Top 10 Euroleague Basketball Teams 2026

CSKA Moscow won 8 EuroLeague championships (1961, 1969, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2016, 2019, 2021) and has been the dominant force in Russian basketball for 60 years, though their participation in EuroLeague competition was suspended following Russia's invasion of Ukraine in 2022. Their exclusion has created competitive space for other clubs, but CSKA's historical dominance — particularly their late-2000s dynasty with Theo Papaloukas and Andrei Kirilenko — remains the gold standard of European basketball. Their possible future return is the sport's most politically complicated storyline.

Panathinaikos has won seven EuroLeague titles — 1996, 2000, 2002, 2007, 2009, 2011 and 2024 — more than any other Greek club, and its derby with Olympiacos is the defining fixture of Greek basketball. Ergin Ataman took over as head coach in 2023 and won the competition in his first season, beating Real Madrid in the final at the Berlin Final Four.

Olimpia Milano, sponsored as EA7 Emporio Armani Milano, is Italy's most decorated basketball club, with three European Cup titles — 1966, 1987 and 1988. In the modern EuroLeague it reached the Final Four in 2021, and it plays at the Forum in Assago on the edge of Milan.

Maccabi Tel Aviv won 6 EuroLeague championships (1977, 1981, 2001, 2004, 2005, 2014) and carries the most significant cultural identity in European basketball — a club that represents Israel on the international stage and draws passionate support from Jewish communities globally. Their 2004 and 2005 back-to-back titles under coach Pini Gershon were the club's modern peak. Despite ongoing geopolitical challenges affecting their home games, Maccabi has continued to compete in EuroLeague and their roster regularly features former and future NBA-level talent.

FC Barcelona's basketball section has won the EuroLeague twice, in 2003 and 2010, and reached the final again in 2021 under Šarūnas Jasikevičius. It plays at the roughly 7,500-seat Palau Blaugrana and holds a long-term licence that gives it a permanent place in the competition.

Zalgiris Kaunas won the EuroLeague championship in 1999, and carries a significance in Lithuanian culture that transcends basketball: the club was a symbol of resistance during Soviet occupation. Despite limited financial resources relative to Russian and Spanish clubs, Zalgiris has remained a EuroLeague regular through intelligent recruitment and their home court advantage at Zalgiris Arena in Kaunas.

Baskonia has never won the EuroLeague, reaching the final in 2001 and again in 2005 without taking either. The club from Vitoria-Gasteiz plays at the Fernando Buesa Arena, has won the Spanish ACB title several times, and has a long record of developing and exporting players to the NBA.

FC Bayern's basketball department was relaunched in 2011 and reached the EuroLeague for the first time in 2014-15. Since September 2024 it has played at the SAP Garden in the Olympiapark, an arena of about 11,500 seats shared with the ice hockey club EHC Red Bull Munchen, replacing the far smaller Audi Dome.

Virtus Bologna — one of the oldest sports clubs in Italy, founded in 1871 — is among the most decorated sides in Italian basketball, with EuroLeague titles in 1998 and 2001 and a EuroCup win in 2022 that returned it to EuroLeague competition.