FIBA European Champions Cup
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| Region | Europe |
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| Confederation | FIBA Europe |
| Founded |
FIBA era 14 December 1957 Euroleague Basketball era 9 June 2000 |
| First season |
FIBA era 1958 Euroleague Basketball era 2000–01 |
| Number of teams | 16 |
| Level on pyramid | 1 |
| Current champions |
 CSKA Moscow(7th title) |
| Most championships |
 Real Madrid(9 titles) |
| TV partners | List of broadcasters |
| Website | Official website |
 2016–17 EuroLeague
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The EuroLeague, also known as the Turkish Airlines EuroLeague for name sponsorship reasons, is the European-wide top-tier level professional basketball club competition that is organized by Euroleague Basketball, since 2000, for eligible European basketball clubs.
Introduced in 2000, the competition replaced the FIBA EuroLeague (which was previously called the FIBA European Champions Cup, or simply European Cup), which had been run by FIBA since 1958. For Euroleague Basketball records purposes, the FIBA European Champions Cup and EuroLeague are considered to be the same competition, with the change of name being simply a re-branding.
EuroLeague is one of the most popular professional indoor sports leagues in the world, with an average attendance of 8,184, for league matches in the 2014–15 season. That was the fifth-highest of any professional indoor sports league in the world (the highest outside of the United States), and the second-highest of any professional basketball league in the world, only behind the National Basketball Association (NBA).
The EuroLeague title has been won by 20 different clubs, 13 of which have won the title more than once. The most successful club in the competition is Real Madrid, with nine titles, and the current champions are CSKA Moscow, after they defeated Fenerbahçe, in extra time, in the 2016 final, to win the 2015–16 Euroleague season, and take their seventh title overall.
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