La Euroleague conferma le partecipanti alla prossima edizione
Ufficiali le partecipanti
La Euroleague ha ufficializzato le partecipanti alla prossima competizione (tutti i nomi previsti senza sorprese).
Dopo l'Assemblea sono uscite anche alcune novità, come si evince dal comunicato stampa della Euroleague (in inglese).
Dal sito ufficiale dell'Olimpia Milano, Oggi l’assemblea generale dell’Eurolega ha stabilito i criteri della competizione futura che prevederà un modello piramidale in cui dalle leghe nazionali si accederà all’Eurocup e dall’Eurocup all’Eurolega con un sistema di promozioni e retrocessioni. Per arrivare a regime si passerà attraversoi una fase transitoria, dalla stagione 2015/16 in cui ci saranno 13 squadre ammesse di diritto, nove posti assegnati alle singole leghe di cui uno spetta alla lega italiana, uno alla squadra che vincerà l’Eurocup e un ultimo assegnato tramite wild-card. Tutte le squadre detentrici di licenza A verranno esaminate al termine della prossima stagione.
Comunicato stampa (in inglese):
The ultimate vision for the competition model would mirror the time-honored European sports structure of promotion and relegation in a hierarchy that moves from domestic leagues through the Eurocup to the Turkish Airlines Euroleague. The model respects a European sports culture that values competitive results first even as it shows a clear path to the elite for clubs wishing to invest in long-term projects and gives stability to those who have already achieved that status.
The proposals call for a transition period to be spent working with domestic leagues, clubs and other stakeholders to refine the model so that it promotes fair competition and healthy clubs through long-range sustainability with the ultimate goal of attracting more fans to the sport.
The shareholders endorsed a transition period in which the current formula of changing access to the Euroleague will be replaced by fixed spots for domestic leagues qualifiers. There will be changes in the current club licensing rules limit A licenses from any one country to three. B licenses will be fixed at two for the Adriatic League and one each for France, Germany, Italy, Poland, Russian Federation, Spain and Turkey. One wild card per season will be granted and the Eurocup champion will continue to receive a one year C license. At the end of the 2014-15 season, existing A Licence clubs will be reviewed and all those that continue to meet the same criteria used in summer 2009 to allocate the licences will be automatically renewed, taking into account the new per-country limitation of three teams.
During the transition period, the shareholders charged Euroleague Basketball with seeking agreements with domestic leagues in order to homogenize basketball rules, calendars, player eligibility and financial fair play amongst others.
A commitment was made to consolidate the Eurocup competition system for several seasons.
The approvals came after the shareholders heard reviews of the across-the-board growth of the Turkish Airlines Euroleague audience in everything from in-arena fans to television to social media, including record attendance, broadcast, Twitter and YouTube numbers last season. Such audience increases were behind enhanced business opportunities such as the signing of a new television partner in Turkey, Digiturk, as well as new sponsor agreements entering in force in 2015-16.
E. Carchia
@Sportando
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