Basketball, Champions League: four Italians, two start from preliminaries

All registered members of the Basketball Champions League 2023/24

The executive committee of the Basketball Champions League, a European competition organized by FIBA, has announced the names of the 29 clubs already admitted to the 2023/24 regular season and those of the 24 clubs that will instead play, in a preliminary tournament, for the last three spots available to complete the picture of 32 participants. Four Italians: Sassari and newcomer Tortona in the regular season, Brindisi and Varese in the preliminaries.

These are all the admitted clubs:

Regular Season: AEK (GRE), Bertram Yachts Derthona (ITA), Bursaspor (TUR), Darussafaka Lassa (TUR), Dinamo BDS Sassari (ITA), EWE Baskets Oldenburg (GER), Falco Vulcano Szombathely (HUN), Filou Oostende (BEL), Galatasaray Nef (TUR), Hapoel Bank Yahav Jerusalem (ISR), Hapoel Holon (ISR), Igokea m:tel (BIH), JDA Bourgogne Dijon (FRA), King Szczecin (POL), Le Mans Sarthe Basket (FRA), Lenovo Tenerife (ESP), MHP RIESEN Ludwigsburg (GER), Opava (CZE), PAOK mateco (GRE), Peristeri bwin (GRE), Pinar Karsiyaka (TUR), Promitheas Patras (GRE), Rio Breogan (ESP), Rytas Vilnius (LTU), Telekom Baskets Bonn (GER), Tofas Bursa (TUR), UCAM Murcia (ESP), Unicaja (ESP), VEF Riga (LAT).

Preliminaries: Bakken Bears (DEN), BG Gottingen (GER), Caledonia Gladiators (GBR), Cholet Basket (FRA), CSM CSU Oradea (ROU), FMP Soccerbet (SRB), Happy Casa Brindisi (ITA), Heroes Den Bosch (NED), Ironi Hay Motors Ness Ziona (ISR), Jonava CBet (LTU), Kalev/Cramo (EST), Karhu Basket (FIN), Legia Warszawa (POL), Monbus Obradoiro (ESP), Mornar Barsko Zlato (MNE), Norrkoping Dolphins (SWE), Pallacanestro Varese (ITA), Patrioti Levice (SVK), Peja (KOS), Petrolina AEK LCA (CYP), Telenet Giants Antwerp (BEL), TSU Tbilisi (GEO), SIG Strasbourg (FRA), SL Benfica (POR).