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EuroBasket, also commonly referred to as the European Basketball Championship, is the main international basketball competition that is contested quadrennially, by the senior men's national teams that are governed by FIBA Europe, which is the European zone within the International Basketball Federation. The competition was first held in 1935.
Real Madrid BC European trophies displayed in the club's museum.. The FIBA Europe is the governing body for Basketball in Europe; along with the Euroleague Basketball Organization and the ULEB they organize four main active club competitions for men: the Euroleague (formerly European Cup), the EuroCup Basketball, FIBA Champions League and the FIBA Europe Cup.
Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv beat Panathinaikos in the 2000-01 FIBA SuproLeague final. The league did not contain all of the European champions. Kinder Bologna beat Tau Cerámica in the 2000–01 Euroleague final.
The competition was introduced in 1958 as the FIBA European Champions Cup (renamed the FIBA EuroLeague in 1996), which operated under FIBA's umbrella until Euroleague Basketball was created for the 2000–01 season. The FIBA European Champions Cup and the EuroLeague are considered to be the same competition, with the change of name being simply ...
Prior to the 1991–92 season, the league changed its name from the FIBA European Champions Cup, to the FIBA European League. It then changed its name again prior to the 1996–97 season, to the FIBA EuroLeague, which marked the first use of the name EuroLeague, in the competition's history. The 1990s decade saw two of the most exciting and ...
It has historically been the most prestigious competition in European basketball and is widely recognised as the top-tier league in Europe. The EuroCup is Euroleague Basketball's secondary competition, and currently made up of 20 teams from around Europe. The two finalists of the EuroCup qualify for the next season's EuroLeague.
The EuroLeague is the highest level tier, and most important professional club basketball competition in Europe. Real Madrid have won the European championship on 11 occasions, more than any other club, with its most recent victory in 2023. [1] Panathinaikos of Athens is the current holder of the Euroleague championship of 2023-2024.
Euroleague Basketball run by ECA (Euroleague Commercial Assets) is a private company that runs and operates the top continental-wide basketball men's professional sports club competitions in Europe, the first-tier level EuroLeague, and the second-tier level EuroCup.