the euroleague established fiba, , operated under umbrella 1958, until summer 2000, concluding 1999–00 season. when richest , popular european basketball clubs created euroleague basketball.
fiba had never trademarked euroleague name, though had used name competition since 1996. euroleague basketball appropriated name, , since fiba had no legal recourse it, forced find new name championship series. thus, following 2000–2001 season started 2 separate top european professional club basketball competitions: fiba suproleague (previously known fiba euroleague) , brand new euroleague 2000–01 season.
the rift in european professional club basketball showed no signs of letting up. top clubs split between 2 leagues: panathinaikos, maccabi tel aviv, cska moscow, , efes pilsen stayed fiba, while olympiacos, kinder bologna, real madrid, fc barcelona, baskonia, , benetton treviso joined euroleague basketball.
in may 2001, europe had 2 first-tier continental champions, maccabi of fiba suproleague, , kinder bologna of euroleague. leaders of both organizations realized need come unified competition. although year old, euroleague basketball negotiated position of strength, , dictated proceedings. fiba had no choice agree euroleague basketball s terms. result, european club basketball competition integrated under euroleague basketball s umbrella, , teams competed in fiba suproleague during 2000–01 season joined well.
in november 2004, fiba , euroleague officially came agreement. in essence, authority in european professional basketball divided on club-country lines. fiba stayed in charge of national team competitions (like fiba eurobasket, fiba world cup, , summer olympics), while euroleague basketball took on european professional club competitions. point on, fiba s korać cup , saporta cup competitions, had folded, officially replaced euroleague basketball s launched uleb cup, known eurocup.
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