How many players from clubs participating in EuroLeague and BCL competed in the Continentals Qualifiers Window 1?

MIES (Switzerland) - The FIBA Continental Qualifiers 2025 for AsiaCup, Afrobasket, AmeriCup and EuroBasket witnessed exciting games and many surprises across the globe. 96 players competiting in the EuroLeague joined their respective national teams during the February window. 94 players who participated in this season's Basketball Champions League also heeded the call to compete for their countries.

A total of 96 players from all18 teams competing in the EuroLeague played for 26 countries in Africa, the Americas and Europe. Greece featured the highest number of players taking part in the EuroLeague on their roster for these two games, with a total of 12. Italy and Spain followed closely behind, each with 9 players. Germany and France were next in line, with 8.

Kostas Papanikolaou was one of the 12 EuroLeague players for Greece

Seven of the clubs engaged in the EuroLeague had at least seven players play for national teams throughout the world. Panathinaikos AKTOR Athens and Real Madrid both had 8 national team players, while seven players from ALBA Berlin, EA7 Emporio Armani Milan, FC Bayern Munich, Fenerbahce Beko Istanbul and Virtus Segafredo Bologna lined up for their country in this window.

 

 

The complete list of players participating in the EuroLeague

69 players coming from clubs competing in the BCL

69 players from 30 clubs engaged in the Basketball Champions League participated in this window for 36 countries. Latvia featured the highest number of those players on their roster for these two games, with a total of 5. Belgium, Hungary and Turkiye followed closely behind, each with 4 players.

Lenovo Tenerife, UCAM Murcia and SL Benfica stood out with five players representing their national teams, the highest totals from this list. Meanwhile, Falco Szombathely and Galatasaray EKMAS each contributed four players.

Thomas Kennedy from Bonn played well for Canada

Additionally, 25 players from clubs who competed in the BCL Qualifiers this season also represented their countries on the international stage.

The list of players participating in the BCL regular season

Country	Player	Team
Angola	Eduardo Francisco	SL Benfica
Argentina	Juan Fernandez	Rio Breogan
Belgium	Pierre-Antoine Gillet	Filou Oostende
Belgium	Joppe Mennes	Filou Oostende
Belgium	Hans Vanwijn	Hapoel Holon
Belgium	Retin Obasohan	Bertram Derthona Tortona
Bosnia And Herzegovina	Edin Atic	Igokea m:tel
Canada	Thomas Kennedy	Telekom Baskets Bonn
Canada	Lloyd Pandi	Darussafaka Lassa
Cape Verde	Betinho Gomes	SL Benfica
Central African Republic	Allan Dokossi	JDA Bourgogne Dijon
Columbia	Jaime Echenique	Promitheas Patras
Croatia	Toni Nakic	Rio Breogan
Cuba	Howard Sant-Roos	UCAM Murcia
Cyprus	Aeneas Jung	MHP RIESEN Ludwigsburg
Czechia	Vojtech Hruban	Cholet Basket
Czechia	David Jelinek	UCAM Murcia
Estonia	Kaspar Treier	Banco di Sardegna Sassari
Estonia	Matthias Tass	Filou Oostende
Estonia	Artur Konontsuk	EWE Baskets Oldenburg
Finland	Sasu Salin	Lenovo Tenerife
Finland	Alexander Madsen	VEF Riga
France	Paul Lacombe	SIG Strasbourg
Georgia	Giorgi Shermadini	Lenovo Tenerife
Germany	Max Di Leo	EWE Baskets Oldenburg
Germany	Lukas Wank	EWE Baskets Oldenburg
Germany	Christian Sengfelder	Telekom Baskets Bonn
Great Britain	Akwasi Yeboah	Galatasaray EKMAS
Great Britain	Dan Akin	SIG Strasbourg
Greece	Ioannis Kouzeloglou	AEK Betsson
Greece	Vasilis Charalampopoulos	Banco di Sardegna Sassari
Greece	Vangelis Zougris	Peristeri bwin
Hungary	Marcell Pongo	Falco Szombathely
Hungary	Akos Keller	Falco Szombathely
Hungary	Szilard Benke	Falco Szombathely
Hungary	Zoltan Perl	Falco Szombathely
Iceland	Elvar Fridriksson	PAOK mateco
Israel	Oz Blayzer	Hapoel Bank Yahav Jerusalem
Israel	Yovel Zoosman	Hapoel Bank Yahav Jerusalem
Israel	Netanel Artzi	Hapoel Holon
Italy	Luka Severini	Bertram Derthona Tortona
Latvia	Rodions Kurucs	UCAM Murcia
Latvia	Arturs Kurucs	UCAM Murcia
Latvia	Dairis Bertans	VEF Riga
Latvia	Jannis Timma	Darussafaka Lassa
Latvia	Arturs Strautins	Bertram Derthona Tortona
Lithuania	Margiris Normantas	Rytas Vilnius
Lithuania	Gytis Radzevicius	Rytas Vilnius
Lithuania	Matas Jogela	Rio Breogan
Montenegro	Nemanja Radovic	UCAM Murcia
Montenegro	Kendrick Perry	Unicaja
Netherlands	Emmanuel Nzekwesi	Cholet Basket
Poland	Przemyslaw Zolnierewicz	King Szczecin
Portugal	Diogo Gameiro	SL Benfica
Portugal	Daniel Relvao	SL Benfica
Puerto Rico	Arnaldo Toro	VEF Riga
Serbia	Dusan Ristic	Lenovo Tenerife
Slovakia	Jakub Mokran	BK Opava
Slovenia	Klemen Prepelic	Galatasaray EKMAS
Slovenia	Gregor Hrovat	JDA Bourgogne Dijon
Spain	Alberto Diaz	Unicaja
Spain	Yankuba Sima	Unicaja
Spain	Jaime Fernandez	Lenovo Tenerife
Tunisia	Makram Ben Romdhane	SL Benfica
Turkiye	Sadik Emir Kabaca	Galatasaray EKMAS
Turkiye	Bugrahan Tuncer	Galatasaray EKMAS
Turkiye	Kenan Sipahi	Pinar Karsiyaka
Turkiye	Furkan Haltali	Pinar Karsiyaka
Uruguay	Bruno Fitipaldo	Lenovo Tenerife

 

ACB is the National League with the most international players

Looking through the rosters from all four qualifying competitions, it was clear to see which National Leagues were most represented across the globe.

Shannon Evans from Guinea is playing in Badalona in Spain

A significant 75 players who participated in the February window compete in the ACB, showcasing the Spanish Liga Endesa as the national league that has contributed the most players to the national teams across all four continents.

Following closely is the Basketball Bundesliga, also known as the easyCredit BBL, with 33 players, firmly establishing itself as the second most represented league. Tied for third place are Italy's Lega Basket Serie A and Turkiye's Basketbol Süper Ligi, both boasting 29 players.

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