EuroCup Women 2023-24 participating clubs announced

MUNICH (Germany) - The finalized list of clubs set to compete in the 2023-24 edition of the EuroCup Women were announced on Thursday.

A total of 48 clubs from across Europe registered for the upcoming campaign, with three more clubs set to join the competition from the EuroLeague Women Qualifiers.

The Regular Season of the competition will be played with 48 clubs, with 45 direct places in the Regular Season awarded and Qualifiers organized to determine the remaining three slots.

The Qualifiers will be played in a home and away series on September 21 and 28 in three pairings of two clubs each, with the winner of each pairing advancing to the Regular Season.

The clubs with direct berths to the Regular Season are as follows:

ELW Qualifiers – Loser pairing 1
ELW Qualifiers – Loser pairing 2
ELW Qualifiers – Loser pairing 3
Galatasaray Cagdas Faktoring (TUR)
Emlak Konut SK (TUR)
Bursa Uludag Basketbol (TUR)
Kayseri Basketbol (TUR)
Spar Girona (ESP)
Lointek Gernika Bizkaia (ESP)
Cadi La Seu (ESP)
Movistar Estudiantes (ESP)
BLMA (FRA)
Tango Bourges Basket (FRA)
Roche Vendee (FRA)
UFAB 49 (FRA)
Flammes Carolo Basket (FRA)
KSC Szekszard (HUN)
NKA Universitas PEAC (HUN)
Umana Reyer Venezia (ITA)
Dinamo LAB Sassari (ITA)
BK Zabiny Brno (CZE)
BK Levharti Chomutov (CZE)
KP TANY Brno (CZE)
KS AZS AJP Gorzow (POL)
MB Zaglebie Sosnowiec (POL)
VBW Arka Gdynia (POL)
Kangoeroes Basket Mechelen (BEL)
Mithra Castors Braine (BEL)
Basket Namur Capitale (BEL)
Elitzur Landco Ramla (ISR)
Ramat Hasharon (ISR)
Olympiacos SFP (GRE)
Panathinaikos AC (GRE)
CSM Constanta (ROU)
BCF Elfic Fribourg (SUI)
Piestanske Cajky (SVK)
Slavia Banska Bystrica (SVK)
Caledonia Gladiators (GBR)
BBC Grengewald Hueschtert (LUX)
T71 Diddeleng (LUX)
GDESSA - Barreiro  (POR)
SL Benfica (POR)
Rutronik Stars Keltern (GER)
Kibirkstis (LTU)
ZKK Ragusa (CRO) 

The remaining six registered clubs playing in the Qualifiers are:

MBK Ruzomberok (SVK) – seeded
AC Eleftheria Moschatou (GRE) – seeded
Sportiva/AzorisHotels (POR) – seeded
Antalya Toroslar Basketbol SK (TUR)
CS Universitatea Cluj-Napoca (ROU)
SBS Ostrava (CZE)  

The teams participating in the Qualifiers were sorted into seeded and unseeded pots based on the three-year ranking of clubs in the European Club Competitions, with the seeded clubs set to play the return leg at home.

The 2023-24 season will mark the first time the competition is played in a pan-European format, with a maximum of one club per country in the same group the only geographic restriction.

The draw to sort teams both for the Qualifiers and the Regular Season will take place in Munich, Germany on August 9.

###

About EuroCup Women
EuroCup Women is the second-tier women's club competition in Europe, with teams from across the continent competing in the 2023-24 campaign.

For further information about EuroCup Women, visit EuroCupWomen.basketball or follow us on twitter.com/EuroCupWomen, instagram.com/EuroCupWomen, and youtube.com/FIBA.