MIES (Switzerland) - The FIBA Continental Qualifiers 2025 for AsiaCup, Afrobasket, AmeriCup and EuroBasket thrilled fans from across the globe, giving us great games, many surprises and loads of great performances. A total of 68 players competing in the EuroLeague heeded the call of their respective national teams during the February window while 53 players participating in this season's Basketball Champions League competed for their countries.
A total of 68 players from the EuroLeague's 18 clubs played for 26 countries in Africa, the Americas and Europe.
Germany featured the highest number of EuroLeague players on their roster for these two games, with a total of 9. Italy followed right behind with 8 while France and Greece both had 7 players.
Seven of the clubs engaged in the EuroLeague had at least five players play for national teams throughout the world. ALBA Berlin topped all teams with seven players while six players of Virtus Segafredo Bologna and Partizan Mozzart Belgrade lined up for their country in this window.
The complete list of players participating in the EuroLeague
Country | Player | EuroLeague Team |
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EUROBASKET QUALIFIERS |
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Bosnia and Herzegovina | Dzanan Musa | Real Madrid |
Bulgaria | Codi Miller-McIntyre | Crvena Zvezda Belgrade |
Bulgaria | Sasha Vezenkov | Olympiacos Piraeus |
Croatia | Mario Hezonja | Real Madrid |
Croatia | Luka Samanic | Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz |
Czechia | Tomas Satoransky | Barcelona |
Denmark | Iffe Lundberg | Partizan Belgrade |
Denmark | Shavon Shields | Armani Milan |
Estonia | Sander Raieste | Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz |
Finland | Mikael Jantunen | Paris Basketball |
France | Isaia Cordinier | Virtus Bologna |
France | Petr Cornelie | AS Monaco |
France | Timothe Luwawu-Cabarrot | Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz |
France | Theo Maledon | ASVEL Villeurbanne |
France | Elie Okobo | AS Monaco |
France | Neal Sako | ASVEL Villeurbanne |
France | Matthew Strazel | AS Monaco |
Georgia | Kamar Baldwin | Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz |
Georgia | Toko Shengelia | Virtus Bologna |
Germany | Isaac Bonga | Partizan Belgrade |
Germany | Malte Delow | ALBA Berlin |
Germany | Justus Hollatz | Bayern Munich |
Germany | Jonas Mattisseck | ALBA Berlin |
Germany | Andreas Obst | Bayern Munich |
Germany | Louis Olinde | ALBA Berlin |
Germany | Tim Schneider | ALBA Berlin |
Germany | Daniel Theis | Monaco |
Germany | Johannes Voigtmann | Bayern Munich |
Greece | Panagiotis Kalaitzakis | Panathinaikos Athens |
Greece | Giannoulis Larentzakis | Olympiacos Piraeus |
Greece | Konstantinos Mitoglou | Panathinaikos Athens |
Greece | Naz Mitrou-Long | Olympiacos Piraeus |
Greece | Dimitris Moraitis | Panathinaikos Athens |
Greece | Georgios Papagiannis | Monaco |
Greece | Ioannis Papapetrou | Panathinaikos Athens |
Iceland | Martin Hermannsson | ALBA Berlin |
Israel | Rafael Menco | Maccabi Tel-Aviv |
Italy | Nicola Akele | Virtus Bologna |
Italy | Giordano Bortolani | Armani Milan |
Italy | Guglielmo Caruso | Armani Milan |
Italy | Mouhamet Diouf | Virtus Bologna |
Italy | Alessandro Pajola | Virtus Bologna |
Italy | Gabriele Procida | ALBA Berlin |
Italy | Dame Sarr | Barcelona |
Italy | Matteo Spagnolo | ALBA Berlin |
Latvia | Andrejs Grazulis | Virtus Bologna |
North Macedonia | Nenad Dimitrijevic | Armani Milan |
North Macedonia | TJ Shorts | Paris Basketball |
Serbia | Dejan Davidovac | Crvena Zvezda Belgrade |
Serbia | Balsa Koprovica | Partizan Belgrade |
Serbia | Arijan Lakic | Partizan Belgrade |
Serbia | Mario Nakic | Partizan Belgrade |
Serbia | Filip Petrusev | Crvena Zvezda Belgrade |
Spain | Hugo Gonzalez | Real Madrid |
Spain | Joel Parra | Barcelona |
Türkiye | Onuralp Bitim | Bayern Munich |
Türkiye | Shane Larkin | Anadolu Efes Istanbul |
Türkiye | Cedi Osman | Panathinaikos Athens |
Türkiye | Ercan Osmani | Anadolu Efes Istanbul |
Türkiye | Erkan Yilmaz | Anadolu Efes Istanbul |
AFROBASKET QUALIFIERS |
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Angola | Jilson Bango | Fenerbahce Istanbul |
Senegal | Ousmane Ndiaye | Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz |
AMERICUP QUALIFIERS |
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Argentina | Facundo Campazzo | Real Madrid |
Brazil | Yago Santos | Crvena Zvezda Belgrade |
Canada | Isiaha Mike | Partizan Belgrade |
Chile | Sebastian Herrera | Paris Basketball |
Cuba | Jasiel Rivero | Maccabi Tel Aviv |
Dominican Republic | Andres Feliz | Real Madrid |
53 players coming from clubs competing in the BCL
A total of 53 players from the 30 Basketball Champions League clubs participated in this window for 28 countries. Belgium, Czechia, Hungary and Lithuania featured the highest number of those players on their roster for these two games with four each.
