Basketball Champions League rankings

The Basketball Champions League rankings are the competition's criteria for ordering teams and leagues according to their performance with the aim to give an objective process for determining the participation of clubs each season.[1]

Ranking calculation

The clubs receive 2 points for a win and no points for a defeat from the regular season and the following stages. Bonus points are added to the number of points scored in a season. Since the 2020–21 season, 3 points were awarded instead of 2 points for a regular season win due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the change of competition format.[1]

Bonus points are allocated for:[1]

  • Clubs that are eliminated in the qualifying rounds (1 bonus point for the first round, 2 for the second round and 4 for the third round if it is played)
  • Clubs that qualify for the regular season of the Champions League (5 bonus points).
  • Clubs that qualify for the round of 16 of the Champions League (5 bonus points). Since the 2021–22 season, only the 8 group winners.
  • Clubs that qualify for the quarterfinals of the Champions League (3 bonus points).
  • Clubs that qualify for the Final Four of the Champions League (4 bonus points and 1 additional point if finishes third, 2 if second and 4 if it wins the competition).

Country coefficient

The country coefficient is used to rank the basketball leagues of Europe, and thus determine the maximum number of clubs from an association that will participate in the Basketball Champions League. This coefficient is determined by the results of the clubs of the leagues in the Basketball Champions League games over the past three seasons. The number of points awarded each season is divided by the number of clubs that participated for that association in that season. This number is then rounded up to one decimal place (e.g. 2⅔ would be rounded to 2.7).[1]

Current ranking

The ranking below takes into account of each league's performance in European competitions from 2019–20 to 2021–22, with the 2021–22 season currently taking place.

As of 20 October 2021 the ranking is as follows:[2]

Ranking League Coefficient Teams
2019–20 2020-21 2021–22 Total
1 Czech Republic 41.00 45.00 4.50 90.50 1/2
2 Spain 37.00 43.50 8.50 89.00 4/4
3 Russia 30.00 42.00 4.50 76.50 1/2
4 Germany 20.67 34.00 6.00 60.67 2/3
5 Turkey 25.50 25.20 7.40 58.10 5/5
6 France 24.00 21.25 6.00 51.25 2/3
7 Israel 28.00 18.00 4.33 50.33 2/3
8 Italy 23.50 20.33 6.33 50.17 3/3
9 Greece 28.67 14.33 4.75 47.75 3/4
10 Hungary 17.00 14.00 9.00 40.00 1/1
11 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.00 28.00 7.00 35.00 1/1
12 Lithuania 20.50 6.50 5.50 32.50 1/2
13 Latvia 4.50 22.00 5.00 31.50 1/1
14 Belgium 20.50 6.50 3.00 30.00 1/2
15 Denmark 1.00 14.00 2.00 17.00 0/1
16 Poland 8.67 3.00 5.00 16.67 1/1
17 Belarus 1.00 11.00 4.00 16.00 0/1
18 Montenegro 13.00 0.00 2.00 15.00 0/1
19 Romania 1.00 1.00 9.00 11.00 1/1
20 Ukraine 2.00 1.00 5.00 8.00 1/1
21 Cyprus 2.00 5.00 1.00 8.00 0/1
22 Switzerland 2.00 1.00 4.00 7.00 0/1
23 Estonia 0.00 0.00 7.00 7.00 1/1
24 Netherlands 1.00 2.00 2.00 5.00 0/1
25 Portugal 2.00 2.00 1.00 5.00 0/1
26 Finland 2.00 0.00 1.00 3.00 0/1
27 Bulgaria 1.00 1.00 1.00 3.00 0/1
28 Austria 1.00 0.00 1.00 2.00 0/1
29 Great Britain 0.00 1.00 1.00 2.00 0/1
30 Croatia 0.00 0.00 2.00 2.00 0/1
31 Sweden 2.00 0.00 0.00 2.00 0/0
32 Slovakia 1.00 0.00 0.00 1.00 0/0
33 Kosovo 1.00 0.00 0.00 1.00 0/0
— (NR) Albania 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0/0
Armenia 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0/0
Azerbaijan 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0/0
Georgia 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0/0
Iceland 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0/0
Ireland 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0/0
Luxembourg 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0/0
Malta 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0/0
Moldova 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0/0
North Macedonia 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0/0
Norway 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0/0
Serbia 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0/0
Slovenia 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0/0
  Indicates active countries which have all their teams still competing in this year's Basketball Champions League.
  Indicates active countries which have some teams still competing in this year's Basketball Champions League.
  Indicates countries which have no teams remaining in this year's Basketball Champions League.

