The 2026–27 FIBA Europe Cup will be the 12th season of the FIBA Europe Cup, a European basketball competition for clubs launched by FIBA Europe.
Team allocation Up to 51 teams from at most 25 of the 50 FIBA Europe member associations are set to participate in the 2026–27 FIBA Europe Cup season. On 15 May 2026, the FIBA Europe Board approved the proposal of expanding the FIBA Europe Cup competition to 48 clubs in regular season in which teams will be placed in eight groups of six, with the top two in each group advancing to the second round.
Teams The labels in the parentheses show how each team qualified for the place of its starting round: 1st, 2nd, 3rd, etc.: League position after eventual Playoffs CL QR: Transferred from Champions League qualifying rounds
+ Qualified teams for 2026–27 FIBA Europe Cup (by entry round) Regular season Vienna Manchester Basketball Zastal Zielona Góra Absheron Lions Batumi Dziki Warsaw Gence Fitness First Würzburg Baskets King Szczecin Filou Oostende Vet-Concept Gladiators Trier Benfica Lokomotiv Plovdiv Mykonos Sporting CP Rilski Sportist Kolossos H Hotels CSM CSU Raiffeisen Oradea Split Iraklis SCM U Craiova Petrolina AEK Larnaca Promitheas Patras Río Breogán Keravnos NHSZ-Szolnoki Olajbányász FIATC Girona Opava Trepça Lions de Genève Bakken Bears Bashkimi Patrioti Levice Tartu Ülikool Maks & Moorits Valmiera Glass ViA Nitra Blue Wings Bigbank/Kalev VEF Rīga Esenler Erokspor Élan Chalon MZT Skopje Aerodrom Yukatel Denizli Basket SLUC Nancy Landstede Hammers Biotekno Körfez Basket Qualifying round Neftçi BC Pärnu Dinamo București Samobor Peja Prievidza
Opt-in teams The following teams of the Champions League qualifying rounds had opted in to participate in the FIBA Europe Cup in case they do not reach the Champions League regular season:
Fitness First Würzburg Baskets Rasta Vechta Kolossos H Hotels Promitheas Patras Fribourg Olympic Lions de Genève Yukatel Denizli Basket Glint Manisa Basket Vienna Absheron Lions Rilski Sportist Petrolina AEK Larnaca Opava Bakken Bears Batumi VEF Rīga Dziki Warsaw Benfica CSM CSU Raiffeisen Oradea Patrioti Levice Manchester Basketball
Round and draw dates The schedule of the competition will be as follows. + Schedule for 2026–27 FIBA Europe Cup Phase Round Draw date First leg Second leg Qualifying round 16 July 2026 23 September 2026 30 September 2026 Regular season Round 1 6–7 October 2026 Round 2 13–14 October 2026 Round 3 20–21 October 2026 Round 4 27–28 October 2026 Round 5 3–4 November 2026 Round 6 10–11 November 2026 Round 7 17–18 November 2026 Round 8 8–9 December 2026 Round 9 15–16 December 2026 Round 10 22–23 December 2026 Second round Round 1 5–6 January 2027 Round 2 12–13 January 2027 Round 3 19–20 January 2027 Round 4 26–27 January 2027 Round 5 2–3 February 2027 Round 6 9–10 February 2027 Play-offs Quarter-finals 10 March 2027 17 March 2027 Semi-finals 31 March 2027 7 April 2027 Finals 21 April 2027 28 April 2027
Qualifying round The qualifying round will take place from 23 to 30 September 2026 in two-legged ties in which the series winners will advance to the regular season. As clubs that have opted in from the Champions League qualifying rounds could qualify to the Champions League regular season, this could led to additional spots in the regular season of the FIBA Europe Cup opening up to be filled by the best losers series in the qualifying round.
Source: FIBA
Lucky losers The additional spots were made available after Rasta Vechta qualified for the Basketball Champions League. The one lucky loser was determined by the best loser series from the FIBA Europe Cup Qualifying Round in accordance to Section D of the Official Basketball Rules.
Regular season The regular season will be played by 48 teams divided into 12 groups of four in which 24 teams receive direct spots, at least 3 teams will advance from the qualifying round and at most 21 teams will come from the Champions League qualifying rounds. It will begin on 6 October 2026 and will conclude on 23 December 2026. In each group, teams will play against each other home-and-away in a round-robin format. And the end of the regular season, the top two team from each regular season group will advance to the second round, while the rest of the teams will be eliminated after the regular season.
Ongoing suspension of Russian and Belarussian teams in FIBA competitions has been still active. There will be no teams from Ukraine in any European basketball competition for the first time since the 2014–15 season. No team from Israel will participate in the competition for the fourth season in-a-row.
Group A
Group B
Group C
Group D
Group E
Group F
Group G
Group H
See also 2026–27 EuroLeague 2026–27 EuroCup Basketball 2026–27 Basketball Champions League
References
External links Official website