• The A Licence club with the lower ranking, calculated by the performance of teams in European competitions during a three-year period, may lose its licence.
• *The A Licence team with the lowest ranking at the end of the 2011-12 season is Lottomatica Roma.
• The ECA Shareholders Executive Board may propose the following to the General Assembly for the substitution of the A Licence team:


1. Substitution by highest-ranked club without an A Licence. In all cases, the new club must fulfil all other requirements for obtaining an A Licence as established in the licensing rules;
or

2. Substitution of the place by a B Licence, whether temporarily or definitively;
or

3. Substitution of the place by a wild card, which will be granted to the club that the General Assembly considers appropriate at its own discretion and for the period that it deems necessary.

2012-13 EUROLEAGUE COUNTRY RANKING

• All B Licences will be allocated according to the Euroleague Country Ranking.
• When a country ranking spot has already been assigned to an A Licence team, the assignation will jump to the next country appearing in the ranking, until all spots are covered.
• One B License is reserved for the Turkish Airlines Euroleague Qualifying Round champion.
• Turkish Airlines Euroleague Qualifying Round spots will also follow the country ranking.
• As stated in the Euroleague Basketball Bylaws, Euroleague Basketball reserves the right to allocate wildcards in the Turkish Airlines Euroleague Qualifying Round.

• The C Licence corresponds to the Eurocup champion, BC Khimki Moscow Region.
• In the case that the Eurocup champion also earns the right to participate in the Turkish Airlines Euroleague through the country ranking regarding its national league final standing (B Licence), the C Licence will automatically become a wildcard.