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2024–25 EuroCup Basketball

For the equivalent women's tournament, see 2024–25 EuroCup Women.

The 2024–25 EuroCup Basketball season is the 23rd season of Euroleague Basketball's secondary level professional club basketball tournament. It is the 17th season since it was renamed from the ULEB Cup to the EuroCup, and the second season under the new title sponsorship name of BKT.[1] The season began on 24 September 2024 and will end at the latest on 16 April 2025 with the Finals.

BKT EuroCup1
Season2024–25
Dates24 September 2024 – 16 April 2025
Games played180 + Playoffs
Teams20
Regular season
Season MVPUnited States Jared Harper (Hapoel Jerusalem)
Finals
ChampionsIsrael Hapoel Shlomo Tel Aviv
  Runners-upSpain Dreamland Gran Canaria
SemifinalistsTurkeyBahçeşehir Koleji
Spain Valencia Basket
Finals MVPUnited States Johnathan Motley (Hapoel Tel Aviv)
Awards
Coach of the YearSpain Pedro Martínez
Rising StarDominican Republic Jean Montero
Statistical leaders
Points Jared Harper 22.8
Rebounds Mfiondu Kabengele 9.7
Assists Zavier Simpson 8.0
Index Rating Jared Harper 27.2
Records
Biggest home winGran Canaria 125–78 Ulm
(22 October 2024)
Biggest away winAris 51–92 JL Bourg
(15 January 2025)
Highest scoringBudućnost 120–111 Trento
(18 December 2024)
Lowest scoringAris 59–63 Valencia
(6 November 2024)
1 Sponsored name, referring to BKT.

Team allocation

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A total of 20 teams from 12 countries participate in the 2024–25 EuroCup season. On June 17, 2024, Euroleague Basketball confirmed the team list for this season.[2]

Teams

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League positions after playoffs of the previous season shown in parentheses.

Notes
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    ABA League (ABA): Budućnost VOLI and Cedevita Olimpija qualified through the ABA League.

Round and draw dates

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The schedule of the competition is as follows.[2]

Schedule for 2024–25 EuroCup Basketball
Phase Round Draw date First leg Second leg Third leg
Regular season Round 1 5 July 2024 24–25 September 2024
Round 2 1–2 October 2024
Round 3 8–9 October 2024
Round 4 15–16 October 2024
Round 5 22–23 October 2024
Round 6 29–30 October 2024
Round 7 5–6 November 2024
Round 8 12–13 November 2024
Round 9 28–29 November 2024
Round 10 3–4 December 2024
Round 11 10–11 December 2024
Round 12 17–18 December 2024
Round 13 2–3 January 2025
Round 14 7–8 January 2025
Round 15 14–15 January 2025
Round 16 21–22 January 2025
Round 17 28–29 January 2025
Round 18 4–5 February 2025
Playoffs Eighthfinals 4–5 March 2025
Quarterfinals 11–12 March 2025
Semifinals 25 March 2025 28 March 2025 2 April 2025
Finals 8 April 2025 11 April 2025 16 April 2025

Draw

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The draw was held on 5 July 2024 in Barcelona, Spain.[3]

The 20 teams were drawn into two groups of 10, with the restriction that teams from the same league could not be drawn against each other, except when there were more than two teams from the same league participating in the regular season. For the draw, the teams were seeded into 10 pots, in accordance with the Club Ranking, based on their performance in European competitions during a three-year period and the lowest possible position that any club from that league can occupy in the draw is calculated by adding the results of the worst performing team from each league.[3]

Pot 1
Team
  Valencia Basket
  Hapoel Shlomo Tel Aviv
Pot 2
Team
  Hapoel Bank Yahav Jerusalem
  Dreamland Gran Canaria
Pot 3
Team
  Joventut Badalona
  Cosea JL Bourg
Pot 4
Team
  Türk Telekom
  ratiopharm Ulm
Pot 5
Team
  Budućnost VOLI
  Umana Reyer Venezia
Pot 6
Team
  Aris Midea
  Beşiktaş Fibabanka
Pot 7
Team
  Bahçeşehir Koleji
  7bet-Lietkabelis
Pot 8
Team
  Wolves Twinsbet
  Cedevita Olimpija
Pot 9
Team
  Veolia Towers Hamburg
  Dolomiti Energia Trento
Pot 10
Team
  Trefl Sopot
  U-BT Cluj-Napoca

The fixtures were decided after the draw, using a computer draw not shown to public, with the following match sequence:

Note: Positions for scheduling do not use the seeding pots, e.g., Team 1 is not necessarily the team from Pot 1 in the draw.

