Team changes (pre-season) A total of 20 teams will participate in the league, including 17 teams from the
2024–25 season, two promoted from the
2024–25 EuroCup and one receiving a long-term
wild card. On 11 April 2025,
Hapoel IBI Tel Aviv won the
EuroCup title by sweeping
Dreamland Gran Canaria, and earned the spot to EuroLeague. It will be the debut season of the team in the European top flight. On May 7, 2025,
ALBA Berlin opted to play in the
FIBA-organised
Basketball Champions League, after competing for 24 years in
Euroleague Basketball competitions. On June 19, 2025, the allocation of long-term
wild cards to the following clubs was approved with the aims of ensuring the EuroLeague's long-term sustainability and supporting its strategic expansion to 20 teams: • Three-year wild card until the 2027–28 season:
Crvena zvezda Meridianbet,
Partizan Mozzart Bet,
Valencia Basket and
Virtus Bologna. • Five-year wild card until the 2029–30 season:
Dubai Basketball.
Qualified teams The labels in the parentheses show how each team qualified for the place of its starting round: ;Notes
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Managerial changes Referees A total of 70 Euroleague Basketball officials are set to work on the 2025–26 season in EuroLeague and EuroCup: == Regular season ==