Deutsche Telekom Secures Exclusive Basketball Champions League Rights in Germany

German telecoms giant Deutsche Telekom has acquired domestic media rights to the Basketball Champions League exclusively broadening the reach of MagentaSport in European basketball.

The deal come ahead of the 2026/27 Basketball Champions League season that tips off on Oct 6.

There will be four German clubs in the mix: ALBA Berlin, BMA365 Bamberg Baskets, Telekom Baskets Bonn and RASTA Vechta.

All matches with participation of the German teams are shown on MagentaSport.

From the quarter-finals onward fans in Germany will also be able to watch every Basketball Champions League game live including the semi finals and the final at the Final Four.

The pact means supporters can follow their domestic clubs through their European campaigns and watch the latter stages in full.

There will be live coverage of up to 64 games over the season, along with some highlights.

The Basketball Champions League will feature 32 teams in the 2026-27 season.

The regular season run from October 6 to December 23 with teams split into eight groups of four.

The winner of each pool goes straight into the Round of 16 with the runners-up and third placed sides dropping down into the Play-Ins.

The following phase will see four groups with the top teams progressing to the quarter-finals.

The quarter-finals will be played as best-of-three series with the winners advancing to the Final Four and Rytas Vilnius came into the competition as champions.

With the arrangement, German basketball gets another important European competition on the live sports program of MagentaSport.

It provides a bigger national audience for German clubs when they take on Europe’s best teams.