He Alba Berlin Change the Euroleague by the Champions League. This has been announced in a statement this morning, in which they explain their reasons to take this step: “We have a long tradition in the Euroleagueand we have always aspired to compete in the most demanding possible environment. However, the conditions to ensure a place in the Euroleague They have changed dramatically in recent years. With our values and our project – focused on financial sustainability, collaboration and sports development – we want to continue helping to shape the European basketball ecosystem “. The German club I had been 24 years competing in tournaments organized by the Euroleague, 12 in the ULEB/Eurocup Cup and another 12 in the Euroleague. Before he participated 11 seasons in competitions organized by FIBAwhere it became Korac Cup champion in 1995.
The movement of Albawho played in the maximum continental competition with An invitation from 2021it is understood from the economic point of view. Since that course he has been lowering his sports performance, going from finishing 10th in 2022two triumphs from the Playoff area, to last last in 2023 y colista the last two seasonsin which he has added in total 10 victories in 68 games. The demand for the Euroleague To be competitive, it has been moving away from its standards of template spending until they make them an irrelevant team in the competition. Your march to Champions It will make them, a priori, one of the great rivals for the title. “We are convinced that European competitions led by FIBA They will grow significantly in the coming years, and that is why we have decided to join the Basketball Champions League”they explain in the statement, perhaps referring to the association between Fiba y nba That has been cooking for a long time.
Well for Paris and for Valencia?
At the moment, the first important consequence of the march of the Alba is that there is a free square in the Euroleague. Everything indicates what will be for the Paris Basketballthe team that debuted this year in the competition and that has been one of the revelations of the season. They were leaders during a few days, eighth ended, they won the Real Madrid at home in the play in And they ended up falling in rooms to the Fenerbahceone of the great favorites to the title. But the experiment in the French capital, one of the most coveted markets for years by the Euroleagueit has been a success and it seemed complicated to let this dam escape, despite the fact that They have not won the square for the 2025-26 course according to the rules of the competition.
-He Paris He played this year the Euroleague After winning the Eurocup The previous season. The champion of the second continental competition is secured the position in the first one the following year. But to keep it you have to end as the best classified from the two teams that come from the Eurocup. And the other is the Monaco, who has been playing Euroleague since 2021when he also won the Eurocupand since then it has not lacked the playoff of the Euroleague (Another of the conditions to continue). But also It has ended in front of Paris (4th). So the square via Eurocup It was for him Monaco and the Paris I could stay out. With the goodbye of Alba Everything indicates that they will keep the site.
But there is another doubt. There has been much talk about the Euroleague expansion of 18 to 20 teams And, although there is nothing confirmed, it seems more and more feasible. Even for this next season. There is a new name that as champion of the Eurocup This year would have a safe place, the HAPOEL DE TEL AVIV. If we remove alba and add 18 names to the Hapoel. It would be necessary to add two more to reach 20. All looks are directed to Dubaiwith the team that this year is playing the Adriatic League And that aims, it seems that shared with the Euroleaguefight with the great clubs of Europa. In addition, this year the Final Four It will also be in United Arab Emiratein Abu Dhabianother wire of union between both parties. And who would be the last place for? There the Valencia Basketone of those teams that is always going up and down between the two competitions. A wild card in which Euroleague Trust and that now, with the new pavilion a few months after its premiere, it has one more reason to bid to get an elite place again.
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