The 2026–27 EuroCup Basketball season is the 25th season of Euroleague Basketball's secondary level professional club basketball tournament. It is the 19th season since it was renamed from the ULEB Cup to the EuroCup, and the fourth season under the title sponsorship name of BKT.
Cosea JL Bourg are the defending champions after refusing to promote to the 2026–27 EuroLeague via spot granted to the title holders.
Format changes On 9 June 2026, Euroleague Basketball gave the green light to expand the league to 32 teams after receiving an outstanding interest with more than 40 applicants to join the league. Therefore, it was approved to divide the regular season into four groups of eight teams. From the regular season onwards, the top four teams from each group will advance to the Playoffs that will be played in best-of-three series from eighthfinals to the finals.
Team allocation A total of 32 teams from 16 countries participate in the 2026–27 EuroCup season. On 9 June 2026, Euroleague Basketball approved to expand the league, choosing entries from more than 40 applicants and deciding between either awarding long-term through five–year licenses with at least three years guaranteed or a sporting merit-based one–year wild card spot – depending on an applicant. On 12 June 2026, Euroleague Basketball announced a provisional list of 31 participating teams. On 26 June 2026, Euroleague Basketball announced the complete list of the teams. On 1 September 2026, Bosna BH Telecom replaced AS Monaco in the regular season after the team from the Principality were excluded from French professional basketball competitions.
Teams League positions after the playoffs of the previous season are shown in parentheses (TH: EuroCup title holders).
+ Qualified teams for 2026–27 EuroCup Basketball (by license type) Five–year license Budućnost VOLI Skyliners Frankfurt Cosea JL Bourg TH Bahçeşehir Koleji U-BT Cluj-Napoca Umana Reyer Venezia PAOK Türk Telekom Cedevita Olimpija Baglietto Derthona Aris Hapoel Midtown Jerusalem ratiopharm Ulm Dolomiti Energia Trento Neptūnas La Laguna Tenerife Niners Chemnitz Le Mans Sarthe Lietkabelis London Lions One–year participation Maxima Roma Kids&Us Manresa Balkan Botevgrad Šiauliai Napoli Basketball Recoletas Salud Burgos Rostock Seawolves Śląsk Wrocław Roma Bosna BH Telecom Rīgas Zeļļi Tofaş Notes
Round and draw dates The schedule of the competition is as follows. + Schedule for 2026–27 EuroCup Basketball Phase Round Draw date First leg Second leg Third leg Regular season Round 1 8 July 2026 29–30 September 2026 Round 2 6–7 October 2026 Round 3 13–14 October 2026 Round 4 20–21 October 2026 Round 5 27–28 October 2026 Round 6 3–4 November 2026 Round 7 10–11 November 2026 Round 8 17–18 November 2026 Round 9 8–9 December 2026 Round 10 15–16 December 2026 Round 11 22–23 December 2026 Round 12 29–30 December 2026 Round 13 5–6 January 2027 Round 14 12–13 January 2027 Playoffs Eighthfinals 2–3 February 2027 9 February 2027 12 February 2027 Quarterfinals 9–10 March 2027 16 March 2027 19 March 2027 Semifinals 31 March 2027 6 April 2027 9 April 2027 Finals 21 April 2027 27 April 2027 30 April 2027
Draw The draw was held on 8 July 2026 in Barcelona, Spain.
The 32 teams were drawn into four groups of eight, with the restriction that teams from the same league could not be drawn against each other, except when there are more than four teams from the same league participating in the regular season. For the draw, the teams were seeded into 8 pots, in accordance with the Club Ranking, based on their performance in European competitions during a three-year period and the lowest possible position that any club from that league can occupy in the draw is calculated by adding the results of the worst performing team from each league.
+Pot 1 Team Cosea JL Bourg AS Monaco Le Mans Sarthe Türk Telekom+Pot 2 Team Hapoel Midtown Jerusalem U-BT Cluj-Napoca Bahçeşehir Koleji Tofaş+Pot 3 Team Kids&Us Manresa La Laguna Tenerife Recoletas Salud Burgos Budućnost VOLI+Pot 4 Team Umana Reyer Venezia Cedevita Olimpija Dolomiti Energia Trento ratiopharm Ulm+Pot 5 Team Baglietto Derthona Napoli Basketball Maxima Roma Roma+Pot 6 Team Aris Lietkabelis Neptūnas Šiauliai+Pot 7 Team PAOK London Lions Niners Chemnitz Rostock Seawolves+Pot 8 Team Skyliners Frankfurt Śląsk Wrocław Balkan Botevgrad Rīgas Zeļļi
Regular season
The regular season began on 29 September 2026 and will conclude on 13 January 2027. In each group, teams play against each other home-and-away in a round-robin format where 16 teams will advance to the playoffs. Moreover, the top four teams in each regular season group will qualify to the eighthfinals, while the bottom four teams from each group will be eliminated after the regular season.
Alongside 17 returning teams from last season, Tofaş return seven years later, Skyliners Frankfurt return eight years later, Le Mans Sarthe and PAOK return 11 years later, Šiauliai return 16 years later, Bosna BH Telecom return 19 years later, while Baglietto Derthona, Balkan Botevgrad, La Laguna Tenerife, Maxima Roma, Napoli Basketball, Recoletas Salud Burgos, Rīgas Zeļļi, Roma and Rostock Seawolves make their debut appearance in the EuroCup.
Group A
Group B
Group C
Group D
Awards All official awards of the 2026–27 EuroCup.
MVP of the Round
Regular season RoundPlayerTeam PIR 1 Darius Brown Dolomiti Energia Trento 29
See also 2026–27 EuroLeague 2026–27 Basketball Champions League 2026–27 FIBA Europe Cup
References
External links Official website