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Euroleague Basketball and Panini Renew Their Trading Card Partnership Through 2029

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4 days ago

November 12, 2026

Lonnie Walker, number 4, in a white Besiktas Istanbul jersey standing on court during the EuroLeague game at Virtus Bologna

Photo: Euroleague Basketball

European basketball fans get three more seasons of collecting their idols. Euroleague Basketball and Panini have renewed the partnership that brought back the classic sticker album and trading cards, extending it through 2029 with new collections, Panini Instant moments and a new City Takeover entertainment series.

Panini will also make the new “EuroLeague City Takeover” entertainment series possible.

Three years ago, Euroleague Basketball and Panini joined forces to fulfil a long-awaited wish of European basketball fans: the chance to start their own collection of cards and stickers featuring their greatest idols. Following the huge response, with millions of collectibles sold, the agreement has been renewed for three additional seasons, through 2029.

Panini will continue offering EuroLeague fans an enhanced and diverse range of collectibles. The iconic sticker album will return with significant new features, introducing new collecting experiences and new ways for fans to build and enjoy their collection.

Trading card collectors can also look forward to a broad portfolio featuring some of the most established and popular brands in the hobby, alongside innovative designs, special inserts and premium content, including autograph and memorabilia cards.

The offering will also be complemented by Panini Instant, giving fans across Europe the opportunity to collect and celebrate standout performances, key players and memorable moments from the EuroLeague season as they happen.

Panini will also present the new “EuroLeague City Takeover” initiative, an episodic travel and entertainment series developed for selected games that will take fans inside EuroLeague’s most iconic basketball cities, through the people, culture and rivalries that make them unique. Panini and Euroleague Basketball will elevate the gameday experience with sticker swap events, on-court activations in key rivalry games, live podcasts and many more activities.

Gawain Davies, Chief Commercial Officer at Euroleague Basketball, celebrated the renewal of the partnership: “We are delighted to renew our partnership with Panini, a truly iconic brand in the stickers and trading cards category. The Panini album has proved to be a popular product for generations of sports fans and represents a great platform for Euroleague to engage with our Gen Z and Gen Alpha fanbase.”

“We are extremely proud to extend our partnership with Euroleague Basketball. The response from fans and collectors over the past three years has confirmed the strong potential of this collaboration and encourages us to keep raising the bar,” said Elisabetta Mussini, Group Licensing Director. “Our ambition is to go beyond traditional collecting, combining iconic Panini products with innovative trading card concepts and new fan experiences that bring people even closer to the players, the teams and the unique culture of Euroleague basketball.”

About Euroleague Basketball: Euroleague Basketball (EB) is a global leader in the sports and entertainment business, devoted to running the top European competitions of professional basketball clubs under a unique and innovative organizational model. Owned and administered by some of the most successful and historic clubs in the world, EB manages the continent’s two premier men’s basketball competitions, the EuroLeague and the BKT EuroCup, as well as the sport’s premier under-18 showcase, the adidas NextGen EuroLeague.

About Panini: Panini Group was established over 60 years ago in Modena, Italy. It has subsidiaries throughout Europe, Latin America and the United States. Panini is the world leader in officially licensed collectibles and is the most significant publisher of collectibles globally.

Jonas Valanciunas Grabs Zalgiris Record 20 Rebounds to Earn EuroLeague Round 11 MVP

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1 day ago

November 14, 2026

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Jonas Valanciunas holding a basketball in a Lithuania jersey during a game

Jonas Valanciunas turned Milan into his own rebounding clinic. A Zalgiris Kaunas club record under the basket, a career best efficiency night and a road win made the Lithuanian center the clear choice for EuroLeague Round 11 MVP.

Jonas Valanciunas owned the glass in Milan, and Zalgiris Kaunas’s record book will never look the same. The Lithuanian center grabbed a club-record 20 rebounds, recorded the fourth-fastest double-double in modern EuroLeague history and led Zalgiris to an 83-86 win at Armani Olimpia Milan. His career-high PIR of 36 was the best of the round and earned him MVP of the Round honors for Round 11.

Valanciunas matched his career high with 17 points on 5-of-9 two-pointers and 7-of-10 free throws, and added 2 assists, 2 steals, a block and 6 fouls drawn to his 20 rebounds. That rebounding total is the most by any EuroLeague player in a game this season and the most since Nikola Milutinov also grabbed 20 on January 18, 2024. His game-high +23 plus-minus summed up his impact.

A career night from Talen Horton-Tucker wasn’t enough for Fenerbahce Tarfin Istanbul, which fell 111-109 in overtime at Paris Basketball. Horton-Tucker matched his career-best PIR of 33 and poured in a career-high 32 points on 12-of-14 two-pointers, 1-of-5 three-pointers and 5-of-7 free throws. He also grabbed a career-high 10 rebounds for his first EuroLeague double-double, and added 2 assists and 6 fouls drawn.

Tremont Waters of LDLC ASVEL Villeurbanne was third with a PIR of 30 in a 91-95 home loss to Besiktas Istanbul. Waters scored 26 points on 5-of-6 two-pointers and 3-of-7 threes while going a perfect 7-of-7 from the line. He also made 5 steals, handed out 3 assists, grabbed a rebound and drew 7 fouls.

Rounding out the top performers were Anadolu Efes Istanbul’s Jordan Loyd and Olympiacos Piraeus’s Evan Fournier, who each posted a PIR of 28. A second-half explosion from Loyd powered Efes to a 103-91 home win over Virtus Bologna. He scored 22 points, 17 of them after halftime, going 2-of-2 inside the arc and a career-high 6-of-7 from three-point range, and added 5 rebounds, 2 steals and 3 fouls drawn without a turnover.

Fournier matched his season high with 28 points as Olympiacos routed Dubai Basketball 101-72. The Frenchman shot 4-of-6 on two-pointers, 5-of-7 on three-pointers and 5-of-6 from the line, and added 2 rebounds, 5 assists, a steal and 2 fouls drawn. His +28 was the joint-best plus-minus of the round.

Individual highs: Jonas Valanciunas, Zalgiris, 20 rebounds

Horton-Tucker led all scorers in Round 11 with 32 points. Nadir Hifi of Paris remains the league’s top scorer at 20.8 points per game.

Valanciunas’s 20 rebounds put him in rare company and lifted him to the top of the season rebounding charts at 9.5 per game.

Trent Frazier of Virtus and TJ Shorts of Valencia Basket each dished out 10 assists, the most in Round 11. Shorts and Carlik Jones of Partizan Mozzart Bet Belgrade share the season lead at 6.0 assists per game.

Waters’s 5 steals were the most by any player this round. Partizan’s Luca Vildoza leads the steals chart at 1.9 per game.

Fenerbahce’s Marcus Bingham swatted a round-best 5 shots. Virtus center Aliou Diarra leads the league at 1.9 blocks per game.

There were four double-doubles in Round 11: Valanciunas (17 points, 20 rebounds), Horton-Tucker (32 points, 10 rebounds), Shorts (14 points, 10 assists), and Efes center Bruno Fernando (15 points, 10 rebounds), who needed just one half to collect those numbers.