Manchester will be represented at the Basketball Champions League Qualification Round draw on Wednesday at the Patrick Baumann House of Basketball in Switzerland on Wednesday.

The draw ceremony for the Regular Season groups and the Qualification Round tournaments will be live-streamed on the official BCL YouTube channel on Wednesday 8 July at 10.30am UK time. Be sure to tune in...

16 teams will compete for one qualification spot, taking place on September 14 to 20, 2026. Manchester will face a team from Pot 1 in the Qualification group 2 - meaning they could face Max Jones whose Fitness First Wurzburg Baskets (GER) are seeded in pot 1. MCR's other possible opponents include Promitheas Patras BC (GRE), VEF Riga (LAT) or SL Benfica (POR), who boast former British league x2 MVP Geno Crandall.

Pot 1: Fitness First Wurzburg Baskets (GER), Promitheas Patras BC (GRE), VEF Riga (LAT), SL Benfica (POR)

Pot 2: BK Opava (CZE), Manisa Basket (TUR), RASTA Vechta (GER), Rio Breogan (ESP)

Pot 3: Dziki Warszawa (POL), Kolossos H Hotels BC (GRE), Rilski Sportist (BUL), Yukatel Denizli Basket (TUR)

Pot 4: BC Vienna (AUT), Landau Lions (AZE), Lions de Geneve (SUI), Manchester Basketball (GBR)