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Four clubs — Unicaja Málaga, Reggio Emilia, Utenos Juventus and BK KVIS Pardubice — open the 2026-2027 Basketball Champions League regular season on October 6, 2026, headlined by Unicaja's continental scoring depth and Pardubice duo Joe Bryant Jr. and Zed Key, whose 2025-2026 production ranked among the group's highest.

Rytas Vilnius, Trabzonspor, Nanterre and BC Sabah open Basketball Champions League play together, with the defending champion the clear favorite in a pool where every other club arrives freshly rebuilt.

New York, Las Vegas and Golden State all grabbed 1-0 leads in their best-of-three First Round series on Sunday, September 27, 2026, as Breanna Stewart's 34 points powered the Liberty past the Lynx in Minneapolis, A'ja Wilson's 38-point outburst carried the Aces over the Fever in Las Vegas, and the Valkyries routed the Wings behind Tiffany Hayes and Gabby Williams at Chase Center.

The Minnesota Lynx, Golden State Valkyries, Las Vegas Aces and Atlanta Dream headline a best-of-three opening round that tipped off Sunday, September 27, with injury questions shadowing several top contenders.

Valencia Basket held off a fourth-quarter rally from Besiktas Istanbul to win 96-94 on Friday, September 25, 2026, in one of three EuroLeague Round 1 games played that night, as Fenerbahce Tarfin Istanbul beat Virtus Bologna 78-68 and Partizan Belgrade routed Armani Olimpia Milano 92-76.

Will the 2026-2027 EuroLeague MVP succeed Sasha Vezenkov… or will it still be Sasha Vezenkov? As the season begins, there are plenty of candidates, from regulars Kendrick Nunn and Mike James, to Frenchmen Sylvain Francisco and Nadir Hifi, and several players expected to shine in their new context, like Dzanan Musa, Jean Montero or Jonas Valanciunas.

LDLC ASVEL Villeurbanne defeated Maccabi Tel Aviv 84-74 at the LDLC Arena in Décines-Charpieu on September 24, 2026, giving Tony Parker his first official win as EuroLeague head coach in Round 1 of the 2026-2027 season.

NBA G League United routed the Beijing Royal Fighters 119-89 on Wednesday, September 23, 2026, while the RSSB Tigers of Rwanda outlasted the Shanghai Sharks 117-115 in overtime, both games played at the National Indoor Stadium in Beijing on Day 2 of the FIBA Intercontinental Cup group phase.

The 2026 FIBA Intercontinental Cup opened on September 22 at Beijing's National Indoor Stadium, where Rytas Vilnius beat RSSB Tigers 107-89 and Boca Juniors beat hosts Beijing Royal Fighters 88-78, as the global club competition moved to China for the first time in its history.

Germany's EasyCredit BBL, Lithuania's Betsafe LKL, the Czech Maxa NBL and Luxembourg's Enovos League all launched their 2026-2027 campaigns between September 18 and September 20, 2026, ahead of France's Betclic ELITE, Spain's Liga Endesa, Italy's Lega Basket Serie A and the EuroLeague, which all tip off the following week.