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2025-26 EuroLeague Preview
The EuroLeague was established back in 1957 and originally went under the FIBA European Champions Cup name for the first thirty years of the tournament. It has been known as the EuroLeague since 2000.
The popularity of the league makes it the most popular basketball league outside of the NBA. During the 2024-25 season, games averaged 10,650 attendances, the highest indoor sport average attendance outside of the US.
We head into the 2025-26 season with Fenerbahçe as the reigning champions after having won their 2nd title last season; their only other title came back in 2017.
There used to be plenty of back-to-back winners; however, since 2015, that has only happened once (Anadolu Efes 2021 & 2022), so Fenerbahçe will have their work cut out to back up their championship.
The league has been expanded to 20 teams for the start of the 2025-26 season from 18. Hapoel IBI Tel Aviv & Valencia were promoted from the EuroCup, whilst Dubai Basketball were given a 5-year wild card, whilst ALBA Berlin dropped out of the tournament, opting to play in the Champions League instead.
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How often do Favourites win in the EuroLeague?
The 2023-24 season was a bit of an anomaly; the other four seasons saw 66%, 65%, 66% & 63% of favourites winning, so very consistent; however, during the 2023-24 season, we saw 74% of winning favourites.
When splitting the favourites at home and on the road, as you would expect, favourites with home court advantage tend to perform better. Over the last five season's the home favourites have a 71% win rate compared those 58% for those on the road.
| Season | Home (W-L) | Road (W-L) | Overall (W-L) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020-21 | 130-67 (65.99%) | 70-38 (64.81%) | 200-105 (65.57%) |
| 2021-22 | 136-51 (72.73%) | 45-46 (49.45%) | 181-97 (65.11%) |
| 2022-23 | 160-69 (69.87%) | 43-34 (55.84%) | 203-103 (66.34%) |
| 2023-24 | 173-53 (76.55%) | 53-26 (67.09%) | 226-79 (74.1%) |
| 2024-25 | 147-72 (67.12%) | 46-39 (54.12%) | 193-111 (63.49%) |
| Totals | 746-312 (70.51%) | 257-183 (58.41%) | 1003-495 (66.96%) |
How many Points are scored in the EuroLeague?
Below is a table highlighting the EuroLeague games over the last five seasons and how many points both the hosts and visitors averaged during those seasons, as well as the game average.
Except for the 2021-22 season, the average points per game is fairly consistent; that season was slightly lower than the norm, and the home team's average has only dipped below 80 in the past five seasons.
| Season | Total Games | Home Ave | Road Ave | Game Ave |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020-21 | 306 | 80.9 | 77.9 | 158.8 |
| 2021-22 | 278 | 79.3 | 75.2 | 154.4 |
| 2022-23 | 306 | 83.1 | 78.6 | 161.7 |
| 2023-24 | 306 | 83.5 | 79.6 | 163.1 |
| 2024-25 | 306 | 85.7 | 82.4 | 168.1 |
| Totals | 1502 | 82.6 | 78.8 | 161.4 |
EuroLeague Past Winners
Not only have Real Madrid made three of the last four finals, but they are also the most successful team in the EuroLeague, having been crowned champions eleven times from their twenty-one final appearances.
Panathinaikos are third on the list after their win in 2024 moved them on to seven, now only one win behind CSKA Moscow (8) in second and one ahead of Maccabi Tel Aviv (6). Rounding out the top five is the Italian club Varese with five wins.
| Season | Winners | Score | Runners-Up |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | Fenerbahçe | 81 - 70 | AS Monaco |
| 2023-24 | Panathinaikos | 95 - 80 | Real Madrid |
| 2022-23 | Real Madrid | 79 - 78 | Olympiacos |
| 2021-22 | Anadolu Efes | 58 - 57 | Real Madrid |
| 2020-21 | Anadolu Efes | 86 - 81 | FC Barcelona |
| 2018-19 | CSKA Moscow | 91 - 83 | Anadolu Efes |
| 2017-18 | Real Madrid | 85 - 80 | Fenerbahçe |
| 2016-17 | Fenerbahçe | 80 - 64 | Olympiacos |
| 2015-16 | CSKA Moscow | 101 - 96 (OT) | Fenerbahçe |
EuroLeague Winners by Country
It's pretty close at the top for the number of titles won, with just one separating Spain and Italy and then a further three back to Greece.
Spain tops the charts with fourteen wins, the majority of those (11) have come from Real Madrid, with Barcelona (2) and Joventut Badalona (1) making up the other title wins.
Italy's wins have been much more spread out, with five teams making up their thirteen wins, Varese (5) with the most of those, whilst Panathinaikos (7) and Olympiacos (3) make up the ten wins for Greece.
| Rank | Club | Titles | Runners-Up |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Spain | 14 | 19 |
| 2nd | Italy | 13 | 13 |
| 3rd | Greece | 10 | 8 |
| 4th | Soviet Union | 8 | 6 |
| 5th | Yugoslavia | 7 | 1 |
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Andy Powell manages this EuroLeague Preview and other basketball content in this section of the site, as well as the Basketball Tipsters in the OLBG tipster competition in his role in the OLBG Expert Team. Andy meticulously updates the data and results for these pieces. You can get Basketball betting advice in our bookmaker reviews as well as in our Best Basketball Betting Sites Guide.
**Statistics included in this blog include all matches (Regular Season) from the start of the 2020-21 season to the conclusion of the 2024-25 season. Home and away teams are decided by the matchup.
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