The “Sport Klub” portal reports that “Monaco” has contacted the Adriatic Basketball League and seeks the opportunity to play in this championship.
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It is added that for a late entry into the battles, the “Monaco” management is ready to pay up to half a million euros.
The consideration of “Monaco”‘s admission will take place on September 4th. Although the chance that the 21st team will join the tournament is small, it is not zero.
- In 2021, “Monaco” won the European Cup;
- In 2023, they took third place in the EuroLeague;
- In 2025, they took second place in the EuroLeague.
According to current rules, the maximum number of participants is 20. However, this would be possible if the league’s club owners agree that admitting “Monaco” would be beneficial for all parties.
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This decision may not please the Belgrade “Partizan” and Belgrade “Crvena zvezda” teams, as they play in the EuroLeague, so it would mean two additional matches for them.
Last autumn, the Monaco club, which started the EuroLeague season with one of the largest budgets, began to struggle when the financial flows from the Russian-born club owner Aleksey Fedorychev stopped.
“Monaco” moved from the EuroLeague to the European Cup, but they will not play there either.
“Monaco” claims to have gotten rid of large debts and has 5 million euros of planned resources, of which 3.3 million can be documented.
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