MIES (Switzerland) - Four spots in the Final Four of the Basketball Champions League, powered by Ameresco SUNEL. And four Quarter-Final series to find out who will deserve to occupy them.
Finally, one of the most anticipated moments of the season has arrived. Tune in for Game 1 in Vilnius, Athens, Malaga, and San Cristobal de La Laguna to enjoy the action, but first take note of these 24 must-know facts.
Rytas Vilnius vs. ERA Nymburk - April 1 at 18:30 CET
Rytas Vilnius have reached the BCL Quarter-Finals for the first time in their six seasons in the competition. The Lithuanian side have scored 90+ points in each of their last three league games, their longest such run in the BCL, and are averaging the most points per game (93.7) of any team this season.
ERA Nymburk have reached the Quarter-Finals in four of their nine seasons in the BCL - however, they are still looking for their first victory in this round; the Czechs have won three of their last four league games on the road after losing all three to start this 2025-26 BCL season.
Nymburk (14.9) and Rytas (14.1) lead the BCL in offensive rebounds per game this season; Rytas have secured 73.6 percent of all rebounds available on their defensive glass, the second-best rate in the league, behind only Trapani Shark (75.3%).
Jerrick Harding has scored 20+ points in 16 different BCL games, while only three players have had more such scoring performances (Levi Randolph, 18; Zoltan Perl and Marcus Foster, both 17); Harding has had 20 or more points in three of his last five games at home in the competition.
J.T. Shumate has scored more than 15 points in each of his last two BCL games with Nymburk, after scoring that many points only once in his previous 23 league appearances.
In Lithuania, Rytas enjoyed the 98-77 win over Gargzdai, led by Ignas Sargiunas' 22-point winning effort; the Czech champs also won during the weekend, beating Decin 110-76, thanks to Ondrej Sehnal's 17 points and 8 assists.
AEK BC vs. Asisa Joventut - April 1 at 18:30 CET
AEK BC have won all six of their home games in the BCL Quarter-Finals, with three of the last four ending with margins of 12+ points. They have won 15 of their 16 BCL games at home since the start of last season, their only defeat coming against another Spanish side in last season’s Semi-Finals (65–71 vs. Unicaja).
Asisa Joventut have lost two of their last three games in the BCL, after winning their previous nine – those two defeats happened in their two most recent games on the road. The Badalona outfit have never reached halftime in a losing position in a BCL game.
AEK have allowed 34.3 points per game in the 2nd half, the best defensive average in the BCL this season; overall, they boast the third highest Defensive Rating amongst all BCL teams this term (103.2).
Frank Bartley has scored more than 20 points in four of his last five BCL games for AEK, averaging 23.0 points per game in that span; he has made 3+ shots from behind the arc in nine of his 12 BCL games, including in each of his last six.
Ricky Rubio has dished out 7+ assists in each of his last four games played in the BCL with Joventut; however, he has scored in single digits in both his last two games, after tallying more than 12 points in each of his previous eight appearances in the competition.
The Spanish mastermind Rubio and Cameron Hunt collected 44 points to help Joventut take down Dreamland Gran Canaria 92-84 in the ACB; AEK didn't enter the Quarter-Final week perfectly, as they suffered the 74-64 home defeat to Peristeri in the Greek League.
Unicaja vs. ALBA BERLIN - April 1 at 20:30 CET
Unicaja have made it to the Quarter-Finals in each of their five seasons in the BCL and will try to become only the second team in league history to progress from this phase in four consecutive campaigns after La Laguna Tenerife (between 2021-22 and 2024-25).
ALBA BERLIN have been defeated in their most recent BCL game (88-93 vs. AEK) but are yet to lose back-to-back games in the competition; the German outfit has a higher winning percentage when playing on the road (83.3%) than when playing at home in the BCL (66.7%).
Unicaja and ALBA are two of the three BCL teams this season to have dished out assists in 20 percent or more of their possessions, with Unicaja leading the league with an assist ratio of 21.1, while ALBA ranks third with a 20.0 ratio (Joventut, 20.9).
Unicaja are averaging 1.18 points per two-point attempt, the most of any team in the BCL this season; by contrast, the reigning champions are scoring 1.08 points per shot from beyond the arc.
Justin Bean had 20 points in his most recent BCL game with ALBA, his highest scoring performance in the league; however, he hasn't had consecutive games scoring 15 or more points yet. Bean has made 50 percent of his attempted three-pointers in his last six BCL games (8-of-16).
Unicaja fought until the very end but couldn't prevail on the road against Barcelona, losing 97-91; ALBA had a fantastic Sunday, winning 94-73 in Braunschweig.
La Laguna Tenerife vs. Galatasaray MCT Technic - April 1 at 21:00 CET
This will be the fourth BCL meeting between Tenerife and Galatasaray MCT Technic, with the most recent encounter happening in last season’s Semi-Finals in Athens: that was Gala’s only victory in this matchup history (90-80).
Tenerife are undefeated at home in the BCL Quarter-Finals (W8) while Galatasaray are still looking for their first league victory in Spain, losing all three of their previous games there.
Tenerife rely the most on their three-point shooting in the BCL this season, with 49.2 percent of their attempted field goals coming from behind the arc; they have made the most threes in the BCL this season (10.9 per game).
Galatasaray's bench unit have scored 48.3 points per game in 2026, the most by any team in the BCL in the current calendar year; their bench players have scored more than 50 points in each of their last four games played outside of Türkiye.
Both Tenerife’s Marcelinho Huertas and Galatasaray's Errick McCollum have had 20+ points in 13 BCL games after turning 35 years old, the most among all players in league history: McCollum has done it in four of his last seven games, while Huertas has done it only once this season.
Patty Mills and Marcelinho Huertas combined for 32 points in Tenerife's 99-76 most recent win against Zaragoza in Spain; led by Jerome Robinson's 18 points, Galatasaray beat Erokspor 86-85 away from home.