Euroleague Basketball, known for sponsorship reasons as Turkish Airlines Euroleague Basketball, and commonly known simply as the Euroleague (Turkish Airlines Euroleague), is the highest level and most important professional basketball competition in Europe, defined for purposes of the competition as countries within the sporting jurisdiction of FIBA Europe. Because of this, teams from Turkey, most of which lies within geographic Asia, and Israel, totally within Asia, are part of the system. Teams from up to 18 different European countries are involved each season. The competition is operated by ULEB, a Europe-wide consortium of leading professional basketball leagues. During the season, the Euroleague is broadcast on television in 191 countries and can be seen by up to 200 million television viewers weekly in China. As well as being nationally televised in the United States on NBATV and also being available online in the US through ESPN3. The Euroleague Final Four is broadcast on television in 197 countries. - Source: Wikipedia
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