By Eurohoops team/ info@eurohoops.net
Euroleague announced the proposed list of club which will participate in next season’s Euroleague and Eurocup. As Eurohoops reported on Sunday, the Turkish champs Pinar Karsiyaka, Bayern Munich from Germany, Strasbourg from France, Lokomotiv Kuban from Russian and Dogus Darrusafaka from Turkey are the teams which got the five Euroleague wildcards, while Unicaja Malaga lost its A license, because no country can have from now on more than three A licenses.
Euroleague 2015-16
TEAMS | COUNTRY | DOMESTIC STANDINGS |
Anadolu Efes Istanbul (A-Licence) | Turkey | Finalist |
BC Khimki Moscow Region (B-Licence) | Russia | Finalist |
Brose Baskets Bamberg (B-Licence) | Germany | Champion |
*Cedevita Zagreb (B-Licence) | Croatia | Finalist ABA League |
*Crvena Zevzda Telekom Belgrade (B-Licence) | Serbia | Champion ABA League |
CSKA Moscow (A-Licence) | Russia | Champion |
Darussafaka Dogus Istanbul (Wildcard) | Turkey | Quarterfinalist |
Dinamo Banco di Sardegna Sassari (B-Licence) | Italy | Champion |
EA7 Emporio Armani Milan (A-Licence) | Italy | Semifinalist |
FC Barcelona (A-Licence) | Spain | Finalist |
FC Bayern Munich (Wildcard) | Germany | Finalist |
Fenerbahce Ulker Istanbul (A-Licence) | Turkey | Semifinalist |
Laboral Kutxa Vitoria (A-Licence) | Spain | Quarterfinalist |
Limoges CSP (B-Licence) | France | Champion |
Lokomotiv Kuban Krasnodar (Wildcard) | Russia | Semifinalist |
Maccabi Electra Tel Aviv (A-Licence) | Israel | Semifinalist |
Olympiacos Piraeus (A-Licence) | Greece | Champion |
Panathinaikos Athens (A-Licence) | Greece | Finalist |
Pinar Karsiyaka Izmir (B-Licence) | Turkey | Champion |
Real Madrid (A-Licence) | Spain | Champion |
Stelmet Zielona Gora (B-Licence) | Poland | Champion |
Strasbourg IG (Wildcard) | France | Finalist |
Unicaja Malaga (B-Licence) | Spain | Semifinalist |
Zalgiris Kaunas (A-Licence) | Lithuania | Champion |
A total of nine wildcards were given in Eurocup. Despite the initial wish of Euroleague, no UK team is included in the competition, while after many years Greece is represented with three teams and got two wildcards.
Eurocup 2015-16
TEAMS | COUNTRY | DOMESTIC STANDINGS |
AEK Athens (Wildcard) | Greece | Quarterfinalist |
ALBA Berlin | Germany | Semifinalist |
Aris Thessaloniki (Wildcard) | Greece | Semifinalist |
Banvit Bandirma | Turkey | Quarterfinalist |
Besiktas Istanbul (Wildcard) | Turkey | 9th Qualified RS |
*Buducnost VOLI Podgorica | Montenegro | ABA League semifinalist |
CAI Zaragoza (Wildcard) | Spain | 9th Qualified RS |
CEZ Basketball Nymburk | Czech Republic | Champion |
Dolomiti Energia Trento | Italy | Quarterfinalist |
Dominion Bilbao Basket | Spain | Quarterfinalist |
Enel Basket Brindisi (Wildcard) | Italy | Quarterfinalist |
Galatasaray Istanbul (Wildcard) | Turkey | Quarterfinalist |
Grissin Bon Reggio Emilia | Italy | Finalist |
Hapoel Bank Yahav Jerusalem | Israel | Champion |
Herbalife Gran Canaria | Spain | Quarterfinalist |
JSF Nanterre | France | Quarterfinalist |
Juventus Utena | Lithuania | Semifinalist |
Krasny Oktyabr (Wildcard) | Russia | Regular Season |
Le Mans Sarthe Basket | France | Semifinalist |
Lietuvos Rytas Vilnius | Lithuania | Finalist |
Neptunas Klaipeda (Wildcard) | Lithuania | Semifinalist |
Nizhny Novgorod | Russia | Semifinalist |
PAOK Thessaloniki | Greece | Semifinalist |
PGE Turow Zgorzelec | Poland | Finalist |
ratiopharm Ulm | Germany | Semifinalist |
SLUC Nancy | France | Semifinalist |
Steaua CSM Bucharest (Wildcard) | Romania | Semifinalist |
Telekom Baskets Bonn | Germany | Quarterfinalist |
Telenet Ostend | Belgium | Champion |
Trabzonspor Medical Park | Turkey | Semifinalist |
Umana Reyer Venice | Italy | Semifinalist |
Unics Kazan | Russia | Quarterfinalist |
*Union Olimpija Ljubljana | Slovenia | ABA 5th regular season |
Valencia Basket | Spain | Semifinalist |
VEF Riga | Latvia | Champion |
Zenit St. Petersburg | Russia | Quarterfinalist |
* The registrations of teams from the ABA League will be considered complete only when the new ABA League including all participating teams submit the necessary documentation to ensure that it fulfills the criteria required of all domestic leagues including its relationship with ECA.