MUNICH (Germany) - The stage is set for the 2025-26 EuroCup Women season, as clubs across Europe learned their fate during Wednesday's draw in Munich, Germany.
The ceremony sorted the participating clubs into 12 groups of four teams for the Regular Season and confirmed the pairings for the Qualifiers, which will decide the last five places in this year's competition.
Headlining the list of participating teams are defending champions Villeneuve d'Ascq LM, as well as five teams set to join them from the EuroLeague Women Qualifiers.
Adding a touch of experience to the event was former Sweden international and EuroCup Women veteran Farhiya Abdi, who assisted with the draw.
The groups for the Regular Season are as follows:
Group A: ELW Qualifiers – Loser pairing 1 (Casademont Zaragoza vs Zabiny Brno); Castors Braine (BEL); La Molisana Magnolia Campobasso (ITA); KK Tresnjevka 2009 (CRO)
Group B: ELW Qualifiers – Loser pairing 4 (DVTK HUNTHERM vs AZS UMCS Lublin); Basket Namur Capitale (BEL); Hozono Global Jairis CB (ESP); Winner ECW Qualifiers pairing 1 (Universitatea Cluj vs UZKK Student Nis)
Group C: NKA Universitas Pecs (HUN); Elitzur Ramla (ISR); Sportiva/AzorisHotels (POR); Winner ECW Qualifiers pairing 2 (Lointek Gernika Bizkaia vs Pas Giannina)
Group D: ELW Qualifiers – Loser pairing 3 (Galatasaray Cagdas Faktoring vs ACS Sepsi-SIC); Kangoeroes Mechelen (BEL); GEAS Basket (ITA); Winner ECW Qualifiers pairing 5 (TARR KSC Szekszard vs DSK Basketball Brandys)
Group E: ELW Qualifiers – Loser pairing 2 (Umana Reyer Venezia vs KKZ Crvena Zvezda); TTT Riga (LAT); Emlak Konut (TUR); Saarlouis Royals (GER)
Group F: ELW Qualifiers – Loser pairing 5 (Tango Bourges Basket vs Kibirkstis Vilnius); Rutronik Stars Keltern (GER); Levhartice Chomutov (CZE); KBF Peja 03 (KOS)
Group G: Perfumerias Avenida (ESP); Panathinaikos A.C. (GRE); Neptunas-Amberton (LTU); Nyon Basket Feminin (SUI)
Group H: BLMA (FRA); KP Brno (CZE); ZKK Ragusa (CRO); Winner ECW Qualifiers pairing 3 (BDS Dinamo Sassari vs Panathlitikos Sykeon)
Group I: UFAB 49 (FRA); Movistar Estudiantes (ESP); Piestanske Cajky (SVK); CS Rapid Bucuresti (ROU)
Group J: Besiktas Boa (TUR); InvestInTheWest Enea Gorzow (POL); Charnay Basket (FRA); Athinaikos Qualco (GRE)
Group K: BAXI Ferrol (ESP); SL Benfica (POR); MB Zaglebie Sosnowiec (POL); Winner ECW Qualifiers pairing 4 (SBS Ostrava vs BBC Troistorrents-Chablais)
Group L: Villeneuve d'Ascq (FRA); BCF Elfic Fribourg (SUI); BC Beroe Stara Zagora (BUL); Sleza Wroclaw (POL)
The pairings for the Qualifiers are as follows:
Pairing 1: Universitatea Cluj (ROU) vs UZKK Student Nis (SRB)
Pairing 2: Lointek Gernika Bizkaia (ESP) vs Pas Giannina (GRE)
Pairing 3: BDS Dinamo Sassari (ITA) vs Panathlitikos Sykeon (GRE)
Pairing 4: SBS Ostrava (CZE) vs BBC Troistorrents-Chablais (SUI)
Pairing 5: TARR KSC Szekszard (HUN) vs DSK Basketball Brandys (CZE)
The two-legged Qualifiers will take place on September 18 and 25 in a home-and-away format, with the winners of each tie completing the Regular Season field.
You can find more about the competition system here.
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