Next season’s Euroleague teams set in a Board meeting / News - Basketnews.com

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On June 18 the Euroleague Commercial Assets’ (ECA) Executive Board members held a meeting in Barcelona and discussed several important topics related to the upcoming season. 18 participating teams were set as two EuroLeague long-term licenses were granted to Bayern Munich and ASVEL Villeurbanne, while Zenit St Petersburg, ALBA Berlin and Crvena Zvezda mts Belgrade received wild card invitations. Last season's EuroCup finalists – UNIKS Kazan and AS Monaco – entered the EuroLeague via promotion/relegation system.

Final list of the 2021-22 EuroLeague teams:

Anadolu Efes Istanbul AX Armani Exchange Milan CSKA Moscow FC Barcelona Fenerbahce Beko Istanbul Maccabi Playtika Tel Aviv Olympiacos Piraeus Panathinaikos OPAP Athens Real Madrid TD Systems Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz Zalgiris Kaunas FC Bayern Munich LDLC ASVEL Villeurbanne ALBA Berlin Crvena Zvezda mts Belgrade Zenit St Petersburg AS Monaco UNICS Kazan

ECA Executive Board also revised Financial Stability and Fair Play Regulations. These regulations refer to the maximum amount that the shareholders are allowed to contribute to club's total budget. Shareholder contribution limitations were increased in order to allow teams for a better navigation of post-pandemic financials. It was decided that financial limitations to be increased at 55% for the 2021-22 season (instead of 50%) and 50% for 2022-23 season (instead of 40%).

The list of the EuroCup teams that participate in 2021-22 season was also set.

Boulogne Metropolitans 92 Buducnost VOLI Podgorica Cedevita Olimpija Ljubljana Dolomiti Energia Trento Frutti Extra Bursaspor Hamburg Towers Herbalife Gran Canaria JL Bourg en Bresse Joventut Badalona Lietkabelis Panevezys Lokomotiv Kuban Krasnodar MoraBanc Andorra Partizan NIS Belgrade Promitheas Patras Ratiopharm Ulm Slask Wroclaw Turk Telekom Umana Reyer Venice Valencia Basket Virtus Segafredo Bologna Like what we are doing? Support us by becoming BN+ member.