All the latest Basketball Champions League news

Three Basketball Champions League games on Tuesday, October 13, 2026, turned on big runs: Nanterre blew out reigning champion Rytas Vilnius, snapping an eight-game winning streak, while ALBA Berlin and Peristeri both erased deficits to beat Igokea m:tel and Itelyum Varese.

The 2026-2027 Basketball Champions League will feature several former MVPs of international competitions, European cup winners, and an NBA champion. From Ricky Rubio to Thomas Heurtel, here's an overview of the 10 biggest résumés taking part in this 11th edition.

Four clubs — Unicaja Málaga, Reggio Emilia, Utenos Juventus and BK KVIS Pardubice — open the 2026-2027 Basketball Champions League regular season on October 6, 2026, headlined by Unicaja's continental scoring depth and Pardubice duo Joe Bryant Jr. and Zed Key, whose 2025-2026 production ranked among the group's highest.

Rytas Vilnius, Trabzonspor, Nanterre and BC Sabah open Basketball Champions League play together, with the defending champion the clear favorite in a pool where every other club arrives freshly rebuilt.

Betclic ELITE - Jaylen Hands joins SIG Strasbourg for the 2026-2027 season. After a complicated 2025-2026 spell between Panionios, Nanjing and Murcia, the American combo-guard will try to find in Betclic ELITE the level that made him the top scorer of the Italian league a year earlier.

From Rytas Vilnius defending their title to dark horses like SIG Strasbourg and Nanterre 92, here's the complete analytical breakdown of every BCL contender, with NBA Europe qualification now raising the stakes to an entirely new level.

Three clubs in EuroLeague, three in EuroCup, two in BCL and potentially several representatives in FIBA Europe Cup: the European landscape for French clubs is starting to take shape for the 2026-2027 season. While some participations are almost confirmed, others still depend on club decisions and organizer invitations.

BCL - Trailing by 20 points in the third quarter, BC Rytas Vilnius turned things around in the fourth quarter to force overtime and claim the victory. It is the first time the Lithuanian club has won the Basketball Champions League (BCL).

BCL - Killian Tillie and Malaga, two-time defending BCL champions, were eliminated in the semifinals by AEK Athens (78-65) on Thursday evening in Badalona.

BCL - BC Rytas Vilnius qualified for the first BCL final in their history with a dominant win (87-69) in the first semi-final of the Final Four, against Tenerife.