The 2026–27 EuroLeague Women will be the 69th edition of the premier European women's club basketball championship organized by FIBA, and the 30th edition since being rebranded from the FIBA Women's European Champions Cup to the EuroLeague Women. The season will begin on 23 September 2026 and end on 18 April 2027 with the Final Six.

This edition will be the third straight season under the new format.

The winners of the EuroLeague Women automatically qualify for next season's edition and also qualify for the 2027 SuperCup.

Fenerbahçe are the defending champions, having won their third title previous 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 Spain201.673 France184.004 Czech Republic109.675 Italy106.6726 Hungary66.007 Poland51.338 Greece34.679 Belgium25.33110 Romania18.6711 Great Britain17.33012 Lithuania 15.33113 Germany13.330

RankAssociationAverage pointsTeams14 Portugal10.000 Latvia10.0016 Israel9.3317 Serbia8.671 Switzerland8.67019 Slovakia7.3320 Croatia4.0021 Luxembourg2.6722 Kosovo2.0023 Bulgaria1.33 Cyprus1.33 Finland1.33 Armenia1.33

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 2026, with a total of 24 clubs registering for the competition. Since the previous 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 Tarfin TH EL (1st) Galatasaray Çağdaş Faktoring (2nd) Valencia Basket (1st) Casademont Zaragoza (2nd) Basket Landes (1st) Tango Bourges Basket (2nd) ZVVZ USK Praha (1st) Beretta Famila Schio (1st) AZS UMCS Lublin (1st) Athinaikos Qualco (1st) Kangoeroes Basket Mechelen (1st) CS Rapid București (1st)Qualifying round Emlak Konut (3rd) Spar Girona (3rd) Flammes Carolo Basket (3rd) Žabiny Brno (2nd) KP Brno (3rd) Umana Reyer Venezia (2nd) DVTK HUN-Therm (2nd) Sopron Basket (3rd) AZS Poznań (2nd) Panathinaikos AC (2nd) Kibirkštis-TOKS (1st) KKZ Crvena zvezda (1st)

Round and draw dates Schedule Phase Draw date Round Round dateQualification round 16 July 2026 Semifinal 23 September 2026 Final 30 September 2026Regular season(First Round) Matchday 1 14 October 2026 Matchday 2 21 October 2026 Matchday 3 28 October 2026 Matchday 4 3 November 2026 Matchday 5 25 November 2026 Matchday 6 2 December 2026Regular season(Second Round) Matchday 7 16 December 2026 Matchday 8 6 January 2027 Matchday 9 13 January 2027 Matchday 10 20 January 2027 Matchday 11 27 January 2027 Matchday 12 2 February 2027Play-Ins Game 1 24 February 2027 Game 2 3 March 2027 Game 3 10 March 2027Final Six Quarterfinals 14 April 2027 Semifinals 16 April 2027 Final 18 April 2027

Draw The seeding was announced on 10 July 2026. The draw took place in Munich, Germany, on 16 July 2026. Only a maximum of one club from the same country can be in the same regular season group.

Seed 1Seed 2Seed 3Seed 4 Fenerbahçe Tarfin ZVVZ USK Praha Casademont Zaragoza Beretta Famila Schio Valencia Basket Basket Landes Tango Bourges Basket AZS UMCS Lublin Athinaikos Qualco CS Rapid București Qualifiers 1 Qualifiers 2 Qualifiers 3 Qualifiers 4

Qualification round

The winners advance to the regular season, while the losers drop down to the EuroCup regular season.

Path 1

Path 2

Path 3

Path 4

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

First round Group A

Group B

Group C

Group D

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.

See also 2026–27 EuroCup Women 2026–27 EuroCup Women qualification round 2026–27 EuroCup Women regular season 2026–27 EuroCup Women knockout stage 2026 FIBA Europe SuperCup Women 2026–27 EuroLeague

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