Round Matches
Round 1 10 v 5, 6 v 4, 7 v 3, 8 v 2, 9 v 1
Round 2 1 v 10, 2 v 9, 3 v 8, 4 v 7, 5 v 6
Round 3 10 v 6, 7 v 5, 8 v 4, 9 v 3, 1 v 2
Round 4 2 v 10, 3 v 1, 4 v 9, 5 v 8, 6 v 7
Round 5 10 v 7, 8 v 6, 9 v 5, 1 v 4, 2 v 3
Round 6 3 v 10, 4 v 2, 5 v 1, 6 v 9, 7 v 8
Round 7 10 v 8, 9 v 7, 1 v 6, 2 v 5, 3 v 4
Round 8 10 v 4, 5 v 3, 6 v 2, 7 v 1, 8 v 9
Round 9 9 v 10, 1 v 8, 2 v 7, 3 v 6, 4 v 5
Round Matches
Round 10 5 v 10, 4 v 6, 3 v 7, 2 v 8, 1 v 9
Round 11 10 v 1, 9 v 2, 8 v 3, 7 v 4, 6 v 5
Round 12 6 v 10, 5 v 7, 4 v 8, 3 v 9, 2 v 1
Round 13 10 v 2, 1 v 3, 9 v 4, 8 v 5, 7 v 6
Round 14 7 v 10, 6 v 8, 5 v 9, 4 v 1, 3 v 2
Round 15 10 v 3, 2 v 4, 1 v 5, 9 v 6, 8 v 7
Round 16 8 v 10, 7 v 9, 6 v 1, 5 v 2, 4 v 3
Round 17 4 v 10, 3 v 5, 2 v 6, 1 v 7, 9 v 8
Round 18 10 v 9, 8 v 1, 7 v 2, 6 v 3, 5 v 4

There were scheduling restrictions: for example, teams from the same city in general were not scheduled to play at home on the same round (to avoid them playing at home on the same day or on consecutive days, due to logistics and crowd control). This restriction was applied to the two teams from Israel (Hapoel Bank Yahav Jerusalem and Hapoel Shlomo Tel Aviv) that play their home games at Arena Samokov in Samokov, Bulgaria due to the Gaza war.[4]

Regular season

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Location of teams of the 2024–25 EuroCup regular season.
  Red: Group A;   Green: Group B.

The regular season began on 24 September 2024 and concluded on 5 February 2025. In each group, teams play against each other home-and-away in a round-robin format where only six teams advanced to the playoffs. Moreover, the top two teams in each regular season group received first round playoff byes, skipping the eighthfinals to be placed directly into the quarterfinals. At the tail end of the standings, four teams from each group were eliminated after the regular season.

Alongside 16 returning teams from last season, four-time former champion Valencia Basket returned to the EuroCup three years later, former champion Hapoel Bank Yahav Jerusalem returned seven years later, Bahçeşehir Koleji returned four years later, and Polish champion Trefl Sopot returned 12 years later.

Group A

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Standings

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Pos Team
 Pld W L PF PA PD Qualification
1   Bahçeşehir Koleji 18 14 4 1463 1334 +129 Advance to quarterfinals
2   Hapoel Shlomo Tel Aviv 18 12 6 1583 1424 +159
3   Dreamland Gran Canaria 18 12 6 1409 1351 +58 Advance to eighthfinals
4   Wolves Twinsbet 18 10 8 1501 1523 −22
5   Beşiktaş Fibabanka 18 10 8 1526 1504 +22
6   Budućnost VOLI 18 9 9 1520 1498 +22
7   ratiopharm Ulm 18 9 9 1543 1563 −20
8   Joventut Badalona 18 7 11 1422 1505 −83
9   Dolomiti Energia Trento 18 6 12 1413 1510 −97
10   Trefl Sopot 18 1 17 1354 1522 −168
Source: EuroCup
Rules for classification: All points scored in extra period(s) are not counted in the standings, nor for any tie-break situation.