NR No rank (league did not enter in any of the seasons used for computing coefficients)

Top leagues by period

The following data indicates the three top-ranked leagues in each three-year period.

Years 1st Place Coeff. 2nd Place Coeff. 3rd Place Coeff.
2016–2019 Liga ACB 101.75 LNB Pro A 91.25 Super League 90.75
2017–2020 Liga ACB 86.75 Basket League 81.75 National Basketball League 81.67
2018–2021 Liga ACB 105.50 National Basketball League 94.67 VTB United League 87.00

The table shows the ranking of nations with respect to the total number of years in the top three of the rankings:

League 1st 2nd 3rd Total
Liga ACB 3 0 0 3
National Basketball League 0 1 1 2
LNB Pro A 0 1 0 1
Basket League 0 1 0 1
Basketball Super League 0 0 1 1
VTB United League 0 0 1 1

Club ranking

The club coefficient is either the sum of the points earned by the club in the Basketball Champions League over the previous three seasons. This ranking is used by the BCL to determine a club's seeding in club competition draws.[1]

Current ranking

The top 25 clubs as of 20 October 2021 are as follows:[3]

Ranking Club League Points
2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 Total
1Hereda San Pablo Burgos Spain 47 62 8 117
2Basket Zaragoza Spain 43 56 0 99
3Lenovo Tenerife Spain 39 45 11 95
4Nymburk Czech Republic 41 45 8 94
5AEK Athens Greece 45 31 5 81
6Nizhny Novgorod Russia 30 42 5 77
7Türk Telekom Turkey 39 31 0 70
8SIG Strasbourg France 13 46 11 70
9JDA Dijon France 44 17 8 69
10Hapoel Holon Israel 17 42 8 67
11Dinamo Sassari Italy 32 25 5 62
12Pınar Karşıyaka Turkey 0 51 11 62
13Brose Bamberg Germany 19 34 2 55
14Hapoel Jerusalem Israel 39 11 5 55
15Happy Casa Brindisi Italy 15 31 5 51
16Filou Oostende Belgium 28 11 5 44
17Falco Szombathely Hungary 17 14 11 42
18Peristeri Greece 26 11 2 39
19Igokea Bosnia and Herzegovina 0 28 8 36
20Tofaş Turkey 0 28 8 36
21VEF Rīga Latvia 7 22 5 34
22Beşiktaş Turkey 24 0 8 32
23Manresa Spain 19 0 11 30
24Telekom Baskets Germany 26 0 0 26
25Bandırma Turkey 26 0 0 26
  Indicates teams still active in this year's Basketball Champions League.
  Indicates teams no longer active in this year's Basketball Champions League.
  Indicates teams that do not take part in this year's Basketball Champions League.

Top club by period

The following data indicate the top-ranked clubs in each 3-year period.

Years Club Points
2016–2019 Canarias 137
2017–2020 AEK Athens 132
2018–2021 Canarias 133

Top-rated clubs listed by number of times they were top-ranked over a 3-year period:

Rank Club Total
1 Canarias 2
2 AEK Athens 1

References
  1. "Access List Principles". Basketball Champions League. Retrieved 2 October 2021.
  2. "Country Ranking". Basketball Champions League. Retrieved 14 October 2021.
  3. "Club Ranking". Basketball Champions League. Retrieved 14 October 2021.
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