4 Turkish teams to compete in the 9th season of the Basketball Champions League

The Basketball Champions League (BCL) has announced the 28 clubs that will directly participate in the 2024-2025 regular season, as well as the 24 clubs that will compete in the qualifying tournaments to determine the remaining four spots. Accordingly, Galatasaray, Manisa Büyükşehir Belediyespor, and P. Karşıyaka from Turkey will compete in the regular season, while Aliağa Petkimspor will start from the qualifying tournament. The qualifying round will take place in mid-September, and the regular season will begin on October 1, 2024.

The draw ceremony for the regular season groups and qualifying round tournaments will take place on Wednesday, June 26, at 12:00 PM TSI at the Patrick Baumann House of Basketball in Switzerland and will be broadcast live on the official BCL YouTube channel.

The teams that will compete in the regular season are as follows:

AEK (Greece), Manresa (Spain), Tortona (Italy), Falco Szombathely (Hungary), Filou Oostende (Belgium), FMP (Serbia), Galatasaray (Turkey), Hapoel Netanel Holon (Israel), Igokea (Bosnia and Herzegovina), King Szczecin (Poland), Kolossos Rhodes (Greece); La Laguna Tenerife (Spain); Maccabi Ramat Gan (Israel); Manisa Büyükşehir Belediyespor (Turkey), Nanterre 92 (France), NINERS Chemnitz (Germany), Pallacanestro Reggiana (Italy), Peristeri (Greece), P. Karşıyaka (Turkey), Promitheas Patras (Greece), RASTA Vechta (Germany), Rytas Vilnius (Lithuania), Saint-Quentin Basket-Ball (France), UCAM Murcia (Spain), Unicaja (Spain), VEF Riga (Latvia), WKS Slask Wroclaw (Poland), Wurzburg Baskets (Germany)

The teams that will compete in the Qualifying Round are as follows:

Aliağa Petkimspor (Turkey), BC Kutaisi 2010 (Georgia), BC Nokia (Finland), Caledonia Gladiators (Great Britain), Cholet Basket (France), CSM CSU Oradea (Romania), Dinamo Banco di Sardegna Sassari (Italy), ERA Nymburk (Czech Republic), Fribourg Olympic (Switzerland), Heroes den Bosch (Netherlands), Juventus Utena (Lithuania), Kalev/Cramo (Estonia), Keravnos BC (Southern Cyprus), MoraBanc Andorra (Spain), Norrkoping Dolphins (Sweden), PAOK (Greece), Patrioti Levice (Slovakia), Rilski Sportist (Bulgaria), SL Benfica (Portugal), Sabah (Azerbaijan), Spartak Subotica (Serbia), Telenet Giants Antwerp (Belgium), Telekom Baskets Bonn (Germany), Trepca (Kosovo)