FIBA: EuroLeague Ladies loaded with WNBA expertise for 2024-25 season

FIBA’s EuroLeague Ladies, generally considered one of many world’s high worldwide basketball competitions, returns for the 2024-25 season. Group play will start this Tuesday, October 8, and can proceed by means of late January 2025. The EuroLeague Ladies postseason will then start in February, with the competitors championship being held on Sunday, April 13.

For the subsequent few months, Swish Attraction can be bringing you weekly EuroLeague Ladies protection, together with sport instances, hyperlinks to dwell sport streams, and naturally, the gamers you have to be following. For now, right here’s a fast refresher on the EuroLeague Ladies fundamentals, with a give attention to which WNBA and WNBA-adjacent gamers can be competing this winter.

What’s EuroLeague Ladies?

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EuroLeague Ladies is an annual worldwide basketball occasion held by FIBA. It options 16 of Europe’s high basketball groups from all around the continent, sometimes taking part in an intensive common season spanning a number of months earlier than competing for the EuroLeague Ladies Championship, which is held in a bracket format.

Why ought to I comply with EuroLeague Ladies?

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A superb query!

EuroLeague Ladies boasts maybe the very best degree of competitors of any worldwide ladies’s basketball occasion. A number of the greatest golf equipment in Europe compete, starting with a preseason qualifying spherical that decide the ultimate three contending groups. Whereas there sometimes is a handful of groups which might be clear favorites to win the competitors, the extent of play in the course of the occasion is mostly thought-about to be tops in Europe.

Not solely is EuroLeague Ladies nice basketball, it’s additionally simply accessible. From a devoted and aesthetically pleasing FIBA web site containing the league rulebook and a information part to maintain you updated to a YouTube channel that has free dwell streams of each EuroLeague Ladies sport, the competitors is straightforward to comply with, even in the event you can’t watch the video games dwell. Following your favourite WNBA gamers abroad is usually a problem, however for these competing in EuroLeague Ladies, video, stats and information are simply attainable.

Who competes in EuroLeague Ladies?

Right here is the listing of the groups competing within the 2024-25 EuroLeague Ladies season, together with gamers WNBA and American basketball followers could also be accustomed to (per the official FIBA web site). Remember that midseason acquisitions and transfers are frequent, and that this listing is in no way remaining; additionally observe that the competitors can be shifting from a two-group system to a four-group system for the 2024-25 season.

Group A

Beretta Famila Schio (Italy) — Kitija Laksa, Jasmine Keys, Janelle Salaün

Basket Landes (France) — Future Slocum, Leïla Lacan

DVTK HUN-Therm Miskolc (Hungary) — Kaila Charles, Aleksa Gulbe

Perfumerias Avenida (Spain) — Arella Guirantes, Sika Koné, Mikiah Herbert Harrigan, Arica Carter

Group B

Tango Bourges Basket (France) — Amy Okonkwo, Morgan Inexperienced, Kariata Diaby

Žabiny Brno (Czech Republic) — Elissa Cunane

Olympiacos B.C. (Greece) — Kyra Lambert, Rebecca Tobin

CBK Mersin (Turkey) — Marine Johannès, Natasha Howard, Karlie Samuelson, Yvonne Anderson, Iliana Rupert, Marine Fauthoux, Regan Magarity

Group C

Villeneuve-d’Ascq LM (France) — Shavonte Zellous, Kelsey Bone, Carla Leite, Maïa Hirsch

Casademont Zaragoza (Spain) — Markeisha Gatling, Helena Pueyo, Tanaya Atkinson, Stephanie Mawuli

KGHM BC Polkowice (Poland) — Alexis Peterson, Amanda Zahui B., Rennia Davis, Emma Cannon

Fenerbahçe Opet (Turkey) — Ariel Atkins, Emma Meesseman, Tina Charles, Gabby Williams, Julie Allemand, Nikolina Milic, Sevgi Uzun

Group D

Valencia Basket Membership (Spain) — Alina Iagupova, Stephanie Mavunga, Kayla Alexander, Yvonne Turner, Raquel Carrera, Leticia Romero, Alba Torrens

UNI Győr (Hungary) — Cyesha Goree

Umana Reyer Venezia (Italy) — Awak Kuier, Lorela Cubaj, Kamiah Smalls

ZVVZ USK Praha (Czech Republic) — Ezi Magbegor, Brionna Jones, Isabelle Harrison, Maite Cazorla, Valeriane Ayayi, Maria Conde, Emese Hof

How do I watch EuroLeague Ladies?

All EuroLeague Ladies video games can be streamed at no cost on FIBA’s EuroLeague Ladies YouTube channel. The video games can be archived in case you miss them. FIBA additionally often posts highlights of the video games on the channel, as does the league’s X/Twitter account.