A professional showcase in Valencia, Spain
What this is
The European Summer League is EuroProBasket’s professional showcase in Valencia, Spain. You train and play in front of the coaches, agents, scouts and general managers who sign players for European clubs — during the weeks of the year when most of that signing actually happens.
It runs at L’Alquería del Basket: 13 courts, the largest basketball training facility in Europe, and the home of Valencia Basket, a club that competes in the Liga ACB and the EuroLeague. Players come in blocks of 1, 3, 6, 9 or 12 weeks.
Who is in the gym
Coaches, scouts, general managers and agents attend from Spain and the countries around it. They come from top-division clubs, and from second and third division clubs.
That range matters more than it sounds. A player ready for a professional contract and a player looking for a first paid season are being watched in the same gym, by different people, for different reasons.
Why the summer
European clubs do their most important signing at the end of one season and the start of the next. Rosters are open, budgets are unspent, and the players who take the largest share of a team’s money are signed first — before the pre-season everyone else is waiting for.
That window is when the European Summer League runs. You are in front of decision-makers while they are actually deciding, not sending film into an inbox in October when the roster is full.
Why Valencia
Valencia is a short flight from most of the cities where European clubs are based — which is why coaches and agents can come and see you in person, and why you can travel to a trial at short notice when one comes up.
How many teams there actually are
Most players arriving from the United States picture a handful of leagues. The real number is far larger — hundreds of professional and semi-professional clubs across Europe, each with a roster to fill every year, and a great many of them sign American players.
Where players actually start
Not every player is ready for a top-division contract, and pretending otherwise helps nobody.
An agent places players who already have elite experience. That is what an agency does — and if that is you, you may not need us. What EuroProBasket has is contact depth across every level of European basketball, and more experience than anyone at getting players started — whatever they are starting from.
Spain alone has eight senior men’s tiers: two fully professional, one professional/semi-professional, one semi-professional, and four amateur. We have placed players from the first division down to the eighth, in Europe and beyond. Some clubs in the lower divisions include an apartment and meals in a first contract.
A first season in a smaller league, playing real minutes, is how a great many professional careers actually start. See the players we have placed.
What happens when the summer ends
Your profile keeps working after you leave
Registering puts you on the European Summer League roster that goes to coaches, general managers, team managers, agents and scouts across Europe. It is published online, and your game film goes with it — and into our database, which is shared with our scouts, partner agents and contacts throughout Europe.
Players who leave without a contract stay on that list. Clubs come back through the season — injuries happen, signings do not work out, and a roster spot opens in November that did not exist in July. Players from previous summer leagues have signed exactly that way.
What we promise, and what we do not
EuroProBasket is not an agency. We do not guarantee any player a team. We guarantee the opportunity — the gym, the games, the film, and the people in the building, the network that gets you exposure. More than 400 players have signed or committed across more than 25 countries since 2015.