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]

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. Two points are awarded for each win by a club since the regular season. The number of points awarded each season is divided by the number of teams 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).

Bonus points are added to the number of points scored in a season. 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).
  • 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).

Current ranking

The ranking below takes into account of each league's performance in European competitions from 2016–17 to 2019–20, with the 2019–20 season currently taking place.

As of 11 March 2020 the ranking is as follows:[2]

Ranking League Coefficient Teams
2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 Total
1 Spain 52.00 24.75 25.00 29.25 131.00 3/4
2 France 34.75 33.00 23.50 19.33 110.58 1/3
3 Turkey 33.75 29.00 20.00 24.75 107.50 1/4
4 Greece 29.00 28.33 24.75 24.33 106.42 1/3
5 Czech Republic 26.00 32.00 8.67 38.00 104.67 1/1
6 Germany 29.00 31.00 21.00 20.67 101.67 0/3
7 Italy 29.25 16.50 25.75 23.50 95.00 0/2
8 Israel 17.00 11.00 21.00 26.50 75.50 1/2
9 Lithuania 26.50 13.33 14.00 20.50 74.33 0/2
10 Russia 20.00 5.67 15.00 30.00 70.67 1/1
11 Belgium 17.00 8.33 21.00 20.50 66.83 1/2
12 Latvia 20.00 17.00 17.00 4.50 58.50 0/2
13 Poland 12.00 15.50 8.50 8.67 44.67 0/3
14 Hungary 9.00 4.00 1.00 17.00 31.00 0/1
15 Slovenia 9.00 13.00 7.00 0.00 29.00 0/0
16 Finland 17.00 4.00 4.00 2.00 27.00 0/1
17 Montenegro 11.00 2.00 0.00 13.00 26.00 0/1
18 Serbia 17.50 0.00 0.00 0.00 17.50 0/0
19 Croatia 15.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 15.00 0/0
20 Ukraine 11.00 2.00 0.00 2.00 15.00 0/1
21 Romania 9.50 2.00 1.00 1.00 13.50 0/1
22 Switzerland 0.00 0.00 11.00 2.00 13.00 0/1
23 Denmark 7.00 2.00 2.00 1.00 12.00 0/1
24 Bulgaria 1.50 4.00 2.00 1.00 8.50 0/1
25 Netherlands 1.00 4.00 2.00 1.00 8.00 0/1
26 Belarus 2.00 4.00 1.00 1.00 8.00 0/1
27 Portugal 1.00 2.00 1.00 2.00 6.00 0/1
28 Sweden 1.00 1.00 1.00 2.00 5.00 0/1
29 Cyprus 1.00 1.00 1.00 2.00 5.00 0/1
30 Estonia 2.00 2.00 0.00 0.00 4.00 0/0
31 Kosovo 0.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 3.00 0/1
32 Slovakia 1.00 0.00 0.00 1.00 2.00 0/1
33 Georgia 0.00 1.00 1.00 0.00 2.00 0/0
34 Austria 0.00 1.00 0.00 1.00 2.00 0/1
35 Bosnia and Herzegovina 1.00 1.00 0.00 0.00 2.00 0/0
36 Great Britain 0.00 0.00 1.00 0.00 1.00 0/0
37 North Macedonia 0.00 1.00 0.00 0.00 1.00 0/0
— (NR) Albania 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0/0
Armenia 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0/0
Azerbaijan 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0/0
Iceland 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0/0
Ireland 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0/0
Luxembourg 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0/0
Malta 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0/0
Moldova 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0/0
Norway 0.00 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

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 1 0 0 1
LNB Pro A 0 1 0 1
Basketball Super 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.[1]

The clubs receive two points for a win since the regular season and no points for a defeat in games of the main stages of the tournament.

Qualifying round results are only taken into account for bonus points.

Round Points awarded
Champions League
First qualifying round elimination 1.0
Second qualifying round elimination 2.0
Third qualifying round elimination 4.0
Regular season participation 5.0
Win in group stage or subsequent round 2.0
Round of 16 participation 5.0
Quarter-finals participation 3.0
Final Four participation 4.0
Third place 1.0
Second place 2.0
Champion 4.0

This ranking is used by the BCL to determine a club's seeding in club competition draws.

Current ranking

The top 25 clubs as of 11 March 2020 are as follows:[3]

Ranking Club League Coefficient
2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 Total
1Canarias Spain 36 49 34 119
AEK Athens Greece 46 41 32 119
3Bandırma Turkey 37 28 26 91
4Nymburk Czech Republic 32 13 38 83
4Beşiktaş Turkey 31 28 24 83
6Hapoel Jerusalem Israel 0 43 36 79
7Murcia Spain 40 38 0 78
8Neptūnas Lithuania 26 26 17 69
PAOK Greece 26 28 15 69
10SIG Strasbourg France 34 21 13 68
11Oostende Belgium 17 19 28 64
12Nanterre 92 France 28 35 0 63
13Nizhny Novgorod Russia 2 29 30 61
14Bamberg Germany 0 41 19 60
15Telekom Baskets Germany 15 17 26 58
16Antwerp Giants Belgium 4 40 13 57
17Riesen Ludwigsburg Germany 45 11 0 56
18Reyer Venezia Italy 21 32 0 53
Monaco France 53 0 0 53
20Dinamo Sassari Italy 19 0 32 51
21Virtus Bologna Italy 0 50 0 50
22Bayreuth Germany 34 15 0 49
23Hapoel Holon Israel 11 19 17 47
24JDA Dijon France 0 13 30 43
25Lietkabelis Lithuania 0 15 24 39
  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 Coeff.
2016–2019 Canarias 137

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

Rank Club Total
1 Canarias 1

References
  1. "Access List Principles". Basketball Champions League. Retrieved 16 October 2019.
  2. "Country Ranking". Basketball Champions League. Retrieved 16 October 2019.
  3. "Club Ranking". Basketball Champions League. Retrieved 16 October 2019.
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