 One of the main differences was practical, the key wasn't rectangular but trapezoidal as that was the standard used in every European court.FIBA imposed stringent restrictions on the players EPBL clubs were able to sign, the most restrictive being the minimum age limit of 30 for European players (or alternatively players needed to have stopped playing for five years) which meant that only one of the sixty players was European, 36-year-old former Belgian international Willy Steveniers.In addition any European player over the age of 30 could be retained by national federations if they planned to use him as part of their national team.