EuroLeague: Professionalization and Pan-European Expansion (2000–2020)

1. ULEB forms Euroleague Basketball Company

   Jul 1, 2000Labels: ULEB, Euroleague Basketball

   • FIBA SuproLeague
   • 2000 01 Euroleague

2. Two rival top-tier competitions split clubs

   Oct 18, 2000Labels: EuroLeague, SuproLeague

   • FIBA SuproLeague
   • 2000 01 Euroleague

3. First Euroleague Basketball season concludes

   May 10, 2001Labels: Virtus Bologna, SuproLeague

   • 2000 01 Euroleague
   • FIBA SuproLeague

4. EuroLeague reunifies as single premier competition

   Sep 1, 2001Labels: EuroLeague, club-unification

   • 2000 01 Euroleague
   • FIBA SuproLeague

5. EuroLeague adopts modern Final Four finale

   May 3, 2002Labels: Final Four, EuroLeague

   • Final Four
   • 2002 Final Four

6. FIBA and ULEB end their four-year dispute

   Nov 3, 2004Labels: FIBA Europe, ULEB

   • SerbiaGov

7. Top 16 era standardizes multi-phase competition

   Jan 28, 2009Labels: Top 16, Regular Season

   • 2008 09 season

8. Paris hosts high-profile 2010 Final Four

   May 7, 2010Labels: 2010 Final, Paris

   • 2010 Final Four

9. Turkish Airlines becomes EuroLeague title sponsor

   Jul 27, 2010Labels: Turkish Airlines, EuroLeague

   • Anadolu Agency
   • EuroLeague

10. Euroleague and IMG sign long-term joint venture

    Nov 1, 2015Labels: IMG, EuroLeague

    • IMG

11. New 16-team full round-robin format launches

    Oct 12, 2016Labels: 16-team format, Round-robin

    • FC Barcelona
    • Eurohoops

12. EuroLeague expands to 18 teams

    Oct 3, 2019Labels: 18-team format, Access List

    • 2019 20 season
    • SportBusiness

13. COVID-19 suspends the 2019–20 EuroLeague season

    Mar 11, 2020Labels: COVID-19, 2019 20

    • 2019 20 season
    • 2019 20 RS