MADRID, 28 Jun. (EUROPA PRESS) –
FIBA confirmed this Tuesday that Lenovo Tenerife, Unicaja de Málaga, UCAM Murcia and Río Breogán will surely play the regular season of the Basketball Champions League 2023/24, and also that Monbus Obradoiro will play the previous rounds this summer to be done with one of the three tickets still in contention.
On its website, the Champions League indicated that it had received 63 applications to compete in the next tournament, which will feature 32 teams once again. Thus, the Board of Directors met to verify the 29 clubs with direct access to its initial phase, as well as the 24 members of the qualifying rounds.
Telekom Baskets Bonn, current champion, returns to try to defend their title won last May at the José María Martín Carpena Pavilion in Malaga. “A total of 28 countries will be represented in season eight, with 14 national champions awaiting the draw,” the press release noted.
The text specified that the qualifying rounds will begin on September 25 and end on October 1, when the last clubs to qualify for the regular season are known. The regular season will begin on October 17, with the same format as previous seasons: eight groups of four teams.
The winners of each group will go directly to the round of 16, while the teams in second and third place will play a play-off in January 2024. Later there will be another phase with four groups of four teams, leaving eight teams for the playoffs in April. quarterfinals, while the Final Four will take place in May.