Competition Calendar
Champions Cup Group Stage
> Thursday 5th – Sunday 8th February 2026
EuroCup 1 Group Stage
> Thursday 5th – Sunday 8th February 2026
Champions Cup Quarter Finals
> Thursday 12th – Sunday 15th March 2026
EuroCup 2 & 3 Group Stage
> Thursday 12th – Sunday 15th March 2026
EuroCup Finals
> Thursday 23rd – Sunday 26th April 2026
Champions Cup Final Four
> Thursday 30th April – Sunday 3rd May 2026
Forms to be returned before 31st July
Documents are also available in the download section.
The Entry Form EuroCup 2026 must be completed by all clubs (including those that want to bid to host an event) and returned to the IWBF Europe Competitions Commission as soon as possible but certainly not later than 31st July 2025.
Clubs that have never participated in the EuroCup are welcome to join the competition!
They are required to fill in the EuroCup Entry Form and submitting it like any other club (note: save filename as ‘NEW-00 + Club Name’).
The creation of EuroCup 4 – replacing the Qualification Tournaments – provides capacity for as many groups as is needed according to the number of entries (and if hosts are available!)
Bid to Host EuroCup 2026
Any Club who would like to host an event of EuroCup 2026 can make a bid by completing the ‘Bid Document Host of EuroCup 2026’ and for each hotel, the ‘Form A – Accommodation Information’.
The organiser of a Group Stage or a EuroCup Final will participate in the event they are awarded to host. The Champions Cup Quarter Final should be organised by the winner and the runner up of the Champions Cup Final 4 2025 who must still make the bid – the host will compete in the event automatically and will not participate in Champions Cup Group Stage.
The Champions Cup Final Four can be organised by any club, any organisation, any federation that wishes to organise this premier event. Only qualified teams from the Quarter Finals can compete in the Champions Cup Final Four.
Team Registration
Clubs may initially register up to 24 players from all their Club teams on the Team Statement. This Team Statement must be signed by a national or international licensed Classifier and also signed by the NOWB.
Your Team Statement must be submitted to IWBF Europe no later than 1st Janury 2026. Changes to the Team Statement after this date are not allowed.
EuroCup Format
EuroCup Ranking
Allocations and organizers are assigned based on ranking points. Places in EuroCup 2026 Group Stages will be allocated according to the ranking of Clubs following EuroCup 2025. Full EuroCup Ranking 2025 can be found HERE
Wildcard
A Club may request before 1st September 2026 a Wildcard. This request must be supported by the NOWB who will make the request on behalf of the Club. The Wildcard can be used by a club to request placement in higher or lower division of Group Stage than would be the situation if the place was decided by their ranking. The Competitions Commission will consider all wild card requests and their decision will be final.
Download here the EuroCup logo
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A bit of history...
In 1975, Hans Tukker (NED), coach of SC Antilope and member of the Netherlands Wheelchair Basketball Committee started an international club event with 10 teams from BEL, GER and NED. The name was "the West European Wheelchair Basketball Tournament (WEWBT)".
In 1976, the Belgium club Wapper Antwerp organised a club tournament, called EuroCup. After a meeting with Mr Hans Tukker (NED), Mr André Vergauwen (BEL), the chairman of Wapper Antwerp, and Mr Willi Brinkmann (GER), player/manager of BSG Duisburg-Buchholz, accepted Hans Tukker's invitation to form together the organising committee of the WEWBT. The first finals of the WEWBT were held in IJsselstein (NED) in May 1976 with the following ranking:
1. ISA Amsterdam (NED) 2. SC Antilope (NED) 3. BSG Duisburg (GER)
One year later, 16 teams took part in the WEWBT in two divisions. They were held in Antwerp (BEL), Duisburg (GER), Lokeren (BEL), Bonn and Cologne (GER).
In 1982, for the WEWBT, the committee changed the system in 1st Division with preliminary rounds and a final round.
Also it lowered the number of teams to a total of 22 teams. For the first time the preliminary rounds were held in March instead of the autumn.
In May 1983, the ISMGF recognised the WEWBT as the official European Championship for club teams. The Committee decided to change the name WEWBT to EuroCup, the name of the former Wapper tournament.
In 1988, as experiment, the EuroCup Committee organised the runners up tournament, The André Vergauwen Cup (AVC) was born. The EuroCup changed into Champions Cup.
In 1997, the 1st EuroCup 3 named Willi Brinkmann Cup (WBC) was held in Athens (GRE).
In 2009, the Competitions Commission started with a new formula in the EuroCup competitions, with 55 club teams participating. The preliminary rounds are called EuroLeague 1, 2 and 3. From this year a total four finals are being held, the CC, the AVC and WBC. New is the Challenge Cup.
Nowadays the rounds as called as follow: Champions Cup and EuroCup 1, 2, and 3.
