka Juhász ( Galatasaray Çağdaş Faktoring) Kayla Alexander ( Valencia Basket) Jessica Shepard ( Beretta Famila Schio) December Tima Pouye ( Tango Bourges Basket) Justė Jocytė ( Spar Girona) Jessica Shepard ( Beretta Famila Schio) Megan Gustafson ( Fenerbahçe Opet) Mariam Coulibaly ( Spar Girona) January Leïla Lacan ( Basket Landes) Bridget Carleton ( ZVVZ USK Praha) Emma Meesseman ( Fenerbahçe Opet) Murjanatu Musa ( Basket Landes) Jessica Shepard ( Beretta Famila Schio) February Mariona Ortiz ( Casademont Zaragoza) Julie Allemand ( Fenerbahçe Opet) Emma Meesseman ( Fenerbahçe Opet) Dorka Juhász ( Galatasaray Çağdaş Faktoring) Murjanatu Musa ( Basket Landes)
MVP of the Round First round RoundPGSGSFPFC 1 Klara Holm ( Spar Girona) Hind Ben Abdelkader ( Valencia Basket) Eleanna Christinaki ( Olympiacos SFP) Helena Pueyo ( Casademont Zaragoza) Kayla Alexander ( Valencia Basket) 2 Tima Pouye ( Tango Bourges Basket) Zala Friškovec ( Sopron Basket) Eleanna Christinaki ( Olympiacos SFP) Joyner Holmes ( Umana Reyer Venezia) Iliana Rupert ( Fenerbahçe Opet) 3 Kaitlyn Chen ( ZVVZ USK Praha) Kennedy Burke ( ÇIMSA CBK Mersin) Valériane Ayayi ( ZVVZ USK Praha) Dorka Juhász ( Galatasaray Çağdaş Faktoring) Kayla Alexander ( Valencia Basket) 4 Julie Allemand ( Fenerbahçe Opet) Justė Jocytė ( Spar Girona) Iliana Rupert ( Fenerbahçe Opet) Julie Vanloo ( ÇIMSA CBK Mersin) Awak Kuier ( Galatasaray Çağdaş Faktoring) 5 Julie Allemand ( Fenerbahçe Opet) Alix Duchet ( Tango Bourges Basket) Kathryn Westbeld ( DVTK HUN-Therm) Laeticia Amihere ( Spar Girona) Jessica Shepard ( Beretta Famila Schio) 6 Alix Duchet ( Tango Bourges Basket) Julie Allemand ( Fenerbahçe Opet) Emma Meesseman ( Fenerbahçe Opet) Jessica Shepard ( Beretta Famila Schio) Kayla Alexander ( Valencia Basket)
Second round RoundPGSGSFPFC 7 Carla Leite ( Casademont Zaragoza) Tima Pouye ( Tango Bourges Basket) Mariam Coulibaly ( Spar Girona) Laeticia Amihere ( Spar Girona) Iliana Rupert ( Fenerbahçe Opet) 8 Justė Jocytė ( Spar Girona) María Conde ( Beretta Famila Schio) Valériane Ayayi ( ZVVZ USK Praha) Jessica Shepard ( Beretta Famila Schio) Mariam Coulibaly ( Spar Girona) 9 Leïla Lacan ( Basket Landes) Bridget Carleton ( ZVVZ USK Praha) Helena Pueyo ( Casademont Zaragoza) Emma Meesseman ( Fenerbahçe Opet) Dorka Juhász ( Galatasaray Çağdaş Faktoring) 10 Marine Johannès ( Galatasaray Çağdaş Faktoring) Gabby Williams ( Fenerbahçe Opet) Laura Quevedo ( Spar Girona) Jessica Shepard ( Beretta Famila Schio) Merritt Hempe ( Casademont Zaragoza) 11 Réka Lelik ( DVTK HUN-Therm) Marine Johannès ( Galatasaray Çağdaş Faktoring) Chloe Bibby ( Spar Girona) Murjanatu Musa ( Basket Landes) Awak Kuier ( Galatasaray Çağdaş Faktoring) 12 Coline Franchelin ( Flammes Carolo Basket) Bridget Carleton ( ZVVZ USK Praha) Emma Meesseman ( Fenerbahçe Opet) Dorka Juhász ( Galatasaray Çağdaş Faktoring) Awak Kuier ( Galatasaray Çağdaş Faktoring)
Play-Ins RoundPGSGSFPFC Game 1 Julie Allemand ( Fenerbahçe Opet) Leïla Lacan ( Basket Landes) Emma Meesseman ( Fenerbahçe Opet) Murjanatu Musa ( Basket Landes) Dorka Juhász ( Galatasaray Çağdaş Faktoring) Game 2 Mariona Ortiz ( Casademont Zaragoza) Kayla McBride ( Fenerbahçe Opet) Jessica Shepard ( Beretta Famila Schio) Murjanatu Musa ( Basket Landes) Iliana Rupert ( Fenerbahçe Opet)
Final Six RoundPGSGSFPFC Quarterfinals Mariam Coulibaly ( Spar Girona) Justė Jocytė ( Spar Girona) Murjanatu Musa ( Basket Landes) Ornella Bankole ( Casademont Zaragoza) Ivana Dojkić ( Umana Reyer Venezia) Semifinals Klara Holm ( Spar Girona) Gabby Williams ( Fenerbahçe Opet) Merritt Hempe ( Casademont Zaragoza) Elizabeth Williams ( Galatasaray Çağdaş Faktoring)