APPENDIX 2 - Euroleague Basketball

CHAPTER III
B and C Licences
Article 8.
B Licences
Each year ECA will grant B Licences to the clubs whose teams
have won their Domestic Championship in the previous season
according to the place that their country occupies in the
Euroleague Country Ranking elaborated by ECA (Appendix I).
Additionally, ECA may grant licences to the clubs ranked in the
second or third place of their Domestic Championship according
to the place that their country occupies in the Euroleague
Country Ranking.
For the Adriatic League, in which teams from different countries
are participating, ECA may grant a licence to a club ranked
below the third place when the champion and the runner-up
come from the same country. In this case, ECA may grant a
third licence to the highest place club from another country.
Article 9.
Criteria for Allocating B Licences
ECA will grant a minimum of seven B Licences with the right to
have direct access to the competition and one B Licence through
Qualifying Rounds, to the clubs that comply with the following
criteria:
9.1. The B Licences will be allocated to the highest placed clubs in
the Euroleague Country Ranking who have not previously been
granted an A Licence. When a position is occupied by an A
Licence Club, the right will fall upon the club placed in the
following position of the Euroleague Country Ranking, and so on
until allocating the seven places.
A maximum of eight places for the Qualifying Rounds will be
allocated following the same Euroleague Country Ranking and
criteria, although ECA reserves the right to grant wild cards. In
all cases, the clubs that will participate in the Qualifying Rounds
will comply with all the criteria established in this Article 9.
9.2. Use of an arena with a minimum capacity for 5,000 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
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