It was contested by 37 teams, twenty-five more than in the previous edition.

Birra Forst Cantù defeated Partizan in the final to become the competition's first back-to-back champion.

*Originally, AEK and 1.FC Bamberg were drawn to play against the Israeli teams Hapoel Tel Aviv and Maccabi Ramat Gan, respectively, but FIBA cancelled these match-ups and declared the former clubs winners.

**Soma Wien withdrew before the first leg and HAN Thessaloniki received a forfeit (2–0) in both games.

The round of 12 were played with a round-robin system, in which every Two Game series (TGS) constituted as one game for the record.