Which clubs are leading the national leagues across Europe?

MUNICH (Germany) - With European club basketball about to take a break with national cups and the upcoming national team window for the  FIBA EuroBasket 2025 Qualifiers, it's a good time to take stock of which teams are currently leading their domestic competitions across the continent. 

A number of teams are undefeated in their leagues including Beselidhja (Albania), Cluj-Napoca (Romania), Fribourg Olympic (Switzerland) and Dnipro (Ukraine) while Bakken Bears (Denmark), BC Kalev/Cramo (Latvia/Estonia), Panathinaikos Athens (Greece), Falco Szombathely (Hungary), Belfast (Ireland), Sutjeska (Montenegro) and Heroes Den Bosch (Netherlands) all have just one defeat thus far.

Perhaps the biggest surprise league leader thus far is Germani Brescia in Italy though the club did win the Italian Cup last year. Brescia, who have never finished a regular season higher than third place, are currently holding off Virtus Bologna and Olimpia Milano atop the Lega A.

The common link among all the league leaders in major domestic championships is that all of them will have be represented in the FIBA Continental Cup 2025 Qualifiers, with no less than 10 players from Real Madrid, eight from Panathinaikos Athens, five from Zalgiris Kaunas named on the national team preliminary squads.

Note: The records of current championship leaders are accurate as of February 14 with a few of the leagues still having games over the rest of the week.

You will find the full list of clubs leading the domestic leagues below:

COUNTRY	LEAGUE	LEADERS	RECORD
Albania	Superliga	Beselidhja	12-0
Armenia	A-League	Erebuni	5-2
Austria	BSL	Klosterneuburg Dukes	19-2
Azerbaijan	ABL	Khazri	12-2
Belgium	BNXT	Filou Oostende	17-2
BIH	Prvenstvo BiH*	Bosna	15-3
Bulgaria	NBL	Chernomorets	18-3
Croatia	Premijer Liga	Split	18-3
Cyprus	Division A	Keravnos	15-2
Czechia	NBL	Nymburk	19-5
Denmark	Basketligaen	Bakken Bears	18-1
Estonia	Latvian-Estonian League	BC Kalev/Cramo	23-1
Finland	Korisliiga	Helsinki Seagulls BC Nokia	18-6
France	LNB	Monaco	21-2
Georgia	Superleague	TSU Gurjaani Delta	9-3
Germany	BBL	FC Bayern Munich	16-3
Great Britain	BBL	London Lions	26-3
Greece	Greek Basketball League	Panathinaikos Athens	17-1
Hungary	NB I/A	Falco Szombathely	20-1
Iceland	Premier League	Valur	14-3
Ireland	SuperLeague	Belfast	14-1
Israel	Super League	Hapoel Tel Aviv	10-2
Italy	Lega A	Germani Brescia	16-4
Kosovo	Superliga	Trepca	19-2
Latvia	Latvian-Estonian League	BC Kalev/Cramo	23-1
Lithuania	LKL	Zalgiris Kaunas	17-2
Luxembourg	LBBL	Amicale Steesel	17-3
Montenegro	Prva A Liga*	Sutjeska	10-1
Netherlands	BNXT	Heroes Den Bosch	15-1
North Macedonia	Prva Liga	MZT Skopje	14-3
Norway	BLNO	Fyllingen	24-3
Poland	Basket Liga	Anwil Wloclawek	17-3
Portugal	LPB	FC Porto	12-3
Romania	Divizia A	Cluj-Napoca	11-0
Serbia	KLS*	Vojvodina Novi Sad	17-4
Slovakia	Extraliga	Levice	19-6
Slovenia	Liga Nova KBM*	KK Krka Novo mesto	15-3
Spain	ACB	Real Madrid	19-3
Sweden	Basketligan	Norrkoping	21-4
Switzerland	SB League	Fribourg Olympic	18-0
Türkiye	Super Lig	Anadolu Efes Istanbul Fenerbahce Beko Istanbul	17-3
Ukraine	FBU Superleague	Dnipro	23-0
Adriatic	ABA League*	Crvena Zvezda	17-3

^{*Some teams competing in the Adriatic League from Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, Serbia, Slovenia will join the National Leagues in further rounds of competition}

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