INNOVATIVE JOINT BASKETBALL’S PARTNERSHIP NEW HORIZON IN An independent and separate legal entity based in EUROPE: • FAIR COMPETITION BASED ON SPORTING Switzerland has been established. An innovative PRINCIPLES: TEAMS QUALIFYING THROUGH 50-50 joint partnership between FIBA and 10 top NATIONAL LEAGUES European leagues: • A TRULY EUROPEAN CLUB COMPETITION Belgium, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Greece, WITH 30 COUNTRIES Israel, Italy, Lithuania, Poland and Turkey. • INNOVATIVE PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN Board of Directors : Four committees composed NATIONAL LEAGUES & FIBA of representatives of - Marcus Studer, Chairman Leagues and FIBA: FIBA Chief Operating Officer; - Clubs’ Committee - Alain Béral, President of the French National League; - Competitions Committee - Georgios Chalvatzakis, - Marketing & Media Committee President of the Greek National League; - Finance Committee - Cyriel Coomans, First Vice- President of FIBA Europe; - Harun Erdenay, President of the Turkish Basketball Federation; - Stefan Holz, Managing Director of the German National League; Basketball Champions League Route Suisse 5 - P.O. Box 29 - Kamil Novak, FIBA Executive 1295 Mies Director – Europe; Switzerland BasketballCL.com - Marcin Widomski, President of Starting in September 2016 the Polish National League. #BasketballCL Gamedays: Wednesday & Thursday Competition format of the Basketball Champions League: Two-week Christmas break 56 teams from 30 countries National team windows integrated in the calendar 32 TEAMS 32 TEAMS THE BASKETBALL 48 GAMES 224 GAMES POOL A 16 TEAMS 4 TEAMS CHAMPIONS 24 GAMES 4 GAMES POOL B QUALIFICATION ROUND REGULAR SEASON FINAL FOUR PLAY-OFFS LEAGUE (STARTS IN SEPTEMBER 2016) (STARTS IN OCTOBER 2016) (28-30 APRIL 2017) POOL C is about: 8 TEAMS 2 elimination rounds: home and away games - Nurturing new European talents POOL D on points difference. - Protecting the domestic leagues Best ranked team in RS to 2 elimination rounds: 4 groups of 8. Round play second game at home. - Promoting sporting results and openness of competitions home and away games robin system. Home on points difference and away games. - Providing a sound business model for all stakeholders, not 4 best ranked teams only elite clubs 8 Finalists to qualify for in each group qualify regular season (RS) to last 16 (Play-offs) - Bringing coherence, transparency and unity to European club competitions 24 NON-QUALIFIED TEAMS - Protecting the integrity of the game: all clubs shall be treated equally 8 teams: 5th and 6th best - Advancing common interests through a partnership 50% ranked teams from each Leagues – 50% FIBA group of Basketball A TOTAL OF 50 COUNTRIES Champions League REPRESENTED IN BOTH FIBA Europe Cup COMPETITIONS 48 TEAMS 24 TEAMS 12 GROUPS OF 4 6 GROUPS OF 4 POOL A POOL G POOL M POOL B POOL H POOL N 16 TEAMS 2 TEAMS (8+8 BCL) HOME & AWAY POOL C POOL I REGULAR SEASON POOL O REGULAR SEASON PHASE 1 PHASE 2 PLAY-OFFS FINAL POOL D POOL J POOL P 8 TEAMS POOL E POOL K POOL Q FIBA Europe Cup may also include clubs qualifying from the Middle East and North Africa regions. The inclusion of teams POOL F POOL L POOL R from the aforementioned geographical zones is subject to detailed regulatory, sporting and infrastructure requirements..