Results

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Home \ Away BKS BJK BUD TRE DGC HTA CJB ULM SOP WLV
Bahçeşehir Koleji   — 87–66 95–93 110–70 73–65 90–82 89–78 85–81 79–67 84–74
Beşiktaş Fibabanka   89–82 — 94–76 79–75 74–76 87–101 82–76 107–74 87–72 79–77
Budućnost VOLI   75–92 88–90 — 110–108 86–89 84–83 107–75 105–100 92–83 104–77
Dolomiti Energia Trento   69–73 68–83 64–85 — 70–81 79–73 87–85 86–71 84–78 70–96
Dreamland Gran Canaria   66–63 90–81 82–71 84–81 — 64–87 77–83 125–78 84–58 66–68
Hapoel Shlomo Tel Aviv   84–77 109–101 92–72 89–68 79–66 — 95–70 80–82 91–72 89–84
Joventut Badalona   69–56 93–70 78–72 86–100 76–78 78–75 — 88–102 92–89 63–86
ratiopharm Ulm   72–80 104–87 82–85 84–82 76–83 90–97 87–83 — 83–69 114–91
Trefl Sopot   76–81 79–100 69–81 70–82 73–76 64–93 73–78 93–96 — 92–99
Wolves Twinsbet   69–80 93–78 91–82 88–83 88–76 104–100 91–80 76–94 74–97 —
Source: EuroCup
Legend: Blue = home team win; Red = away team win.
Matches with lighter background shading were decided after overtime.

Group B

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Standings

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Pos Team
 Pld W L PF PA PD Qualification
1   Valencia Basket 18 16 2 1726 1460 +266 Advance to quarterfinals
2   Hapoel Bank Yahav Jerusalem 18 11 7 1512 1398 +114
3   Türk Telekom 18 10 8 1437 1470 −33 Advance to eighthfinals
4   Cedevita Olimpija 18 10 8 1476 1471 +5
5   U-BT Cluj-Napoca 18 10 8 1602 1566 +36
6   Umana Reyer Venezia 18 10 8 1465 1484 −19
7   Cosea JL Bourg 18 9 9 1560 1497 +63
8   Veolia Towers Hamburg 18 6 12 1400 1562 −162
9   7bet-Lietkabelis 18 5 13 1470 1560 −90
10   Aris Midea 18 3 15 1341 1521 −180
Source: EuroCup
Rules for classification: All points scored in extra period(s) are not counted in the standings, nor for any tie-break situation.

Results

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Home \ Away LIE ARI COL JLB JLM TTA UBT URV HAM VBC
7bet-Lietkabelis   — 74–92 78–88 84–80 74–94 93–98 92–91 93–100 91–68 91–96
Aris Midea   81–66 — 75–82 51–92 68–78 63–68 74–89 74–81 88–90 59–63
Cedevita Olimpija   76–72 98–79 — 83–90 83–94 74–80 103–96 87–82 95–68 66–72
Cosea JL Bourg   79–66 88–91 87–82 — 67–94 67–63 84–73 99–102 93–82 96–107
Hapoel Bank Yahav Jerusalem   87–93 90–85 70–74 86–77 — 76–66 73–81 94–66 89–74 64–80
Türk Telekom   72–66 87–77 78–70 98–89 77–94 — 99–80 84–81 77–65 87–101
U-BT Cluj-Napoca   100–93 87–79 86–93 89–86 79–91 94–81 — 86–78 104–83 96–105
Umana Reyer Venezia   91–77 95–75 75–80 66–88 76–75 75–67 77–88 — 80–68 81–74
Veolia Towers Hamburg   84–77 93–69 80–62 80–100 82–80 89–77 67–103 77–90 — 78–86
Valencia Basket   106–107 106–65 109–80 100–98 96–83 116–78 108–80 105–83 105–78 —
Source: EuroCup
Legend: Blue = home team win; Red = away team win.
Matches with lighter background shading were decided after overtime.

Playoffs

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Main article: 2025 EuroCup Basketball Playoffs

In the playoffs, teams will play against each other in a knockout tournament into four rounds from eighthfinals to finals. At the end of the regular season, the six teams from each group with the most wins qualified for the playoffs. The two top teams from each regular season group receive a bye and qualify directly to the quarterfinals. The remaining eight qualified teams will enter the eighthfinals to compete in a single-game format in which the third-placed teams of each group will face off against the sixth-placed teams of the opposite groups and the fourth-placed teams of each group will face off against the fifth-placed teams of the opposite groups. The four winning teams from eighthfinals will enter the quarterfinals to face off in a single-game format in the home of the two top teams from each regular season group. The higher-placed regular season team in each matchup will enjoy home court advantage in eighthfinals and quarterfinals. From semifinals onwards, teams will play in best-of-three series with the first leg and third leg, if necessary, in the home court of the higher-placed regular season team to crown the EuroCup champion.[5][6]

