MIES (Switzerland) - The 11th season of the Basketball Champions League, powered by Ameresco SUNEL reached its starting point, with 32 clubs ready to fight for a spot at the Final Four, to be held in May 2027.
Ahead of the first 16 games, we put together a list of all the things you should know about the BCL.
Champions
The last Final Four event in Badalona, Spain was won by Rytas Vilnius, adding the Lithuanian flag to the list of Basketball Champions League winners.
They defeated the 2018 champions AEK BC in the Championship Game, painting the BCL red.
Records
With a full decade of action already behind us, there have been plenty of record breaking performances in the BCL. Do you know who had the only 50-point game in BCL's history?
Do you know who had the only 20-rebound performance? Who dished out a league-high 18 assists in a single game?
Which team, returning to action in Season 11, knocked down an all-time high of 21 threes in 40 minutes?
Find all the records right here, right now.
Where to watch
The Basketball Champions League has a growing audience all over the world. If you click on our Where to watch? link, you will find all the information you need, depending on your current location.
The key streaming partner remains Courtside 1891 on DAZN, covering a total of 20 countries from Argentina to Japan.
Fantasy League featuring BasketNews
This season, you have a chance of winning the BCL, too, as we partnered up with BasketNews to give you the best possible Fantasy League experience in Season 11.
Choose your way of playing, select your team, join a league, collect points left and right and you will be in for a big reward at the end of the season.
If you need help with your picks, follow our Fantasy picks over here, and then make your own decisions over at BasketNews HQ.
Groups preview
Our writer Cesare Milanti has been in action over the previous weeks, previewing two groups at a time to give you an idea what to expect in Season 11.
Why two at a time, you ask? Because the competition format is such, two neighboring groups will match up in the Play-Ins in January, giving us the last eight teams to advance to the Round of 16 group phase, where groups winners from Groups A to H will already be waiting.
Player Power Rankings
Meanwhile, our columnist Diccon Lloyd-Smeath also stayed busy over the summer. First, he picked out the Top 50 players of the BCL decade (50-41, 40-31, 30-21, 20-11, 10-6, 5-1).
Then, being a fan of lists, he counted down the Top 15 players to watch in the BCL in Season 11, divided across two columns.
Agree with the list? Don't agree? Let us know, or better yet, let him know in the comments on our social media profiles.
Tuesday preview
Finally, with 16 teams in action already on Day 1, we've prepared the most interesting facts and figures when it comes to these eight matchups.
The Wednesday preview will also be available once the games on Tuesday finish.