At 11 the draw for the quarterfinals: it will be played on 13/14 September In case of victory, one between Bears, Bamberg, Le Mans and Peristeri
TREVISO
This morning at 11 at the Patrick Baumann House of Basketball in Geneva, the draw for the groups of the Champions League Qualification Round will take place. The formula provides for a regular season with 32 teams, 28 already qualified and 4 that will have to leave the qualification tournaments in which 24 participate, including the absolute freshman De ‘Longhi. 4 groups of 6 teams are expected to play in a single location: two first round matches (13-14 September) with direct elimination will qualify the two winners for the semifinal (15-16 September), where there will already be two teams that have missed the first round based on the ranking established by Fiba (placements in the Champions League or at home). On the 17th the finals, from which the four qualified for the regular season groups will come out starting from October 4th.
The participants. The 24 teams will compete in four groups and will be divided into six bands: TvB is in Pot 5 together with Hapoel Eliat (Isr), Juventus Atena (Ltu) and Salon Vilpas (Fin) and in the first round they will face one of Pot 4, that is Kapfenberg Bulls (Aut), London Lions (Eng), Parma Perm (Rus) and Cluj (Rom). The winners will face one of the teams in Pot 1, namely Bakken Bears (Dan), Bamberg (Ger), Le Mans (Fra) and Peristeri (Gre) who are the seeded and will enter the tournament in the semifinals, skipping the first round, such as those of band 2, which are Friborg (Sui), Mornar Bar (Mne), Opava (Cze) and Tsmoki Minsk (Blr). Those in band 6 are Kalev Cramo (East), Prometey (Ukr), Spalato (Cro) and Leiden (Ola) who will be drawn against those in band 3, i.e. Aek Larnaca (Cip), Belfius Mons Hainaut (Bel, Levski Lukoil (Bul ) and Sporting (Por). The eight winners will qualify for the semi-finals and face the seeded pots 1 and 2. These eight will face each other in four final pairings with the winners joining the 28 qualified teams. So this morning the De ‘Longhi will know which opponent he will have to fight to survive in the Champions League: let’s analyze his four possible opponents in the first round.
Kapfenberg Bulls Herdsman Mike Coffin. This year the Austrians lost the playoff final 3-1 against Gmunden: in their history 7 league titles, 6 Austrian Cups and 5 Super Cups. They recently signed guard Kareem Jamar, 28, in Ukraine 15.6 points, 5 rebounds and 3.6 assists. Also dangerous are Nemanja Krstic, Serbian winger (15 + 3.6 r.), Center Alex Herrera (14.2 + 8.7 r.) And winger Eric McClellan (12.9 + 5 r. + 4 y.). They play at the Sporthalle Walfersam, a gym with 1000 seats.
London Lions Herdsman Vincent Macaulay. They too were defeated in the final (one match, 68-66) by Newcastle. Two national cups on the bulletin board. Good play Justin Robinson (13.7 + 4.8 y.), Guard Dirk Williams (17.6 + 3.6 r.) And small forward Deandre Liggins (14.7 + 6.8 y.). Palasport: The Copper Box, 7000 seats in Stratford.
Parma Perm Herds Kazys Maksvytis. Round of 16 in the Russian regular season (10-14). 2 national cups the palmares. Lithuanian small forward Adas Juskevicius stands out (16.2 with 57.6 from three and 2.2 a.). Play at the UDS Molot, 7000 seats.
Cluj Napoca Herd Dusko Vujosevic, in the 90s in Brescia and Pesaro. This year he won the Romanian Scudetto (the sixth, as well as 5 Romanian Cups) counting on the play Marquis Wright (21.5 p. 4 y.), On the Croatian center Andrja Stipanovic (2.08, 12.8 + 4.8 r.), On the n . 3Patrick Richard (14.6 + 4.8 r.). His home is the Horia Derman Hall, capable of 2525 spectators. –
Silvano Focarelli