The following criteria for the allocation of licences to participating teams for the 2012-13 Turkish Airlines Euroleague season were approved at the Euroleague Commercial Assets shareholders’ meeting held on October 14, 2011.
A LICENCE TEAMS
| TEAM | COUNTRY |
| Anadolu Efes Istanbul | Turkey |
| Asseco Prokom Gdynia | Poland |
| Caja Laboral | Spain |
| CSKA Moscow | Russia |
| FC Barcelona Regal | Spain |
| Fenerbahce Ulker Istanbul | Turkey |
| Lottomatica Roma* | Italy |
| Maccabi Electra Tel Aviv | Israel |
| Montepaschi Siena | Italy |
| Olympiacos Piraeus | Greece |
| Panathinaikos Athens | Greece |
| Real Madrid | Spain |
| Unicaja | Spain |
| Zalgiris Kaunas | Lithuania |
- The A Licence club with the lower ranking, calculated by the performance of teams in European competitions during a three-year period, may lose its licence.
- *The A Licence team with the lowest ranking at the end of the 2011-12 season is Lottomatica Roma.
- The ECA Shareholders Executive Board may propose the following to the General Assembly for the substitution of the A Licence team:
- Substitution by highest-ranked club without an A Licence. In all cases, the new club must fulfil all other requirements for obtaining an A Licence as established in the licensing rules;
- Substitution of the place by a B Licence, whether temporarily or definitively;
- Substitution of the place by a wild card, which will be granted to the club that the General Assembly considers appropriate at its own discretion and for the period that it deems necessary.
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B LICENSE TEAMS
| # | COUNTRY / LEAGUE | TEAM |
| 1 | Spain | Champion |
| 2 | Russia | Champion (CSKA Moscow) |
| 3 | Greece | Champion (Olympiacos Piraeus or Panathinaikos Athens) |
| 4 | Italy | Champion |
| 5 | Turkey | Champion (Anadolu Efes Istanbul or Besiktas JK Milangaz) |
| 6 | France | Champion |
| 7 | Germany | Champion (Brose Baskets or Ratiopharm Ulm) |
| 8 | Lithuania | Champion (Zalgiris Kaunas) |
| 9 | Adriatic League* | 1st Serbia (Partizan m:ts Belgrade) |
| 10 | Adriatic League* | 1st Croatia (Cedevita Zagreb) |
| 11 | Adriatic League* | 1st Slovenia (Union Olimpija Ljubljana) |
| 12 | Spain | Runner-up |
| 13 | Russia | Runner-up (BC Khimki Moscow Region) |
| 14 | Greece | Runner-up (Olympiacos Piraeus or Panathinaikos Athens) |
| 15 | Italy | Runner-up |
| 16 | Lithuania | Runner-up (Lietuvos Rytas) |
| 17 | Turkey | Runner-up (Anadolu Efes Istanbul or Besiktas JK Milangaz) |
| 18 | France | Runner-up |
| 19 | Germany | Runner-up (Brose Baskets or Ratiopharm Ulm) |
| 20 | Adriatic League | Next best team without B licence (Maccabi Electra Tel Aviv) |
| 21 | Belgium | Champion (Telenet BC Oostende or Belgacom Spirou Charleroi) |
| 22 | Chech Republic | Champion (CEZ Basketball Nymburk) |
| 23 | Ukraine | Champion (BC Donetsk) |
| 24 | Israel | Champion (Maccabi Electra Tel Aviv) |
| 25 | Poland | Champion (Asseco Prokom Gdynia or Trefl Sopot) |
| 26 | Bulgaria | Champion (PBC Lukoil Academic) |
| 27 | Netherlands | Champion (Eiffeltowers Den Bosch) |
| 28 | Latvia | Champion (VEF Riga) |
* The Adriatic League teams (1 from Serbia, 1 from Slovenia and 1 from Croatia) are the ones with the best Adriatic League + National League + European competitions ranking.
- All B Licences will be allocated according to the Euroleague Country Ranking.
- When a country ranking spot has already been assigned to an A Licence team, the assignation will jump to the next country appearing in the ranking, until all spots are covered.
- One B License is reserved for the Turkish Airlines Euroleague Qualifying Round champion.
- Turkish Airlines Euroleague Qualifying Round spots will also follow the country ranking.
- As stated in the Euroleague Basketball Bylaws, Euroleague Basketball reserves the right to allocate wildcards in the Turkish Airlines Euroleague Qualifying Round.
C LICENSE TEAM
| TEAM | POSITION |
| BC Khimki Moscow Region | Eurocup Champion |
- The C Licence corresponds to the Eurocup champion, BC Khimki Moscow Region.
- In the case that the Eurocup champion also earns the right to participate in the Turkish Airlines Euroleague through the country ranking regarding its national league final standing (B Licence), the C Licence will automatically become a wildcard.
*All wildcards will be proposed by the Board and confirmed by the General Assembly.