Bracket

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Eighthfinals Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
  Bahçeşehir Koleji 85
  Cedevita Olimpija 96   Cedevita Olimpija 81
  Beşiktaş Fibabanka 86   Bahçeşehir Koleji 74 68 72 1
  Dreamland Gran Canaria 66 69 76 2
  Hapoel Bank Yahav Jerusalem 89
  Dreamland Gran Canaria 84   Dreamland Gran Canaria 92
  Umana Reyer Venezia 80   Dreamland Gran Canaria 65 94 – 0
  Hapoel Shlomo Tel Aviv 74 103 – 2
  Valencia Basket 98
  Wolves Twinsbet 99   U-BT Cluj-Napoca 74
  U-BT Cluj-Napoca 100   Valencia Basket 91 91 92 1
  Hapoel Shlomo Tel Aviv 82 96 94 2
  Hapoel Shlomo Tel Aviv 67
  Türk Telekom 93   Türk Telekom 61
  Budućnost VOLI 73

Eighthfinals

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The eighthfinals was played on 4–5 March 2025.

Home teamScoreAway team
Dreamland Gran Canaria  84–80  Umana Reyer Venezia
Cedevita Olimpija  96–86  Beşiktaş Fibabanka
Türk Telekom  93–73  Budućnost VOLI
Wolves Twinsbet  99–100  U-BT Cluj-Napoca

Quarterfinals

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The quarterfinals was played on 11–12 March 2025.

Home teamScoreAway team
Bahçeşehir Koleji  85–81  Cedevita Olimpija
Hapoel Bank Yahav Jerusalem  89–92  Dreamland Gran Canaria
Valencia Basket  98–74  U-BT Cluj-Napoca
Hapoel Shlomo Tel Aviv  67–61  Türk Telekom

Semifinals

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The first legs was played on 25 March, the second legs on 28 March and the third legs on 2 April 2025.

Team 1SeriesTeam 21st leg2nd leg3rd leg
Bahçeşehir Koleji  1–2  Dreamland Gran Canaria74–6668–6972–76
Valencia Basket  1–2  Hapoel Shlomo Tel Aviv91–8291–9692–94

Finals

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Main article: 2025 EuroCup Finals

The first legs will be played on 8 April, the second legs on 11 April and the third legs on 16 April 2025, if necessary.

Team 1SeriesTeam 21st leg2nd leg3rd leg
Hapoel Shlomo Tel Aviv  2–0  Dreamland Gran Canaria74–65103–94—

Awards

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EuroCup MVP

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Player Team Ref.
  Jared Harper   Hapoel Jerusalem [7]

EuroCup Final MVP

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Player Team Ref.
  Johnathan Motley   Hapoel Tel Aviv [8]

BKT All–EuroCup Teams

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BKT All–EuroCup First Team BKT All–EuroCup Second Team Ref
Player Team Player Team
  Jared Harper   Hapoel Jerusalem   Zavier Simpson   U-BT Cluj-Napoca [9][10]
  Jean Montero   Valencia   Anthony Brown   Türk Telekom
  Jaleen Smith   Bahçeşehir Koleji   Xabier López-Arostegui   Valencia
  Johnathan Motley   Hapoel Tel Aviv   Semi Ojeleye   Valencia
  Mfiondu Kabengele   Reyer Venezia   Devin Robinson   Cedevita Olimpija

Coach of the Year

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Coach Team Ref.
  Pedro Martínez   Valencia Basket [11]

Rising Star

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Player Team Ref.
  Jean Montero   Valencia Basket [12]

MVP of the round

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Regular season

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Round Player Team PIR Ref.
1   Ante Tomić   Joventut Badalona 32 [13]
2   Jared Harper   Hapoel Jerusalem 27 [14]
3   Johnathan Motley   Hapoel Tel Aviv 34 [15]
4   Anthony Cowan Jr.   Wolves Twinsbet 33 [16]
5   Axel Bouteille   Bahçeşehir Koleji 34 [17]
  Marko Pecarski   7bet-Lietkabelis Panevėžys
6   Jared Harper (x2)   Hapoel Jerusalem 43 [18]
7   Anthony Brown   Türk Telekom 45 [19]
8   Zavier Simpson   U-BT Cluj-Napoca 34 [20]
9   Jared Harper (x3)   Hapoel Jerusalem 38 [21]
10   Braian Angola   Türk Telekom 34 [22]
11   Anthony Cowan Jr. (x2)   Wolves Twinsbet 33 [23]
12   Kenan Kamenjaš   Budućnost VOLI 34 [24]
13   Jared Harper (x4)   Hapoel Jerusalem 38 [25]
14   Jaleen Smith   Bahçeşehir Koleji 32 [26]
15   Jaleen Smith (2)   Bahçeşehir Koleji 39 [27]
16   D. J. Seeley   U-BT Cluj-Napoca 33 [28]
17   Jared Harper (x5)   Hapoel Jerusalem 38 [29]
18   Tyler Ennis   Umana Reyer Venezia 33 [30]

