2017–18 FIBA Europe Cup
| Season | 2017–18 |
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| Teams | 32+8 (competition proper) 30+30 (total) |
| Dates | September 20 – October 11, 2017 (qualifying) October 18, 2017 – May 2, 2018 (competition proper) |
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2018–19 →
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The 2017–18 FIBA Europe Cup will be the third season of the FIBA Europe Cup, a European professional basketball competition for clubs that was launched by FIBA. The competition will begin on 20 September 2017, with the qualifying rounds, and will conclude on 2 May 2018.
For the 2017–18 season, the FIBA Europe Cup was reduced the regular season to 32 teams. This will include eight groups of four teams divided into two conferences and the two top teams from each regular season group will advance to the second round of four groups of four teams followed by the two-legged play-offs. 22 teams will be dropped from Champions League qualifying rounds while 10 teams will come from the qualifying rounds that will be implemented.
FIBA agreed to adopt eligibility rules, forcing the clubs to have at least 5 home-grown players in rosters of 11 or 12 players, or at least four if the team has got less players.
A total of 60 teams are expected to participate in the 2017–18 FIBA Europe Cup.
The labels in the parentheses show how each team qualified for the place of its starting round.
The schedule of the competition is as follows (all draws are held at the FIBA headquarters in Munich, Germany, unless stated otherwise):
The draw for the qualifying rounds will be held on 3 August 2017 at the FIBA headquarters in Munich, Germany.
In the qualifying rounds, teams are divided into seeded and unseeded teams based on their club coefficients, and then drawn into two-legged home-and-away ties. Teams from the same country cannot be drawn against each other.
A total of 20 teams are expected to play in the first qualifying round. The first legs will be played on 20 September, and the second legs will be played on 27 September 2017.
A total of 20 teams are expected to play in the second qualifying round: 10 teams which enter in this round, and the 10 winners of the first qualifying round. The first legs will be played on 4 October, and the second legs will be played on 11 October 2017.
The draw for the regular season will be held on 3 August 2017 at the FIBA headquarters in Munich, Germany.
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