pour la licence A ,Seule L Asvel et l'élan rentre dans cette catégorie , par rapport au critère des 4 saisons minimum en Euroleague.Euroleague Basketball Assembly approves structural changes
EUROLEAGUE BASKETBALL BUILDS STRONGER FUTURE FOR TOP EUROPEAN BASKETBALL CLUBS WITH NEW COMPETITION FORMAT
Assembly Euroleague and Eurocup in BerlinIn an effort to solidify the top European club basketball competition, Euroleague Basketball has proposed a plan to create a new format guaranteeing stability for the leading European clubs. Following the example of may successful formats in national league competitions, while keeping in line with the agreement reached with FIBA Europe in 2004, and after consultation with European basketball industry members such as club general managers, media members, former players and national league representatives, Euroleague Basketball seeks to reiterate the strategic importance of having large cities, top quality arenas and solid clubs in the competition to make the sport of basketball grow across the continent.
The move promotes an open competition system allowing for greater sporting competitiveness while increasing stability for participating clubs through centralizing economic management of the competition and opening up the sporting development to the European national market. This format guarantees growth for primary basketball clubs in major European cities while giving Europe's most competitive clubs the opportunity to participate in Euroleague Basketball, the premier basketball league.
This decisive plan, along with newly signed partners such as AEG and Nike, will offer European basketball the perfect platform to grow and begin to take a strong hold in the sporting market.
"European club basketball has reached that point where the planning and implementation of strategic changes are necessary. Stability for the clubs, strong commercial partners, as well as increased value of the license to access the league are necessary decisions to bring Europe's premier basketball competition to the forefront of the sporting market," said Jordi Bertomeu, CEO of Euroleague Basketball. "In strict following of what was laid out in 2004 with FIBA Europe, we believe that the stratagic plan presented is of a competition system that will offer clubs the perfect platform to grow as economic and sporting entities, thus offering fans across the globe the highest possible basketball standard."
The proposed changes include a new licensing system for participation in the Euroleague, which will have three categories and will be applied starting with the 2009-10 season.
The first category, called License A, features long-term licenses with no fixed-year limits for a maximum of 16 clubs. The criteria for such licenses will be based on results in Euroleague Basketball competitions, television revenue and arena attendance. Only teams that have played at least four Euroleague Basketball seasons since 2000 will be eligible for those licenses when they are first applied in 2009. A maximum of three teams per country would hold such licenses. There will be a possibility for Euroleague Basketball to grant two licenses as wild cards. Licenses will be lost when a team fails to participate in its domestic league's first division or when it finishes last in a three-season ranking of its results in the Euroleague The three-season ranking will first come into effect before the 2012-13 season, but each year thereafter, one team will lose its License A and a new team will take its place.
The second category, License B, is another long-term license granted to a minimum of seven national leagues based on a ranking of that country's results in Euroleague Basketball competitions and an assessment of the market's potential for economic revenues. Licenses may be lost when a country finishes last in a three-season ranking of its results in the Euroleague.
The third category, License C, is a single license granted to the second competition organized by ULEB each season.
The proposed plan have been approved by members representing Euroleague Basketball and will be further defined and discussed in future meetings.
Un autre critère n'est pas la capacité des salles, comme on le supposait, mais l'affluence, ce qui n'est pas tout à fait la même chose.
