With Monaco, Paris and Asvel, three French clubs will now compete in the Euroleague, which begins Thursday, while Fournier, Cordinier and Fall will represent other colors.
Behind the untouchable NBA, it is the biggest basketball league in the world, the equivalent of the Champions League in football, the one that takes clubs and players to a new level. The Euroleague resumed its rights this Thursday, with the start of the first of 34 days of the regular season. Eighteen teams will do battle until mid-April, including three French ones. It’s huge: there were zero during the 2018-19 season. Today, only Spain has so many.
There is the latest arrival, Paris Basketball, qualified thanks to its coronation in the Eurocup, the small European cup, and whose ambition is matched only by its precocity (club founded in 2018). There is Villeurbanne, the only one of the three musketeers to have a long-term license (valid until 2031) but which doesn’t do much with it. Asvel ranked penultimate in 2022, last in 2023 and penultimate in 2024.
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