Playoffs

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Round Player Team PIR Ref.
Eighthfinals   Devin Robinson   Cedevita Olimpija 30 [31]
Quarterfinals   Marko Simonović   Bahçeşehir Koleji 27 [32]
Semifinals   Yam Madar   Hapoel Tel Aviv 20.7 [33]

See also

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References

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  2. ^ a b "Assembly of Syndicate Shareholders of ECA approves 2024-25 teams lists, season calendar and new Financial Fair Play new regulations". Euroleague Basketball. 17 June 2024. Retrieved 17 June 2024.
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  13. ^ "Round 1 MVP: Ante Tomic, Joventut Badalona". Euroleague Basketball. 2 October 2024. Retrieved 26 September 2024.
  14. ^ "Round 2 MVP: Jared Harper, Hapoel Bank Yahav Jerusalem". Euroleague Basketball. 7 October 2024. Retrieved 3 October 2024.
  15. ^ "Round 3 MVP: Johnathan Motley, Hapoel Shlomo Tel Aviv". Euroleague Basketball. 10 October 2024. Retrieved 11 October 2024.
  16. ^ "Round 4 MVP: Anthony Cowan Jr., Wolves Twinsbet Vilnius". Euroleague Basketball. 18 October 2024. Retrieved 18 October 2024.
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  18. ^ "Round 6 MVP: Jared Harper, Hapoel Bank Yahav Jerusalem". Euroleague Basketball. 31 October 2024. Retrieved 31 October 2024.
  19. ^ "Round 7 MVP: Anthony Brown, Turk Telekom Ankara". Euroleague Basketball. 7 November 2024. Retrieved 7 November 2024.
  20. ^ "Round 8 MVP: Zavier Simpson, U-BT Cluj-Napoca". Euroleague Basketball. 14 November 2024. Retrieved 14 November 2024.
  21. ^ "Round 9 MVP: Jared Harper, Hapoel Bank Yahav Jerusalem". Euroleague Basketball. 1 December 2024. Retrieved 30 November 2024.
  22. ^ "Round 10 MVP: Braian Angola, Turk Telekom Ankara". Euroleague Basketball. 6 December 2024. Retrieved 6 December 2024.
  23. ^ "Round 11 MVP: Anthony Cowan Jr., Wolves Twinsbet Vilnius". Euroleague Basketball. 12 December 2024. Retrieved 12 December 2024.
  24. ^ "Round 12 MVP: Kenan Kamenjas, Buducnost VOLI Podgorica". Euroleague Basketball. 25 December 2024. Retrieved 19 December 2024.
  25. ^ "Round 13 MVP: Jared Harper, Hapoel Bank Yahav Jerusalem". Euroleague Basketball. 4 January 2025. Retrieved 10 January 2025.
  26. ^ "Round 14 MVP: Jaleen Smith, Bahcesehir College Istanbul". Euroleague Basketball. 9 January 2025. Retrieved 10 January 2025.
  27. ^ "Round 15 MVP: Jaleen Smith, Bahcesehir College Istanbul". Euroleague Basketball. 16 January 2025. Retrieved 16 January 2025.
  28. ^ "Round 16 MVP: DJ Seeley, U-BT Cluj-Napoca". Euroleague Basketball. 23 January 2025. Retrieved 23 January 2025.
  29. ^ "Round 17 MVP: Jared Harper, Hapoel Bank Yahav Jerusalem". Euroleague Basketball. 30 January 2025. Retrieved 31 January 2025.
  30. ^ "Round 18 MVP: Tyler Ennis, Umana Reyer Venice". Euroleague Basketball. 6 February 2025. Retrieved 7 February 2025.
  31. ^ "Eighthfinals MVP: Devin Robinson, Cedevita Olimpija Ljubljana". Euroleague Basketball. 6 March 2025. Retrieved 6 March 2025.
  32. ^ "Quarterfinals MVP: Marko Simonovic, Bahcesehir College Istanbul". Euroleague Basketball. 13 March 2025. Retrieved 13 March 2025.
  33. ^ "Semifinals MVP: Yam Madar, Hapoel Shlomo Tel Aviv". Euroleague Basketball. 3 April 2025. Retrieved 3 April 2025.
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