First of all, there are 24 matches in the European Basketball League. There are 38 teams participating in the 2010/1season, of which 22 teams directly enter the competition, and the remaining 16 teams have to go through three rounds of cruel elimination at home and away, and the two winning teams win the last two games.
Secondly, the 14 places won in the competition are given to the traditional strong teams in Europe, which is called "a license" (G 14 of basketball), that is, these traditional strong teams can directly enter the group stage of the European basketball league no matter what achievements they make in the domestic league. These top 14 teams are:
Spain: Lapola, Real Madrid, Barcelona, Malaga.
Italy: Siena, Rome
Greece: Olympiakos, Panathinaikos
Russia: CSKA Moscow
Turkey: Efez, Fenerbahce
Lithuanian: kaunas
Israel: Tel Aviv Macabies
French: Aswell
Third, the champion team of last season's European Basketball Cup (equivalent to the European League in football) won 1 quota directly in the competition.
Fourth, except for the "A" team, the other seven teams were directly shortlisted for the league champions of Lithuania, Italy, Germany, Croatia, Serbia, Slovenia and Poland.
Fifth, the 16 team participating in the qualifiers comes from
France: Team 3
Russia: Team 2
Germany, Serbia, Israel, Turkey, Montenegro, Turkey, Ukraine, Italy, Greece, Czech Republic, Belgium 1 team.