Spanish clubs UCAM Murcia and BAXI Manresa stood out with five players representing their national teams, the highest totals from this list. Hungarian side Falco Szombathely, meanwhile, contributed four players.
Country | Player | BCL club |
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EUROBASKET QUALIFIERS |
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Belgium | Simon Buysse | Oostende |
Belgium | Noah Meeusen | Oostende |
Belgium | Retin Obasohan | Manresa |
Belgium | Loic Schwartz | Saint-Quentin Basket |
Bosnia and Herzegovina | Vojin Ilic | Igokea |
Bosnia and Herzegovina | Ajdin Penava | Slask Wroclaw |
Bulgaria | Konstantin Kostadinov | Tenerife |
Czechia | Jaromir Bohacik | Nymburk |
Czechia | Vojtech Hruban | Nymburk |
Czechia | Ondrej Hustak | Manresa |
Czechia | Ondrej Sehnal | Nymburk |
Estonia | Matthias Tass | Oostende |
Finland | Olivier Nkamhoua | NINERS Chemnitz |
France | Bodian Massa | Manresa |
Georgia | Giorgi Shermadini | Tenerife |
Germany | David Kramer | Tenerife |
Greece | Neoklis Avdalas | Peristeri |
Greece | Vangelis Zougris | Peristeri |
Hungary | Akos Keller | Falco Szombathely |
Hungary | Zoltan Perl | Falco Szombathely |
Hungary | Benedek Varadi | Falco Szombathely |
Israel | Yotam Hanochi | Hapoel Holon |
Israel | Roi Huber | Maccabi Ramat-Gan |
Israel | Idan Zalmanson | Hapoel Holon |
Italy | Sasha Grant | Reggiana |
Latvia | Dairis Bertans | VEF Riga |
Latvia | Rodions Kurucs | Murcia |
Latvia | Marcis Steinbergs | Manresa |
Lithuania | Mindaugas Kuzminskas | AEK Athens |
Lithuania | Margiris Normantas | Rytas Vilnius |
Lithuania | Martynas Paliukenas | Rytas Vilnius |
Lithuania | Gytis Radzevicius | Rytas Vilnius |
Montenegro | Petar Popovic | FMP Belgrade |
Montenegro | Jonah Radebaugh | Murcia |
Montenegro | Nemanja Radovic | Murcia |
Poland | Aleksander Dziewa | King Szczecin |
Poland | Daniel Golebiowski | Slask Wroclaw |
Serbia | Borisa Simanic | Igokea |
Spain | Mario Saint-Supery | Manresa |
Sweden | Simon Birgander | Murcia |
Sweden | Ludde Hakanson | Murcia |
Türkiye | Sadik Emir Kabaca | Galatasaray Istanbul |
Türkiye | Muhsin Yasar | Pinar Karsiyaka |
Ukraine | Issuf Sanon | VEF Riga |
Ukraine | Vyacheslav Bobrov | VEF Riga |
AFROBASKET QUALIFIERS |
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Cape Verde | Betinho Gomes | Benfica |
South Sudan | Lual Acuil | Manisa |
AMERICUP QUALIFIERS |
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Canada | Thomas Kennedy | Baskets Bonn |
Canada | Lloyd Pandi | RASTA Vechta |
Colombia | Jaime Echenique | Petkimspor |
Dominican Republic | Angel Delgado | Galatasaray Istanbul |
Panama | Jhivvan Jackson | Würzburg Baskets |
A significant 68 players who participated in the February window compete in the ACB, making the Spanish Liga Endesa the national league contributing the most players to the national teams across all four continents.
The league with the second-most players is Spain's Primera FEB - the country's second division - with 35 players. The third most-represented league is Italy's Lega Basket Serie A with 32 players, followed by the Japanese B-League with 28 players and Australia's NBL with 27 players.
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