APPENDIX 2 - Euroleague Basketball

CHAPTER II
A Licences
Article 4.
Criteria for Allocating A Licences
According to the successive resolutions adopted by the General
Assembly since 7 July 2009, ECA will grant up to 14 A Licences
to the clubs based on the following criteria:
4.1. Territorial area: the area of influence of a club with a Euroleague
A Licence will be defined as a population of 200,000 inhabitants
within a geographical area of 200km 2 .
One additional licence will only be granted in this area if the
population is higher than 200,000 inhabitants. Nonetheless, the
General Assembly may authorise an exception if there are a
greater number of teams in the same territorial area and this
does not affect the economic expectations of the Clubs and the
Companies.
4.2. Use of an arena with a minimum capacity for 10,000 seated
spectators that is less than a four-hour commercial flight from
Frankfurt (on the understanding that this city is considered as
being in the geographical centre of the European Union territory
for the purposes of these Licensing Rules) and has all necessary
technical elements duly approved for the game of basketball, as
well as all other requirements demanded in the corresponding
regulations.
4.3. Availability of at least two 4 star hotels within the city area
where the arena is located.
4.4. International airport at a maximum distance of 100km by road
from the arena, with enough daily flights to allow the teams to
have access to the city under the right conditions, without
significant disruption to their schedule.
4.5. The club must be in a sound financial position, will not have
been formally declared bankrupt or insolvent by a competent
body in its home country and will not have entered into
liquidation or dissolution. Notwithstanding the above, before
rejecting the participation of this club in the event that it has
been formally declared insolvent, ECA may request additional
information from the club, including that its financial position be
evaluated by an auditing firm in order to establish if it is possible
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