FIBA Europe has announced the clubs to participate in the EuroLeague and EuroCup Women competitions for the 2008-09 season.
The EuroLeague features six new teams among its 24 participants and a record 58 clubs have registered for the EuroCup.
The competition formats of both EuroLeague Women and EuroCup Women remain unchanged from last year.
The 24 EuroLeague Women clubs will be divided into four groups of six teams each for the Qualifying Round, with the top four of each group getting a ticket for the Eighth-Final Play-Offs.
EuroCup Women features 38 teams who will qualify automatically for the Preliminary Round. 20 more clubs will enter an Elimination Round, scheduled for early October, with the 10 winners going through to the Preliminary Round. The 48 remaining teams will be divided into 12 groups of four teams each, with the top two finishers and the eight best third-placed teams qualifying for the Sixteenth-Finals.
The draw of the EuroLeague and the EuroCup Women will take place in Freising, near Munich, Germany, next Thursday, July 10.
The EuroLeague and the EuroCup Women 2009 participating clubs:
EuroLeague Women
Croatia | Jolly JBS Sibenik |
Czech R. | Gambrinus SIKA Brno |
| | ZVVZ USK Praha |
France | Bourges Basket |
| | Basket Lattes Montpellier |
| | Union Hainaut Basket |
| | ESB Villeneuve |
Hungary | MKB Euroleasing Sopron |
| | MiZo Pécs 2010 |
Italy | Umana Reyer Venezia |
| | Famila Schio |
Latvia | TTT Riga |
Lithuania | TEO Vilnius |
Poland | Wisla Krakow |
| | Lotos PKO BP Gdynia |
Russia | Spartak Moscow Region |
| | CSKA Moscow |
| | UMMC Ekaterinburg |
| | Nadezhda Orenburg |
Slovak R. | Maxima Broker Kosice |
Spain | Ciudad Ros Casares Valencia |
| | Halcon Avenida |
Turkey | Fenerbahce |
| | Besiktas Cola Turka |
EuroCup Women
Austria | Flying Foxes Post SV |
Belgium | Dexia Namur |
Bosnia & H | BC Zeljeznicar Sarajevo |
| | BC Mladi Krajisnik |
Bulgaria | Dunav Econt |
Croatia | Gospic Croatia Osiguranje |
| | WBC PGM Ragusa Dubrovnik |
| | Medvescak Zagreb |
Cyprus | A.E.L. Limassol |
Czech R. | Kara Trutnov |
Estonia | BC Star |
France | Challes Les Eaux Basket |
| | Tarbes GB Elite |
| | USO Mondeville |
Greece | AE Esperides |
| | GS Panionios |
| | AS Athinaikos |
| | Aris Holargou |
Hungary | Szeviep-Szeged |
| | Seat-Foton Györ |
Israel | Elitzur Ramla |
| | A.S. Ramat Hasharon Electra |
| | Bnot Ra'Anana Herzelia |
Italy | Cras Basket Taranto |
| | A.S.D. Basket Parma |
| | Pallacanestro Ribera |
Latvia | SK Cesis |
Lithuania | Lemminkainen Klaipeda |
| | ARVI Marijampole |
Luxembourg | BBT Ros Casares Letzebuerg |
Montenegro | Buducnost |
Poland | KSSSE AZS-PWSZ Gorzow |
Portugal | Olivais F.Clube |
| | A. Desportiva de Vagos |
| | Clube Amigos Basquete |
Romania | C.S. Baschet Arad |
| | CSS-LMK SF. Gheorghe |
| | CSS.CST Alexandria |
| | BCM Targoviste |
Russia | Vologda-Chevakata |
| | BC Moscow |
| | Dynamo Kursk |
| | Dinamo Moscow |
| | Spartak Noginsk (Moscow Region) |
Serbia | ZKK Hemofarm Stada |
| | ZKK Crvena Zvezda |
Slovak R. | MBK Ruzomberok |
Spain | EBE Promociones STA. Eulalia |
| | C.B. San José (Leon) |
| | Rivas Futura |
| | Extrugasa |
| | Baloncesto Islas Canarias |
Sweden | Solna Vikings |
| | 08 Stockholm HR |
Switzerland | Universite BC Neuchatel |
Turkey | Galatasaray |
| | Botas Adana |
Ukraine | BC DNIPRO |
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