A Euroleague was established by ULEB, the Union of European Leagues of Basketball, which successively was created by the class action of Two dozen elect club teams. Virtually all of the foundation clubs come from either Spain, Italy and Greece.

A Euroleague is presently contested around 4 phases.

A 1st phase is the regular year, where Xxiv teams, divided into troika groups of eight, participate. Apiece team plays deuce games (front yard-&-at home) against each more team inside its class action. At a prevent of a regular year, a field is cut from either Two dozen to 16; the living teams come divided into quaternary groups.

A 2nd phase, called a Top 16, so begins. When inside the regular year, apiece Top 16 class action is contested in the double round-robin format.

Fresh for the 2004-05 season was a quarterfinal spherical. Prior to, merely a class action winners advanced to the Final Four (see in the image below). Currently, a foremost- & 2nd-place teams from either both class action advance. within the quarterfinal around, the foremost-place team from either either every class action is matched against an additional-place team from another class action in a best-of-three series, with ii of a 3 imaginable games scheduled at the number one-place team's house court.

A Final Four, held at a preset places, features a winners of the foursome quarterfinal series inside 1-off severe matches. A semi losers play for third place; a winners play for the championship.

A 2005 Final Four was held within Moscow, Russia. A semi took place in Will 6, by owning a third-place & championship games in Might 8. A resulting teams were taking part: CSKA Moscow Maccabi Tel Aviv TAU Cerámica (Spain) (official club name: Saski Baskonia, or even only Baskonia) Panathinaikos (Greece)

A semi matchups were: CSKA 78-85 TAU Cerámica Maccabi 91-82 Panathinaikos

In the final, Maccabi with success defended its title, defeating TAU 90-78. a third-place game saw Panathinaikos erase a Twenty-two-point deficit within the third quarter & last in to kill the hosts CSKA 94-91 in double overtime.

A 2006 Final Four is held at Sazka Arena in Prague, Czech Republic.

Teams of 2005-2006 Euroleague

Croatia
Cibona VIP (Zagreb)

France
Pau-Orthez Strasbourg

Germany
Bamberg

Greece
AEK Athens Olympiacos Piraeus Panathinaikos (Athens)

Israel
Maccabi Tel Aviv

Italy
Armani Jeans Milano Benetton Treviso Climamio Bologna Montepaschi Siena

Lithuania
Lietuvos Rytas (Vilnius) Žalgiris (Kaunas)

Poland
Prokom Trefl Sopot

Russia
CSKA Moscow

Serbia and Montenegro
Partizan PMB (Belgrade)

Slovenia
Union Olimpija (Ljubljana)

Spain
FC Barcelona Real Madrid TAU Cerámica (Vitoria/Gasteiz) Unicaja (Málaga)

Turkey
Efes Pilsen (Istanbul) Ülker (Istanbul)

Champions 1958-2005

1958 ASK Riga (USSR) 1959 ASK Riga (USSR) 1960 ASK Riga (USSR) 1961 CSKA Moscow (USSR) 1962 Tbilisi (USSR) 1963 CSKA Moscow (USSR) 1964 Real Madrid (Spain) 1965 Real Madrid (Spain) 1966 Simmenthal Olimpia Milan (Italy) 1967 Real Madrid (Spain) 1968 Real Madrid (Spain) 1969 CSKA Moscow (USSR) 1970 Ignis Varese (Italy) 1971 CSKA Moscow (USSR) 1972 Ignis Varese (Italy) 1973 Ignis Varese (Italy) 1974 Real Madrid (Spain) 1975 Ignis Varese (Italy) 1976 Mobilgirgi Varese (Italy) 1977 Maccabi Tel-Aviv (Israel) 1978 Real Madrid (Spain) 1979 KK Bosna Sarajevo (Yugoslavia) 1980 Real Madrid (Spain) 1981 Maccabi Tel-Aviv (Israel) 1982 Squibb Cantù (Italy) 1983 Ford Cantù (Italy) 1984 Banco di Roma (Italy) 1985 Cibona Zagreb (Yugoslavia) 1986 Cibona Zagreb (Yugoslavia) 1987 Tracer Olimpia Milan (Italy) 1988 Philips Olimpia Milan (Italy) 1989 Jugoplastika Split (Yugoslavia) 1990 Jugoplastika Split (Yugoslavia) 1991 Pop 84 Split (Yugoslavia) 1992 Partizan Belgrade (Yugoslavia) 1993 CSP Limoges (France) 1994 Joventut Badalona (Spain) 1995 Real Madrid (Spain) 1996 Panathinaikos (Greece) 1997 Olympiacos (Greece) 1998 Kinder Bologna (Italy) 1999 Žalgiris Kaunas (Lithuania) 2000 Panathinaikos Athens (Greece) 2001* Kinder Bologna (Italy) 2002 Panathinaikos Athens (Greece) 2003 FC Barcelona (Spain) 2004 Maccabi Tel-Aviv (Israel) 2005 Maccabi Tel-Aviv (Israel)

*2001 was a transition month, sustaining the better European teams split into 2 major leagues (Suproleague held by FIBA, Euroleague by ULEB). Suproleague 2001 was won by Maccabi Tel-Aviv (Israel).

Titles by Team

* excluding a Suproleague triumph of 2001

Titles by Country

* excluding Maccabi Tel-Aviv's Suproleague triumph of 2001