Euroleague has announced the list of the Euroleague 2011/12 season participants. Amongst them are AJ Milano, Alba Berlin, PGE Turow and Cibona Zagreb who got awarded wild cards.

 

The full list is as follows:

LICENSETEAMCOUNTRY, POSITION
AAJ Milano*Italy, Semifinalist
ACaja LaboralSpain, Semifinalist
ACSKA MoscowRussia, Champion
AEfes AnadoluTurkey, Semifinalist
AFenerbahce UlkerTurkey, Champion
AMaccabi TAIsrael, Champion
AMontepaschi SienaItaly, Champion
AOlympiacosGreece, Finalist
APanathinaikosGreece, Champion
AReal MadridSpain, Semifinalist
ABarcelonaSpain, Finalist
AUnicaja MalagaSpain, Quarterfinalist
AZalgiris KaunasLithuania, Champion
BSLUC NancyFrance, Champion
BPartizanAdriatic, Serbia
BKK ZagrebAdriatic, Croatia
BOlimpija LjubljanaAdriatic, Slovenia
BAsseco ProkomPoland, Champion
BBambergGermany, Champion
BBilbao BasketSpain, Finalist
BCantuItaly, Finalist
CUNICS KazanRussia, Eurocup Champion
QRATEAM
QRBTEAM

The great card shuffling took place in the qualifying tournaments (there will be two qualifying tournaments, each consisting eight teams, of which the two champions will proceed to the regular season Groups Stage) where three teams declined playing in Euroleague qualifiers, although they earned a place.

The teams are Budivelnyk (Ukraine), KRKA (Slovenia) and Leiden (Netherlands). So Euroleague had three more wild cards at their hands which they handed out to PGE Turow (Poland), BC Donetsk (Ukraine) and Cibona (Croatia). The other available wild card was given to Alba Berlin (Germany). ASVEL from France has a wild card from the previous seasons.

The full list of the 16 teams of the qualifying tournaments is:

COUNTRYTEAMPOSITION
GermanyAlba Berlin*Finalist (Wild Card)
FranceASVEL*Semifinalist (Wild Card)
UkraineBC Donetsk*Finalist (Wild Card)
RussiaBC KhimkiFinalist
FranceGravelinesSemifinalist
TurkeyBC BanvitSemifinalist
Czech RepublicCEZ NymburkChampion
CroatiaCibona*Finalist (Wild Card)
FranceCholetFinalist
TurkeyGalatasarayFinalist
Montenegro (Adriatic)KK BuducnostSemifinalist
LithuaniaLietuvos RytasFinalist
GreecePAOK3rd place
PolandPGE Turow*Finalist (wild Card)
BelgiumSpirou CharleroiChampion
LatviaVEF RigaChampion

* Pending General Assembly (July 6) approval. The draw for both regular and qualifying phases will take part on the next day, July 7, in Barcelona